Heading to Austria for Round 3 of the LRL Championship, we see drama and amazing racing, with key incidents and a fumble at the top of the table! A well-planned strategy sees Trespasser take the race win for the second time in his LRL career!



Qualifying



The short punchy circuit proved a challenge for most drivers, nailing the corners being key to gaining lap time. Trespasser set the early pace, with Lydh in his XFG driving the lap of his life to put the underpowered shoe box up into 3rd, ahead of rivals AA|Kadir and fellow XFG racer, [LCS-R] Texas. [6S] SIMOX placed his car in 6th, just 7 tenths off the lead. The midfield , headed by 9397, was extremely close, further giving us a glimpse of the action in the race.

Surprisingly, it was [TC-R] Pete who put in the fastest lap of the session right at the death, pipping Trespasser by under a tenth. Further down, surprise returns to racing by [LCS-R] racers Wax and Ltras saw them qualify near the back in 15th and 16th, just besting Cruise hero GT4Tube.


Race

10. AA|Kadir +4L Accident
11. [LCS-R]Texas +5L Accident
12. [LCS-R]Wax +11L Accident
13. Blokis +11L Accident
14. [TC-R] Pete +18L Technical
15. Lydh +21L Technical
16. [6S]SIMOX +29L Technical
17. [LCS-R]Lauski +32L Accident
18. [MRc] KIG +32L Accident
19. Medln +0L Disqualified
20. HOUSSEM 221.B +33L Did Not Start
Fastest Lap : Trespasser - 1:05.11
Penalties :
Medln POST RACE PENALTY - DISQUALIFIED - FAILURE TO PIT
AA|Kadir POST RACE PENALTY - REPRIMAND - CAUSING A COLLISION
[6S] SIMOX - STOP & GO - Causing a Collision


Round 3 and drivers put their patience and grit to the test at the tight confines of the Lmaoring!


Lights out, and away we go!

The start was once again clean, with Pete leading the furious charge down into turn 1, with Lydh losing out in the run with his XFG, and SIMOX powering past down the inside. Further down the back, the slow-starting Medln saw [LCS-R] Lauski and [MRc] KIG sweep past him, which would prove to be one of two turning points in the race, with the field compressed heading through the first lap!


There's contact, there's contact!

The worst case scenario down into turn one became real - Trespasser having a go under braking and drawing alongside Pete, however, an overly ambitious [6S] SIMOX misjudged the braking point, tipping Trespasser into Pete who goes for a spin, directly in front of the 19-strong pack! Avoiding action followed, with Lydh having no-where to go, hitting Pete once more, with cars scattering left and right as the field marched into the Esses.


The first Safety Car produced by this incident

The fast starting Lauski had a huge tankslapper moment as he exited the Esses, over-correcting his car and sending him straight into the Castrol wall, with [MRc] KIG going off at the same point in sympathy!


Heli-cam over the Lap 1 pile-up

The incident saw a pile up as the drivers weaved their way through the field - Lydh and Derinus suffering damage along with the championship leader, Pete. Both cars involved in the initial incident retired on the spot, with Lauski unable to pace shown earlier during the Practice sessions.
The safety car was called, sparking a flurry of pit-stop activity!


Majority of the field taking their compulsory pit-stop

End of Lap 1 and the deployment of the Safety Car saw the pit-stops take place, with most of the pack opting to clear their pit, with SIMOX, Texas and Kadir the leading cars who chose for the alternate strategy, staying out for track position. Trespasser pitted and rejoined in 4th behind Kadir, with RG Mandula, [WCL] Katila and Pete - who had already recovered to 8th, right behind. SIMOX was slapped with a Stop-And-Go Penalty for the earlier incident with Pete at Turn 1, of which sadly turned out to be the end of his race, getting stuck in his pit-box with a LFS glitch.
Weirdly, Texas and Kadir pitted on the second lap under Safety Car, dropping to the rear of the field and promoting Trespasser to the lead after SIMOX's retirement.


The battles after the restart

The race restart saw the field spread into place, as the drivers passed each other and found a rhythm for the middle part of the 33 lap race. Pete fought Katila down into the Final Hairpin, both coming into slight contact, with a clumsy spin by Katila after both tried to catch their own cars; deemed to be a racing incident. Battles for position were all around the order, with Texas fighting with Medln for 5th, and [WCL] T.Soini passing Blokis at the back.

