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Setup Restrictions
Drivers are restricted in the tyre compounds that they may use in LFSCART. Cars not using an allowed compound will be black flagged and must change to an allowed compound.
- Only R2 compound tyres may be used on Ovals.
- Only R2 and R3 compound tyres may be used on Road circuits.
Qualifying - Road Courses
Field split into halves for 10 minute sessions, results set positions 7-30 (or 29 for South City)
Top three of each session go to a one-lap superpole session, results set positions 1-6.
Drivers must be within 107% of the fastest time from the combined 7-minute sessions to race. This is only enforced if there are more than 26 racers present.
Qualifying - Ovals
Automated control session, two timed laps after an outlap. Sorted by fastest lap.
Drivers must be within 103.5% of the fastest time to race. This is only enforced if there are more than 26 racers present.
Race - Road Courses
Either scheduled laps or 2 hours, standing start after formation lap. If the formation lap application fails, the race will start as would a Safety Car restart.
Race - Ovals
Either Scheduled laps or 3 hours, excepting Kyoto 500 which has no time limit.
All oval races start after two formation laps, via a rolling start.
Compulsory Pitstop
You must make a pitstop between 25% and 75% distance.
The pit stall closest to the pit exit is reserved for the car leading in Owner's Points starting from Round 2.
Safety Cars
Safety Car Deployed indicates that all racing for position shall cease, and drivers carefully catch the SC queue.
On road courses, pitlane entrance DOES NOT CLOSE. On ovals, pitlane entrance DOES close until field is satisfactorialy in queuue.
Pitlane exit closes when the SC queue is passing pit exit.
Leader controls pace on restarts, cannot overtake SC before it passes the first Safety Car line on road tracks; on ovals, field may overtake it as soon as it slows to head into pitlane.
Leader must not slow except for natural slowing points after starting to accelerate.
Overtaking on restarts prior to start/finish is forbidden.
Communication
You are strongly encouraged to be in the NDR Ventrilo during all road course races. Ventrilo is required - no exceptions - for all Oval races.
Blocking of messages is prohibited.
Setup Restrictions
Drivers are restricted in the tyre compounds that they may use in LFSCART. Cars not using an allowed compound will be black flagged and must change to an allowed compound.
- Only R2 compound tyres may be used on Ovals.
- Only R2 and R3 compound tyres may be used on Road circuits.
Qualifying - Road Courses
Field split into halves for 10 minute sessions, results set positions 7-30 (or 29 for South City)
Top three of each session go to a one-lap superpole session, results set positions 1-6.
Drivers must be within 107% of the fastest time from the combined 7-minute sessions to race. This is only enforced if there are more than 26 racers present.
Qualifying - Ovals
Automated control session, two timed laps after an outlap. Sorted by fastest lap.
Drivers must be within 103.5% of the fastest time to race. This is only enforced if there are more than 26 racers present.
Race - Road Courses
Either scheduled laps or 2 hours, standing start after formation lap. If the formation lap application fails, the race will start as would a Safety Car restart.
Race - Ovals
Either Scheduled laps or 3 hours, excepting Kyoto 500 which has no time limit.
All oval races start after two formation laps, via a rolling start.
Compulsory Pitstop
You must make a pitstop between 25% and 75% distance.
The pit stall closest to the pit exit is reserved for the car leading in Owner's Points starting from Round 2.
Safety Cars
Safety Car Deployed indicates that all racing for position shall cease, and drivers carefully catch the SC queue.
On road courses, pitlane entrance DOES NOT CLOSE. On ovals, pitlane entrance DOES close until field is satisfactorialy in queuue.
Pitlane exit closes when the SC queue is passing pit exit.
Leader controls pace on restarts, cannot overtake SC before it passes the first Safety Car line on road tracks; on ovals, field may overtake it as soon as it slows to head into pitlane.
Leader must not slow except for natural slowing points after starting to accelerate.
Overtaking on restarts prior to start/finish is forbidden.
Communication
You are strongly encouraged to be in the NDR Ventrilo during all road course races. Ventrilo is required - no exceptions - for all Oval races.
Blocking of messages is prohibited.