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Deadline for protests - monday,20:00 UTC

As title says - I encountered a problem of skins upload,getting [skinname]: HTTP error : 0 : undefined when I try. I updated my browser,tried 3 different networks with 3 different service providers to rule out problem at my side and eventually other user from discord tried and had the same error.

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.

Quote from ruivoto :

Where is the built-in mod sistem?

Simple calculation: 96/12=8 - that is the amount of years where RTFR's extra large version is running and it's the 6th year where we have yearly competition to determine the best driver of the year in the specific series. But as always first info is statistics about the year and comparision with previous one - 78 is the amount of drivers who have participated in at least one race and completed at least half a distance of it (several more attempted,but this statistic isn't being tracked),which is just 1 less than last year. Some of them were new,so the total amount of racers ever participated in RTFR XL exceeded 400 after the last race of the year. Average of 24.9 drivers in round is 1.3 less than last year,however the highest attendance of 36 is one more than last year's best number - this year the Protech GT3 car in Westhill was the most interesting to racers,while least attendance of 20 happened 3 times during the season,featuring both LFS's BMW formulas and a mod based on LFS own original car. The standings shows a trend of consistant finishing over top position results - both multiple race winners finished outside top4 of standings,all 3 single race winners - outside best 17. Only 3 drivers scored points in all 12 races,2 of them are in the top3 of standings.

RTFR XL 2024 standings winner: S1DUS*uNite
The finn who wasn't even in top10 in last season's standings,did not take part in season opener,however he attended remaining 11 races and slowly climbed up the standings,reaching top position after september's race and kept it until end of the season to score his 1st glory of RTFR XL after being on both other podium positions once in previous years. Unite finished in top5 in 7 races with best result being 2nd place finish,achieved twice,while he also clocked the fastest lap of the race once.

Thehemuli was 6th and 5th in the previous 2 seasons and he kept his trend of progress alive,finishing 2nd in his 4th season. He finished 3rd in one race and finished in top5 other 3 races - 4 times more top5 finishes than in all previous seasons. The organizer himself has been finishing in top4 in all previous seasons and this was not different - once again 3rd position is taken by man in green (for the 3rd time overall),who's best race finishing result was also 3rd position in season opener adding another top5 finish later in season.

After mentioning the best 3 overall of the season,now let's mention all race winners - the all time most successful driver (reached this position this year) Gábor won 5 races,scored pole pole position in each of those and additionally in another one he did not start,ending up 5th in standings. The driver with single letter "M" in his name finished 5th in season opener,repeated the all time highest winning streak of 4 wins in next races,but never attended after that,giving up huge points lead and slipping down to 7th in standings. And the 3 other winners are Zesty,who won the season opener,Mandula who was fastest with Radix in Blackwood carrying on hungarian winning streak and Rex,who won the FBM race in South City.






One week after the RTFR XL also the shorter version ended it's scored standings season - the 9th overall season. Just like season 1,it also featured 12 races,where a total of 76 drivers marked themselves as points scorers in standings (5 less than in 2024 season 1). The average attendance also here dropped a little compared to previous season - 28.4 drivers per round is 3.3 drivers less than in first half of the year,however 2.2 more than in season 2 of last year. Highest attended race was the N.400 GT4 race in Westhill,which gathered up 37 drivers,while the least interesting was XFR race in a custom Fern Bay track. Unlike in XL version,here 3 of 5 race winners finished in top3 positions in standings.


RTFR 2024 Season 2 standings winner: A.Valta
Also RTFR 2024 S2 seasons standings is topped by a finnish driver,but a different one - A.Valta did not even attend a single race of 1st season of the year,but attended 10 races of the 2nd season,winning 4 of them and finishing 2nd in another 4,adding 4th place and 7th place finishes to the total count,taking also 4 pole positions and 5 fastest laps of the race - all that was enough to secure the award before final race,which is the 2nd one he did not attend during the season. His previous best result in standings was 2023 season 1,where he was in 4th position.

