The above listed drivers have been dropped from the entry list following Round 3 for failure to participate at all. These numbers are released (except for 1, that is still reserved for Joe Holmes if he wishes to re-enter.)
Official Results posted following Round 3 of the 2024 GT2 Challenge!
Points scenarios for the finale:
Vytautas Laguckas (excellent15) will need to finish 7th or higher to clinch the title. If Isaac Price (IsaacPrice) wins the pole, Laguckas needs 6th or better.
Gábor Gyüre (Viperakecske) can win the title if he wins the race, Vytautas finishes 29th or worse, and Isaac finishes 9th or worse.
Pauli Peltokangas (Botswanan Salama) remains mathematically eligible until Vytautas takes qualifying, earning him the 5 bonus points for round attendance. If Vytautas does not attend, Botsi can win the title with a 67 point gain over Isaac, and an 18 point gain over Gabor.
In the Teams Championship, Yes Motorsports lead by 155 points, only Team S1DUS can mathematically challenge. With a 155 point gap, S1DUS would need to take 1st and 2nd, and no Yes team member could finish higher than 22nd to render S1DUS champion.
There are still many positions up for grabs all up and down the table, so even if you're not in the fight for the top steps, don't shy away from anywhere on the tables!
Points scenarios for the finale:
Vytautas Laguckas (excellent15) will need to finish 7th or higher to clinch the title. If Isaac Price (IsaacPrice) wins the pole, Laguckas needs 6th or better.
Gábor Gyüre (Viperakecske) can win the title if he wins the race, Vytautas finishes 29th or worse, and Isaac finishes 9th or worse.
Pauli Peltokangas (Botswanan Salama) remains mathematically eligible until Vytautas takes qualifying, earning him the 5 bonus points for round attendance. If Vytautas does not attend, Botsi can win the title with a 67 point gain over Isaac, and an 18 point gain over Gabor.
In the Teams Championship, Yes Motorsports lead by 155 points, only Team S1DUS can mathematically challenge. With a 155 point gap, S1DUS would need to take 1st and 2nd, and no Yes team member could finish higher than 22nd to render S1DUS champion.
There are still many positions up for grabs all up and down the table, so even if you're not in the fight for the top steps, don't shy away from anywhere on the tables!
Entries open again following Round 3!
GT2 Challenge 2024: Round 3 - Protests and Penalties
Please provide the following in your protest:
Session AND SERVER of Incident (Official Sessions for Round 3: Pre Qualifying, Free Practice, 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
Pre-Qualifying Protests are due by 13:30 UTC on Sunday, 3 March 2024. Pre-Qualifying Protests should be lodged as soon as possible after the incident, however.
All race day protests are due by 12:30 UTC on Monday, 4 March 2024.
Track Map
Penalty Log
Entire Event
Car 2 - 1 Championship Point Penalty - Did not upload skin to forum thread
Car 39 - 1 Championship Point Penalty - Did not upload skin to forum thread
Pre-Qualifying
Free Practice
Qualifying
Car 39 - 1 Championship Point Penalty - incorrect number on numberboards
Race
Car 39 - 1 Championship Point Penalty - incorrect number on numberboards
Car 09 - Drive Through Penalty - Crossing pit exit blend line (Lap 12 - Pit lane exit)
Car 39 - 5 Championship Point Penalty - Spectating from on course without race control permission (Lap 3 - Overpass)
Car 39 - 10 Second Stop & Go Penalty - Unsafe Rejoin (Lap 3 - T1)
Car 08 - Drive Through Penalty - Causing a Collision (Lap 3 - T1)
Car 15 - Drive Through Penalty - Crossing pit exit blend line (Lap 31 - Pit Exit)
Car 60 - Drive Through Penalty - Causing a Collision (Lap 7 - T1)
Car 46 - 5 Championship Point Penalty - Spectating from on course without race control permission (Lap 8 - T9)
Session AND SERVER of Incident (Official Sessions for Round 3: Pre Qualifying, Free Practice, 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
Pre-Qualifying Protests are due by 13:30 UTC on Sunday, 3 March 2024. Pre-Qualifying Protests should be lodged as soon as possible after the incident, however.
All race day protests are due by 12:30 UTC on Monday, 4 March 2024.
