Le Mans WTC700 30 mins?

[jrbabbitt]

Ok here is something I find very helpful to me, when running this race, we know the rains "should" be arriving at end of second lap. What I do is activate the weather radar and expand the view to maximum 31 miles, you should see if there are rain clouds near or far to judge if you can do an extra lap on the race slicks before the rain really hits, for example: if at the end of lap 2 I see rain in the radar inside that center circle, I jump in pits and change, if the clouds are way out of that centre circle I can chance a third lap.
So to get the best use out of the weather radar you should zoom out to maximum distance, you will get a better idea of when the rains will come and you can see the heavy spots of rain easier.

Also if anyone had noticed the rain in the weather map moves mostly to the northeast regardless of the wind direction on the map in upper right corner....

 

[05XR8]

Use the satellite zoom as well, but sometimes the rain comes from top left to right diagonally or from right to left, for me, or from the middle. The more races I’ve done, it changes up, for me.

 

[nickg07]

Yeah the wind direction seems to be opposed at times to the cloud movement.

 

[jrbabbitt]

Check this out, the AI forced me off track and I got a penalty for it...


And the next lap I ran same line cutting the inside of chicane and no penalty so it was the AI that caused my penalty

 

[HyperSpeeder]

Yeah the wind direction seems to be opposed at times to the cloud movement.

Wind can keep the clouds over the track or blow them away. Another neat touch in this game.

 

[permaculture]

Check this out, the AI forced me off track and I got a penalty for it...


And the next lap I ran same line cutting the inside of chicane and no penalty so it was the AI that caused my penalty

first of all, how ridiculous are the AI car physics? you can be driving faster than them, in a heavier car, and you will bounce off of them. this is the only race against the AI i've repeated because its the one with the least amount of interaction with them.

anyways - my experience is that penalties aren't given as often (at all?) when in first place. i have driven the race several dozen times and have hydroplaned through chicanes etc with no penalty (so long as i'm in first). so in the second clip its not a surprise, because no 'advantage' was gained. i imagine you'd have to run straight through the chicane at full speed to get tagged there.

i think you got it because you weren't in first. i suspect that you may even have avoided a penalty if you hadn't ended up passing that other car on the move, if that makes sense. there's effectively no incentive to try and pass these cars anywhere but the main straights, because they are whipping back and forth across the track in and out of every turn.

 

[Tired Tyres]

Wind can keep the clouds over the track or blow them away. Another neat touch in this game.

Nope. The wind has nothing to do with the direction of the rain clouds. I do this race every day and it is the first thing I check. I hope they can fix this because it's silly to have the wind blowing one way and the clouds moving in a different direction.

 

[Cheesehead64]

Just finished second in the McLaren F1 GTR - BMW '95. RHs to start. Pitted for IMs after lap 3, pitted for RH after lap 5 with 37 second lead - didn't need fuel. Came out of the pits lightly ahead of 2nd and 3rd (who would pit again). Went off on the technical section leading back to start finish line or would have won. Frustrating as I usually run this section pretty well. I'll take a podiom in my first attempt in this car. Good car for the race. FM1 on the straightaways, FM4 the rest of the lap. FM1 after pitting second time...

 

[05XR8]

Best and closest race I’ve had in this event.

Left the Alfa in the garage and went back to using the stock Supra. Only RH and IW tyres. It’s a bit slow(better performer than the Mustang though) but I love this thing. The lead C7 and Viper pulled 33 seconds As I was making sure to keep pace with the always one-stopping Huracan. The AI computing I wasn’t using the Alfa 155, were on speed mode this time.

Huracan was making it difficult as it navigated traffic with crazy late braking and some epic passes(I got ahead exiting the pits and when we got to Indianapolis, it blew by me and a WRX, squeezing behind me and criss-crossed, exiting on the outside!). From there, I followed it into the pits, on Lap 6, to switch back to RH, on a drying surface. It just pulled me on the last lap. Again, at Indianapolis, it used that AWD to stretch the gap from .9s to 2s.

Since the AI slow dramatically at the final chicane, I did send it, but cleanly. Had to use Fuel 6 from the Porsche curves to the finish line. Nearly got pipped(that’s .157 seconds). AI should be like this all the time. Good stuff.

