Not real picky there...huh? Race, drift, cruise? Website, forums, servers, etc?
Thanks for the kind words!
For those that don't know who or what LOTA is, allow me to enlighten you!
The League of the Americas was started to provide quality league racing for the Americas (North, Central, and South America)...i.e. the Western Hemisphere. Almost all of the LFS leagues either run on the weekends mid-day, or run in the middle of the week at times Western Hemisphere drivers cannot make. With the NAL closing, we knew we needed a league we could race in that was convenient to our available race times.
Initially, we started out open to Western Hemisphere drivers, mainly because of our traditional race time (Thursdays at 9:30 PM EST, GMT-5) . However, as the league grew, we felt it was time to open the league to the whole LFS community. Following the announcement about the BF1 Sprint Series and the StreetStock Cup that started in November, LOTA has been open to the international community for all of it's racing.
We've completed 8 different premier championship seasons so far, including:
Formula V8 Challenge - qual-sprint-feature events for the FO8, two 8-race seasons
Formula XR Challenge - qual-sprint-feature events for the FOX, one 8-race season
MRT Custom Course Cup - One season of ten, 3-sprint events (reverse grids) on custom made courses at the Autocross arena with a custom pit procedure.
Grand Touring Cup (GTC) - One season of 8 qual-race events, feature the GTRs, and championship leveling weight ballasts. Individual and squad titles.
GTC Sportsman Series - Based on the GTC, this was an 8-event series featuring the GTRs, but this was hardcore racing...no ballasts, no required pits. Individual and squad titles.
GTC Club Series - Based on the GTC, this was an 8-event series featuring the GTRs, but this was more club style, with IRB (intake restrictions & ballast) to even the field from race to race. Individual and squad titles.
Monday Night Random Combo Cup - One 8-event series with random road cars (XFG, XRG, XRT, RB4, MRT, etc) on random tracks. One of the drivers was selected to chose a number corresponding to a pre-set list. Practice session, qual session, race session. Individual title only.
In addition, we've completed 5 different mini-championship seasons so far, including:
RallyCross Championship - 4-event series in the RB4 on rally tracks in LFS. Qual sessions, 45 minute races w/ 2 pitstops. Individual and squad titles.
MicroGTR Shootout - 4-event series in the XFR & UFR on mid-sized tracks. Qual sessions, 45 minute race sessions w/ mandatory pits. Individual and squad titles.
StreetStock Cup - 4-event series on Mondays in the XFG/XRG cars, with random track selection. Qual sessions & 45 minute race sessions. Individual title only.
BF1 Sprint Series - 4-event series for harcore BF1 racing. Qual sessions, 45 minute race sessions w/o pits. Individual title only.
We are currently completing our latest two mini-series, the AutoX Skill Challenge (4 different cars on custom made autocross tracks), and Luigi's UF1 Pizza Delivery Tournament (45 minute races in the UF1 that rewards for extra pit stops).
We are also putting the final touches on our next premier series, which will be in the FO8s in a GP1/GP2 format.
The League of the Americas has been running races for 1-1/2 years, completing nearly 90 league races so far. We are well supported by CoRe Racing and S3R Racing in terms of server support (up to 4 LFS servers and one 24-slot Vent server) and a group of dedicated admins. Nolan Scott's BigTime Productions does all of our video coverage for series previews and reviews. We have an automated Racing League Manager (RLM) that streamlines series registration, race protests, and results/stats/standings display to assist you in getting all the information you need to race with us. This is a very well organized league that is open to everyone.
For more information on LOTA and it's racing series, please visit out website!
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Wow...pretty nice lineup you have there, Kevin.
The developers are currently looking into making the service such that private leagues/races can be setup by individuals. This was one of the most important feature that I thought iRacing didn't have that made LFS and similar sims so much better in terms of community feel.
Sure, in the current system, you'll develop another group of friends, but with so many of the current beta testers coming from several different sim backgrounds, I can't see how the iR devs could leave the private league feature out for very long.
Nope, the SK Modifed is a purpose built oval racer. Very low CG, chassis is offset to the left, huge horsepower and very wide rubber. Some of the early modifieds had the engine mounted offset to the left also, but the SK is modeled after modern modifieds.
CoRe FTW!
Updated score:
CoRe - 2
TDRT - 2
Spdo/CD - 0
Updated score:
CoRe - 2
TDRT - 2
Spdo/CD - 0
Fischfix, what your getting at may appear to be evening the cars out over 130 laps, but what about mid-race competition? What about SC periods? What about drafting?