Track Map
Penalty Log
Entire Event
Car 2 - 1 Championship Point Penalty - Did not upload skin to forum thread
Car 39 - 1 Championship Point Penalty - Did not upload skin to forum thread
Pre-Qualifying
Free Practice
Qualifying
Car 39 - 1 Championship Point Penalty - incorrect number on numberboards
Race
Car 39 - 1 Championship Point Penalty - incorrect number on numberboards
Car 09 - Drive Through Penalty - Crossing pit exit blend line (Lap 12 - Pit lane exit)
Car 39 - 5 Championship Point Penalty - Spectating from on course without race control permission (Lap 3 - Overpass)
Car 39 - 10 Second Stop & Go Penalty - Unsafe Rejoin (Lap 3 - T1)
Car 08 - Drive Through Penalty - Causing a Collision (Lap 3 - T1)
Car 15 - Drive Through Penalty - Crossing pit exit blend line (Lap 31 - Pit Exit)
Car 60 - Drive Through Penalty - Causing a Collision (Lap 7 - T1)
Car 46 - 5 Championship Point Penalty - Spectating from on course without race control permission (Lap 8 - T9)
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Entries closed for Round 3. Entries will reopen approximately 2 hours after the conclusion of the race meeting.
This needs to be a jpg for LFS to recognise it, I believe.
You were purged from the entry list for failure to participate in Round 2. You need to reactivate your signup before you can race on Sunday, and Pre-Qualify before 13:00 UTC.
GT2 Challenge 2024: Round 3 - Driver's Briefing
Round 3, Kyoto Ring GP Long with Boothy Chicane
Track Specifications
Circuit Length: 7.377 km | Track Map
Safety Car In-Race Position: End of Pitlane
1st Safety Car Line: Start of blend line
2nd Safety Car Line: End of blend line
Red Flag line: On track, directly across from garage 3
Penalty Box Location: End of pit lane, drivers left
Virtual Safety Car Maximum Speed: 80 kph / 49 mph
Pit Lane Speed: 80 kph / 49 mph
Event Timetable - Times are approximate, each session will follow directly on from each other
15:00 UTC Free Practice - 20 minutes
15:30 UTC Qualifying - 20 minutes
16:00 UTC Race 1 - 32 laps (or 105 minutes)
Video Briefing
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
If you need to downloat the TeamSpeak 3 Client, please visit https://teamspeak.com/en/downloads/#ts3client and select the appropriate download for your client system.
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, [space], first initial, dot, last name [eg. 00 J.Provost].
The car number must be in white. Your name may be in colour.
5. Virtual Safety Car Test
Should time permit, there will be a test Virtual Safety Car deployment in the free practice session, starting approximately 5 minutes remaining in the session. All drivers are encouraged to participate in this test.
6. 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.
7. Track Limits
Track limits will not be actively enforced, unlike the 2020 round here - Standard NDR track limits apply.
Drivers are reminded that the race track is defined as the paved racing surface between the white lines, and it's kerbing. Grasscrete, paved runoffs, and similar are excluded from the racing surface. Drivers are required to maintain at least two wheels on the racing surface at all times.
EXCEPTIONS THIS ROUND:
At Turn 11 Exit, Turns 13/14, and Turns 17/18, white chalk lines have been placed. Where these are placed, the track edge moves to that chalk line, and standard track limits apply to THAT line.
Due to practicality issues, track limits are not being proactively enforced via automated detection/logging at this time. However. any drivers either found by race control and the stewards during normal observation methods to violate may be subject to penalty, and track limits is a protestable offense if you were harmed by it.
8. Qualifying Procedure
Qualifying will be set to 22 minutes, with the pit exit closed for the first two minutes. The fast lane will be closed until declared open by the race director, at which time drivers may queue at pit exit in single file. 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.
Qualifying is run in Semi-Hardcore mode. This means drivers are only permitted to Shift+S or Shift+P from within the pit lane itself. Any driver spectating outside of the pit lane will not be allowed to rejoin the session.
9. Race Start:
The race will have one unscored formation lap, followed by a double-file rolling start.
Note: the grid will be on the pit straight at 45 degrees, drivers are to leave this location in single file behind the safety car.
During griding, the pole sitter will be asked what side of of the grid they would like to start from. All other drivers should file in accordingly.
On the exit of Turns 13/14 (Boothy Chicane), the safety car will reduce speed. All drivers should get into double file formation after Turns 17/18. The safety car will pull into the pitlane, then the leader and all other drivers should maintain a steady speed up until the green flag signal is given, at which point overtaking is permitted.
