After successful challenge last year,Race Green Events will now offer one step higher challenge - race distance has been extended by 100 kilometers and track has received additional turns to make it even more demanding. To offer more variety,another 2 cars have been added to the lineup and with help of restrictions leveled out to have similar performance as the original TBO class trio - FZ5 will be the heaviest in field,but also the most powerful,while the wide tyres will have it's own adwantage. RAC might lack power besides rivals,but due low weight will make some time on turns,while engine being on powered wheels will help with traction. Ecorace without pitstops will not be possible now (at least not with decent race pace) as the cars will require almost 2 full tanks of fuel,while tyre durability for whole race is highly questionable.
Westschleife has received 5 additional sections,making it even twistier - a total of 66 turns (depends on definition of a turn) are featured in the 13.39 kilometer circuit. Best laptimes should be below 8 minutes,meaning the 400 kilometer race distance should be completed barely within 4 hours. Entries just like last year will be allowed to have 1-3 drivers,while the most effective way should be to have 2 drivers sharing the car - running alone it will be a major challenge to both physical and mental stamina.
Timetable:
Sunday,2nd May
15:15 UTC / 17:15 CET - 60 minutes open track qualifying
16:30 UTC / 18:30 CET - race start for the 30 laps race
* the shown CET time is current (summer) time - if not residing in CET time zone,always refer to UTC for correct time zone convertion!
Qualifying:
Due the track length an outlap is very long and takes more than 1/4 of the qualifying time - all the drivers should be patient and leave large gaps (preferably even out of visibility range) to ensure a clean hotlap! Organization is encouraging to drive multiple hotlaps back to back as it will ensure more completed hotlaps.
Multiple driver entries are allowed to qualify only with 1 driver! The driver who qualified the entry must complete a minimum of full 10% of entry's total distance during the race!
Race:
Race will feature a different start - cars will be placed on grid in single line with 15 meters space between them to ensure lower probability of early incidents. Every entry is expected to be familiar with pitlane entry and exit for error free pitstops.
Track limits:
Due the low average width of the course it is important to point out about track limits - track is defined by paved surface (asphalt/tarmac/cobblestones) and 2 wheels have to be on it at all times! Drivers may not cut corners over grass and also may not run wide on grass when exiting turns with more than 2 wheels. If such event happens due a mistake,driver has to lift off throttle to make sure no advantage is gained. Fastest laps in both sessions will be checked for any violations while other drivers might be randomly checked during whole race. Best way to avoid any penalties is to stay fair!
Exceptions - there are 2 places where drivers are allowed shortly cut over grass:
x In the S-turn exiting big parking lot in the far end of area - cutting permitted until (without touching) bales on the inside of each turn.
x In the narrow tight hairpin after 3rd split (with concrete road extension on outside) - cutting permitted until (without touching) posts on the inside of turn.
Posts have been placed all over the circuit to help orientate,even if they have no legal use,not hitting them should mean a clean lap.
Cars and restrictions:
To level out performance of all 3 TBO class cars and both available LRF class cars,some have been restricted. Each car has it's advantages and disadvantages,but overall deemed to have relatively equal performance after our limited testing. Restrictions for this year's event are:
- FXO - 4% voluntary air restriction
- FZ5 - 17% voluntary air restriction
- RAC - 27% voluntary air restriction
- RB4 - 1% voluntary air restriction
- XRT - default
In server Airio monitors the restrictions and only the specified cars are allowed. To see best laps set in server with custom cars,type !top FXW/FZW/RAW/RBW or !top W4K for all 5 cars combined.
Other info:
Blue flag behaviour - due long lap very rarely such occasion might happen. Even if the usual Race Green Events' rule of "you may not block lapping car's passing manouvre" is used also here,it is advised to try not to stay ahead of lapping car and let by in safe location before lapping pass is needed. Lapping cars still have to be very patient,wait for safe opportunity to lap and not force a pass in narrow turns.
Basic racing rules - we'll use as always basic rules of clean racing and judge incidents with common sense. It is advised to avoid any contacts in any situation to ensure clean and fair racing.
Rejoins - in case of time out,rolled or undrivable car it is permitted to rejoin the race. To ensure better visibility of race positions,the rejoined entry will receive back the completed laps as soon as possible - race administration will check the replay during race. If the timeout or telepit has happened before reaching 1st split of a lap,one lap will be deducted to avoid possible misuse!
Postrace action - after the distance has been completed,3 highest finishing cars are asked to take a place on a podium for post race media,located between tribunes. It can be accessed when followed the track - after the roundabout section on the left side of the straight. After top3 have taken their positions and photos are made,all other competitors also may join the area besides podium for further photo sessions.
Chatting - is limited during the race session. Allowed are short communications like appologies,thanking for letting by or between drivers of same entry when deciding when to pit and make driver swap,allthough it is encouraged to use external voice chat application (Discord,Teamspeak,phone call or whatever suits best). Race Green Events can offer a private voice channel in it's discord server if needed.
Unneccesary conversations will receive warning first and if not stopped - entry will receive drive-through penalty.
Not competing observers may not use chat at all!
Skins - specific car skins are not required in this race,allthough it is suggested to have a skin that displays entry number on car's side. Also skins must fullfill lfsworld skin upload requirements and drivers may not use skins they don't have rights to use - like private skins of others or other teamskins.
Name format - entry number (may not be colored black or dark blue) required in front of your registered name,number and name must be seperated by a space.
Event server - server is online,is set in practice mode and has an Airio for laptime tracking. Airio can spectate connections with very high and unstable ping for safety reasons (stable connections even from Australia should not be affected). Server will be open for public use until race weekend. For private practice feel free to use the attached layout.
Server link (click2join): Race Green Events
Event will be held using the latest stable version of LFS (currently 0.6V).
All information here can be changed,if so,notification will be posted about changes.
Signups:
To sign up for this event,please visit the signups thread! Signed-up drivers will receive server information and password at least 24h before round start (planned in friday evening European time in weekend before event) via PM on this forum! Make sure you have enabled PM receiving!