Lydh's great qualifying and run in the top 10 came to an end after sustaining damage at the final chicane, retiring his XFG on lap 12, pointless here in Round 3. Meanwhile, a train was forming behind 5th placed Texas down to M@CI3K, as well as GT4Tube, who was holding down 10th ahead of the recovering [LCS-R] Ltras. GT4 would go on to finish a respectable 7th in the race, with the latter claiming 5th for LCS-R, a great tribute to Marcus Kane.


The unexpected for the championship leader, Pete

Lap 15 saw the retirement of [TC-R] Pete following a technical glitch with his Rift, crashing his game and taking him out of the race from a strong 2nd, after pulling a move on 9397 a corner before. With his retirement, he scores 0 points, gifting Trespasser a huge lead in the championship. Will Pete be able to recover?



The battles during the middle stint of the race

The field spread saw few battles as the race tipped over the half-way mark, with Ltras getting past GT4tube down the main straight. With less than 10 laps to go, Texas was slowly closing down on Mandula for the final step on the podium, however, his charge was halted with a rollover by [LCS-R] Wax at the final chicane on lap 24, right on the exit; bringing out the second and final Safety Car of what had been a very exciting and close race thus far.


Restart number 2, Lap 28

Lap 28 saw the Safety Car come in to release the field for the final 5 laps, with Trespasser leaving nothing to chance, dropping the field as he stormed away in the lead. Down into Turn 1, 9397 broke a little too late, and Trespasser, having run wide, was collected, with 9397 coming off worse and spinning around in front of the top 6, with Texas somehow emerging in P2 ahead of everyone else.

What followed was an intense battle for the second step on the podium between 6 drivers, with Medln and Katila barging through ahead of Mandula and Texas, with the battle stretching all the way to the flag.



Up in the lead, Trespasser crossed the line in 1st with no challenge, claiming his second win to boost ahead of Pete and the rest of the drivers in the championship. With the disqualification of Medln, Katila and Mandula took a well deserved podium ahead of 9397 and the newcomer, Ltras.
With the fastest lap going Trespasser, his unassailable lead in the championship will be hard to take down. Can anyone do it?

Driver's Championship as of Round 3




The triple header has just started - see you for the next race this coming Saturday, 6 July 2019 for Round 4 at Scawen's Racetrack!

Round 4 - Scawen's Racetrack, LX4 (6 July 2019)
Round 5 - Monaco, UF1 (13 July 2019)

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Last edited by MicroSpecV, Sun 7 Jul 2019, 03:42.

Hi whom it may concern,

Just like to bring up two bugs,
In open config layout, when someone gives a stop n go penalty, LFS bugs out and basically just stalls the car in the box with "STOP" and doesn't release after the normal 10 seconds - actually ruined a competitor's race in LRL earlier. Is this a fixable bug?

*fyi Drive Through is not used as theres no defined pit lane, that's understandble.

Second bug is more to Airio, but as it links to LFS insim I guess it counts as a LFS bug too - when a car is stopped in a pit box, when a 45 second, Stop n Go or Drive Through penalty is given, LFS spams the command twice (essentially double penalising the driver).

More concerned about the stop n Go bug, the command spam bug isn't as important as I doubt anyone would enter penalty whilst in box.

Hope to hear from someone on this,

Rgs

*Update*
A minute's silence will be observed prior to grid for Race start today at the Lmaoring.

Marcus Kane, or [LCS-R]Marcus.K as he went by, was a racing driver who contributed to the LCS team and participated in races and the LCS UF1 league back in 2016-2017. He was known to be one of the calmest and most precise drivers the drivers raced with, and he proved the point by winning his first race in the LCS UF1 league on his debut race.

We lost him in 2017, when he was involved in a fiery car accident, of which he was not able to survive. We all know you are a lap ahead of us, rest well, Marcus.

In his honor, the Lmaoring had a stadium built in the last sector; better known today as the Marcus Complex.

Quote :

"R.I.P Marcus K.

