Mass test will happen on 3rd march as this car is selected for 6th round of AWS2024!

Yea,truly innovative idea,something shockingly unexpected!

Just to point out before the big "why LFS not on Steam" crying begins:

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I can't see any reason to consider Steam at this time. It seems to me a really terrible time to just stop developing, hire an accountant, set up a limited company and start integrating LFS with the Steam system. All this while using the old version of LFS which people will just insult because of the outdated graphics.

Please don't try to start explaining why I should stop development right now and dedicate my life to business structures and Steam integration, because I am not remotely interested in that and might as well jump off a cliff. Instead, I am doing what I like to do, currently that is working on a new lighting system.

https://www.lfs.net/forum/post/1949342#post1949342

Since this topic was raised once again in LFS discord server,I would like to post this under official improvement suggestions for public discussions,suggestions and brainstorming. Of course adding this option straight away would lead in huge mess in world record standings,so there should be some limitations to ensure quality over quantity.

One of the key points are mod updates - current system allows users to update their mods at any time,where updates can include big changes in performance. To avoid this my proposal is to add possibility to mark mods as "finished". Once marked such,updating these mods should be possible only through mod reviewers (sorry,more work for you ) and update may include only minor visual fixes without affecting performance in any way. Exception may be when the physics generally in LFS are changed (for example new tyre physics launched) as then hotlap charts are reset anyway.

Once finished,the mod could be applied for inclusion in official hotlapping system,which would go into public voting (for S3 users only for obvious reasons),where each month the most popular car would be officially added to hotlap charts. It's up to discussion here if such charts would be mixed with standard LFS cars or displayed seperately.
* Alternativelly application to such voting could be similar to marking "finished" and inclusion to hotlap charts would disallow updates.

Of course to ensure quality,mods should fill certain criteria - like overall 3D model quality including all LODs,realistic performance and aerodynamics values (no 150hp cars that can reach 260km/h as they have a drag of a bicycle or 2 liter engines with torque of a cruise ship because "diesel"),suspension quality and realism. Alternativelly maybe only approved status cars as they should fulfill highest standards - allthough some does not as these were approved before raising the standards.


So feel free to add your thoughts and suggestions here. Adding mods to hotlap charts would add a little more competition there and also give some more competition to those not living in timezones with most active online racing,while it also would give extra motivation to create quality cars and maybe even bikes - that would be also something new in hotlaps charts.

The 13th season of AWS started with a dusty and dizzy racing at the small 600 meter circle in Westhill. To make the relativelly small track a bit more challenging,a 1800 kilogram car was selected,which with some practice turned out to be slightly faster than LFS's own RB4 used twice in this track in AWS history. Of course seasoned racers were not much affected by car's parameters and focused on their performance,addapting to car relativelly quickly - the same 2 drivers who were on top on all 3 seasonal RTFR standings this year,were also on top of both session tables last sunday.

The 2021 AWS drivers champion R.Kardol qualified 2nd and after little struggle he permanently took over the lead on lap 2 - the dutchman led 99 laps of 100 to score his 6th AWS race win,finishing almost half of a lap ahead of closest rival. That was his teammate Gábor,who started only his 2nd ever AWS race - in qualifying he set the fastest lap to score his 1st AWS pole position,despite not being able to keep the lead,he still improved his previous AWS race effort by 2 positions by finishing 2nd. The bottom step of the podium was taken by probably the most experienced and successful racer on this particular track - the 2019 AWS champion Sobis has celebrated 2 wins here (AWS Dusty 100 with RB4 and also STARL Dusty 300 with XRT - both on 2019) and showed plenty of experience also this sunday as despite low starting position the lithuanian was able to climb up the running order to finish 3rd,setting also new track record with this car during the race.


Top3 of drivers standings are now seperated by 2 points between each other as both drivers besides winner scored a bonus point. Same situation is of course also in both Cross challenge and Oval trophy standings,both of those will have another 2 rounds to decide their particular award winners - next round for one of those will be round 3,which will count towards cross challenge.

The VERL champion of 2023 RD2 was also the best rookie in the series,after round 1 he also leads rookie standings in AWS,having 4 points advantage over Stiefla. The 3rd and last rookie in this race retired few laps before reaching points scoring half distance.

With 2 drivers finishing on top,Team S1dus of course scored most points from this round,missing only the bonus point for fastest lap - the 2021 teams champions now lead the table by 17 points over closest rivals,which are the defending champions RGA. The 2-time champions LLM are in the 3rd position from sole effort of Sobis. 4th and 5th place finishes were enough for defending champions Finland to take the lead in Nations cup table after 1st round - it is the only country with more than one points scorer. Netherlands is 2nd with 5 points gap,Hungary 3rd another 2 points behind.


