Round 1, Kyoto National Reversed
Track Specifications
Circuit Length: 5.138 km | Track Map
Safety Car In-Race Position: End of Pitlane
1st Safety Car Line: Start of Turn 13 / Start of Oval Turn 3
2nd Safety Car Line: End of Turn 1 / End of Oval Turn 1
Safety Car Maximum Speed: 180 kph / 110 mph
Virtual Safety Car Maximum Speed: 80 kph / 49 mph
Pit Lane Speed: 80 kph / 49 mph
Red Flag line: 2m in front of Grid Position 13
Practice Start Location: End of Pitlane
Event Timetable
13:35 UTC: Free Practice - 20 minutes
14:05 UTC: Qualifying 1 - 20 minutes - All Cars
14:32 UTC: Qualifying 2 - 10 minutes - Top 10 from Q1 - Starts 5 minutes after last car enteres pitlane in Q1.
14:50 UTC: Driver Briefing
15:00 UTC: Race - 60 laps (308.28 km)
Event Specifics
1. Alerting the Administration:
Use @sc to alert administration to look at your car or the section of track you were in when you use the @sc command. The command will tell the administration what location you're at.
2. Communications:
All drivers are required to be in the NDR TeamSpeak server: teamspeak.newdimensionracing.com - Race Control messages will be broadcast to anyone in a channel in the Pit Wall in TS. If you would like a subchannel for your team or friendly drivers, please let us know and we will create one.
Make sure you have your race number and/or your LFS username as your nickname on TeamSpeak
3. Broadcast
This race will be broadcasted by Sim Broadcasts: https://twitch.tv/simbroadcasts
They will be in the NDR TeamSpeak. You are invited to be interviewed on stream during the breaks between sessions. Please follow their terms listed at https://simbroadcasts.tv/voice - we will apply those to our Commentary Box area.
4. Driver Naming:
Be sure to be in your proper name format Number, pipe, then nickname [eg. 00 | dekojester].
The car number and your nickname must be in grey or white. Your pipe should be in the closest colour to the predominant colour of your car skin.
5. Practice Starts
Drivers are permitted to take practice starts at the location notified above, any time the pit exit is open. Drivers taking practice starts should pull up to the chalk line that marks the spot, and wait for a clear path to take their practice start. Cars in the exit lane have right of way over cars preparing for a practice start.
6. Virtual Safety Car Test
There will be a test Virtual Safety Car deployment in the free practice session, starting about 5 minutes remaining in the session. All drivers are encouraged to participate in this test.
7. Pit Entry and Pit Exit
On pit entry, all parts of the car and wheels must be on the apron of Turn 13 from the first Safety Car line, marked by three green cones each side of the apron and course.
On pit exit, all parts of the car and wheels must be on the apron of Turn 1 from the pit exit to the second safety car line, marked by three green cones each side of the apron and course.
The yellow lines extending from the apron to the track are guide lines only, and may be crossed.
8. Qualifying Procedure
The course is open for laps from the session start until the time has elapsed. The pit exit will close at the chequered flag. No driver should exit the pitlane without sufficient time to start a timed lap.
9. Race Start:
Each race will have one formation lap, followed by a standing start.
When the default LFS lights turn green, pull away from your grid slot and do one lap, return to the grid area. Stop at the furthest available grid slot. Once all cars are in position, the Starter will initiate the start sequence. An insim head-up display will appear, with five darkened lights. After 5 seconds, each light will illuminate red at one second intervals. After a pause of between 3 and 7 seconds, the lights will extinguish and the race will be started.
10. Safety Car:
During safety car deployments, the Race Director will permit lapped cars to unlap themselves. Listen for instructions on this procedure. Cars instructed to overtake must do so safely, and must maintain their position relative to other cars that were waved around.
On Restarts, the Safety Car will pull away from the field after Turn 7. It must not be overtaken before it crosses the 1st Safety Car line.
Overtaking is not permitted on all restarts until YOU have crossed the start-finish line.
11. End of Race
After finishing the race, please slow WELL BELOW racing speeds after Turn 1 and proceed to pit lane. The top 3 shall report back to Start / Finish Line for podium pose.
Top three and anyone else wishing to be interviewed on the broadcast should join the Commentary Box Waiting Room, and one of the commentators will move you to the Commentary Box.
12. Miscellany:
Do NOT under any circumstances Shift+P or Shift+S from on course during the race without authorization from Race Control.
You do NOT need permission to retire once you are in the pit lane.
If you suffer a lost connection or timeout from the server, you are permitted to rejoin the race, and we will add your completed laps to your car once you've rejoined.
Please post any procedural questions in this thread.
