This car was used today in the 96th RTFR XL,for those who missed livestream,here's video on demand:


Just few notes about the car - not sure how it was with 180SX,but both 1st gen Eclipse and 2nd gen MR2 I owned had their popups opening and closing much faster. Also this mod has sunroof opening,however I would suggest to put that animation to other option instead together with headlights.

Series schedule:
22.12.2024. 18:30 UTC - Round 1 - Blackwood RXGP (PROA @ BL Rallycross, 34 laps / 62 km)
05.01.2025. 17:30 UTC - Round 2 - NewYear City Challenge (AAEV @ SO Town Course Rev., 28 laps / 88 km)
19.01.2025. 17:30 UTC - Round 3 - Green 100 (IMPB @ WE Dirt Oval*, 100 laps / 60 km)
02.02.2025. 17:30 UTC - Round 4 - Westhill Street Cup (XERA @ WE Westschleifenring 2024*, 2*5 laps / 2*53 km)
16.02.2025. 18:30 UTC - Round 5 - Winter 200 (FXR @ Kyoto Oval, 67 laps / 200 km)
02.03.2025. 18:30 UTC - Round 6 - Jamaican Trophy (CAX4 @ Fern Bay Rallycross, 29 laps / 59 km)
* Custom layouts available as attachments

Each round will have a specific info and discussions thread in this forum section with all information of the round!
After round 5,no new sign-ups will be accepted. In last round only drivers received at least one point in standings will be allowed to participate!


Timetable for rounds 1;5 and 6:
18:30 UTC / 19:30 CET / 20:30 EET - 20 minutes of qualifying
19:00 UTC / 20:00 CET / 21:00 EET - race start

Timetable for rounds 2;3 and 4:
17:30 UTC / 18:30 CET / 29:30 EET - 20 minutes of qualifying
18:00 UTC / 19:00 CET / 20:00 EET - race start
18:25 UTC / 19:25 CET / 20:25 EET - race 2 start (round 4 only)

Special notes on custom cars:
Some custom cars carry elements in their downloaded package configurations which are not deemed suited for racing in our events (safety car/police lights). Using such are forbidden and in case of breach driver will receive penalty for unsupported equipment. The forbidden configurations are:
* AAEV - Police

Special notes on qualifying:
* In rounds 3 and 5 hotlap qualifying will be used,this means there will be no specific lenght of qualifying session,every driver will run alone and have outlap and 2 hotlaps. Qualifying order will be determined by points standings - the highest ranked driver will start his qualifying run last,lowest - first. Race start will be approx. 10 minutes after qualifying.
* If there is no max allowed grid (40 cars),Drivers Championship top 10 drivers will be allowed to start from end of the grid if came late and missed qualification - noone else will be allowed to start without qualifying. In round 1 this top 10 will be taken from last season's final standings.
- 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:
AWS Drivers Champion - awarded to a driver with the most points scored through all 6 rounds,including attendance bonus points
AWS Cross Challenge Winner - awarded to a driver with the most points scored through 3 rounds run in rallycross tracks (rounds 1; 3 and 6)
AWS Oval Trophy Winner - awarded to a driver with the most points scored through 2 rounds run in oval tracks (rounds 3 and 5)
AWS Rookie of the Year - awarded to a driver,who hasn't started a single AWS race before this season,with the most points scored through all 6 rounds,including attendance bonus points (award will not be given out if less than 2 rookies have finished at least one race through season)
AWS Teams Champion - awarded to a team with the most points scored through all 6 rounds (team will score finishing points from it's 2 highest finished drivers and all round bonus points)
AWS Nations Cup Winner - awarded to a nation with the most points scored through all 6 rounds (nation will score finishing points from it's 2 highest finished drivers and all round bonus points)

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.


Points System:
Finishing points:
1st - 16 points
2nd - 14 points
3rd - 12 points
4th - 10 points
5th - 9 points
6th - 8 points
7th - 7 points
8th - 6 points
9th - 5 points
10th - 4 points
11th - 3 points
12th - 2 points
13th-40th - 1 point
In order to receive finishing points,driver must complete full 50% of race distance with single run!

