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

In order to compete in AWS 2024,you have to fill the registration form below,providing all needed information (in case of no team to represent,leave empty):

Quote :

LFSW name:
In-game name:
Full team name:
Country:

Here's my signup as an example:

LFSW name: Eclipsed
In-game name: RG^Rony
Full team name: Race Green Autosports
Country: Latvia


!Important: In case there are any changes to signup details,please quote your edited post in a new one with a note about changes!
To avoid very late signups and their tracking,signups will be closed 10 minutes before start of a round (18:20 UTC)!
Signups will be reopened after the round is complete and closed permanently 10 minutes before round 6.
S2 licence is required to take part in 2 of 7 rounds - S3 licence required for other 5 rounds. Demo user signups will be simply deleted!

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 - 3 wins in row
Last UF1 race won by: S1DUS*GáboR - 3 wins in row (283rd RTFR - RO Handling Rev.)
Most UF1 race wins: S1DUS*Botsi & S1DUS*GáboR - 3 wins (Finland - 5 wins)
Last Kyoto race won by: S1DUS*GáboR - 2 wins in row (318th RTFR - UFR @ KY North RGE)
Most Kyoto long configs race wins: S1DUS*R.Kardol - 3 wins (Lithuania - 4 wins)
Current rating leader: S1DUS*GáboR (+41.5 points)

2023-S2 standings after 9 of 10 races:
S1DUS*GáboR - 205 (win in standings already secured)
S1DUS*R.Kardol - 136
[WCL] P.Koivunen - 112
Event rating,standings and other statistics

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

I would suggest simple solution for correct layout name: first do a command /axlist then type /axload in front of the correct layout name. Works like a charm for lazy typer like me.

Qualifying:


Race:


Winner:


Race statistics / RTFR-CCCC .mpr folder
RTFR CCCC race wins:
2 - S1DUS*R.Kardol (MASTER RACE KART, URC1)
2 - S1DUS*uNite (Alexis GR-2, FAT GTR)
2 - YES V. Laguckas (Bacalhau, Tyler 018 1990)
1 - B2ﾏ Antonio (FEND TORUS T)
1 - S1DUS*GáboR (MCLARRY_D8M)
1 - [FM]ˆﾁαtαι (Swirl Sport 06)
1 - Dzban (Prototype 2)
1 - B2ﾏ Upsas (JDM80 JZ)
1 - S1DUS*Litti (P166)
1 - LLM.Sobis (Transam)


The open tuesday was filled with a return of forgotten RTFR version - the simple event that tests how well does certain cars act when being raced in competition. Knowing tyre problems with faster or heavier cars,it was questionable that URC1 can be raced with it's full potential (it's well known that the car is superior in PL200 class with almost full restriction). The answer is almost positive - some said the car is a problem,others dealt with the challenge and did not complain. The 600+ horsepower engine loads the rear tyres a lot,so it's something to take care of during a race,but car's top speed of over 300 km/h is unprecedented for road legal cars in LFS,so that surely forced drivers to adjust braking points they're so used to.

In qualifying the fastest driver was unsurprisingly the driver with most LFS world records - the rare visitor in RGE hosted races set the fastest lap in qualifying by a relativelly small margin,however both front row starters came together under braking after long back straight,allowing R.Kardol to take over the race lead already in lap 1 - he never gave it up to win an RTFR-CCCC race for 2nd time. His teammate Unite did not spend much effort in practice and qualifying,but found the pace in race to climb up to 2nd place,while 3rd place finisher TJ joined the race with little warm up between 2 sessions - that proves that this is quite a driver's car.

Next 2 weeks will bring the season finales of both RTFR and RTFR XL - the combo for first one on coming tuesday has been announced in broadcast of previous race,but full info will be posted on the weekend.

Make a bind (F-button on keyboard or on wheel button) that executes command /cv (stands for cancel vote). Then when the end race countdown starts you can press it to cancel. Alternativelly Airio has options to cancel all kinds of votings,not sure what LFSlapper offers,but surely they have some scripts possible too.

Quote from Androphp :

I think that a few new features should be added to the demo. Demo players are starting to get bored

The purpose of LFS demo is not to entertain bored non-paying customers. As little as Scawen follows the capitalistic principles,they still need the income for their daily needs and to keep the servers running. And if you cannot save together 6 pounds for little upgrade then you have bigger problems to worry about then being not enough entertained by free software version.
I'm sorry to keep up the derailing,but I wanted try to explain same thing with different words,maybe helps.