Good luck!
Track Specifications
Circuit Length: 5.138 km | Track Map
Safety Car In-Race Position: End of Pitlane
1st Safety Car Line: Start of Turn 13 / Start of Oval Turn 3
2nd Safety Car Line: End of Turn 1 / End of Oval Turn 1
Safety Car Maximum Speed: 180 kph / 110 mph
Virtual Safety Car Maximum Speed: 80 kph / 49 mph
Pit Lane Speed: 80 kph / 49 mph
Red Flag line: 2m in front of Grid Position 13
Practice Start Location: End of Pitlane
Event Timetable
13:35 UTC: Free Practice - 20 minutes
14:05 UTC: Qualifying 1 - 20 minutes - All Cars
14:32 UTC: Qualifying 2 - 10 minutes - Top 10 from Q1 - Starts 5 minutes after last car enteres pitlane in Q1.
14:50 UTC: Driver Briefing
15:00 UTC: Race - 60 laps (308.28 km)
Event Specifics
1. Alerting the Administration:
Use @sc to alert administration to look at your car or the section of track you were in when you use the @sc command. The command will tell the administration what location you're at.
2. Communications:
All drivers are required to be in the NDR TeamSpeak server: teamspeak.newdimensionracing.com - Race Control messages will be broadcast to anyone in a channel in the Pit Wall in TS. If you would like a subchannel for your team or friendly drivers, please let us know and we will create one.
Make sure you have your race number and/or your LFS username as your nickname on TeamSpeak
3. Broadcast
This race will be broadcasted by Sim Broadcasts: https://twitch.tv/simbroadcasts
They will be in the NDR TeamSpeak. You are invited to be interviewed on stream during the breaks between sessions. Please follow their terms listed at https://simbroadcasts.tv/voice - we will apply those to our Commentary Box area.
4. Driver Naming:
Be sure to be in your proper name format Number, pipe, then nickname [eg. 00 | dekojester].
The car number and your nickname must be in grey or white. Your pipe should be in the closest colour to the predominant colour of your car skin.
5. Practice Starts
Drivers are permitted to take practice starts at the location notified above, any time the pit exit is open. Drivers taking practice starts should pull up to the chalk line that marks the spot, and wait for a clear path to take their practice start. Cars in the exit lane have right of way over cars preparing for a practice start.
6. Virtual Safety Car Test
There will be a test Virtual Safety Car deployment in the free practice session, starting about 5 minutes remaining in the session. All drivers are encouraged to participate in this test.
7. Pit Entry and Pit Exit
On pit entry, all parts of the car and wheels must be on the apron of Turn 13 from the first Safety Car line, marked by three green cones each side of the apron and course.
On pit exit, all parts of the car and wheels must be on the apron of Turn 1 from the pit exit to the second safety car line, marked by three green cones each side of the apron and course.
The yellow lines extending from the apron to the track are guide lines only, and may be crossed.
8. Qualifying Procedure
The course is open for laps from the session start until the time has elapsed. The pit exit will close at the chequered flag. No driver should exit the pitlane without sufficient time to start a timed lap.
9. Race Start:
Each race will have one formation lap, followed by a standing start.
When the default LFS lights turn green, pull away from your grid slot and do one lap, return to the grid area. Stop at the furthest available grid slot. Once all cars are in position, the Starter will initiate the start sequence. An insim head-up display will appear, with five darkened lights. After 5 seconds, each light will illuminate red at one second intervals. After a pause of between 3 and 7 seconds, the lights will extinguish and the race will be started.
10. Safety Car:
During safety car deployments, the Race Director will permit lapped cars to unlap themselves. Listen for instructions on this procedure. Cars instructed to overtake must do so safely, and must maintain their position relative to other cars that were waved around.
On Restarts, the Safety Car will pull away from the field after Turn 7. It must not be overtaken before it crosses the 1st Safety Car line.
Overtaking is not permitted on all restarts until YOU have crossed the start-finish line.
11. End of Race
After finishing the race, please slow WELL BELOW racing speeds after Turn 1 and proceed to pit lane. The top 3 shall report back to Start / Finish Line for podium pose.
Top three and anyone else wishing to be interviewed on the broadcast should join the Commentary Box Waiting Room, and one of the commentators will move you to the Commentary Box.
12. Miscellany:
Do NOT under any circumstances Shift+P or Shift+S from on course during the race without authorization from Race Control.
You do NOT need permission to retire once you are in the pit lane.
If you suffer a lost connection or timeout from the server, you are permitted to rejoin the race, and we will add your completed laps to your car once you've rejoined.
Please post any procedural questions in this thread.
Good luck!