This sounds wrong,so it might be wise to contact devs directly by using https://www.lfs.net/contact form - it is possible that this thread might be overlooked and problem won't be solved.

I would also vote for option 2 now,but with intention in future bigger update seperating the engine repair from other repairs per F12 menu setting,while also adding repair time for engine repair.

Round 3 of this season brough the first ever double header race of the league's history - that was the only solution to provide fast paced racing with electric cars as the recharge has been made more realistic compared to 1st LFS version allowing electric motors for cars. So the usual 40 minutes race distance was divided in 2 halves,creating new challenge and 2nd chances for racers as they had to start the race from same position twice.

Winner of season opener A.Valta had no real competition this time,so he led all 24 laps through both races gathering up almost 20 seconds gap over competition on round total,taking also both round bonus points. The race for 2nd place was more competitive - both Thehemuli and Lorenzo exchanged positions several times through both races,trading also positions between races,but the finn had bigger gap over his rival on race 1 than the rival over him in race 2,with this Thehemuli is scored 2nd and Lorenzo 3rd in final race results.

With this A.Valta added 50% gap increase to reach 15 points lead in championship table,which is a solid advantage,but everything else than guarantee with another 5 rounds to come. Also both following positions have not changed - Thehemuli is still 2nd,but after this round has at least 2 points gap over 3rd place driver Lorenzo. This was also 1st of two rounds for Megawatt award - the positions are exactly same as race results and coincidentally also overall championship standings,just the gaps are different - A.Valta has 5 points lead over Thehemuli and 7 over Lorenzo. The 2nd round for this award will be the season finale at Westhill on the dirt rallycross layout.

The competition for Rookie of the year award is still quite weak - despite attending just 1st round,Richard is still ahead on the table while being 17th overall,however he's been catched by Tbug on points,who is losing on tiebraker of highest finishing position.

No changes is teams championship - Race Green Autosports once again scored most points and increased their lead in standings - now they're 22 points ahead of Zafiralis. 3rd is still MRc,also losing points to their closest rivals - now 7 points apart from 2nd place. Also on top of the nations cup is status quo - Finland scored maximup points for the 2nd time this season and is now already 42 points ahead of 2nd place nation Czechia. 3rd is now retaked by Italy,but already 19 points behind 2nd place.

Now racers have just a single week break until next round - 4th round is already next monday. It features the only round that has been run unchanged through 12 years of AWS history - Winter 200. It's a 200 kilometers race on the very familiar Kyoto Oval using the fastest of original LFS AWD cars - FXO GTR. It has always been a cooperation effort as 2 cars are faster than one on the highspeed oval. High speeds mean less margin of error,that leads to high unpedictibility of the round - this is the round that can bring changes in championship tables.

Seeing the engine damage displayed in server now - maybe this should not be public,but same as fuel - shown to others only when enabled? Or at least as tyres - show color only without value.

Quote from Scawen :

Naturally it comes out as a "Health" value that starts at 100% and goes down from there

I'm wondering what does this percentage say? If I damage the engine to 90%,do I have 90% of power at each revs range?

Quote from Scawen :

I was thinking the engine symbol could start grey then go yellow then red with more damage.

That sounds like a good idea.

Qualifying:


Race 1:


Race 2:


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Session AND SERVER of Incident : Race 2
Lap AND MPR timecode of incident (or session time or UTC Time of Day): Lap 3 / MPR 5min35
Car(s) involved: 96 and 47
Location of Incident: Entering tightest turn of stadium section (turn 12)
Brief Description of Incident: 47 does noting to avoid contact with car ahead and knocks 96 out of the way to take position.

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.

#96 temporary skin for 1st round.
Simple skin because buzy and because lazy when not busy.