If you remove 2% of the intake from the FZR, it may end up being close to the XRR in the end because of different weight and fuel strategies, but during the middle of a run, the XRR will simply blast on by.
Rarely do oval races go 130 laps caution free, so you need to balance the cars by lap time and let the teams pick their poison relative to the other factors.
If you remove 2% of the intake from the FZR, it may end up being close to the XRR in the end because of different weight and fuel strategies, but during the middle of a run, the XRR will simply blast on by.
Rarely do oval races go 130 laps caution free, so you need to balance the cars by lap time and let the teams pick their poison relative to the other factors.
Go here: http://www.lfs-lota.net/index. ... ;sa=series;sr=about;id=31
Under the AutoX banner, there will be a menu bar with a "Register" button.
Please make sure to read the LOTA General and Series Specific Rules.
Under the AutoX banner, there will be a menu bar with a "Register" button.
Please make sure to read the LOTA General and Series Specific Rules.
What day/time were you thinking for this banger league?
PM me.
PM me.
Could be because the camera is actually focused on Toyo9J at a time where he may have been going backwards. There is a short time where you can see the front of the car when it is going backwards from chase view. 
That sucks....always thought Adaptive was one of the better new teams to come around in a while. Good luck to all of you!
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Team Name: CoRe Racing #2
Car Number: 35
Drivers:
P.Diaz [PMD9409] USA
P.Villeneuve [PhilS13] CAN
D.Nikolin [RRT RABBIT] SRB
K.Malcomson [B11TME] GBR
Car Number: 35
Drivers:
P.Diaz [PMD9409] USA
P.Villeneuve [PhilS13] CAN
D.Nikolin [RRT RABBIT] SRB
K.Malcomson [B11TME] GBR
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With less than a week to go, there are still plenty of spots open in each series. The AutoX series is at about 33% capacity and Luigi's UF1 series is at 53% capacity. If you're interested in some fun racing series, come race with LOTA!
Agreed...would like to see some differentiation via team name styling...something like:
From your site/forums:
Good to see a new team with more than one driver and with some goals for what qualities you are looking for in recruits.
Good luck with ICON Racing!
Good to see a new team with more than one driver and with some goals for what qualities you are looking for in recruits.
Good luck with ICON Racing!
Two New Fun Mini-Series To Start Soon!
With the Grand Touring Cup Sportsman & Club, and the Monday Night Random Combo Cup recently concluded, it's time to start thinking of the next fun mini-series. We've done some serious racing for quite a while. Now, it's time to kick back and have a bit 'o fun! LOTA Presents the AutoX Skill Challenge and Luigi's UF1 Pizza Delivery Tournament.
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The LOTA AutoX Skill Challenge is a mini-series comprised of 4 events in the form of traditional autocross races. Drivers will experience man & car versus the clock & competitors on single lap courses with typical cone layouts that the drivers will see for the first time each event as the practice runs commence. The series is open to 32 drivers, and will be contested over 2 servers to allow each driver to get a practice run in before multiple timed runs to set your best lap time in a highly structured and controlled autocross environment. The LOTA standard points table will be utilized to rank the drivers during the season.
As a LOTA mini-series, the AXSC race format will consist of a 25 minute session of practice runs, followed by an hour long timed-lap session. The series will run over four consecutive weeks on Mondays. This series will use LOTA League Server 1 & 2.
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Think forty-five minutes to an hour for delivery is too long? Perhaps. How about when you're driving a UF1000 with 31 of your closest pizza chain competitors? Now you're talking! Delivering pizza is always a fast and frantic activity, and we're going to see if you can do it faster than that other pizza joint down the street.
Luigi's UF1 Pizza Delivery Tournament is a mini-series comprised of 4 delivery nights where you can choose to deliver the most pizzas, or simply get two pizzas delivered as fast as possible. Drivers must deliver at least two pizzas each race, and if they so choose, they can deliver even more for a bonus. Each extra pizza delivered (via pitstops), will be rewarded with extra points toward the title of Pizza Delivery King!
As a LOTA mini-series, the race format will consist of a 25 minute qualifying session, followed by a forty-five minute scramble to get the pizzas to the public! The series will run over four consecutive weeks on Thursdays. This series will use LOTA League Server 1.
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The LOTA AutoX Skill Challenge is a mini-series comprised of 4 events in the form of traditional autocross races. Drivers will experience man & car versus the clock & competitors on single lap courses with typical cone layouts that the drivers will see for the first time each event as the practice runs commence. The series is open to 32 drivers, and will be contested over 2 servers to allow each driver to get a practice run in before multiple timed runs to set your best lap time in a highly structured and controlled autocross environment. The LOTA standard points table will be utilized to rank the drivers during the season.
