Server: Retro Cup



WHEN: Monday, September 9th
WHERE: Westhill de la Sarthe, a custom westhill layout!
WHY:: Spectacular track, 2 hours season finale with Double Points. All the championship battles being decided. This is going to be epic!


2 intense months of vintage racing, 6 spectacular locations, more than 50 different drivers took the challenge of the RETRO CUP 24.
Some have failed, but others proved their strenght and battled it out in every round of the season, surviving the dangers of vintage multiclass racing.

We're now coming to the last chapter of this history. Just one, big race, left to go.

RETRO CUP 24 is about to reach its climax: three titles being decided, a long, spectacular track to master and a 2 hours race to deal with.
You'll need concentration, speed, race-craft, nerves of steel to be able to reach the finish in one piece and throw your hand into the hair in celebration!

This is the ultimate challenge, this is the Retro Cup Season Finale.

It's time for the 2 Hours of Westhill de la Sarthe!






WESTHILL DE LA SARTHE


The circuit for this very special Season Finale is a returnee: used for the first time in the opening edition of the Retro Cup, the scenery for this final showdown is WESTHILL DE LA SARTHE!

I've built it with the Circuit de la Sarthe of Le Mans in mind, so i paved a lot of Westhill's external roads, extending the track limits towards insanity in order to achieve the same vibes as iconic Le Mans sections like the Hunaudières straight.

This track is a complete challenge for the driver, as it contains most type of corners and, also, traps!
Slow, technical sections, opposed to the longest straights of the season, where you'll be on your accelerator for 20-30 seconds, exceeding speed records for the Retro Cup!

You'll start in the Westhill's traditional box section, before launching into hyperspace in the countryside with a bonkers long straight that's reminiscent of the Hunaudières.

There's a variety of landscape, from the circuit to the country, also visiting Westhill's old village with a very complex, technical section that's going around the houses.

The circuit have been slightly revised from last edition: you'll find a better flow in some of the corners, better kerbs and new technical sections, making the track a more complete challenge!





But it's not all fun & games: you'll have to be super focused all the way through the race, cause one mistake here can end your race pretty easily.

Drop one wheel on the grass and you'll find yourself slamming into a tree or a bale.
Drive too hard on the kerbs and ramps and you'll damage your suspensions, leading to costly pit raparis.

You'll have to be fast, but you'll also have to be smart around Westhill de la Sarthe!










Jump onboard the new Porschell 539 for a lap of the circuit!







CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS

Prototypes | MAZDARATI has a 14 points lead over ZFRL Thehemuli and 38 points over RG^Lorenzo
GT | RG^NOSLE has a 29 points lead over B2R Rejekt and 35 points over [MRC] Jsk
ROAD | B2R Stiefla has a 2 points lead over SG Madjester and 9 points lead over RG^M@CI3K







SEASON FINALE RULES


- Race Lenght is 2 Hours Long. It's a TIMED Race, so there won't be a specific lap count.

- Pit Stops are not mandatory

- No Sign-up needed for the event, just show up for quali and race!

- Classic Le Mans style start of the race.

- Drivers Change is allowed. But the finishing points will be splitted between the 2 drivers.

- Rejoin after timing out is allowed, all the race laps actually completed will be added back in result

- Rejoin after crashing out the car is allowed, but you have to wait at least 30 seconds after you spectated, before rejoining.
If not respected, 1 minute penalty.

- Mid race join from people who didn't qualified, is NOT allowed

- Car change between Quali & Race is not allowed. If happens, DSQ from results.



POINTS SYSTEM

Double Points will be awarded for this Season Finale 2 Hours long event.
For this very reason, it will be a crucial round for all the championship battles.


1st: 50 points
2nd: 36 points
3rd: 28 points
4th: 24 points
5th: 22 points
6th: 20 points
7th: 18 points
8th: 16 points
9th: 14 points
10th: 12 points
11th: 10 points
12th: 8 points
13th: 6 points
14th: 4 points
15th: 2 points

Pole: 1 additional points
Fastest Race Lap: 1 additional points
Attendance in all rounds: 2 additional points




NEW CARS JOINING THE COMPETITION

This Season Finale will be special for more than one reason.
One of them, is the introduction of two new contenders in the Prototype class and GT class.

The Porschell 539 will make its series debut and join the Prototype field.

A Group 5 Special Production Racing car which has won 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1979 being the first rear-engine race car to win Le Mans!

Also, the Fraud 040 LM will join the GT field!
Based on the Ford 040 GT that won Le Mans, this car will be a fierce competitor for all the GT cars already present in the championship.