 

[Touring Mars]

Check this out, the AI forced me off track and I got a penalty for it...


And the next lap I ran same line cutting the inside of chicane and no penalty so it was the AI that caused my penalty

That's a very harsh assessment there!

Top video, the AI does nothing wrong, and you collide with it causing a penalty for contact - your second vid confirms that you don't get penalties in this event for going off-track, and I've cut that chicane (both the bit you cut and the latter part too) enough times with no penalty and still got the clean race bonus to prove it (this is my grind event after all )

This is why being able to watch and share replays is so useful, as I've been fuming at the AI a few times, but more often than not it's usually my own fault, and being able to see it after the fact is quite helpful.

 

[jrbabbitt]

That's a very harsh assessment there!

Top video, the AI does nothing wrong, and you collide with it causing a penalty for contact - your second vid confirms that you don't get penalties in this event for going off-track, and I've cut that chicane (both the bit you cut and the latter part too) enough times with no penalty and still got the clean race bonus to prove it (this is my grind event after all )

This is why being able to watch and share replays is so useful, as I've been fuming at the AI a few times, but more often than not it's usually my own fault, and being able to see it after the fact is quite helpful.

I have cut the last part of the chicane like I was forced by the AI and have recieved penalties, so I still say the Ai forced/ hit me off at that end of the chicane and was penalized

 

[Touring Mars]

I have cut the last part of the chicane like I was forced by the AI and have recieved penalties, so I still say the Ai forced/ hit me off at that end of the chicane and was penalized

I'm not seeing it personally... you weren't "forced" by the AI, you cut in front of the AI car too early and hit the front of the car you were trying to pass, and you got a penalty for it. The AI car you hit was already as far over as you could expect, and it didn't change course or speed, so there's no way that it can be construed that it hit you (or "forced" you off the track)... you hit the AI and as a result you went off track, but you got the penalty for causing a collision.

 

[RUI]

I've been running this race a lot too, and I think that when you accidentally cut a chicane but stop accelarating and go back to the track without gaining time/ position, the game doesn't give you a penalty. Does anyone else have the same experience?

 

[pedrocor]

Rain should always come from West at Le Mans, as it's where the sea is. More North or South is affected by wind.

As the moment to stop, the weather is much more variable than that. I had a race I didn't stop at all, just had to be careful not to go to eighth lap on a nerfed Mazda 787b, as it does 7 laps on a tank and the track never was wet enough for intermediates. Another time stopped on lap 4 for fuel on a gr.3 just to the skies open up on lap 5 and everybody limped to pits, with no sign at all on weather map by the end of lap 4.

 

[snowgt]

Did it the first time today with the Alfa 155 and didn't get rain at all. 1 stop after 4 laps without changing tyres (RH) was enough to give me a relaxed second stint of 3 laps with only minor fuel saving. Was about 30s ahead at the finishing line.

 

[WolfpackS2k]

I've been running this race a lot too, and I think that when you accidentally cut a chicane but stop accelarating and go back to the track without gaining time/ position, the game doesn't give you a penalty. Does anyone else have the same experience?

What I've noticed is that if you cut the corner accidentally, and still go over pavement (entirely outside of the white line) you will get a penalty. However if you miss your braking point and just go over the sand, you will not get a penalty. I don't do this on purpose but tire grip seems to vary widely lap to lap on this race, so I've made this mistake a lot. Just go through the sand, and brake earlier next time.

 

[Spo3tnikk]

After 6 months, the AI still have no brain on this event! They pits with hard tires whatever meteo scenarios, and put the rain tires when the storm's gone! 😂🤣
Boring win... But still my favourite money making race! 👍

 

[sanrensho]

This is my main grind too. Love this race. I just tuned up the Corvette Stingray '69 to near 700pp and it's scary fast. First car for me to top 210 on the straight. Caught the lead car before the Total sign. I've tuned up loads of cars, many modern ones... The Stingray and FuguZ are the fastest, so far, of my tunes.

 

[Live25]

After 6 months, the AI still have no brain on this event! They pits with hard tires whatever meteo scenarios, and put the rain tires when the storm's gone! 😂🤣
Boring win... But still my favourite money making race! 👍

Oh I much prefer when they don’t pit, but I do and they miraculously keep up with me on slicks while I’m on IM’s…in 2 bars of water.