Of course nothing can be decided after round 1 of 7,so everyone joining in have great chances to get involved in fight for all the awards,however the points scored already might still be a worthy advantage needed to edge out any suddenly joining superiour racers. Round 2 is set to run on the 1st sunday of next year - after 3 weeks gap AWS will resume the action in South City,where a new car power record will be set in league's history - the 545 horsepower Adda 200 will beat previous record by mere 8 horsepower and will be a tough challenge as it does not feature modern cars downforce numbers.

Quote from sjoblom :

i moved to iRacing and now I'm mainly on ACC

Anyway,on topic - my LFS installation is usually as old as my current PC,so now it's just 4 months old. But I always save all mprs,setups,skins,settings and driver profiles on stick and add those to the new install,so some files are almost as old as my account.

Gutholz seems to be still active,so I assume he is still maintaining the translation. If there are no strings in translation page for what you mentioned,they are still not added to translations.

Quote from pantiainen :

Hey, would it be possible to change server slot amount to maximum at mid-period and pay the extra for rest of it? And was it possible also at renewal?

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Quote from Eclipsed :

Will there be an option to upgrade existing server?

Quote from Scawen :

Victor does plan to add an upgrade option soon.

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*GáboR - 4 wins in row
Last RAYBEAM F97 race won by: 1st race with this car
Last Westhill race won by: B2ﾏ Mantas (315th RTFR - XRG @ WE National)
Most Westhill national configs race wins: S1DUS*Litti & Botsi - 2 wins (Finland - 8 wins)
Current rating leader: S1DUS*GáboR (+66 points)

Server link: Ronys Tuesdays Fun Race
Race Green Discord: https://discord.gg/E37R5vD

Qualifying:


Race:


If you want to make a protest,please include all neccesary information.
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Deadline for protests - monday,20:00 UTC

Last edited by Eclipsed, Sun, 17 Dec 2023 20:34. Reason : Added mprs

Quote from Scawen :

On multiplayer servers, the maximum number of connections is increased to 79, for an additional charge.

Will there be an option to upgrade existing server?

Server has been updated to newest 0.7E version - older versions of LFS client are not compatible. Apologies for this unfortunate timing!

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/monday.

Are you superstitious? This is the 13th edition of something that results in your car being reshaped heavily,so being scared of the "evil" number will not change a thing. And for those who consider 13 being their lucky number - feel free to try your luck and survive this annual madness,because for the 13th time - Race [un]Green Events presents: the chance to take your 140 horsepower rear wheel drive XR GT and don't feel sorry if you happen to destroy it - because this is an event where you have a risk to get your car finished before crossing the finish line. The event will have only few basic rules regarding behaviour on track,otherwise - feel free to impress your opponents physically,divebombing and P.I.T. maneuvers more than welcome! Event will consist from different parts - qualifying,where each driver just sets his laptimes to decide starting places,heats,where the fight starts to get physical for the chance for final,the final,where best will be decided and a bonus run,where everyone will get a final chance to let out rage on masses!

The event starts 18:00 UTC / 19:00 CET / 20:00 EET with hotlap qualifying,everyone who wants to take part,should be in server before the start of it,but arrival deadline is 20 minutes after start of qualifying (it's the minimum lenght of it),everyone who comes later will be able just to watch and take part only in bonus run - noone without qualifying will be allowed to take part in main event.

Fern Bay is and stays the LFS true classic,so it seems we will never leave this place! Bullring V3 is still the place to be,also this year we'll use the very same layout as several years before and probably few years after.

(click to see bigger image)
The track surface is 99% grass (not that the 1% of tarmac would make much difference anyway),one lap is 330 meters long and width variates from 10 to 20 meters and it even has a slight elevation! Layout file can be found as attachment from one of previous year's threads and in server,feel free to have practice runs to be familiar with track or just store the layout for own needs.


Now some information about the parts of this event:

Qualifying:
The hotlap qualifying will be used here. Every driver will have 1 outlap and 2 timed hotlaps,the best lap counts as per standart LFS qualifying. The order will be decided by connection list - from top to bottom,late joiners will have a chance for their run after initial order. Each driver will receive 2 simple commands from race administration:
[drivername] - join - driver joins and stops his car right before entry of track (right before the yellow line)
[drivername] - go! - driver enters the track for his qualifying run
Everyone else is expected to stay in spectators until called for his run! To speed up things,we will run 2 cars on track at same time. Track is just over 20 seconds long,this means cars will have around 10 seconds between them,so noone should disturb other driver normally. But in case someone spins and loses a lot of speed,he is expected to allow other driver to pass in case he is near behind!
Qualifying will determine starting order for most of runs!