More then a year after last edition of this competition based testing it's time to dust it off of forgettness and try another car that has not been properly raced. The RandomCar manufacturers champion URC1 was used there with almost maximum possible restriction,so it was tamed down to be at PL200 class performance,which is not really a high difficulty car class. But have you ever imagined to race the Ultimate Road Car with it's full performance? This tuesday you will have the chance to try it out! 600+ horsepower,1100kg lightweight chassis with mid-engined/rear wheel drive layout,relativelly wide road legal tyres - these are the key factors of the URC1. Being used to pure race spec cars with similar power,one must bare in mind much longer braking zones.

Link to mod: https://www.lfs.net/files/vehmods/F1C575
Server link: Ronys Tuesdays Fun Race (pass as always = green)
Race Green Discord: https://discord.gg/E37R5vD

All these cars should be marked as "tweaked" - these are standard LFS cars with changed (tweaked) parameters.

Quote from Scawen :

Maximum possible connections increased to 79

This raises a question - with more drivers in server there are possible more results in qualifying. Until now LFS client was able to show only top40 - will the qualifying results also have some scroll option?

Qualifying:


Race:


Winner:


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


This race used a car that is quite radical with it's specs - even if the small engine does not produce large amounts of power,with small size,low weight and plenty of aerodynamic help it is very fast,clearing the turns in breathtaking pace thanks to grippy slick tyres. As always with new cars people first had to adapt to it and again some were able to do it quicker,some were setting new PBs late in the race even after more than hour of practice. Still on fast track like the longest configuration of Aston is,the car provided quite a lot of active head to head racing as seen on broadcast.

Despite changing cars between the races with high variation,there is something that did not change - the race winner. For the 3rd race in row Gábor finished the race ahead of everyone else and set the fastest laptime even for the 5th race in row. That makes him to be the 2nd driver in RTFR history with more than 1 winning streak that consists of 3 or more back to back wins. Overall it was hungarian's 29th race win,21st pole position,25th fastest lap of the race and 55th top5 finish. The remaining 2 on the podium position finishers also finished in same position they started - R.Kardol was 2nd to take his 84th top5 finish and Zesty repeated his best positions in both sessions - 3rd to score his 5th top5 finish. M.Túlio also repeated his best qualifying position - 6th,but was able to upgrade it to 4th place finish,which is 1 position better than his only other top5 finish. Top5 was closed by driver with currently active RTFR XL winning streak - True Alpha joined late to qualify in rather low position,but gained 11 positions to take his 22nd top5 finish.

VOD at Youtube:


Both RTFR scored seasons now have just a single race and coincidentally both will be finished with front wheel driven cars - in 2 weeks RTFR will return with one of the standard road legal LFS cars,which and where you can find out by watching the broadcast recording,however the RTFR XL season will finish in Fern Bay's longest standard configuration known under then name "Black" and run with LFS's own NGT class car XFR - this is the late submitted selection of winner of the previous race. Next week however there is no previously scheduled race on tuesday from RGE,this might change with time,so stay tuned for info! But for people seeking action there is event on monday - round 2 of Retro cup winter series will take place in Blackwood.

Subrsciption hosts can stay on also without active users.

https://www.lfs.net/hosting - read the section "In-Game Temporary hosts"

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 - 2 wins in row
Last RADIX P6 race won by: 1st race using this car
Last Aston race won by: [FM]ˆﾁαtαι (308th RTFR - SWIRL SPORT 06 CUP @ AS Club Rev)
Most Aston GP/GT configs race wins: [STO]Kars - 2 wins (Hungary & Latvia & Lithuania - 2 wins)
Current rating leader: S1DUS*GáboR (+60.5 points)

2023-S2 standings after 8 of 10 races:
S1DUS*GáboR - 178
S1DUS*R.Kardol - 112
B2ﾏ Mantas - 102
Event rating,standings and other statistics

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

Qualifying:


Race:


Winner:


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

* PENALTIES :
SGﾏ MadJester - receives 20 seconds penalty added to his finish time for pit exit line violation on 2 occasions.
AA™| Yasin - receives 10 seconds penalty added to his finish time for pit exit line violation.


