CESAV is proud to announce the upcoming Live for Speed’s Rockingham500, the legendary 500 miles of Rockingham.

As you may know, the Rockingham500 was an attempt to establish the CART oval track racing in Europe, and two successful editions of this event were held in 2001 and 2002. However, 2003 saw the CART league filing for bankruptcy and the long-awaited race that year never took place...

Now, 20 years later, thanks to the recreation of the Rockingham Motor Speedway by Live for Speed and the support from the LFS developers, we can bring this event back to life in the virtual arena.

Join us in this thrilling adventure!
Sign-up and let’s make history!

Download the Regulations Booklet
Regulations booklet available in Spanish, too
Sign-up on Discord: ROCKINGHAM500 #sign-up


ROCKINGHAM500 BASIC INFORMATION

The 2023 Rockingham500 will take place on Sunday, November 12th 2023, at 19:00 UTC in the Rockingham Oval (RO3).

Super GP (999C4D) by SKT-Raigs is the car of choice for this event, and it is available on the mods section of the LFS Garage.

Applicants need to register on the CESAV website. A guide on how to fulfil a registration on our site is available here on the LFS forums.

Applicants also need to be on Discord for important notices, and to complete sign-up for the Rockingham500. CESAV Discord can be reached through this invitation. To sign-up for the Rockingham500 go to ROCKINGHAM500 #sign-up channel.

Free and Official Practice Sessions, Qualifying, and Race Day will be held on the www.CESAV.es R500 server.

This server shall be permanently open to the public from August 1st until Race Day, and available for Free Practice as long as there is not an Official Session in progress.

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Folks,

Tomorrow we kickstart the official practice sessions for the Rockingham500 with a test race to check that everything is working properly.

No credits or penalties will be given for this race, which will take place on the R500 server on Sunday Sept 10th at 21:30h CET (19:30 UTC).

In order to participate in the practice sessions, you must be registered in CESAV and sign-up for the practice race, as usual in our competitions. However, in this case, entry is restricted to those who have applied for a position on our Discord's R500 section. You will find the password in the lobby channel of the aforementioned section.

We will soon give details about the official practice schedule, consisting of 4 sessions.

Godspeed!

Road to Rockingham - Official Practice Sessions for the Rockingham500 Announced


Road to Rockingham is a series of 4 short races in order for the applicants to practice for the Rockingham500, and so they can earn the Race Credits necessary to be allowed to participate in the Rockingham500.

• Drivers must register in CESAV if they haven't yet, and sign-up for the practice race.
  
  
• Server will be configured for free practice the week of the practice race, from Monday until Friday at 14:00 CET (12:00 UTC).
  
  
• Qualifying window of opportunity goes from Friday at 14:00 CET until 30 minutes prior to the practice race start.
  
  
• All entrants are required to be on the server ready for the formation lap 15 minutes before the practice race starting time.
  

These 4 practice sessions will take place on the www.cesav.es R500 server, according to the following schedule:


Practice Session 1 - Sunday, September 17th at 20:00 CET (18:00 UTC)

This Session is open to any LFS driver willing to participate.

Race lenght will be 100 laps.

Race Credits will be awarded on these sessions for all entrants who fininsh the race.

Penalities can be issued to those drivers failing to properly drive the car, according to the regulations booklet



Practice Session 2 - Sunday, September 24th at 21:30 CET (19:30 UTC)

This Session is open to any LFS driver willing to participate.

Race lenght will be 100 laps.

Race Credits will be awarded on these sessions for all entrants who fininsh the race.

Penalities can be issued to those drivers failing to properly drive the car, according to the regulations booklet.



Practice Session 3 - Sunday, October 8th at 20:00 CET (18:00 UTC)

This Session is RESTRICTED to R500 aplicants.

Race lenght will be 180 laps.

Race Credits will be awarded on this session for all entrants who fininsh the race.

Penalities can be issued to those drivers failing to properly drive the car, according to the regulations booklet.



Practice Session 4 - Sunday, October 22nd at 20:00 CET (18:00 UTC)

This Sessions are RESTRICTED to R500 aplicants.

Race lenght will be 180 laps.

Race Credits will be awarded on this session for all entrants who fininsh the race.

Penalities can be issued to those drivers failing to properly drive the car, according to the regulations booklet.

Qualifying for the Rockingham500 Practice 1 is open!


Sign-up for this race if you haven't yet

Server: www.cesav.es R500
password: corby123

The qualifying system for this race has some special features:


You have 100 laps to qualify, but they are now grouped in batches of 5 laps. InSim will spectate you upon completion.


This means that you now have 20 attempts to achieve a qualifying time.


One attempt is made up of:

• 1 pit exit lap

• 1 warm-up lap

• 4 laps, the time of which will be averaged to obtain your qualifying time for the race. This will also determine your starting position in the race.


As always, taking a shortcut (voluntarily or involuntarily) will invalidate that lap and ruin your qualifying attempt.


Good luck to all entrants!

Qualifying for the Rockingham500 Practice Session 2 is open!

Drivers may qualify until Sunday, Sept 24th at 21:00 CET (19:00 UTC)

Race will take place on Sunday, Setp 24th at 21:30 CET (19:30 UTC)

Sign-up if you haven't yet

Server: www.cesav.es R500
password: corby123

The qualifying system for this race has some special features:


You have 100 laps to qualify, but they are now grouped in batches of 5 laps. InSim will spectate you upon completion.


This means that you now have 20 attempts to achieve a qualifying time.


One attempt is made up of:

• 1 pit exit lap

• 1 warm-up lap

• 4 laps, the time of which will be averaged to obtain your qualifying time for the race. This will also determine your starting position in the race.


Voluntary or involuntary shortcutting will invalidate the current lap and ruin your qualifying attempt.


Good luck to all entrants!

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ROCKINGHAM 500 REGULATIONS AMENDMENTS

Hey, fellow racers!

Please notice that the Regulations Booklet has been revised to version 1.5 and updated as of today. Find regulations amendments listed below and donwload the new booklet using the link in the fisrt post.



ROCKINGHAM 500 RULEBOOK AMMENDMENTS - October 21st 2023

Rockingham500 Car Restrictions (p4)
2. Entrants are not restricted in the tyre compounds that they may use in the Rockingham500. Different Front/Rear combinations such as R4/R3 are permitted also.

Entry Procedure (p5)
b) Finishing an Official Practice Session in a podium position: +5, +3, +1 credits respectively.

Qualifying Procedure (p8)
2. Drivers need to sign-up for each Qualifying Session, either for Official Practice or Race Day, in the Rockingham500 page on the CESAV website, and they will have 50 attempts per session to set a four-lap average.

Race Day Procedure (p10-11)
*Full revision*

Pit lane (p12)
3. The pit lane entry will remain open on Safety Car deployment unless otherwise instructed by Race Control.
4. On race conditions, pit lane shall remain open until lap 340.
5. It is not permitted to finish the race in the pits and drivers doing so shall be disqualified.

Safety Car Procedure (p13-14)
*Full Revision*

Virtual Safety Car (p15)
**New Concept**

Red Flag (p16)
2. Upon issuance of the red flag, all drivers are to immediately begin to slow from racing speeds and stop at the Finish Line in track order, single-file on the outside line of the track, and await further instructions.

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