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
Last PROTOTYPE 2 race won by: 1st race using this car
Last Westhill race won by: ｢ﾏｧ｣ TJ (293rd RTFR - T34 SPORT @ WE East Historic Course RGE)
Most Westhill international config race wins: v\A.Wiśniewski & [FM]ˆﾁαtαι - 2 wins (Finland - 5 wins)
Current rating leader: S1DUS*GáboR (+11.5 points)

2023-S1 standings after 1 of 12 races:
S1DUS*GáboR - 29
B2ﾏ Upsas - 27
S1DUS*R.Kardol - 24
Event rating,standings and other statistics

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

Seeing engine damage would be a valuable information,especially for learning drivers so they can actually see what and when leads to that damage. And regarding repairs - yea,LFS mechanics are insanely fast with repairs,so it wouldn't be that different if they were able to fix engine too,however I would suggest to have it as different option in F12 menu and also that in pit it would be a seperate repair section besides minor and major repairs.
And if we start the topic about repairs,maybe in bigger future update it would be better to slow the mechanics down regarding repairs (I assume tyrechange and refuelling are pretty much fine) to give people more "penalty" for not avoiding contacts. Also one other note - if tyres are changed,tyre pressure adjustments should not cost extra time as that's a predone work of mechanics.

Team name: Race Green Ballsports
Team logo: [attached]
Team will submit custom liveries: Yes
Team Home Colours: G
Team Away Colours: K
Team Captain LFS Username: Eclipsed
Team Captain Nickname: RGˆRony
Player 2 LFS Username: jackson93
Player 2 Nickname: RGˆM@CI3K
Player 3 LFS Username: thegamer23
Player 3 Nickname: RGˆLORENZO
Player 4 LFS Username: cuni
Player 4 Nickname: RGˆNOSLE

Last edited by Eclipsed, Fri 13 Jan 2023, 18:23. Reason : Attached logo

Quote from Degats :

Thought of a potential use for the arrow colours even when lap timing is available

I would oppose this suggestion - When racing in high numbered field,it's a valuable information from map to see if a driver ahead is lap down or a driver behind is chasing me to lap. And if there are 2 drivers behind me (lapping car and direct opponent),it's a valuable information to know which is which as mirrors are not always showing everything.

Last season AWS introduced new engine type in it's cars lineup - electric. This year the league goes a step further and introduces a new round specially for electric ars - Ampere Grand Prix. Since electric cars have a more limited range and energy recharge takes a lot longer than refuelling fuel for internal combustion engine,standard race length of 40 minutes would be difficult to set up and end in a fast energy conserving cruise. That's why rounds with electric cars in AWS will consist of 2 races,results of both will be counted together to have one result to declare one round winner. Both races will start with same grid order,set up from qualifying results.

Round 3 of the 2023 season features the heaviest car of the schedule - the electric BZ30 Roadster brings scales up to 1400kg,which will create own handling characteristics. Still the car is equipped with slick tyres and has minor downforce assistance to increase cornering speeds in the tricky Aston Cup configuration,which effectivelly consists of well known Aston Club and Aston Cadet reversed configurations. As always the new car brings the challenge of setting it up for the race,but well made set up is just one part of success.

Round info:
Track: Aston Cup (AS2X/A22)
Laps: 2x12 (2x52km)
Car: BZRE
Previous winners : N/A


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 2023 signups thread
Race Green Discord

Qualifying:


Race:


Race statistics (Picture of field approaching turn 2 attached)

So we can call the test successful - 40 drivers signed up,even if 6 never arrived,there were 34 in qualifying and 30 were standing on grid waiting for green lights. A total of 15 cars were represented in race,the only car not in race was Cammera,which was drawn to Igor who left before start.

The race posted new challenges to many drivers - due different characteristics,drivers had to addapt to own cars and be more aware how different oponent's car will behave. Qualifying saw quite a dominance of FXOs and RB4s - it's questionable of due being better or just because mods don't have many years of setup developement behind,however the race changed situation,as the well known trait of the both leading car models affected their race pace - the overheating tyres troubled both FXO and RB4 cars.

After such activity it's secure that we will host a full series of this format,using the free tuesdays as a race day,aiming to start in 7th february. It will require signups (simply for the need to have drivers list for cars draw) and it will be using same racing format as in RTFR - 60 minutes qualifing (usable as practice) and approximatelly 30 minutes race,using also same LFS server. During next 2 weeks we'll be discussing possibilities and hold voting for an additional car in Race Green Autosports discord server. If not willing to join,you're welcome to cast your thoughts and ideas in this thread.

Last edited by Eclipsed, Wed 11 Jan 2023, 19:36. Reason : Attached .mpr of the race

Signups are now closed!

