Hello,racers!

The year 2024 has started and it's time to announce plans for RTFR and RTFR XL! The 1st race of the year is already finished,but the actual scored standings season is set to begin in 16th january with RTFR XL starting week later. The best through these scored seasons again receive money prizes,once again kindly sponsored by World Class Lions team. Full details can be found in Sponsorship document.

For season standings the same points system will be used as in the evergoing rating system - for full details hower mousepointer over rating sheet's green colored title bar,here are the links to both spreadsheets: RTFR and RTFR XL.

What stays same and what changes:

* RTFR's year will be split into 2 seasons again,this year each will consist of 12 races. Season 1 will start on 16th january with 324th RTFR and finish on 18th june with 335th RTFR. The 336th RTFR will be an off-season event,but the 337th RTFR will start the season 2 on 16th july which will end on 17th december,where 348th RTFR will be the season finale and also the last RTFR race of the year as we will not be hosting races on either 24th or 31st december. As always combos will be selected with same method where one race is using cars with street tyres,next with slick tyres and so on. As the user created cars are increasing in quality,they will be used more,however we will stick also to our classic LFS cars,which will be used at least in 5 rounds out of 12.

* The prize format for RTFR XL has slight changes,therefor the scoring has also altered - now all 12 season rounds will count towards standings (in 2 seasons the 2 lowest scores were dropped). Now the prize money amount will be affected by scored points count with some bonuses for overall standings positions. There have been also alterations how combos can be selected - first noone will be allowed to select combo for 2 races in row and also one driver's selections are now limited to 2 per calendar year,that guarantees at least 6 different drivers per year who will be eligible to select next combo. Another minor change is that car used in a race will be locked out for next 5 races (4 before this year),class lockout stays the same - 2 next races,while mods will be allowed to be selected max 2 races in row,forcing LFS standard cars to be used at least in each 3rd RTFR XL race. Full details on combo selection can be read in RTFR main info thread on this same forum section.

* Points system stays the same - each event has it's own system,both however are very similar. RTFR keeps the base of 20 points for winner based on 20 (or less) starters,where each 3 starters more than 20 adds 1 point to winner's gain. RTFR XL has additional attendance based base score increasement,which 2022 reached the same 20 points for winner - if 5 races in row have more or less attendees in race than current base score,it get's increased or decreased by 1. Not affecting the yearly standings which leads to money prizes is the ever going rating,which puts up on top of the table most successful racers in last 15 races in RTFR and last 12 races in RTFR XL. In both of those ratings the latest 2/3 of races count fully,but the oldest 1/3 of scores are halved.


Both events have been entered into lfs.net racing calendar,where the combos will be updated as soon as possible - the currently set "XFG at BL1" is simply a placeholder. Info about each event will be posted in this forum subsection as it was always done previously in the information threads.


For past 3 years RTFR and RTFR XL were honored by having a great promotion through livestream by the best broadcasting company around LFS - Sim Broadcasts. With sponsors support,the broadcasting will continue also for 2024,giving a great chance for people not in race to follow the action live and to racers in the race - relive the action from the spectators view. SB.tv will broadcast by availability all races that are part of standings,taking a break in summer when the non-championship race will be held.

Additionally you can visit SimBroadcasts.tv for their full streaming schedule and contact,or their lfs.net forum thread for local updates.

We have run out of fingers of one hand counting scored years in RTFR - this was the "finger one of 2nd hand". The 6th year is also divided in 2 seasons,the first of those was concluded last tuesday,however without any intrigue for the 1st position in last race. This season started with a big bang - both in terms of numbers and... Well,we know what happened and we hope to not repeat that. The 1st race gathered up 42 drivers in qualifying,which is season highest attendance,later through the year attendance it dropped reaching the "low" 22 twice in last 4 races,averaging 31.75 drivers per round - that's 4 more than in previous season and over 11 more than all time average. A total of 81 drivers scored at least 1 point in this season,24 of them finished in top5 at least once,while there were 5 different race winners,2 of those attending just that single race they won.


RTFR 2024 Season 1 standings winner: B2ﾏ M
Already before final round it was clear who will take the honor of being the best of 2024 season 1 - lithuanian driver using a single letter in his name won 4 races out of 12,finished 2nd in another 4,scoring an additional 4th place finish to finish the season 26 points clear of competition despite bad race in penultimate round and not attending the last one. Besides the frequent victory lane visits,M set the fastest lap in qualifying 4 times and in the race 6 times,climbing up to 15th position in all time success ranking. He was between best 9 in both seasons of 2023,5th in 2023 S2 was his previous best result.

