Yes, we're back! Layout Racing League ventured back to where it all began, at Broker Hill, for the Season 2020 opener! And boy was it as action-packed as it always is.




Qualifying

Qualifying was once again tight up the front, with Air Attack's D.Ahmetaj setting the early pace, before the TRR drivers started to top the time sheets. It was an all out scrap between TRR's Maddee and Trespasser for the pole, of which the latter only just got by 1 thousandths of a second, with a 1:32.83, although not displayed due to a timing error. TRR Salminen lined up just behind in 3rd, with LLM Newb not far behind. The top 10 were separated by just under a second, setting up for what was to be one good race.



Race

The race start saw an even getaway from the front of the grid, with the drivers behind searching for real estate down into the second corner. TC-R Adam and [MRc] Michal both were in the middle of the chaos, while up front the TRR trio slowly got away. Scrapping up and down the field continued as drivers failed to break the draft, with several notable passes.

The pit stop process saw several drivers gain out of undercutting a battling pack ahead, while others failed in their strategy or got caught out by the pit speed limit; most notably Jereloco, whom received a Drive-Through-Penalty before quitting. An lag incident between Pedro and Cyankill saw Cyan crash out of a strong position, effectively sealing his fate to the rear of the field.

There were several disconnects that ran throughout the race, with Newb, Jachua, Adam and Krin all suffering the same fate. As the race continued, there were two main battles - the one for the lead between Maddee and Trespasser, and a huge train somewhere around 8th place.

The leaders pitted near the end of the race, and shockingly, what looked to be a hard fought victory by Maddee soon collapsed as his clutch gave out departing the uphill pit-lane, ending what was a brilliant tussle with his teammate, Trespasser, who would go on to claim back-to-back wins at Broker Hill, and once again lead the championship! Gabor for Team S1DUS finished in second with Ahmetaj putting on a good showing in 3rd. 5th-placed Nogle failed to pit, which would result in a penalty and promoting Teho Ngottini up a place and everyone below him. Team Race Green finished head to tail in 7th, 8th and 9th with World Class Lion's T.Soini rounding up the last of the points finishers.

Full race results and Driver's Championship Standings can be found at https://www.lfs.net/forum/post/1955979#post1955979

See you again for Round 2 at Mid-Town Ring on 23rd May for more action!

Last edited by MicroSpecV, Tue 19 May 2020, 04:16.

As we near the middle of 2020, I have to ask;

"What tracks would you like to see in LFS, and do you have any track requests of such?"

With the whole Coronavirus shambles, everything has gone under, from working from home, to studies being conducted from your desk, which meant loads of projects and workload for me. Struggling to cope is one thing, but I do hope to see through with new layouts in the future!

Now, back to the question above, only 2 requirements before you send a request!
1) Circuit should be able to fit into either Autocross X, Blackwood X (container yard), Westhill X (carpark) or any other big open space (specify)
2) Circuit must be able to be produced with the max object count!

Till next time!

Quote from racer1012 :

Nope.

Well, for once, you should not stop on track to type about an incident you felt caused you harm 2 corners back. You nearly caused an accident yourself.

And secondly,

You can't call someone a bad driver because of bad ping. It's like saying Campbell soup is horrid because you prefer Heinz's Tomato Ketchup.
Try informing the user about his ping before raging (although I have not seen it been done, hence I'm just inferring).

Thirdly,
You were Nigel Mansell in the first clip, racer1012 in the second. If that's anything to go by then you were probably banned prior, and used a new account. If that is the case, reflect on your own actions before coming to conclusions quickly.
(On the other hand if it's just a driver name swap, then ignore this p)

QUALIFYING for Layout Racing League 2020 Round 1 begins in 10 minutes (from time of this post).

Drivers be reminded to attend Race Briefing after "short break" following Qualifying.

RACE

Race has concluded. Thank you all for your participation, PROTESTS are now open. Post-race penalties will be decided (if any)

Race Summary will only publish AFTER protests have been concluded.

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Round 1 will take place today/tomorrow (depending on where you live!)

