Updated the thread for Nurburgring 24. Looks like they're going to do that staggered start again with the expanded dates to now include June 3rd. Time to discuss what car we'd like to run. All would be fun for me. Hopefully we can fill 2 cars.
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The Giant Bomb racing team had an entertaining 2016 iRacing 12 Hours of Sebring. We had @iron1c@khann and @sebw in the GBeast Daytona Prototype. Then @slowbird and myself (@datarez) in the Giant Bomb Ford GT GT3.
The start was a bit crazy and made the first 45 minutes feel like 3 hours. We were lucky enough to get our prototype and GT3 teams into the same event. Since the races are split bit iRating depending on how many teams and who enters, this was a bit of a calculated gamble to get it right. We ended up in the 5th split of 9 in a 42 car field. Our prototype team had qualified 13th of 19 prototypes. The GT3 team started 14th of 23 GT3 cars. As we were taking the green flag the prototype field slowed causing the GBeast prototype team to get some contact. Things stayed crazy for the GBeast team as they now had to move up through the GT3 field and got some more contact and damage. The Ford GT3 team took the no traffic this early in a 12 hour race approach and fell to the back of the GT3 field.
Eventually the Ford GT3 team fell victim to the difficult turn 1 and partially from new track conditions in iRacing. We believe while running wide in turn 1 slowbird got into the dirt and marbles and lost traction which caused him to slide into the wall. It was a short 15 minute repair but meant we were running a different race now.
iRacing now features a dynamic track with rubber buildup, dirt, debris and changing traction. You can see this is the screenshot above in turn 7, the hairpin. This was a common corner to cut so you can see the gravel that gets kicked up and the debris build-up on the left side when the track resumes just ahead.
The middle hours of the race were mostly just putting in laps. The damage we had on the Ford meant we were able to get any faster even though the rubber on the track meant the track was much faster. The GBeast prototype team was able to put in some very fast laps as the car body was mostly replaced every time they had to repair.
As it would turn out though, time zones got the better of GBeast. Battling little sleep and odd hours in their parts of the world the GBeast car found themselves in the pits for more repairs. Which turned into an impromptu nap time.
The GBeast team was saved though when Seb returned (at his scheduled time) to drive. BUT if it was all so simple. When he went to get into the car he found that the engine had blown. This was due to the car sitting on pit road for so long idling. Another 30 minute repair and he was back on the track.
The Ford GT3 team did have a small battle for 12th in class with the Japanese iRJA Ford GT team which was a fun battle and something to keep us motivated late in the race. The Giant Bomb Ford GT3 team ended the race in 13th in class and 26th overall though. The GBeast Daytona Prototype finished 15th in class and 31st overall.
Thanks to everyone involved! It was a fun race but we have a long break until the next big team event like this one. The iRacing Nurburgring 24 hours will be June 4th. I'm looking forward to it.
Here is the GBeast C7 Daytona Prototype. Trading Paints
I've been playing a bit of Monster Hunter lately and the new audi has some big side panels that I thought would look cool with monsters on it. Trading Paints
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