A reminder - server will be password protected 1 hour before qualifying start to keep not knowing crowded server jumpers out of way,pass will be always the same: green
Some historic stats:
Last race won by: S1DUS*GáboR
Last SKODA 110 L RALLYE race won by: 1st race with this car
Last Fern Bay race won by: S1DUS*R.Kardol (317th RTFR - DORITO FD7 @ FE Green Alternative RGE)
Most Fern Bay gold configs race wins: 13 races,13 different winners (Finland - 4 wins)
Current rating leader: S1DUS*R.Kardol (+4 points)
LFS has 3 real world cars in it's inventory,which have been used in RTFR plenty of times,however the difficulties to obtain licence hinders to have proper replicas of real world cars made by users. But there are few and yesterday we were racing one of those,a car from 70ies made in (back then) Czechoslovakia - Škoda 110 L. Since the original delivers rather low power,the rally version was selected as it delivers near LFS GTi class performance and is equipped with road super tyres. Still the lack of locking differentials,the engine placement at the rear and lack of rear antiroll bar made it's handling rather specific,not everyone was able to adapt to it and whoever could do better than others,were on top of the game.
Winner of 2 out of 3 RTFR 2024 season 1 races M made it 3 out of 4 - he had a setback on lap 1 as he lost the lead to fellow front row starter,however he recovered and after few tries finally returned to race lead for the last 7 laps of 19 to cross finish line first once again. That was the lithuanian's 5th RTFR race win - he is the 23rd driver in event's history to score 5 or more,five is also his pole positions count after this race,while the fastest lap of the race is his 4th and top5 finish - his 17th. Additionally he rounded up fastest laps count for Lithuania to 30 (4th most between all countries). The defending standings winner R.Kardol was the only one to challenge winner of this race - he led 12 laps from the start until losing lead,at the end he had to settle for 2nd place finish with 2 seconds gap,which is his 88th top5 finish. Another B2R member Loco took the remaining position on the virtual podium - 3rd in both sessions is a repeat of his personal best achievements. To make 3 out of 4 best consisting of B2R members,Ayoub Maroc finished 4th,which is his 14th top5 finish,top5 was closed by Adam scoring his 5th top5 finish,while his 4th place in qualifying was an improvement by a single position compared to his previous best result.
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RTFR will now take 2 weeks break before returning with a slick tyre car,which and where - hints can be heard in the most recent broadcast. Next week server belongs to RandomCar - the cars rich series will host it's 2nd round of the season in Rockingham. Full info as always will be posted in sunday and car draws will begin on monday. Next RTFR XL will be the 5th race in Aston in the latest 9 races overall - seems like the environment is being very popular with drivers. The selected car is LFS's own RWD medium performance base car XRT.
RGE's racing action this week is not over yet - this sunday AWS will bring the slowest car in it's history to Fern Bay,which will be run in the rallycross circuit. As it is the penultimate round of the season,it will be the last chance for outsiders to qualify themselves for season finale in Kyoto as the rules permit only drivers with at least 1 point scored to take part in last round. Full info and signups as always in AWS forum section.