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Even if in reversed direction,the FZR race in one of the longer Aston configurations can be described as LFS GTR classic. The 75 minute race turned out to be quite a tyre-trouble - many drivers underestimated the lifetime of their tyres and were cought out by surprise,damaging the possible good result. With 24 drivers participating the attendance was a bit under the average of this year,but still gathered up enough to make the race interesting for most drivers.

Just like 6 weeks ago,mister True Alpha wasn't really fast in qualifying,putting himself on 3rd row again,but race pace and better planning gave him a race deciding lead on penultimate lap,so the finn could cross the finish line as a winner for the 2nd race in row - this is already 2nd winning streak for him in RTFR XL,making him 5th driver with multiple winning streaks. In total it was True Alpha's 6th race win,raising him to 4th place in all-time success ranking (overtaking the inactive Litti),fastest lap of the race was his 6th and 30th for Finland,additionally scoring the 15th top5 finish. Mantas scored his 4th pole position in qualifying,but despite leading bigger half of the race,he finish just 2nd,scoring his 5th top5 finish. Rest of the top5 was filled by S1dus drivers - best of them was Gábor who used the option to start without qualifying allowed for previous race winners. The hungarian started from back of the grid,rallied through the field and even spent some time in gravel trap due blown front tyres,still used trouble of teammates to climb up to 3rd place in results,which is his 18th top5 finish. United was the only driver to finish full race distance on same set of tyres,but his pace on late stage was heavily impacted by fading tyres,so he dropped down to 4th place - 23rd top5 finish in his account. R.Kardol however found out exact lifetime of his tyres,losing the lead with less than 2 laps to go,at the end rescueing 5th place finish,which is his 44th top5 finish.

* FUN FACT OF THE MONTH :
With this race FZR becomes the most selected car in RTFR XL - it has been picked already 7 times,overtaking simple crowd favourites like XFG and UF1 and the more skills requiring LX4,which all have been selected 6 times (XFG was selected by organization for the very 1st RTFR XL).

* CLOCK PITTER OF THE RACE :
10.45 seconds long refuelling stop was the shortest yesterday - made by 4th place finisher Unite.

* FIELD RUSHER OF THE RACE :
Again starting last is a good opportunity to get into this section - Gábor started from 24th position and finished 3rd to make a +21 in the race.

VOD at Youtube:


RTFR XL now will return to the normal 4 weeks gap between this and next race,which will be the last race of this year,however the combo is not known yet - the winner of this race has to reply the message until coming tuesday. Regarding next tuesday,it will return the racing to one of the reversed Aston tracks,however the car will be quite different - more information as always will be posted in the weekend.

The last 200 kilometers of the 2023 VERL season have also been completed and that in the challenging high speed course of Westhill International. 11 drivers joined for this challenge,setting 2nd highest attendance of the season,however one of them came unprepared and was not able to break inside the set 112% qualifying barrier,so he was forced to watch the remaining 10 drivers racing for win from tribunes. Having 2 championships on the line (nations cup was decided with signups closure) the race still had a potential of intrigue,however it was cleared out very early as drivers championship chaser dropped down to last position due own mistake,effectivelly deciding fate of both drivers and teams championships.

Completelly outside any intrigues was the malaysian Zesty,who dominated whole evening by setting new lap record in qualifying,leading all 35 laps and during the race improving the lap record even further. That was his 2nd race win of the season,tying win count with the 2nd place finisher RD2,who finished in same position he started from,however he had to earn it in direct battle with both 2nd row starters. On the longer run Texas was just able to keep up with RD2,but not really challenge for position,so the pole had to settle for 3rd place finish - this made the podium of final round consist of all 3 drivers,who have a race win this season,weirdly none of them had a podium finish before the start of the season.


Full season recap and official final standings will be posted within next couple weeks!

Qualifying:


Race:


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Session:
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Deadline for protests - monday,20:00 UTC

I would also deffinitelly support addition of more filters for better mod searching - transmission type,drivetrain layout,maybe even engine displacement,cylinder count,engine power (max and min),weight and available tyres.
I personally don't care if these extra filters are available ingame or in website.

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 (until 17:50 UTC raceday) and new entries will receive PM at some point during sunday.