Heats:
Heats will be 10 laps long and will be used to determine drivers eligible for the final. Heat run amount and levels (as semifinal or quarterfinal) will depend from number of drivers taking part,but every heat will be run with no more than 8 drivers,best 2 finishers atomatically qualifies for next level (final or semifinal),except the last chance run where more drivers could start if needed and it will be just 6 laps long!
For example - if there are 13-24 drivers,all will be divided into 3 heats (from qualifying results - 1st in heat 1,2nd - heat 2,3rd - heat 3,4th - heat 3,5th - heat 2,6th - heat 1,7th - heat 1,etc). Best 2 from each heat qualifies for final,the rest will run in last chance run for remaining 4 postions in final.
If there are more than 24 drivers,the first round of heats will determine best 18 to take part in semifinal heats which will be run just like in example.

NOTE - before leaving unhappy after first failure,it's worth to remember that everyone will have 2 chances to qualify for next round! So if you fail to make next round during your quarter- or semifinal heat,you'll have another chance in relegation/last chance run! For better understanding,here is a simple chart that shows idea of advancing through heats (drivers and heat count are subject to change from amount of atendees)

The final:
The final is the run where the event official winner will be decided - it will be 20 laps long and only best 10 drivers through qualifying and heats will be able to fight for bragging rights! The starting order will be decided partially from heats and qualifying - for example if there were 3 heats,all 3 heat winners will start from top 3 places,order for that will be determined by qualifying results,all 3 heat 2nd place finishers will take 4th-6th places on start with same ordering,last chance run qualifyers will be ordered just by qualifying results.

Battle Royale:
This run is for This is Crashmaaas !!! overall winners only! All the past event winners (including the new one) are set in the short 6 laps exhibition battle to sort out between themselves who is the best without any outside influence! Starting order - random,because the real champion does not care about grid position!

The Bonus run:
It's the ultimate carnage - everyone in server will be able to take part in this 20 lap run,the best part - starting order will be random,so you could only blame LFS randomizer for a bad starting position. As usually bonus run will have some new layout additions,some a bit experimental,some pretty much classic,some might put you out of race,some will help you to put others out.
As always the official part of the event ends with finish of Bonus run,but the afterparty will continue as long there are crashhappy drivers in server - 10 lap races on the Bonus run track just for fun,where we will allow all cars (including mods) and remove password of server!


Even this is a almost rule-free event on track while racing,the event format asks some tough admining,so everyone is expected to behave in server and follow admin's instuctions and these guide lines:

Starting of a run:
Everyone will be simply gridded in default formation - 1st position is on left side,2nd in middle and 3rd - on right side of each row.
Make sure you don't jump the start as LFS will either give you DT/SG penalty or even spectate you - penalty will be replaced by 1 lap penalty,while spectate will mean that your heat is over!

Racing rules:
Everyone is expected to follow clean racing rules... Yeah,right... This is crashmaaas! There are only these basic rules:
1. No wrong way driving - just anti-clockwise direction on track! In case you get spun heading wrong way,driver is expected to turn his car to right direction on full steering lock or reverse and make the J-turn.
2. No standing on track or massive slowing down - except the car is in undrivable condition/position,in that case feel free to leave your car as an extra obstacle for others and hope for someone's help.
3. No disturbing on non-finished drivers after finishing himself - once you cross the line to finish the heat,avoid any contacts with cars still running.
4. No rejoining during run - if the car is undriveable,rolled or outside the track,the run is over!
5. Have fun! (also a mandatory rule )

NOTE: After having some incidents in previous years,special attention on rule #3! If you finish your run,you may not interfere others in any way! Serious infractions will lead to disqualification. Also 2nd rule is ignored more and more,so repeated violations might receive ban from this and other RGE events. Let's keep it cool and fair for everyone!