2nd May 2020, Saturday. See you there!

Reuploaded (final ver) after post rendering and inclusion of title sponsor/host.

#88 S.Lee
Air Attack Newsroom Racing/FZR

11 May updated


Updated skin
FZR_AORNRNDRV3

(Corrected upside down wing, stretched number)

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88/microspecv/Sean Lee/Singapore/FZR/Air Attack Newsroom Racing

Good job everyone! Was fun joining the stewarding crib for this one, grats Isaac on another win !

Apologies for the slight misinformstion on the original post, races will not be held on first and last Saturday of each momth. Please check out the official season calendar for each race's date!

https://www.lfs.net/forum/thread/94166-Layout-Racing-League-Season-2020-Calendar

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

The information regarding the start of the new season (Season 2 2020) has been uploaded in the new subforum where LRL will reside from now onward! Check it out here

https://www.lfs.net/forum/thre ... ill-National---2-May-2020

Last edited by MicroSpecV, Thu 21 May 2020, 07:53.

Reuploaded with [WCL] J.A.Katila's rollover*

Last edited by MicroSpecV, Sun 26 Apr 2020, 17:13.

Thank you for the drivers for participating in the test race! We gained valuable information that will make Season 2020 a great one!

See you on 2nd May!

QUALIFYING has begun for Layout Racing League Pre-Season event.

The return of the long-awaited LRL is back! Bigger, better and more fun! Season begins 2nd May, Saturday. Test race this Saturday, 18th April!

Featuring 12 custom built tracks, Layout Racing League puts drivers through new surroundings and provides action-packed racing! For more info,

https://www.lfs.net/forum/472-Layout-Racing-League

1) General Information
a) Layout Racing League (LRL) is a series is defined as a series running a minimum of 5
events in the Live for Speed simulation software using circuits either modified
significantly with layout objects, or entirely made of layout objects, and may utilise
various cars suited to each circuit.

b) LRL is the pioneering race series making use of LFS layout circuits, showcasing the creative abilities of various track makers and allows for expansion of the season calendar outside of the regular LFS tracks.

Last edited by MicroSpecV, Mon 12 May 2025, 09:02.

Season 2 for LRL will begin with a test race this Saturday, 18th April!



The long awaited return of Layout Racing League has finally reached a climax, and the new season is about to begin. Join the racing this Saturday where the crew and racers will be racing in a open-invite test event around the Schwarzwald and Mid-Town Ring circuits!

If you are an avid racer, bored and wish to entertain yourself in a new series, head on down this Saturday at 1500 UTC. For more details, head over to https://www.lfs.net/forum/thread/94105-LRL-Pre-Season-Test-Race !

Quote from sermilan :

No, I didn't

I braked where my braking point was, more or less, throughout the whole race.

Hey Sermilan

After looking over it a few times, yep. That incident was my fault. I apologise for the late fade to the right, could have been avoided. My bad there.

That being said, you did go in a little bit deeper, if you managed to be alongside I'd be out of room on the outside, but the contact was my fault. Sorry mate!

Quote from xmlenoa :

hello new future update
night mode is final
I have a question
now there are 3 weather available in the game, will they be deleted
my dynamic mood will come
otherwise night mode will only emi s3 emi as a separate air
@scawen THANKS

I would infer that dynamic lighting (day-night transition) will be separate from static weather. Not just for choice purposes, but it is probable that dynamic lighting takes more gpu to process, hence, having it on all the time is not possible for a portion of racers.

For demo, if this has been planned well, it should seem that Clear Afternoon, Day and Dusk will remain but Night will be included, with Dynamic lighting being excluded as a licence-only privilage. Correct me if I'm wrong @Scavier

Official Buggyra Zero Mileage GT Cup Round 1 Highlights

https://www.lfs.net/forum/thread/94095-Buggyra-Zero-Mileage-GT-Cup---Official-Round-1-Race-Highlights

https://i.imgur.com/nK1SgJO.mp4

@B2r Red

Similar thing with Sermilan, he broke at 50m... 40m too late :/