Between seasons there have been several changes in cars lineup,here is the overview:
First of all there was a car with rather low performance,which was supposed to be put on voting between the seasons if it should stay. However the car received update from it's creator,which made it heavier,thus rendering the car even more uncompetitive,therefor no voting was required as organization decided to retire the car from RandomCar by default.
The VGI-6 TEDAVI was drawn 17 times through the season of 2023,it's highest qualifying result was 6th position (achieved by S1DUS*FasT in round 4 at Kyoto National Rev.) and it's best finishing result was 14th (achieved by B2ﾏ Rayman in round 6 at Lindoring). The car finished 24th in 2023 Manufacturers championship,scoring 23 points in 5 attended rounds.
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Between seasons 2 RandomCar eligible cars have received approved status,which grants addition to the series lineup by default:
First of those is FEND TORUS,an all wheels driven sedan which will become the most powerful and also the 2nd heaviest car in the list. It will receive 4% restrictor as balancing measure.
2nd approved status car is SALIVA15,a japanese coupe with pretty much equal performance to the LFS's standard TBO class,therefor it will join the league without any kind of balancing.
2 cars have been added via voting - one of those is an approved status car that has more than 300N@40m/s total downforce,which allows cars to be added by default,therefor the DORITO FD7 had to receive users approval first and it succeeded. The coupe with a simulated rotary engine will start it's journey in RC with 13% air restrictor.
The new addition from standard voting is the new lightest car in the list - STELLAR K61 tipps the scales to 841kg together with it's 80kg additional weight required for balancing,while with 190 horsepower it is also the least powerful car in the series.
6 cars have received update in balancing between the seasons:
COQUETTE Z5 - restrictor reduced to 27% (-1%)
FRAUD WHEELER E2 - restrictor reduced to 12% (-1%)
Raceabout 06 - restrictor reduced to 16% (-1%)
TALOT SUNS LOMIS - weight ballast incresed to 102kg (+2kg to balance out LFS update's caused difference)
XF COUPE TURBO - weigth ballast reduced to 25kg (-5kg)
XF TURBO 5 - weight ballast of 10kg (previously no balancing)
Votings to add new cars will be made only twice in 2024 - 1st is set between rounds 3 and 4,but 2nd voting will be held between rounds 6 and 7. Both these voting will feature 3 cars nominated by round winners,2nd best car from previous voting and 1 car nominated from organization.
First of all there was a car with rather low performance,which was supposed to be put on voting between the seasons if it should stay. However the car received update from it's creator,which made it heavier,thus rendering the car even more uncompetitive,therefor no voting was required as organization decided to retire the car from RandomCar by default.
The VGI-6 TEDAVI was drawn 17 times through the season of 2023,it's highest qualifying result was 6th position (achieved by S1DUS*FasT in round 4 at Kyoto National Rev.) and it's best finishing result was 14th (achieved by B2ﾏ Rayman in round 6 at Lindoring). The car finished 24th in 2023 Manufacturers championship,scoring 23 points in 5 attended rounds.
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Between seasons 2 RandomCar eligible cars have received approved status,which grants addition to the series lineup by default:
First of those is FEND TORUS,an all wheels driven sedan which will become the most powerful and also the 2nd heaviest car in the list. It will receive 4% restrictor as balancing measure.
2nd approved status car is SALIVA15,a japanese coupe with pretty much equal performance to the LFS's standard TBO class,therefor it will join the league without any kind of balancing.
2 cars have been added via voting - one of those is an approved status car that has more than 300N@40m/s total downforce,which allows cars to be added by default,therefor the DORITO FD7 had to receive users approval first and it succeeded. The coupe with a simulated rotary engine will start it's journey in RC with 13% air restrictor.
The new addition from standard voting is the new lightest car in the list - STELLAR K61 tipps the scales to 841kg together with it's 80kg additional weight required for balancing,while with 190 horsepower it is also the least powerful car in the series.
6 cars have received update in balancing between the seasons:
COQUETTE Z5 - restrictor reduced to 27% (-1%)
FRAUD WHEELER E2 - restrictor reduced to 12% (-1%)
Raceabout 06 - restrictor reduced to 16% (-1%)
TALOT SUNS LOMIS - weight ballast incresed to 102kg (+2kg to balance out LFS update's caused difference)
XF COUPE TURBO - weigth ballast reduced to 25kg (-5kg)
XF TURBO 5 - weight ballast of 10kg (previously no balancing)
Votings to add new cars will be made only twice in 2024 - 1st is set between rounds 3 and 4,but 2nd voting will be held between rounds 6 and 7. Both these voting will feature 3 cars nominated by round winners,2nd best car from previous voting and 1 car nominated from organization.
Official results
Qualifying:
Race:
Winner:
Race statistics / RTFR XL .mpr folder / Event rating and other statistics (will be updated during the week)
* PENALTIES :
[GD] Rex™ - receives 10 seconds penalty added to his finish time for pit exit line violation.
B2ﾏ TωϊnCΔm - receives 6.23 seconds penalty added to his finish time for minimum pit time violation.
B2ﾏ TωϊnCΔm - the unserved drive-through penalty is converted in 30 seconds penalty added to his finish time as per standard LFS rules.
