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
Pitting rules:
Race requires a minimum time spent in pitstall of 10 seconds. That can be done either with single pitstop or sum of multiple pitstops. Driver who has spent less time will receive penalty time added to his finish time,which will be calculated by tripling the missing time to complete neccesary minimum time and adding additional 5 seconds. Drivers failing to pit at all will receive 1 minute penalty added to finish time (10s*3 + additional 30s).
Some historic stats:
Last race won by: S1DUS*GáboR - 4 wins in row
Last FO8 race won by: S1DUS*GáboR (81st RTFR XL - AS North Rev.)
Most FO8 race wins: 5 races,5 different winners (4 different countries)
Last Kyoto race won by: B2ﾏ M (89th RTFR XL - FXO V8SUPERCAR @ KY International)
Most Kyoto race wins: S1DUS*R.Kardol - 5 wins (Finland - 6 wins)
2025 standings after 1 of 12 races (best 10 scores count):
S1DUS*GáboR - 34
S1DUS*R.Kardol - 26
dod1slaw - 26
Current rating leader: S1DUS*GáboR (+13.5 points)
* PENALTIES :
S1DUS*R.Kardol - receives 10.40 seconds penalty added to his finish time for minimum pit time violation.
RGˆDzidoris - receives 10 seconds penalty added to his finish time for pit exit line violation.
[GD] Wow! - receives 20 seconds penalty added to his finish time for pit exit line violation on 2 occasions.
Spiderman™ - receives 10 seconds penalty added to his finish time for pit exit line violation.
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It's been a while since a high difficulty car was featured in RTFR XL,this week it was the 6 running of the fastest aids free standard LFS car Formula V8. There were few more powerful cars latelly,however with low weight the 450 horsepower single seater is known being quite a challenge and Kyoto's longest standard configuration in reversed direction added plenty of spice to this challenge. 21 drivers qualified for the race (repeated lowest in latest 5 races),all of them stood also on grid. 5 drivers retired from this race,interestingly all within laps 6 to 9 in the race - all others run until they saw chequered flag,10 best even after completing all 39 race laps.
This race went into RTFR XL history as a driver managed to set a new all time record - for the first time ever a driver won more than 4 races in row. Gábor Was the fastest in qualifying by almost a second,scoring his 17th pole position and setting himself on path for the new record. The hungarian led the first 14 laps until his pitstop and regained the lead after his closest rival's pitstop,keeping it despite his 2nd visit of the pitlane - eventually everything was clear as Gábor crossed the finish line as race winner for the 5th time in row,15th overall,scoring also his 16th fastest lap of the race and 25th top5 finish. The combo selector used his selection to improve his best finishing result for the 2nd race in row - he finished 2nd this week,beating his last month's result by a position. The lowest step on podium was taken by fastest finn of this race - Thehemuli repeated his best position and added 6th top5 finish to his stats. Ohnifus scored his 3rd top5 finish by finishing 4th,top5 was closed by the only other driver with lead laps - Zesty scored his 5th top5 finish from 10 total race finishes,climbing a position in final results due his teammate's penalty.
* FUN FACT OF THE MONTH :
This was the 6th race with FO8 and 3rd with FO8 in Kyoto - interestingly all Kyoto races are noticable in FO8's attendance chart. The first ever visit resulted in car's lowest ever attendance number (7),the other 2 are 2 highest attended FO8 races,this week's race being just 2nd highest. It was also 3rd race in Kyoto GP Long reversed configuration - all 3 of them have been run with 3 very different mid-engined cars.
* CLOCK PITTER OF THE RACE :
Seems like it could be possible to finish this race without any pitwork,however noone attempted it and mention simply goes to owner of shortest legal pitstop time - 8th place finisher S.Martin got a new set of tyres and some fuel during his 10.06 seconds pitstop,improving also his best result in both sessions.
* FIELD RUSHER OF THE RACE :
9 positions gain during the race is the best progress,made by Jsk,who qualified 16th and rallied up to 7th position,3 positions higher gain than the one of 2nd best in this chart.
VOD at Youtube:
For the 2nd race in row the top2 finishers are locked out of combo selection,so 3rd place finisher is the one to select what we will race in 4 weeks. Thehemuli however has not submitted his choice yet - he still has time until next tuesday - once known,it will be announced in our Discord server and in next RTFR results. Winner of it however will not be able to select combo for 100th RTFR XL - this honor will be relayed to community as there will be a public poll to decide car and track for the 100 minutes long centurial race. Next week RTFR will return to it's usual 30 minutes + 1 lap distance in 353rd RTFR,running a standard car in custom track. Tuesday in 2 weeks will be mixxed cars field as a result of randomising car selection - yes,it's time for 2nd round of RandomCar!
Server has custom laptimes tracker,access the table with command ;tt