Points reducement system:
*in case there are 8 or less participants in qualifying,race distance will be halved and points system changed.
1st - 8 points
2nd - 6 points
3rd - 5 points
4th - 4 points
5th - 3 points
6th - 2 points
7th and lower - 1 point
(points for more positions available just in case of late joins)
* also here completion of 50% 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 6 rounds - 3 points
Attendance in 5 rounds - 2 points
Attendance in 4 rounds - 1 point
* Attendance counts if a driver has started the race (crossed the start/finish line from grid on own power)


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. If any incidents reported/protested,we will take individual approach to each of them to decide best 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,rumble strips or at least defined by paved surface,while also curbs count towards track. Overtaking outside track limits (for example in Kyoto oval on apron) counts as illegal and will be penalized in case of protest.
> Contacts - have to be avoided at all costs! With closed wheels cars bumpdrafting is not forbidden,but in case of any reported incidents it will be treated as intentional contact,so everyone has to make sure that he knows what he is doing!
> Pit exit - allthough there will be no mandatory pitstop in this league,pit exit lines will have to be respected! Everyone caught crossing pit exit lines with more than 2 wheels will receive 10 seconds penalty added to finish result. In round 5,which is held in oval track also pit entry must be respected - driver have to enter pits on apron before final turn.
> 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! Non competing observers may not use chat at all!
> 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,he will not be allowed to participate.
> Button clutch - is forbidden! Manual clutch is allowed only in combination with axis clutch. Everyone caught using it will be penalized for unsportsmanlike behaviour with increased penalty for every next offence.
> 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,chat misconduct.
> 30s added to finish time (1 lap penalty in rounds 3 and 5) - medium infractions like causing avoidable incident[s] without serious consequences or unsportsmanlike behaviour,illegal passing,unsupported equipment.
> 60s added to finish time (1 lap penalty in round 1 / 2 laps penalty in rounds 3 and 5) - medium infractions like causing avoidable incident[s] with consequences to other drivers (like affecting 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 AWS 2025,you have to visit AWS 2025 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 AWS logos on skins if you wish!
Signup tracking and all the standings will be found in AWS 2025 spreadsheets.
Signed up drivers will receive server information and password at least 24h before round start (usually in sunday European time) via PM on this website! 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 0.7F).
All information above can be changed,if so,there will be posted a notification about it!

League server: AWD Winter Series [online]

Last edited by Eclipsed, Mon 16 Dec 2024, 17:56. Reason : Added link to spreadsheets and uploaded custom track layout files

In order to compete in AWS 2025,you have to fill the registration form below,providing all needed information (in case of no team to represent,leave empty):

Quote :

LFSW name:
In-game name:
Full team name:
Country:

Here's my signup as an example:

LFSW name: Eclipsed
In-game name: RG^Rony
Full team name: Race Green Autosports
Country: Latvia


!Important: In case there are any changes to signup details,please quote your edited post in a new one with a note about changes!

- To avoid very late signups and their tracking,signups will be closed 10 minutes before start of a round !
- Signups will be reopened after the round is complete and closed permanently 10 minutes before round 5.
- S2 licence allows to take part only in 1 of 6 rounds - S3 licence required for all other 5 rounds. Demo user signups will be simply deleted!
- By signing up you acknowledge that you have read and understood AWS 2025 information and rules!

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

Pitting rules:
Race requires a minimum time spent in pitstall of 10 seconds. That can be done either with single pitstop or sum of multiple pitstops. Driver who has spent less time will receive penalty time added to his finish time,which will be calculated by tripling the missing time to complete neccesary minimum time and adding additional 5 seconds. Drivers failing to pit at all will receive 1 minute penalty added to finish time (10s*3 + additional 30s).

Some historic stats:
Last race won by: S1DUS*GáboR - 2 wins in row
Last SLX180 TYPEX race won by: 1st race with this car
Last Fern Bay race won by: S1DUS*R.Kardol (84th RTFR XL - XFR @ FE Black)
Most Fern Bay race wins: S1DUS*R.Kardol - 2 wins (Finland - 5 wins)
Current rating leader: S1DUS*uNite (+3 points)

2024 standings after 11 of 12 races:
S1DUS*uNite - 179
ZFRL•Thehemuli - 164
RGˆRony - 142
Event rating and other statistics

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

Qualifying:


Race:


Winner:


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

Quote from S. Martin via RGE discord :

Event: 347th RTFR
Lap: Lap 9, MPR 17:45
Involved drivers: S. Martin, Gabri
Description: Gabri misses the pit entry and does a U-turn in the middle of the straight, causing contact with me[...].

* PENALTIES :
[MRc] Gabri™ - DISQUALIFIED from race results for dangerous move on track and driving in reverse direction. Future incidents might lead to race ban.