Westhill has always been a great place for racing fast cars,after the big update it added more challenge to that,still remaining being well suited track for the fastest racing classes of LFS. That's why also V8 Racing League has hosted a race in this environment every single season of it's existance,the inaugural season of the league - even 2! The International configuration in it's standard direction was the 1st track where the new FoRGE VERL 2022 car was run in a competition for the 1st time,now a bit more than a year later it's time for the return - let's see how the slightly updated car will deal with the track.

The season finale will decide the fate of 3 VERL titles as just a single one has been decided already,however the Nations cup will be awarded to Finland 10 minutes before qualifying if no other bulgarian driver signs up and tries the nearly impossible upset. RD2 has been leading drivers standings whole season long,8 points gap gives him good advantage,but he must make sure to remain failsafe. RGA has even smaller advantage in teams standings - without good effort their chances to defend the title might vanish.

Round info:
Track: WE International (WE2)
Laps: 35
Previous winners: [FM]ˆﾁαtαι (2022), RGˆRony (2015)

VERL 2023 results and standings

Server info and password will be PM'ed saturday to all entrants,until then server remains publically accessible:
V8 Racing League
VERL 2023 signups
Race Green Discord

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
Last FZR race won by: [WCL] s1dus Monkey (67th RTFR XL - KY GP Long w/ Boothy Chicane)
Most FZR race wins: 6 races,6 different winners (Finland - 3 wins)
Last Aston race won by: S1DUS*GáboR (81st RTFR XL - FO8 @ AS North Rev)
Most Aston race wins: S1DUS*GáboR & L.Paddewwa & S1DUS*R.Kardol & S1DUS*Botsi & [WCL] True Alpha - 2 wins (Finland - 6 wins)
Current rating leader: S1DUS*R.Kardol (+47 points)

2023 standings after 10 of 12 races (best 10 scores count):
S1DUS*R.Kardol - 220
S1DUS*GáboR - 169
RGˆRony - 121
Event rating and other statistics

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

Qualifying:


Race:


Winner:


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


Size similar to XFR,weight similar to FZ5,drivetrain configuration of RAC - these are the key features of the car used in RTFR yesterday,which is a beefed up version of a compact car to make a track day car while keeping it road legal. That resulted in a slight mixup between drivers - some had more struggle with the car,some were able to adapt to it right away. There is one statistic that was almost repeated from 315th RTFR - the same number of drivers qualified,started and finished (or at least completed full 50% to get classified) the race,but unlike 8 weeks ago,these were exactly the same drivers and the count was 3 lower,still setting all time 2nd best finishing percentage - 100% with 24 drivers.

During qualifying also the 15 race rating and current season standings leader Gábor had some struggles before finding the pace to qualify 3rd,but it took just 4 laps for him to improve his position to the leading one - by crossing the finish line first,the hungarian started his 5th winning streak in RTFR. Gábor scored his 28th RTFR race win,24th fastest lap of the race and 54th top5 finish. Mantas was one of those who found common language with the car very early and led standings of the qualifying session since his 1st proper lap to score his 2nd pole position and 40th pole position for Lithuania. However during the race he had problems with overall pace and had to concede the race lead,finishing 2nd with over 3 seconds gap to winner - that's his 12th top5 finish. P.Koivunen finished 3rd,scoring his best result in RTFR this year,breaking his 3-race 6th place finishing streak - 1st top5 in this scored season,6th overall for the finn. He was closelly folloved by 2 teammates of the winner - Unite finished 4th,scoring his 75th top5 finish,R.Kardol closed the top5 to take home the 83rd top5 finish.

VOD at Youtube:


Next week RTFR will offer the longer version of itself - the 83rd RTFR XL will be run in Aston's Historic configuration in reversed direction with the rear engined LFS original GTR car FZR. But between now and then RGE will offer 2 other events - on sunday VERL will have it's 2023 season finale in Westhill,but on the next day Retro Cup will host it's warm up round. In 2 weeks RTFR will return with a slick tyre cars race - which and where can be found out when listening to broadcasters of yesterday's race or simply wait for full info on the weekend before it.

Quote from Gutholz :

I am not sure S4 is planned?

Exactly - until now there has not been a slightest info about any plans or even intentions to release something as a next level licence stage. Reminder to all - S is content level stage and not a step to some huge upgrade of simulator itself.