BALANCE OF PERFORMANCE FOR THE SEASON FINALE

Prototypes

MCLARRY || 15% restriction, +30 kg ballast
BETA11F12 || 7% restriction, +65 kg ballast
WESSEX74SP || +10 kg ballast
PORSCHELL539 | 14% restriction, +25 kg ballast


GT PRO

CAMMERA JGT || 1% restriction + 60 kg ballast
PLOVER P2200 || 5% restriction
BMW EM30 GR-A || 11% restriction
WESSEXR69SP || n/a
FRAUD040LM || 20% restriction


ROAD TROPHY

AM PHOENIX || 5% restriction, no slick tyres
CAMMERA || 2% restriction
PIRAN || n/a






CIRCUIT SPONSORS

As always, the Track have been decorated with CUSTOM SPONSORS, to bring out the goodness and the immersion of the series!
Expecially IF YOU'RE STREAMING, i'd reccomend to install them, so you have a much more immersive visual experience!

Installation: just save the sponsors files attached below and put them inside your /LFS/data/pic directory, replacing the existing ones.
Be sure to save the original files before replacing them!



EVENT STREAMING

The Season Finale event will be BROADCASTED LIVE(with no commentary) by Baptiste DLV (Didier LeVolant)

Be sure to check out his channels:

https://www.youtube.com/@didierlevolant6655
https://www.twitch.tv/didierlevolant

It will be also possible to follow the Live Onboard feed by RG^M@Ci3k's onboard!

Be sure to follow M@Ci3k!

https://www.youtube.com/@jackson9307



EVENT TIMETABLE

Monday, September 9th

QP (60 min) || 17:00 UTC / 19:00 CET / 20:00 EET
RACE (2 Hours) || 18:10 UTC / 20:10 CET / 21:10 EET

RETRO CUP SEASON FINALE is DELAYED!

Due to multiple DDoS attacks, we can't race today.

I'm really sorry for the inconvenience, we tried but it was impossible.

The race will be post-poned at the earliest possible date.
Stay tuned here for all the updates.

Thank you all Retro Drivers, see you soon!

Comunication

Retro Cup Season finale is set to be scheduled for Monday, September 23rd

QP (60 min) || 17:00 UTC / 19:00 CET / 20:00 EET
RACE (2 Hours) || 18:10 UTC / 20:10 CET / 21:10 EET

You can practice with the layout offline as well, attached down below!

Server will be open for practice, from Saturday!

SERVER ONLINE for practice!

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SEASON FINALE DAY!


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It's all set in Westhill de la Sarthe for an exciting and spectacular season finale of this very special Retro Cup 24!

Drivers will have to face the scary 2 hours endurance in Westhill de la Sarthe, one of the most punishing tracks of the season!
This race will award double points, and will decide all the championship battles!

Who's going to master Westhill de la Sarthe and be crowned Retro Champion?

For one last time this season, see you on track tonight, Retro Drivers!

QP (60 min) || 17:00 UTC / 19:00 CET / 20:00 EET
RACE (2 Hours) || 18:10 UTC / 20:10 CET / 21:10 EET

Pass: RETROFINALE


Live Onboard by M@CI3K

One of the highlights of this year's was RETRO CUP 24, despite (balance of performance) not being perfect, it provided awesome racing moments throughout the whole season in all categories, Prototypes, GT's and Road cars.
Specially Road cars class had, either by chance or skill, usually the top3 class drivers fighting for P1 during most of the 90 minutes race.

Special medal to Lorenzo for the layout creation and design, despite some unforeseen rare occurrences where some corners required adjustment after publishing, all were really well-made, easy to find markers for braking points and turn-in, overall a great addition to the library of great LFS layouts.


My thoughts for next season would be to reduce the number of cars and classes. We are not that many, averaging 17 race finishers this season, that divided by 3 classes and 10 cars sometimes creates very lonely races.

Thanks Nosle!!
And any feedback is important and will be listened: always looking forward to improve the series, so if you guys have more suggestions or ideas for future editions, feel free to share!

Also stay tuned here on the forum in the coming days for the Season Finale Results, Gallery and more!!

Final Results and COOL Stuff coming later in October

RACE REPLAY: Download


PROTOTYPES

The Grand finale of Retro Cup 24 in the Prototype class saw four entries taking on the challenge of the 2 hours long event!
Pole Position was set by Championship Leader ZFRL Thehemuli, who set the track on fire with super fast lap times from the get go.

Unfortunately, his biggest title contender Mazdarati, was unable to participate in the race, taking some of the pathos away from the final race.

P2 on the grid was taken by another championship protagonist, RG^LORENZO, ahead of team-mate RG^RONY, while another prototype entrant, S1DUS^Unite, started from the very back of the field.

From the green flag of the race, ZFRL Thehemuli made clear his intentions to dominate the race and take the championship win in style.
RG^LORENZO tried to follow the leader, but suffered another catastrophical technical failure during Lap 1, ending his hopes for a good result.




Rony took the opportunity and launched himself in P2, but the pace of Thehemuli ahead was just too strong and consistent.

Thehemuli sliced through traffic like a butter and kept it clean all race long, taking the final chequered flag of the year in celebration.

