Hi everybody!

The AirAttack crew announces 2nd season of its FBM Racing Series and invites all decent people looking for some good and fair racing for fun with nice chatting before/after the event! 1st season took place only in demo configuration (that is on BL1) with one race a week for 45 laps (about one hour). Based on experience gained in organising the races the new season will bring many changes as they are summarised below:

1) Major change is moving to S2 tracks - this will open many new possibilities.

2) There will not be one long race, but two shorter races. The two races will double the chance of some nice result for everybody. a) Each race would be run for 25 minutes plus one lap with short refreshment breaks after qualification end and 1st race end. b) First race starts in qualification order, the second in reverse order of the 1st race. c) One pitstop required in each race, with obligatory tyres change.

3) Also only certain number of total races with best results will be counted (say 10 of 12). This means players may safely miss some events without losing points/positions.

4) One car reset in each race will be allowed but for a penalty - stop and go plus 30 seconds. The intention here is to let everyone finish even when he/she topples his/her car or burns the clutch. The penalties will be given in sequence (first SG and then 30 seconds) automatically by the Airio tracker. This InSim application also takes care of 25 minutes + 1 lap race format, among lots of other things. To see it in action visit www.airattack.co.uk#1, www.airattack.co.uk#2, www.airattack.co.uk#3 or [AA] AirAttack Racing servers.

A) Qualification

1) You can pit (Shift+P) as much as you want. You can also reset your car for free. Your best time stays valid even after pitting or spectating (Shift+S) and later rejoining (Shift+J), do not worry. Qualification table stays valid even if someone loses connection and reconnects.

2) You can use any setup you want, it may be different from the race setup. You can have any amount of fuel (car weight) and tyre types you want. Most of these things cannot be checked anyway so it is better to leave them open.

3) Don't forget to join (Shift+J) the race before restart. Otherwise your qualification position will be lost and you will start from the back of the pack.

B) Race

1) You should drive and try to finish the race as long as your car is moveable. Do not leave the race just because your are one (or more) laps behind the leader or spinning constantly due to hot tyres. Press F12 (instructions to pit crew, you can also turn on/off repairs there), set required tyre types and drive to pits for exchange. Then continue in the race whatever your position.

2) You cannot use direct pitting during the race (that means no Shift+P). If your car is broken after an accident, try to drive slowly and safely to the pit positions for repairs. The other option is to use car reset and then carry out the S+G penalty in the same lap (!) with 30 seconds penalty following.

3) If you have used car reset already and your car is once more unmoveable (upside down, locked in gravel, with burned clutch), your only option is to spectate (Shift+S) and clear the track. You should spectate to the end of the race then. While spectating don't chat as it disturbs the remaining players.

4) Evade dangerous manouvers, drive fair. Judge for yourself whether it wouldn't be wise to let obviously faster players overtake you without much struggling. You are not forced by these rules to let them overtake you (unless you have blue flag, naturally!) but direct blocking or moving left and right is of course out of the question. You can however, if you decide so, keep the ideal line for yourself.

5) During a pit stop you must change all your tyres. This rule is here to prevent absurd stops with no work done. To be sure the tyres are changed, set Always as tyre wear level in car settings or F12 menu.

C) Finish

1) All players that complete at least 90 percent of the race laps will be treated as finished and can get points for their final position even though the game reports them as DNF.

2) Players with less laps will be disqualified and not included in final results, even though the game may have reported them as finished.

3) After the event race statistics will be published and results confirmed, points calculated. It is not possible to do this between the two races though.

D) General

1) If you say you will race and are added to the list, make every effort to be there at the right time.

2) If you are not on the list of participants, try to connect anyway and see if there's a free spot. But make no obstructions if the race is full already. You may very well spectate the whole race, because there are more slots available for this. Don't chat with others during the race though.

3) We are not lawyers here, so do not try to misuse the rules to your advantage. This is about their meaning and not exact words used. We drive for fun and enjoyment and the rules only set basic framework for that.

4) The race organiser has the right to do some corrective actions under special circumstances. He/she can for example decide to restart the race if something went wrong in the race starting stages (lap 1).

5) If you don't adhere to the above rules or behave otherwise in an unacceptable manner, you will be excluded from the next or all upcoming enduro events. But I don't expect anyone taking part regularly will have problems with this point. It is here just to close the rules nicely.

Appended is the track plan for the first stage of the season, updated now. It consists of 12 tracks. If all goes well, it will end at the start of December.

I have tried to choose and combine tracks in a way that longer tracks are mixed with shorter ones and that there are always several different tracks before returning to an already visited racing site. I'm sure there'll be some tracks you won't be happy about (either long and boring or short and too hard in your view), but others may see just those as nice, so bear with it or skip that racing evening.