Day 1: Practice

Hey guys. Going to start updating you guys on my new Adventure. Le mans...

Ever since 2004, i've been making attempts at racing alongside major endurance races such as Sebring,  Le mans, Daytona and only once did i make it completely through the entire race... and that was my very first event.

Here's a recap of all the events i've attempted so far and why they failed as well as the game used in parenthesis


2005: 24 Hours of Le Mans (Sports car GT) Completed. Finished 7th overall, 2nd in class

2006: No races run

2007: 24 Hours of Le Mans (rfactor) DNF Lap 25 roughly 2 hours into race. Collision with another car upon entering Muslanne. Extensive Aero damage combined with high speed braking into 1st chicane sent doomed car into wall HARD.

Petit Le Mans 10 hours (GTR 2) DNF Lap 50 roughly a Hour into race. Underestimated car's airborne capabilities underneath Suzuki bridge. Lost grip, over corrected right into main straight's outer wall.

2008: Daytona 24 Hours (rfactor) DNF Lap unknown roughly 8 hours into race.  Lack of attention paid to the road. Missed braking zone by several feet and crashed into wall near tri-oval entry. If applied handbrake, could have missed wall if not cause minor damage.

Sebring 12 Hours (rfactor) DNF Lap unknown Roughly 10 and a half hours into race. Accidentally pressed "restart race" button. Was en route to completing first enduro in 3 years. Great experience and farthest ever gone to date.

24 Hours of Le Mans (rfactor) DNF lap unknown roughly 8 and a half hours into race. Was plagued with issues ever since a collision 2 hours before. Car began to have heating issues and finally the engine bit the dust 3 miles from pitlane. Was leading class and 9th overall. However there were only about 12 other cars running at the time. Horrible mod choice.

2009:  Spa 24 Hours (rfactor) DNF Lap 69 and Unknown time. I did a double stint keeping us in the top 10 majority of the race before heading out to the local cyber cafe. Come back at around 10 pm est time roughly 9 hours into race and find that the car is dnf'd. I let the AI drive...

Britcar 24 Hours (rfactor) DNF lap 30 Roughly Hour and a half into race. Collision with lower class car.No races run

2010:

Petit Le Mans 10 hours (rfactor) DNF Lap 23 Roughly 30 Minutes into race. Was streaming the race live when rfactor alt-tabbed and crashed. Wasn't too prepared for the race to begin with.

That brings me to present time. I'll be driving the Acura P2 ARX car with the XM satellite Livery. practice has been going excellent and with my years of experience, i've been showing MASSIVE amounts of promising results to come this weekend. So far i've been churning 3:43 lap times on my conserve mode and 3:40's on catch up/race mode. Minimal mistakes were made this morning's 2 hour stint practice as i made it through with no body damage, 3rd overall and 1st in class. However the competition will be stiff come race day as i'll be joined by at least 6 or 7 other P2 cars and p1 will be contested by a guaranteed 6 entries from Audi and Pug 3 cars respectively.


I've been practicing and looking for the right car to drive for nearly 2 months now as tackling a 24 hour race with you driving for at least 10 hours can take a mental and physical toll your body even virtually. You want a car that feels great not only in the early hours of the race, but that can stay consistent at night and make you feel secure. A car that can sprint to the finish when it's needed ain't so bad either. I've toyed with the though of keeping the usual Corvette tradition that  i've kept since 2008, but consider Pug is my all-time fav Le Mans manufacture/team, i turned so odd 50 laps with the 908 and felt that i didn't want to be in the p1 Cars just yet. I also though about using the GT2 Corvette. However it IS fun to drive and i feel comfortable in it for hours at a time, but it's understeery and harsh on tires and that's something i don't want to deal with for 10 hours. Only a couple of days ago did i try the Acura and i can say it's probably going to be my mainstay enduro car. Once i complete Le mans... Roll on Petit Le Mans

Here's a fun fact to end it. in 2004 I completed the Petit Le Mans. However it wasn't alongside the actual race and done on Console using 24 Hours of Le Mans PS2 game. Good thing for AI control because my father was moaning at me to clean my room mid-race.