The 4-time season standings winner and all time most successful racer (achieved also during this season) Gábor finished 2nd in this season,unable to really challenge season's best driver despite 3 race wins and 6 runner up positions - the hungarian was on pole position in half of the races,setting fastest lap in one third of the races. It's still an improvement compared to 6th position in 2024 season 1 standings. The RTFR XL newest champion Unite took 3rd place in normal RTFR's latest standings. He won just the last race of the season,but scored 4 third place finishes and 4 lower top5 finishes,adding a fastest lap of the race to repeat 2024 season 1 standings result,scoring his 6th RTFR standings podium.

TJ won 3 races of the season and finished 3rd in another 2,but did not attend any other round,ending up 8th in standings,while other driver who added himself to race winners list was defending 2nd place in standings R.Kardol,who attended just 3 races in the season.



With this the year of 2024 in RTFR is officially concluded as the remaining 2 tuesdays of the year are holidays,so we will take a break during those. The next year is in our thoughts already - 1st normal RTFR of 2025 (the 349th) will take place on 7th january,while RTFR XL will start it's year 3 weeks later with 97th RTFR XL. It's still to be decided how the scored seasons will shape up,expect any announcements to be made at latest early in the new year!

Server is now online for practice:
> > > Server name: This is Crashmaaas !!! - ONLINE

The 14th season of AWS starts with a race with the slowest car that has ever been racing in Blackwood within All-wheel-drive Winter Series - a 103 horsepower small sedan named Prodigy AWD,which is lapping the 1.8km rallycross track in around 1 minute and 12 seconds depending on driver's skill. Rallycross races usually have been plagued with overheating tyres,so the organization has been searching for solutions,one of those is to bring engine power down,so with this car it will be pretty much normal racing partially running on slippery surface. Taking care about resources is still important - with an unknown car,best drivers will be those who can adapt quickly!

In the early phase before start of series,the signups list is quite short,but still features all 3 best racers of previous season,together with some well experienced racers and couple rookies this season already has a potential to become interesting in terms of competition for all awards.

Round info:
Track: Blackwood Rallycross (BL3)
Laps: 34 (62km)
Car: PRODIGY AWD
Previous winners : LLM.Sobis (2024 - B2AS), A.Valta (2023 - B2AS), [FM]ˆﾁαtαι (2022 - XERA) S1DUS*R.Kardol (2021 - FXR), RGˆDzidoris (2018-2020 - FXR), nsys|MareX (2017 - FXR), CoRe A.Laipnieks (2015 - FXR), 22 S.Jurvansuu (2014 - FXR), CoRe T.Lähteenmäki (2013 - FXR), spdoreno (2012 - FXR)


Server info and password will be PM'ed during sunday (european time) to all entrants,until then server remains publically accessible:
AWD Winter Series

AWS 2025 signups thread
Race Green Discord

This car was used yesterday in the 348th RTFR,for those who missed livestream,here's video on demand:

Qualifying:


Race:


Winner:


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


The last RTFR race of the year featured the highest race laps count of the 2024 season 2 - the South City's Sprint 1 configuration is short enough to be lapped 38 times within 32 minutes as top half drivers clocked their best laptimes under 50 seconds. The selected car gave the good old touring car impression,however technically built based on JGTC300 specs - 300 hp engine,just over a ton weight and rather simple aerodynamics. Interestingly the field was split with tyre choice as some opted for softer R2,some for harder R3 tyres,while some mixed the compounds between axles - and even that in both possible ways. With 29 drivers qualifying,this was pretty much average attendance number of the season.