Sent: Mon Mar 13, 2017 3:21 pm
My brother told me that he used to hang out around here with you guys, (...)

(...) my brother ended up in a car accident a week ago, killing (him) and the other driver in a blue car(...)

He told me to wish you and everyone else good luck and that he hopes that LCS can grow and be a better team.
He told me all of this exactly in two days before he died in the car crash(...)died instantly in the crash, said crash happening 1 week ago.

He says that he is happy to have learned how to properly drive the FBM as he got sick lap times.

I miss my brother, best wishes to everyone that he met along the way.

-Joey Kane
In game username: RearWheelracecar "

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Last edited by MicroSpecV, Mon 15 Jul 2019, 15:09.

Fast drivers, closely-knit pack, balanced cars!



Provisional LRL Event Calander - Subject to changes
Round 3 - Lmaoring, Car Class : GTi (29 June 2019)

15:15 UTC - Start of 20 minute qualifying session
15:35 UTC - 5 minute break
15:40 UTC - Drivers briefing
15:45-15:50 UTC - Race Session start

Rules > https://www.lfs.net/forum/post/1948610#post1948610


Round 4 - Scawen's Racetrack, LX4 (6 July 2019) [Subject to change]
Round 5 - Monaco, UF1 (13 July 2019)
Round 6 - Woodland Raceway, FZ5 (27 July 2019)
Round 7 - Rony RGE Sprint 8 Reversed, XRT (3 August 2019) [Subject to change]
Round 8 - Hong Kong E-Prix Circuit, GTi (31 August 2019)
Round 9 - Norisring, TBO (7 September 2019) SEASON FINALE

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Points system -
Top 12
(P1) 18-14-12-10-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 (P12)
1 point for Fastest Lap

Last edited by MicroSpecV, Sat 13 Jul 2019, 16:59.

Quote from madbird :

Hey,
I bought the S1 and S2 license back in 2005. I returned about 2 years ago but just found drift-servers. Now I would like to play the game again and i find so much drive and cruise servers, but just a few real racing servers. Why are there so less real racing servers? Do I need the S3 license to see all the racing servers?

Thanks for your answers.

Simple answer is that the volume LFS had isn't there anymore, although the racing community is definitely not dead. Referencing a conversation I had with some of AOR's community, people have grown older, some busy with life, others, moving onto bigger, more expanded and refined sims like iR or rF2. Times change and people have come to "settle in with a sim of choice that they have raced in now for a while".
Otherwise, LFS is still alive, some times in the European time people will start up the B2R Rotate server which is a licenced-specific server that rotates on tracks and cars. Cruise is very active, and so is the main user intake, demo servers.

Apart from that, league racing is very active - there are a couple of leagues for you to take part in to see what floats your boat, ranging from FM GTi Thursday, FOX Friday, to mrc's FBM Saturday. Rony's Fun Race (RTFR) is also hugely populated due to its... fun! nature and constant combo roations. SRT finland also does leagues on Fridays and Weekends, while new start-up series Layout Racing League by myself and Nikopdr, racing on completely new circuits, has been recently hugely popular with close to 30 drivers in the championship.

Choices are far from limited so we'd definitely like to see you racing with us in any league you choose!

Last edited by MicroSpecV, Mon 24 Jun 2019, 23:32.

Experience NASCAR in LFS! The Martinsville Speedway is now loaded on LRL Layout Racing server for this weekend only! Hop on to have a try!

Last edited by MicroSpecV, Fri 21 Jun 2019, 18:12.

Quote from NumberTwo :

Well, leagues section should be for that, but Its not as visible as I'd like it to be. A schedule that is on lfs.net is a better thing I think, but I've never really put any attention to it, cause I've been lucky (or ignorant) to mostly race FOX, and I always knew where to find that.

https://www.lfs.net/leagues

This page seems OK, its just that leagues owners dont put in the needed info.

It doesn't help that for our new exciting league (Layout Racing League), I can't add anything under the "League Information" box. It does not allow me to update that area, no matter what I write. Sucks really, because now it's empty

The track has been replicated mostly to scale, apart from the paddock area, which is currently vacant. The scenery and grandstands are in the guise of the actual track as well! Situated in the Blackwood Container Yard, this NASCAR track is surely unique and interesting to race on.

feel the NASCAR speed in a downforce limited FZR, or go old school back to the 90s in the powerful FZ5! challenge your mates to a battle or add this into your league for something quirky!