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This week it was time for return of one of the LFS's own Catherhams - the less powered LX4 was on the menu for racers,which is usually a decent challenge on racing circuits. However once again things were spiced up with track selection - we run a track that has a lot of similarities with Tunnels configuration,alternativelly also called Scawen's track,however under name "Central Road Course 3" it runs in different direction and uses other way round the International circuit's garages,adding additional challenges on the way. With 32 drivers this was a repeated attendance count from previous LX4 race and well above this season's average attendance,repeating 2nd highest attendance number of the season.

Just like the season,also this race went under A.Valta's name - he was the one to beat and despite tries of the competition,he still regained fastest time in qualifying to score his 11th pole position in RTFR. Only cars he saw ahead during the race were backmarkers waiting to be lapped - the finn truly led every single meter of the 64 kilometer race to score his 10th RTFR race win,becoming the 9th driver with double figure wins count. Additionally he set a convincing fastest lap of the race to score his 11th and added 29th top5 finish to his stats - all this leads him to be unreachable in season standings,clinching the 1st place in those with 1 race still left. Gábor this time had to settle for 2nd place in both sessions,also pretty much unchallenged from behind - 70th top5 finish for the all time success ranking leader. Man with all time most top5 finishes R.Kardol added another one from this race - he had to work a bit to regain the 3rd position in the results,adding 97th top5 finish in the list. Unite finished 4th to score his 90th top5 finish and to make top5 results same in both sessions,Nosle regained his earlier lost 5th position and scored his 4th top5 finish.

VOD at Youtube:


Next week we'll do some "extra work time" - it's time for the last RTFR XL race of the year. The 96th RTFR XL will take place on the Caribbean island of Jamaica and in it's circuit known as Fern Bay. The selected car for this race is very similar to LFS's TBO class performance - SLX180 TYPEX and it will be run in customized version of Fern Bay Green configuration,which uses the extra looping in 1st sector and alternate last turn. Full information about the race will be posted tomorrow! In 2 weeks also normal RTFR will have it's season finale - even if without intrigue about top position in standings,still the race should be interesting - some info about the combo as always was mentioned in broadcast of the latest race.

Last edited by Eclipsed, Fri 6 Dec 2024, 15:41. Reason : Added info about penalized driver

As above said - not possible as demo is limited not only to content,but also to user amount in server,which is 12 cars on track and 15 connections in server.

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 LX4 race won by: S1DUS*GáboR (297th RTFR - AS Clasic Boot Chicanes)
Most LX4 race wins: S1DUS*GáboR - 2 wins (Finland - 4 wins)
Last Westhill race won by: S1DUS*GáboR (340th RTFR - N.400S GT4 @ WE International Rev.)
Most Westhill support roads configs race wins: [TC-R] P.Butcher & merenui - 3 wins (United Kingdom & Finland - 3 wins)
Current rating leader: S1DUS*GáboR (+4.5 points)

2024-S2 standings after 10 of 12 races:
A.Valta - 216
S1DUS*GáboR - 173
S1DUS*uNite - 161
(Based on highest attendance this season,only the top3 drivers in season standings are still eligible for 1st position in standings)
Event rating,standings and other statistics

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

Quote from turbofan :

rear engined

Mid-engined. Rear engined are VW Beetles and other Ferdinand's overpriced bugs.

Qualifying:


Race:


Winner:


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

After racing many high power mod cars,the car that used to be fastest aids free car in LFS might seem a bit 2nd tiered now,but it still did pose plenty of challenge for many this tuesday in Rockingham. It was only the 2nd FO8's visit to Rockingham in RTFR,but this exact combo was already known for many drivers - it was part of V8 Racing League back in 2017 and more recently run in other series on a tuesday. Since this car has it's history in VERL,it's interesting that a total of 7 VERL race winners were present in this race,including 3 series champions (one however won the title with other car than FO8). 24 drivers qualified for this race,setting a number below this season's average - a proof that the combo was quite difficult,another proof of that is that in the rather short 30 minutes race,almost half of the field were lapped on a circuit with laptime just above 1 minute.