The latest RTFR XL standings winner Unite lost out to his teammate just by 1/50 of a second in qualifying,taking the other front row position on grid,but entered the 1st turn of the race as leader and kept it for all 38 laps to score his 1st RTFR race win of the year and 13th overall,scoring also his 91st top5 finish. Gábor set fastest laptime in both sessions to score his record breaking 35th pole position (breaking the tie for all time most) and record extending 35th fastest lap of the race,however despite all the tries,never got the chance to pass for lead,finishing less than a second behind winner,clocking the all time 21nd closest finish in RTFR,taking home his 71st top5 finish. Dzban gained a total of 4 positions during the race to finish 3rd with 8 seconds gap to winner - that is the pole's best ever RTFR race result,beating previous by 2 positions and also 3rd top5 finish from 5 total finishes. Top5 was closed by 2 TAV team drivers - the slightly more experienced Suforr finished 4th to score his best RTFR result and 2nd top5 finish,followed by El Nano in 5th,who's previous best result was 19th - he improved also his best qualifying result from 10th to 4th.

VOD at Youtube:


With this the RTFR action is over for this year and only season final standings are to be summed up,however RGE offers two other racing opportunities this year - first one is already on the coming weekend,where the 14th season of our longest running yearly league will start with round one in Blackwood - make sure not to miss out All-wheel-drive Winter Series 2025 season,more info and signups in AWS forum section. And do we even need to remind about 26th december traditions in LFS? If you're new to LFS,then here's the info you might be interested in...

Quote from Iginla :

finally it will be my year

But use single account this year!

The end of year is time for many traditions in many cultures. The simracing culture around the online racing simulator Live For Speed has one that goes back to year of 2011 - the year when the very first event of it's series took place on 26th december with 18 crashhappy people. 13 years later the number of crashhappy people rised up to 62,breaking records for non-endurance events attendance. So should we stop while we're at all time highs? Not happening - we're keeping the tradition alive until the last car has been recycled into tin cans,so for the 14th 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 in 2 or 3 levels,where the fight starts to get physical for the chance for final,the final,where best will be decided,battle royale where only event winners can race and a bonus run,where everyone will get a final chance to let out rage on masses!


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
To avoid any delays and make situation fair for everyone,tyre warming is forbidden (except on direct way from spawn spot to waiting place) and drivers must enter track not earlier and not later than on "go!" command.
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!

Preliminary runs:
If there are more than 48 attenders,the event will start with preliminary runs - best 20 drivers from qualifying will qualify for quarter final automatically,rest will have to earn their spot through the 1st level of heats. Everyone beyound qualifying position 20 will be divided into 4-6 heats (depending on drivers count - aiming for ~8 drivers per heat),best 2 will qualify for quarter final directly,rest will be divided into 2 relegation runs to battle for remaining quarter final spots.
> Participants: Everyone who qualified outside top20
> Heat length: 6 laps
> Relegation length: 4 laps

Quarter final:
If there are 48 or less attenders,the event will start with quarter final heats,if there are more than 48 attenders,this will be the 2nd level of heats with 42 participants (6 heats with 7 drivers per heat). Top2 finishers will advance directly to semi final,rest will be divided into 2 relegation runs to battle for remaining 6 semi final spots.
> Participants: 42 best drivers (top20 qualifyers + 22 best from preliminary heats)
> Heat length: 8 laps
> Relegation length: 5 laps

Semi final:
Best 18 drivers from previous heats level will be divided into 3 heats with 6 drivers per heat. Top2 finishers will earn their spot in final,remaining 12 drivers will have to battle through the last chance run for 4 final spots.
> Participants: 18 best drivers from quarter final heats
> Heat length: 10 laps
> Relegation length: 6 laps

The final:
The final is the run where the event official winner will be decided in a 20 laps long heat! The starting order will be decided partially from heats and qualifying - all 3 semi final heat winners will start from front row (order determined by qualifying results),all 3 heat 2nd place finishers will start from 2nd row with same ordering,last chance run qualifyers will be ordered just by qualifying results.
> Participants: 10 best drivers from semi final heats
> Heat length: 20 laps

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=smash4teen


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
2023 - winner: B2ﾏ Upsas


(VOD of SimBroadcasts.tv livestream of 2023 event)


(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, Thu 26 Dec 2024, 08:24. Reason : Server is now online and passworded!