Server behaviour rules:

• follow the instructions of admins
  
• no spamming in chat (few known spammers might be quickly kicked if they don't behave)
  
• no insulting others in any way (other than crashing them while in a official run)
  
• join only when allowed
  
• no voting for restart/end/qualification
  

Server is online for practice:
> > > Server name: This is Crashmaaas !!! - ONLINE
pass=Lucky13smash


In case someone needs a setup,here's what the winner of 2014 and track record owner posted:

Quote from mbutcher :

Anyone who wants a proven setup, here's the one I always use:
https://www.lfs.net/files/setups/23280/XRG-Crashmas2014

For refference how everything looked in previous events,here are links to threads and videos from previous years:
2011 - winner: Keff`s
2012 - winner: CG™» Litrololol
2013 - winner: K.Jaunzemis#11
2014 - winner: *‹[TC]›Pete‹
2015 - winner: S M.Kapal
2016 - winner: [GRT]LRK-racer /1
2017 - winner: [SR] Adebayor
2018 - winner: Dzidoris
2019 - winner: [GRT]LRK-racer
2020 - winner: [AAR] Meaddie
2021 - winner: [AAR] Meaddie
2022 - winner: B2ﾏ TωϊnCΔm


(VOD of SimBroadcasts.tv livestream of 2022 event)


(VOD of SimBroadcasts.tv livestream of 2021 event)


(VOD of SimBroadcasts.tv livestream of 2020 event)


(video made by Gutholz)


(video made by Litro)

The event will not require any sign-ups,but everyone joining server will be expected to have red the rules and information about event format above and follow them!
Feel free to post your interest to take part in this so everyone will know how many drivers (or even - if between them personal rivals) can be expected!

Last edited by Eclipsed, Tue, 26 Dec 2023 09:33. Reason : Server is now online and passworded

The 7th year of RTFR XL has been finished,latest 5 had an yearly standings due WCL sponsorship,so we have a new,but in same time also returning champion. The average attendance of 26.25 is still higher than all time average,however it's also a decrease by 1 compared to previous year. This year brought just a single new race winner,which is lowest number ever,meaning regular racers have settled in to take most of the glory. There were a total 6 different race winners through the 12 races,interestingly only 2 of them are in final standings top10. 29 drivers were able to break in between top5 finishers in at least one race from a total 79 participants - 3 of them scored points only from qualifying and did not finish a single race. The highest attendance of 35 was achieved in 82nd RTFR XL,which was run with Prototype 2 in Kyoto,ironically 2 days after a 8 hours race which also featured same car (longest every RTFR XL practice session?),however the season finale with XFR in Fern Bay attracted just 16 drivers,resulting in the lowest attendance of last 3 years.

RTFR XL 2023 standings winner: S1DUS*R.Kardol
R.Kardol was the winningest driver last year with 3 wins,however finished only 2nd in standings - this was turned around this year as the dutchman won "just" 2 races,but returned to the top of the table,repeating his 2021 achievement. The 2nd 2-time RTFR XL standings winner besides these 2 race wins scored also 6 second place finishes (5 of them in the first half of the year),3 other top5 finishes,3 pole positions and 3 fastest laps of the race.

The champion of 3 latest normal RTFR seasons Gábor finished 2nd in 2023 RTFR XL standings - he did score most wins,pole positions and fastest laps (5; 4 and 5 accordingly) in this season,finishing once in both other podium positions,however did not attend in 4 rounds and did not finish in other one,resulting him in 2nd position in season final standings. It's still an improvement by 4 positions compared to his previous best RTFR XL season standings - 2 years ago he finished 6th. The 3rd place of the very first season standings repeated the same result also this year - the event organizer has finished in top4 in every single season as in most cases he's the only one to attend all rounds,this season topping his performance with a single top5 finish.

The 4 other drivers,which were visiting the RTFR XL victory lane are True Alpha,who won 2 races in row and single race winners M,Excellent15 and A.Valta - M was highest in standings with 12th position as all others did not finish more than 2 races. Doni made his name into notable list by being the only driver to finish more than once in 3rd position and Twincam,who was the only other driver besides standings winner to finish 5th more than once.

The 13th season of AWS kicks off with a love-it-or-hate-it track - the 600 meter dirt oval layed out in biggest grass area in Westhill's infield. Last time this track was used in 2022 with FXR,which was running head turning 20.2 second laptimes. Now the car is slower and much heavier - the Luxury Sedan brings the scales up to 1800 kilograms,so all of the 380 horsepower are needed to get close to at least RB4's performance of 2019 and 2020. Powerslide through the turns in correct angle and good line are the key factors for best pace around this track,dealing with traffic - key factor for the race.

As always in the oval rounds we will use hotlap qualifying to ensure solo effort being decisive in order to take high grid positions and in track this short - to reduce negative effect of traffic. The running order of qualifying will be decided from Drivers Championship standings of previous season - lowest placed drivers will start qualifying while standings leader will take his run last,drivers who did not participate last season will follow in signups order. Everyone will have to run 3 laps - outlap and 2 timed hotlaps,after which driver should spectate,only fastest lap counts of course. 2nd timed lap is optional - theoretically cars are faster in 2nd lap,but in case of a mistake,driver can spectate without finishing 2nd timed lap.