For the last FO8 VERL champion Gábor this race turned out to be joining and picking up achievements as he did not have real competition this week. Being a defending 3-time RTFR FO8 race winner,he was the main favourite to score the 4th one in row,tying Botsi's 4 win total count in races with FO8. That was not the only Botsi's record Gábor tied this week - his 34th RTFR pole position ties the all time most also in this category. Additionally it was Gábor's 38th race win,34th fastest lap of the race and 69th top5 finish. Also the race for 2nd position was rather short and single sided - A.Valta was the unchallenged runner up of this race,2nd place finish is 8th top5 finish for the current season standings leader and 28th in total. Highest position where there was some proper fight for position was 3rd - taken by winner of previous race TJ,who found a position between start and finish to score his 13th top5 finish,closelly followed by another VERL race winner Unite in 4th position,who scored his 89th top5 finish. The VERL champion of 2019 Dzban found a lot of struggles this time - due several mistakes he fell from 3rd starting position (his best RTFR qualifying result,improvement by 4 positions) to 5th place finish,which he still had to regain - repeating his only previous top5 finish.

VOD at Youtube:


The RTFR server currently is set up with combo of next RTFR XL for laptime testing purposes - the combo is SLX180 TYPEX @ FE Classic Modified (FE2X/F25),please join at possibility and help to find out the best possible laptime for distance calculation,the race itself will take place in 3 weeks. In two weeks the penultimate round of this season's RTFR take place with a challenging custom combo - more info as always in broadcast,full info will be posted only in weekend before the race. In one week there are currently no plans for tuesday,however we might still come up with some online activity,so stay tuned!

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: ｢ﾏｧ｣ TJ
Last FO8 race won by: S1DUS*GáboR (312th RTFR - WE International rev.) - 3 wins in row
Most FO8 race wins: S1DUS*Botsi - 4 wins (Finland - 6 wins)
Last Rockingham race won by: A.Valta (339th RTFR - XFG @ RO National)
Most Rockingham issc configs race wins: S1DUS*uNite - 2 wins (Finland - 4 wins)
Current rating leader: S1DUS*GáboR (+6.5 points)

2024-S2 standings after 9 of 12 races:
A.Valta - 194
S1DUS*GáboR - 148
S1DUS*uNite - 143
Event rating,standings and other statistics

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

Not possible - suit modifications are client side only.

However it would be nice personalization addition if in future it would be possible.

Qualifying:


Race:


Winner:


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


After a break of just over 1.5 years,the slowest LFS standard car made it's return to RTFR XL and that for the 7th time in event,putting the car in sole 2nd position in most used cars chart. The track however made it's debut - it's the 1st of all short South City configs to be used in this event and despite it's 2 kilometer lap length,it presented a challenge every lap as the downhill entry to the tricky chicane complicated things,especially if running in bunch.

This was one of the situations,where combo selector used his choice to be on top of the game in the race day. Gábor won the previous race and kept the performance practically unchallenged also in this one - even if the gap of 0.12s does not sound big for a qualifying lap,for the short lap it's still very decisive and Gábor scored his 14th RTFR XL pole position. During the first lap he saw closest rival right beside him,but eventually dropped him and kept his focus through all 73 laps he led to score his 12th RTFR XL race win,tying all time most,previously set by R.Kardol. Having more pole positions,the success of yesterday puts the hungarian on top of all time success ranking,where he added also the 13th fastest lap of the race to his stats,breaking into sole leading position in this chart,22nd top5 finish besides all this might sound as a small achievement. With 18 seconds gap to winner,best of the rest was previous success ranking leader R.Kardol,who still leads the most top5 finishes chart - his 2nd place finish yesterday was the 51st one of those. The late night driver from Singapore improved his both best results by a position in this race - Sean was 2nd in qualifying,but lost a position during the race to finish 3rd,scoring his 4th top5 finish. Current rating and standings leader Unite joined late in qualifying,setting rather low result in session,but rallied through field to challenge for 3rd position late in the race,but unsuccessfully and he had to settle for 4th place finish,which is his 30th top5 finish. The 5th place driver of the day was Thehemuli,who was in this position in both sessions - that's 4th top5 finish for him in this year,5th overall.

* FUN FACT OF THE MONTH :
No driver has been able to set more than 3 winning streaks in RTFR XL until this race - with 2nd win in row,Gábor started his 4th winning streak. In 4 weeks he has a chance to extend the current one to 3 wins,which would tie Botsi's record of most 3 or more race win streaks.

* CLOCK PITTER OF THE RACE :
There's no recorded situation where this honor was shared between 2 drivers - two finns had a pitstop time of 10.11 seconds,so Unite and Thehemuli are co-clock pitters in this race. Interestingly another finn managed a perfect 10.00,however just with a 2nd try (where he needed only 8.7 seconds to avoid penalty).

