Hi racers!

Welcome to the first round of the 2021 LFSCART Light Series. Blackwood Grand Prix this time out, discuss round specifics here.

Quote from MicroSpecV :

teamName: Pixle Air Attack Racing
teamManager: {microspecv, Sean Lee, Singapore, #8952}
teamViceManagers:
- TBA
cars entering: TBA
drivers:
- {microspecv, Sean Lee, Singapore, #8952}
- TBA
- TBA

Please declare how many cars you intend to possibly enter, TBA is not an acceptable answer to that item. You can always add/remove drivers later.

Per the regulations, you are required to run a skin with elements that we provide. For this season, we are providing a logo on the airbox area as an overlay (2048 square). Please overlay this image on your livery, and place the car number on the following locations:

• Both rear wing endplates, clearly visible
  
• On nose, to be read facing the front of the car
  

You must also have the driver's name and national flag on the sides of the cockpit.

The series logo and the NDR logo are provided for your convenience in the pack.

Driver naming in-game is to follow the NDR Sporting Code, using the format ## F. Last. Number, first initial, and last name should have one space between them. The car number must be in white (^7) or grey/default. The Driver's name may be in any colour, but remember that each colour change costs you two characters. You must use the name provided to us in the entry list.

No skin may contain material deemed offensive, pornographic, political, or other such cases. The Stewards have right to refuse any skin based on elements.

Please post your skins by 16:00 UTC on the Friday prior to the round, so we can generate a skinpack and a spotting board.

Last edited by dekojester, Tue 10 Aug 2021, 20:23.

Hello racers!

We are pleased to bring you another returning series to Live for Speed, the LFSCART Light Series!

The series has seen many formats in the past, but always great racing with the ever popular Formula XR (FOX). Last run in 2013, the season saw James Peace win the Driver's Championship, and Team Vires take the Team's Championship.

The schedule:
15th August: Blackwood Grand Prix (BL1)
29th August: Kyoto Ring North (KY2X_K21)
12th September; Rockingham Oval (RO3)
26th September: South City Town Course (SO5)
10th October: Westhill National (WE1)

Each race meeting on a road course will feature two races of 120km in length, the oval round will be one race of 240km. Race 2 at each round will see a grid reversal of anywhere from the top 8 to top 12, based on the Race 1 winner's finish time.

LFSCART Light is a team-oriented series, teams enter a maximum of 3 cars to the season, and assign drivers to those cars at each round.

Last edited by dekojester, Tue 10 Aug 2021, 20:24.

To enter the LFSCART Light Series 2021, make a post here with your team info, car entries, and driver rosters, as follows:


Example Entry:


NOTE: Discord ID refers to the four digits found after the # symbol in your username.

Numbers will be assigned to you by the administration. Number 1 is reserved for last season's champion, James Peace (vipex123). The defending Teams Champion is Team Vires.

Signups are open NOW, and will close at 16:30 UTC on the Saturday prior to each round, and not open again until two hours after event conclusion.

Entry Editing

If you need to change your entry, please change your original post, then quote the post and tell us what you changed.

Licence Requirements for Drivers

No NDR Licence Grade limitation.
You will need an S2 LFS License to participate in all rounds except Round 3, which requires S3.

Team Specifics

1) All drivers can only be on one team roster at a time (additonal teams count as separate teams).
2) A driver may be moved freely between additional teams of the same main team, this election though must be made before 20:00 UTC Saturday
3) Driver's points only follow the driver, not any team.
4) The team points are earned based on car, driver in said car notwithstanding

Entries are tracked in the attached PDF. This PDF is updated at least once daily, when possible.

Last edited by dekojester, Sat 4 Sep 2021, 18:25.

