After 3 years racing cars around public roads track named Westschleife,it's time to give the chance all the motorcycle riders show their skill - Race Green Events will present it's first ever event using 2-wheeled wehicles! Since the bikes are pretty much new to LFS,we will keep the format quite simple for the first try and instead of mass start race this will be a time trial race - every rider will race against clock in order to set best time on the course and beat rivals indirectly.
The Westschleife track has been simplified as bikes have really big trouble dealing with the slow turns - for this event there will be an 11.19 kilometers long track (from time trial starting point to finish line),featuring a very fast course with partially blind elevating curves and some tricky turns,few chicanes were unavoidable though. For the first ever motorcycle event we'll simply allow all publically available motorcycles without any restrictions - it's all about riders skill again,as powerful bikes are really difficult to handle,drastically increasing the chances of falling,while slower bikes are less risky and it's much more possible to finish the distance without scratching bodywork.
We present this event as a big unknown,as there has not been such event in LFS before! The organization can just wildly guess the best course laptimes being under 5 minutes. Also we have no tips about fuel requirement for the distance or setups - it's all up to riders to find this out. Since it's quite easy to fall down when riding a bike,organization will help drivers to complete the track with an insim app (kindly made and configured by Jam) - there will be a command to put the bike up on it's wheels and even turn 90° in case stuck against wall,the default LFS vehicke reset will not be allowed during official phase of the event as it also repairs the bike.
Timetable:
Sunday,10th July
16:30 UTC / 18:30 CET - start of 3 hours open track time trial mode
19:30 UTC / 21:30 CET - end of session,no new runs can be started,all riders on track can still finish their runs
* the shown CET time is current (summer) time - if not residing in CET time zone,always refer to UTC for correct time zone convertion!
Guidelines during the event:
* Server will be password protected and password will be posted in this thread. No signups required.
* Riders will be allowed to start their runs with approx. 30 seconds gap.
* At the start of the session all riders will be called out in connections order,after the order has been complete,riders have to request a run by clicking on host's name (Race Green Events) in connections list and type "requesting a run". Riders will be queued in requests order and administration will allow them to join track,riders will have approx. 10 seconds time to join.
* There is no limit how many runs a rider can take,however it can be limited by amount of other participants and their run requests.
* In case a faster rider has cought a slower one,the slower rider has to act similary as under blue flag - rider may not block an overtaking attempt,while faster rider has to pass in safe manner.
* In case of a fall,riders can put up the bike on wheels with command ";flip" (semicole+flip),there will be 2 seconds delay between command has been typed and executed. An additional command ";turn" (semicole+turn) will turn the bike 90° to the left direction. Note that commands are available only when the bike is stationary!
* There are no restrictions in bike or it's setup usage,however slick tyres are strongly suggested. In final results rider will be scored with best time of the session and the bike the time was set with.
* It is expected riders are familiar with the track and the bike they have selected,make sure you have at least some practice before the event.
* As per standard LFS rules,touching movable objects will add 2 seconds penalty,false start - 30 seconds penalty. These penalties will have affect the result of the run.
Rules:
* In case a faster rider has cought a slower one,the slower rider has to act similary as under blue flag - rider may not block an overtaking attempt,while faster rider has to pass in safe manner.
* It is forbidden to change name during event - participants should select their name (the one you usually use and wish to be identified with) before start of the event.
* Absolutelly no stopping on track - if for some reason a rider cannot continue his run,spectate and request a new run when it's possible again.
Other info:
*Event server - server is online,is set in practice mode with pratice layout (no time trial start) and has an Airio for laptime tracking (due hexadecimal code,most mods laptimes cannot be shown on simple !top table). 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 event day. 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 0.7D),compatible older versions are tolerated.
*All information here can be changed,if so,notification will be posted about changes.