* FIELD RUSHER OF THE RACE :
With low performance in qualifying and 4th place finish,there are no doubts about field rusher this time - Unite had a gain of 12 positions between start and finish,while 2nd best progress was just 1/3 of his.

VOD at Youtube:


Both top2 finishers have selected combos for max allowed 2 times this year,so the selection was relayed to 3rd place finisher,who still has not submitted a valid selection,so we have to wait for info of season finale for a while. Next week normal RTFR will return with one of the slick tyre cars,full info about the race will be posted this weekend.

I see McLarry will get some competition!

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

Pitting rules:
Race requires a minimum time spent in pitstall of 10 seconds. That can be done either with single pitstop or sum of multiple pitstops. Driver who has spent less time will receive penalty time added to his finish time,which will be calculated by tripling the missing time to complete neccesary minimum time and adding additional 5 seconds. Drivers failing to pit at all will receive 1 minute penalty added to finish time (10s*3 + additional 30s).

Some historic stats:
Last race won by: S1DUS*GáboR
Last UF1 race won by: S1DUS*GáboR (75th RTFR XL - AS Cadet)
Most UF1 race wins: S1DUS*Botsi - 3 wins (Finland - 3 wins)
Last South City race won by: [FM]ˆRex (93rd RTFR XL - FBM @ SO City Long Rev.)
Most South City race wins: S1DUS*Botsi - 5 wins (Finland - 8 wins)
Current rating leader: S1DUS*uNite (+13 points)

2024 standings after 9 of 12 races:
S1DUS*uNite - 162
ZFRL•Thehemuli - 148
RGˆRony - 132
Event rating and other statistics

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

Qualifying:


Race:


Winner:


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

Quote from MRc Michal via RGA discord :

Event: 345th RTFR
Lap: 1, sc3, double left-hander before oval entry
Involved drivers: Michal, Thehemuli, Nosle(?)
Description: Thehemuli approaches the second left-hander at a very sharp angle and despite two cars just ahead about to make the apex he opts to go full throttle into the corner skidding across the inner kerb and grass and hits the larboard of Michal, causing him to spin into the gravel and lose chances for a meaningful result.

Thehemuli enters the turn with full throttle without a chance to keep car on inside lane with 2 cars on the outside - this results in contact,that could be significantly less affecting with no throttle input.

* PENALTIES :
ZFRL•Thehemuli - receives 10 seconds penalty added to his finish time for avoidable incident in last section of lap 1.

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This was the 2nd road tyres race in row with rather slow car,which once again turned into pack racing in early stages of the race,with many 3 and even 4 wide situations all over the track,but besides few incidents,nothing more that "rubbing is racing" happened. Later in the race positions on track changed more for tyre temperature reasons - some drivers were able to keep them better in control than others as this car features quite narrow rubber surface to road,which was well loaded with over 1 ton of car's weight.

The 2nd road tyre car race in row was won by brazilian TJ,who late in qualifying session set the fastest lap,but lost it moments later,earning the outside position of front row. But his start was significantly better than polesitter's and after few battles in early laps,he established his race lead with an increasing gap to competition,crossing the finish line first to score his 3rd win in this season and 4th win overall,setting also fastest lap of the race,which is his 3rd. TJ scored his 12th top5 finish and led all 15 laps in this race,which is 5 more than in his previous 3 racewins together. Kyr1l was the fastest through most of the qualifying session,but was demoted to 3rd late in qualifying - that's still 7 positions better than his previous best qualifying result out of 4 tries. In the race he tried to challenge the leader few times,but eventually had to concede,finishing 2nd 6 seconds apart from race winner,improving his only previous finishing result by 18 positions. Also Dod1slaw improved his previous best results by some margin - his 6th place in qualifying was 3 positions improvement,during the race he progressed up to 3rd position in finish to reach 4 positions improvement for his best finishing result. Arska beat the best result very late in qualifying and scored his 3rd pole position in RTFR,but with high 1st gear saw competition flash by at start,losing positions not only on start but also later in race - 4th position for the finn is a repeat of his season best result and 33rd top5 finish in total. The winner of previous race R.Kardol qualified 5th and had to pass many cars to regain that position in finish as he managed to get involved in few incidents early on,still increasing the all time leading top5 count to 96.