Current signups list shows one previous champion and several series regulars,so there is already a potential for championship battles,time will show how many will join. Round 1 of course won't decide anything,but a good start might give that tiny advantage for the rest of the season in fight for better position!

Round info:
Track: Westhill Dirt Oval (WE1X)
Laps: 100 (60km)
Car: CZR LUXURY SEDAN
Previous winners : ZFRL•Thehemuli (2022 / FXR), Trespasser (2020 / RB4), LLM.Sobis (2019 / RB4)


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

Qualifying:


Race:


Winner:


Race statistics / RTFR XL .mpr folder / Event rating and other statistics (will be updated during the week)


The second most rollhappy car of LFS in Fern Bay - that's always a tough challenge as a simple mistake can end one's race very quickly,especially if racing on the full 6.6 kilometers long Black configuration for 30 laps,meaning there are a lot chances of a very impacting mistake. This challenge seems to have influenced attendance as the 16 drivers attending is the lowest number in past 3 years,while the challenge completed was by even less - just 12 drivers completed the 50% of distance to be scored as finishers,one of them rolled the car soon after completing these 15 laps,only 7 completing all 30 laps.

The already claimed standings winner R.Kardol was not scared away from this challenge - even better as he was the one to beat this tuesday. Qualifying brought him his 10th RTFR XL pole position,breaking the tie for 2nd most of these,even if early in race he had some trouble and had to spend 4 laps in chasing position,the dutchman retook the lead and spent the remaining 26 laps in 1st position to bring home the record breaking 12th race win,which is the highest in RTFR XL history,breaking the tie with Botsi. 45th top5 finish is also highest in RTFR XL history,however he has been leading the chart for a while. Arska was the only driver to have the race leader in visibility range on late race stage,finishing 2nd "just" 9.5 seconds after race winner,which is the finn's best ever RTFR XL finish,improving his previous best by a single position. On 28th lap he set the fastest lap of the race,which remained unbeaten - that is the first such achievement by Arska,who rounded up his top5 count to 10. New best RTFR XL finish is also for 3rd place finisher - Thehemuli broke into top5 for the first time with a podium finish straight away. The 4th place finisher T.Soini rounded up his top5 count to 10 just like his teammate,but top5 was closed by Jsk,who improved his previous best finish by 4 positions.

* FUN FACT OF THE MONTH :
As mentioned on broadcast,RTFR XL has completed it's 7th year of existance - for last 7 years,each month had one RTFR XL race,totalling up 84 months - 84th RTFR XL races. The shorter and also older "brother" RTFR will start it's 14th year on 2nd january - double of the completed XL years.

* CLOCK PITTER OF THE RACE :
There was only a single driver who did not any work in the pitstop,therefor the clock pitter mention goes to him - Oilburner stopped simply for 11.52 seconds.

* FIELD RUSHER OF THE RACE :
...is also Oilburner - starting from 14th position,the finn advanced a total of 6 positions to finish 8th,both session results are his best achievements in RTFR XL.

VOD at Youtube:


It's the big winter break for the RTFR XL - next race is scheduled in 6 weeks,meaning the winner has time to decide next combo almost 3 weeks long (until the 1st tuesday of new year). The full season recap and final official standings are set to be published on the weekend. Even if both RTFR championship seasons are over,the action does not go to vacation - already next tuesday a simple non-championship RTFR will take place,info about it will be also posted on the weekend. And at the very end of the weekend on sunday evening european time RGE will start the 13th season of All-wheel-drive Winter Series with a race in the dusty and dizzy 600 meters oval,run with the heaviest car in league's history. Series full info and signups can be found in AWS forum section - make sure you don't miss the action!

My HP laptop has an option in BIOS to disable the inbuilt graphics adapter - I did it to make sure no application is started with it. Maybe yours has it too.

Also the 2nd scored season of 2023 in RTFR has been completed with last race being run this week - however there was no intrigue for win in the standings as it was practically decided with 2 races to go. Attendance has sunk a little compared to previous season - 27 drivers per round on average were attending RTFR races on season 2,which is 5 less then on season 1,but with lowest count of 24 drivers it's still well above all time RTFR average. A total of 67 drivers put themselves on season 2 table by scoring at least a point,20 of them finished at least 1 race in top5,however the race winners count was very low - just 3.


RTFR 2023 Season 2 standings winner: S1DUS*GáboR
The standings winner was the reason why race winner count was so low - he privatised the bragging rights for himself by winning 8 of 10 races,finishing 2nd in one of remaining 2 and retiring from the other one,which he started from front row and also proved his pace by scoring fastest lap before retirement. The hungarian set fastest lap in both sessions very often - he was fastest in qualifying 7 times,scored the fastest lap 9 times,one of those sharing with other driver.

