What is your overall pace in a race?

https://www.blancpain-gt-series.com...es-endurance-cup-monza/main-race-after-1-hour

If i look at the results of last year in GT3, my race pace is on par with most of the drivers on said list.

but in hot lapping not so much..

How is your race pace during a sprint?

mine on Monza around 1:51.***

 

There is a short Monza hotsint running default setup over 10 minutes in the SRO event so you can find out there. The track is not very grippy and its got half a tank so saying race pace isn't that relevant as conditions can vary drastically, I can run a race running consistant 1:48's there or like last night with a friend on a wet but drying track pace started at around 2 minutes, the cool thing with the hotstints in ACC especially the special events everyone can compare against others. At times there are longer ones of 30 or even 60 minutes I think and these are a good test for exactly this question.

There is another special event hotstint in the BMW with open setups which I think is 40 minutes long so give these a go and see where you end up on the leaderboards.

 

At Zolder in the BMW iam 211* on the board. That is not what i was revering to. What is the race pace during an actual race against other players/AI.

 

Depends entirely on race length, track conditions and traffic so really hard to say.

Many races at Monza over 20-30 minutes Ive raced friends in cars running low 1:48's to high 1:47's with a grippy track, this can be a battle to go under 1:49 with colder temps and less grip. Then if you start near the back of slower traffic this will effect the pace greatly too then add different grip levels or rain and race pace can be well over 2 minutes per lap and your going as hard as if you did for sub 48 qualy laps. With AI at optimal and 100% strength to keep up with the lead cars you need to run low 1:48's all race so comparing race pace can only be done in that particular race with others in it.

Or in the hot stints it gives you a good idea of pure race pace without any traffic. Obviously if any cars are ahead and slower then you you either need to go around them or wait until you can so your pace will be no faster then theirs until you make that pass. Racing isn't about taking a dive bomb at every first opportunity so the quality and amount of traffic will have a fair impact. In a good strong field it may be hard to make clean passes for position against someone that's 1 second per lap slower if they don't make mistakes and have good exits.

Also I have had races with a few guys where we were all pushing low 1:48's all race and mostly just maintaining the gaps. Pretty much like an extended qualy session where a tiny error saw you lose a tenth or 2 to the pack and very hard to make up again.

 

For the op comment 're monza.
I'm typically similar at 1:51s. In traffic can be a couple seconds slower of course. In free air i might hit low 1:50 best.
This in online mp races 20-30 minutes typically

 

Nice. For me in a 30 min quick race to practice/training i start at the back and try to work my way forward. but i cant get the lap time under 50' that is also my fastest lap (1:50.043) . Race pace wise give or take a tenth i can do 51's. so for online racing iam a good midfielder. As i look at the real timing on Monza BlancPain then i find my times are not to shabby

 

1-2 seconds slower then quali time..eventually doing laps close to quali time and win

 

My race pace is 0.5-1s off my qualy times more or less sometimes and other times where i'm more concentrated I can hit my qualy without problems:
Race Pace can be around (+-0.5):
Misano 1:34.6
Hungary 1:44.5
Zolder 1:29.2
Nurb 1:54.8
Paul Ricard 1:55.0
Monza 1:48.5

(This are times with Track: OPTIMUM)

That's what I do normally with the 30 min race that is what are we racing more during week days, with a 1h race the times can increase or decrease a bit depending the track with more fuel, sometimes i'm more smooth with more fuel and sometimes not depending on the track.

At the point i'm at it's getting harder to improve.

 

Misano 1:54.8? That has to be a typo, my best lap is 1:38

 

I think you can improve easily by about 20 seconds on Misano

I've seen your name around on the leaderboards next to mine, though I'm usually around .3-.5s faster than the times you meantioned.

When I'm racing I'm normally within .5s of my fastest quali times. I think the difference has to do with physical exhaustion. I noticed with karting is doing a 1min lap is easy, while going just a fraction faster exponentially increases the stress on my body. I reckon that is why IRL people, especially in Blancpain with so many gentleman drivers, race pace is a lot slower than the quali pace, because it is much harder physically to maintain said pace.

As for the SRO lap pace, I'm driving around 1:49.5 (+/- .3s), currently #58 on the SRO leaderboard. Not bad, but not great either.

 

It is, I've seen him do 1:34.8

 

oh my bad, it was a typo yes jajaja, I put the nurb time... , I agree with the physical exhaustion, especially in sim racing with the room temperature and if i'm getting warm and a bit sweaty I get my worst performance playing ACC and is reflected with in the lap times so easy and making mistakes too.
That's why I put the +-0.5, my times when i'm the most confident/comfortable I get the -0.5 during race but is hard.
And in the SRO i'm doing this times more or less between 1.49.5 - 1.50.0, haven't master this lambo... it needs some practice this bad boy.

 

I use to be decent at stints ( usually within top #100 or #200 in Stint event leaderboards ), yet i think my pace of choice depends massively on track and actual opponents speed.

Usually i prefer lapping safely and consistently, meaning about 0-5 - 1 second off my PB.
This unless i'm urged to build or close some gap.

A consistent pace is usually better than raw speed on tricky tracks such as Zolder. Driving at 95% of own limit there is usually the best option.
On easier tracks such as Misano i tend to push harder and close to (my) limit, as minor mistakes there are less punishing.