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Does Le Mans still do that thing where there's no decent TV coverage overnight?
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May 30, 2017 23:34
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Buy the WEC online video thing it's great
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May 30, 2017 23:54
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GOOD TIMES ON METH posted:Buy the WEC online video thing it's great I will, but I recall from a few years ago that they don't have camera crews on track overnight, so it was mostly static CCTV shots until dawn.
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May 30, 2017 23:59
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Eurosport have people talking through the night usually
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May 30, 2017 23:59
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They switched to having all the cameras manned overnight in... 2015 I think, not seen anything about it this year so I'd guess it's the same.
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May 31, 2017 00:12
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wicka posted:I will, but I recall from a few years ago that they don't have camera crews on track overnight, so it was mostly static CCTV shots until dawn. In-car shots and pit lane work at night, awwww yeeeeaaahhh
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May 31, 2017 00:52
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wicka posted:I will, but I recall from a few years ago that they don't have camera crews on track overnight, so it was mostly static CCTV shots until dawn. I usually just mix radio Le Mans with in cars at night
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May 31, 2017 00:55
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Overnight coverage is better when it's sparse. Nighttime on-board shots, CCTV cameras, hours-long front straight and pit road shots. It just feels right.
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May 31, 2017 01:13
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WindyMan posted:Overnight coverage is better when it's sparse. Nighttime on-board shots, CCTV cameras, hours-long front straight and pit road shots. It just feels right. It was annoying when Rockenfeller crashed a few years ago and no one had a drat idea what happened.
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May 31, 2017 01:15
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my poo poo's gonna look like loving mission control with every stream possible showing on TVs, monitors and Surface Pros
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May 31, 2017 01:19
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wicka posted:It was annoying when Rockenfeller crashed a few years ago and no one had a drat idea what happened. The marshals at the corner post knew what happened immediately. Race control knew what happened immediately. It's OK that that the media and television audience didn't know what happened immediately.
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May 31, 2017 01:26
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Norns posted:I usually just mix radio Le Mans with in cars at night Commentary-free stream, RLM commentary running in another window/on my phone is the one true way of doing Le Mans.
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May 31, 2017 01:30
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WindyMan posted:The marshals at the corner post knew what happened immediately. Race control knew what happened immediately. It's OK that that the media and television audience didn't know what happened immediately. I don't see what the gently caress that has to do with wanting complete coverage of a live sports event.
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May 31, 2017 01:45
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Getting 24 hours of camera coverage is easy for Daytona, but complete overnight coverage of a place like Le Mans or the Nurburgring is asking a lot. It's not a matter of if they could do it, but whether or not it's worth it to do. They don't think it's worth it. And if you don't like their coverage, stop watching!
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May 31, 2017 01:55
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WindyMan posted:Getting 24 hours of camera coverage is easy for Daytona, but complete overnight coverage of a place like Le Mans or the Nurburgring is asking a lot. It's not a matter of if they could do it, but whether or not it's worth it to do. They don't think it's worth it. Ok thanks!!
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May 31, 2017 01:59
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Like I said, pretty sure Eurosport's coverage is complete all night I think. A handful of cameras may be automatic during that time but you'd hardly notice
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May 31, 2017 06:43
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WindyMan posted:Getting 24 hours of camera coverage is easy for Daytona, but complete overnight coverage of a place like Le Mans or the Nurburgring is asking a lot. Powered by Rooftop Ray, the hero we need. Besides, the real best coverage at night at Le Mans is when somebody is brave enough to play man on the street in drunk-land on the infield. I need to check if Toyota is doing something at MegaWeb in Odaiba (they've had watch parties of the beginning/end of the race there in the past) but otherwise I'll make a Mission Control in my apartment.
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May 31, 2017 11:22
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If the stream that nurburgring 24 had on youtube was repeated for Le Man it would make me a happy man. Half of what I ended up watching on the Sunday was night stuff due to being in Australia but I think they covered it well. I'm also not about to sink money into pay tv for a race or two a year but stacks of Australian and international stuff is only available that way but I still don't want to sign up
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May 31, 2017 11:41
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Dr. Garbanzo posted:If the stream that nurburgring 24 had on youtube was repeated for Le Man it would make me a happy man. Half of what I ended up watching on the Sunday was night stuff due to being in Australia but I think they covered it well. I'm also not about to sink money into pay tv for a race or two a year but stacks of Australian and international stuff is only available that way but I still don't want to sign up if your Australian internet is above "tin can" level, you can pay ~5-10 euro for access to the WEC App/website for just Le Mans. That'll give you their full TV coverage. But if you liked the N24 coverage, the radio crew who did that - Radio Le Mans - will be doing free streams. They'll definitely have audio, and most likely that audio will be partnered with a couple different in-car streams (Audi always had one, Corvette did too IIRC). I'm planning on beaming WEC App access to the TV on Chromecast, and playing the RLM audio off my computer or phone.