In the event of an aborted start, drivers should maintain pace until Turn 1, and then return to single-file formation for another attempt. The race director will then instruct drivers if there are any changes to this.
For the avoidance of doubt, the race timer of 1 hour 45 mintues will start at the conclusion of the formation lap - terminated by either the green flag, or an aborted start.
The race clock will run during all flag conditions with the except of red flag.
9. Safety Car:
On Restarts, the Safety Car will pull away from the field after Turn 11 (where possible). It must not be overtaken before it crosses the 1st Safety Car line.
Overtaking is not permitted on SC restarts until YOU have crossed the start-finish line.
The race director has the discretion to operate a safety car wave around procedure as documented in the regulations.
10. End of Race
After finishing the race, please slow WELL BELOW racing speeds after Turn 1 and proceed back to the pit lane. The top 3 shall report to the start/finish line.
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.
11. 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.
Stop & Go penalties may ONLY be taken from the penalty box located at the location noted above.
Please post any procedural questions in this thread.
Good luck!
Track Specifications
Circuit Length: 7.377 km | Track Map
Safety Car In-Race Position: End of Pitlane
1st Safety Car Line: Start of blend line
2nd Safety Car Line: End of blend line
Red Flag line: On track, directly across from garage 3
Penalty Box Location: End of pit lane, drivers left
Virtual Safety Car Maximum Speed: 80 kph / 49 mph
Pit Lane Speed: 80 kph / 49 mph
Event Timetable - Times are approximate, each session will follow directly on from each other
15:00 UTC Free Practice - 20 minutes
15:30 UTC Qualifying - 20 minutes
16:00 UTC Race 1 - 32 laps (or 105 minutes)
Video Briefing
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
If you need to downloat the TeamSpeak 3 Client, please visit https://teamspeak.com/en/downloads/#ts3client and select the appropriate download for your client system.
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, [space], first initial, dot, last name [eg. 00 J.Provost].
The car number must be in white. Your name may be in colour.
5. Virtual Safety Car Test
Should time permit, there will be a test Virtual Safety Car deployment in the free practice session, starting approximately 5 minutes remaining in the session. All drivers are encouraged to participate in this test.
6. 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.
7. Track Limits
Track limits will not be actively enforced, unlike the 2020 round here - Standard NDR track limits apply.
Drivers are reminded that the race track is defined as the paved racing surface between the white lines, and it's kerbing. Grasscrete, paved runoffs, and similar are excluded from the racing surface. Drivers are required to maintain at least two wheels on the racing surface at all times.
EXCEPTIONS THIS ROUND:
At Turn 11 Exit, Turns 13/14, and Turns 17/18, white chalk lines have been placed. Where these are placed, the track edge moves to that chalk line, and standard track limits apply to THAT line.
Due to practicality issues, track limits are not being proactively enforced via automated detection/logging at this time. However. any drivers either found by race control and the stewards during normal observation methods to violate may be subject to penalty, and track limits is a protestable offense if you were harmed by it.
8. Qualifying Procedure
Qualifying will be set to 22 minutes, with the pit exit closed for the first two minutes. The fast lane will be closed until declared open by the race director, at which time drivers may queue at pit exit in single file. 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.
Qualifying is run in Semi-Hardcore mode. This means drivers are only permitted to Shift+S or Shift+P from within the pit lane itself. Any driver spectating outside of the pit lane will not be allowed to rejoin the session.
9. Race Start:
The race will have one unscored formation lap, followed by a double-file rolling start.
Note: the grid will be on the pit straight at 45 degrees, drivers are to leave this location in single file behind the safety car.
During griding, the pole sitter will be asked what side of of the grid they would like to start from. All other drivers should file in accordingly.
On the exit of Turns 13/14 (Boothy Chicane), the safety car will reduce speed. All drivers should get into double file formation after Turns 17/18. The safety car will pull into the pitlane, then the leader and all other drivers should maintain a steady speed up until the green flag signal is given, at which point overtaking is permitted.
In the event of an aborted start, drivers should maintain pace until Turn 1, and then return to single-file formation for another attempt. The race director will then instruct drivers if there are any changes to this.
For the avoidance of doubt, the race timer of 1 hour 45 mintues will start at the conclusion of the formation lap - terminated by either the green flag, or an aborted start.
The race clock will run during all flag conditions with the except of red flag.
9. Safety Car:
On Restarts, the Safety Car will pull away from the field after Turn 11 (where possible). It must not be overtaken before it crosses the 1st Safety Car line.
