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Take the circuit back to how it was in the 60's, replace the Tetre Rouge Dunlop bride, re do all the tunnels so that cars/trucks are separated from pedestrians, make some new camp sites out on the Mulsanne and go back to the classic start.
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First of all, open up the Dunlop chicane is it was in the early 90's. It needs to be there since a flatout Dunlop corner would be crazy, but now it is just too slow.
Then get rid of the new corner before the esses. The run from the bridge down to the real esses IS the picture in my mind when i think of Le Mans. And i am soo happy i was able to see it myself, before they ruined it. I am afraid we will have to live with the chicanes, it would be too dangourous to go without them. Perhaps opening the braking area for Mulsanne Corner would be a good idea. With the kink just before braking, it is quite dangourous to pass backmarkers. The Indianapolis-Porsche curves part is perfect, leave it! But go back to just a single Ford chicane. I have never understod why you needed another chicane just after you had a chicane. Overall Le Mans is a great track when compared to the Formula 1 circuits. A few tweaks and it would be a little better, but remind you those tweaks would mostly be "un-tweaks". The circuit is great, and i hate when they mess with it. |
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If any of you guys are gamers I'll be putting these ideas forward to some of my game "modding" buddies to implement into GT Legends
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Alex - since the dreadful Infogrammes Le Mans game of a few years back I've been desperately waiting for a real - realistic - Le Mans sim. One that has multiple circuit variations to cover the main circuit changes over the years, suitable (and moddable) car sets and, most importantly, the ability to run the full 24 hours with a save facility for whenever you want it...... Get me that and I'll be a happy man. Oh, and I don't want it so realistic that only Tom Kristensen can keep the cars on the road........ |
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All I'm going to do is mention the racers name Sean Edwards & a certain computer game maker..
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Good plug there Nicky.
As to mods to the track, I don't see why you can't completely do away with the Dunlop Chicane. The Dunlop Curve would be no less dangerous than the kind before Indianapolis, and if anything would be safer because it has more run-off. I think you could get away with just one chicane on the Mulsanne. The Dottinger Hohe is a little more than half the Mulsannes' length, and the touring cars must hit 225-230+mph (They were hitting 215-220+mph 13 years ago.). Another example is Monza, where the F1 cars hit 230-mph before the first chicane, so the outright speeds of at least half a Mulsanne can be handled. I definitely agree that the Ford Chicane should be taken back to just one left/right flick, and that the old run into The Esse ought to be brought back. |
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I agree on all counts Purist.
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[QUOTE=Purist and the touring cars must hit 225-230+mph (They were hitting 215-220+mph 13 years ago.). .[/QUOTE]
What touring cars do 225-230?????? |
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Touring Cars is a loose term in Germany. At the 24-hour "touring car" race there last year, or it may have been 2004, a 750-hp, twin-turbo, heavily modded 911 GT2 sat on pole. The factory BMW M3 GTRs also showed up.
I have a video of an onboard lap of the Nordschleife with Klaus Ludwig in his 1993 Mercedes DTM car, I believe, and he says that since the Mercs are running lower downforce than some of the other cars, they're hitting around 350-km/h, instead of just 340, on the Dottinger Hohe Straight. |
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Only because they aren't designed to go that fast. Why build a car that is strong up to such high speeds if they are never going to be used. It would be a waste of money. Give the circuit longer straights & cars with faster top speeds will reappear.
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