Also the 2nd place owner repeated season 1 performance by being the runner up of standings - R.Kardol is one of 2 other race winners as he won the race where champion retired,which was done by starting from his only pole position of this season. The dutchman finished 2nd three times and scored another 2 top5 finishes. The last step of standings podium was taken by Arska,who had his best ever scored standings result - previous best was 5th in 2022 S1. The finn finished 3rd twice,including in the deciding 10th race of the season,which promoted him to the final position by overtaking his teammate,and scored another top5 finish to make it 3 in total.

In the list of other notable racers first to mention is the B2R driver with single letter in his name - M. He won the 315th RTFR being the only driver to finish ahead of standings champion,finished 2nd three times in total,being also 2nd best polesitter with 2 pole positions. Zesty however excelled by being the 3rd driver who managed to score fastest lap of the race - he tied racewinner Gábor in 316th RTFR. Another driver worth to mention is A.Valta,who finished 2nd in both of his only 2 attendances in this season.



The RTFR XL season is about to end on next tuesday - also there the intrigue for top2 positions is over as both are secured,however last step on the overall podium is still open,the tricky XFR will be the decision maker in Fern Bay. Normal RTFR will have another off-season race this year on 19th december,stay tuned for information on that!

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: [WCL] True Alpha - 2 wins in row
Last XFR race won by: YES V. Laguckas (63rd RTFR XL - KY National Rev.) Lithuania - 2 wins in row
Most XFR race wins: 3 races,3 different winners (Lithuania - 2 wins)
Last Fern Bay race won by: B2ﾏ Mantas (78th RTFR XL - XRT @ FE Black Rev.)
Most Fern Bay race wins: 10 races,10 different winners (Finland - 5 wins)
Current rating leader: S1DUS*R.Kardol (+50.5 points)

2023 standings after 11 of 12 races (best 10 scores count):
S1DUS*R.Kardol - 235 (win in standings already secured)
S1DUS*GáboR - 189 (2nd place in standings already secured)
RGˆRony - 129
Event rating and other statistics

Server link: Ronys Tuesdays Fun Race
Race Green Discord: https://discord.gg/E37R5vD

My assumption is that at least 95% of skins for that car are private made for the endurance races run by AT. Never seen anyone making public skins.

Qualifying:


Race:


Winner:


Race statistics / RTFR .mpr folder / Event rating and other statistics (will be updated later this week)


2 weeks after the race with a radical racecar we run the most radical standard LFS car - the slowest of them. Despite needing over 3 minutes time to complete the 7.4 kilometer course,the UF1 is not to be underestimated as with the skinny tyres and open differential it has evolved it's own specific handling,so only a small group of racers have mastered it. This race was attended by both 3-time RTFR UF1 race winners,however the less recent one showed signs of lack of practice,so he wasn't even challenging for the 4th win.

4 in row is the name of the game for Gábor this time - it wasn't only the 4th UF1 race win in row,but also overall. The hungarian became the 3rd driver in RTFR history to achieve 4 or more wins in row,first since Ardeeé's 6 race winning streak in 2017. Also the overall win count for Gábor is sort of anniversary as he scored the 30th RTFR race win,adding also 22nd pole position,26th fastest lap of the race (from now sole 2nd most) and 56th top5 finish to his achievements. The driver who seems to have lost 5 letters from his name finished 2nd - M had to earn it in direct battle versus 3rd place finisher,scoring his 13th top5 finish. Arska had a great start due different gearing,taking over race lead within 200 meters of the race,led the field over start/finish line after lap,scoring his 2nd lead lap this year,however the overall pace lacked and he barely rescued the 3rd place finish at the end - 24th top5 finish for the finn. The all time winningest RTFR driver Botsi finished 4th (according to him ending his top3 finishing streak - this statistic has not been checked by organization however),scoring his 68th top5 finish in his 1st RTFR since 292nd event. Top5 was closed by Ayoub Maroc,who was rather invisible in the broadcast as he wasn't involved too much in any battles - 13th top5 finish by the african.

VOD at Youtube:


With this the championship scored RTFR season is over,however there is still one RTFR to go this year - 322nd RTFR in 2 weeks will be a non-championship event just like in old times,where people raced for winning glory and fun,as per usual schedule it will be a race with one of the slick tyres wearing cars (most likelly a user created mod),information about the combo as always in weekend before the race. However start of next week will be a busy one for RGE as 2 series will come to end with 1 hour + races. First on monday it is the 4th round of Retro Cup Winter series and then on tuesday - 12th race of the year of RTFR XL. Full info about both will be posted within few days. And on the last day of next week there is another RGE race - on sunday the 17th december the 13th season of AWS will start with a 100 laps long race,full info and signups can be found in AWS forum section!