Overtaking is not permitted on SC restarts until YOU have crossed the start-finish line.
The race director has the discretion to operate a safety car wave around procedure as documented in the regulations.
10. End of Race
After finishing the race, please slow WELL BELOW racing speeds after Turn 1 and proceed back to the pit lane. The top 3 shall report to the start/finish line.
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.
11. 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.
Stop & Go penalties may ONLY be taken from the penalty box located at the location noted above.
Please post any procedural questions in this thread.
Good luck!
GT2 Challenge 2024: Round 3 - Pre-Qualifying and Confirmations
Hello racers,
Pre-Qualifying
The top 10 drivers in the Drivers Championship are locked in to Round 3 of the season. All other drivers must take at least one timed lap in Pre-Qualifying in order to be able to partake in Round 3.
Pre-Qualifying starts at 13:00 UTC on 1 March 2024, and runs for 48 hours.
The following drivers are locked in to the round:
Vytautas Laguckas (Excellent15)
Isaac Price (IsaacPrice)
Joni Katila (jsrk)
Gábor Gyüre (Viperakecske)
Darius Veržinskas (Pathseeker)
Pauli Peltokangas (Botswanan Salama)
Ayoub El Hannouni (Ayoub2016)
Karolis Motiejuitis (Sobis)
Mantas Smalkevicius (yzex)
Dániel Balla (MandulAA)
It will take place in the NDR.Pre Qualifying server. 2829 cars will make it into the round on Sunday, we ask the first three drivers outside the top 2829 to be ready to jump in last minute, if necessary.
Drivers may take as many laps as they want. Drafting is permitted, bump-drafting is not. Drivers should not impede other drivers at any time.
Confirmations
All drivers are assumed to be planning to attend a round by way of their entry to the series. For Round 3, we ask that Top 10 drivers post a yes/no if they plan to race, otherwise please only confirm in this thread if you are NOT able to race. You have until 06:00 on Tuesday, 5 March 2024 to tell us a no. Please use the following format, replacing the car number and username with your own:
no/99/dekojester
If you do not state a "no" here, and do not attend pre-qualifying, you will be removed from the series entry list, and will have to enter again for Round 4.
Car Declarations
You are allowed to test all cars and use all cars during Pre-Qualifying - we will use your declared car laptime to make the Pre-Qualifying result.
IF you raced or pre-qualified with a declared car for Rounds 1 or 2, you are locked to that car choice, and do not need to choose again.
You must declare your car choice by 13:05 UTC on 3 March 2024.
To declare your car: post it here with your car number and username (separate line from a "no" confirmation). Example:
99/dekojester/XRR
Pre-Qualifying
The top 10 drivers in the Drivers Championship are locked in to Round 3 of the season. All other drivers must take at least one timed lap in Pre-Qualifying in order to be able to partake in Round 3.
Pre-Qualifying starts at 13:00 UTC on 1 March 2024, and runs for 48 hours.
The following drivers are locked in to the round:
Vytautas Laguckas (Excellent15)
Isaac Price (IsaacPrice)
Joni Katila (jsrk)
Gábor Gyüre (Viperakecske)
Darius Veržinskas (Pathseeker)
Pauli Peltokangas (Botswanan Salama)
Ayoub El Hannouni (Ayoub2016)
Karolis Motiejuitis (Sobis)
Mantas Smalkevicius (yzex)
Dániel Balla (MandulAA)
It will take place in the NDR.Pre Qualifying server. 2829 cars will make it into the round on Sunday, we ask the first three drivers outside the top 2829 to be ready to jump in last minute, if necessary.
Drivers may take as many laps as they want. Drafting is permitted, bump-drafting is not. Drivers should not impede other drivers at any time.
Confirmations
All drivers are assumed to be planning to attend a round by way of their entry to the series. For Round 3, we ask that Top 10 drivers post a yes/no if they plan to race, otherwise please only confirm in this thread if you are NOT able to race. You have until 06:00 on Tuesday, 5 March 2024 to tell us a no. Please use the following format, replacing the car number and username with your own:
no/99/dekojester
If you do not state a "no" here, and do not attend pre-qualifying, you will be removed from the series entry list, and will have to enter again for Round 4.
Car Declarations
You are allowed to test all cars and use all cars during Pre-Qualifying - we will use your declared car laptime to make the Pre-Qualifying result.