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The new year of RTFR XL was started with the fastest original LFS car - the BMW Sauber F1. Despite high drag from it's wings,it still easilly passes the 300km/h mark. Also it's the quickest in terms of drying out it's fuel tank - that made differences in strategies for the race as some were able to complete race distance with single pitstop,some needed 2,but some decided to hit walls and go for more than 2 pitstops. The combination of all these factors made the race completelly unpredictible when watching from aside as few drivers early on top positions finished way below their expectations while some from behind rised up the field.
Exactly 5 weeks after his 1st RTFR win,Zesty scored his first also in the XL edition - the malaysian took over the race lead twice before taking it permanently on lap 29 to lead the latest 2/3 of the race distance. At one point he was right behind 2nd place driver,being close of lapping whole field,but the 2nd pitsop put him a bit back and he finished with 57 seconds advantage over closest follower,clocking 10th highest margin of victory. Zesty's 2nd place in qualifying was 4 positions better than previous best and the race win was the 3rd top5 finish,previous best - 3rd place,also adding 1st fastest lap of the race to his stats. He is the 30th different race winner in RTFR XL history,while his country is the 12th in winners list. Ayoub Maroc led a total of 19 laps during the race,however had one too many mistakes to get set back on low position,but his return to top positions succeded as his finished 2nd,repeating his best achievement. 4th position in qualifying was an improvement of a single position and the moroccan scored his 6th top5 finish. The best of europeans was the event host,who finished 3rd and last on lead lap,scoring his 30th top5 finish in RTFR XL. Arska finished right after the race winner,but being lap down does not score him 2nd position - it's 4th place finish instead,increasing his top5 count to 11. The polesitter M had plenty of adventures during the race and led just 4 laps in 2 runs,finishing just 5th - the day brought him his 4th RTFR XL pole position and 6th top5 finish.
* FUN FACT OF THE MONTH :
Selecting fast paced races has became a trend latelly in RTFR XL - only 1 of last 4 races had the average speed below 200km/h,the latest one just shy of 223km/h.
* CLOCK PITTER OF THE RACE :
T.Soini returns in this paragraph - he spent 10.28 seconds in his only pitstop,clocking the lowest legal time in this race. He refuelled the car as everyone else.
* FIELD RUSHER OF THE RACE :
The 3rd try to finish RTFR XL race succeeded for Rex - he finished 10th with 9 positions gain between start and finish. Also Michal gained 9 positions,but he finished a position lower.
VOD at Youtube:
Next week it's back to the shorter distance of normal RTFR - combo was mentioned during the previous RTFR broadcast,full information as always in the weekend before the race. Combo for next RTFR XL in 4 weeks is currently still unknown as the winner hasn't decided yet.
Race:
Winner:
Race statistics / RTFR XL .mpr folder / Event rating and other statistics (will be updated during the week)
* PENALTIES :
[GD] Rex™ - receives 10 seconds penalty added to his finish time for pit exit line violation.
B2ﾏ TωϊnCΔm - receives 6.23 seconds penalty added to his finish time for minimum pit time violation.
B2ﾏ TωϊnCΔm - the unserved drive-through penalty is converted in 30 seconds penalty added to his finish time as per standard LFS rules.
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The new year of RTFR XL was started with the fastest original LFS car - the BMW Sauber F1. Despite high drag from it's wings,it still easilly passes the 300km/h mark. Also it's the quickest in terms of drying out it's fuel tank - that made differences in strategies for the race as some were able to complete race distance with single pitstop,some needed 2,but some decided to hit walls and go for more than 2 pitstops. The combination of all these factors made the race completelly unpredictible when watching from aside as few drivers early on top positions finished way below their expectations while some from behind rised up the field.
Exactly 5 weeks after his 1st RTFR win,Zesty scored his first also in the XL edition - the malaysian took over the race lead twice before taking it permanently on lap 29 to lead the latest 2/3 of the race distance. At one point he was right behind 2nd place driver,being close of lapping whole field,but the 2nd pitsop put him a bit back and he finished with 57 seconds advantage over closest follower,clocking 10th highest margin of victory. Zesty's 2nd place in qualifying was 4 positions better than previous best and the race win was the 3rd top5 finish,previous best - 3rd place,also adding 1st fastest lap of the race to his stats. He is the 30th different race winner in RTFR XL history,while his country is the 12th in winners list. Ayoub Maroc led a total of 19 laps during the race,however had one too many mistakes to get set back on low position,but his return to top positions succeded as his finished 2nd,repeating his best achievement. 4th position in qualifying was an improvement of a single position and the moroccan scored his 6th top5 finish. The best of europeans was the event host,who finished 3rd and last on lead lap,scoring his 30th top5 finish in RTFR XL. Arska finished right after the race winner,but being lap down does not score him 2nd position - it's 4th place finish instead,increasing his top5 count to 11. The polesitter M had plenty of adventures during the race and led just 4 laps in 2 runs,finishing just 5th - the day brought him his 4th RTFR XL pole position and 6th top5 finish.
* FUN FACT OF THE MONTH :
Selecting fast paced races has became a trend latelly in RTFR XL - only 1 of last 4 races had the average speed below 200km/h,the latest one just shy of 223km/h.
* CLOCK PITTER OF THE RACE :
T.Soini returns in this paragraph - he spent 10.28 seconds in his only pitstop,clocking the lowest legal time in this race. He refuelled the car as everyone else.
* FIELD RUSHER OF THE RACE :
The 3rd try to finish RTFR XL race succeeded for Rex - he finished 10th with 9 positions gain between start and finish. Also Michal gained 9 positions,but he finished a position lower.
