Quote from Flotch :

Last big update of South City or Kyoto have taken at least 3 months before we can have a look ... Fern Bay is requiring maybe lots of time aswell (I would bet on more ...) due to its 'level' ... so before end of June would have been very optimistic simply based on what we have seen through progress reports ! But anyway, surprises are always welcome !

The last update I can give for sure is that a about 6 months ago I got assurance that I would be able to run a second full season of the custom Layout Racing League without an update wrecking the layouts (i.e location and geographic changes).

Not much else I can disclose (well not much more actually), but I would guess that we will be close to knowing when things will be done by the end of this year, and the formal update possibly fall next year. I have trust in the team

LRL heads to the fast life in the GT3 cars around the fast flowing Mid Town circuit in New Zealand for what was to be an exciting race from start tofinish




Qualifying

Setting a lap around the fierce track is one thing, but making it a good one is another. Qualifying appeared to be a head to head duel between Team Rock Racing's Trespasser and Race Green's Mandula, both swapping top times as the session went on, only for SIDUS's Gabor to snatch pole position when it mattered, by the smallest of margins over to 2nd and 3rd. With minimal track time or practice, TC-Racing's Adam put in the lap of his life to put himself 4th, ahead of experienced and quick driver Pickard, who could only manage 5th. MRc's Firestone qualified 9th on his debut to the championship while Maciek for the second Race Green machine rounded out the top 10.



Race

With a cloud of uncertainty over tire choice, the race got underway with the top 4 drafting away by the end of the first lap, leaders running side by side into the final corner before settling down with Trespasser coming out on top. Further back, a clumsy incident saw Pickard spin around L.Rydh, sending the latter back down the order, only to be collected and rolled 2 corners later by Jereloco.

As the race drew on, it was clear Trespasser had the pace to maintain his lead, however, Mandula was giving him a run for his money, closely following him for the majority of the first stint. Gabor held off Adam for 3rd, although some intense battling between them and Pickard produced some nail biting action. Firestone found his way past WCL's Soini and was in a brilliant 6th after a storming start, but would soon receive a Drive-Through Penalty for a chat infringement before losing connection; a disappointing result for what was a great potential.

Fast forward a couple of laps, and Adam had passed Gabor for 3rd, only to shuffle backwards behind Pickard in 5th after a mistake. The battle for 7th and 8th between Jereloco and Maciek carried on for a few laps before Maciek pitted for the undercut, which would result in a positional swap. Lap 18 saw Rydh crash out of a recovery drive in 11th, rolling in the final corner and bringing out the Safety Car, which bunched up the field and saw some drivers take a their compulsory pit - with Trespasser retaining his lead for the restart and fending off his rivals to claim a brilliant 2nd win in Season 2!

Driver's Championship



Full race results and Driver's Championship Standings can be found at https://www.lfs.net/forum/post/1955979#post1955979

See you again for Round 3 at LRL's version of the Nurburgring - the Schwarzwald, on 6th June for more action!

Quote from Marino108 :

Hello,

I would like to print the entire forum thread. The thread is called Cars we wanna see in S3 and it spreads across 100 pages with 50 posts per page.

In user settings I can't choose more than 50 posts per page. Is there a way of hack to increase this number?

Regardless of the size of forum thread, is there a way to print or display it in one web page?

Are you gathering this data for the purpose of noting down car models to implement in another game? Or perhaps copying the forum layout?

Anywho, this is a large waste of paper; again, why? Lol

Last edited by MicroSpecV, Sat 6 Jun 2020, 14:54.

Can you define "stuck in map different others"? Do you mean different track? Like Blackwood or Aston?

Or do you mean that your car is on track but others see you in the pit lane?

Quote from IsaacPrice :

Unfortunately it seems likely I will miss the last round of the season (as I will be racing in the official Le Mans 24hr Race on rFactor 2 on that day). It's a shame because I've been really enjoying the series and would have liked to finish the championship, but obviously this is a once in a lifetime opportunity.

I would like to thank all the guys who made this series possible, drivers and the organisers/commentary team. I was a bit sceptical about the format but I've been proved wrong. 3 races in and 3 awesome races. Have to admit I've been a bit lucky to have managed to win all 3 of them.

Even with minimal updates LFS is still a lot of fun, which wouldn't be possible without the community. The broadcasts especially are really good to watch IMO.

I will definitely watch the last round where I can

Best of luck, go win it

Quote from kart-36 :

Like I’ve said multiple times, I moved across to defend from you have already been on the right hand some I came across to take my racing line as you have 10cm on me doesn’t warrant me giving you space. Again, let the officials decide mate. I no you’re a far superior driver to me with much more race craft and racing intellect so I hope it works out for you.
Cya next round.

