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LRL Round 4 Event Results
MicroSpecV
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Layout Racing League - Round 4, Scawen's Racetrack, Race Summary


The drivers come around to the forth round of LRL at the unique Scawen's Racetrack circuit, looking for points and to reignite battles! Once again key incidents alter the order at the top of the table - a comeback performance by TC-R] Pete sees him win his second LRL event!



Qualifying



The twisty circuit saw the biggest turn out to date for the series, with 24 drivers taking to the tarmac in search for a good starting position - vital for the race. It was the Indonesian [LCS-R] Ltras showing early pace during the session, but his time was soon bested by championship protagonist [TC-R] Pete, who put in his fastest lap mid-way through the session to secure pole once again.

Championship leader Trespasser was off pace today, citing a "damage limitation race", only qualifying in 10th, more than a second off the pole time and just ahead of TOFU Bro. [RDSR] Cyankill and Medln put in great times to qualify 3rd and 4th respectively, while [6S] SIMOX beat newcomers [TC-R] Nick and Adam for 5th. A poor performance from [LCS-R] Texas sees him only qualify in 12th, ahead of Gabor and [MRc] Michal.


Race

21. Medln +16L Technical
22. [MRc] Michal +18L Accident
23. [RDSR] Cyankill +18L Technical
24. Tofu BRO +21L Technical

Fastest Lap : [TC-R] Pete - 1:38.87
Penalties :
B2r Rejekt - Drive-Through Penalty - Causing a Collision
[r]Jeff - POST RACE REPRIMAND - Contact Warning (Lap 1)
AS|Daniel - POST RACE REPRIMAND - Contact Warning (Lap 1)
GT4Tube - POST RACE REPRIMAND - Causing a Collision (Lap 22)
(FR) Seb - POST RACE REPRIMAND - Causing a Collission (Lap 22)


It's lights out for Round 4!


Clean and neat out of Turn 1

The run into turn 1 was short, with drivers equal off the line, fighting for their own space into the corner. [TC-R] Adam had a disastrous start, getting past by his teammate. Further back, opportunistic pass by Tofu BRO made Rejekt check up, which saw mild contact made between Trespasser and Texas, which lost them momentum and places down into Turn 2.


Clumsy contact into the second corner!

Down into Turn 2 saw chaos ensue in the mid-field as the drivers were packed way too closely - with [r]Jeff and AS|Daniel missing their braking points, the latter slamming into Jeff causing a domino effect, with Texas kissing the rear of Trespasser, sending him sideways facing the wrong way. The championship leader, was now 19th and falling back entering the second sector, which only became worse after PitlaneRacer slid out of Turn 3, causing Trespasser to check-up and get rear ended by M@CI3K.

From 10th to 23rd, the championship leader was now on the back foot.

Up at the front, Ltras broke way too late, handing 2nd on a plate to Cyankill, with Medln and SIMOX slipping through as well. Behind, inter-team scuffle between [TC-R] Nick and Adam began and we would soon see it last throughout the entire race.
Lap 2 saw our first retirement - Tofu BRO retiring with excessive lag, a pity considering his pace up with the front of the pack.


Huge impact and a roll into Tunnel 2

As the field spread saw cars find their own rhythm, Pete was clocking out near the front, with the trailing pack slowly falling back. [RDSR] Cyankill fell victim to a disconnect, forcing a retirement out of a strong second place, with Medln and SIMOX promoted into 2nd and 3rd.

Shortly after, we saw our one and only Safety Car period, with [MRc] Michal losing the rear over the crest entering Tunnel 2, slamming into the wall at unabated speed and rolling over - ending his race from 13th place.
The drivers toured the circuit as the Safety Car waited at the first corner, with majority of the field taking their compulsory pit on that lap.

[LCS-R] Ltras, Gabor and [LCS-R] Texas among others took their chances, staying out, gaining track position and leapfrogging to the front of the field, with (FR) Seb choosing to pit on the second safety car lap, dropping out of a strong top-10 position. Medln suffered a disconnect during the SC period, taking him out of contention to challenge for the race victory.


