For the 12th year in row the very first league's raceday of the year brings AWS racers to South City for the NewYear City Challenge. It has been run mostly with FXR,but for 2 races the slower RB4 took over the duty of racing in South City. This year it's again a GTR car,but a different one - the compact PZG GTR,which is made on base of a simple 3 door hatchback. Similar to our well known XFR,this car is also very light,bringing the scale just a tick over 900 kilograms,but with all wheel drive system it's deffinitelly much quicker out of the turns,while the short wheelbase makes it very agile also entering turns and aerodynamic downforce will help a lot through faster turns,making the car just couple of seconds slower than LFS GTR class despite it's power of "just" 355 horsepower.

After round one there are just few clues about tendencies in terms of championship,but everything can change in the remaining 7 rounds as the season is quite long compared to most. Everyone can still join AWS and make a bid for the champions title,as drivers in 1st round did not gain that much advantage to run away from everyone. However current trends show that if will be unlikelly for anyone else challenge current leaders for Nations cup.

Round info:
Track: South City City Long (SO4)
Laps: 27 (109km)
Car: PZGG (configuration "Police" is not allowed to be used)
Previous winners : YES V. Laguckas (2022; 2019 & 2017 / FXR), S1DUS*Botsi (2021 & 2020 / FXR), B2ﾏ FasT (2018 / RB4), A.Valta (2016 / RB4), CoRe A.Laipnieks (2015 / FXR), 22 S.Jurvansuu (2014 / FXR), CoRe V.Pitkänen (2013 / FXR), spdoFade (2012 / FXR)


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Round 2 best shots

The 2nd round of this season saw an increase of attendance,that included 2 other previous champions besides the one winning 1st round. The tricky compact GTR car set up a new challenge for the drivers with it's specific handling characteristics,and with it's small 30 liter fuel tank - added a strategic feature for this race,as it was enough to complete 25 of 27 laps without a lot of fuel saving. 3 drivers still managed to finish full race distance without pitstop,other 8 had to visit pitlane for short splash and dash.

After missing round 1,the defending series champion and winningest driver in league's history V.Lakūnas joined the action in South City to carry on his winning performance - he was never really challenged and scored his 4th race win in the round and 11th total in AWS,taking also the full 22 points set from the round. The winner of season opener A.Valta was the only one to at least get close to winners pace - he finished 2nd with 13 seconds gap. Doni finished 3rd to repeat his best finish in AWS.

A.Valta extended his lead in standings to 10 points over Thehemuli and Lorenzo,who are tied in points for 2nd position,the finn however is ahead due better highest finishing position. What whill spice up the race for championship is the defending champion - let's see if he can keep the performance up through remaining 6 rounds of the season.

The 2nd round featured 4 league's rookies,2 of them did not qualify,another one retired early,but at least one of them finished to officially open the race for Rookie of the year award - Richard is still leading rookie despite not participating,he's now 3 points ahead of driver with backwards spelled name.

Race Green Autosports extended their lead in teams championship to 13 points over Zafiralis,MRc pulled 1 point closer to 2nd position but are 15 points behind leaders. Also in 2nd round Finland scored most points between all nations,increasing their lead to 28 points over Czechia. Drastic increase in signups lead Lithuania to climb up to 3rd position,setting sights to challenge table leaders.

3rd round of the 2023 series will feature 3rd new car for the league - after racing 2 sub-ton cars,next round will feature the heaviest car in AWS history. The electrically powered BZ30 Roadster exceeds 1400kg on the weight scale,but with 280kW motor and slick tyres it will be everything else than slow. Since electric cars have a limited range,this season will introduce 2-race schedule for both electric car rounds - that is what awaits drivers for round 3,but without need to save power as car's range exceeds race length.