1997 24 Hours of Le Mans

he 1997 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 65th Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on 14 and 15 June 1997. The race saw the first of a record (as of 2022) 9 wins at Le Mans for Danish driver Tom Kristensen, on what was his La Sarthe debut.

The Dunlop chicane was modified slightly in order to slow speeds again but also accommodate larger gravel traps as runoff area for the protection of motorcycle riders using the Bugatti Circuit. Frenchman Sébastien Enjolras lost his life in a pre-qualifying accident in his Welter Racing WR LM97-Peugeot.

The grid was a bit confusing for this race as the race’s governing body, the Automobile Club de l’Ouest (ACO), decided that the starting order would be decided by the fastest LMP cars lining up in the odd positions of the grid, and the fastest GT1 cars lining up in the even positions.

A short recap of the race can be found on YouTube

Important note! Is this grid a 100% accurate representation of the 1997 Le Mans Race? No .. it is unfortunately not. We are bound by the restrictions of what mods are available for Asetto Corsa and also their quality. We either left these cars out, or swapped them to different mods that closely represent their real life performance in the race. It still gives you a good idea of what this race was however. Some mods are also not free and be respectful of their designers. A few dollars or Euros pays respect to their efforts and is worth it.

To recreate the race you will need to individually download and install in the following order:

Track
Cars
Liveries
Grid Preset
CSP 0.1.80 to fix the slow AI grid start issue
Custom Shaders Patch as some of the cars require this

Track

Le Mans 1991 (Reboot Project)

24 hour extension (optional)
https://www.racedepartment.com/media/assetto-corsa-24-hours-le-mans-2022-extension-1-0.4262/

Gridfiles

Content Manager (acstuff.ru)for quick race

Cars

Single download of cars without the paid mods

As long as you download the cars the grid file preload will load the grid with the appropriate amount of each of the cars required, in the position they qualified in the real 1997 Le Mans.

1x Porsche WSC95