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: A.Valta
Last IMPREZZIVE JGT race won by: first race using this car
Last South City race won by: A.Valta (341st RTFR - F67L @ SO City Long Rev.)
Most South City sprint configs race wins: 7 races,7 different winners
Current rating leader: A.Valta (+9 points)

2024-S2 standings after 11 of 12 races:
A.Valta - 245 - 1st position secured
S1DUS*GáboR - 199
S1DUS*uNite - 183
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 :
RGˆRony - receives 5.06 seconds penalty added to his finish time for minimum pit time violation.

Luc (LFSW: kjio) and Perret (LFSW: Stheal) - are disqualified from race results and receive 3 months ban from Race Green Events organized events for dangerous and careless behaviour during the race. If you're not interested into taking part in organized competition,simply don't join it,but if you're becoming a moving obstacle for people who are racing,we will help not to join! Ban length just 3 months because both are relativelly new users and we still have a hope they can learn the spirit of online racing.

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The season finale of RTFR XL came without big intrigues about fights for high season standings positions as top3 are well spread out in points count,but a car that is similar to LFS's own TBO class produced it's own intrigues for results in the specific race. With it's relativelly narrow tyres,the SLX180 TYPEX forced drivers to take care of tyre temperatures,causing a bit variable pace through the field - some where getting faster,some slower,while everyone had the challenge of tricky fast chicane 47 times during the race - however just 11 completed it all 47 times. With 29 drivers this was over average attendance of this season and 3rd highest number of the year.

Only a single driver has won 3 RTFR XL races in row twice - Botsi did such streaks in each 20ies and 30ies of the event. Now he's joined by his teammate Gábor in this achievement as the hungarian kept his latest winning streak alive this tuesday to score the 2nd 3-in-row. In qualifying he was the first to beat 1:37 laptime mark to score his 15th pole position,during the race he led all laps until his pitstop and last 5 laps after his closest rival's pitstop,to score his 13th RTFR XL race win - with this count he is also in the longer version the leader of most wins chart,breaking the tie with other teammate. The fastest lap of the race was his 14th and the top5 finish - his 23rd,while the 17th race win for Hungary puts the country above Lithuania in most successful countries ranking. 14 seconds apart in finish,R.Kardol scored the 2nd place finish as the only relativelly close competitor for race win after leading 13 laps,scoring also a record extending 52nd top5 finish. With early pitstop,RD2 found good strategy for this race - he started from 10th position and worked his way to 3rd in finish to score his best result in RTFR XL as his only other try resulted in 18th position,repeating also his country's best finishing result. Adam's 2nd place in qualifying was his and his country's best result,however he lost 2 positions during the race,finishing 4th,which is just repeated best result and 2nd top5 finish. Nosle qualified 5th and finished 5th to score his 2nd top5 finish out of 6 tries.

* FUN FACT OF THE MONTH :
Since the last race with RB4 in june 2021,only two TBO (PL200) class cars has been run in RTFR XL - XRT has been used twice and FXO once in these 3.5 years. This car is now the 3rd car of same cars class in this timeframe - obviously not a popular choice.

* CLOCK PITTER OF THE RACE :
Despite not being the fastest in pits,Unite still receives the honor of being Clock pitter - he had 10.06 seconds long work free pitstop,while there were another 3 drivers with faster or as fast pitstops,however all of them refuelled the car.

* FIELD RUSHER OF THE RACE :
Unite got himself also here with his name - with rather weak qualifying and good progress in race,the finn improved himself by 13 positions from 23rd position,one more than driver finishing directly ahead.