IF you raced or pre-qualified with a declared car for Rounds 1 or 2, you are locked to that car choice, and do not need to choose again.
You must declare your car choice by 13:05 UTC on 3 March 2024.
To declare your car: post it here with your car number and username (separate line from a "no" confirmation). Example:
99/dekojester/XRR
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The above drivers have been removed from the Entry List for Failure to Participate in Round 2 of the season. Remember, participation is officially defined as attempting Pre-Qualifying, and/or racing on the day, or providing a "no" confirmation in that round's Confirmations thread.
These numbers are freed for election again by any new entrant.
Drivers purged from the entry list may reenter by quoting their original post and decalring their re-entry into the series.
Official Results now posted following the second round of the 2024 GT2 Challenge.
Don't fret if you're slow - everyone is still mathematically eligible for the Driver's and Teams Championship still, even if it's a significant stretch.
Pre-Qualifying will start for those outside of the Top 10 at 13:00 UTC on Friday, 1 March 2024!
Don't fret if you're slow - everyone is still mathematically eligible for the Driver's and Teams Championship still, even if it's a significant stretch.
Pre-Qualifying will start for those outside of the Top 10 at 13:00 UTC on Friday, 1 March 2024!
Entries open following round 2.
13 is also taken, please select another number. See the PDF attached to the OP for numbers that are taken.
97 is also taken, please select another number - see the pdf in the OP for claimed numbers.
Also, please remember to quote your post once you've edited it to let us know the changes you've made.
GT2 Challenge 2024: Round 2 - Protests and Penalties
Please provide the following in your protest:
Session AND SERVER of Incident (Official Sessions for Round 2: Pre Qualifying, Free Practice, 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
Pre-Qualifying Protests are due by 13:30 UTC on Sunday, 18 February 2024. Pre-Qualifying Protests should be lodged as soon as possible after the incident, however.
All race day protests are due by 12:30 UTC on Monday, 19 February 2024.
Track Map
Penalty Log
Entire Event
Car 39 - 1 Championship Point Penalty - Did not upload skin to forum thread
Pre-Qualifying
Free Practice
Qualifying
Car 39 - 1 Championship Point Penalty - Incorrect number on number boards
Race
Car 39 - 1 Championship Point Penalty - Incorrect number on number boards
Car 77 - Drive Through Penalty - Causing a Collision (Lap 14 - T1)
Car 90 - 5 Championship Point Penalty - Spectating from on course without race control permission (Lap 17 - T2)
Car 95 - 5 Championship Point Penalty - Spectating from on course without race control permission (Lap 27 - T7)
Car 28 - Drive Through Penalty - Causing a Collision (Lap 53 - T6)
Session AND SERVER of Incident (Official Sessions for Round 2: Pre Qualifying, Free Practice, 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
Pre-Qualifying Protests are due by 13:30 UTC on Sunday, 18 February 2024. Pre-Qualifying Protests should be lodged as soon as possible after the incident, however.
All race day protests are due by 12:30 UTC on Monday, 19 February 2024.
Track Map
Penalty Log
Entire Event
Car 39 - 1 Championship Point Penalty - Did not upload skin to forum thread
Pre-Qualifying
Free Practice
Qualifying
Car 39 - 1 Championship Point Penalty - Incorrect number on number boards
Race
Car 39 - 1 Championship Point Penalty - Incorrect number on number boards
Car 77 - Drive Through Penalty - Causing a Collision (Lap 14 - T1)
Car 90 - 5 Championship Point Penalty - Spectating from on course without race control permission (Lap 17 - T2)
Car 95 - 5 Championship Point Penalty - Spectating from on course without race control permission (Lap 27 - T7)
Car 28 - Drive Through Penalty - Causing a Collision (Lap 53 - T6)
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GT2 Challenge 2024: Round 2 - Driver's Briefing
Round 2, Rockingham International
Track Specifications
Circuit Length: 3.874 km | Track Map
Safety Car In-Race Position: End of Pitlane
1st Safety Car Line: 63m before start of warmup lane
2nd Safety Car Line: 54m after end of warmup lane
Red Flag line: Exit of Oval Turn 4, 185m before start/finish line
Penalty Box Location: End of pit lane, drivers left
Virtual Safety Car Maximum Speed: 80 kph / 49 mph
Pit Lane Speed: 80 kph / 49 mph
Event Timetable - Times are approximate, each session will follow directly on from each other
15:00 UTC Free Practice - 20 minutes
15:30 UTC Qualifying - 20 minutes
16:00 UTC Race 1 - 60 laps (or 105 minutes)
Video Briefing
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
If you need to downloat the TeamSpeak 3 Client, please visit https://teamspeak.com/en/downloads/#ts3client and select the appropriate download for your client system.
