Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-31526827-20200211183502/@comment-29898480-20200212125908

Jimtaken wrote: Thanks ConditionZeero.

And my hat goes off to the real drivers of 24 hr. Lemans. I just read this at wikkipedia. They use three drivers for 8 hr. stents each. I never knew there was more than one driver for the Real 24 hr. Events. And of course they take in all the real G Forces for a straight 8 hrs. I would never dare it. Is good to know no one driver does it.

Only top teams with professional (that is, getting a paycheck to drive) drivers are doing the race with three drivers. Down the grid you find teams with 4, 5 or 6 drivers, many of them writing big checks to be able to get the drive time. Someone’s got to pay the team’s bills!

And they don’t do 8 hours straight. The race naturally breaks into stints based on refueling stops. You’ll see double and triple stints, but you’re taking about 2 and 3 hours for those.

As for peeing in the seat, that’s a rarity and it’s a mistake. It’s hot as the blazes in all your gear in that hot car, you sweat a ton, and you don’t make much urine. You should be drinking a lot while in the car because of the fluid loss from sweating, but you still don’t need to pee. When the peeing happens are times like rain races, when it’s slower and colder but the driver is still drinking.