You have to visit this magic site: https://www.lfs.net/shop
(helped for all of us,licenced users)

Quote from signup via RG Discord :

LFSW name: Viperakecske
In-game name: S1DUS*GáboR
Full team name: Team S1DUS
Country: Hungary

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Series schedule:
17.12.2023. Round 1 - Green 100 (CZLS @ Westhill Dirt Oval*, 100 laps / 60 km)
07.01.2024. Round 2 - NewYear City Challenge (A2AT @ South City City Long Rev., 26 laps / 105 km)
21.01.2024. Round 3 - Blackwood RXGP (B2AS @ Blackwood Rallycross, 41 laps / 75 km)
04.02.2024. Round 4 - AWS Rockingham 150 (FRWE @ Rockingham Oval, 64 laps / 151 km)
18.02.2024. Round 5 - Westhill Street Cup (RB4 @ Westhill Road Course 2*, 22 laps / 84 km)
03.03.2024. Round 6 - Jamaican Trophy (CAX4 @ Fern Bay Rallycross, 29 laps / 59 km)
17.03.2024. Round 7 - Winter 200 (FXR @ Kyoto Oval, 67 laps / 200 km)
* Cars linked to their info pages
* Custom layouts available as attachments

Each round will have a specific info and discussions thread in this forum section with all information of the round!
After round 6,no new sign-ups will be accepted. In last round only drivers received at least one point in standings will be allowed to participate!


Timetable:
18:30 UTC / 19:30 CET / 20:30 EET - 20 minutes of qualifying
19:00 UTC / 20:00 CET / 21:00 EET - race start

Special notes on custom cars:
Some custom cars carry elements in their downloaded package configurations which are not deemed suited for racing in our events (safety car/police lights). Using such are forbidden and in case of breach driver will receive penalty for unsupported equipment. The forbidden configurations are:
* CZLS - Police and Undercover
* FRWE - Cop

Special notes on qualifying:
* In rounds 1; 4 and 7 hotlap qualifying will be used,this means there will be no specific lenght of qualifying session,every driver will run alone and have outlap and 2 hotlaps. Qualifying order will be determined by points standings - the highest ranked driver will start his qualifying run last,lowest - first. In round 1 standings of previous season (also in reversed order) will be used and for drivers not in those - signups order. Race start will be approx. 10 minutes after qualifying.
* If there is no max allowed grid (40 cars),Drivers Championship top 10 drivers will be allowed to start from end of the grid if came late and missed qualification - noone else will be allowed to start without qualifying. In round 1 this top 10 will be taken from last season's final standings.
- To qualify for the race drivers have to set a laptime during qualifying session within 112% of best laptime of the qualifying session. This does not affect championship's top 10 drivers as they may start the race without qualifying or with laptime outside 112% of best laptime.


Championships:
AWS Drivers Champion - awarded to a driver with the most points scored through all 7 rounds,including attendance bonus points
AWS Cross Challenge Winner - awarded to a driver with the most points scored through 3 rounds run in rallycross tracks (rounds 1; 3 and 7)
AWS Oval Trophy Winner - awarded to a driver with the most points scored through 3 rounds run in oval tracks (rounds 1; 4 and 7)
AWS Rookie of the Year - awarded to a driver,who hasn't started a single AWS race before this season,with the most points scored through all 7 rounds,including attendance bonus points (award will not be given out if less than 2 rookies have finished at least one race through season)
AWS Teams Champion - awarded to a team with the most points scored through all 7 rounds (team will score finishing points from it's 2 highest finished drivers and all round bonus points)
AWS Nations Cup Winner - awarded to a nation with the most points scored through all 7 rounds (nation will score finishing points from it's 2 highest finished drivers and all round bonus points)

In all championships - in case of a tie,higher rated will be driver/team/nation with highest finishing position,if equal - it's amount,if equal - second highest position etc. If all finishing positions happen to be equal,higher rated will be selected using same system from qualifying results. If they also happen to be equal then as a tie-breaker will be used last round finishing position. In case a tied driver had a disqualification in one or more rounds,it counts as a primary rating lowering factor,when deciding tiebreak.


Points System:
Finishing points:
1st - 20 points
2nd - 17 points
3rd - 15 points
4th - 13 points
5th - 12 points
6th - 11 points
7th - 10 points
8th - 9 points
9th - 8 points
10th - 7 points
11th - 6 points
12th - 5 points
13th - 4 points
14th - 3 points
15th - 2 points
16th-40th - 1 point
In order to receive finishing points,driver must complete full 50% of race distance with single run!

