Thanks!
It is strange how the game played my soundtrack on the 3rd save load, but failed to do it on 4th. So far 10 hours into the race. It is still night, and no rain. I have beaten my previous PB and my current PB on lap 111 is 3:20.154 at night. During the race i recognised where my driving line, braking points and speed can be improved. Average lap times have also improved - 2:21 to 2:24. Racing at night is not so interesting, I found it a little boring. In hour ~7 fireworks started shooting in the sky, but they were rather annoying since all the time the're exactly the same and show up on the same spot in the sky. The most annoying thing is Dodge Vipers. There are only 2 of them, but it feels like there are like 5 or 6. Just when you see a red spot far away, you think 'please, not Viper'. When you get close... It's a Viper! Other kind of annoying thing is AI cara changing their driving line when you are overtaking them. I've crashed into them and touched the wall like 3 times during last 3 hours. And all on the straight after the Mulsanne corner! They drive in the middle of the road when you approach them. And it looks like you are going to do a clean overtake, when they move a little more to the side where your car is and bam!... Anyway i haven't seen the R10 like for 1,5 hours and I kind of miss it in the track. Hopefully I'll get to overtake him tomorrow during my first marathon
. Can't wait for the sunrise as well!
15 hours into the race... Hours 10-12 were kind of hard, since I did them as soon as I woke up. After a big break I did another three hours. Around 12 hours 40 minutes the sun started rising, and when the 13th hour came, you didn't need night lights to see the road. 13 hours 8 minutes into the race and headlights were automatically turned off. It's a pity that we can't turn the headlights on and off whenever we want to. Around 13 hours and 24 minutes into the race, I passed Audi R10 TDI - a car which I haven't seen since hour 8. It was quite a joy overtaking that car. The sun was rising, everything was getting brighter. But I didn't enjoy the morning as much as I enjoyed the sunset. Anyway, now, 15 hours into the race, the weather is very smooth, only few clouds in the sky, sun is shining brigtly, and I'm on 242nd lap (IIRC) now. If the weather will be like this till the end of the race, I will be able to break the 400 lap mark. The Pescarolo Hybrid is 13 laps behind me, and I have broken my PB - I managed to do a pre 3:20.xxx lap. My PB is now 3:19.842. Looking forward to race some more. Hopefully I'll have this race finished within two days.
17 hours and 13 minutes into the race. From hour 15 to 16:30 there were few to zero clouds in the sky, and road was "painted" with shadows of trees. Then suddenly I've noticed a huge cloud in the sky. Shadows dissapeared. I was keeping an eye on that cloud all the time and it didn't grow at all. But when I got to see the same spot at the sky during the next lap, the cloud has expanded. Which really got me thinking, how do the clouds actually appear and disappear? When our cars aren't facing them and we can't really see them? :/ anyway all the way till game pause clouds didn't grow and shadows started reappearing on the road. I hope there won't be rain. Because if there is, I don't have a chance of reaching 400 laps. So far I'm at the 288th, with a 13 lap lead. Oh and I noticed a GLITCH! I did my PB on lap 242 and suspended the race on lap 247/248. When I resumed, the PB lap has changed to lap 246 - the lap before InLap. And the next time I resumed, it changed again. :/ The rain glitch must have been patched. ~8 times I resumed the race and it always was with the same conditions I left it.
19 hours 30 minutes into the race. Sky has cleared up and now there are almost no clouds. Sun is shining bright, it's a beautiful day. I have completed 328 laps so far, with a lead of 16 laps. It is kind of getting boring to race without anything happening. Only 4,5 hours left, I can't wait to finish this race.
Hit my car's top speed - 395 km/h. That's about it for now.
22 hours! Now it's nothing but smooth sailing to the finish. I set a new PB - 3:19.483
. Weather is staying very nice, but sky is again partly grey. Anyway, I don't think that there's going to be rain. I can't believe that I am only 2 hours away. Only 4 pit stops! Dayum. 18 lap lead, 368 laps. I'll hit 400 lap mark if the rain doesn't start. Going to finish this off tomorrow morning. And then - hello Level 40 A-Spec and a new trophy
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As I was racing on hour 22, just 3 minutes after hours start the oil lamp turned on. And I wondered when this will happen. Oh well, still going. Just cruising my last laps when on hour 22 minute 35 something I was afraid of happened - the rain. At first I thought that it was just something wrong in my eyes, then I switched to cockpit view and recognized that this is the real deal, and that resulted in me pushing hard to get 400 laps. I was at ~380 laps. As a result of pushing I have beaten my PB, and it was 3:19.094 on lap 387, and that was my final PB. I pushed very hard and did numerous 3:20.xxx-3:21.xxx laps, when I started to feel the loss of grip. Anyway, I calculated that I don't need to push as much in order to get 400 laps. Aaaaaand... 400 lap! On hour 23 minute 48. Now I was fully relaxed as I achieved my goal, and my lead was 20 laps. My last lap, 403rd, was a victory lap. I decided to go really slow, and enjoy the last minutes of this 24 hour race. I crossed the finish line 2 minutes after the 24 hour period. Finish... 403 laps! It was a good journey. I definitely don't regret having spent so much time on this race, it was worth it. Now it really feels that I have accomplished something real in GT5.
I guess I'll have a break from 24 hours races and have some fun online. I'll attempt tackling 24 Hours of Nurburgring in the near future.
