12-01-2020, 08:41 PM
(12-01-2020, 05:32 PM)Austin Ogonoski Wrote: After Nordschleife Endurance testing, my best lap was a 7:39.5 in race trim on hards and I'm usually able to run within a second or two of that time consistently. I think the 60L + 60L strat is doable as the fastest Euro race lap was a 7:44 and I just don't expect the American timeslot guys to match that pace.Crazy, I 'm not even sure I could get to 7:45 if I was driving in a hotlap scenario.
Le Mans testing went well. I was able to put down a 2:58 in race trim without the assistance of draft. I am worried about gearing. If other people are running a similar pace I won't have a draft gear. But if they don't (as evidenced by the Le Mans event) you won't have anyone to draft with.
For what its worth, at Le Mans the best so far I did is a 3:02 with front splitter at 0 and RW at 4, but I feel way more comfortable with RW at 6 which I could do a low 3:04. My top speed with RW at 4 is 340km/h which is pretty close to my limiter. I have a little extra but I'm not sure if there's enough for a draft. If I raise 5th by another click though I actually reduce my topspeed (undrafted), so I think I'll stick with what I have tonight, at least with the Euro series there are more chances to try again. Patrick Brown's setup had more camber and toe to what you mentioned so I might try lower those a bit to get a bit more topspeed if its worth it. Note these times were on a pretty full tank, I started with a 100L and would have done 5-6 laps at most, I'm not sure if fuel load has a huge affect on this track though.