VOD at Youtube:
Next week it's back to the shorter distance of normal RTFR - combo was mentioned during the previous RTFR broadcast,full information as always in the weekend before the race. Combo for next RTFR XL in 4 weeks is currently still unknown as the winner hasn't decided yet.
Official results
All-wheel-drive Winter Series spreadsheets
(browse for various championships and single round results)
This round was back to the classics in a certain way - the AWS idea was created on race in Blackwood,back then running the slicks only wearing FXR. Now we have come a long way as the GTR car is replaced with a lightweight buggy in the 12th edition of Blackwood RXGP which is even faster than the origins car. Just 10 drivers gathered up for this round,recording season's lowest attendance,4 of them doing "double duty" of having 2 events on same day.
The fastest in qualifying was Lorenzo,who outrun the competition by very slim advantage,scoring his first ever AWS pole position. His previous best was 3rd place in qualifying,recorded first year ago in the same car on same track,just in reversed direction. His race however was not so convincing as the italian fell down to 4th position. The best in race was the 2019 AWS champion Sobis,who started from outside of the 3-wide front and rallied up positions to lead the last 2/3 of race distance. It was his 3rd AWS race win,previous 2 were scored on his championship season. Arska started from 1 position lower than race winner and eventually followed him through field to finish 2nd,also repeating his previous best race result in the league,however his previous 2nd place finish was achieved in 2017. Another front row starter finished 3rd - Thehemuli led 13 laps before losing lead of the race,eventually losing also 2nd place.
With standings leader winning the race it's clear who keeps the lead in the table - Sobis trippled his advantage over competition in this round and now is 12 points clear of 2nd place which is now taken by Lorenzo. Thehemuli and Rony are another 2 points behind,the first of them is ahead on tiebraker. If reclaiming champion's title is still long way ahead,Sobis has set sights on repeating the Cross challenge winner's glory - he needs "only" top4 finish in last race for the award to secure the award. Thehemuli is currently 2nd with 10 points disadvantage. The fate of this award will be decided in round 6.
Rookie of the year standings lead has been retaken by RD2,who finished 5th this round. S.Martin is 2nd just 3 points apart,not attending Stiefla has fallen down to 3rd with 7 points gap to leader.
2 teams scored 26 points in the latest round and both are now leading the table - the defending champions RGA took over the standings lead and is now 11 points clear of WCL. LLM is now 3rd,while previous leaders S1dus have dropped down to 4th due not attending. For the 3rd round in row Finland has scored most points between nations and the northern country is on the best way to defend the title. Lithuania is still 2nd with exactly half of the points count of leaders,Italy has climbed up to 3rd.
Next round marks the middle of the season - 4th round of 7. It will be a repeat of round 7 of previous season - Rockingham 150. It's a 150 kilometer race around Rockingham's oval with the 250 horsepower car hailing from the 80ies,which has R4 slick tyres in it's equippment,meaning the car certainly does not lack grip through the turns of english oval track,teamwork can be an important factor in the race. Last year the race ended in a very close 3-way finish - can this be repeated once again?
Session AND SERVER of Incident: Main,Race 1
Lap AND MPR timecode of incident: 17 / 24min05
Car(s) involved: 96 and 35
Location of Incident: turn 1
Brief Description of Incident: 35 causes retirement of 96 (had to report as there is no confirmation about incident being reviewed by default)
Lap AND MPR timecode of incident: 17 / 24min05
Car(s) involved: 96 and 35
Location of Incident: turn 1
Brief Description of Incident: 35 causes retirement of 96 (had to report as there is no confirmation about incident being reviewed by default)
Unofficial results
Qualifying:
Race:
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Race:
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RandomCar - 2024 Series sign ups
» 2024 Series «
In order to compete in RandomCar 2024 Series,you have to fill the registration form below,providing all needed information (in case of no team to represent,leave empty):
Here's my signup as an example:
LFSW name: Eclipsed
In-game name: RG^Rony
Full team name: Race Green Autosports
Nation: Latvia
Important notes:
- In case there are any changes to signup details,please quote your edited post in a new one with a note about changes!
- Signups for the round will be locked 30 minutes before start of qualifying (18:30 UTC winter time / 17:30 UTC summer time)
- Entries that haven't attended 2 rounds in row will be marked as inactive and therefor not participate in car draw. If you want to return to series,quote your signup post and type Reactivate to it.
RandomCar - 2024 Series
» 2024 Series «
Schedule:
06.02. Round 1 - Aston Classic Boot (AS3X/A23)
05.03. Round 2 - Rockingham International Long w/o chicane (RO10X)
02.04. Round 3 - Blackwood GP Track reversed (BL1R)
30.04. Round 4 - South City Chicane Route reversed (SO6R)
28.05. Round 5 - Fern Bay Black reversed (FE4R)
25.06. Round 6 - Kyoto RGE Sprint 8-track (KY1X)
23.07. Round 7 - Westhill South Loop Extended (WE3X)
20.08. Round 8 - Aston National (AS3)
17.09. Round 9 - Rockingham ISSC Long (RO4)
15.10. Round 10 - Blackwood Historic reversed (BL2R) - 1 hour race
* Track will be selected by winner of previous race and added to the schedule once known
Event times:
18:00 UTC / 19:00 CET / 20:00 EET - 60 minutes qualifying
19:10 UTC / 20:10 CET / 21:10 EET - Race start
* During sunlight savings time in Europe the UTC time will be changed 1 hour earlier to keep the event in same time in area of main userbase Europe (accordingly 17:00 UTC for qualifying).
