I'm at the end of my second season and I've been invited to race at Le Mans. Yay, me!
I have done a couple of longish LMP1 races online, so I felt I had the hang of it (the trick was always to survive the mayhem happening all the way until Tertre Rouge). I wanted to do about 2,5 hrs of racing, so on the "race weekend" screen I switched to the "Race" tab to adjust the length to around 10%. And then... I pressed "Enter"...
Yyyeah... I skipped both the practice and qualifying sessions and effectively placed my car all the way at the back. Yay, me!
So here's my first question: is there a way to restart the WHOLE RACE WEEKEND instead of just the current session?
Ok, on with the story. So out of curiosity I tried starting from the back, just to see what would happen and how the AI would behave. Well... it doesn't. They crash, spin, brake at the apex of fast corners, swerve all over the track on the Mulsanne (Cause it IS twisty! Seriously!). In a way it's even worse than when racing online - real people keep crashing in the first couple of corners, but you're preetty much safe as soon as you pass Tertre Rouge. The AI doesn't crash as much, but they keep blocking all over the track (even GTs). So it's a real pain to plow through them, but it gets A LOT more fun when you pass the GTs and start racing the REAL racing cars.
And here's my second issue: how exactly do you setup the cars for endurance races? I've always raced online with realistic damage on, but I've never had an engine blowout as long as I hadn't been damaged in a crash. But here... 3 laps is the most I've managed to do so far. The oil the temperature keeps rising to 120 degrees and then POOF - I'm out. I tried opening the radiators, but that only slows the process. I tried shortshifting and avoiding running on high revs on the straights, but that results in me being VEEEEEEEERY slow and easy pickings for other prototypes. 60 liters of fuel at the start don't help with acceleration either - maybe I should be running with less fuel onboard?
Also - wastegate pressure. Maximum for qualifying, obviously, but should I (and by how much) reduce it for the race? Would that help with overheating?
I really want to do a longer race in the career mode, but currently with those issues it's pretty tough to pull off...
I have done a couple of longish LMP1 races online, so I felt I had the hang of it (the trick was always to survive the mayhem happening all the way until Tertre Rouge). I wanted to do about 2,5 hrs of racing, so on the "race weekend" screen I switched to the "Race" tab to adjust the length to around 10%. And then... I pressed "Enter"...
Yyyeah... I skipped both the practice and qualifying sessions and effectively placed my car all the way at the back. Yay, me!
So here's my first question: is there a way to restart the WHOLE RACE WEEKEND instead of just the current session?
Ok, on with the story. So out of curiosity I tried starting from the back, just to see what would happen and how the AI would behave. Well... it doesn't. They crash, spin, brake at the apex of fast corners, swerve all over the track on the Mulsanne (Cause it IS twisty! Seriously!). In a way it's even worse than when racing online - real people keep crashing in the first couple of corners, but you're preetty much safe as soon as you pass Tertre Rouge. The AI doesn't crash as much, but they keep blocking all over the track (even GTs
). So it's a real pain to plow through them, but it gets A LOT more fun when you pass the GTs and start racing the REAL racing cars.And here's my second issue: how exactly do you setup the cars for endurance races? I've always raced online with realistic damage on, but I've never had an engine blowout as long as I hadn't been damaged in a crash. But here... 3 laps is the most I've managed to do so far. The oil the temperature keeps rising to 120 degrees and then POOF - I'm out. I tried opening the radiators, but that only slows the process. I tried shortshifting and avoiding running on high revs on the straights, but that results in me being VEEEEEEEERY slow and easy pickings for other prototypes. 60 liters of fuel at the start don't help with acceleration either - maybe I should be running with less fuel onboard?
Also - wastegate pressure. Maximum for qualifying, obviously, but should I (and by how much) reduce it for the race? Would that help with overheating?
I really want to do a longer race in the career mode, but currently with those issues it's pretty tough to pull off...