Appreciate the sarcasm, and no, you moved 3 times, to the right, left, then left again.

Akin to your liking to move on from this conversation, I'll see you next round.

Quote from kart-36 :

The ‘good job you did back out...’ is sarcasm. I actually didn’t realise that your nose was there and we barely even touched. The move definitely wouldn’t have happened would it, you’re gonna go round the outside of me into a practically flat out corner? I think not. Anyway, like I’ve said let the officials decide.

https://clips.twitch.tv/SmallSoftOryxRuleFive
Erm... I did just that earlier in the race...
And going off how you describe your situational awareness, you're trying to justify yourself that if an attacking car's nose is not alongside you're permitted to weave about like a drunk? Oh please lol

Quote from kart-36 :

I'm mainly annoyed that you tried to justify and relate your blocking by accusing my driving of being unnecessary; what do you know to judge?

"You’re defending for your life whilst in 7th place with a faster car behind(...)", "If you didn’t defend in the same manor as I did 2 laps prior I would have let it slide.". "(...) just that if you want to move about etc then I’ll do the same."

That put me off because no where did I do "defending in the same manner" as you. And then now you're trying to change the topic and make me look stupid for bringing up something you apparently didn't.

Snippet of the blocking (baring in mind you already weaved right in front of my nose twice prior,)
https://clips.twitch.tv/CloudyHomelyHorseJKanStyle
I don't know. What does everyone else think? Lol

And I find it funny you need to actually attempt to defend yourself with "good job you did back out of the move that was never going to happen(...)". You okay mate? I was getting a slingshot out of Turn 12 and you started blocking. Do I need to remind you to only move once? Maybe if you did only move once then the move I planned into T13 would have happened. But we know how that all went.


I was just expecting a casual sorry for what was a really dumb move I would have let it slide by now. The fact that you made contact out of T11 (which in itself already gave me a shock because you had so much space inside) and then proceeded to block the hell out of me was just very irritating, plus the fact you haven't admitted your wrongdoing.

Perhaps it was because I was trying to both defend as well as not make a repeat of Westhill where I ended up back in 16th (not that it mattered, yes, I flat spotted the rear tires after spinning out on Piropo's out of control car, that's why I didn't make the no-stop work).

Whatever, let's just move on. Not that anyone likes a mid pack driver who defends hard and fair anyway.
And yes, thanks for the battle while it lasted, I enjoyed it a lot actually
https://clips.twitch.tv/BigCovertStarPicoMause

Last edited by MicroSpecV, Sun 31 May 2020, 05:20.

Quote from kart-36 :

Snip.

Sorry, what? My defending was as bad as yours 2 laps prior? Please, show me. I had to sit through the replay and I didn't see myself blocking you nor weaving as excessive as you did. Perhaps if you wern't pissed by others a few laps earlier you'd be calmer when racing with me, but then again I expected a hard fight and I give hard fights to everyone I see. Bare in mind my original no-stop strategy before you comment on the purpose of my driving. I was entitled to defend the position to the line as does anyone who is on the closing stint of a race.

In no way did I block you or did dirty driving - on the lap prior (or 2 laps prior) you did a fantastic dummy move and sent it up the inside and we had a good battle worthy of the commentary - was there a problem with me only leaving you one cars width into turn 2? You shouldn't expect everyone to bow out of the way, unless you have been so accustomed to be in a leading position that you haven't developed the racecraft to understand that my defending was just fine.

Again, I don't think I need to leave you a house's worth of space on the inside into T2, but I still left you some anyway and you didn't take it either. I don't know what you are on about - perhaps recollection of the earlier incidents into Turn 3 divebombing and shoving with the other FZR could help you remember. Or perhaps the rejoin onto the racing line weeks ago back at Westhill.

I think I'm done arguing here.

/edit

Even if I do sometimes weave (only like twice today actually) gently to break the tow or their run when the car is far enough behind, barely in the draft - I'm not that daft to weave and block when the nose is virtually already alongside and the car behind is already trying to pass - you caused the contact and I had to back out in order not to spin you; in hindsight, seeing your reaction now I should've done exactly that.

Last edited by MicroSpecV, Sat 30 May 2020, 22:23.

Quote from Thespeed10 :

For me at least is an race accident. No one is at fault and personally I just think it was bad luck.
Don't know if Lee agrees with me.

PS: I watched the replay and in no way I turned against Lee.

From my angle it looked like it but after rewatching I guess it was just some suckish netcode and input lag, yeah.

Race; Servers: Main
Lap : 28
MPR : 56:27.61
Car(s) involved : 36 (J.Holmes), 88 (S.Lee)
Location of Incident : Turn 11 & GP Straight
Brief Description of Incident : Blocking (Weaving), Avoidable Contact -
Car 36 runs wide and runs into Car 88 on exit of Turn 11, 88 loses position into the corner. Entering GP Straight, Car 36 proceeds to weave 3 times (right, then left, then left) with Car 88 in draft and pulling alongside; blocking Car 88 on 3 attempts and making substantial contact on the final block.