The 2nd car draw wave scheduled for today 17:50 UTC / 18:50 CET / 19:50 EET
Draw link: https://www.randomresult.com/ticket.php?t=3246975D69SG3NFSX

Signups list (order of the drawn numbers):
1. ZFRL•Motimoukari - BZ30 ROADSTER
2. [WCL] P.Koivunen - XR GT Turbo
3. [THY] Formagnus - ACOSTA STARLIN
4. B2Ï 136mph - RB4 GT
5. Darkvil - TALOT SUNS LOMIS
6. [oh] torpido - Raceabout 06
7. 27 Paulo Waleski - FXO Turbo
8. [rp] igor - CAMMERA 730 TURBO
9. [rp] tj - RB4 GT
10. [OH]McWer - XR GT Turbo
11. 04 Justin - FZ50
12. YES V. Lakūnas - FXO Turbo
13. South - FZ50
14. [rp] lucas - RB4 GT
15. [WCL] Arska - RB4 GT
16. s1dusn't*unite - XF TURBO 5

Last edited by Eclipsed, Tue 10 Jan 2023, 17:53.

The 1st car draw wave scheduled for today 18:00 UTC / 19:00 CET / 20:00 EET
Draw link: https://www.randomresult.com/ticket.php?t=3245980KSYME6GQX7

Signups list (order of the drawn numbers):
1. RG^Rony - XF COUPE TURBO
2. RG^RedBoT - URC1
3. [MRc] Texas - TALOT SUNS LOMIS
4. S1DUS*GáboR - URC1
5. [MRc] Michal - FXO Turbo
6. [MRc] TimDC - URC1
7. ZFRL•Thehemuli - ACOSTA STARLIN
8. [WCL] T.Soini - BZ30 ROADSTER
9. ｢DD｣ tBug - IMPREZZIVE B2
10. ZFRL•LG-mies - IMPREZZIVE B2
11. kyr1l - IMPREZZIVE B2
12. S1DUS*R.Kardol - VGI-6 TEDAVI
13. dod1slaw - FRAUD WHEELER E2
14. RG^M@CI3K - XF TURBO 5
15. [MRc] PedroBR - FXO Turbo
16. Vincent Adultman - VGI-6 TEDAVI
17. RG^Lorenzo - IMPREZZIVE B2
18. S M.Kapal - URC1
19. [MRc] Miiko - RB4 GT
20. ElSaf LAT - XF COUPE TURBO
21. Three Jump - CZR LUXURY SEDAN
22. cq.goszki - XF COUPE TURBO
23. [PM] Jam 616 - Raceabout 06
24. iiiiil - FRAUD WHEELER E2

New signups will receive their cars drawn in 2nd wave (10 minutes before qualifying)!

Last edited by Eclipsed, Mon 9 Jan 2023, 18:07.

PiranMOTO_CarLimiter is now loaded in server. That means you cannot join session without required restriction anymore. Here are available commands for the insim app:


(prefix ; (semicole) required instead of usual ! known from Airio)

Aditionally the restrictions list is available through options menu (press shift+i or type !opt) of Airio.

Last edited by Eclipsed, Sat 7 Jan 2023, 13:28.

Hello,racers!
With addition of user created cars more than a year ago,the options for racing have widened drastically,adding possibility to race many different cars in same class. First this was used in Race Green 300km of Westhill 2022,where a total of 39 cars were available for selection initially,all balanced to be in very similar pace around the 14 kilometer track. Around then also the idea for new series ignited in my head - a league where many different cars can be used in same race through multiple rounds.

To spice things up,there is an addition to car selection - to avoid everyone selecting favourite car and have the race just like any other race,each racer will receive the car selected by a random draw (scheduled at specific time on public draw). Since all cars are still not equal (not possible on LFS's variating circuits),faster racers will have a challenge if they want to win or finish in high positions again if a slower car drawn. However racers usually driving at bottom half of the field could get assigned a car with slight advantage,which will give them a chance to finish higher than usually. Also despite leveling,some cars will always be faster in turns,some in straights,meaning there will always be some challenge during the race between racers.