See you in the next installation of this series!




Recommended vehicles
FZ5
FZR
XRT
Every other car!


Cheers


⸗ The reward is in the passion

Check out my TC Layoutting series!
http://forum.city-driving.co.uk/forumdisplay.php?fid=13
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONFy_8kqPj4
Join Apex Online Racing today!
https://apexonlineracing.com/community/

AA™| AOR Nova

**Attached below : new "accurate track width (V4) version".

Last edited by MicroSpecV, Fri 5 Jun 2020, 05:18.

Hello fellow racers!

Several layouts will be re built and revamped over the course of this year to make the standards for Layout Racing League (LRL) - https://www.lfs.net/forum/thread/93469-Layout-Racing-League

Hence, I will be uploading those track layouts to the current layout "Volumes" in previous pages; they will be named (trackname ) LRL i.e Broker Hill LRL!
These tracks are heavily modified from previous versions and should be able to host races with zero issue
Current tracks updated to LRL Standards :
Broker Hill
Mid-Town Ring
Lmaoring
Scawen's Racetrack

Also, Scawen's Racetrack is now available in Reversed/REV version - check out the track post here to download the new version! https://www.lfs.net/forum/post/1932117#post1932117

Happy racing!

Quote from lucaf :

Nice report again Nova! I'm sure these kind of reports raise the interest to the series. And I know it takes time to write such ones. The MPR was great to watch from the start to the end. Last lap fight for podium positions was epic! And GT4 was once again running that hilarious setup, I laughed so hard while watching it, because he drove it really well and did serious job behind the wheel xD.

Yes, it was fairy nice to watch the race again and catch battles I missed - I have to say the Simox did very well today, coming from Cruise background he has the pace and it will be interesting to see if he can try to close the gap to the top 2 in the standings

Also yes! GT4's civilian set up was crazy, just like in Broker Hill, I do not know how he controls it, amazing

The grid jumps across the LFS virtual globe to Blackwood Custom, for Round 2 at challenging Mid-Town Ring! Racers battled hard, but fair, providing great racing but it was [TC-R] Pete who took the hat-trick - the qualifying, race win and fastest lap!



Qualifying



Drivers turned up for Round 2 of LRL eager to advance in the championship. Qualifying was once again very tense, with Pete setting the early pace ahead of Trespasser. The tight confines of the circuit saw drivers struggle to find an opening to set a clean lap, with the mid-field pace being ridiculously close, separated by tenths.

However, it was Pete who nailed a stunning hot lap to put himself 7 tenths ahead of closest rival, new-comer B2r spiky, who himself put a great lap to take P2 ahead of the championship leader, Trespasser.
RG Mandula, having had only a few laps on the circuit, put in a respectable time to sneak into the top 10 ahead of Michal. For the first time, we see two drivers - Matt and Suzuki, fail to make the cut for the race, qualifying outside the 107% requirement time.

Race

16. PitlaneRacer +2L Technical, 17. AA|Azyer +11L Mechanical, 18. [AMG] Derinus +14L Mechnical, 19. Matt +22L DNQ, 20. Suzuki +22L DNQ
Fastest Lap : [TC] Pete - 1:35.18
Penalties :
AA|Azyer DRIVE THROUGH PENALTY - PIT EXIT VIOLATION

Round 2 throws the drivers into the high speed Mid-Town Ring, and it was a spectacle!


Pete leads the charge down into the braking zone at Turn 3

It was a clean getaway for the field, tussling hard but cleanly as they exited Turn 1. Trespasser managed to pass Spiky to take 2nd down to the sweeping left hander as Pete clocked out and pulled away from the cars behind. Further back, Derinus out-braked himself into the first turn, dropping spots, while Sobis had a poor start, dropping from 14th down to the back of the grid, before repassing PitlaneRacer and Soini, who scraped the wall down the back straight!


