Where is your LFS installed? Might be some read only problem of a folder.

Today this car will be used for racing - it will be featured in 290th RTFR.

Full event info: https://www.lfs.net/forum/thread/100568-290th-RTFR
Livestream starts 17:50 UTC: https://twitch.tv/simbroadcasts

A reminder - 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

Some historic stats:
Last race won by: S1DUS*GáboR (2 wins in row)
Last FAIK TOPO CUP race won by: 1st race using this car
Last Fern Bay race won by: S1DUS*GáboR (276th RTFR - FO8 @ FE Black)
Most Fern Bay Gold config race wins: 11 races,11 different winners (Finland - 3 wins)
Current rating leader: S1DUS*uNite (+9 points)

2022-S2 standings after 3 of 10 races:
S1DUS*GáboR - 69
[FM]ˆﾁαtαι - 63
S1DUS*R.Kardol - 61
Event rating,standings and other statistics

Server link: Ronys Tuesdays Fun Race
Race Green Discord: https://discord.gg/E37R5vD

No need to worry - initialy you have 3 unlocks with your account,each friday you get one unlock unless you already have 3. If you reinstall OS,you can install LFS again and unlock again. You can even install LFS on multiple computers,you just cannot play online with more than one computer at a time.

Quote from TAJM :

With almost 25 years spent in the IT support field all, I can tell to you: there is a SOLUTION for this kind of TECHNICAL ISSUES, which aren't related to a debate about circumstances.

And yet you come here with texts where you state care only about your experience and post ABSOLUTELLY no suggestions about solutions.

Quote from NumberTwo :

Are usa and sa servers affected too?
Are older versions affected too?

If master server gets attacked,then yes - you cannot connect to other locations and other versions (might still stay online). If the server of specific location gets attacked,in theory old version should work as it did in old times,and also other locations. But that's my assumption based on my logic - I do not know the actual server structure.

Quote from TAJM :

We, S3 users cant enjoy our PAID presence in the multiplayer environment.
What is wrong with your eyesight?
You are acting like prefect for devs, which I don't care about.
I care about the game experience, not an explanation of the history around lfs.
Right here, right now.

I just explained simple facts. If you don't see the bigger picture,then the you're the one with problems of eyesight. But reading your "I don't care" and "I care about [ME]" this text is obviously a waste of time anyway...

Quote from TAJM :

it's a technical issue.

DDoS is not a technical issue. It's a mental health issue by some numbwits with resources they should not have.

Reminder - hosting system which currently is active,is a result of piracy! If there would not been these fake master servers luring players away from legal LFS with their "free" service,then devs would not came up with this centralized hosting system,where attacks have influence to all hosts.

The new era of V8 Racing League was launched this monday - the new car brought new challenges to drivers and with fuel tank too small for full distance,the race got a small tactics addition. And yet when compared to last race at same track with old car,the distance completion took just 11 seconds longer than 2019 when running old Formula V8 - despite reduction of aero downforce,the new car is practically on par with old one,at least in Westhill. One interesting fact shows that drivers were focusing rather on car than competition - between best 12 finishers,only positions 3 to 7 were shuffled,rest finished in same position they started.

Last year's second best driver was the one to beat this year in round one - Fatal set a track record during practice before the event,even if he could not get close to it in qualifying,he still was the fastest and the only one beating 1:38 mark. But it must have been race start stress as he made mistake on lap one and gave up the lead,but regained it after the temporary leader also made a mistake - the finn led the remaining 33 laps to become the 1st winner with turbocharged car in this league,scoring his 2nd VERL race win. The defending champion Gábor did not do as much practice as the racewinner,that might be the reason of his performance - he made several mistakes and finished over half a second behind,settling just for 2nd place finish. His teammate Unite finished 3rd and was one of 3 drivers with positions gain during race.


First round is just the first sign of things what could happen during the season - standings is currently led by Fatal,who is 5 points ahead of defending champion Gábor,Unite is another 3 points behind. Best rookie is Motimoukari,who finished 10th overall,in rookie of the year standings he leads by 3 points over his teammate LG-mies.

The defending 2-time teams champions Team S1dus scored once again most points with their 2nd and 3rd place finishes. They lead the standings by 9 points over Fragmasters,which is a single driver team in this league so far. 3rd in teams table is MRc,13 points behind lead. Nations cup seems to be the most boring championship once again - Finland scored 36 of 39 possible points and leads by 19 points over Hungary,3rd is Malaysia,which is another 5 points behind.

