Would these settings work for users that don't have or are not using the DFP wheel?

So I am not done with the race yet but here something I wanted to share with you BTW.

Car: Ginetta G4 with racing chip, oil change, and S1 tires; nothing else.
Driver and Style: Me in tire conservation mode.
Race and Event: European 1000 Miles La Sarthe II.
Current Status: Lap 17, front tires light green, rear tires light green, with 6 tenths of a tank of gas left.

Key Point: I have noticed since the first race of the series this car uses very little gas and is light on its tires. I had made some notes about the performance (“Current Status”) in the prior three races but have misplaced them. I will keep you updated with the race; the key thing I want to stress is at the current gas/tire consumption rate I feel this car may be able to do all 35 laps of this race WITHOUT a single pit stop.

That’s it race complete; 35 laps at Sarthe II for a total of 295 miles on one tank of gas and one set of tires. When I crossed the line for the checkered flag I had two-tenths of tank of gas left and my front tires were yellow-green and my back tires were yellow.

Now that’s what I call a car! Have any more cars that can do this been found in the game?

I had no problem winning the other races but I used Bob to drive part of them. My Bob had no experience when I started the races and couldn’t handle the car to save his life. I still can’t find my notes but I do recall at the Ring I was making minimal tire wear and a tenth of a tank for every four laps. I ran against the:

’67 Mazda 110S (L10A)
’67 Nissan Skyline 2000GT-B (S54A)
’65 Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint GTA 1600
’68 Isuzu Bellet 1600 GT-R
’65 Fiat 500F

The best lap I had at La Sarthe II was a 5’06.2xx and that was done without drafting and it was a clean lap; it was lap 33 when I was no longer worried about gas or tires.

Just the once,............. but I entered with a 407 hp 1961 Jaguar E-Type Coupe. I'm looking forward to running again "your way" the second time.

If you are going to run it again do you plan to B-Spec any of the races? Bob isn’t programmed to make best use of tires and fuel and Opera Paris is just to annoying for me to drive straight through. If you are driving them all straight through make notes of your tire and fuel consumption and post them up here please.

I hate to point out the obvious but it looks like the only way to tell if any other cars can do this is to run the race with every car that meets the specs. I did a quick search using the Advanced Search feature (limited search of all cars from 1915 to 1970) and that means 48 possible cars. The Ginetta can now be removed from the list. I can’t see you doing this on your own and I am not too sure about having the time to help you. Each race would have to be run with cars using S1’s front and back, no mods over 110hp or any mods if the car comes stock over 110hp. Finally each race would have to be run by hand; Bob just can’t manage tires and fuel like a person.

There is the option of running a truncated race to test tire and fuel usage. It would still have to be run on each of the four tracks but would save time and there is no logical reason why such a shortened test wouldn’t work; your thoughts?

Edited in: I could help with a shortened test if we can split the cars.

Nurburgring Nordschleife: 25 laps, (323.5 miles)

The Car, a '64 Ginetta G4 with a sport intake/exhaust and an oil change for 98 hp at the start of the race

I decided to try and run the entire race without a stop just to see if it could be done. While the Ginetta is frugal enough on fuel to make the distance, barely!, it was a pipe dream to get there without a stop. I managed the fuel just fine, having no bars left on the linear fuel gauge left, so it seems just enough. The race became a one stop affair for a fresh set of S1's and a driver change, B-Spec Bob finished the last 12 laps. Here are some random notes:

Lap 1 thru 8: I mangaed to gap the field, including the G4, runing a 9' 15.xx - 9' 30.xx pace, plodding along watching my tires go away regaurdless of how smoothly I drove.

Lap 9: Tires were green front / yellow rear.

Lap 10: 9' 04.572, Fastest of the race with yellow-orange rear tires.

Lap 12: Tires are junk, green-yellow front / orange rear. Fuel clicks off the last of the first half a tank at the beginning of the last straight.

Lap 13: Pit stop. Race time 2: 01'45.xxx Nursed it in on crap tires,
green-yellow front / dark orange rear. Fuel is fine, I expect B-Spec Bob to be more frugal on fuel than I was, we'll see. B-spec Bob, (4978 skill pts) takes over to finish the rest of the race. I have a 3'30.xxx or so lead on the other G4 when I pull in the pits. We swap drivers, take on tires and no fuel, and off we go.

Lap 14 thru 23: Bob is doing fine on speed 3 (Steady), but a bit slower than I to the tune of 15 to 30 seconds a lap. He is maintaining the three minute lead on the other G4.

Lap 24: Tires and fuel seem to be right on par with how I had managed them. Tires, maybe a bit worse. B-Spec Bob slides off the track in the same places every now and again and spins out every so often, but he's winning.

Lap 25: Tires are junk just liike they were for me. Fuel reads empty on the gauge but there is enough to finish. Final time, 3: 57' 21.xxx B-Spec Bob wins the race for us.

We managed the race on one stop for tires. Fuel went the whole way on one tank. All in all an uneventful race. The winning margin was just over three minutes as I had left it after lap 13. Car was down to 93 hp at the end of the race.

Here are the Numbers:
Total time: 3:57' 21.xxx
Total laps: 25
Total miles: 323.5
Fastest lap: Race: 9' 04.572
Pit: 13th lap, S1 / S1 tires
Horse Power: 98 Hp, Ginetta G4 '64, (93hp at end of race)

Well my sponge bob is at 98/85/83, in a g4 with 100hp he finished the race in 2.38.11.358, he pitted on lap 22 and wrecked a bunch(left speed setting on 3 w/ overtake on).

The a/c runs the race in 2.33.24.581, I think that's the fastest ai.

I think I can beat the a/c in a s1, not sure how much more power is needed, definity need to tweak the tranny, might try softer tires with a one stop stratagy.....

the main reason I posted was the fact that the elan s1 can run the sarthe race on s1/s1 without a pit......

DTW?