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, [space], first initial, dot, last name [eg. 00 J.Provost].
The car number must be in white. Your name may be in colour.
5. Virtual Safety Car Test
Should time permit, there will be a test Virtual Safety Car deployment in the free practice session, starting approximately 5 minutes remaining in the session. All drivers are encouraged to participate in this test.
6. 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, and must use the entry apron at all times.
On pit exit, all parts of the car must be to the left of the blend line along its entire length, and must use the exit apron at all times.
All drivers leaving a pit start position (garage bay) must join the pitlane at the break in the wall at the last paddock access gate. Do not go straight to the pit exit without doing the right-left switchback into the pitlane. Cars in the pitlane have right of way over cars coming out of the garages at all times.
7. Track Limits
On the oval section, drivers are permitted to drive below the white line - the grass edge is the track edge on the oval.
All other sectors, the standard track limits apply, the marked course and it's blue/white kerbing.
8. Qualifying Procedure
Qualifying will be set to 22 minutes, with the pit exit closed for the first two minutes. The fast lane will be closed until declared open by the race director, at which time drivers may queue at pit exit in single file. 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.
Qualifying is run in Semi-Hardcore mode. This means drivers are only permitted to Shift+S or Shift+P from within the pit lane itself. Any driver spectating outside of the pit lane will not be allowed to rejoin the session.
9. Race Start:
The race will have one unscored formation lap, followed by a double-file rolling start.
Note: the grid will be in the pit lane at 45 degrees, drivers are to leave this location in single file behind the safety car.
During griding, the pole sitter will be asked what side of of the grid they would like to start from. All other drivers should file in accordingly.
On the exit of Turn 8 (Tarzan), the safety car will reduce speed.All drivers should get into double file formation after Turn 10 (Gretton Hairpin). The safety car will pull off just before the start of the pit lane wall. The leader and all other drivers should maintain a steady speed up until the green flag signal is given, at which point overtaking is permitted.
In the event of an aborted start, drivers should maintain pace until Turn 1, and then return to single-file formation for another attempt. The race director will then instruct drivers if there are any changes to this.
For the avoidance of doubt, the race timer of 1 hour 45 mintues will start at the conclusion of the formation lap - terminated by either the green flag, or an aborted start.
The race clock will run during all flag conditions with the except of red flag.
9. Safety Car:
On Restarts, the Safety Car will pull away from the field after Turn 7 (where possible). It must not be overtaken before it crosses the 1st Safety Car line.
Overtaking is not permitted on SC restarts until YOU have crossed the start-finish line.
The race director has the discretion to operate a safety car wave around procedure as documented in the regulations.
10. End of Race
After finishing the race, please slow WELL BELOW racing speeds after Turn 1 and proceed back to the pit lane. The top 3 shall report to the start/finish line.
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.
11. 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.
Stop & Go penalties may ONLY be taken from the penalty box located at the location noted above.
Please post any procedural questions in this thread.
Good luck!
Track Specifications
Circuit Length: 3.874 km | Track Map
Safety Car In-Race Position: End of Pitlane
1st Safety Car Line: 63m before start of warmup lane
2nd Safety Car Line: 54m after end of warmup lane
Red Flag line: Exit of Oval Turn 4, 185m before start/finish line
Penalty Box Location: End of pit lane, drivers left
Virtual Safety Car Maximum Speed: 80 kph / 49 mph
Pit Lane Speed: 80 kph / 49 mph
Event Timetable - Times are approximate, each session will follow directly on from each other
15:00 UTC Free Practice - 20 minutes
15:30 UTC Qualifying - 20 minutes
16:00 UTC Race 1 - 60 laps (or 105 minutes)
Video Briefing
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
If you need to downloat the TeamSpeak 3 Client, please visit https://teamspeak.com/en/downloads/#ts3client and select the appropriate download for your client system.
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, [space], first initial, dot, last name [eg. 00 J.Provost].
The car number must be in white. Your name may be in colour.
5. Virtual Safety Car Test
Should time permit, there will be a test Virtual Safety Car deployment in the free practice session, starting approximately 5 minutes remaining in the session. All drivers are encouraged to participate in this test.
