The 5th edition of our yearly endurance challenge around Westhill's narrow support roads will see another attempt of distance extention - just like in year 2021 the event will be run over 400 kilometers of nominal distance. With average speed of around 100 kilometers per hour this means a 4 hours race,which can be done alone or in teams of up to 3 drivers. To increase chances for multidriver teams to be competitive,this year we will introduce adaptive mandatory pitstop length to compensate extra pitlane entry - this means there will be no disadvantage to make 2 or 3 pitstops against just a single pitstop strategy! That should help to motivate teams to enter with multi-driver lineup instead of underestimating race distance and run alone,which in many cases ends with retirement. Additionally we added a "Opel Manta rule" - that allows applications of less competitive cars for entries that want to tackle the challenge,but don't want to race the PL200W (TBO) class cars.
For this edition the track has been extended a lot - it received one smaller and one longer section to increase total lap length of 18.34 kilometers,coincidentally matching race lapcount of last year despite total distance increase - the race also this year will be 22 laps long,resulting in total distance of 403.5 kilometers. The longer new section features a bit narrower roads and we had to "cheat" some section connections with concrete,but the event spirit of challenging track does stay unchanged.
Another new addition this season is the 24 hours long qualifying session for this event - entries will have much more time to put themselves on grid,reducing attending time of race day. This will be possible thanks to our friends at New Dimension Racing,who will help with providing laptime tracking for qualifying and live admining during the race.
Timetable:
Saturday,18th May
15:30 UTC / 17:30 CET - start of 24 hours open track qualifying
Sunday,19th May
15:30 UTC / 17:30 CET - end of 24 hours open track qualifying (started laps can be completed)
16:00 UTC / 18:00 CET - race start for the 22 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:
During the 24 hours long session all the entries will be allowed to do as many laps as they wish and can,but only the fastest laptime of each entry will count. The session end time marks the point when entries may start a timed lap.
Race:
Race will feature an extended starting grid - cars will be placed on grid in rows seperated by 20 meters distance between them to lower the probability of early incidents. Every entry is expected to be familiar withthe track,pitlane entry,exit and driver change procedure for error free pitstops.
Mandatory pitstop:
Race requires mandatory minimum time to be spent in pitstall,which has different length depending on amount of pitstops done. This is done to compensate extra pitlane entries as some cars require more pitstops and multidriver teams may require more pitstops for driver swaps. A pitstop (driving under speed limit,braking for pitstall and accelerating from it) costs around 15 seconds without including pitwork - this time is used for minimum pitstop time calculations:
• 1 pitstop - 180 seconds (3 minutes)
• 2 pitstops - 165 seconds (2 minutes,45 seconds)
• 3 and more pitstops - 150 seconds (2 minutes,30 seconds)
Entry which has spent less time will receive penalty time added to his finish time,which will be calculated by doubling the missing time to complete neccesary minimum time and adding additional 10 seconds. Drivers failing to pit at all will receive 390 seconds penalty added to finish time (180s*2 + additional 30s).
* Entries running cars with challenger status are exempt from mandatory pitstop requirement!
Track and it's 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!
There are serveral sections where leaving paved surface with all wheels is tolerated - glass patches which are marked with yellow and blue chalk arrows are a legal racing surface. All around the track there are posts on both inside and outside of turns - even if these have no legal use and they are just visual help to determine track limits,drivers still should avoid knocking them down.
With some help of community we named several turns and sections,which can also be used as orientation:
Cars and restrictions:
To level out performance of all available cars,an restriction table has been created - the used restriction method is voluntary air restriction in percents and added weight in kilograms. Each car has it's advantages and disadvantages,but overall deemed to have relatively equal performance after our limited testing.
Car setup limitations:
Slick tyres are not allowed!
Mods configs are not allowed to have rollcage,crashbars and lightbars - please select configs without these (illegal equipment)!
Cars list:
Original LFS cars:
• FXO - 5%
• FZ5 - 21%
• RAC - 27%
• RB4 - 5%
• XRT - 0%
Mods:
• 8JFZ SUPERCELESTRAL - 8%
• ACOSTA STARLIN - 32%
• BZ30 ROADSTER - 0%
• CZR LUXURY SEDAN - 10%
• DORITO-FC7 D - 23%
• EM30 - 0%
• ESPRESSO D - 0%
• FRAUD WHEELER E2 - 16%
• FZ70 4GTS - 41%
• GE20 - 34%
• GM_SST_TONNARI - 8%
• GT-V34 - 10%
• IMPREZZIVE B2 - 25%
• MZG SEDAN - 18%
• PIRAN FIREFLY 200 - 12%
• SALIVA15 - 0%
• UF1 1200GTS - 0%
• URC1 - 50% + 130kg
• VSI-V2000 - 0%
• XF COUPE TURBO - 9%
• XF TURBO 5 - 3%
• XR GT K SWAP - 0%
Cars with challenger status:
• CHORUS ATTENDANZE XT-Z 4R - estimated 1.8min off pace
• FX ELECTRIC - 17% - estimated 3.9 laps range (recharge ~5.4s per 1%)
• XFG - estimated 1min off pace
• XRG - estimated 1min off pace
It is advised to test several cars before signing up to decide the best car for your or your team's performance! Cars have different handling characteristics,some might be slightly less competitive. Cars list and their full specifications data can be found in RG400KW2024 spreadsheet.
Some cars still have WIP status.
It is possible to apply other cars from public mods list,please check this post below for link to car applications thread.
Drivers are responsible to use correct restriction during pre-event practice! Server will have the restrictions enforced in the last week of practice and during official event sessions via PiranMoto Car Limiter insim app.
DISCLAIMER: Race Green Events is not affiliated to any of these user created cars! This means that organization of this event cannot affect existance and quality of these cars. We monitor any updates and check for their effect on cars performance to decide if any alteration of restriction is needed.
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 on the left side of Tribunes backstraight (check track map above). 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 highly suggested to have a skin that displays entry number on car's side. Feel free to use event's official full logo on your skins! 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 (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 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 0.7E),compatible older versions and compatible test patches are tolerated.
All information here can be changed,if so,notification will be posted about changes.
Signups:
To sign up for this event,please visit 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!
Car applications:
It is possible to apply other cars besides the cars in the current list,however these applications will be closed 1 weeks before the event as testing will be required. For car applications requirements and rules,please visit Car applications thread!