Quote from oldnavy :

Sorry i can't partipaciate in Round 1.

BTW i set my team's server on Round 1 combo. Server caled "SRLT Training" all welcome

Okay, thanks for the heads-up.

Quote from count.bazley :

Count me in Josh if there's enough space left.

There is

Guys, it's Ramon not Raymond -.-

Quote from Victor :

ok added both

Thanks .

Would it be possible to move the following two threads to that sub-forum also?

http://www.lfsforum.net/showthread.php?t=56593
http://www.lfsforum.net/showthread.php?t=56612

Finally - could you make Hawku and Misan moderators there as well?

Thanks in advance!

Quote from diablo21 :

I understand it may be a shame for some people but if you've seen our site and how the leagues/races are set up you would understand why they don't have the need to go elsewhere. I haven't seen all the international leagues but from what I've seen we have them much better organized and the racing is awesome, so why race anywhere else when what you have 'at home' is so nice?

We have our team forum and we can share setups between team members and have all kind of stats all in one website, and the most important, we have fun, just like a big family. And that may be the reason because when a spaniard gets flamed/attacked for something lots of them come here (I must say some comments are out of place though).

Quote from arrechee :

I Play since the s1,since 2003-2004 year,yes,i not have many milles or km online,but i did many laps hvlc,the cuestion is playing a lot,its imposible to go fast with a person that run few laps in this simulator

Do you think you'll ever have time to compete in any of the international leagues? The Spanish league is certainly one of the best organised and most well attended leagues around, but I think it's possible to take part in some other races additionally . IMO it would be cool to have a Spanish entry in MoE or IGTC for example, and these races only take place once per month. You could get Zanini and Elgar and some others on board? :P

Quote from chaa :

I think the miles you drove online don't say so much... a lot of people just practise offline and as a result they don't have driven many miles...

That's true, but you'll always find Arrechee practicing for races online, and given how quickly he'll upload a series of hotlaps I don't think he spends long on them.

I disagree with most of my teammates - I reckon Arrechee's proven himself as the quickest over 1 lap, and it's even more impressive when you consider he's got less than half as many miles as Ray in the sim and far fewer than Norbi also.

It is a shame that none of the quick Spanish guys seem interested in racing in any international leagues though :P.

Quote from Victor :

Is there a website / are there webpages that can be linked to with rules, standings, etc?
As a general rule I do not add sections for leagues without a website and that are still in planning stages.

Yo Victor,

Would it be possible to get a spdoRacing GP2 Series sub-section now? The first race is on Tuesday, just four days away, and we've now got a full ruleset and currently have 30 guys signed-up to race in Round 1.

Our site has a schedule and will hold replays and results once the first round is complete. Standings will most likely be on the forum, but we've already got more web functionality than most of the leagues on here.

Cheers

arrechee rox \o/

Team name: spdoRacing
Car number: 01
Drivers:
M.Gassner [MarcG] DEU
T.Hirvonen [Misan] FIN
H.Jaakkola [Hawku] FIN
R.Pearson [pearcy_2k7] GBR

Quote from chaa :

I'll try to participate in, but I'm not sure because I have to complete my graduation from high school.

But most probably I'll be there

Ok.

Quote from BurnOut69 :

Sounds fantastic!!

Any kind of official server for practice in between events? I know theres quite a lot of V8 fans out there

We'll use [url=lfs://|spdoRacing+%231|0|S2|/]spdoRacing #1[/url] as a full time practice server.

The races will be held on another server, the name of which is tbc.

Quote from rc10racer :

In aswell, not sure if I need to put more info but if so I will add it later when on pc.

Nope, nothing else is needed .

Sign-up for round one has commenced!

This is the sign-up thread for Round One of the spdoRacing GP2 series.

Round schedule

Tuesday, 28 April 2009

1800 UTC Qualifying for 15 minutes
1820 UTC Superpole for ~5 minutes
1830 UTC Main Race for 27 laps
1915 UTC Sprint Race for 17 laps

The qualifying start time translates to 1900 UK / 2000 DE, ES, FR, NL / 2100 FI. If you follow the link to each session a precise countdown to the session start time is given.