Track selection rules:
- The winner has to submit the choice for next track until end of the week (sunday midnight UTC time).
- The selection is limited to next 2 environments accoring to standard LFS list. Custom configurations/layouts allowed as long as they're deemed to suit the PL200 class. Both LFS ovals (KY1 and RO3),other very high speed courses and tracks partially or fully without pavement not accepted.
- No selections in row,max 2 selections in year.
Championships:
- RandomCar Series Champion - awarded to a driver with the most points scored through all 10 rounds
- RandomCar Teams Champion - awarded to a team with the most points scored through all 10 rounds (team will score finishing points from it's 2 highest finishing drivers and all round bonus points)
- RandomCar Nations Champion - awarded to a nation with the most points scored through all 10 rounds (nation will score finishing points from it's 2 highest finished drivers and all round bonus points)
- RandomCar Manufacturers Champion - awarded to a car model with the highest average points scored through all 10 rounds (no attendance does not count as 0 - does not affect average),minimum 6 scores required to be eligible for award,round 10 will score base points without doubling (manufacturer will score finishing points from it's highest finished driver and all round bonus points)
Points system:
Finishing points:
1st=20
2nd=19
3rd=18
4th=17
5th=16
6th=15
7th=14
8th=13
9th=12
10th=11
11th=10
12th=9
13th=8
14th=7
15th=6
16th=5
17th=4
18th=3
19th=2
20th and lower=1
(must finish 50% of race distance to score these points)
* System based on 20 drivers starting,extra 1 point for every 3 drivers more starting the race - this adds extra positions to receive more than 1 point.
* In 10th round double points except for drivers finishing under base count (20 in default) - 1 point
Round bonus points:
1st in qualifying - 3 points
2nd in qualifying - 2 points
3rd in qualifying - 1 point
(if qualifying time is equal,both/all will receive this bonus point)
Fastest lap in race - 1 point (if laptime is equal,both/all will receive this bonus point)
Signing up:
In order to compete in RandomCar 2024 Series,you have to visit RandomCar 2024 Signups thread and fill the registration form.
Miscellaneous info:
Full league information in RandomCar - main info
RandomCar results/stats spreadsheets: LINK
Series will be run using the latest stable version of LFS (currently 0.7E) - compatible client versions accepted.
All information above can be changed,if so,there will be posted a notification about it!
Last edited by Eclipsed, .
Reason : Updated round track info
Server is now passworded and password has been sent to all entrants via PM.
If someone hasn't received it due some mistake,please give a notification!
Signups are still open and new entries will receive PM at some point during sunday.
If someone hasn't received it due some mistake,please give a notification!
Signups are still open and new entries will receive PM at some point during sunday.
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85th RTFR XL
Full event information and rules
RTFR 2024 sponsorship and prize info
Livestream at SimBroadcasts.tv (YouTube/Twitch)
Stream starts 18:50 UTC
A reminder - server will be password protected 1 hour before qualifying start to keep not knowing crowded server jumpers out of way,pass will be always the same: green
Pitting rules:
Race requires a minimum time spent in pitstall of 10 seconds. That can be done either with single pitstop or sum of multiple pitstops. Driver who has spent less time will receive penalty time added to his finish time,which will be calculated by tripling the missing time to complete neccesary minimum time and adding additional 5 seconds. Drivers failing to pit at all will receive 1 minute penalty added to finish time (10s*3 + additional 30s).
Some historic stats:
Last race won by: S1DUS*R.Kardol
Last BF1 race won by: S1DUS*GáboR - 2 wins in row (71st RTFR XL - SO City Long)
Most BF1 race wins: S1DUS*GáboR - 2 wins (Hungary - 2 wins)
Last Aston race won by: [WCL] True Alpha (83rd RTFR XL - FZR @ AS Historic Rev.)
Most Aston race wins: [WCL] True Alpha - 3 wins (Finland - 7 wins)
Current rating leader: S1DUS*R.Kardol (+72.5 points)
Event rating and other statistics
Server link: Ronys Tuesdays Fun Race
Race Green Discord: https://discord.gg/E37R5vD
AWS 2024 - Round 3
All-wheel-drive Winter Series 2024
Round 3
Sunday,21st January
18:30 UTC / 19:30 CET / 20:30 EET
Round 3
Sunday,21st January
18:30 UTC / 19:30 CET / 20:30 EET
Round 3 is the 2nd round towards Cross challenge award,but unlike in 1st one this will have mixed surface as parts of track consist of paved surface. The lightweight buggy was run also last season in this same track,just in reversed direction,but surely also in original direction it has a potential to go few seconds under 1 minute mark. The weak part of this car is known - it's the clutch that can't handle too much beating when jumping as the high revving 2 liter 4-cylinder can spin the wheels to high speeds while car being in air.
After the 2 rounds championship table still has only first few sketches of what's possible,but noone has influencing advantage yet - is this the round where someone will start running away with lead or the round where someone from behind or even newly joining in will start the deciding chase?
