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I want to place emphasis on the following sections of the Rulebook, and post two informational videos for starts/restarts and entering pit lane.




The beginning of this video does not apply to this event, and as such I have cut this video player to begin at the relevant part of the video.

Quote :

5.6 Competitors may not leave the racing surface with more than two
wheels at a time in order to gain an advantage.

This includes all turns at the Rockingham oval that this race will be contested on. Especially turn 3. There's a nice diagram in the rulebook on page 5 (page 6 of the PDF) for clarification.

Quote :

5.7.2 In full fender vehicles, the competitor following may attempt the
pass if by the turn in point there is any overlap of the two vehicles.... The overtaking competitor must be able to maintain their presented lane through the corner should the
correct amount of overlap exist in any vehicle. If the proper amount of
overlap does not exist at turn in, the leading competitor may take their
line and may not be hindered by their opponent.

Once there is overlap, the driver has the lane. ANY overlap.

Last edited by Cornys, Tue, 12 Jan 2016 17:48.

In order to enter the MHServers Rockingham 300(km) please post on this thread answering the following prompt. If you'd like to change your registration, please quote your edited entry and notify Worldwide Racing with a reply on this thread.

Qualification is Saturday at 15:00 UTC followed by the race at 15:45 UTC.

I have waived the hotlap requirement for this race that was previously planned, because of a possible update to the LFS Rockingham hotlaps.

Please fill out the following prompt. You will be private messaged on this forum the important race information on Friday (January 15) around 22:00 UTC. If you do not receive a message by Friday at 23:00 UTC, feel free to private message me requesting it.


* - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_IOC_country_codes

Example Registration:

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Entry Number (0-99): 05
LFS World Name: Cornys
Full Driver Name: Cameron Corns
Team Affiliation: Worldwide Racing
Three Digit Nationality Code: USA

Rulebook PDF

You have decided, and the first full scale league race on the new Rockingham oval will be a 300 kilometer race in the XRT. This race will be both a challenge on close aerodynamic competition and a challenge on cornering and tire management.

Click here to Register
Rulebook (PDF)

Car: XRT (XR GT Turbo)
184 kW (247 hp)
1223 kg (2696 lb)

Track: RO3 (Rockingham Oval)
2.363 km (1.468 mi)

Qualification
16 January 2016 at 15:00 UTC

Single Car Runs - 1 outlap, 2 hotlaps, 1 inlap

Race
16 January 2016 at 15:45 UTC

Rolling start after 3 pace laps.
127 race laps (300.101 km / 186.436 miles)

Special thank to MHServers.co.uk for your support of Worldwide Racing over the years.

Last edited by Cornys, Tue, 12 Jan 2016 19:48.

New. The old is fine to me

Okay, changed vote again. XRT is awesome I was wrong

Okay, changed my vote from LX6 to FO8 after the test day. This track doesn't drive anything like Kyoto Ring in a race.

I don't see any passing in the XRT, but I could be wrong

We will go with whatever is voted

Password has been applied

We will be running a full scale test of the Rockingham Oval for events as described on the voting thread for next weekend's MHServers Rockingham X00 (number determined by event chosen by you).

Races will be as follows tomorrow (~10% of the race distance offered in the voting options):

15:00 UTC - XRT - 13 laps
15:30 UTC - LX6 - 13 laps
16:00 UTC - RAC - 13 laps
16:30 UTC - FZR - 17 laps
17:00 UTC - FO8 - 21 laps
17:30 UTC - BF1 - 21 laps

Server: [WR] Worldwide Racing
Password: yourchoice

Each race will be proceeded by a qualification session as long as time constraints allow, and each race will feature a pace lap and rolling start.

Voting for next weekend's MHServers Rockingham X00 is at this link. Registration for next weekend's event will open Tuesday

IF Rockingham 500(km) is chosen, there will be a separate vote to chose BF1 or FO8 at a later time.

Okay, I've decided that if I'm going to be able to do a Rockingham Oval event, it must be January 16th at 15:00 UTC. Entrants will be required to submit a hotlap to LFS world on the track and car combination that is chosen within 103% of WR at the time that registration opens in order to be eligible. (More on that once registration opens).

