The winter is coming,in northern part of Europe it means snow and slippery road conditions as a result of snowing. What's the best way to have fun in this cold season? Pack out your all-wheel-drive car and go to a lonesome icy road or frozen lake! This is how the idea of this league has born - take LFS's both all-wheel-drive cars,use modified road sign "Slippery road" as logo,plan a callendar to have a nice variety of racing experience and here we go - it's time for:
All-wheel-drive Winter Series 2021
The decade season will offer a 6 rounds season,using each car in 3 rounds. As always a wide variation of tracks is used including short rallycross track,street course in an urban environment,support roads track and high speed ovals,meaning driver have to master very different conditions to become a true AWD cars based series champion! 9 seasons have brought 9 different champions to the league,which shows that it's difficult to stay on top of this challenging championship. To spice things up a notch,small money prizes have been reintroduced to AWS as an award for the effort.
This will be partially a year of returns,including 2 rounds run every single of the previous 9 seasons. First of those is the race in South City's streets - again a season opener NewYear City Challenge will be run in darkest available lighting conditions,this year using FXR in the Town Course configuration. Round 2 is a return of a track used only in previous 2 years - back then it was a 100 laps race with FXR called SuperX 100,this year distance will be reduced to 80 laps and run with the more apropriate RB4 and will carry the name Jamaican Trophy. Each half of the season will finish in a high speed oval this year - 1st half will be a return of Rockingham 150,which was hosted in 2017,just like back then,also this year it will be run with RB4. Blackwood RXGP has been off the schedule just once,so it's still considered as the classic of AWS - the FXR run on Blackwood's Rallycross configuration,this year in normal direction. Final RB4 appearance in the season in 5th round will be Westhill Street Cup - as always it's a different layout for this round,this year the 9 kilometers long Westschleifenring will scare drivers with highspeed configuration where each mistake can destroy a race. Winter 200 is the only round used as season finale more than once,so it's very traditional way to finish an AWS season in the Kyoto oval running FXRs,so why not also in the decade season?
Kinda ironic that in the decade season AWS is returning to day it started - to monday! The season starts in very first monday of the new year - in 4th january and will be run with gap of 2 weeks between rounds until mid march. Also starting times have been slightly changed - event will start half an hour earlier in 18:30 UTC!
Series schedule:
04.01. Round 1 - NewYear City Challenge (FXR @ South Town Course, 44 laps / 107km)
18.01. Round 2 - Jamaican Trophy (RB4 @ Fern Bay RallyX Green, 80 laps / 60km)
01.02. Round 3 - Rockingham 150 (RB4 @ Rockingham Oval, 64 laps / 151km)
15.02. Round 4 - Blackwood RXGP (FXR @ Blackwood Rallycross, 41 laps / 75km)
01.03. Round 5 - Westhill Street Cup (RB4 @ Westhill Westschleifenring*, 10 laps / 90km)
15.03. Round 6 - Winter 200 (FXR @ Kyoto Oval, 67 laps / 200km)
* Layouts available as links/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:
18:30 UTC / 19:30 CET / 20:30 EET - 20 minutes of qualifying
19:00 UTC / 20:00 CET / 21:00 EET - race start
Special notes on qualifying:
* In rounds 3 and 6 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 FXR Master - awarded to a driver with the most points scored through 3 rounds run with FXO GTR (rounds 1; 4 and 6)
AWS RB4 Master - awarded to a driver with the most points scored through 3 rounds run with RB4 GT (rounds 2; 3 and 5)
AWS Cross Challenge Winner - awarded to a driver with the most points scored through 2 rounds run in rallycross tracks (rounds 2 and 4)
AWS Oval Trophy Winner - awarded to a driver with the most points scored through 2 rounds run in oval tracks (rounds 3 and 6)
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
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.
Prizes:
This year AWS Drivers Championship best 5 drivers will be awarded with money prizes:
1st place - 40€
2nd place - 30€
3rd place - 20€
4th place - 15€
5th place - 10€
* money prizes will be payed out only via SEPA bank transfer (available only in Europe) or via PayPal!
Points System:
Finishing points:
1st - 15 points
2nd - 13 points
3rd - 11 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 7 or less participants in qualifying,race distance will be halved and points system changed.
1st - 7 points
2nd - 5 points
3rd - 4 points
4th - 3 points
5th - 2 points
6th 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
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 (for example in Kyoto oval on apron) counts as illegal and will be penalized in case of protest.
> 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 3,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 H-Shifter. 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 2; 3 and 6) - medium infractions like causing avoidable incident[s] without serious consequences or unsportsmanlike behaviour,illegal passing.
> 60s added to finish time (1 lap penalty in rounds 1 and 4 / 2 laps penalty in rounds 2; 3 and 6) - 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 2021,you have to visit AWS 2021 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 2021 spreadsheet.
Signed up drivers will receive server information and password at least 24h before round start (usually in saturday European time) via PM on this forum! 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 0.6V).
All information above can be changed,if so,there will be posted a notification about it!
League server: AWD Winter Series
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