Points reducement system:
*in case there are 8 or less participants in qualifying,race distance will be halved and points system changed.
1st - 10 points
2nd - 8 points
3rd - 6 points
4th - 5 points
5th - 4 points
6th - 3 points
7th - 2 points
8th and lower - 1 point
(points for more positions available just in case of late joins)
* also here completion of 50% from reduced race distance with single run is required to score finishing points!

Round bonus points:
Qualification win - 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)

Championship bonus points:
Attendance in all 7 rounds - 3 points
Attendance in 6 rounds - 2 points
Attendance in 5 rounds - 1 point
* Attendance counts if a driver has started the race (crossed the start/finish line from grid on own power)


Rules:
We will not make a mile long rule book that noone will read completely anyway,so we will rely on common sence of competitors to behave and follow the basic Rules of Clean Racing. There will not be an admin in server who will specifically observe drivers' behaviour during the race. If any incidents reported/protested,we will take individual approach to each of them to decide best resolution or punishment if needed.

Basic guidelines as a reminder:
> Blue flag - you may not deny/block a passing manouvre of laping car and try a repass right after it. In qualification it means - stay off racing line and don't disturb drivers on hotlap.
> Shortcuts - 2 wheels on track at all times. Track is mostly marked by white lines,rumble strips or at least defined by paved surface,while also curbs count towards track. Overtaking outside track (for example in Kyoto oval on apron) counts as illegal and will be penalized in case of protest.
> Contacts - have to be avoided at all costs! As always when racing open wheel cars (B2AS),that includes also bumpdrafting. With closed wheels cars bumpdrafting is not forbidden,but in case of any reported incidents it will be treated as intentional contact,so everyone has to make sure that he knows what he is doing!
> Pit exit - allthough there will be no mandatory pitstop in this league,pit exit lines will have to be respected! Everyone caught crossing pit exit lines with more than 2 wheels will receive 10 seconds penalty added to finish result. In rounds 4 and 7,which are held in oval tracks also pit entry must be respected - driver have to enter pits on apron before final turn.
> Chatting - it's not completely outruled,but still drivers are expected to concentrate on racing. In case of too much chatting while ignoring messages asking to cease chatting,a penalty may be given. In case of any abusive/offensive language a penalty will be given! Non competing observers may not use chat at all!
> Lags - if there are any connection issues,driver will be asked to improve (close internet using programs). If driver will be considered as dangerous due to unstable connection,he will not be allowed to participate.
> Button clutch - is forbidden! Manual clutch is allowed only in combination with axis clutch. Everyone caught using it will be penalized for unsportsmanlike behaviour with increased penalty for every next offence.
> Hacks/cheats - if used,you will not race with us. Ever. As simple as that.

Possible penalties:
> WARNING - any minor infraction that needs to be noted without penalty. Warned driver might receive bigger penalty for other infractions.
> 10s added to finish time - minor infractions,like illegal passing,pit exit line violation,chat misconduct.
> 30s added to finish time (1 lap penalty in rounds 1; 4 and 7) - medium infractions like causing avoidable incident[s] without serious consequences or unsportsmanlike behaviour,illegal passing,unsupported equipment.
> 60s added to finish time (1 lap penalty in round 3 / 2 laps penalty in rounds 1; 4 and 7) - medium infractions like causing avoidable incident[s] with consequences to other drivers (like affecting damage,multiple position loss) or unsportsmanlike behaviour.
> Disqualification for 1 or more rounds - heavy infractions,multiple incidents,unsportsmanlike behaviour. After serving disqualification,driver will automatically carry a "warning" for the rest of season.
> Series exclusion (including ban for any other events run under Race Green Events control) - serious infractions like intentional/revenge wrecking,event sabotage and any other malicious act.


Signing up:
In order to compete in AWS 2024,you have to visit AWS 2024 Signups thread and fill the registration form.


Miscellaneous info:
We will not use any numbers,skin requirements or official names in our league. But still feel free to use AWS logos on skins if you wish!
Signup tracking and all the standings will be found in AWS 2024 spreadsheet.
Signed up drivers will receive server information and password at least 24h before round start (usually in sunday European time) via PM on this website! Make sure you have enabled PM receiving! Server will be online without password until then.
Series will be run using the latest stable version of LFS (currently 0.7D).
All information above can be changed,if so,there will be posted a notification about it!

League server: AWD Winter Series [online]

Last edited by Eclipsed, Thu, 14 Dec 2023 20:45. Reason : Server is now online