The well-behaved field into the Carpark Hairpin


A man on the move

As the field settled into position, Ngottini, who qualified towards the rear of the field, appeared to have a better race pace, and was soon crawling his way up the order, passing several rivals to be in 11th by the 3rd lap; he would later go on the finish a well-earned 8th! Sobis, who was dropped to the rear, was also moving up the pack, making a very hairy pass on Jeff for 12th down to Turn 3.


The talking point of the race - racing incident, bad driving, or something else?

Lap 5 and the battle for 6th was hotting up between 9397 and Azyer. Heading down the back straight into Turn 3 - contact is made! Azyer is sent into a half spin against the barrier, causing drivers behind to take avoiding action. Mandula brakes to avoid the out-of-control car, and Derinus brakes as well. LCS-R Texas however, unsighted, barrels into him at unabated speed, sending the AMG driver spinning on the track, before being collected once more by MRc Michal, left with no where to go! Major damage to both Michal and Derinus, the latter subsequently retiring out of a strong top-10 position.

Post-race, the race stewards have decided that the 9397-Azyer incident is a Racing Incident. Both drivers misjudged the amount of space they had, with 9397 not running a tight-enough line, and Azyer squeezing him too much, coming off worse. What do you think of this decision?


The battle for 4th position

The race settled into place, as the pit-stop sequence cycled through itself, kicked off by Ngottini. Mandula and Azyer were the first of the mid-field to take their pit-stops, with Azyer running astray over the pit-exit line, receiving a Drive-Through Penalty, and retiring shortly after with damage from his earlier scuffle. Out at the front, the top 4 were still yet to pit, with Pete now having a staggering 9-second lead to Trespasser in 2nd, who was safely ahead of Spiky, with the B2r driver now coming under sustained pressure from [6S] SIMOX.


Dominating the race, Pete emerged back in the lead after his pit

The Saxon Gate chicane was waiting to claim it's first victim, and it was GT4tube who kissed it, sending him into a spin and back down the order, eventually finishing last in 15th, a disappointment considering his good finish during the Pre-Season race! Lap 13 saw Trespasser pit from 2nd in the race, hoping to gain an undercut or benefit from a Safety Car, however, the following lap saw race leader Pete pit for his compulsory pit stop, having built such a commanding lead that he emerged out back in the lead, ahead of the battle between Spiky and SIMOX for effective 3rd.

Simox pitted after a race-long battle for the podium with Spiky, hoping to leap ahead of him, with Spiky being off-pace. However, Simox emerged right behind Trespasser, who was struggling in his second stint, and this battle was hurting both drivers badly; so much so, that on the penultimate lap, Spiky pit and came out ahead of both!


Overtake of the race - Trespasser passes Spiky

Trespasser did not leave anything to chance, passing freshly-pitted Spiky right around the outside into Turn 2 for 2nd, an unprecedented passing maneuver, surely the moment of the race! With the bad exit out of the corner, Spiky had to defend from SIMOX, going side-by-side into Turn 3, with minimal contact, fending off to finish on the podium.

Meanwhile, at the front it was [TC-R] Pete stamping his dominance and claiming his first win in LRL, ahead of his main rival Trespasser, with Spiky finishing in 3rd ahead of Simox and 9397, whom had managed to jump several drivers like Katila in the pit stops. Ngottini and Sobis both found themselves in the points after a great drive, with Jeff and [MRc] KIG just missing out on the final point.
With the fastest lap going to Pete once more, he gets an extra point, and moves himself into top spot in the driver's championship.

Driver's Championship



An exciting championship is ahead - see you for the next race in 2 week's time, 29 June 2019 (date to be confirmed) for Round 3 at Lmaoring!
Round 3 - Lmaoring, GTi (29 June 2019) - TO BE CONFIRMED
Round 4 - Scawen's Racetrack, LX4 (6 July 2019)
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Last edited by MicroSpecV, Sun 30 Jun 2019, 05:04.

Quote from Sobis :

Hey could you add LRL to league section?

Yes Sobis - LRL is now officially in the LFS League Section!

Race 2 has concluded, protests please put them here using this form format :
Your in-game name:
Protested driver's in-game name:
Session (e.g. qual, race):
Lap(if race session):
Timecode of the incident:

Azyer - 9397 Incident will be relooked into further prior to race review.

Thank you all racers and stay tune for announcement for Round 2 race date. See you on track!

