Hello racers!
The planet Earth has made another orbit around the Sun, and once again, the Master Race car team is pleased to bring back to you an event, which brings an unique racing experience into LFS. Strongly inspired by the FIA Formula E championship, E-Challenge is an event, where the strategy and clever use of available resources will play a big factor on your way to victory.
The letter E in "Formula E" stands for "Electric" and thanks to the just recently released LFS mod system we can enjoy some electric racing fun as well. "Efficiency" however is still a vital part of the race strategy, as the amount of usable energy is limited and the finish line is quite far. Do you have what it takes to navigate the new 350 kW beast through the city streets?
We worked really hard to bring in something even better and more exciting than before, from more races, new car, new track replicas, new event format, to new tactical elements, enhanced weather system,... very few stones were left unturned as we tried our best to deliver an exceptional racing series.
Official rounds:
R1 - 15.1. - Mexico City E-Prix circuit replica (LA1)
R2 - 12.2. - Berlin E-Prix circuit replica (LA1)
R3 - 26.2. - Singapore Grand Prix circuit replica (LA1)
R4 - 12.3. - New York E-Prix circuit replica (LA1)
R5 - 26.3. - Adelaide Grand Prix circuit replica (LA1)
(Each layout to be released at least 7 days prior to the respective round)
Preliminary event schedule:
Prequalifying session (if necessary)
17:30 UTC / 18:30 CET Official free practice session (20 minutes)
18:00 UTC / 19:00 CET Official qualifying session 1 (10+2 minutes; 2 hotlaps)
18:15 UTC / 19:15 CET Official qualifying session 2 (cca 15 minutes; top 8 from qualifying 1 compete in head-to-head duels)
18:40 UTC / 19:40 CET Official race 1 start (cca 30 minutes*; standing start)
19:25 UTC / 20:25 CET Official race 2 start (cca 30 minutes*; standing start; grid order by race 1 finish, top 10 reversed)
20:00 UTC / 21:00 CET Estimated end of the event; interviews
* in case of Safety Car or Virtual Safety Car the race distance will be adjusted accordingly to ensure the energy lap target stays in reasonable bounds.
General rules and changes from previous season:
- Success ballast dropped from qualifying
- Two races per evening instead of one (R2 grid based on R1 finishing order + top 10 reversed)
- Races are lap-based instead of time-based
- SC and VSC active
- No mandatory pitstop (unless forced by weather)
- Recharging NOT ALLOWED (and will be disabled, so we don't even have to disqualify you from the event)
- Dynamic weather active in ALL official sessions (slick tyres for dry, road tyres for wet conditions)
- Three activations of the Attack Boost strip during each race
- Each competitor can select one race, where he can use full 350 kW of power (instead of capped at 300 kW)
- Points for top 20 finishers