Round info:
Track: Blackwood Rallycross (BL3)
Laps: 41 (75km)
Car: BUGGY 2000 AWS SPEC
Previous winners : A.Valta (2023 - B2AS), [FM]ˆﾁαtαι (2022 - XERA) S1DUS*R.Kardol (2021 - FXR), RGˆDzidoris (2018-2020 - FXR), nsys|MareX (2017 - FXR), CoRe A.Laipnieks (2015 - FXR), 22 S.Jurvansuu (2014 - FXR), CoRe T.Lähteenmäki (2013 - FXR), spdoreno (2012 - FXR)
Server info and password will be PM'ed during sunday (european time) to all entrants,until then server remains publically accessible:
AWD Winter Series
AWS 2024 signups thread
Race Green Discord
Official results
Qualifying:
Race:
Winner:
Race statistics / RTFR .mpr folder / Event rating and other statistics (will be updated later this week)
Time to time an RTFR race goes into history with something specific,this one unfortunatelly went into history with biggest mass crash in a single turn - almost everyone was involved in some degree. After the incident the big voting for restart started - yes,in real world such race would had been red flagged and restarted later,but we are in simracing - there are not burning cars,there are no broken off parts that litter the track and there are no medical emergencies. So once again - if crap happens,suck it up and deal with it! If car is undrivable,you have the right to telepit to pits and rejoin,as a proof that it still brings result - 3 of the rejoiners finished between best 11.
In RTFR we will still strictly stay to the no-restart rule (unless there is a server issue) for 2 reasons:
> Restarts will never be fair - if race is restarted and there is another (even smaller) crash,then it should be restarted again for sake of fairness,but with 38 drivers from which there are about 1/4 hotheads with opinion that race can be won in 1st lap that could lead into double digit count of restarts.
> Restarts can delay the event by a lot. If someone gets hit out of bounds,on a restart he would lose the original grid position,that would require return to gridding screen,which with odd behaviour of semi-casual participants can be pain in neck for organizers and additionally delay the event even further.
Critical situations require critical action - since we're not organizing a crash party (except in 26th december),we do not want such incidents to happen as it damages the reputation not only for organization,but also for the simulator and it's community as the event is broadcasted in wider public. Therefor as a drastic measure every single driver's behaviour was checked during 1st sector of the 1st lap to decide how appropriate it was to our racing standards.
* PENALTIES :
[MRc] Texas - receives a 45 seconds penalty added to the finish time for avoidable incident in 1st hairpin. Additionally this serves as a warning - future incidents might lead to bigger penalty.
RGˆLORENZO - receives a disqualification from race results for avoidable incident in 1st hairpin. With a record of previous incident this serves as a final warning - future incidents will lead to race ban.
fnc. B.Botev - receives a 45 seconds penalty added to the finish time for avoidable incident in 1st hairpin. Additionally this serves as a warning - future incidents might lead to bigger penalty. The penalty results in loss of last completed lap.
RGˆNOSLE - receives a warning for avoidable incident in 1st hairpin. Future incidents might lead to actual penalty.
｢DD｣ tBug (licence name: Yasso7up) - receives a disqualification from race results for avoidable incident in 1st hairpin. With a record of previous incidents (also in other events) the driver has proven the lack of willingness to learn from mistakes and still goes for overly agressive moves without care of other racers,therefor he receives a race ban from RGE events for 3 months starting with day after race day.
SGﾏ MadJester (licence name: lordferius) - receives a disqualification from race results for heavy incident in 1st hairpin. Since the driver has no record of incidents in RTFR,he escapes with "minor" race ban from RGE events for 1 month starting with day after race day.
[MRc] adallll - receives a disqualification from race results for avoidable incident in 1st hairpin. Additionally this serves as a warning - future incidents might lead to further disqualifications or even race ban.
(FR) Pablo - receives a disqualification from race results for avoidable incidents before and in 1st hairpin. Additionally this serves as a warning - future incidents might lead to further disqualifications or even race ban.
CRAAACH - receives a warning for conduct when driving through crash scene - drivers should not push aside crashed cars intentionally. Future incidents might lead to actual penalty.
Negrito - receives a warning for avoidable incident in turn 3. Future incidents might lead to actual penalty.
Gﾏ™Deniz - receives a warning for avoidable incident in turn 3. Future incidents might lead to actual penalty.
SGﾏ Rubi - is removed from results for failing to set a apropriate laptime in qualifying. Luckily the mistakenly set armco turned out to be justified - sadly we cannot reliably see results (laptimes) past 40th position in qualifying yet.
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The 2024 season 1 started with a huge bang - one that should have been heard far outside Rockingham's racing facility. The new standard of high level GT car racing is GT3 class these days,this was the 1st ever GT3 race in normal RTFR (there was one in XL version) and it attracted over 40 drivers,braking into fourties for the first time since 308th RTFR in june last year. As usually the quality of racecraft suffers with quantity,resulting not only in "the big one" but also creating a lot of minor incidents through out the race.
Only driver who left the scene completelly unaffected was M - he was fastest in qualifying by almost half a second,scoring his 3rd pole position,run away from the troubled competition to finish 1st with over 20 seconds gap - with this he is the 31st driver to score 3 or more race wins. He was also the only one to break 1 minute 20 mark also in race,that brought him 2nd fastest lap of the race and 14th top5 finish in total. Despite getting caught with a warning for minor incident,Nosle still is classified 2nd in race results which is 1 position higher than his previous best finish and his 3rd top5 finish. The other front row starter R.Kardol was held up quite a lot in the big incident,still did a good recovery drive to finish 3rd,scoring his 86th top5 finish - that ties him with race host for most top5 finishes all time. Also his teammate Unite had a good recovery drive after the incident - the finn finished 4th to score his 76th top5 finish,top5 was closed by another finn - Arska finished 5th to score his 26th top5 finish.