I'll see to that! Thanks! // LRL round 2 Qualifying begins in 5 minutes!

Quote from Sobis :

Hey could you add LRL to league section?

Last edited by MicroSpecV, Mon 15 Jul 2019, 15:09.

Hey Michal, I've tried it and this is amazing, really well made and detailed work! Thanks for giving me the heads up, and we will definitely consider this for use for LRL (Layout Racing League) in the future!

Top job, you've made me happy seeing another good layoutter

Get ready for speedy action!



Provisional LRL Event Calander - Subject to changes
Round 2 - Mid-Town Ring, Car Class : XRT (15 June 2019)

15:15 UTC - Start of 20 minute qualifying session
15:35 UTC - 5 minute break
15:40 UTC - Drivers briefing
15:45-15:50 UTC - Race Session start

Rules > https://www.lfs.net/forum/post/1948610#post1948610


Round 3 - Lmaoring, GTi (29 June 2019)
Round 4 - Scawen's Racetrack, LX4 (6 July 2019) [Subject to change]
Round 5 - Monaco, UF1 (13 July 2019)
Round 6 - Woodland Raceway, FZ5 (27 July 2019)
Round 7 - Rony RGE Sprint 8 Reversed, XRT (3 August 2019) [Subject to change]
Round 8 - Hong Kong E-Prix Circuit, GTi (31 August 2019)
Round 9 - Norisring, TBO (7 September 2019) SEASON FINALE

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Points system -
Top 12
(P1) 18-14-12-10-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 (P12)
1 point for Fastest Lap

Last edited by MicroSpecV, Sat 13 Jul 2019, 17:02.

Quote from mbutcher :

Cut my stream down to include just quali and the race.

Cheers for hosting!

@Nova, can you use the [TC-R] tag in the standings please? Thanks!

Hey Pete, nice driving! The messy SC period was evident in your onboard - we'll fix it for Round 2 - no more fiddling with 100kph on and off! Rules will be updated later today.

And yep, your tag is now changed! Server is always open for practice, See you for the next race this coming Saturday.

Last edited by MicroSpecV, Sun 9 Jun 2019, 15:35.

We welcome the first official race for Season 1 of LRL, around the high speed Broker Hill circuit! 21 hungry racers put in their best but we see a new winner - Trespasser beating experienced counterpart [TC] Pete at the end with a better strategy!



Qualifying



It was an open guess to who would be taking pole position; a new track, new rivals, but it was AA|Mikke who stamped his authority once again to take a stunning pole position ahead of rookie AS|Kadir, who was the only other car to break the 1:33 barrier. Azyer lined up 3rd, beating LCS-R Texas at the end of the session. Pete put in a respectable time after little practice, and behind him followed Trespasser, MRc Michal, and our Pre-Season event winner, 9397.

Race

16. maneljuvi +1L Accident, 17. AA|Azyer +6L Technical, 18. [WCL] T.Soini +19L Technical, 19. AA|Mikke +19L Technical, 20. [MRc] KIG +20L Technical, 21. Sainted +22L Accident
Fastest Lap : [TC] Pete - 1:33.17
Penalties :
AA|Rane 10 SECOND POST-RACE TIME PENALTY - PIT EXIT VIOLATION

With a closely packed field, Round 1 was going to be exciting and so it was!


The pack ploughing into Turn 1 - incident free!

The start saw Mikke get a perfect launch to pull a gap down into the first corner ahead of his teammates, with Tofu BRO getting an excellent run in his more powerful XRG to gain 2 places and jump into 7th on the run into Turn 3. Further back, the XRGs of Katila and SIMOX moved up the order, taking places on the start. M3ciek got swamped by the pack, running wide into the run-off at Turn 3 and dropping down a couple of spots.


Sainted clipping the anti-cut devices, rolling - bringing out the Safety Car!

The first Safety Car period was triggered on the opening lap, with Sainted misjudging his entry into turn 5, turning turtle on the racing line. Great avoiding actions by drivers behind saw no further crashes, and the field now experienced strategy for the first time in LRL.


