Felt like everybody was wrecking right in front of me . 1 or 2 of the crashes in which I was involved were my fault. 1 was a lag bump (my only attempt at bump drafting) and the rest I was just right behind an incident. I was waiting for a long green flag run in which I wasn't crashed right at the restart.
Master Server is down . Every single caution but 2 has happened right in front of me If we get back to racing I'll go for it . Been surviving to this point . Enjoy the stream
Looking at the event calendar there are no open dates until September (On August 25th I will be on my way back from Bristol and the NASCAR race). When scheduling what should I conflict with? I had a schedule written up that would start us in July with a 12 hour race, then continue with 6 more rounds in regular fashion. 3 weeks between each race starting on August 11th. I don't want to schedule events that nobody will want to come to however.
I have recently been arriving at a point in my life in which I have very little amount of time to devote to Live For Speed and Worldwide Racing. However, at the same time I am looking to grow the popularity of our racing events. I have been driven to provide this community with events which it did not previously have from the beginning. In 2011 we brought the Live For Speed community the first international TBO racing series in a long time (The World TBO Championship Series). In 2012 we brought the community the first serious ONLY rallycross circuit racing series (The Rallycross Shootout Series), and the first annual oval race in the GTR class. In 2013 we have brought the Live For Speed community the first oval racing series, and we also organized the first league race ever at the F24 Fern Bay Oval.
My administrators and I have been driven to provide this community with the most unique racing challenges, and I would like to continue this legacy. Driver counts for our Realistic NASCAR Cup Series (which was expected to have a small turn out in the first place) started high with the IndyCar 250, but by the time the 2nd Annual Kyoto 400 came around the driver counts were low. The Rallycross Shootout Series was much the same last year. The World TBO Championship Series in 2012 drew more drivers than ever, but we never did have more than 30 competitors attempt to qualify.
So, with this suggestion thread I'd like to ask what would the community like to see from us in the future? When numbers are low I must assume that we are doing something wrong. I don't have the time to run this organization as well as I would like to, but I'd like to do as good of a job as possible. No matter what the suggestion may be, please post it here
Each active league which we have has it's own suggestion thread, so if the suggestion is for a pre-existing league please post to the proper thread .
Car: FZ50 GTR (FZR) - Unrestricted - 365 kW (490 hp) - 1100 kg (2425 lbs) Track: Kyoto Ring Oval (KY1) - 2.980km (1.852 Miles) - 3 Turns Distance of Race: 135 laps (250.020 Miles - 402.300 km) + 5 pace laps Tyres Permitted: R2 & R3 Pit Window: 78 - 90 laps (fuel) Pit Entry: Exit of Turn #3 Pit Exit: Exiting Turn #1 Saftey Car Speed: 75 MPH (120 km/h) Bump Drafting: Not Permitted
Event Time Table* (GMT Clock)
Race Day: Sunday, April 21, 2013
-13:55 UTC – Teamspeak join deadline for Stock Car 250 driver's meeting
-14:00 UTC – Stock Car 250 Qualifying begins
-14:30 UTC – Grid Stacking begins
-14:35 UTC – Pace Laps Begin (5 pace laps, final pace lap being double file)
-14:40 UTC – Stock Car 250 Green Flag (135 laps / 250.020 miles)
-16:10 UTC – Estimated race completion
* – All times are estimated. Teamspeak join deadlines are static unless otherwise noted on this thread or in a prior session.
Discussion of the 2013 running of this event may be made here
Official Note: Any discussion here which is not directly involved with the event will not be tolerated. Any kind of insults will not be permitted on this thread. Please take them to PM's if you must do them at all. I beleive that many competitors would like to have a race discussion thread. Don't ruin that for everybody please. :scared:
The first official practice session for the Stock Car 250 will run on the 31st of March 2013 @ 13:00 GMT. Only those who are registered for the Realistic NASCAR Cup Series will be permitted to participate in this session. The session will include the following:
Qualifying - Single Car Runs (1 out-lap, 2 hotlaps, 1 cool-down lap)
Race - 54 Laps + 2 Pace Laps (100 miles)
Pit Stop - 1 four tire change pit stop will be required for all competitors in this event. This pit stop must occur under green flag conditions. (See note at the bottom of this post)
Teamspeak IS required. You MUST be in a channel under "Competitors Room (General Race Chat)".
Server info
Server: [RN] Cup Series
Password: SpringBreak
Teamspeak: ts.ident-racing.net
To qualify for the Stock Car 250 you MUST have a Realistic NASCAR Slicks License. Please make sure that you have read and understood the Rules & Regulations.
Slick License Acquisition Requirements -Ability to obey race control -Ability to race predictably on R2 or R3 slick racing tires (tyres) at KY1 -Ability to utilize the draft safely -Ability to maintain control of the FZ50 GTR at race speeds -Ability to start/restart properly -Completion of both qualifying and race session. -Submission of a valid Realistic NASCAR Cup Series registration.
Note: A new pit-road entry which will allow competitors to remain at speed through most of turn number three will be tried during this event. It may or may not remain in effect for future sessions.
Following the investigation of this appeal it has been determined that the penalty is to stand. Situations in and around this incident along with the evidence in the replay were deemed enough to warrent this penalty.
This penalty does not extend to the Realistic NASCAR Cup Series.
Appelate officers were slow to respond and when they did respond there were bigger things on the plate for me being that the Open Series had a long break after the time that the decision was made.
I have nothing wrong with blocking in a stock car until it causes a wreck. Yes, it's aggrivating, but that's a part of stock car racing.
Tony at Talledega was a bad block. Joey at Fontana was a good block. I guess Tony has a right to be mad, but the way I see it he really has no room to talk on the issue when his block last year caused almost the entire field to crash..
He might as well not show up for Martinsville in 2 weeks
Kyle Busch had the race won even before Logono and Hamlin wrecked, but what an exciting race . Hope that Hamlin will be okay. Obviously, he hurt his back, but hopefully it is not any worse than discomfort . I was pulling for him in the final laps
Logono has been adjusted to finishing 3rd due to the timing of the caution. A fair decision even though I don't like it. Reminds me of the 2011 Indy 500 in a way.
I've always wished that somebody would try to get rid of the pre-turn 3 pit entry and just have a single cone just off of turn 3 for entry at all times. I myself have been in the position to do so in my leagues though and I decided not to just for safety purposes. I do think that it's possible though.
NDR does have a lot of commitment locations on the pit entry though both for caution and green flag stops.
The NASCAR style pit signs just aren't going to happen in LFS... Sorry. Would be cool though.. but it would also be cool if we had 32 pit stalls rather than 16 . NDR uses a custom layout for their events; they don't use the standard one
When I go to the correct site it shows me logged in, but where the password should be it prompts me to log in rather than giving it to me. When I log in it sends me to the 2012 page and that password.
Edit: Fixed! The computer had me remembered from last year. I had to log out and then back in (same information)