Race restart on Lap 9

The restart got underway, with Pete getting the jump over Ltras, pulling out a small lead, before the latter closed the gap right down for a tough duel that lasted for the majority of the race, with Pete unable to turn his car on for the second stint.

The off-pace [TC-R] Elmo half-spun against [WCL] T.Soini at the Dipper, dropping him to the rear of the field.
As the field once again spread out, it was clear the top 2 both had the pace to win, and soon a gap formed to 3rd and 4th who were now occupied by Nick and Adam, after fighting past Gabor, who pitted soon after in a failed alternate strategy.


The battle for 3rd intensified


The charge from championship contender, Trespasser

Meanwhile back in Trespasser's world, it was a smooth comeback, slowly picking off positions as he raised himself to 9th by the mid-way point of the race.

Battles were few and far between, with Jeff, Rejekt and Gabor in a tussle for the minor points, and the top 2 now a staggering 9 seconds ahead of 3rd, but all would soon be exciting again as the for the podium kicked off once more.


Ltras pitting and emerging right in the huge battle for the podium

Ltras, on the alternate strategy, had built up enough of a gap to drop himself back into the tail of the battle for the podium, with [TC-R] Adam holding off the [LCS-R] driver for a nail-biting 3-way tussle for 3rd with SIMOX in close proximity behind. Paint was exchanged and tempers rose, but ultimately it was a crazy battle which saw Adam eventually come out on top!


The battle for the minor points at the end of the race

Further back, Texas tried but failed to hold AS|Daniel behind, settling for 8th, ahead of Jeff and Gabor, with Trespasser only coming home in 11th following a last-lap racing incident with [r]Jeff. A final lap incident on the pit exit with GT4Tube and (FR) Seb saw both receive a reprimand for avoidable contact.




Up at the front though, we thought we saw the last of him in Round 3 - but [TC-R] Pete proves the doubters wrong and claims his second victory in LRL and full points haul with it! [TC-R] Nick and his teammate Adam round off a 1-2-3 for team TC Racing, with Ltras and SIMOX finishing best of the rest in 4th and 5th. A decent outing by Ngottini sees him grab 6th, with Trespasser finishing a dismal race in 11th, ahead of GT4tube with the final points scoring position.


Driver's Championship as of Round 4




Pete places himself back into the championship fight as we head to the last of three rounds in LRL's Triple header. With a tight mid-field battle in the standings as well, we look forward to the next race on the 13th of July at the principality - Monaco!

Round 5 - Monaco, UF1 (13 July 2019)
Round 6 - Woodland Raceway, FZ5 (27 July 2019)

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Round 4 - Scawen's Racetrack Qualifying Reminder
MicroSpecV
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Qualifying for LRL Round 4 takes place at 15:15 UTC today, 6 July 2019.
USA, Washington DC - 11:15
United Kingdom - 16:15
Tokyo - 00:15
Australia - 1:15
Finland - 18:15
Server connect URL: Layout Racing League
Round 4 server password : lay0uts
Server is passworded 30 minutes before Qualification!


Server is open and practice session is underway
Series Rules & Regulations : https://www.lfs.net/forum/post/1948610#post1948610
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MicroSpecV
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Quote from Flotch :no => in fact there is too much grip already for the tires.
This is one of the factor leading to heat up too much the tires because they accept too much load before sliding. Same that is leading aswell to have lots of difficulties to drive "quickly" without a locked differential : outside is having so much grip that the inside is leaving the ground ^^
Then there is of course the fact that tires are cooling down too slowly ...
Please Scawen, fix this Tongue

Yeah.... this, in un-TL;DR fashion Tongue

This is why going fast in races requires "mario-karting" of the cars - where you purposely induce oversteer to 4-wheel drift a car around a corner, taking crude advantage of the tire grip and non-existant slip.

Needs to change fast, going fast now is down to basically changing your driving style to something that just isn't realistic; you won't ever see a FOX or XRG equivilant car on a real racetrack slipping sideways to gain time in a corner - it's just wrong in so many ways, and still the reason why I'm a purist and don't mario kart cars at all. Perhaps why I'm never at the top of the charts, but heck I like to drive my car like normal...
LRL Round 4 Info
MicroSpecV
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Round 4 confirmed will be this Saturday 6th July at the Scawen's Racetrack circuit.