2nd round of the series will be held in the probably the most difficult track of the season - again forklifts and container trucks have left Blackwood to free up space for VERL action. The 2.5 kilometer temporary course in the container storage area is run on very bumpy surface and twists between stacks of containers. One of the big challenges is the variating width of the track - the front stretch feels like football field wide,while the track narrows to 3-cars width after turn one,which also will trouble drivers,who are too used to strong downforce of old car. Drivers have 2 weeks of practice to learn how to deal with these challenges.

Qualifying:


Race:


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Deadline for protests - tuesday,20:00 UTC

Quote from Tomsteel :

...and hopefully a more polished editor to be released in order to avoid wasting time for temporary solutions in regards of texturing.

There is no info so far that there would be any plans regarding editor update.

Thank you - all 3 submitted liveries included in the 1st non-WIP version of the mod.
If someone still decides to make a public skin for this car,feel free to post it in this thread - someone still might like it and use it for racing.

Server is now passworded and password has been sent to all entrants via PM.

If someone hasn't received it due some mistake,please give a notification!

Signups are still open (until 17:20 UTC raceday) and new entries will receive PM at some point during sunday/monday.

The start of the new V8 Racing League era is set to start this monday and the new cars are ready and delivered to the racers - after using the slighly lighter high downforce Formula V8,drivers have to adapt to car with more power but also less aerodynamic downfroce assistance. The comparision graphic should be a good first guide of understanding the differences between old and new cars,rest ist just practice. Having a new car also means one difficulty unknown to long time LFS racers - there is not a big setups base where you can start with well set up car right away,so racers have to create something out of the base setup delivered together with the car. Current signups list is not big,but already consists of the series defending champion and 4 other previous round winners - so the competition still has a potential of intrigue filled racing.

Series of this year will start with a round that has been run just in the inaugural season of the league - Westhill 200,as due the car change it was decided to retire the old Westhill GP round. The International configuration of Westhill has plenty of high speed turns and few slower sections - with less downforce of the new cars the high speed curves will turn into enduring long turns instead of flat out sweepers,while exiting slower corners drivers will have to be careful with their throttle pedals as despite wide rear tyres,the car still tends to go wild on full power.

Round info:
Track: WE International (WE2)
Laps: 35
Previous winners: RGˆRony (2015)

VERL 2022 results and standings

Server info and password will be PM'ed saturday to all entrants,until then server remains publically accessible:
V8 Racing League
VERL 2022 signups
Race Green Discord

You can create a new account with a proper (in public areas accepted) name and ask developers to transfer your licence status to that. I recall there have been few such cases before,accepted if a name change was really needed. Try your luck by using the contact us form at the bottom of this website.

Qualifying:


Race:


Winner:


Race statistics / RTFR .mpr folder / Event rating and other statistics (will be updated later this week)


After racing well known standard tracks last several races,RTFR offered something different for this race - racing on public roads using LFS's only road legal standard car. The tricky midengined lightweight roadster alone is challenging,but the 2-lanes wide twisty and elevating course spiced the challenge even more. Avoiding mistakes was the key to success this time - some did it better than others.

This was a success day for Gábor - he picked up all the achievements possible for a single driver,but when looking at fastest laptimes,his advantage wasn't that big. But still he led all 18 racelaps and finished with exactly 10 seconds gap over closest rival to start his 3rd RTFR winning streak - in 2 weeks he will have a chance to score his first ever 3 win streak. This was Gábor's 17th race win overall,8th in last 14 races,besides that he scored his 12th pole position and also 12th fastest lap of the race,and rounded his top5 count to 30. Rest of the podium positions were taken by winner's teammates,the 2 rivals in 2021 standings - R.Kardol once again was ahead and took 2nd place finish to score his 61st top5 counter,Unite took 3rd place and scored his 63rd top5 finish. 4th place was taken by a 4-time RTFR racewinner,who returned to the event series after bigger break to score his 10th top5 finish - A.Valta's previous race here was 142nd RTFR (december 2016),where he finished 2nd to SimBroadcasts's founder. Top5 was closed by only winless driver between yesterday's best 5 - Lorenzo scored his 2nd ever RTFR top5 finish barely beating current standings leader over finish line.