VOD at Youtube:


Next week RTFR XL will return after 6 weeks break and it will be another front wheel drive car to race - LFS's slowest standard car UF1 will be run South City's shortest configuration that uses the default start/finish straight - the 2 kilometer Classic configuration will be run in reversed direction,with laptimes just above 1 minute,it will be a 73 laps race to have the usual 75 minutes RTFR XL race. Full information will be posted tomorrow. Normal RTFR version will return in 2 weeks with one of the faster cars - some hints about next combo as always can be heard when watching stream of previous race.

For those who missed the livestream,here's video on demand:

The car is quite on similar level als LFS GTi class cars,has a small advantage with road super tyres,however with less tyre width,tyre heat may become an issue - who's up for challenge? Join to race or just follow the action via livestream,race info and links to livestream in the event's info thread: https://www.lfs.net/forum/thread/109647-345th-RTFR
The attached RTFR promo skin is public and free for use.

Last edited by Scawen, Tue 5 Nov 2024, 09:39. Reason : corrected event info link

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*R.Kardol
Last VGI-6 SC race won by: 1st race with this car
Last Kyoto race won by: S1DUS*GáboR (334th RTFR - FORMULA CLASSIC 91 @ Kyoto National) - 4 wins in row
Most Kyoto roval configs race wins: S1DUS*GáboR - 5 wins (Hungary - 6 wins)
Current rating leader: S1DUS*GáboR (+14.5 points)

2024-S2 standings after 8 of 12 races:
A.Valta - 194
S1DUS*GáboR - 148
S1DUS*uNite - 143
Event rating,standings and other statistics

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

The 2024 season celebrated the 10 years of league's existance,however there was no celebration mood for the organizing body - the best word to describe the season is flop. Season started with 13 drivers attending round one,setting up an interesting race with highs and lows,also round 2 gathered up decent number of drivers to provide some excitement,but in 2nd half of the season just handful drivers arrived to drive the 2 half distance races,where 2 late joiners rescued season finale to be entered in league's history as lowest attended race ever. 19 signups alone describes the situation - that's 8 less than previous lowest number of 27 (which coincidentally is also all time highest attendance in a single round),set 2 years ago,15 of them actually participated,which is 4 less than 2 years ago. This resulted in 8.5 drivers per round,which is 2 less than last year and almost 6 less than all time average attendance. Still the few racers were ready to tackle the competition and have some fun with challenging car over challenging courses to find out the best between attending drivers,pushing the intrigue of drivers championship winner until last laps.


VERL 2024 Drivers Champion: ZFRL•Thehemuli
When looking back at Thehemuli's results,you can see constant progress - he made his debut in VERL in 2021,where he finished 7th in standings,year later he was 3rd and last season - 2nd. So it was quite logical to end up 1st this season allthough he would probably admit himself - due lack of competition. The finn finished 3rd in season opener,had to settle for 5th place in the longest and most difficult round of the season,but won the remaining 2 rounds to outscore early leader of season. Thehemuli added to his achievements his first 2 wins (had 2nd place finish as previous best),his 1st pole position,his 2nd and 3rd fastest laps of the race and raised his top5 total to 13.
Zesty started the season with 2 wins,which actually made a streak of 3 wins as he won final round of last season,however he never arrived in 2nd half of the season,effectivelly giving up his drivers title and finish 2nd in standings with 3 points gap to leader. The 2 wins makes him a 4-time race winner in VERL,while he also added a pole position to make a total of 3 and 2 fastest laps to have 4 of those. Rony finished 3rd in standings losing to 2nd place only on tiebreaker - he started the season with 5th place finish and finished as runner up in remaining 3 rounds,taking pole position in season finale which is his first in VERL. The top5 finish count was increased to 25 - 3rd place in standings is a repeat of previous season,a position lower than result of VERL's inagural season and 4th overall podium.

VERL 2024 Rookie of the Year: - (not awarded)
According to rules,the award is presented if at least 2 drivers with rookie status finishes at least one race - that was not the case this season as just a sole rookie finished a race (2 actually),so he can be still called as best rookie,but does not receive an actual title. The Czech driver Pedro Dandy finished 8th and 6th in season's first half,but just like most did not attend the 2nd half,ending up 8th in overall standings - 1 position ahead of defending drivers champion.