MHServers (https://mhservers.co.uk/) has been a great partner of Worldwide Racing for years, and this event will be titled the MHServers Rockingham XXX (number will depend on car chosen).

Please use this thread to vote on the car that you'd like to see featured in the very first "league" Rockingham Oval race in LFS.

Can't decide?! We will have a 1/10th distance practice race in each option car on Saturday 9 January 2016 starting at 15:00 UTC.

Server: [WR] Worldwide Racing
Password: yourchoice

Want to practice online? Server is up unprotected right now

Feel free to discuss

Last edited by Cornys, Thu, 7 Jan 2016 17:36.

Quote from Scawen :

Could be better to buy a mountain bike and experience some real reality.

Thankfully, mountain bikes are a lot cheaper than cars. Otherwise, LFS wouldn't have much of an audience

Great update I was a little late to realize it, and posted bad hotlaps after the update was posted... oops.

Yeah, in England it would be 3 PM Trying to put it in the morning my time, and before dinner in western Europe.

Earlier would be even better for me, but any earlier than 15:00 has been sparse in past events.

I think it would be good as well, but I don't know the financial or technical details. On the surface, however, it seems good.

Only complaint that I have is that you'd need to have Steam to play, which I hate.. lol.

Once more people have upgraded I'll consider doing this, but I won't grantee that it will be the FZR. It'll either be the FO8 or BF1, or something that requires lifting like the RAC or LX6 . I'm leaning more towards the lifting. As others and myself have pointed out, the draft in LFS being as strong as it is make the faster cars less enjoyable to race.

It would be around 15:00 UTC on a Saturday. I do now have Saturdays off, but I usually try to do something in the evenings and Sundays.

Maybe I'll put one together later this month It was just the best time for me to put it together. I haven't had a lot of time recently. Heck, I've only been posting on here from work recently ... like now

Anyways, I need to test and find what car would be best on the Rockingham oval. I always thought that the FZR was the best at Kyoto, but I'm convinced that this isn't the case at Rockingham.

In LFS I think a car in front of another does result is something very similar to what it does in real life. There is a drop in down force and drag.

I'm curious as to rather or not ride height, body orientation (left side higher than the right for example) and such makes a difference on aero dynamic effects as well. I guess I haven't paid that much attention.

Quote from bbman :

I hope the fan service is done now and Abrams can bring something new to the Star Wars Universe, the characters would definitely deserve that...

Great post, but Episode VIII does not involve JJ Abrams. Episodes VIII and IX are written by Rian Johnson. Episode VIII will also be directed by him, and episode IX will be directed by Colin Trevorrow.

Both are young, and relatively new in their profession, but have already saw fairly big success. It will be interesting.

Last edited by Cornys, Wed, 6 Jan 2016 12:58.

Quote from SamH :

All the allusions to a bitter/angry Lucas are just click-bait. There's nothing to see there.

That's good to hear. I wish I had the time to watch the interview .

That lack of time for people to read and understand things is what leads to a lot of ignorance in today's world. Also leads to a lot of click bait. It's sad.

I don't think we will ever be able to simulate the g-forces and body movements associated with real driving or flight with a simulator.

I'd love to be proven wrong.

Internet/online feuds.

Good deal Thanks

I finally got to seriously trying to drive at Rockingham over the weekend, and my initial impression is that I love the non smooth surfaces that Rockingham has I feel like it's something unique in LFS to this track. Bouncing around in turn 4 of the oval is awesome

Interesting point. How realistic were the flying simulators?

Granted, the only thing at play in a flying simulator is air, but in racing simulators there is a variable surface on a variable surface also exposed to the air. By that argument, a racing simulator is like a flight simulator with added elements.

I'm not terribly impressed by racing simulators yet. No simulator has what I would consider accurate physics. LFS does a great job, but even its developers want better. We have something close to what is needed, but it's accuracy to real life is lacking. Racing/driving simulators still feel like a universe separate from our own in regard to driving. That's not to say one VERY similar to our own, but it's not perfect.

Regardless, that's a great argument as to why aerodynamic physics would be easier to recreate than tire (tyre, for you non-American English learned linguists ) and surface physics

Last edited by Cornys, Mon, 4 Jan 2016 18:35.