VOD at Youtube:


RTFR action will return in 2 weeks - with the usual every 3rd race is run with a mod car system,this is the only hint available here,more you can get when carefully watching the broadcast. But next week RGE will offer different action - on the monday VERL will launch it's 8th season,which as most might already know,does not feature FO8 anymore. More details,schedule and signups can be found in the V8 Racing League forum section!

Don't forget to make another version as a tribute to the great movie,which made this car so popular!

This mod is just a derivative,so you should make these suggestions to the original: https://www.lfs.net/files/vehmods/6E220B

A reminder - 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

Some historic stats:
Last race won by: S1DUS*GáboR
Last RAC race won by: S1DUS*Botsi (259th RTFR - RO Oval)
Most RAC race wins: TEM/Y.Laprevotte & S1DUS*Botsi - 2 wins (Finland - 4 wins)
Last Westhill race won by: [FM]ˆﾁαtαι (285th RTFR - RB4 @ WE International)
Most Westhill roads config race wins: TEM/Y.Laprevotte & [TC-R] P.Butcher - 3 wins (Finland & United Kingdom - 3 wins)
Current rating leader: S1DUS*uNite (+17 points)

2022-S2 standings after 2 of 10 races:
[FM]ˆﾁαtαι - 48
S1DUS*GáboR - 45
S1DUS*R.Kardol - 41
Event rating,standings and other statistics

Server link: Ronys Tuesdays Fun Race
Race Green Discord: https://discord.gg/E37R5vD

Answer is very simple - you need S3 license to use mods with LFS.

Quote from r3zp3k7 :

when will we get a better hosting system?

What exactly do you mean with "better hosting system"? A decenterized like it used to be,so the pirates can make a fake master server once again,earning money from LFS devs' work while devs are earning nothing from the pirated version users? Or do you have a better concept than current one?

For those,who missed the livestream,here's video on demand on youtube to see this car in action:


The laptime of 2:31.32 is currently the best known laptime around KY3R track,so feel free to compare your skills with it!

Qualifying:


Race:


Winner:


Race statistics / RTFR XL .mpr folder / Event rating and other statistics (will be updated during the week)


With addition of mods,the car classes versatility has grown and yesterday RTFR featured first ever race (besides two in the experimental RTFR-CCCC) with sportscar/prototype class car. Unfortunatelly as usually with difficult cars the interest to take the challenge was low,as the lightweight late 60ies/early 70ies sportscar does not feature slick tyres,making the racing difficult. Since it's one of these love it or hate it cars,there were few drivers who enjoyed this challenge,not between those was the one who selected it,shame on you...

The current standings 2nd place owner R.Kardol started from outside of front row and regained his position in 1st lap after losing it due bad start. Later in the race he used leader's mistake and slipped in lead,which he kept until finish line to score his 9th RTFR XL racewin,setting also fastest lap of the race,which is his 8th - both are 2nd highest values in event's history. Besides these,it was also R.Kardol's 32nd top5 finish - he still leads this chart. FM's Fatal was the fastest in qualifying,setting currently fastest known laptime in this combo and scoring his first ever pole position in RTFR XL. He had a great start leaving the competition behind early,but lost the lead after 7 laps due his own mistake and despite trying hard to catch the new leader,he could not keep pace high enough to regain lead and had to settle for 2nd place finish,which is a repeat of his best result in this event,8th top5 finish in Fatal's account. The bottom step on podium was taken by Unite,who had a fair share of advantures until he finished,that's 17th top5 finish for the previous winner. P.Koivunen had a good race running,but lost lots of time on his own mistake,which was also cought on stream - still 4th position is 4 positions better than his previous best finish here,while 3rd place in qualifying was a repeat of best achievement. Top5 was closed by the event host,who was the only driver to finish in same position he started - 27th top5 finish added to his achievements.

* FUN FACT OF THE MONTH :
This was a race with interesting coincidental numbers for the numerologists - the 69th event was held on a date 6.9. using a car named Wessex R69SP. Unfortunatelly track was more than twice too long to have a chance for 69 laps distance,but surely most drivers were quite tired after 69 minutes of racing,having another difficult 8-9 minutes ahead...

* CLOCK PITTER OF THE RACE :
Being the 1st driver to do a non-damage repair motivated pitstop,Unite made also the shortest legal pitstop,spending 10.08 seconds in the pitstall with mechanics just lazily watching the standing car. He was one of 3 drivers not needing any pitwork at all,both others also finished in top5,just in opposite ends.