VERL 2024 Teams Champions: Team S1DUS
With 2 wins and a 2nd place finish,the champions of 2020 and 2021 started the season very strong,taking a commanding lead in the championship standings - that was actually enough to hold the lead until end of season despite not scoring a single point later with huge help of half distance for half points rule. That's a big improvement compared to 8th position the team took last season.
The defending 2-time teams champions RGA came 2 point short (tying would not be enough as they would lose on tiebreaker) to title defence and had to settle for 2nd place in standings despite 6 top5 finishes through the season. The drivers champion's team Zafiralis finished 3rd in standings almost with sole effort of the champion - rest of the team helped only with 10% of their points score. The finnish based team lost a position compared to last season.

VERL 2024 Nations Cup winners: Finland
No surprises in nations cup - Finland still keeps the ground as being the best nation in VERL as their drivers scored already 5th VERL drivers champions title. This year the finns scored 2 race wins (both by the champion) and a total of 9 top5 finishes and led standings from 1st round unchallenged. This is Finland's nations cup for the 5th year in row and 9th time in total.
The other 2 positions on nations podium were taken by nations with a single driver,both also represented on drivers championship podium in same order - Malaysia is 2nd thanks to Zesty's 2 wins and Latvia is 3rd with Rony's 3 2nd place finishes. Malaysia climbed up 2 positions in standings compared to last season,Latvia repeated same result.


Lack of interest in this competition of course raises plenty of questions marks over future of the 10 years old league. It was started 2015 as sort of replacement of LFSCART by NDR,which was previously the longest running LFS league with the fastest aids free LFS car Formula V8. It was always meant as high level league demanding plenty of skills from drivers,that's why we upgraded to the 650 horsepower car when the cars mods were available,throttling down the power on 2nd season with new car to 600 horsepower,but with this also the attendance went down - 15.3 drivers per round in FO8 era versus 10.2 in the new turbo era. This means Race Green Events will take some consideration how or if the new season will take place in 2025 - feel free to post your input of thoughts here!

Unfortunatelly also the final round of the season saw a very low attendance - just 5 drivers joined and that excluded standings leader,who effectivelly gave up his title away as even with half points rule 2 drivers were still in striking distance with a "simple" task - winning the race. 3 drivers qualified,another 2 were able to join as they were in top10 of championship standings (one very late just to mark himself as started),so it was a "quatrel" for win,which reduced to "triel" very soon.

Thehemuli allowed to beat himself in qualifying,taking only the 2nd position on grid,but with different downforce settings alone he was able to take over the lead in long run to 1st turn - he never gave up in and constantly run away from competition to score his 2nd VERL race win,beating also the track record set last season. Rony raised his hopes for title by being the fastest in qualifying,scoring his 1st ever VERL pole position,but could not keep up with pace of his main rival and had to settle for third 2nd place finish in row. Lorenzo joined late and missed qualifying,however still could find some pace to climb a position to finish 3rd,which is his 1st ever VERL podium finish,beating his previous best race result by one position.


Full season recap and official final standings will be posted within next couple weeks!

The 2nd season of RGE's car randomizing league has come to an end after 10 rounds and it's time to look back at the season's results. A total of 44 different cars were in the list this season,exceeding number of drivers in any round,however for round 4 a total of 51 drivers were in the draw,so still in theory each car could have been used. But there was a car,who was not used - one that was added right after season half was drawn just once and never run,while another car was drawn 8 times,run in qualifying twice but never stood on grid. 8 different cars crossed the finish line as winners,10 were run in at least 6 rounds to qualify for manufacturers championship. There are no seperate stats which car was drawn most times this year,but in both seasons one car was drawn significantly more times than 2nd best and coincidentally it's the same car that made manufacturers podium in both seasons.

The average attendance dropped by 1.9 compared to last season,as highest attendance number reached 28 drivers in round 4 (5 less than highest number of 2023),but the lowest number did not drop as low as last year - 16 drivers in season finale is still 4 more than lowest attendance in 2023 season's round 8. Competition level however dropped as main candidates for drivers champion title did not show a lot of interest to put some effort and take the glory home - all 3 standings leaders,who shared 7 race wins,did not start in last 2 rounds,letting others pass them in table.


RandomCar 2024 Drivers Champion: RGˆRony
Only 3 drivers attended in all 10 rounds,one of them scored most points during the season and it was the organizer himself. The list of achievements is very short - only a single podium finish,which was a 3rd place finish in double points scoring season finale 1 hour race,but consistancy helped a lot - even if before final round best result was 7th place finish,worst was a sole top10 outside finish in round 3 where he was just one position outside top10. Last season the organizer finished 10th in standings with 5th place finish being best result.