He's the Retro Cup Prototype Champion of 2024!!
Three race wins, multiple podiums, it was one hell of a season for the Finn driver, who takes the crown from Rony's hands.

P2 in the race and fastest lap for the former Retro Prototype Champion, RG^RONY, who ended a troublesome season with a good final result and P4 in the standings.

RG^LORENZO managed to comeback from his early issues and end the race in P3, third place in the final standings for him behind Mazdarati, a solid season for the italian of Race Green, with one win and 2 podiums.









GT PRO

As it's been all season long, the GT Class was once again the most crowded of them all even in the 2 Hours Season Finale!
12 GT's took the start of the race, and it was an hectic battle from the get go at the front.

Poleman B2R Rejekt had to resist the hard attacks of champ leader RG^NOSLE in the first few corners, while /SRP/ Master tucked right behind in P3, looking to make a decisive pass.

Rejekt and NOSLE went side by side in Turn 4, and slightly on the grass: Master managed to make the most of the situation and take provisional P2 behind Rejekt.
But NOSLE used the slipstream to his advantage in the super long backstraight section, and jumped back in P2, in the hunt of the leader Rejekt!





This trio of cars set the pace at the front and remained more or less compact till lap 8-9, when /SRP/ Master started to make mistakes, losing ground from the front duo and running out of patience, retiring from the race.

Behind the lead pack, O.A was leading newcomer VM DejaVu and [MRC] Jsk, who made a jumpstart and lost half a lap at the beginning of the race.

But in front, the fight for the victory started after the pit stop phase: in Lap 24, NOSLE managed to catch back Rejekt, and the duo started battling corner after corner.
There was a gentlemen agreement at these two, 1 & 2 in the standings: they waited for each other everytime one managed to create a gap, duelling till the last few corners of the race.

In the end, Rejekt emerged from the last corner in first position, but conceded victory to RG^NOSLE, who waited for him earlier on after a spin.
Classy scenes in Westhill de la Sarthe, vintage emotions as RG^NOSLE takes the chequered flag and he's the RETRO CUP 24 GTPRO Champion!

2nd in the race and in the standings finishes B2R Rejekt, race winner and multiple podium finisher this season.
3rd position in the race for O.A, best result of the season for him, while [MRC] Jsk finishes 4th in the race despite is troubles and closes of 3rd in the WDC.

INNO won the PloverP2200 battle, beating Hermanni by a comfortable margin!







ROAD CLASS

The most entertaining class of the Retro Cup 24 season hands down: going into Westhill de la Sarthe, 3 drivers were separated by 9 points in the standings, with a fourth one not far behind.
B2R Stiefla, SG Madjester, RG^M@CI3K and S.Martin, the Fab 4, ready to fight for the title in these 2 final hours of the season.

Pole Position was taken by championship leader B2R Stiefla, as the Fab 4 started the race in compact formation, one after another.
But the first drama of the race was soon to come: at the exit of the long backstraight section, the porsche whisperer RG^M@CI3K was slightly hit by the GT of NAUGHTY.
Not a big contact but enough to send the porsche title contender wide on the grass and loose control, slamming into a trackside pole.

M@CI3K managed to escape the crash without big damage, and resumed the race, but lost around 15 seconds.

At the front, Stiefla was leading the race, while S.Martin and Madjester traded place for a few times, but the leader was still the Born to race driver.





But, out of the Top 3, the driver who looked the fastest around Westhill de la Sarthe was S.Martin: one of the most consistent drivers in the championship went all out, attacking championship leader B2R Stiefla at the start of Lap 9.

A duel of three started, with the contenders trading places and going for moves: in Lap 12 it was S.Martin who emerged at the front, trying to break away.
He was looking comfortable in front till Lap 19: when he crashed into the barriers at the end-straight chicane, losing the lead to Stiefla again!

The trio compacted again: by lap 26, the battle was intense: S.Martin got back in front, but Stiefla was looking for an opening till the last few corners of the race.

At the end, S.Martin managed to hold off and cross the line in celebration, he takes his first Retro Cup win!
But scoring P2 was enough for B2R Stiefla to be crowned RETRO CUP 24 ROAD CLASS CHAMPION!

P3 in the race and P2 in the final standings for Madjester, who just misses out the title after a super competitive campaign.
P3 in the final standings for the Porsche Whisperer, RG^M@CI3K, who wasn't able to confirm his title this season, a season with some highlights but also crashes and unlucky moments.








RELIVE THE EVENT

It's been an hectic season finale of Retro Cup!
If you wish to relive the event, you can do that by downloading the race replay, linked above, or you can watch the event streams brought by Baptiste DLV and M@CI3K!


RACE STREAMING (No Commentary, by Baptiste DLV)




ONBOARD CAM (M@CI3K)





CHAMPIONSHIP ENDING RESULTS & STUFF

Coming later tonight, check out the forum!