01-28-2019, 09:26 PM
I just finished RS01 race at Le Mans and even though I made one big mistake in first lap which cost me good placing (I didn't anticipate the guys ahead of me would be so slow through Tertre Rouge so I had to swerve into the sand to avoid punting them), I really enjoyed every second of it. There's something special in throwing high downforce car through those fast sweepers, even in the sim.
That gave me an idea to, at least, start the discussion about LMP1 series. IMO it would be great if we could once have prototypes instead of usual GT3/GTE 1 hour series. Or maybe even 2 hours with 3x accelerated time to more or less simulate 6h enduro. I don't think the cars are hard to drive, so the attendance shouldn't be the problem, and competitiveness level should be the same. If some people are 5 seconds faster than others, they will be 5 seconds faster no matter which car they are driving.
Cars are already there from Kunos (TBH I'm not sure how well they are balanced, but I imagine they aren't too far apart), and classic tracks are more or less in the rotation. SPA, Silverstone, Fuji, Nordschleife, Sebring, maybe throw in Daytona, Shangai or Suzuka and top it all off with Le Mans.
Sure, ideally we would have multiclass races, but I think that changing server setting from 1 hour to 2 is much easier than setting it up to multiclass.
Also, I apologize if admin has already addressed this in the past, I couldn't find anything about it.
So, there it is, let's get this ball rolling
That gave me an idea to, at least, start the discussion about LMP1 series. IMO it would be great if we could once have prototypes instead of usual GT3/GTE 1 hour series. Or maybe even 2 hours with 3x accelerated time to more or less simulate 6h enduro. I don't think the cars are hard to drive, so the attendance shouldn't be the problem, and competitiveness level should be the same. If some people are 5 seconds faster than others, they will be 5 seconds faster no matter which car they are driving.
Cars are already there from Kunos (TBH I'm not sure how well they are balanced, but I imagine they aren't too far apart), and classic tracks are more or less in the rotation. SPA, Silverstone, Fuji, Nordschleife, Sebring, maybe throw in Daytona, Shangai or Suzuka and top it all off with Le Mans.
Sure, ideally we would have multiclass races, but I think that changing server setting from 1 hour to 2 is much easier than setting it up to multiclass.
Also, I apologize if admin has already addressed this in the past, I couldn't find anything about it.
So, there it is, let's get this ball rolling