Unite attended 8 rounds and also his most successful race was the season finale which he won,putting himself up to 2nd position in final standings. The finn was runner up in 2 races,and finished 4th in season opener,rest of the results were low top10 finishes with one bad result where he finished 19th. Last season he was 17th in final standings with a sole 2nd place being a good result. Standings leader after 7th round was J.Holmes,who won 4 races and finished 2nd in another 2. But he did not start rounds 8 and 9 and did not even attend final round,letting his standings lead away,ending up just 3rd in final standings. The britton attended just 2 rounds last season,finishing 2nd in his sole started race.

RandomCar 2024 Teams Champions: Born 2 Race
The defending vice-champions run strong this season as they scored the highest points count between teams in 7 of 10 rounds,taking 3 race wins with 2 different drivers. Even if their performance dropped later in season as the 2 drivers being main candidates for drivers title did not race,rest of the team kept scoring good points to keep the team in table lead through whole season as the team scored a total of 17 top5 finishes. The defending champions RGA was the only team that kept themselves within striking distance to leaders,but never could seriously endanger them,finishing this season in 2nd position,scoring just 5 top5 finishes during the season. Good performances later in the season were deciding factor for 3rd position in teams championship for WCL - with win in round 9 they overtook their main rivals Zafiralis and kept the position through final round. Besides win,their best driver scored another top5 finish and it's a 2 positions improvement in table compared to previous season.

RandomCar 2023 Nations Champions: Finland
Finland marks the only successful title defence in RandomCar and this season was very similar to previous one. Once again Lithuania started season very strongly,but dropped their performance late in the season,allowing consistently scoring Finland simply glide by and secore 2nd nations championship in the league. The finns scored a total of 10 top5 finishes,including race wins on last 2 rounds of the season. Lithuanians won 3 races and finished in top5 11 times in their 2nd runners up season. Also 3rd position was taken over late in the season - and that by Poland,who overtook UK. Poland this year scored 3 top5 finishes,each by different driver,last season they finished 6th in the standings.

RandomCar 2024 Manufacturers Champions: XF COUPE TURBO
There was no dominating car this season in the races,however in slower courses one of the prefered vehicles was the light and agile XF Coupe,which was the winning car in round 2,scoring another 4 podium finishes through out the season. Last season the model finished in dissapointing 15th position. In half of the races 2nd place was taken by BZ30 - a remarkable result despite the lack of race wins for the roadster,which is very similar in performance with the TBO class by default and a good improvement from previous season when it finished 12th. The all time most drawn car Talot was 2nd best last season,however despite a race win,they dropped a position between seasons,finishing 3rd in standings,bringing home 3 podium finishes during the season.

Season 3 is in the the minds of planning and there might be some minor improvements for drivers championship to increase competition,but biggest changes will include manufacturers championship as with over 40 cars and less than 30 drivers it's difficult to determine the best car. Otherwise the current format of 9 rounds with 30min races and double points scoring 1 hour race season finale seems like a good option noone opposed,so there are no plans to change that.

Last edited by Eclipsed, Mon 28 Oct 2024, 17:13. Reason : Edited mistake in points count of nations in graphics

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Season finale is set to be run in Aston Grand Prix - in the longest standard racetrack in LFS,which measures 8.8 kilometers. The VERL car can do this lap in around 2 minutes and 25 seconds and it requires just 23 laps to complete VERL nominal distance of 200 kilometers,which last year was completed in 56 minutes. Tyre durability probably won't be an issue in this race,unless drivers are too aggressive on tyres,however car should be set up quite universally as the course has high speed straights,fast turns and slow hairpins.

As it should be,in season finale is everything on stake - drivers championship is led by 7 points,so leader cannot allow any big mistakes,especially if main rivals are running on high positions. Also teams championship is undecided,however leading team has a significant advantage. Nations cup might be decided already at signups closure as none of the 2 chasing nations has 2nd driver that at least theoretically would allow to challenge leaders.

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Track: AS Grand Prix (AS5)
Laps: 23
Previous winners: RD2 (2023), S1DUS*uNite (2022), S1DUS*GáboR (2021), Maunokasa (2020), Dzban (2019), v\A.Wiśniewski (2018; 2016), [SR] S.Litmanen (2015)

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