Round information

Track: Kyoto National
Car: Formula V8
Server: TBA
Password: Will be PM'ed to all registrants on Tuesday, 28 April at 1600 UTC

Sign-up guidelines

There is no required format for sign-up posts as we only require participants' usernames. It is simply necessary to indicate your willingness to participate.

Disclaimer

Any posts made later than 1600 UTC on Tuesday, 28 April may be missed by the series organisers.

The series organisers reserve the right to refuse admission to the event to any individuals whom they deem too inexperienced to participate. If you believe that this may affect you, please spend some time familiarising yourself with the FO8 @ Kyoto National combination before the day of the event.

Setups

Qualifying
Race - courtesy of Storm_Cloud

Sign-ups

1. joshdifabio
   
2. BurnOut69
   
3. D.Zanetti
   
4. Hawku
   
5. peterules
   
6. Matze78
   
7. pearcy_2k7
   
8. Rudy van Buren
   
9. Misan
   
10. rc10racer
    
11. aroX123
    
12. hugoluis
    
13. GreyBull [CHA]
    
14. BenjiMC
    
15. zeromussov
    
16. Karolis[Lt]
    
17. chaa
    
18. jaws99
    
19. snoring_snoopy
    
20. jwardy
    
21. Mysho
    
22. MarcG
    
23. CrAZySkyPimp
    
24. Dmt
    
25. count.bazley
    
26. AK-Racing 206
    
27. [FAR]D1ggA
    
28. Muhrle
    
29. _chris_
    
30. Simon0015
    
31. zockmachine
    

Last edited by joshdifabio, Tue 28 Apr 2009, 16:38.

Quote from BenjiMC :

wuts de countback rule?

Quote from The Hammer :

a) No more mandatory pit stop on the Main Race?

b) The order at which the super pole cars are asked to join the track and perform their single lap is the same/or inversed as the order they finished on the "regular" qualify?

c) What are the skins' rules?

Thanks for your input guys, I've made a few changes and additions now.

Rule 1.2.2 updated; Rules 1.3.4, 1.3.5, 4.3, 5 added.

Quote from BurnOut69 :

Sounds fantastic!!

Any kind of official server for practice in between events? I know theres quite a lot of V8 fans out there

Jack Basford mentioned that he might be willing to lend us a server for the season - when something is confirmed I'll post here to let you know .

Okay, I've created a new thread with the final schedule, rules and some other information.

A registration thread for the opening round of the season will be posted within the next 12 hours.

Quote from BenjiMC :

ye i saw, can just make a simple web page no? calendar on one page, points on the other. something simple like that.

Well we have a schedule on our site and obviously the results and replays will appear there also. That's already more than most leagues manage, so I don't really get why Victor wants more. If time allows I'll make a little script to calculate championship standings from the results but right now I've gotta get on with my uni work.

Contents

• Schedule
  
• Registration
  
• Rules
  
• Links
  

Schedule

28/04/09 Round 1 at Kyoto National [27 & 17 laps]
12/05/09 Round 2 at Fern Bay Black [19 & 12 laps]
26/05/09 Round 3 at Blackwood GP Rev [38 & 24 laps]
09/06/09 Round 4 at Westhill International Rev [29 & 18 laps]
23/06/09 Round 5 at South City Long [29 & 18 laps]
07/07/09 Round 6 at Aston North Rev [24 & 15 laps] - SIGN-UP

Registration

It is not currently necessary to register for the competition itself in order to participate. However, if you would like to participate in an event you must post in that event's registration thread.

Registration threads will be created approximately one week before each event is due to take place, with links being posted directly below this paragraph of text.

ROUND 6 SIGN-UP

Rules

Contents

1. Event format
   
2. Point allocation
   
3. Racing expectations and general conduct
   
4. Driver & team championships
   
5. Skin requirements
   

1 Event Format

Each event consists of four sessions:

1. Qualifying for 15 mins: 1800 UTC / 1900 UK / 2000 Central Europe
   
2. Superpole for ~5 mins: 1820 UTC / 1920 UK / 2020 Central Europe
   
3. Main Race for ~40 mins: 1830 UTC / 1930 UK / 2030 Central Europe
   
4. Sprint Race for ~25 mins: 1915 UTC / 2015 UK / 2115 Central Europe
   

1.1 Qualifying

1.1.1 Drivers are free to use the shift+p and shift+s operations and rejoin the track as many times as they wish during this session.
1.1.2 When multiple drivers post the same lap time in this session, the drivers' positions are set depending on when the drivers set their fastest lap times. The driver who posts their lap time earliest in the session is classified ahead.

