by "Viggen" (viggen37)
Published 06/18/2017 at 13:11
by "Viggen" (viggen37)
Published 06/18/2017 at 13:11
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STARS: 6
You keep playing with my emotions Le Mans! As my ‘Post-Le Mans Depression’ kicks in, I eagerly await next year. What a race that was.
"TheHondaBro" (wwaveform)
06/18/2017 at 13:16, STARS: 1
Meanwhile Toyota is begging the stewards to let them race the TS020 again.
"DC3 LS, will be perpetually replacing cars until the end of time" (dc3ls-)
06/18/2017 at 13:26, STARS: 1
Next year I just hope there’s more than two competitors in P1 and that the P2 drivers stop driving like a bag of dicks.
This year GTE- Pro was definitely were the best racing was at.
"TheTurbochargedSquirrel" (thatsquirrel)
06/18/2017 at 13:28, STARS: 0
My post Le Mans ritual has become running thousands of simulated laps over the next 2 months. Already logged 75 since the race ended.
"TheTurbochargedSquirrel" (thatsquirrel)
06/18/2017 at 13:30, STARS: 0
The TS050 is 17 seconds a lap faster than the TS020. Amazing how far technology has come in 18 years.
"TheTurbochargedSquirrel" (thatsquirrel)
06/18/2017 at 13:31, STARS: 3
We won’t be seeing any new manufacturers in LMP1 until 2020 when the new regulations come in. No point spending hundreds of millions to design a car which will be obsolete in 2 years.
"Viggen" (viggen37)
06/18/2017 at 13:33, STARS: 0
What so it can repeat 2017 which for Toyota was basically a repeat of 1999?
"TheHondaBro" (wwaveform)
06/18/2017 at 13:33, STARS: 0
But in style!
"Viggen" (viggen37)
06/18/2017 at 13:34, STARS: 0
I’ve got the Oppo 2.4LM later today. It’s a good start.
"Viggen" (viggen37)
06/18/2017 at 13:42, STARS: 0
2016's turbo failure still hurts more than this year’s Toyota issues.
"TheHondaBro" (wwaveform)
06/18/2017 at 13:43, STARS: 0
Understandable.
"Viggen" (viggen37)
06/18/2017 at 13:44, STARS: 0
No manufacture is going to invest the money into a factory team/car that’s only eligible for two more years. We’ll get more privateer LMP1s next year, hopefully. But don’t expect a change in LMP2. It’s a Pro-Am category and should remain that way.
"TheTurbochargedSquirrel" (thatsquirrel)
06/18/2017 at 14:00, STARS: 0
I think I am going to do the Project CARS 24 hours of Le Mans at some point this summer. Probably only a 6 hour time accelerated sim.
"zachaput" (zachaput)
06/18/2017 at 14:02, STARS: 0
The post Le Mans hangover is a real thing.
"Viggen" (viggen37)
06/18/2017 at 14:03, STARS: 0
That’d be fun. I’d race a lot more in PCars but using a controller in that game is literally hitler.
"CTSenVy" (CTSenVy)
06/18/2017 at 14:12, STARS: 0
I watched till about 7 hours to go before in went to bed. Woke up to see the Porsche 2 take the lead. That’s when the just woke up fog lifted and I realized the 2 was umpteen laps down when I last watched and the car it passed was a P2.
For the GT field I loved watching the Vette and Aston fight for the win. I’m a Corvette Racing fan but I also pull for Aston in the WEC so that ending was amazing.
"Viggen" (viggen37)
06/18/2017 at 14:23, STARS: 1
I think I fell asleep with eight hours to go woke up just after the #1 Porsche was removed from timing and scoring, so roughly five hours later. Hearing the Radio Le Mans say an LMP2 was leading was like a bucket of cold water, I was instantly awake.
GTE was a great battle all race long. I try to not have bias towards a manufacturer in WEC GTE-Pro or IMSA GTLM, which is hard between national pride (Corvette), being a Porschephile, and adoring the car that helped draw me into the sport (Aston Martin). But seeing the Aston win, that’s what I needed.