What Should Team Oppo Drive in the iRacing 24h of Daytona?

"bwp240" (bwp240)
11/29/2016 at 13:05 • Filed to: Team Oppo, iRacing, Sim Racing

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The time has come for the collective Oppo to choose its race car.

Greetings Opponauts,

There seems to be enough interest in forming an Oppositelock/Digital Burnouts team for the iRacing 24 Hours of Daytona (Right now we have ~4 people interested). Therefore, I am going to proceed to the next step of the team building process ( trust falls car choice). If you are still interested in joining please comment on the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . If you want to learn more about how to qualify for the race, check out my threads on !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! and the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! .

Now comes the next part. What car should we run? Here are the nominees.

*Edit: These cars have been confirmed by iRacing staff.

(information from iRacing.com)

*all cars RWD

Prototype Class

1. Corvette C7 Daytona Prototype

Mid-Engine V8

RHD

GT3 Class

2. Audi R8 LMS

Mid-Engine

LHD

3. BMW Z4

Front Engine

LHD

4. Mercedes-Benz AMG

Front Engine

LHD

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What say you Oppo? What car do you want to see on track in brilliant Oppo colors? Vote in the poll below (feel free to vote for more than one).

*Edit: Car list is official from iRacing. The cars listed are the ones running. The other cars have been removed.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1nQVSi0BWlIjPKS2UVgPvBGUk6_ww95UQESuvjPFLOy8

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I will probably run the poll for a couple weeks...

DISCUSSION (16)

Z_Stig > bwp240
11/29/2016 at 13:15

Last year my team ran the McLaren at Daytona, where it’s an absolute rocketship.

bwp240 > Z_Stig
11/29/2016 at 13:18

I have heard the McLaren is a really good car to drive. It looks like they might not run it, but I included it in case they decide to allow it

Z_Stig > bwp240
11/29/2016 at 17:37

Yea, I should have checked that. According to staff on the forums, it will be the German GT3s joining the C7DP. The Audi is probably the quickest round Daytona out of that lot.

bwp240 > Z_Stig
11/29/2016 at 17:38

hmm, didn’t catch the staff comments. I just saw the early event post, but had not heard any official confirmation...

Z_Stig > bwp240
11/29/2016 at 17:48

It’s in this thread, near the bottom of the first page.

Did your team do Le Mans?

bwp240 > Z_Stig
11/29/2016 at 17:58

Huh I must have missed it. I will edit the post accordingly.

No I did not do the 24 Hours of LeMans. Most of the endurance races last year fell either when I had to work or travel, bad luck. Hopefully we can get enough interest and have the Oppo team in all of them this year.

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > bwp240
12/02/2016 at 12:29

Prototype because more adjustability and because when you’re used to the L79, sports cars just don’t feel right.

ncasolowork3 > bwp240
12/02/2016 at 13:33

I think first you need to decide between GTD and P. If you go GTD then pick which one. I’ve done the 2.4 hours of daytona once in a GTD and once in the old DP. For an event like this I think I would be inclined towards the Prototype unless you’ve got a new member or two signed up. Then go with the car that is the easiest to drive (not the fastest). In a 24 hour race the team that spends the least amount of time pointed the wrong way or in the pits usually finishes on the podium.

Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney > bwp240
12/02/2016 at 16:57

Do we have an update on driver lists yet or did I miss that?

bwp240 > Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney
12/06/2016 at 11:59

For the moment I have no formal drivers list. I only have a few people who are interested from the comments on this post . I should put together a formal sign up for shouldn’t I? I will have that soon...

bwp240 > ncasolowork3
12/06/2016 at 12:06

A valid point. GT3 cars are a bit better for newer drivers. I know for myself, I cannot drive a F1 car because the car goes faster than my brain can comprehend. I am a little worried about that with the Prototype, but Daytona is a fairly easy road course so I think I could learn it.

If there is a substantial amount of people interested in driving different cars. We could enter two teams.

I think our team’s main goal is to make it across the line at the finish.

ncasolowork3 > bwp240
12/06/2016 at 12:13

The old DP was actually pretty easy to drive. I’ve not tried the new one so I can’t comment on it, but it’s entirely possible that the DP is easier to drive than some of the GT3 cars. I believe the Audi is likely the most difficult to drive.

bwp240 > ncasolowork3
12/06/2016 at 12:32

Ok thanks for the info. I only have driven the Ruf and that one has a bit of a learning curve. Coming from stock cars I can see the appeal of the FR setup GT3 cars.

One key thing about the new DP is that it is RHD. Now it may be because I am a terrible road racer, but that shift into RHD really throws off my markers, especially on corner entry of tracks that I am familiar with. However, it just takes time to get out of those habits.

ncasolowork3 > bwp240
12/06/2016 at 12:35

I thought the DP was more of a McLaren F1 style center drive. If it is RHD that’s shocking really. That said i had no problems with the HPD for Le Mans coming from the Formula Renault.

bwp240 > ncasolowork3
12/06/2016 at 12:40

yep, IIRC the C7 prototype they got was a RHD Coyote chassis.

Kinja'd!!!

I think there were multiple configurations of the C7 prototype some with LHD, center drive, and the RHD iR got. It was all dependent on the chassis builder.

Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney > bwp240
12/06/2016 at 12:53

Add me to that mental list, if you don’t mind, meant to comment on that last post and didn’t for some reason. I’ll leave a post there just to be safe.