1.2 Superpole

1.2.1 The five drivers who post the fastest times in the opening qualifying session will earn the right to compete in the superpole session.
1.2.2 Drivers are asked to leave the pits one by one, in the reverse order in which they were classified in the opening qualifying session.
1.2.3 Drivers only one opportunity to post a lap time during the session.
1.2.4 Drivers are free to use the shift+p and shift+s operations whenever they please during this session, but will not subsequently be allowed to rejoin the track.
1.2.5 When multiple drivers post the same lap time in this session, or when multiple drivers do not post any lap time, the results from the initial qualifying session are used as a tie-breaker.

1.3 Main Race

1.3.1 Starting positions one to five in this session are determined by the results from the superpole session.
1.3.2 Grid positions six onwards are determined using the results from the initial qualifying session.
1.3.3 The shift+p and shift+s operations are permitted at any time during this session. However, drivers are only allowed to rejoin the track while the race leader is on the opening lap of the race.
1.3.4 Each driver must make a mandatory pit stop during this session in which they must change all four tyres.
1.3.5 The mandatory pit stop must take place after the driver has completed at least one racing lap, and the driver must complete at least two racing laps after making their pitstop, including the outlap, for it to qualify as their mandatory pit stop.

1.4 Sprint Race

1.4.1 The order of the top ten finishers from the main race is reversed to determine starting positions one to ten in this session.
1.4.2 Grid positions 11 onwards are determined using the results from the main race.
1.4.3 The shift+p and shift+s operations are permitted at any time during this session. However, drivers are only allowed to rejoin the track while the race leader is on the opening lap of the race.

2 Point allocation

2.1 Superpole

The driver who is classified first in the superpole session receives two championship points.

2.2 Main Race

The top ten finishers in the main race receive championship points according to the following distribution: 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.

2.3 Sprint Race

The top eight finishers in the sprint race receive championship points according to the following distribution: 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.

2.4 Fastest laps

2.4.1 In both the main race and the sprint race there is a single championship point available to the driver who completes the fastest lap time.
2.4.2 Only drivers who finish in the top ten positions are considered for the fastest lap award.
2.4.3 Only drivers who complete the same number of laps as the race winner are considered for the fastest lap award.

3 Racing expectations and general conduct

3.1 Racing expectations

3.1.1 Drivers are expected to practice for events in advance such that they are capable of performing competently on track. The admin team reserve the right to refuse any driver the opportunity to participate if they feel the driver in question is likely to impede the enjoyment of other drivers in the series.
3.1.2 Drivers are expected to show respect to their competitors on track.
3.1.3 During qualifying sessions, drivers who are not on a flying lap are expected to keep out of the way of other drivers where possible.
3.1.4 When a driver defends their position, they are allowed to make a single move away from the racing line followed by a return to the optimal line between each corner. 'Weaving' to deny a trailing car a slipstream is not allowed.
3.1.5 When attempting to pass another car, drivers are allowed to make as many lateral movements across the track as they wish.
3.1.6 When being lapped, drivers are expected to yield to the lapping car as soon as the lapping car attempts to make a pass.

3.2 Chat messages

3.2.1 Chat messages are forbidden while a session is in progress.
3.2.2 Each line of chat is punished with a one second penalty in qualifying sessions and a five second penalty in race sessions.
3.2.3 A qualifying session is considered to be active as soon as it begins and is considered to be inactive when time has expired and no cars are on a 'flying lap'.
3.2.4 A race session is considered to be active once the lights go green and is considered inactive once all drivers whose cars remain on track have completed the race.
3.2.5 As soon as a session goes inactive or an event administrator declares chat to be open, drivers are free to post chat messages.
3.2.6 Drivers are expected to refrain from posting any offensive or insulting chat messages.