Calendar of Events

1. Round 1 - Blackwood Grand Prix - BL1 - 15 August 2021
   2 Races: Each 37 laps - 121.99 km
   Clear Day, Low Wind
   
2. Round 2 - Kyoto North - KY2X_K21 - 29 August 2021
   2 Races: Each 39 laps - 121.212 km
   Clear Day, Low Wind
   
3. Round 3 - Rockingham Oval - RO3 - 12 September 2021
   1 Race: 102 laps - 241.03 km
   Clear Sunset, Low Wind
   
4. Round 4 - South City Town Course - SO5 - 26 September 2021
   2 Races: Each 39 laps - 122.69 km
   Clear Afternoon, Low Wind
   
5. Round 5 - Westhill National - WE1 - 10 October 2021
   2 Races: Each 28 laps - 123.09 km
   Cloudy Sunset, Low Wind
   

Event Timetable

18:00 UTC Thursday: Pre-Qualifying START (48 hours)
13:50 UTC Free Practice - 20 minutes
14:20 UTC Qualifying - 20 minutes
14:43 - 14:48 UTC: Break
14:48 UTC: Gridding For Race 1 + Drivers Briefing
15:00 UTC Race 1
5 minute break - starts after last car enters pitlane and session is declared complete.
Gridding for Race 2 - starts after 5 minute break ends
Race 2 - Starts approximately 5 minutes after gridding begins

Last edited by Jonathon.provost, Sun 26 Sep 2021, 17:10.

Attached are the rules for the LFSCART Light Series. Please review them. The NDR Sporting Code is in effect with this series.

Season 2021 used LLS_Rulebook.

Round 7 results official, and posted.

Points after 7 rounds now posted.

B2R Antonio wins the championship if he: Finishes 2nd or better, or ahead of Nova in any combination.

Nova wins the championship if he:

- Wins the race and Antonio finishes 3rd or worse, regardless of fastest lap,
- Finishes 2nd WITH FASTEST LAP and Antonio finishes 5th or worse,
- Finishes 3rd and Antonio finishes 7th or worse WITHOUT FASTEST LAP,
- Finishes 4th WITH FASTEST LAP and Antonio finishes 8th (9th without fastest lap to either driver)
- Finishes 5th WITH FASTEST LAP and Antonio finishes 10th or worse WITHOUT FASTEST LAP (Antonio must not score in this case if Nova does not get fastest lap)

No other case gets Nova the title.

Tiebreaker favours Antonio - Both have two wins, Antonio has three 2nd place finishes, Nova has no second place finishes. Nova can only win on a tie if he also wins the race.

Round 7 provisional results and replays posted!

Please provide the following in your protest:

Session AND SERVER of Incident (Official Sessions: Qualifying, Race; Servers: Main
Lap AND MPR timecode of incident (or session time or UTC Time of Day)
Car(s) involved
Location of Incident
Brief Description of Incident

Protests are due by 15:00 UTC on Sunday, 25 July 2021

Penalty Log
Qualifying

Race
[MRc]Michal - DT for causing an avoidable incident - Lap 1, Turn 2
88 S.Lee - Warning for causing an avoidable contact - Lap 1, 2nd alst turn
[AT]Desnashe - Warning for driving standards during SC
B2R Antonio - Post race DT for evertaking under SC (+ 8 seconds)
[MRc]Michal - DT for causing an avoidable incident - Lap 12, Turn 2
[AT]Desnashe - Warning for not taking avoiding action on lap 7 incident with PitlaneRacer

Last edited by Fast Jarda, Sun 25 Jul 2021, 19:14.

Round 6 official results and points following posted.

With two rounds to go, and 42 points available, Antonio and Sean are in the proverbial driver's seat, but misfortune at the tight and twisty Hong Kong ePrix circuit for either could bring Ayoub, Texas, and Mandula right into the thick of it.

If Antonio was to win at Round 7, Sean would have to finish 3rd or better to keep the title fight alive into the finale at Lmaoring.

Penalties from Steward's Investigations and Procedural Decisions of Fact:

Quote :

Lap 1, Turn 1
[MRc] Texas, RG^RedBoT

RG^RedBoT - WARNING - Causing avoidable contact

Quote :

Lap 11, Turn 2/3
B2ﾏ Antonio, Iron|Doni

Iron|Doni - 10-second Stop-Go Penalty - Causing an avoidable contact under Safety Car. This is converted to a 20-second time penalty post-race.

Quote :

Lap 11/12
Caris_83, [MRc]xpablousky, [WCL] T.Soini

Caris_83 - Drive-Through Penalty - Overtaking under Safety Car

[MRc]xpablousky and [WCL] T.Soini were judged to be within their rights to overtake Caris_83 on the pit straight on Lap 11, as Caris_83 was well below 50 kph for several seconds on exit of the final corner. Both drivers hesitated before overtaking; therefore they were justified in their move.