As a LOTA mini-series, the AXSC race format will consist of a 25 minute session of practice runs, followed by an hour long timed-lap session. The series will run over four consecutive weeks on Mondays. This series will use LOTA League Server 1 & 2.
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Think forty-five minutes to an hour for delivery is too long? Perhaps. How about when you're driving a UF1000 with 31 of your closest pizza chain competitors? Now you're talking! Delivering pizza is always a fast and frantic activity, and we're going to see if you can do it faster than that other pizza joint down the street.
Luigi's UF1 Pizza Delivery Tournament is a mini-series comprised of 4 delivery nights where you can choose to deliver the most pizzas, or simply get two pizzas delivered as fast as possible. Drivers must deliver at least two pizzas each race, and if they so choose, they can deliver even more for a bonus. Each extra pizza delivered (via pitstops), will be rewarded with extra points toward the title of Pizza Delivery King!
As a LOTA mini-series, the race format will consist of a 25 minute qualifying session, followed by a forty-five minute scramble to get the pizzas to the public! The series will run over four consecutive weeks on Thursdays. This series will use LOTA League Server 1.
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Registration for each series is now open!
Stay tuned over the next few days for a complete procedure/rule set for each series. Good luck!
Stay tuned over the next few days for a complete procedure/rule set for each series. Good luck!
Nah, more like 3-6AM our time when normal humans not racing online in 24 hour events should be sleeping. :sleep2:
:sleep2:Yep, that's the idea. 
Testing out the two car thing in IGTC in three weeks. Also, having two fast international drivers like Darko and Keith sure will help with some of those late night sessions of the 24hrs.
Testing out the two car thing in IGTC in three weeks. Also, having two fast international drivers like Darko and Keith sure will help with some of those late night sessions of the 24hrs.Convenient how they blurred out the Logitech logo on the wheel center hub and replaced the Blackwood sign on the bridge over the S/F with a Festo sign.
Interesting rig though.
Interesting rig though.
Welcome to the team Darko and Keith! We all look forward to racing with you two fast cats!
If a car flips, he should spectate immediately with no SC. If a car crashes and is damaged to the point where they can get back to pit road, but would be a danger to cars at speed, call a SC.
When the SC is deployed, the field stops racing and proceeds at a slower, controlled pace to catch the SC, which is traveling slower than SC speed until the field catches up.
The SC (with flashers on) goes past pit entrance, at which time the Steward may announce that pit lane is open. SC goes past S/F.
If the Steward has opened pit lane, he may then announce (as SC goes past S/F) that the race will go green next time around, at which time SC turns flashers off.
Next time around, SC pulls into pit lane, and field waits for Steward to send GREEN FLAG message. Then....ummm....go race again?
For a pretty comprehensive description of what a SC period should be, check out the IGTC procedures: http://www.lfsigtc.net/rules/rules.html#k
Guys, it's not that difficult. All of the admins must be on TS or Vent, and each must know what their specific job is.
If you are the race steward, your job is the overall organization. You call SC and green flag (with binds mind you). You handle the server settings. You handle the decisions on whether to allow pitting or not. You handle on when the green is to be displayed (both by telling what lap it comes out, and actually flying the flag).
If you are a SC driver, you spend the day watching for idiots, crashes, and the like. When the Steward calls a SC, you spec the leader and decide the best course of action for picking up the field.
Ideally, there needs to be at least two other marshalls....one for watching to make sure people don't jump positions on during SC, and another to watch pit lane to make sure people don't pit during a SC until the field has come around behind the SC.
One more thing, if you set a rule about chatting (or whatever), you had better damn well throw the penalty at those that break the rule.
If you are the race steward, your job is the overall organization. You call SC and green flag (with binds mind you). You handle the server settings. You handle the decisions on whether to allow pitting or not. You handle on when the green is to be displayed (both by telling what lap it comes out, and actually flying the flag).
If you are a SC driver, you spend the day watching for idiots, crashes, and the like. When the Steward calls a SC, you spec the leader and decide the best course of action for picking up the field.
Ideally, there needs to be at least two other marshalls....one for watching to make sure people don't jump positions on during SC, and another to watch pit lane to make sure people don't pit during a SC until the field has come around behind the SC.
One more thing, if you set a rule about chatting (or whatever), you had better damn well throw the penalty at those that break the rule.
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