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May 31, 2017 13:53
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So, if some of you don't know, Sebastian Bourdais was involved in the second worst accident of the IndyCar season (Dixon's being worse), and is out due to a fractured hip. Tony Kanaan is taking his spot at Le Mans: http://www.racer.com/wec-le-mans/item/141042-kanaan-to-sub-for-bourdais-at-le-mans 
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May 31, 2017 14:20
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D-D-D-D-DOUBLE POST In unsurprising news, Bykolles continues to be the joke of LMP, losing yet another driver for Le Mans: https://www.motorsport.com/lemans/news/rossiter-steps-down-from-bykolles-le-mans-drive-912930/
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May 31, 2017 19:22
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B-T-CC IN THE U-S-A...B-T-CC IN THE USA...kind of: http://www.imsa.com/news/062017/imsa-finalizes-cooperation-agreement-wsc-tcr-international
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Jun 1, 2017 15:19
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CBJSprague24 posted:B-T-CC IN THE U-S-A...B-T-CC IN THE USA...kind of: How the gently caress is IMSA making good moves when NASCAR is all  ?
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Jun 1, 2017 15:23
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iospace posted:How the gently caress is IMSA making good moves when NASCAR is all France family
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Jun 1, 2017 15:25
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France family also owns IMSA.
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Jun 1, 2017 15:26
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Yeah but don't seem to be throwing loving pasta at the wall every 5 min? I somehow think the direct influence is minimized in IMSA.
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Jun 1, 2017 15:29
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Hot take: Stages are fine
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Jun 1, 2017 15:29
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Norns posted:Yeah but don't seem to be throwing loving pasta at the wall every 5 min? I think part of it has to do with IMSA being a niche series vs NASCAR being huge in terms of popularity. Prototype and GT racing has international appeal, so you can't go too far with rule changes or no one is going to race it. NASCAR, on the other hand, feels like it's grasping at ANYTHING to keep the popularity up high.
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Jun 1, 2017 15:34
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I really hope TCR isn't gonna supplant ST, and the ST cars get some new entries. It's such good racing in that class, especially with the variety of drivetrain layouts and weights and handling characteristics. 3 class CTSCC I am totally down with, 2 class without ST, I am afraid of.
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Jun 1, 2017 15:34
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Today in "Aussie Supercars gives no fucks about your grassroots motorsport", they're launching a Super5000 series as direct competiton with the Formula Thunder 5000 series because apparently they own the rights to the Formula 5000 series name. At least the car looks alright despite the comically huge airbox.
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Jun 2, 2017 12:05
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njsykora posted:At least the car looks alright despite the comically huge airbox.
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Jun 2, 2017 13:17
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In other news, reoccurring joke ByKolles said they're unlikely to participate past the WEC Nurburgring round. The reasoning? Cost of having to ship the car and related equipment overseas. They're also saying they'll be able to beat LMP2s at Le Mans. This, I do not believe until I see it happen. https://www.motorsport.com/wec/news/bykolles-unlikely-to-continue-past-nurburgring-wec-round-913479/
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Jun 2, 2017 14:40
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L00k @ dis poo poo   https://twitter.com/CorvetteMs/status/870626839777161216
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Jun 2, 2017 14:50
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track day bro! posted:L00k @ dis poo poo Somewhere, there's a crusty old dude  ing over RUINING A PERFECTLY GOOD CORVETTE.I love it.
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Jun 2, 2017 14:53
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It's less tacky than most old's Corvettes  Gonna look amazing at night tho  I don't think the old M3 GTE artcar was glow in the dark was it?
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Jun 2, 2017 15:01
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njsykora posted:Today in "Aussie Supercars gives no fucks about your grassroots motorsport", they're launching a Super5000 series as direct competiton with the Formula Thunder 5000 series because apparently they own the rights to the Formula 5000 series name. At least the car looks alright despite the comically huge airbox. I like the Thunder concept a bit more, a semi-modernized take. This one just looks like a fan tried to do a drawing of Lola T332 from memory. Since there was a post about F5000, I will take this as an excuse to dig through my dads pictures and post one. Here is my dad and Al Unser standing next to their T332 with their names on the side. I believe this was '75? 
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Jun 2, 2017 16:48
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track day bro! posted:L00k @ dis poo poo A good livery.
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Jun 2, 2017 16:49
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track day bro! posted:L00k @ dis poo poo I really want that livery in a downloadable version so that I can import it into racing games.
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Jun 2, 2017 16:51
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track day bro! posted:L00k @ dis poo poo This is incredibly rad. Cygni posted:I like the Thunder concept a bit more, a semi-modernized take. This one just looks like a fan tried to do a drawing of Lola T332 from memory. So is this.
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Jun 2, 2017 20:43
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Ricky Taylor binned it in quali, session red flagged before 10 minutes elapsed. Grid set by points, but with the 10 at the back. VFR, JDC-Miller and Mazda got screwed out of the top 3 spots.
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Jun 3, 2017 05:43
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