VOD at Youtube:


The combo of january race will be selected by R.Kardol for 3rd year in row - he'll have some time to select as next RTFR XL race is planned late january. With this the RTFR XL is done for this year,only one normal RTFR left (on coming tuesday),while other activities are still ahead from RGE - on sunday the 22nd december the 14th season of AWS will be launched in Blackwood,make sure you don't miss out the action by signing up - all information can be found in AWS forum section! But 4 days later on the usual date of 26th december we'll held another edition of crowd favourite crash party - full information about it will be posted this weekend,while regulars won't find out anything new (same time,same place,same rules).

This car was used today in the 96th RTFR XL,for those who missed livestream,here's video on demand:


Just few notes about the car - not sure how it was with 180SX,but both 1st gen Eclipse and 2nd gen MR2 I owned had their popups opening and closing much faster. Also this mod has sunroof opening,however I would suggest to put that animation to other option instead together with headlights.

Series schedule:
22.12.2024. 18:30 UTC - Round 1 - Blackwood RXGP (PROA @ BL Rallycross, 34 laps / 62 km)
05.01.2025. 17:30 UTC - Round 2 - NewYear City Challenge (AAEV @ SO Town Course Rev., 28 laps / 88 km)
19.01.2025. 17:30 UTC - Round 3 - Green 100 (IMPB @ WE Dirt Oval*, 100 laps / 60 km)
02.02.2025. 17:30 UTC - Round 4 - Westhill Street Cup (XERA @ WE Westschleifenring 2024*, 2*5 laps / 2*53 km)
16.02.2025. 18:30 UTC - Round 5 - Winter 200 (FXR @ Kyoto Oval, 67 laps / 200 km)
02.03.2025. 18:30 UTC - Round 6 - Jamaican Trophy (CAX4 @ Fern Bay Rallycross, 29 laps / 59 km)
* 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 5,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 for rounds 1;5 and 6:
18:30 UTC / 19:30 CET / 20:30 EET - 20 minutes of qualifying
19:00 UTC / 20:00 CET / 21:00 EET - race start

Timetable for rounds 2;3 and 4:
17:30 UTC / 18:30 CET / 29:30 EET - 20 minutes of qualifying
18:00 UTC / 19:00 CET / 20:00 EET - race start
18:25 UTC / 19:25 CET / 20:25 EET - race 2 start (round 4 only)

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:
* AAEV - Police

Special notes on qualifying:
* In rounds 3 and 5 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. 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 6 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 6)
AWS Oval Trophy Winner - awarded to a driver with the most points scored through 2 rounds run in oval tracks (rounds 3 and 5)
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 6 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 6 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 6 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 - 16 points
2nd - 14 points
3rd - 12 points
4th - 10 points
5th - 9 points
6th - 8 points
7th - 7 points
8th - 6 points
9th - 5 points
10th - 4 points
11th - 3 points
12th - 2 points
13th-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 - 8 points
2nd - 6 points
3rd - 5 points
4th - 4 points
5th - 3 points
6th - 2 points
7th 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 6 rounds - 3 points
Attendance in 5 rounds - 2 points
Attendance in 4 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 limits (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! 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 round 5,which is held in oval track 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 3 and 5) - 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 1 / 2 laps penalty in rounds 3 and 5) - 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 2025,you have to visit AWS 2025 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 2025 spreadsheets.
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 0.7F).
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, Mon 16 Dec 2024, 17:56. Reason : Added link to spreadsheets and uploaded custom track layout files

In order to compete in AWS 2025,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 !
- Signups will be reopened after the round is complete and closed permanently 10 minutes before round 5.
- S2 licence allows to take part only in 1 of 6 rounds - S3 licence required for all other 5 rounds. Demo user signups will be simply deleted!
- By signing up you acknowledge that you have read and understood AWS 2025 information and rules!

