Smallhorses' A-Spec Endurance Companion.

That Mercedes with just the chip & exhaust on S1 tyres against the right AI field should give you a great race.
Considering this race has been won in an enormous number of stock cars for 200 points over in the Stock car race comparison/challenge thread, including the 216HP Chrysler Crossfire and 200HP DMC Delorean, I'd even hazard a guess that the Merc might even make a win out of this without any mods at all. Fancy that challenge?

Absolutely, since I consider myself a good driver, let's put myself to the test!
Maybe I'm being a pain in the 🤬...Do tell me when I am...

But wich cars should I definitely keep out of the lineup?
I'll try to make it a 120-150 points race...

Regards,
Maas

I'm not going to spoonfeed you the info!
Have a look at Digital-Nitrate's thread, I told you where to find it before.
Based on the information (listed fastest to slowest), you can make your own decisions. The AI are really, really bad on cold tyres at El Capitan though, so don't let their fastlap times worry you unduly.

Smallhorses,
could you tell me what lap speed the a1 cars run in the 24 hour nurburgring race?

I'm guessing 7:15-7:20??

Cheers.

flyingkiwi

Smallhorses,
could you tell me what lap speed the a1 cars run in the 24 hour nurburgring race?

I'm guessing 7:15-7:20??

Cheers.

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Sorry, but I'm not a great one for paying attention to the AI's laptimes when I'm racing.
Your guesstimate sounds about right for the faster cars, BMW M3, Abt Audi TT, Audi A4 Touring car, but there are a few cars such as Spoon S2000 Race Car and Nissan Silvia JGTC300 that run much slower than this.
Best info I can find on this is the set of 5 average laptimes for the AI that Famine ran against.
It's on the front page of his Endurance companion which you can find here.

Well, it's 11 months (to the day! ) since I posted an Enduro report and since I'm in the home stretch of my 100,000 A-spec points quest with no NOS use, I'm going back for points wherever and however I can find them.
Last time I ran the Roadster 4hrs Endurance, I came away with a 2 lap winning margin despite starting on N1 tyres and pitting on lap 1! Thus I still believed that more points could be had here, and went back to have a look at my Mazda MX-5 Miata '89 to see what could be done. Alas, this one was bought as a 6.2 mile special and was modified a little for my first run through the Roadster Cup in the Mazda Manufacturer races. Having had a Stage 1 weight reduction and not having black oil the power/weight ratio isn't able to be reduced to a level that I believe may give a significant points increase when lined up against the same field as I faced last time.
I therefore go off in search of a well used '89, and as I'm on day 3478, there happens to be a red one with 52,829.4 miles on the clock in the Historic Used Car Lot. 👍 Purchased it for 5,949Cr and set about upgrading it for it's arduous 4hr task ahead.
It's showing 107HP in the garage screen, and appears to have tar for oil. I'm leaving it that way though, and I add 110kg of ballast for good measure, taking the weight up to 1050kg, identical to that of the Mazda MX-5 Miata 1600 NR-A (NB,J) '04 that I ran last time, but lagging by some 17HP in power. I fit N tyres of all grades, racing brakes, brake controller, full-custom transmission, triple plate clutch, racing flywheel, 1.5-way LSD, carbon driveshaft and full-custom suspension.
Practicing with 75kg ballast at Tsukuba I'm able to come up with a setup that runs in the low to mid-1'12s, and since this had given me 2 laps victory before, I upped the ballast a little until low to mid-1'13s were obtained.
I now set off in search of the same lineup as before...

The writeup shall follow, and to make sure that at least 1 of you reads it , I'm going to do a 1-month Premium Membership giveaway once it's completed and you can answer 5 questions in relation to race or MX-5 Miata related trivia.

Watch this space...

That's great news, Smallhorses, I'm looking forward to this report. Can one assume that you're going for the full 200pts? Either way, good luck on this notorious race.

PF

That's great news, Smallhorses, I'm looking forward to this report. Can one assume that you're going for the full 200pts? Either way, good luck on this notorious race.

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Sadly that's a no.
Even the notoriously quick Austin343 required NOS for a full complement of A-spec points here, and many others have had to use shortcuts & AI abuse which I've done my level best to avoid.
I'm only 600 or so points from my 100,000 goal, and to cave to temptation now doesn't seem right.
I'm racing as clean as possible right to the end, but I'm gunning for 184 points, which is about as much as I believe may be possible here in my self-enforced format, and may possibly be the most that anyone's gone for sans-Laughing Gas!

Good to see you're back with a new car and a new enduro, Smallhorses. I, as always, can't wait to read it. I'm sure it's going to be interesting and overall great.

Hmm. How would the math have worked if you had come in sooner to switch to R3?
Sort of like the N1 => N3 switch at Tsukuba, but not as severe a case.

Seems like R1 => R3 dropped your laptimes about 2seconds/lap. So 15 laps makes up for a pitstop. Was 20 laps as far as the R3s would go? (looks like it).

Hmm. So I guess you'd gain a little by pitting every 20, switching R1 => R3 on first stop. (You should have regained your pitstop time by lap 35, maybe earlier).

Quite late to ask but does the AI use some components on Tsukuba 9 hs?

I saw a preview where there's a Lotus Elise 111R with exhaust pipes, something that a stock one doesn't have (or that's what I remember). Not sure if exhaust pipes is the only thing added to this car, it may be some serious setup also...