Don't miss our Motors TV live coverage from Long Beach at midnight tonight (Saturday) for the third round of the American Le Mans Series, where Scotland's Dario Franchitti is on pole for Andretti Green Acura ahead of the two Penske Porsches and fellow Scot Allan McNish's Audi R10.

This will the shortest ALMS race ever, running for just 100m instead of the usual 2h 45m, as it squeezes into a crowded race weekend at the California street circuit, sharing the billing with Champ Car. It is the first visit of the ALMS to the 33-year old track, although GrandAm was here last year for a destructive prototypes-only race won by Mexico's Luis Diaz (who starts 7th in the ALMS tonight) and Scott Pruett.

The LMP2 cars have found what it needs to beat the Audis in qualifying around this fast 1.67-mile course on the harbour front, but can they translate that into an outright win? This will be a two-driver, one-stop race, so strategy will be dictated by how many full course yellows get thrown. There were three in last year's 90-minute GrandAm race, which left Memo Gidley injured and a half-dozen cars wrecked.

I will be anchoring the live show from midnight (24.00 UK) with commentary from our colleagues at Speed Channel - so make sure you're with us. Tell me what you think here on the forum during the race, and I'll pass your comments on to our audience, which judging by Sebring and St Pete is going to be big again...

Then tomorrow (Sunday) I will be joined by Carlton Kirby and David Leslie for our full coverage of the Monza 1000 Kms, opening round of the LMS season, where Peugeot makes its race debut with its diesel-powered 908 coupe, against the best prototypes in Europe. Motors will be live from Monza from shortly after 11.00 (UK).

MARK COLE

looking forward very much to the race tonight, i hope i can stay awake unlike qualifing last night ops:

for commentators eye very important, thank you
http://www.motorstv.com/forum2/viewtopic.php?t=2320

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motorstv

ummm not sure

yeah I will be present tonight eh tomorrow aswell, great Msport weekend, never a dull moment
think i'll try this evening to better my best lap on Spa'67 with the R8 (2:52.5) with GTR2, to get in the mood...

which very of the physics for the r8 are you using?

i can't wait fot the lms tomorrow

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motorstv

ummm not sure

rDuff's second update Dave (makes it driveable) hope the whole mod is finished before 17-06 :p

what do you think of them? and compared to the third update?

i can't wait for the next update bentley, panoz, 333sp

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motorstv

ummm not sure

third ? oh well, i'll just wait for the rest to be finished.. making new setups again for all, yah love to drive the Bentley, and hopefully some of the Dome's

i'll let you in on a little secret i'm rduff (and i can prove it if you want ) on another forum (or two). There is a third update here:

http://www.4shared.com/file/13380867/dc ... 8_V10.html

any feed back or comments are greatful received, i'm still just learning how to make physics.

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motorstv

ummm not sure

oh thats great DuffDave , yah using the B update that is the second ? much better then what they came up with, the back was impossible to control, 338km on Spa, is what they could have done if Spa'67 still existed imo.
& 319 on LM (first mulsanne-strait)
i'll try you're last update tonight

yep that was the seond update the first was just two files.

the sig is very familiar, but i'm afraid i don't know your screen name ops:

this update should make them just a little faster (and hopefully more realistic) that said i'm very pleased that someone is using any of my updates

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motorstv

ummm not sure

I had that one sussed - I took my laptop to bed with me!

well do think, no i know. more are using them, keep it up
Sim racing need some good physics guy's

is there much changed since B? do i need to start from default with setup ?

there shoundn't be too bigger difference between them, but the new one is a little faster in a straight line. It's a real as i could get it






distance wasn't the problem, lying down was a mistake ops:

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motorstv

ummm not sure

Try setting your alarm clock for tonight.

Hindy has his email working, people can send him stuff via studio@0157.org although I think he will have his hands full during such a short race.

Just tested it (with newly made setup), it is indeed a subtle change, but a good one, handling is better, think you changed the basic car downforce? and moved engine power from bottum revs more towards the middle ? could be completly wrong though was a short time on Spa'67 (one blink of the eye and you'll lose the car there)
but definitely a keeper, thanks