3.3 General respect towards competitors and administrators

Drivers are expected to show respect towards event administrators and fellow competitors. Any drivers who do not do so may be subject to penalties or even exclusion from the series.

4 Driver & team championships

4.1 Drivers' championship

4.1.1 Each driver who competes in the competition is automatically entered into the drivers' championship.
4.1.2 Championship positions are determined by the total number of points accumulated in each driver's five highest scoring events of the season.
4.1.3 The number of points accumulated per event by each driver is equal to the points which they accumulate in each of the event's sessions combined.
4.1.4 When multiple drivers share the same points total in the drivers' championship standings, the number of points scored in each driver's dropped event is compared to determine which driver is classified ahead.
4.1.5 When rule 4.1.4 is unable to seperate drivers the 'countback' rule is used on the relevant drivers' entire set of race results for the season.

4.2 Teams' championship

4.2.1 Each team which, according to LFS World driver to team associations, competes in the competition is automatically entered into the teams' championship.
4.2.2 Championship positions are determined by the total number of points accumulated in each team's five highest scoring events of the season.
4.2.3 The number of points accumulated per event by each team is equal to points accumulated by the team's two highest scoring drivers in the given event.
4.2.4 When multiple teams share the same points total in the teams' championship standings, the number of points scored in each team's dropped event is compared to determine which team is classified ahead.
4.2.5 When rule 4.2.4 is unable to seperate teams the 'countback' rule is used on the relevant teams' entire set of race results for the season.

4.3 Countback rule

The countback rule, used when multiple drivers or teams, hereby entities, share the same number of championship points, dicatates that the entity with the most victories is classified ahead. If both entities share the same number of victories then the entity with the most second place finishes is classified ahead. Should both entities also share the same number of second place finishes, then the entity with the most third place finishes is classified ahead, and so on.

5 Skin requirements

There are no skin requirements in this competition.

Links

Schedule, results and replays on spdoRacing.com
[url="lfs://|spdoRacing+%231|0|S2|/"]spdoRacing #1[/url] (Competition practice server)

Last edited by joshdifabio, Tue 30 Jun 2009, 20:58. Reason : Added round two sign-up links

Quote from BenjiMC :

gonna get a league section? or make one on your forum?

I want to get a sub-forum, but Victor doesn't seem to want to give us one. I'll figure out a temporary solution though and make sure everyone's able to find any necessary information easily.

Quote from The Hammer :

I don't know if I'm fast enough to race with you people but I'm interested
How exactly does the sign-up process work?

Sign-up will be on a round-by-round basis with sign-up for round one beginning tomorrow.

I'll post further details later on today .

Quote from Trekkerfahrer :

additionally we want to know if the second spdo racing team is willing to take part too... we can´t allow that: one car only per team

Small change of plan - we'll keep the name Qlimax Motorsport but Simon will move over to the QM line-up as Kloun already said. The spdoRacing entry which I posted earlier in the thread should be considered rescinded.

Cheers,
Josh

Just fyi guys I'm going to be away until Sunday 19 April, and most likely without internet access. I'll try to get a forum subsection for the league when I get back. Registration for the opening round will most likely begin one week before the event, on Tuesday 21 April, with some additional rules going online around the same time - though nothing major will be changing.

Quote from Gil07 :

I have a question... How are the results in multi-class leagues with the same car handled? For example MoE, where there is GT1 and GT2. It seems the order is just processed, like it's single class. Maybe there's a way to manually flag some cars as GT2? I wouldn't mind doing something like that...

Ignore if there's already a way to handle this

I have half the stuff in place to handle mutliple classes, but it's not finished yet (I can't add them manually).

If cars are used which are in different classes regardless of handicaps, like XFG and FZR, then the database picks it up. If however there are cars used which would be in the same class without handicaps, for example MoE GT1 & GT2, it's not picked up.

This is on my to-do list along with many other things, but I'm right at the end of my degree now and likely won't have time for the website until late May.

Quote from Victor :

Is there a website / are there webpages that can be linked to with rules, standings, etc?
As a general rule I do not add sections for leagues without a website and that are still in planning stages.

Well there's a schedule on our website, but the league doesn't have a website of its own.

Why would we need one? We're using the forum because everyone's already got an account here.