* FIELD RUSHER OF THE RACE :
Gábor used the advantage of being previous race winner to join the race without qualifying. After eventful race he was classified 8th despite not completing last lap,making 10 positions gain between green lights and chequered flag.

VOD at Youtube:


In 4 weeks in the 70th RTFR XL we will race one of the rare S1 combos - LX4 will be raced around Fern Bay's longest standard configuration Black in reversed direction,featuring 27 laps race. Despite still being a handful car,the LX4 surely will be quite a lot simpler to race and therefor more atractive to drivers not liking a difficult challenge. But between now and then there will be at least 3 other events from out side. Next tuesday normal RTFR will return with one of the LFS's standard cars - some might already found info about the combo,rest have to wait patiently until the weekend. But in less than 2 weeks on monday the new era of VERL will start as the 8th season of this league will feature a new car. More infos and signups can be found on VERL forum section,while server with round 1 combo is online and up for testing!

Today this car will be featured in RTFR XL,selected by winner of previous race - Mantas.



Full info: https://www.lfs.net/forum/thread/100216-69th-RTFR-XL
Broadcast starts 17:50 UTC: https://www.twitch.tv/simbroadcasts

For those who are curious how much different the new car is compared to Formula V8,here's a comparision graphic:

Series schedule:
19.09. Round 1 - Westhill 200 (WE International, 35 laps)
03.10. Round 2 - Containa Grand Prix of Blackwood (BL Container Sprint*, 80 laps)
17.10. Round 3 - Caribbean 200 (FE Gold, 57 laps)
31.10. Round 4 - Aston Classic Challenge (AS National, 36 laps)
14.11. Round 5 - South City 200 (SO City Long Reversed, 50 laps)
* Custom configuration layout attached

Timetable:
17:30 UTC / 19:30 CET / 20:30 EET - 20 minutes of qualifying
18:00 UTC / 20:00 CET / 21:00 EET - race start
* due daylight saving time change in Europe,the UTC time of rounds 4 and 5 will be accordingly 18:30 and 19:00!
* times of posted CET and EET timezones are the current times at the date - summer time in rounds 1-3,winter time in rounds 4-5.
* IMPORTANT NOTE: if you are not familiar with either CET or EET timezones,always refer to UTC to convert the correct event time to your timezone! Calendar of lfs.net website's leagues section always shows right time for your timezone!

Special notes on qualifying:
- If there is no full 40 car grid,drivers championship's top 10 drivers will be allowed to start from end of the grid if joined late and missed qualification. For 1st round last year's top 10 driver's can use this option.
- To qualify for the race drivers have to set a laptime during qualifying session within 112% of best laptime of the qualifying session. This does not affect championship's top 10 drivers as they may start the race without qualifying or with laptime outside 112% of best laptime.


Championships:
VERL Drivers Champion - awarded to a driver with the most points scored through all 5 rounds,including attendance bonus points
VERL Teams Champion - awarded to a team with the most points scored through all 5 rounds (team will score all points from it's 2 highest finished drivers and all round bonus points)
VERL Nations Cup Winner - awarded to a nation with the most points scored through all 5 rounds (nation will score all points from it's 2 highest finished drivers and all round bonus points)
VERL Rookie of the Year - awarded to a driver,who hasn't started a single VERL race before this season,with the most points scored through all 5 rounds,including attendance bonus points. Rookie status will be marked in championship standings sheet in series spreadsheets (link in "Miscellaneous info" section of this post)

In all championships - in case of a tie,higher rated will be driver/team/nation with highest finishing position,if equal - it's amount,if equal - second highest position etc. If all finishing positions happen to be equal,higher rated will be selected using same system from qualifying results. If they also happen to be equal then as a tie-breaker will be used last round finishing position. In case a tied driver had a disqualification in one or more rounds,it counts as a primary rating lowering factor,when deciding tiebreak.


Prizes:
Drivers Championship best 3 drivers will be awarded with money prizes:
1st place - 40€
2nd place - 20€
3rd place - 10€
* money prizes will be payed out only via SEPA bank transfer (available only in Europe) or via PayPal!
* money prizes will be payed out at the end of season (after final standings are posted)
* money prize will be revoked if the earner has been banned from series


Points System:
Finishing points:
1st - 20 points
2nd - 17 points
3rd - 14 points
4th - 12 points
5th - 10 points
6th - 9 points
7th - 8 points
8th - 7 points
9th - 6 points
10th - 5 points
11th - 4 points
12th - 3 points
13th - 2 points
14th-40th - 1 point
In order to receive finishing points,driver must complete full 2/3 (66.67%) of race distance with single run!