To reduce some cars being overperforming or underperforming in different tracks,with time restrictions might be adjusted regarding feedback from drivers. The selected car class is TBOplus class - the average paced car class,a bit faster than the crowd favourite GTi class,yet not too fast to require professional racer's reflexes. The standard LFS's 3 TBO cars are used as a base for leveling other cars - that means approximate power weight ratio of 200BHP/ton. The additional set of cars from user created mods list are selected from approved list - all cars deemed to be potential candidates were tested to decide the restrictions.


That's the plan for longer term,however we still have to figure out if this concept of racing is interesting for racers,so we will host a test event on coming tuesday as it is the "free" tuesday between RTFR races. Since the server is free,we will use the same RTFR server without name change.

10th january 2023
18:00 UTC / 19:00 CET / 20:00 EET - 60 minutes qualifying
19:10 UTC / 20:10 CET / 21:10 EET - Race start

Track:
Rockingham ISSC (RO1)
Race distance: 21 laps (~30min)

Available cars and their restrictions:
1. ACOSTA STARLIN (21% / +180kg)
2. BZ30 ROADSTER
3. CAMMERA 730 TURBO (14%)
4. CZR LUXURY SEDAN (10%)
5. FRAUD WHEELER E2 (14%)
6. FXO Turbo (4%)
7. FZ50 (20%)
8. IMPREZZIVE B2 (22%)
9. Raceabout 06 (17% / +160kg)
10. RB4 GT
11. TALOT SUNS LOMIS (10% / +100kg)
12. URC1 (50% / 120kg)
13. VGI-6 TEDAVI (1%)
14. XF COUPE TURBO (+30kg)
15. XF TURBO 5
16. XR GT Turbo (+1%)

All cars are limited to use Road Super tyres only (Slicks are forbidden!)

It is every driver's own responsibility to use correct restriction during practice phase,however administration will try to point out wrong restriction at possibility.

Car draw:
To get a car drawn and to participate in the race,racers have to sign up for it. Cars will be drawn in 2 waves:
1st wave - monday,9th january 18:00 UTC / 19:00 CET / 20:00 EET (all who have signed up until 17:50 UTC)
2nd wave - tuesday,10th january 17:50 UTC / 18:50 CET / 19:50 EET (all who have signed up between 1st wave and signups deadline)

10 minutes before the draw a public link to scheduled draw will be posted and everyone can see live the draw.
For this test race we will use simple https://www.randomresult.com/num.php numbers draw - the online randomizer will draw same amount of numbers as signups count in range from 1 to 16 (car ID number from cars list). The order of these numbers will be same as signups order - the 1st drawn car will be assigned to 1st signup,2nd car to 2nd signup and so on (a signups list will be added to draw link).

Rules:
Please visit any of RTFR main info threads for ruleset used in this test race.

Server:
Click to join link: Ronys Tuesdays Fun Race (pass=green)

Signups:
To sign up for this race (required for the car draw),simply write your ingame name as a reply in this thread. Signups deadline is tuesday,10th january 17:40 UTC / 18:40 CET / 19:40 EET
Here is my signup as an example:

RG^Rony


I hope this concept of racing will be interesting to take part - if so,a future series will be created in the "free" tuesdays. Current idea is to hold a 10 race scored series through the year,where the winner of round will be allowed to select a track for next race (from a bit limited selection). Additionally the winner will be allowed to select one car for public voting,where a new addition of cars will be selected. It is planned to go through the unapproved cars list and select 5 best suited cars as candidates,where a public voting will decide which one will deserve to be added to cars lineup. Additionally if there will be many complaints about specific car from current cars list,we might held a voting for it's removal.

Last edited by Eclipsed, Tue 10 Jan 2023, 16:19. Reason : pass=green

Qualifying:


Race:


Winner:


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


RTFR racing in 2023 opened in Aston,where an older layout was used once again - the unofficial layout named Classic Boot combines 3 different Aston standard configurations,while Race Green added additional chicanes to spice up the difficulty. Luckily LX4 is a very agile car,so drivers mastered (through some complains) the challenge well and delivered quite a show on the livestream. The car wasn't used in RTFR last year as with addition of mods we have way more cars available for selection than the standard 20,but it made a well crowded return with 32 participants.