VOD at Youtube:
RTFR scored standings has started and next week also the RTFR XL season will start - on the menu there will be 75 minutes race with a BF1 in a custom Aston configuration,full info about it will be posted tomorrow. In 2 weeks normal RTFR will return with a street legal car,which and where can be found out when watching the broadcast. But next RGE hosted race will be on the sunday - 3rd round of AWS 2024 will be run with the lightweight AWD buggy in the most classic LFS rallycross configuration. If interested - full info and signups can be found in AWS forum section! With more than 1 hour between 2 different events on sunday,some can even go for a double header on the coming sunday!
Race:
Winner:
Race statistics / RTFR .mpr folder / Event rating and other statistics (will be updated later this week)
Time to time an RTFR race goes into history with something specific,this one unfortunatelly went into history with biggest mass crash in a single turn - almost everyone was involved in some degree. After the incident the big voting for restart started - yes,in real world such race would had been red flagged and restarted later,but we are in simracing - there are not burning cars,there are no broken off parts that litter the track and there are no medical emergencies. So once again - if crap happens,suck it up and deal with it! If car is undrivable,you have the right to telepit to pits and rejoin,as a proof that it still brings result - 3 of the rejoiners finished between best 11.
In RTFR we will still strictly stay to the no-restart rule (unless there is a server issue) for 2 reasons:
> Restarts will never be fair - if race is restarted and there is another (even smaller) crash,then it should be restarted again for sake of fairness,but with 38 drivers from which there are about 1/4 hotheads with opinion that race can be won in 1st lap that could lead into double digit count of restarts.
> Restarts can delay the event by a lot. If someone gets hit out of bounds,on a restart he would lose the original grid position,that would require return to gridding screen,which with odd behaviour of semi-casual participants can be pain in neck for organizers and additionally delay the event even further.
Critical situations require critical action - since we're not organizing a crash party (except in 26th december),we do not want such incidents to happen as it damages the reputation not only for organization,but also for the simulator and it's community as the event is broadcasted in wider public. Therefor as a drastic measure every single driver's behaviour was checked during 1st sector of the 1st lap to decide how appropriate it was to our racing standards.
* PENALTIES :
[MRc] Texas - receives a 45 seconds penalty added to the finish time for avoidable incident in 1st hairpin. Additionally this serves as a warning - future incidents might lead to bigger penalty.
RGˆLORENZO - receives a disqualification from race results for avoidable incident in 1st hairpin. With a record of previous incident this serves as a final warning - future incidents will lead to race ban.
fnc. B.Botev - receives a 45 seconds penalty added to the finish time for avoidable incident in 1st hairpin. Additionally this serves as a warning - future incidents might lead to bigger penalty. The penalty results in loss of last completed lap.
RGˆNOSLE - receives a warning for avoidable incident in 1st hairpin. Future incidents might lead to actual penalty.
｢DD｣ tBug (licence name: Yasso7up) - receives a disqualification from race results for avoidable incident in 1st hairpin. With a record of previous incidents (also in other events) the driver has proven the lack of willingness to learn from mistakes and still goes for overly agressive moves without care of other racers,therefor he receives a race ban from RGE events for 3 months starting with day after race day.
SGﾏ MadJester (licence name: lordferius) - receives a disqualification from race results for heavy incident in 1st hairpin. Since the driver has no record of incidents in RTFR,he escapes with "minor" race ban from RGE events for 1 month starting with day after race day.
[MRc] adallll - receives a disqualification from race results for avoidable incident in 1st hairpin. Additionally this serves as a warning - future incidents might lead to further disqualifications or even race ban.
(FR) Pablo - receives a disqualification from race results for avoidable incidents before and in 1st hairpin. Additionally this serves as a warning - future incidents might lead to further disqualifications or even race ban.
CRAAACH - receives a warning for conduct when driving through crash scene - drivers should not push aside crashed cars intentionally. Future incidents might lead to actual penalty.
Negrito - receives a warning for avoidable incident in turn 3. Future incidents might lead to actual penalty.
Gﾏ™Deniz - receives a warning for avoidable incident in turn 3. Future incidents might lead to actual penalty.
SGﾏ Rubi - is removed from results for failing to set a apropriate laptime in qualifying. Luckily the mistakenly set armco turned out to be justified - sadly we cannot reliably see results (laptimes) past 40th position in qualifying yet.
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The 2024 season 1 started with a huge bang - one that should have been heard far outside Rockingham's racing facility. The new standard of high level GT car racing is GT3 class these days,this was the 1st ever GT3 race in normal RTFR (there was one in XL version) and it attracted over 40 drivers,braking into fourties for the first time since 308th RTFR in june last year. As usually the quality of racecraft suffers with quantity,resulting not only in "the big one" but also creating a lot of minor incidents through out the race.
Only driver who left the scene completelly unaffected was M - he was fastest in qualifying by almost half a second,scoring his 3rd pole position,run away from the troubled competition to finish 1st with over 20 seconds gap - with this he is the 31st driver to score 3 or more race wins. He was also the only one to break 1 minute 20 mark also in race,that brought him 2nd fastest lap of the race and 14th top5 finish in total. Despite getting caught with a warning for minor incident,Nosle still is classified 2nd in race results which is 1 position higher than his previous best finish and his 3rd top5 finish. The other front row starter R.Kardol was held up quite a lot in the big incident,still did a good recovery drive to finish 3rd,scoring his 86th top5 finish - that ties him with race host for most top5 finishes all time. Also his teammate Unite had a good recovery drive after the incident - the finn finished 4th to score his 76th top5 finish,top5 was closed by another finn - Arska finished 5th to score his 26th top5 finish.
