Long gears help in
endurance races.
- From the mechanical point of view:
Help the tires, help the engine temperature and fuel consumption.
- From driving comfort point of view (very important):
As you exit at lower
rpm, you can give it full throttle in most turns, wish helps when you are giving 18 laps (for instances) on the
Nordschleife (120 mins race), you are becoming tired and are more error prone.
In this situation, with the higher
rpm version (shorter gears), a distraction with the accelerator pedal (or tires too worn) gives a power slide at corner exit, wish if you are constantly correcting, becomes too tiring and maybe you react too late and a 120 min race may end in a frontal crash with a wall.
issed-off:
In general, a “
twitchy”, “
reactive”, "
explosive”, setup, might be the quickest one and be able to work for a qualifying lap or for 1, 2, 3 laps at the
Nordschleife (for instances). Even in the very common (in the public servers)
sprints, wish last for only about 20 mins (3 laps), on the 3rd lap it is a common sight to see power slides "left & right" that end in full 360's or worst.
Btw, long, long, but keep the engine working in the “proper”
rpm.
Wish in most engines should be somewhere between "just before" the torque peak and "just after" the horse power peak. No point in over
rpm (like many do) or grinding the engine
.