A reminder - server will be password protected 1 hour before qualifying start to keep not knowing crowded server jumpers out of way,pass will be always the same: green

Pitting rules:
Race requires a minimum time spent in pitstall of 10 seconds. That can be done either with single pitstop or sum of multiple pitstops. Driver who has spent less time will receive penalty time added to his finish time,which will be calculated by tripling the missing time to complete neccesary minimum time and adding additional 5 seconds. Drivers failing to pit at all will receive 1 minute penalty added to finish time (10s*3 + additional 30s).

Some historic stats:
Last race won by: S1DUS*GáboR - 2 wins in row
Last SLX180 TYPEX race won by: 1st race with this car
Last Fern Bay race won by: S1DUS*R.Kardol (84th RTFR XL - XFR @ FE Black)
Most Fern Bay race wins: S1DUS*R.Kardol - 2 wins (Finland - 5 wins)
Current rating leader: S1DUS*uNite (+3 points)

2024 standings after 11 of 12 races:
S1DUS*uNite - 179
ZFRL•Thehemuli - 164
RGˆRony - 142
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)

Quote from S. Martin via RGE discord :

Event: 347th RTFR
Lap: Lap 9, MPR 17:45
Involved drivers: S. Martin, Gabri
Description: Gabri misses the pit entry and does a U-turn in the middle of the straight, causing contact with me[...].

* PENALTIES :
[MRc] Gabri™ - DISQUALIFIED from race results for dangerous move on track and driving in reverse direction. Future incidents might lead to race ban.

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This week it was time for return of one of the LFS's own Catherhams - the less powered LX4 was on the menu for racers,which is usually a decent challenge on racing circuits. However once again things were spiced up with track selection - we run a track that has a lot of similarities with Tunnels configuration,alternativelly also called Scawen's track,however under name "Central Road Course 3" it runs in different direction and uses other way round the International circuit's garages,adding additional challenges on the way. With 32 drivers this was a repeated attendance count from previous LX4 race and well above this season's average attendance,repeating 2nd highest attendance number of the season.

Just like the season,also this race went under A.Valta's name - he was the one to beat and despite tries of the competition,he still regained fastest time in qualifying to score his 11th pole position in RTFR. Only cars he saw ahead during the race were backmarkers waiting to be lapped - the finn truly led every single meter of the 64 kilometer race to score his 10th RTFR race win,becoming the 9th driver with double figure wins count. Additionally he set a convincing fastest lap of the race to score his 11th and added 29th top5 finish to his stats - all this leads him to be unreachable in season standings,clinching the 1st place in those with 1 race still left. Gábor this time had to settle for 2nd place in both sessions,also pretty much unchallenged from behind - 70th top5 finish for the all time success ranking leader. Man with all time most top5 finishes R.Kardol added another one from this race - he had to work a bit to regain the 3rd position in the results,adding 97th top5 finish in the list. Unite finished 4th to score his 90th top5 finish and to make top5 results same in both sessions,Nosle regained his earlier lost 5th position and scored his 4th top5 finish.

VOD at Youtube:


Next week we'll do some "extra work time" - it's time for the last RTFR XL race of the year. The 96th RTFR XL will take place on the Caribbean island of Jamaica and in it's circuit known as Fern Bay. The selected car for this race is very similar to LFS's TBO class performance - SLX180 TYPEX and it will be run in customized version of Fern Bay Green configuration,which uses the extra looping in 1st sector and alternate last turn. Full information about the race will be posted tomorrow! In 2 weeks also normal RTFR will have it's season finale - even if without intrigue about top position in standings,still the race should be interesting - some info about the combo as always was mentioned in broadcast of the latest race.

Last edited by Eclipsed, Fri 6 Dec 2024, 15:41. Reason : Added info about penalized driver

As above said - not possible as demo is limited not only to content,but also to user amount in server,which is 12 cars on track and 15 connections in server.