The 2021 season champion R.Kardol scored his 6th overall standings podium this time,finishing 2nd for the 4th time in row. The dutchman won 2 races and finished 2nd 4 times,tying the champion for most top5 finishes in the season with 9. Another S1dus driver took the other side of the podium - Unite scored most 3rd place finishes through the season (3) and total of 6 top5 finishes with 2nd place finish as best result. It's the finn's 5th season podium in RTFR,2 of those were 2nd positions in the table.

The defending 4-champion Gábor (winner of last 3 seasons) repeated this season's champions count of race wins,but due low activity in the 1st half of the season he wasn't between candidates for the glory,but at least secured one 1st position in tables - the hungarian scored 5 pole positions,1 more than next best. The race winners list includes 2 further names - J.Holmes and Lagooga both won a race this season,however without attending other rounds,none of them made in top30 of overall standings.




This year there is only one off-season race before starting the 2024 season 2 on 16th july - this time the season will start with a road tyres using car,however any information about that will be published on weekend before the race. 1 week before that the RTFR XL season will start it's 2nd half in South City - the championship in longer RTFR version is longer and lasts through whole year and currently also here M is holding top position of the table with R.Kardol and Unite currently in positions 2 and 3.

We are already mid year 2024 in calender vise and concluded RTFR Season 1 just before Midsummer Festive Season.

The 1st RTFR season of year 2024 is now completed and final standings announced. Info of prize winners and how to get the prize will be shared within this post.

Once again we have experienced action packed fun racing from race to race and popularity of RTFR is bigger than ever. RTFR concept really seems to work very well RGA as host, streamed by Sim braodcasts and sponsored by team World Class Lions. Let's hope the Season 2 will bring interesting combos offering close and fun racing from 1st race until last one.

The season 1 of year 2024 has followed the same concept from year 2023 with slight increase of mod usage in the races. Mostly the mods have been quite good apart from few exceptions. Anyways although mod might not be perfect it is still same for all the racers competing with it.

Now when season 1 of year 2024 is closed the prize money will be shared for racers who reached them.

Once again on behalf of team WCL we thank all the racers taking part on the RTFR Season 1 of year 2024, very enjoyable season with lot of action, team RGA as organizing body and Sim broadcasts team for their effort to broadcast the races and continuing the success story of the RTFR league in live for speed.

The earned prize money for RTFR 2024 Season 1 follows the list below

1st place: 30€
2nd place: 15€
3rd place: 10€
4th place: 10€
5th place: 10€

Therefore the racers receiving monetary price are as follows:

B2R M (YZex) 30€
S1DUS*R.Kardol (rik97) 15€
S1DUS*uNite (nikopdr) 10€
[WCL]Arska (ArSk4) 10€
ZFRL●Thehemuli (thehemuli_) 10€

Congratulations to prize winners !!

Like earlier the payment method is paypal unless the prize winner has not a paypal account and is unable to open one. If that is the case then some alternative payment method need to be agreed. This is then to be agreed via private messaging as all the prize winners will be contacted for getting or checking paypal account information or validity. Winners are partly same as earlier seasons but information for transactions will be still checked with private message.

2nd Season of year 2024 starts already 16th of July 2024 comprising 12 races so there is plenty of time to sharpen your racing skills, best way to do so is to take part to off-season RTFR races and throughout the year running RTFRXL Season. Experience racing with mods you can get for example taking part of RGA's Randomcar series 2024.

So see you on track !

Simple calculation: 96/12=8 - that is the amount of years where RTFR's extra large version is running and it's the 6th year where we have yearly competition to determine the best driver of the year in the specific series. But as always first info is statistics about the year and comparision with previous one - 78 is the amount of drivers who have participated in at least one race and completed at least half a distance of it (several more attempted,but this statistic isn't being tracked),which is just 1 less than last year. Some of them were new,so the total amount of racers ever participated in RTFR XL exceeded 400 after the last race of the year. Average of 24.9 drivers in round is 1.3 less than last year,however the highest attendance of 36 is one more than last year's best number - this year the Protech GT3 car in Westhill was the most interesting to racers,while least attendance of 20 happened 3 times during the season,featuring both LFS's BMW formulas and a mod based on LFS own original car. The standings shows a trend of consistant finishing over top position results - both multiple race winners finished outside top4 of standings,all 3 single race winners - outside best 17. Only 3 drivers scored points in all 12 races,2 of them are in the top3 of standings.