Early pitters taking advantage of the Safety Car period

Mikke, Tofu BRO and Katila made the call to come in for their one and only pit just as the Safety Car was called - taking advantage of the theoretically slower on-track speed; however, due to miscommunications, the Safety Car ended up too far down the lap, and drivers ended up driving briskly to catch up to it, before then following the SC speed. This meant, the early pitters did not fully benefit from their pit-stops!

Some drivers chose to pit on the second lap, and dropped down the order as the field passed. MRc KIG fell victim to a Bad Connection, followed shortly by Mikke retiring from the race.


Green Flag!

The restart saw Kadir lead away from Pete, with Michal and SIMOX promoted to 3rd and 4th following the pit sequences. The top runners, yet to pit, were eager to set the pace, and we saw what was to be a titanic battle for the lead! Trespasser was the man-on-the-move, making a move down the inside of maneljuvi before passing GT4tube for 11th.

The early pitters were keen to make up positions, and frantic mid-field battles ensued, with Trespasser, Texas and Jeff along with others providing the server with fantastic overtakes throughout the race!


The nail-biting mid-field battles - That's not the right line!

The middle of the race saw the dull period, with drivers putting in consistent stints and maintaining their gaps. Rookie Robert slowly slipped down the order as he battled to keep his car on the track. Meanwhile, Kadir and Pete engaged in a mega tussle for the lead, swapping places on multiple occasions before the latter maintained the lead, Kadir closely following.

Azyer retired from the race with a Technical (disconnect), which promoted Pre-Season winner 9397 up into 6th, but yet to pit; dropping back to the tail of the mid-field after making his pit-stop near the end of the race.
AA|Rane committed an unfortunate error, crossing the pit exit line and receiving a post-race penalty, dropping him one place, to 12th.
A slightly hairy moment with 2 laps to go with PitlaneRacer and the leader Pete almost saw an accident, and quickly followed was an incident with maneljuvi, rolling over on the same kerb that caught Sainted out, however, slid far enough off track to not warrant a Safety Car.


A close shave, heart-in-mouth moment



Race leader Pete pitted on the penultimate lap, hoping to jump ahead of Trespasser! However, overheating his clutch leaving the pits combined with the avoiding action the previous lap saw him lose out - just, to Trespasser, who stormed away and claimed his and the league's first win! Pete held off Kadir for P2, with Texas in P4 finishing best-of-the-rest. Tofu BRO finished a respectable P5 in a train behind Texas, with SIMOX and Jeff close behind.

With the fastest lap going to Pete, he gains one extra point!

Driver's Championship


An exciting championship is ahead - see you for the next race on 15th June for Round 2 at Mid-Town Ring!
Round 2 - Mid-Town Ring, XRT (15 June 2019)
Round 3 - Lmaoring, GTi (29 June 2019)
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Last edited by MicroSpecV, Sun 16 Jun 2019, 08:56.

Yes, agreed. Safety Car (SC) will remain, however, there will be a change in SC procedure to eliminate the "speed limit" issue, so drivers won't be lapping at different speeds under SC.

Race 1 of LRL @ Broker Hill has concluded.

Congratulations to Trespasser for the close fought win ahead of [TC] Pete.

Race review will be published within 2 days, stay tuned!
Round 2 @ Mid-Town Ring will be held next Saturday 15th June 2019, see you then!

Last edited by MicroSpecV, Sat 8 Jun 2019, 17:50.

Quote from Mikus1212 :

80% of racers were speeding under caution, penalties?
6.4.2 Drivers should maintain a regulated speed while catching up to the leader and/or Safety Car. Safety Car speed under caution is 100 km/h (60 mph).

Hey Mik,

Yeah. Niko forgot to audit the rulebook, this rule is supposed to be changed. As stated in the Pre-Race Driver Brief where everyone was listening, I stated that once Safety Car is called, drivers are to not pass other cars, and catch up to Safety Car at slightly reduced racing speed, then follow SC speed of 100/60..

Rules will be updated, but this is why the Driver Brief is important.

Last edited by MicroSpecV, Mon 15 Jul 2019, 15:10.

Quote from adirany :

Thanks MicroSpecV. In fact the voucher Flotch sent to me was not for S1. It was for S3. I am really confused. Thanks again Flotch.

Hope you read my edited post above about Unknown21 and Sermilan too!