VOD at Youtube:
RTFR scored standings has started and next week also the RTFR XL season will start - on the menu there will be 75 minutes race with a BF1 in a custom Aston configuration,full info about it will be posted tomorrow. In 2 weeks normal RTFR will return with a street legal car,which and where can be found out when watching the broadcast. But next RGE hosted race will be on the sunday - 3rd round of AWS 2024 will be run with the lightweight AWD buggy in the most classic LFS rallycross configuration. If interested - full info and signups can be found in AWS forum section! With more than 1 hour between 2 different events on sunday,some can even go for a double header on the coming sunday!
That is the main point - bikes kinda work with LFS despite LFS not being designed for them. LFS is far away from proper bike simulation - it's not just riding,there is so much more like weight transfer due body leaning in turns or drag reduction when sitting in aerodynamic pose,drag increase when sitting upright. Proper simulator enthusiasts would not appreciate current state of bike riding if it would be in demo and would ditch LFS without considering of licence.
This actually helped - by setting latvian language there I got another keyboard layout in taskbar (LAV - Latvian Standard) and when I select it,then LFS automatically sets to Baltic code page. The keyboard layout seems to be identical with other option with a minor difference - the symbol ' seems to be the soft key to get special accents allthough I'm used to Right Alt for that. Anyway,thanks - case closed.
Every time LFS window is inactive,default code page returns to latin
I purchased a new laptop several months ago and I'm having the problem described in thread title. I never encountered this problem on any other computer I used LFS,so I'll start asking here before reporting it as bug - have someone any ideas what would cause this behaviour?
I have Win11 with set up default OS language english,however default input language is latvian (QWERTY),LFS is set up to latvian. I would like to use baltic code page without selecting it every time I minimize LFS or focus to any other application.
I have Win11 with set up default OS language english,however default input language is latvian (QWERTY),LFS is set up to latvian. I would like to use baltic code page without selecting it every time I minimize LFS or focus to any other application.
This car will be run in 324th RTFR on coming tuesday. Had some free time and made an RTFR-promo skin,which is for free public use!
324th RTFR
Full event information and rules
Livestream at SimBroadcasts.tv (YouTube/Twitch)
Stream starts 18:50 UTC
A reminder - server will be password protected 1 hour before qualifying start to keep not knowing crowded server jumpers out of way,pass will be always the same: green
Some historic stats:
Last race won by: S1DUS*R.Kardol
Last FERA 488 GT3 race won by: 1st race using this car
Last Rockingham race won by: S1DUS*GáboR - 3 wins in row (316th RTFR - BF1 @ RO ISSC)
Most Rockingham ISSC configs race wins: S1DUS*uNite - 2 wins (Finland - 4 wins)
Current rating leader: S1DUS*GáboR (+32 points)
Event rating,standings and other statistics
Server link: Ronys Tuesdays Fun Race
Race Green Discord: https://discord.gg/E37R5vD
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I think the correct term for this is "lazyness".
Official results
Qualifying:
Race:
Winner:
Race statistics
This tuesday we dared to host racing with different vehicle type - motorcycles. In each of the past 2 years we hosted a time trial event on a narrow and twisty circuit in Westhill,this time we tried out something we're so used to with cars - a proper race. 17 brave riders arrived,they were falling and still getting up - all being process of learning. Some learned quicker than others,some had plenty of previous experience elsewhere,some had problems with keeping the bike upright - all of them were using the same 5.8 kilometers,meeting each other multiple times on track.
There were no surprises about the winner - the 2-time Westhill TT winner Simox clinched the winner's glory also in the head to head race. He was more than 3 seconds faster on his best lap in qualifying,leaving the competition racing only for 2nd position. In the race he led every single meter and despite being flat on ground once during the race,he still finished the 30 minutes race with 27 seconds gap. Best of the rest was another experienced LFS-biker Unite. He was only 4th fastest in qualifying,but in the race significantly increased his pace to climb up the field to 2nd position. Also 3rd place finisher Nosle found few tenths pace in his fastest lap,but could not use his front row starting position and finished with over 1 minute gap to race winner. With 2 minutes gap Arska was the last rider on lead lap,his teammate P.Koivunen in 5th position was the best between those who could not complete whole race distance.
Well,we tried this and future will show if there will be 2nd MFR (in theory could imagine to go similar way as RTFR)as the next [30+] tusdays are now filled with RTFR,RTFR XL and RandomCar,so there are no current plans for that,however the 3rd Westhill TT is planned to take place once again 3 or 4 weeks after the annual cars race in the Westschleife. Still feel free to share your experience from this event either in form of text pictures or even videos - maybe some feedback can help if there is 2nd MFR or if someone else dares to host bike racing.
Next week we're back to 4-wheels action - RTFR 2024 season 1 will start with one of the slick tyre cars (info as always will be posted on the weekend),while on 2nd tuesday from now also the RTFR XL will start it's season with BF1 race - so we will start both scored seasons with some speed! Between these races AWS will hold the 3rd round of the current season in Blackwood's rallycross circuit,running a 300 horsepower buggy.
