New Equipment and a Downgraded Car

After multiple team meetings there have been a number of interesting developments.

Firstly, the team will be using a brand new PC which should have the graphics power and memory to cope with 24hrs of racing. This also gives us the ability to use a larger TV screen which can be positioned directly in front of the driver.

Another decision, and one which may puzzle a lot of people. After putting in laps of 3min 30sec, the team has elected to try and reduce the performance of the car. This decision has been made following a practise session in which the Doodleco LMP2 Lola was beating LMP1 cars and with some setup work we wouldn't be far off from finishing on the overall podium.

For a real team, this would be a dream come true however it was discovered that the car being used by Doodleco is in fact set to LMP1 specification. This supports our decision to scrap the current data and start fresh by decreasing the performance of the car. The goal is to achieve a fastest lap no faster than 3:35, a time which is still too quick for an LMP2 but much better than potentially lapping 3:25 and winning the race.

Discussions on this topic bounced back and forth with a variety of ideas. The first was to leave the car alone and upgrade the team to LMP1, allowing us to go for the overall win. Another idea was to reformat the race completely and run LMP1 and 2 as a single LMP class. Finally though, it was decided that we wanted to keep things realistic by driving in LMP2 and our focus is to win the class before looking at a future in LMP1.

After all this, it's time to go back to the drawing board and test track.