The Le Mans General Discussion Thread

[catamount39]

q/a on nissan lmp1 project, answer No.4 is interesting

 

[fortbo]

q/a on nissan lmp1 project, answer No.4 is interesting

Sweet mother of God! It's going to be in Granturismo!

 

[Furinkazen]

@DarthMosco

 

[Roger the Horse]

Again with the powertrain thing. I assume this is referring to the hybrid system, but the fact that they say it's very interesting interests me. Is this very interesting on a really geeky technical level or something us mere fans can get our teeth into?

 

[fortbo]

Again with the powertrain thing. I assume this is referring to the hybrid system, but the fact that they say it's very interesting interests me. Is this very interesting on a really geeky technical level or something us mere fans can get our teeth into?

 

[RACECAR]

So, is that basically saying that there's a possibility that we'll get this car in game? If so, when? On the exact same day of the Superbowl (when the car itself debuts)?

 

[Tired Tyres]

Sweet mother of God! It's going to be in Granturismo!

Well... it is a Nissan you know.

 

[CodeRedR51]

So, is that basically saying that there's a possibility that we'll get this car in game? If so, when? On the exact same day of the Superbowl (when the car itself debuts)?

I would assume then, sometime in February, or sometime around the time of the race.

 

[catamount39]

I would assume then, sometime in February, or sometime around the time of the race.

Thanks for the REALLY specific timetable Mr.Nissan employee...

 

[CodeRedR51]

That was just a guess.

 

[catamount39]

That was just a guess.

Sure it was...

 

[The Stig Farmer]

Total system horsepower of the GT-R LM NISMO is 2,000bhp

 

[CodeRedR51]

Sure it was...
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Seriously.

Total system horsepower of the GT-R LM NISMO is 2,000bhp

That's.....optimistic.

 

[catamount39]

Total system horsepower of the GT-R LM NISMO is 2,000bhp

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[Roger the Horse]

I find the 2000 horsepower figure dubious. It might be possible to get that from the powerplant, but for 24 hours?

Pfft...

 

[ProjectWHaT]

Nissan LMP1 has 2000 hp*!!!1!11!!

*2000 hp when running on unicorn farts

 

[catamount39]

I find the 2000 horsepower figure dubious. It might be possible to get that from the powerplant, but for 24 hours?

Pfft...

That's gonna be one hell of a bang...

 

[GTP_Ingram]

From what I've read, the ICE unit will have 600-ish horsepower, the rest is backed up by electric motors. It also depends on how the car will store and harvest the energy, and the rate at which it will release it, so 2,000hp probably won't be possible for very long - if at all - during the race.

It'd be nice to think they can turn the wick right up to the point of bursting to emulate Mark Blundell's lap in 1990 though

 

[Roger the Horse]

Where do Mulsanne's Corner even get these rumours from? I still expect the Nissan GTR LM-Nismo or whatever it was called to be a mid engined rear wheel drive car with a rear wing and an electric motor powering the front wheels to produce a combined power output of 1200 PS tops.

Prove me wrong Nissan. Give us a front wheel drive Batmobile with no aerodynamic parts and four billion horsepower and use it to win Le Mans. I'd love to see that as much as anyone else, I'm sure.

 

[Furinkazen]

Where do Mulsanne's Corner even get these rumours from? I still expect the Nissan GTR LM-Nismo or whatever it was called to be a mid engined rear wheel drive car with a rear wing and an electric motor powering the front wheels to produce a combined power output of 1200 PS tops.

Prove me wrong Nissan. Give us a front wheel drive Batmobile with no aerodynamic parts and four billion horsepower and use it to win Le Mans. I'd love to see that as much as anyone else, I'm sure.

Mr Fuller has insiders all across the community.

 

[catamount39]

Where do Mulsanne's Corner even get these rumours from? I still expect the Nissan GTR LM-Nismo or whatever it was called to be a mid engined rear wheel drive car with a rear wing and an electric motor powering the front wheels to produce a combined power output of 1200 PS tops.

Prove me wrong Nissan. Give us a front wheel drive Batmobile with no aerodynamic parts and four billion horsepower and use it to win Le Mans. I'd love to see that as much as anyone else, I'm sure.

I think that we all are still forgetting the image of the LMP GTR under that tarp...you can clearly see a rear wing, and that it looks to be mid engined.

 

[cnd01]

Didn't Nissan say that it would take styling from the GTR? None of that hocus pocus from Mulsanne goes by what Nissan originally said

 

[Holdenhsvgtsr]

I think that we all are still forgetting the image of the LMP GTR under that tarp...you can clearly see a rear wing, and that it looks to be mid engined.

And no doubt is a clay model and not the real car

 

[RACECAR]

Off-topic: Does anyone know the font of the number:

I have an rFactor request I'm doing and I just need that to complete it.

 

[CodeRedR51]

I think that we all are still forgetting the image of the LMP GTR under that tarp...you can clearly see a rear wing, and that it looks to be mid engined.

As I told someone in the GT6 thread, pay no attention to the car under the cover.

 

[Snaeper]

Answer number five is probably the most interesting.

 

[catamount39]

I thought that this was interesting, and maybe thoughts from this could also be used in the Nissan pondering pool.

DISCLAIMER: THIS IS FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY!

http://www.racer.com/wec-le-mans/item/112282-flight-of-fancy-xjr-19-concept

 

[RACECAR]

Someone's been playing a lot of GT6.

 

[TheEnd35000vr]

I thought that this was interesting, and maybe thoughts from this could also be used in the Nissan pondering pool.

DISCLAIMER: THIS IS FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY!

http://www.racer.com/wec-le-mans/item/112282-flight-of-fancy-xjr-19-concept

The smell of the Chaparral 2X is strong with the design.

 

[catamount39]

The smell of the Chaparral 2X is strong with the design.

The length of the car is what gets me...somebody went a little overboard with the wheelbase and the rear bodywork. It's bigger than the pit box.