6. 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, and must use the entry apron at all times.
On pit exit, all parts of the car must be to the left of the blend line along its entire length, and must use the exit apron at all times.
All drivers leaving a pit start position (garage bay) must join the pitlane at the break in the wall at the last paddock access gate. Do not go straight to the pit exit without doing the right-left switchback into the pitlane. Cars in the pitlane have right of way over cars coming out of the garages at all times.
7. Track Limits
On the oval section, drivers are permitted to drive below the white line - the grass edge is the track edge on the oval.
All other sectors, the standard track limits apply, the marked course and it's blue/white kerbing.
8. Qualifying Procedure
Qualifying will be set to 22 minutes, with the pit exit closed for the first two minutes. The fast lane will be closed until declared open by the race director, at which time drivers may queue at pit exit in single file. 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.
Qualifying is run in Semi-Hardcore mode. This means drivers are only permitted to Shift+S or Shift+P from within the pit lane itself. Any driver spectating outside of the pit lane will not be allowed to rejoin the session.
9. Race Start:
The race will have one unscored formation lap, followed by a double-file rolling start.
Note: the grid will be in the pit lane at 45 degrees, drivers are to leave this location in single file behind the safety car.
During griding, the pole sitter will be asked what side of of the grid they would like to start from. All other drivers should file in accordingly.
On the exit of Turn 8 (Tarzan), the safety car will reduce speed.All drivers should get into double file formation after Turn 10 (Gretton Hairpin). The safety car will pull off just before the start of the pit lane wall. The leader and all other drivers should maintain a steady speed up until the green flag signal is given, at which point overtaking is permitted.
In the event of an aborted start, drivers should maintain pace until Turn 1, and then return to single-file formation for another attempt. The race director will then instruct drivers if there are any changes to this.
For the avoidance of doubt, the race timer of 1 hour 45 mintues will start at the conclusion of the formation lap - terminated by either the green flag, or an aborted start.
The race clock will run during all flag conditions with the except of red flag.
9. Safety Car:
On Restarts, the Safety Car will pull away from the field after Turn 7 (where possible). It must not be overtaken before it crosses the 1st Safety Car line.
Overtaking is not permitted on SC restarts until YOU have crossed the start-finish line.
The race director has the discretion to operate a safety car wave around procedure as documented in the regulations.
10. End of Race
After finishing the race, please slow WELL BELOW racing speeds after Turn 1 and proceed back to the pit lane. The top 3 shall report to the start/finish line.
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.
11. 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.
Stop & Go penalties may ONLY be taken from the penalty box located at the location noted above.
Please post any procedural questions in this thread.
Good luck!
91 is taken, please select another number.
16 is taken by another entrant, please select another number
GT2 Challenge 2024: Round 2 - Pre-Qualifying and Confirmations
Hello racers,
Pre-Qualifying
The top 10 drivers in the Drivers Championship are locked in to Round 2 of the season. All other drivers must take at least one timed lap in Pre-Qualifying in order to be able to partake in Round 1.
Pre-Qualifying starts at 13:00 UTC on 16 February 2024, and runs for 48 hours.
The following drivers are locked in to the round:
Vytautas Laguckas (Excellent15)
Isaac Price (IsaacPrice)
Gábor Gyüre (Viperakecske)
Joni Katila (jsrk)
Mantas Smalkevicius (yzex)
Marcelo Neiva (bacabinha)
Pauli Peltokangas (Botswanan Salama)
Darius Veržinskas (Pathseeker)
Niko Puntola (nikopdr)
Borislav Botev (BorislavB)
It will take place in the NDR.Pre-Qualifying server. 28 cars will make it into the round on Sunday, we ask the first three drivers outside the top 28 to be ready to jump in last minute, if necessary.
Drivers may take as many laps as they want. Drafting is permitted, bump-drafting is not. Drivers should not impede other drivers at any time.
Confirmations
All drivers are assumed to be planning to attend a round by way of their entry to the series. For Round 2, we ask that Top 10 drivers post a yes/no if they plan to race, otherwise please only confirm in this thread if you are NOT able to race. You have until 06:00 on Tuesday, 20 February 2024 to tell us a no. Please use the following format, replacing the car number and username with your own:
no/99/dekojester
If you do not state a "no" here, and do not attend pre-qualifying, you will be removed from the series entry list, and will have to enter again for Round 3.
