Board Thread:Challenge Threads/@comment-27048832-20160212005422/@comment-31433854-20170803201246

Your run at Bridge is truely epic. I think I got ~18 miles when I ran it. It is mind-blowingly fun in the Nismo, though :D

I think the key foundation to a good endurance distance is a firm knowledge of the TT lines, as the 'off-track' limits are the same. This is useful early on and crucial in the late stages of the race. Next most important is knowing how to vary this line efficiently for passing, especially the slow cars. Then learning when it pays to cut corners and how to execute this efficiently.

Then comes the strategy part of it. Often, as large of a reverse at the start as possible is advantagous (with the Huayra, I caught up to the first car with 2s on the clock). Its not always easy to do (Bathurst and Nurburgring come to mind) so other management startegies come into play. I would say generally, it is best to manage some, but its certainly not good to lift and wait to pass with 82s on the clock. Other times, it can help to pass cars quickly so that their replacements cause a bottleneck and trap faster bots. This is especially true when the performance of the cars in the race vary widely. Group C is a good example of this. To get you with the Jag at Indy Road, I found I went farther reversing less at the start and over-passing bots, as this would create trains latter on to get the clock back up.

So, to sum up, I would argue that good, clean laps with efficient passes are applicable to all endurance races but that the strategy can vary widely depending on the cars and track.