This is my main grind too. Love this race. I just tuned up the Corvette Stingray '69 to near 700pp and it's scary fast. First car for me to top 210 on the straight. Caught the lead car before the Total sign. I've tuned up loads of cars, many modern ones... The Stingray and FuguZ are the fastest, so far, of my tunes.

I would love to sample both tunes.

 

[Met Entso]

I've been running this race a lot too, and I think that when you accidentally cut a chicane but stop accelarating and go back to the track without gaining time/ position, the game doesn't give you a penalty. Does anyone else have the same experience?

Yes, exactly this.

 

[TT92]

Yes, exactly this.

Yes I do do that ;-)

What is even more fun is when it is raining and and an AI hits me just going into a chicane and I aquaplane, go through the chicane backwards and the game gives me a 5sec penalty. Yep, such a fun game ;-)

 

[BangsMcCoy]

I blow straight through Ford and Raccordement chicanes right before the finish line on the final lap at full speed just to end the race a few seconds sooner. It tacks on something like 35 seconds in penalty time to my total time after the race but that’s ok because I always finish with between 2-4 minutes ahead of 2nd place when grinding.

 

[Blindman081]

I usually run gt3 cars or street cars like the Cayman GT4 (its great on fuel but mindless to win). I tuned a '20 Civic Type R to 700pp and it was a handful and close race unlike the other cars I have run there. I think its strange that it HAS to rain every race there but I guess yeah that IS part of the fun of it.

 

[shadow0460]

I run this one in the Red Bull Junior. IM tires, fuel map to 6, one stop.

 

[DivitLad]

I usually run gt3 cars or street cars like the Cayman GT4 (its great on fuel but mindless to win). I tuned a '20 Civic Type R to 700pp and it was a handful and close race unlike the other cars I have run there. I think its strange that it HAS to rain every race there but I guess yeah that IS part of the fun of it.

Have had the odd race with no rain hitting my area, barely a cloud in the sky all race

 

[OldandSlow]

I had 2 dry races today. The first had about a minute of drizzle. The second race was sunny all the way.

 

[pedrocor]

I usually run gt3 cars or street cars like the Cayman GT4 (its great on fuel but mindless to win). I tuned a '20 Civic Type R to 700pp and it was a handful and close race unlike the other cars I have run there. I think its strange that it HAS to rain every race there but I guess yeah that IS part of the fun of it.

Have had the odd race with no rain hitting my area, barely a cloud in the sky all race

I had 2 dry races today. The first had about a minute of drizzle. The second race was sunny all the way.

In my case, and did this race a bunch of times (tried but not the biggest fan of the Tomahawk at Tokyo) and most of the races did all race without changing the Racing Hards I started. A couple of times didn't rain at all and many times and most of the times the rain wasn't not near enough to ditch the slicks.
Not doing a lot of playing lately but not sure I could go for all 8 laps, if needed, without stopping with the Mazda 787B, my go to car for this race, after update 1.20. Only did two races with it since then, one I had to pit for wets, the other one, I kept the slicks but the track became slightly damp, almost a crossover to inters, being slower and the clock went out just before the end of lap 7 and the tires were pretty worn, not sure they would hold the 8th lap if needed.

 

[Met Entso]

Yes I do do that ;-)

What is even more fun is when it is raining and and an AI hits me just going into a chicane and I aquaplane, go through the chicane backwards and the game gives me a 5sec penalty. Yep, such a fun game ;-)

3 seconds for overtaking under yellow flag? god i hate this. And I guess 2 seconds for crossing the line.

If you get 7+ penalty seconds overall you lose the clean race bonus. Also the other day I lost it I think because of aquaplaning for 400 meters lol, even if i didnt touch the barrier.

 

[Live25]

3 seconds for overtaking under yellow flag? god i hate this. And I guess 2 seconds for crossing the line.

If you get 7+ penalty seconds overall you lose the clean race bonus. Also the other day I lost it I think because of aquaplaning for 400 meters lol, even if i didnt touch the barrier.

Not true, but passing under a yellow flag will cost you the CRB.

 

[K1LLD0z3R]

I run this one in the Red Bull Junior. IM tires, fuel map to 6, one stop.

I love that car for this race. Here’s the tune I’m using.