RTFR XL 2024 standings winner: S1DUS*uNite
The finn who wasn't even in top10 in last season's standings,did not take part in season opener,however he attended remaining 11 races and slowly climbed up the standings,reaching top position after september's race and kept it until end of the season to score his 1st glory of RTFR XL after being on both other podium positions once in previous years. Unite finished in top5 in 7 races with best result being 2nd place finish,achieved twice,while he also clocked the fastest lap of the race once.

Thehemuli was 6th and 5th in the previous 2 seasons and he kept his trend of progress alive,finishing 2nd in his 4th season. He finished 3rd in one race and finished in top5 other 3 races - 4 times more top5 finishes than in all previous seasons. The organizer himself has been finishing in top4 in all previous seasons and this was not different - once again 3rd position is taken by man in green (for the 3rd time overall),who's best race finishing result was also 3rd position in season opener adding another top5 finish later in season.

After mentioning the best 3 overall of the season,now let's mention all race winners - the all time most successful driver (reached this position this year) Gábor won 5 races,scored pole pole position in each of those and additionally in another one he did not start,ending up 5th in standings. The driver with single letter "M" in his name finished 5th in season opener,repeated the all time highest winning streak of 4 wins in next races,but never attended after that,giving up huge points lead and slipping down to 7th in standings. And the 3 other winners are Zesty,who won the season opener,Mandula who was fastest with Radix in Blackwood carrying on hungarian winning streak and Rex,who won the FBM race in South City.






One week after the RTFR XL also the shorter version ended it's scored standings season - the 9th overall season. Just like season 1,it also featured 12 races,where a total of 76 drivers marked themselves as points scorers in standings (5 less than in 2024 season 1). The average attendance also here dropped a little compared to previous season - 28.4 drivers per round is 3.3 drivers less than in first half of the year,however 2.2 more than in season 2 of last year. Highest attended race was the N.400 GT4 race in Westhill,which gathered up 37 drivers,while the least interesting was XFR race in a custom Fern Bay track. Unlike in XL version,here 3 of 5 race winners finished in top3 positions in standings.


RTFR 2024 Season 2 standings winner: A.Valta
Also RTFR 2024 S2 seasons standings is topped by a finnish driver,but a different one - A.Valta did not even attend a single race of 1st season of the year,but attended 10 races of the 2nd season,winning 4 of them and finishing 2nd in another 4,adding 4th place and 7th place finishes to the total count,taking also 4 pole positions and 5 fastest laps of the race - all that was enough to secure the award before final race,which is the 2nd one he did not attend during the season. His previous best result in standings was 2023 season 1,where he was in 4th position.

The 4-time season standings winner and all time most successful racer (achieved also during this season) Gábor finished 2nd in this season,unable to really challenge season's best driver despite 3 race wins and 6 runner up positions - the hungarian was on pole position in half of the races,setting fastest lap in one third of the races. It's still an improvement compared to 6th position in 2024 season 1 standings. The RTFR XL newest champion Unite took 3rd place in normal RTFR's latest standings. He won just the last race of the season,but scored 4 third place finishes and 4 lower top5 finishes,adding a fastest lap of the race to repeat 2024 season 1 standings result,scoring his 6th RTFR standings podium.

TJ won 3 races of the season and finished 3rd in another 2,but did not attend any other round,ending up 8th in standings,while other driver who added himself to race winners list was defending 2nd place in standings R.Kardol,who attended just 3 races in the season.



With this the year of 2024 in RTFR is officially concluded as the remaining 2 tuesdays of the year are holidays,so we will take a break during those. The next year is in our thoughts already - 1st normal RTFR of 2025 (the 349th) will take place on 7th january,while RTFR XL will start it's year 3 weeks later with 97th RTFR XL. It's still to be decided how the scored seasons will shape up,expect any announcements to be made at latest early in the new year!

The Race seasons mentioned in headline are now completed and results reveiled.
I'll start with normal RTFR Season 2 as it is more simple to announce the prize winners.