Caris_83 did not have the right to retake his position in this case, therefore the penalty. As it is being applied post-race, it is converted to an 8 second time penalty.

Quote :

Lap 25, Turns 10-11
[MRc] Texas, RG^Mandula

RG^Mandula - Drive-Through Penalty - Chat ("perm wtf was that")
[MRc] Texas - Drive-Through Penalty - Causing an avoidable incident

Both of these are converted to 8-second time penalties post race.

The stewards also looked at the following and decided to take No Further Action to each:

Quote :

Lap 29, Turn 12
Iron|Doni, RG^RedBoT

RG^RedBoT late on the brakes, hits the back of Iron|Doni. RG^RedBoT spins. Self penalzing, NFA the call.

Quote :

Lap 37, Turn 10
Iron|Doni

Iron|Doni clips the kerbs at Turn 9, causing him to travel inside the apex at Turn 10. There was no time gained, therefore the NFA call.


The following drivers are given a 5-point penalty for spectating from on course without race control permission:

[FU] NOSLE
Onur

Please provide the following in your protest:

Session AND SERVER of Incident (Official Sessions: Qualifying, Race; Servers: Main
Lap AND MPR timecode of incident (or session time or UTC Time of Day)
Car(s) involved
Location of Incident
Brief Description of Incident

Protests are due by 15:00 UTC on Sunday, 11 July 2021

Penalty Log
Qualifying

Race

Round 2 official results are now posted!

Round 2 Provisional Results, mpres, and replay posted. Qualifying broke bigly this time, will troubleshoot.

Please provide the following in your protest:

Session AND SERVER of Incident (Official Sessions: Qualifying, Race; Servers: Main
Lap AND MPR timecode of incident (or session time or UTC Time of Day)
Car(s) involved
Location of Incident
Brief Description of Incident

Protests are due by 11:00 UTC on Sunday, 15 May 2021

Penalty Log
Qualifying

Race

Last edited by dekojester, Sat 15 May 2021, 17:11.

Round 1 Official Results and Points posted!

Round 1 Tracker and mpRes links added to OP.

Rules book updated for Season 3.

Timetable changed, race distance fixed to 45 minutes plus one lap.

Compulsory pit stop must be taken before the 45 minute timer elapses.

Hello racers!

We are pleased to bring you the return of the Layout Racing League!

The series will continue to use layout circuits, with varying cars at each meeting. Each meeting will have a race with 45 minutes duration plus one lap.

The schedule:
1 May: Broker Hill - GTi
15 May: Scawen's Racetrack - LX4
29 May: Port Town - FOX
12 June: Mini Monaco - UF1
26 June: Mid-Town Ring - GT3
10 July: Woodland Raceway - TBO
24 July: Hong Kong ePrix - GTi
7 August: Lmaoring - FBM

One pit stop is required to be taken within the 45 minutes.

While you are not required to run any skin with compulsory elements, we are providing this thread to allow you to post your skins.

The only requirement for a skin is that it does not contain any offensive, pornographic, political, or other illegal content.

Your number plate is free choice, also provided it contains no offensive, pornographic, political, or illegal material.

The series logo and the NDR logo are provided for your convenience as attachments to this thread.

Skins posted by 14:30 UTC on the day of the round, will be placed into a skinpack.