Gábor was the first driver to set new best laptimes during pre-race practice,but could not set one in qualifying,earning just the outside of front row for the grid. That did not hinder him to get involved in fights with other race leaders,eventually becoming one himself with 3 laps to go just to keep the lead over finish line to score his 18th RTFR race win (matching exactly half of most winningest driver's Botsi's wins count). During the lead chase he set a new lap record,securing also fastest lap of the race - that's his 15th,but the top5 finish is his 38th. Upsas has 2 RTFR wins under his belt,but the application for 3rd one was not successful despite leading more than half of the race,but at least in qualifying he scored his 2nd pole position,adding 8th top5 finish to his achievements. Despite starting from 2nd row,R.Kardol was the surprise early leader,but after 3 laps his spotlight ended,as he lost one position after another - at the end 3rd place finish for him,which is his 68th top5 finish - with this he breaks the tie for 3rd most top5 finishes with his teammate Botsi. Unite finished 4th,but still keeps himself in lead in race for 2nd most top5 finishes as it was his 69th. Onur was close to leaders whole race long,but could just watch them from behind,having some own battles,finishing 5th at the end,which is his 5th top5 finish.

VOD at Youtube:


So quite suddenly RTFR started the new standings season just 2 weeks after end of previous one,and now will as suddenly take another 2 weeks break - the 298th RTFR will be held on 17th january. The combo was mentioned in broadcast,feel free to check yourself out if curious,full information will be posted as always in the weekend before it. And there is something else I would like to draw attention - many active and successful drivers have received PM in this website regarding 300th RTFR,more than half have still not relied to it - please do that until 20th january to have better options for public voting,as the 300th RTFR will keep the tradition of having a voted combo for the race!

The 2nd round of this season saw an increase of attendance,that included 2 other previous champions besides the one winning 1st round. The tricky compact GTR car set up a new challenge for the drivers with it's specific handling characteristics,and with it's small 30 liter fuel tank - added a strategic feature for this race,as it was enough to complete 25 of 27 laps without a lot of fuel saving. 3 drivers still managed to finish full race distance without pitstop,other 8 had to visit pitlane for short splash and dash.

After missing round 1,the defending series champion and winningest driver in league's history V.Lakūnas joined the action in South City to carry on his winning performance - he was never really challenged and scored his 4th race win in the round and 11th total in AWS,taking also the full 22 points set from the round. The winner of season opener A.Valta was the only one to at least get close to winners pace - he finished 2nd with 13 seconds gap. Doni finished 3rd to repeat his best finish in AWS.

A.Valta extended his lead in standings to 10 points over Thehemuli and Lorenzo,who are tied in points for 2nd position,the finn however is ahead due better highest finishing position. What whill spice up the race for championship is the defending champion - let's see if he can keep the performance up through remaining 6 rounds of the season.

The 2nd round featured 4 league's rookies,2 of them did not qualify,another one retired early,but at least one of them finished to officially open the race for Rookie of the year award - Richard is still leading rookie despite not participating,he's now 3 points ahead of driver with backwards spelled name.

Race Green Autosports extended their lead in teams championship to 13 points over Zafiralis,MRc pulled 1 point closer to 2nd position but are 15 points behind leaders. Also in 2nd round Finland scored most points between all nations,increasing their lead to 28 points over Czechia. Drastic increase in signups lead Lithuania to climb up to 3rd position,setting sights to challenge table leaders.

3rd round of the 2023 series will feature 3rd new car for the league - after racing 2 sub-ton cars,next round will feature the heaviest car in AWS history. The electrically powered BZ30 Roadster exceeds 1400kg on the weight scale,but with 280kW motor and slick tyres it will be everything else than slow. Since electric cars have a limited range,this season will introduce 2-race schedule for both electric car rounds - that is what awaits drivers for round 3,but without need to save power as car's range exceeds race length.

Qualifying:


Race:


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96/Eclipsed/Rony Kronpušs/Latvia/Race Green Autosports

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.

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 LX4 race won by: [WCL] True Alpha (265th RTFR - BL GP Track Rev.)
Most LX4 race wins: 14 races,14 different winners
Last Aston race won by: S1DUS*R.Kardol (296th RTFR - LILLIA-X GTR @ AS National)
Most Aston club config race wins: RGˆRony & Agent - 2 wins (Finland - 4 wins)
Current rating leader: S1DUS*GáboR (+2 points)

Event rating,standings and other statistics

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