Car Declarations
You are allowed to test all cars and use all cars during Pre-Qualifying - we will use your declared car laptime to make the Pre-Qualifying result.
IF you raced or pre-qualified with a declared car for Round 1, you are locked to that car choice, and do not need to choose again.
You must declare your car choice by 13:05 UTC on 18 February 2024.
To declare your car: post it here with your car number and username (separate line from a "no" confirmation). Example:
99/dekojester/XRR
Pre-Qualifying
The top 10 drivers in the Drivers Championship are locked in to Round 2 of the season. All other drivers must take at least one timed lap in Pre-Qualifying in order to be able to partake in Round 1.
Pre-Qualifying starts at 13:00 UTC on 16 February 2024, and runs for 48 hours.
The following drivers are locked in to the round:
Vytautas Laguckas (Excellent15)
Isaac Price (IsaacPrice)
Gábor Gyüre (Viperakecske)
Joni Katila (jsrk)
Mantas Smalkevicius (yzex)
Marcelo Neiva (bacabinha)
Pauli Peltokangas (Botswanan Salama)
Darius Veržinskas (Pathseeker)
Niko Puntola (nikopdr)
Borislav Botev (BorislavB)
It will take place in the NDR.Pre-Qualifying server. 28 cars will make it into the round on Sunday, we ask the first three drivers outside the top 28 to be ready to jump in last minute, if necessary.
Drivers may take as many laps as they want. Drafting is permitted, bump-drafting is not. Drivers should not impede other drivers at any time.
Confirmations
All drivers are assumed to be planning to attend a round by way of their entry to the series. For Round 2, we ask that Top 10 drivers post a yes/no if they plan to race, otherwise please only confirm in this thread if you are NOT able to race. You have until 06:00 on Tuesday, 20 February 2024 to tell us a no. Please use the following format, replacing the car number and username with your own:
no/99/dekojester
If you do not state a "no" here, and do not attend pre-qualifying, you will be removed from the series entry list, and will have to enter again for Round 3.
Car Declarations
You are allowed to test all cars and use all cars during Pre-Qualifying - we will use your declared car laptime to make the Pre-Qualifying result.
IF you raced or pre-qualified with a declared car for Round 1, you are locked to that car choice, and do not need to choose again.
You must declare your car choice by 13:05 UTC on 18 February 2024.
To declare your car: post it here with your car number and username (separate line from a "no" confirmation). Example:
99/dekojester/XRR
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GT2 Challenge 2024 Round 1 results are out.
Just a few notes:
Pre-Qualifying results got updated post-race. It was discovered that a few drivers did not have their laptimes logged by Airio for being too slow. They have been found and added to the result. Drivers who pre-qualified but did not declare their car choice, are listed, but not classified.
The 5 point per round participation bonus is awared to all drivers who pre-qualified and had their car declared in time. The participation bonus will continue to be awarded in this manner all season.
Just a few notes:
Pre-Qualifying results got updated post-race. It was discovered that a few drivers did not have their laptimes logged by Airio for being too slow. They have been found and added to the result. Drivers who pre-qualified but did not declare their car choice, are listed, but not classified.
The 5 point per round participation bonus is awared to all drivers who pre-qualified and had their car declared in time. The participation bonus will continue to be awarded in this manner all season.
There is currently no vehicle in NDR systems to make this change once you have raced in a round.
Number 38 has been taken by another driver, please select another number that has not been taken, between 2 and 99.
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The entries quoted above have been purged from the entry list due to failure to participate in any way in Round 1 of the GT2 Challenge 2024.
If one of these drivers wishes to re enter the series, they must quote their original entry, and note that they wish to re-enter the series, and must make sure their number is still available, else will have to select a new number.
These car numbers are hereby freed for use in the series.
Entries are open again following Round 1.
Entry List has been updated, entries marked in grey are ones at threat of removal if they do not respond to the confirmations thread with a "no" if they did not attend the round.
Entry List has been updated, entries marked in grey are ones at threat of removal if they do not respond to the confirmations thread with a "no" if they did not attend the round.
IF YOU DID NOT RACE OR PREQUALIFY FOR ROUND 1
You have until 23:59 UTC on Monday, 5 February 2024 to apply a "no" confirmation in this thread, or you will be dropped from the entry list, and have to reenter.
You have until 23:59 UTC on Monday, 5 February 2024 to apply a "no" confirmation in this thread, or you will be dropped from the entry list, and have to reenter.
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