Calendar of Events

1. Round 1 - Broker Hill - GTi - 1 May 2021
   WE3X_BrokerHill_LRLNDR
   Clear Day, Low Wind
   
2. Round 2 - Scawen's Racetrack - LX4 - 15 May 2021
   WE2X_Scawens_LRLNDR
   Cloudy Sunset, Low Wind
   
3. Round 3 - Port Town - FOX - 29 May 2021
   BL2Y_PortTown_LRLNDR
   Clear Day, Low Wind
   
4. Round 4 - Mini Monaco - UF1 - 12 June 2021
   BL2X_MiniMonaco_LRLNDR
   Clear Day, Low Wind
   
5. Round 5 - Mid-Town Ring - GT3 - 26 June 2021
   BL1Y_MidTown_LRLNDR
   Cloudy Afternoon, Low Wind
   
6. Round 6 - Woodland Raceway - TBO - 10 July 2021
   BL1X_Woodland_LRLNDR
   Clear Day, Low Wind
   
7. Round 7 - Hong Kong ePrix - GTi - 24 July 2021
   AU1_HongKong_LRLNDR
   Cloudy Sunset, Low Wind
   
8. Round 8 - Lmaoring - FBM - 7 August 2021
   AU4X_Lmaoring_LRLNDR
   Clear Morning, Low Wind
   

Event Timetable

15:25 UTC Qualifying - 25 minutes
16:00 UTC Race - 45 minutes + 1 lap

Last edited by MicroSpecV, Sat 2 Nov 2024, 16:22.

Round 6 Official Results are now posted.

Final Points are up.

Congratulations to Joe Holmes on winning the Driver's Championship.

Congratulations to Chad Esports on winning the Team's Championship.

Replays and tracker links added to OP.

Round 6, Aston Grand Touring

Track Specifications
Circuit Length: 8.002 km | Track Map
Safety Car In-Race Position: End of Pitlane
1st Safety Car Line: Start of pit entry blend line
2nd Safety Car Line: End of pit exit blend line
Safety Car Maximum Speed: 120 kph / 75 mph
Virtual Safety Car Maximum Speed: 100 kph / 62 mph
Pit Lane Speed: 80 kph / 49 mph
Red Flag line: 15m after start of pit wall
Wind Conditions: Low Wind - All Sessions except Pre-Qualifying

Event Timetable
Thu 18:00 UTC - Sat 18:00 UTC: Pre-Qualifying
17:30 UTC: Free Practice - 20 minutes
18:00 UTC: Qualifying - 20 minutes (Open Qualifying)
18:40 UTC: Sprint Race - 29 laps

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 (grey or white), space, then First initial last name [eg. 00 J. Palmer]. The name may be in colour, but we prefer all white - consistency looks better, and is easier to read.

5. Tracker:
Timing will be available and running on http://tracker.newdimensionracing.com.

6. Wind Conditions:
Low wind for all sessions, except Pre-Qualifying.

7. 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.

NOTE: VSC SPEEC IS 100 kph / 62 mph FOR THIS ROUND

8. Pit Entry and Pit Exit
On pit entry, all parts of the car must be to the left of the blend line along its entire length.
On pit exit, all parts of the car must be to the left of the blend line along its entire length.

9. Qualifying Procedure
Qualifying will be set to 22 minutes, with the pit exit closed for the first two minutes. Drivers may queue at pit exit. The course will open for laps with 20 minutes remaining, and remain open 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.

10. Race Start:
Each race will have one unscored formation lap, followed by a double-file rolling start.

The grid for the race will spawn on driver's right, in the pitlane. When the session timing starts, drivers are to pull away from their grid spots in grid order.

The SC will slow to 80 kph/49 mph after Turn 21, and stay at the head of the field. After Turn 21, the field should begin forming into dual-file formation. Polesitter will be asked their chosen side during the gridding process. The Safety Car will pull into the pitlane right before the pit wall. Drivers should hold pace until the green flag is given - overtaking is permitted on race start from the green flag.

In the event of an aborted start, there will be no message except a voice wave-off call in TeamSpeak. Drivers should maintain pace until Turn 1, and then return to single-file formation for another attempt. Two wave-offs are permitted before the race start will be a standard safety car restart. Race laps will start counting after the first start attempt, regardless of start or no start.

11. Safety Car:
On Restarts, the Safety Car will pull away from the field after Turn 17. 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.

12. Penalties This Round:

We are not using the standard LFS penalty system this round. The insim control application has a custom penalty system. If you are given a Stop-Go Penalty, you will need to stop in the penalty box at the start of pitlane, marked with red cones and red chalk. You must stop your car within this box and stay still for 10 seconds, or the system will declare too short and re-issue the penalty.

You have three passes of the start/finish line to serve a penalty. If you wish to defer the DT or SG penalty to take pit service, you may do so - that lap will not count against your three lap limit.

13. 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.

14. Miscellany:
Bump drafting is probibited in all sessions.

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!