Race:
Winner:
Race statistics
This tuesday we dared to host racing with different vehicle type - motorcycles. In each of the past 2 years we hosted a time trial event on a narrow and twisty circuit in Westhill,this time we tried out something we're so used to with cars - a proper race. 17 brave riders arrived,they were falling and still getting up - all being process of learning. Some learned quicker than others,some had plenty of previous experience elsewhere,some had problems with keeping the bike upright - all of them were using the same 5.8 kilometers,meeting each other multiple times on track.
There were no surprises about the winner - the 2-time Westhill TT winner Simox clinched the winner's glory also in the head to head race. He was more than 3 seconds faster on his best lap in qualifying,leaving the competition racing only for 2nd position. In the race he led every single meter and despite being flat on ground once during the race,he still finished the 30 minutes race with 27 seconds gap. Best of the rest was another experienced LFS-biker Unite. He was only 4th fastest in qualifying,but in the race significantly increased his pace to climb up the field to 2nd position. Also 3rd place finisher Nosle found few tenths pace in his fastest lap,but could not use his front row starting position and finished with over 1 minute gap to race winner. With 2 minutes gap Arska was the last rider on lead lap,his teammate P.Koivunen in 5th position was the best between those who could not complete whole race distance.
Well,we tried this and future will show if there will be 2nd MFR (in theory could imagine to go similar way as RTFR)as the next [30+] tusdays are now filled with RTFR,RTFR XL and RandomCar,so there are no current plans for that,however the 3rd Westhill TT is planned to take place once again 3 or 4 weeks after the annual cars race in the Westschleife. Still feel free to share your experience from this event either in form of text pictures or even videos - maybe some feedback can help if there is 2nd MFR or if someone else dares to host bike racing.
Next week we're back to 4-wheels action - RTFR 2024 season 1 will start with one of the slick tyre cars (info as always will be posted on the weekend),while on 2nd tuesday from now also the RTFR XL will start it's season with BF1 race - so we will start both scored seasons with some speed! Between these races AWS will hold the 3rd round of the current season in Blackwood's rallycross circuit,running a 300 horsepower buggy.
Official results
All-wheel-drive Winter Series spreadsheets
(browse for various championships and single round results)
Vincent Adultman is on inside and Sobis on outside through the 1st curve - car on inside slides a bit towards outside,car on outside turns a bit more sharply to inside,movement of both cars result in contact. No further action from administration side as this is deemed as racing incident,however knowing the nature of car,Sobis could had left more than car's width through the turn by taking wider line - note to future to learn from.
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Round 2 featured a car from a crazy era of car racing - where cars were getting powerful engines,but advanced aerodynamics were not developed yet,at least for saloon cars. This means drivers had to deal with turns by simple contact patch of their tyres with just a minor assistance of aero downforce. As always new car brings new challenges and drivers are able to deal with those differently - some found out on the hard way by being too uncautious that this car does not have the strongest suspension,resulting in plenty of damage repairs pitstops.
The 2022 season's 3rd best driver was on top of the game in this race - Fatal rejoined AWS after 1 season break,marking his return with his 1st ever AWS pole position by being the fastest in qualifying,just by 0.04 of a second however. The race was more convincing as the finn led every single lap to finish with over 20 seconds gap,scoring his 2nd AWS race win. Texas has been a rare guest in AWS,taking part in a single round in each of latest 3 seasons,this sunday he beat his previous best results in both sessions - starting from 2nd row,he advanced a position during the race to finish 2nd,which is 3 positions better than result of opening round of last season. 3rd step on the podium was taken by Arska,who did his 1st AWS race since round 2 of 2018 season - he also started from 2nd row and advanced a single position during the race,scoring his 4th top5 finish in AWS.
Best 2 drivers from opening round did not attend this sunday,while all 3 podium finishers joined the season for the 1st time,that mixxed up standings hardly,nullifying most of the advantage some got from round 1. Standings leader is now is the only podium finisher who has raced in both rounds - the 2019 AWS champion Sobis. He has 4 points gap over Rony and 5 over Fatal and Lorenzo - the top10 is covered by 10 points,where only multiple points gap is between leader and 2nd place. Defending champion A.Valta has still not signed up for this season,neglecting the chance to defend the title.
Best rookie from season opener did not attend,leaving his main rival the chance to take over lead in rookie standings - Stiefla now leads it with 4 points margin over S.Martin,RD2 dropped down to 3rd,but just 6 points away from lead.
The overwhelming performance of Team S1dus was not repeated in round 2 - their only driver scored just 7 points,still keeping the team in lead,however they're ahead only by tiebreaker as defending champions RGA have tied the score by scoring the most points in this round. WCL is 3rd with 11 points gap to both leaders. Only the nations cup has no changes - the only multidriver nation Finland is running away from the rest and leaves no doubts of being able to defend the title. 2nd best in table is Lithuania,which has 36 points gap to leaders,Latvia is 3rd another 4 points back (each nation accordingly represented only by drivers championship 1st place and 2nd place).
5 rounds are still left and with exception of nations cup,all championships are wide open now. The 3rd round has a potential to draw a new line in the series - it will be the 2nd cross challenge round,featuring the lightweight buggy in the most classic rallycross circuit of LFS - Blackwood Rallycross. Run in opposite direction as season opener last year,this will be a new challenge for AWS drivers,but some might still use the experience from last season,where top6 drivers finished in same order they started,newcomers however will need to learn the new car.
Unofficial results
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