Le mans 24 virtual
Discussion
lowdrag said:
//j17 said:
I mean is it fair in the real race when the car behind you just misses their braking point and punts you in to the gravel/tyres at one of the Mulsanne chicanes?
And there was I thinking that Mulsanne was just a right-angle bend and that the chicanes were on the Hunaudières.
stewartm said:
It was worth it, just for following Nicki Thiim's channel when he was in the 95:
Good to see they got P2 in class in the end.
Mr Thiim has just become a father so this is time out- Singing 5 second samples of various 80's rock 'classics'
- Raging about iRacing
- Raging about F1 drivers
- Raging about well known virtual racers
- Raging about all the wrong places LMP cars were passing
- Raging about Aston BoP
- Singing more 5 second samples of 80's rock 'classics'
- Shouting at his screen through a comedy megaphone periodically
- Inch perfect, all laps within around .5 of each other. For a triple stint, and then double stint overnight.
Good to see they got P2 in class in the end.
Great Dane said:
still getting them even if I left the aco year ago
Just curious. Some sporting events are limiting attendance, I think I read that Indy is allowing 5000, some other sports are around this figure as well. So based on the assumed pre-sales of lets say 150,000 tickets, I'm assuming the usual figure of 265,000 is not presales for the week, but maybe some walk ins, some enclosure only, some Sunday only. Of these lets say that 2/3 returned for next years, that leaves about 50,000 potential ticket holders wanting to turn up in September. So (and this is me thinking) lets say the ACO need a way of reducing the potential ticket holders who they allow in. So they introduce the "Special 24 Hours of Le Mans Fan" scheme, available soon, from 80e.Would they be as sneaky to introduce another way to levy money from peoples wallets to reduce the potential number of attendees?
Read here for the ACO scheme:-
https://www.lemans.org/en/news/club-aco-new-member...
The 24 Hour Moto at the end of August is behind closed doors, the 24 Hours Trucks has been bumped by the ACO into November for the 24 Hours main race, and talk here is that since the Trucks will now be in November that it will probably be cancelled altogether. Even without the undercurrent of talk that the virus will rear its ugly head again in the autumn, I can't see just how the ACO are going to control distancing around the circuit. From the pits to Tertre Rouge, the village, Mulsanne, Arnage - it's a logistical nightmare. Even if the crowd is lower than it would be in June (and I think a maximum of 50% will come so let's say 100,000 for sake of argument) it will be impossible to control properly. I'm not trying to be a prophet of doom here, just trying to think things through, but sadly, as we are seeing in the USA, when safety and the dollar collide, the dollar always wins.
https://www.lemans.org/en/news/club-aco-new-member...
The 24 Hour Moto at the end of August is behind closed doors, the 24 Hours Trucks has been bumped by the ACO into November for the 24 Hours main race, and talk here is that since the Trucks will now be in November that it will probably be cancelled altogether. Even without the undercurrent of talk that the virus will rear its ugly head again in the autumn, I can't see just how the ACO are going to control distancing around the circuit. From the pits to Tertre Rouge, the village, Mulsanne, Arnage - it's a logistical nightmare. Even if the crowd is lower than it would be in June (and I think a maximum of 50% will come so let's say 100,000 for sake of argument) it will be impossible to control properly. I'm not trying to be a prophet of doom here, just trying to think things through, but sadly, as we are seeing in the USA, when safety and the dollar collide, the dollar always wins.
Edited by lowdrag on Thursday 18th June 08:45
lowdrag said:
//j17 said:
I mean is it fair in the real race when the car behind you just misses their braking point and punts you in to the gravel/tyres at one of the Mulsanne chicanes?
And there was I thinking that Mulsanne was just a right-angle bend and that the chicanes were on the Hunaudières.
lowdrag said:
Read here for the ACO scheme:-
https://www.lemans.org/en/news/club-aco-new-member...
The 24 Hour Moto at the end of August is behind closed doors, the 24 Hours Trucks has been bumped by the ACO into November for the 24 Hours main race, and talk here is that since the Trucks will now be in November that it will probably be cancelled altogether. Even without the undercurrent of talk that the virus will rear its ugly head again in the autumn, I can't see just how the ACO are going to control distancing around the circuit. From the pits to Tertre Rouge, the village, Mulsanne, Arnage - it's a logistical nightmare. Even if the crowd is lower than it would be in June (and I think a maximum of 50% will come so let's say 100,000 for sake of argument) it will be impossible to control properly. I'm not trying to be a prophet of doom here, just trying to think things through, but sadly, as we are seeing in the USA, when safety and the dollar collide, the dollar always wins.
Also considering hotels and other boarding may have restrictions on numbers also.https://www.lemans.org/en/news/club-aco-new-member...
The 24 Hour Moto at the end of August is behind closed doors, the 24 Hours Trucks has been bumped by the ACO into November for the 24 Hours main race, and talk here is that since the Trucks will now be in November that it will probably be cancelled altogether. Even without the undercurrent of talk that the virus will rear its ugly head again in the autumn, I can't see just how the ACO are going to control distancing around the circuit. From the pits to Tertre Rouge, the village, Mulsanne, Arnage - it's a logistical nightmare. Even if the crowd is lower than it would be in June (and I think a maximum of 50% will come so let's say 100,000 for sake of argument) it will be impossible to control properly. I'm not trying to be a prophet of doom here, just trying to think things through, but sadly, as we are seeing in the USA, when safety and the dollar collide, the dollar always wins.
Edited by lowdrag on Thursday 18th June 08:45
Sadly I feel a big deal was made of the virtual as they know it's highly likely to be canceled .
I get calls asking if I know any good B&Bs not far from the circuit, and several of those have said no can do this year, so I would think that there are two sides to this coin. The town depends on the tourism the racing brings, from the 24 Hour bike race in April right through the season to the 24 Hour Trucks in September, and that is only the tip of the iceberg. F3 driving school, track days, 24 hour pushbikes - the circuit, full or just Bugatti, is occupied all spring summer and autumn usually. Restaurants, transport, bars, filling stations, and caterers, you name it, they are going to go bust in droves. This week the papers are talking about how people who went to the shops have got used to buying on the internet and aren't going back to the town centre. But that brings us back to survival. If trade is there, hotels will open their door just to survive and take the risk. It is the nature of the beast.
And something we have all forgotten about about which is essential to the running of the race - the marshals. We have less marshals now than before - it was 1750 - but we are down to 1250 after the implementation of the red, white, blue etc. screens. Will they get enough? Or, put another way, will the ACO give a damn? They certainly don't for the classic, because that has always taken place in the holiday period of July and they struggle to get 600 for the same circuit. And mostly elderly people too.
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