Points reducement system:
*in case there 8 or less participants in qualifying,race distance and available points will be halved.
1st - 10 points
2nd - 8 points
3rd - 6 points
4th - 5 points
5th - 4 points
6th - 3 point
7th - 2 point
8th-17th - 1 point
(points for more positions available just in case of late joins)
* also here completion of 2/3 (66.67%) from reduced race distance with single run is required to score finishing points!

Round bonus points:
Qualification win - 1 point (if qualifying time is equal,both/all will receive this bonus point)
Fastest lap in race - 1 point (if laptime is equal,both/all will receive this bonus point)

Championship bonus points:
Attendance in all 5 rounds - 2 points
Attendance in 4 rounds - 1 point
* Attendance counts if a driver has started the race


Rules:
We will not make a mile long rule book that noone will read completely anyway,so we will rely on common sence of competitors to behave and follow the basic Rules of Clean Racing. There will not be an admin in server who will specifically observe drivers' behaviour during the race,so any action will be made only after protest while all retirements will be investigated automatically. If any incidents reported/protested,we will take individual approach to each of them to decide best fair resolution or punishment if needed.

Basic guidelines as a reminder:
> Blue flag - you may not deny/block a passing manouvre of laping car and try a repass right after it. In qualification it means - stay off racing line and don't disturb drivers on hotlap.
> Shortcuts - 2 wheels on track at all times. Track is mostly marked by white lines,while also curbs count towards track. Overtaking outside track limits counts as illegal and will be penalized in case of a protest.
> Contacts - have to be avoided at all costs as always when racing open wheel cars,that includes also bumpdrafting.
> Pit exit - allthough there will be no mandatory pitstop in this league,due smaller fuel tank pitting will be needed,so pit exit lines will have to be respected - drivers may not cross the pit exit line with more than 2 wheels and have to make way for cars racing at full speed. Failing to comply with this rule will award them with 10s penalty,while causing incidents will result in bigger penalty. Pit entry lines will not be monitored,they serve just as guidelines.
> Chatting - it's not completely outruled,but still drivers are expected to concentrate on racing. In case of too much chatting while ignoring messages asking to cease chatting,a penalty may be given. In case of any abusive/offensive language a penalty will be given! Any in server present observers/spectators are not allowed to chat at all during race session!
> Lags - if there are any connection issues,driver will be asked to improve (close internet using programs). If driver will be considered as dangerous due to unstable connection and high ping,he will not be allowed to participate at the current round.
> Hacks/cheats - if used,you will not race with us. Ever. As simple as that.

Possible penalties:
> WARNING - any minor infraction that needs to be noted without penalty. Warned driver might receive bigger penalty for other infractions.
> 10s added to finish time - minor infractions,like illegal passing,pit exit line violation,too much chatting.
> 30s added to finish time - medium infractions,like causing avoidable incident[s] without serious consequences,illegal passing.
> 60s added to finish time (1 lap penalty in rounds 2 and 3) - medium infractions,like causing avoidable incident[s] with consequences to other drivers (like damage,multiple position loss) or unsportsmanlike behaviour.
> Disqualification for 1 or more rounds - heavy infractions,multiple incidents,unsportsmanlike behaviour. After serving disqualification,driver will automatically carry a "warning" for the rest of season.
> Series exclusion (including ban for any other events run under Race Green Events control) - serious infractions like intentional/revenge wrecking,event sabotage and any other malicious act.


Signing up:
In order to compete in VERL 2022,you have to visit VERL 2022 Signups thread and fill the registration form.


Miscellaneous info:
> We will not use any numbers,skin requirements or official names in our league. But still feel free to use the attached VERL logo (the one without shadows) on skins if you wish!
> Signup tracking and all the standings will be found in VERL 2022 spreadsheets.
> Signed up drivers will receive server information and password at least 24h before round start (usually saturday european time) via PM on this forum! Make sure you have enabled PM receiving! Server will be online without password until then.
> Series will be run using the latest stable version of LFS (currently 0.7D).
> All information above can be changed,if so,a notification will be posted about it!

League server: V8 Racing League(Online)

Last edited by Eclipsed, Sun, 11 Sep 2022 15:31. Reason : Updated web logo and added skin kit for the car