TBO Challenge server is up for your use in practicing. Set to Round 1 combo, do note that the FXO and XRT are called FXC and XRC respectively, for the TBO Challenge in Airio.
Per the regulations, you are required to run a skin with elements that we provide. For this season, a numberboard as a PSD file, is required to be placed on the following locations:
Both sides of car, anywhere between the front and rear wheels
On hood
Please only change the number on the numberboard, and keep the board in proportion. You may size it to fit your design, but we reserve the right to request a minimum size
Remember that your number plate (set in your game options) must carry your team name or tag. If you are not representing a team, you may leave it blank.
The NDR logo should be placed on each side of the car.
The Forgotten Futurist font on the numberboard is included with the skinpack.
Please post your skins by 17:00 UTC on the Saturday prior to the round, so we can generate a skinpack and attempt a spotting board.
We are pleased to bring you the return of the TBO Challenge!
The series uses the Turbo road cars of Live for Speed, in two races per meeting. The aim: Touring car style racing, hard and tough lights to flag!
The schedule:
11th October: Westhill National w/Chicane (WE1X_W11)
25th October: South City Chicane (SO6)
8th November: Blackwood GP Reverse (BL1R)
15th November: Rockingham ISSC Long (RO4)
29th November: Kyoto North (KY2X_K21)
6th December: Fern Bay Green (FE2)
All race meetings have a sprint race of 50km legnth, and a feature race of 85 km length.
On 20th December 2020, we will run a TBO Endurance race, external to the championship. For that, we will do 6 hours of Aston North (AS7).
Restrictions have been set for the season, 6% intake for the FXO, and 2% for the XRT. We will also have success ballast from round 2 onwords.
To enter the TBO Challenge 2020, make a post here giving your requested car number, LFS license name, your real name, your nationality, your car selection, and your team name. Separate each field with a /, no space between the text of the field and the /. You may use "TBA" for your car selection if you have yet to decide. Example:
42/dekojester/Jonathan Palmer/United States/RB4/New Dimension Racing
Any number 2-99 is free for selection. Number 1 is reserved for Ramon Blauwhoff (ChristijaNL), the champion of the 2010 TBO Challenge.
Signups are open NOW, and will close 2 hours and 5 minutes prior to each round, and not open again until 2 hours following each meeting's conclusion.
Licence Requirements for Drivers
No NDR Licence Grade limitation.
You will need a minumum of an S1 LFS License to participate.
Entries are tracked in the attached PDF. This PDF is updated at least once daily, when changes are necessary.
Numbers highlighted in orange are conflicted, and that entrant needs to change their number. They have been directly notified.
A car selection marked in Bold is to inform that the driver has appeared in that car in a session of the season, and must remain in that car or forfeit all points earned up to the change.
Round 1 - Westhill National w/ Chicane - WE1X_W11 - 11 October 2020
Sprint: 12 laps / Feature: 20 laps
Clear Day, Low Wind
Round 2 - South City Chicane Route - SO6 - 25 October 2020
Sprint: 18 laps / Feature: 30 laps
Cloudy Sunset, Low Wind
Round 3 - Blackwood GP Reversed - BL1R - 8 November 2020
Sprint: 16 laps / Feature: 26 laps
Cloudy Afternoon, Low Wind
Round 4 - Rockingham ISSC Long - RO4 - 15 November 2020
Sprint: 16 laps / Feature: 27 laps
Clear Morning, Low Wind
Round 5 - Kyoto North - KY2X_K21 - 29 November 2020
Sprint: 16 laps / Feature: 27 laps
Cloudy Afternoon, Low Wind
Round 6 - Fern Bay Green - FE2 - 6th December 2020
Sprint: 17 laps / Feature: 26 laps
Clear Day, Low Wind
NON-CHAMPIONSHIP EVENTRound 0a - Aston North - AS7 - 20 December 2020
6 hours
Clear Day, Low Wind
Event Timetable - Round 1:
14:00 UTC Free Practice - 20 minutes
14:30 UTC Qualifying - 20 minutes
15:00 UTC Sprint Race
15:45 UTC Feature Race (or 10 minutes after conclusion of Sprint Race, whichever is later)
Event Timetable - Rounds 2-5:
14:00 UTC Pre-Qualifying (If Necessary)
15:00 UTC Free Practice - 20 minutes
15:30 UTC Qualifying - 20 minutes
16:00 UTC Sprint Race
16:45 UTC Feature Race (or 10 minutes after conclusion of Sprint Race, whichever is later)
Event Timetable - Rounds 6:
14:30 UTC Free Practice - 20 minutes
15:00 UTC Qualifying - 20 minutes
15:30 UTC Sprint Race
16:15 UTC Feature Race (or 10 minutes after conclusion of Sprint Race, whichever is later)
Event Timetable - Round 0a:
14:00 UTC Free Practice - 20 minutes
14:30 UTC Qualifying - 15 minutes (if necessary)
15:00 UTC Race - 6 hours
We would like to thank those who have taken the survey thus far, the responses have been great. Keep them coming!
We are looking for input from any license level, so do not be afraid if you only have Demo or S1. We're looking for well-thought out responses, especially to the long form responses. The better information you can give us, the better we can shape future plans.
Remember, the survey closes at 23:59 UTC on Friday, 11 September 2020. Take the survey here!
Session AND SERVER of Incident (Official Sessions for Round 7: 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
Protests are due by 16:45 UTC on Sunday, 23 August 2020
Session AND SERVER of Incident (Official Sessions for Round 7: 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
Protests are due by 16:45 UTC on Sunday, 9 August 2020
Session AND SERVER of Incident (Official Sessions for Round 6: 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
Protests are due by 16:45 UTC on Sunday, 26 July 2020
I have found what appears to be a bug in pit stop reporting, where a takeover is involved.
Here is some logging from my tracking app (irrelevant lines redacted):
^269 ^7T.J.Sarlin Started Pitstop @ 20:55:40.226 69 F.Sinchety^L took over from 69 T.J.Sarlin ^269 ^7F.Sinchety Finished Pitstop in 00:00:01.9300000 seconds at @ 20:56:06.818 ... 11 G.Puc^Beta^L made a pit stop ^211 ^7G.Puc^Beta Started Pitstop @ 20:5722.076 11 R.Nagevicius^L took over from 11 G.Puc^Beta ^211 ^7R.Nagevicius Finished Pitstop in 00:00:02.6200000 seconds at @ 20:5748.667
It appears that the PSF packet reports the time since TOC as STime, not the entire pitstop time, as it does when there is not a TOC involved.
I can work around this with some extra programming, but this does not seem to be as designed.
Session AND SERVER of Incident (Official Sessions for Round 5: 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
Protests are due by 16:45 UTC on Sunday, 12 July 2020