Once again we have witnessed close fun racing from race to race with very big starting grids. RTFR concept is working like a charm, RGA as host, streamed by Sim braodcasts and sponsored by team World Class Lions.
I'm confident that we can continue with same concept also next year, of course the details will need to be agreed between parties in coming days.

The season 2 of year 2024 had same amount of races as season 1 and mod usage was also in same level. Some really nice mods were selected as racing machines which also made close racing possible. Enjoyable season in overall.

Now when season 2 of year 2024 is closed the prize money will be shared for racers who reached them.


The earned prize money for RTFR 2024 Season 2 follows the list below

1st place: 30€
2nd place: 15€
3rd place: 10€
4th place: 10€
5th place: 10€

Therefore the racers receiving monetary price are as follows:

A.Valta (N Gin) 30€
S1DUS*Gábor (Viperakecske) 15€
S1DUS*uNite (nikopdr) 10€
ZFRL●Thehemuli (thehemuli_) 10€
RG^LORENZO (thegamer23) 10€

Congratulations to prize winners !!


RTFRXL 2024 Season completed a week before the normal RTFR Season 2 but prize winners will be declared now in this same post.

The league has remained as challenging as we have seen it over the years and there was trial to get more racers to finish the races. This has not actually had much influence on attendee amounts or race finishers. Most probably we will go back how it used to be earlier. Anyway the hard work and patient driving is again witnessed and the best and more patient ones are now getting the promised sponsorship prize money.

Prize money sharing:
This year racers earned prize money based on the points they had gathered during the season. 10 points corresponds to 1 € which means if one scores 1 point every race he will gather points worth of 1 € if attending at least 10 races during the year.
On top of gathered prize money based on points the top 8 in points table will get extra bonus based on the list below.

Bonus prize money:
1st place: 25€
2nd place: 15€
3rd place: 10€
4th place: 5€
5th place: 4€
6th place: 3€
7th place: 2€
8th place: 1€


Therefore the racers receiving monetary price are as follows:

S1DUS*uNite (nikopdr) 19€+25€ = 44€
ZFRL●Thehemuli (thehemuli_) 18€+15€ = 33€
RG^Rony (Eclipsed) 15€+10€ = 25€
S1DUS*R.Kardol (rik97) 14€+5€ = 19€
S1DUS*GáboR (Viperakecske) 13€+4€ = 17€
[WCL] P.Koivunen (The Spek) 13€+3€ = 16€
B2R M (YZex) 13€+2€ = 15€
[WCL] Arska (ArSk4) 12€+1€ = 13€
[WCL] T.Soini (teppari) 10€
RG^LORENZO (thegamer23) 9€
[MRc] jsk (johneysvk) 8€
SGﾏ MadJester (lordferius) 8€
[WCL] J.A.Katila (jkat) 8€
AA™| Sean (MicroSpecV) 7€
RG^M@CI3K (jackson93) 7€
B2ﾏ Ayoub_MaRoC (Ayoub2016) 6€
[MRc] Michal (michal 1279) 6€
[MRc] Zesty (BelleBoy) 6€
RG^Mandula (MandulAA) 6€
[FM]ˆRex (Rex_PL) 5€
[WCL] True Alpha 5€
B2ﾏ TωϊnCΔm (cathal50cc) 5€
hermanni (hermanni89) 3€

Congratulations to all prize winners !!

As announced the payment method is paypal unless the prize winner has not a paypal account and is unable to open one. If that is the case then some alternative payment method need to be agreed.
In case of RTFRXL I need to ask prize winners to send their paypal account info to me as PM in lfs.net. After I get this info the prize money can be transfered to their paypal account.
In case of RTFR Season 2, the winners will be contacted to check paypal account validity.

What comes to continuation of sponsorship by Team WCL in future, is under planning. Most probably RTFR seasons will be close to what they were in this year. Current assumption is that RTFRXL prize model will go back what it used to be.

Special thx again for broadcasting these fabulous race events goes to sim broadcasts team who is doing very pro like job from race to race.
We want this to continue in the way it is now produced, therefore there will be sponsorship announced soon for year 2025. The details will be clarified in the coming days and might be announced in some level of sim broadcasts team pre-show for year 2025 but that remains to be seen.

Cheerful Festive Season for all and let's hope year 2025 will bring us closer to tracks update in LFS which LFS Team is saying to work with and even accelarating it over new tyre physics.