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Race; Servers: Main
Lap : 30
MPR : 1:41:55.21
Car(s) involved : 19 (D.Widowiarz), 88 (S.Lee)
Location of Incident : Turn 3
Brief Description of Incident : Avoidable Contact -
Car 19 dive bombs into the hairpin, making contact with Car 88. Car's width was given but attacking vehicle failed to arrest speed to the apex.

Additional comments:
1) Incident with Car 18, I do not uphold need of penalty for him. Just bad luck. We love each other it seems @piro

2) What the hell was that Joe, why the need to weave like a dick on the straight just because I've been defending my position and making you frustrated? Low level move, you were so close to being wiped out from your idiocy, and wiping me out of my 7th place - didn't expect blocking like that from a top driver like you. Should've dumped you when I had the chance.

Last edited by MicroSpecV, Sat 30 May 2020, 20:54.

Quote from THE WIZARD DK :

small bump here. im having both up and downshift issues with any sequential gearbox car now. XFR was seriously a drag to drive on as1, when you cant downshift... so.. i went on board in fbm. cant upshift proper and cant downshift properly. which makes it almost impossible to do, well.. anything really. especially driving some okay times. i simply cant do that with fbm atleast. which is sad as its actually fun to drive it. even with kb. but the gears on all cars almost. actually except the GTR cars. all others do something weird . well thats my experience atleast.

EDIT:
on downshifting, it works if i do so while braking. then it downshifts.
but if im not in a braking, it simply doesnt shift.
also i have to use clutch on upshifting to get it to shift.
tested this in FBM.

You might have problems with Button Rate or your wheel/pedals. Doesn't sound like the issue I'm mentioning, but if someone can chime in on your new issue maybe it may be related

Quote from k_badam :

Just download the layout.zip file on that post to see it Banana was relatively popular back on cargame just because it had a funny name

Name's been added in!

Quote from k_badam :

This is just Aston Banana iirc https://www.lfs.net/forum/post/1578970#post1578970

Damn, the pictures are all gone. I'll rename as Banana if someone has confirmation - I'll rename it to Aston Banana by MRc (modded) or something.

Yes/88/microspecv

i hope im not glitched to run redbot's skin again

Qualifying has begun, please make your way to server. - set a lap to make it for the race if you hsve not partaken in any previous LRL events.

Race day has arrived, today 23 May! Round 2 kicks off with Free Practice at 1445 UTC. See you there!

Thank you to those who suggested tracks! Some of which were impossible to do, whilst others (ideas) were actually quite cool. Then it stuck me - why did I not think of making a karting circuit?

Presenting the Green Plains karting circuit, a fully-fleged MRT-based kart heaven with fast flowing corners and several overtaking opportunities and a unique pit. Have a go in tossing the smallest and most nimble vehicle in LFS around or take something bigger to tame on this tight, flowing track.

Have fun!


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Quote from IsaacPrice :

Regarding the penalty for Joe for his unsafe rejoin, I don't think he should have got a pen for that. He had to use the momentum he had to quickly get out of the gravel otherwise he would have got stuck.

As one of the cars approaching the incident, there was a clear view of a car stuck in the gravel as soon as we came through turn 3, and a yellow flag on the entry to the corner. Could also see what was going on via the minimap.

So, although he probably should have reversed off the racing line before stopping, given the general driving standards in the series I'm not sure it really warrants a pen. He had just got taken out of the lead of the race afterall

It's kinda like Vettel + Stroll incident, where one incident leads to another. In speaking, yes I don't think the penalty is warranted but then again he did pull out and stop right on the racing line, whereas like you have said it would have been better to reverse off the main line. In hindsight a lot of things could be done but I guess when you got wiped out of the lead with by a out of control lawnmower the only thing on your mind is to get back on track.

Just one of those things, really.

Think the decision made by the crew was right and justified according to the rules but just feels very harsh given the situation Joe was in

Quote from Scawen :

Could there be a LFS-official VOB mod for the FZ5, which would have a version with Safety Car lights and controls? It would make league racing a little bit better without the need to verbally/chat out unlap instructions.

Also, a little off topic, but is it possible to have an update that allows drivers to enable Pit Limiter on open-config (X) layouts? Currently the way it is set, it only enables on normal tracks but does not on X configuration as it doesn't recognize a pit lane.

Just two small suggestions, hope to hear some news!

It's race week! Prepare for the action on 23rd May at the Mid Town Ring on the Server link - Layout Racing League server!