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 LX4 race won by: S1DUS*GáboR (297th RTFR - AS Clasic Boot Chicanes)
Most LX4 race wins: S1DUS*GáboR - 2 wins (Finland - 4 wins)
Last Westhill race won by: S1DUS*GáboR (340th RTFR - N.400S GT4 @ WE International Rev.)
Most Westhill support roads configs race wins: [TC-R] P.Butcher & merenui - 3 wins (United Kingdom & Finland - 3 wins)
Current rating leader: S1DUS*GáboR (+4.5 points)

2024-S2 standings after 10 of 12 races:
A.Valta - 216
S1DUS*GáboR - 173
S1DUS*uNite - 161
(Based on highest attendance this season,only the top3 drivers in season standings are still eligible for 1st position in standings)
Event rating,standings and other statistics

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

Quote from turbofan :

rear engined

Mid-engined. Rear engined are VW Beetles and other Ferdinand's overpriced bugs.

Qualifying:


Race:


Winner:


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

After racing many high power mod cars,the car that used to be fastest aids free car in LFS might seem a bit 2nd tiered now,but it still did pose plenty of challenge for many this tuesday in Rockingham. It was only the 2nd FO8's visit to Rockingham in RTFR,but this exact combo was already known for many drivers - it was part of V8 Racing League back in 2017 and more recently run in other series on a tuesday. Since this car has it's history in VERL,it's interesting that a total of 7 VERL race winners were present in this race,including 3 series champions (one however won the title with other car than FO8). 24 drivers qualified for this race,setting a number below this season's average - a proof that the combo was quite difficult,another proof of that is that in the rather short 30 minutes race,almost half of the field were lapped on a circuit with laptime just above 1 minute.

For the last FO8 VERL champion Gábor this race turned out to be joining and picking up achievements as he did not have real competition this week. Being a defending 3-time RTFR FO8 race winner,he was the main favourite to score the 4th one in row,tying Botsi's 4 win total count in races with FO8. That was not the only Botsi's record Gábor tied this week - his 34th RTFR pole position ties the all time most also in this category. Additionally it was Gábor's 38th race win,34th fastest lap of the race and 69th top5 finish. Also the race for 2nd position was rather short and single sided - A.Valta was the unchallenged runner up of this race,2nd place finish is 8th top5 finish for the current season standings leader and 28th in total. Highest position where there was some proper fight for position was 3rd - taken by winner of previous race TJ,who found a position between start and finish to score his 13th top5 finish,closelly followed by another VERL race winner Unite in 4th position,who scored his 89th top5 finish. The VERL champion of 2019 Dzban found a lot of struggles this time - due several mistakes he fell from 3rd starting position (his best RTFR qualifying result,improvement by 4 positions) to 5th place finish,which he still had to regain - repeating his only previous top5 finish.

VOD at Youtube:


The RTFR server currently is set up with combo of next RTFR XL for laptime testing purposes - the combo is SLX180 TYPEX @ FE Classic Modified (FE2X/F25),please join at possibility and help to find out the best possible laptime for distance calculation,the race itself will take place in 3 weeks. In two weeks the penultimate round of this season's RTFR take place with a challenging custom combo - more info as always in broadcast,full info will be posted only in weekend before the race. In one week there are currently no plans for tuesday,however we might still come up with some online activity,so stay tuned!

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: ｢ﾏｧ｣ TJ
Last FO8 race won by: S1DUS*GáboR (312th RTFR - WE International rev.) - 3 wins in row
Most FO8 race wins: S1DUS*Botsi - 4 wins (Finland - 6 wins)
Last Rockingham race won by: A.Valta (339th RTFR - XFG @ RO National)
Most Rockingham issc configs race wins: S1DUS*uNite - 2 wins (Finland - 4 wins)
Current rating leader: S1DUS*GáboR (+6.5 points)

2024-S2 standings after 9 of 12 races:
A.Valta - 194
S1DUS*GáboR - 148
S1DUS*uNite - 143
Event rating,standings and other statistics

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

Not possible - suit modifications are client side only.

However it would be nice personalization addition if in future it would be possible.