Mid-way in LRL's triple-header! Many overtaking opportunies, and a enjoyable driver's circuit!

WE2X_SCAWEN RACETRACK
Laps: 23
Cars: LX4
Wind: Off
Weather: Clear Day
Server PW: lay0uts
Mandatory pitstop: Yes
Track Record:
Previous Event: 2015 Open-Invitational Scawen Race
Server connect URL: Layout Racing League
Round 4 Event News Article : https://www.lfs.net/news/1294


Provisional LRL Event Calander - Subject to changes
Round 4 - Scawen's Racetrack, Car Class: LX4 (6 July 2019)

15:15 UTC - Start of 20 minute qualifying session
15:35 UTC - 5 minute break
15:40 UTC - Drivers briefing
15:45-15:50 UTC - Race Session start

Rules > https://www.lfs.net/forum/post/1948610#post1948610


Round 5 - Monaco, UF1 (13 July 2019)
Round 6 - Woodland Raceway, FZ5 (27 July 2019)
Round 7 - Rony RGE Sprint 8 Reversed, XRT (3 August 2019) [Subject to change]
Round 8 - Hong Kong E-Prix Circuit, GTi (31 August 2019)
Round 9 - Norisring, TBO (7 September 2019) SEASON FINALE

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Round 4 confirmed
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Points system -
Top 12
(P1) 18-14-12-10-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 (P12)
1 point for Fastest Lap
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MicroSpecV
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Yes Spiky is right, I believe the Lmaoring track saves the races under the Drag strip, check your LFSW stats, it should fall as one race in drag, if not... Shrug
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MicroSpecV
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Besides the handling changes that is supposed to come...
This is Live For Speed, a racing simulator.

It never was proclaimed as a drift simulator, although people love drifting on it. It's great for drifting but I doubt drift handling is top priority at the moment - the remodelled tire model is more important for racing now.
MicroSpecV
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Quote from mbutcher :Nice write up. I've got it all to do now to challenge for the championship. Bring it on.

You go mate! Close that gap down. See you and everyone else for Round 4 this Saturday, 6th July!
LRL Round 3 Event Results
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Layout Racing League - Round 3, Marcus Memorial Lmaoring, Race Summary


Heading to Austria for Round 3 of the LRL Championship, we see drama and amazing racing, with key incidents and a fumble at the top of the table! A well-planned strategy sees Trespasser take the race win for the second time in his LRL career!



Qualifying



The short punchy circuit proved a challenge for most drivers, nailing the corners being key to gaining lap time. Trespasser set the early pace, with Lydh in his XFG driving the lap of his life to put the underpowered shoe box up into 3rd, ahead of rivals AA|Kadir and fellow XFG racer, [LCS-R] Texas. [6S] SIMOX placed his car in 6th, just 7 tenths off the lead. The midfield , headed by 9397, was extremely close, further giving us a glimpse of the action in the race.

Surprisingly, it was [TC-R] Pete who put in the fastest lap of the session right at the death, pipping Trespasser by under a tenth. Further down, surprise returns to racing by [LCS-R] racers Wax and Ltras saw them qualify near the back in 15th and 16th, just besting Cruise hero GT4Tube.


Race

10. AA|Kadir +4L Accident
11. [LCS-R]Texas +5L Accident
12. [LCS-R]Wax +11L Accident
13. Blokis +11L Accident
14. [TC-R] Pete +18L Technical
15. Lydh +21L Technical
16. [6S]SIMOX +29L Technical
17. [LCS-R]Lauski +32L Accident
18. [MRc] KIG +32L Accident
19. Medln +0L Disqualified
20. HOUSSEM 221.B +33L Did Not Start
Fastest Lap : Trespasser - 1:05.11
Penalties :
Medln POST RACE PENALTY - DISQUALIFIED - FAILURE TO PIT
AA|Kadir POST RACE PENALTY - REPRIMAND - CAUSING A COLLISION
[6S] SIMOX - STOP & GO - Causing a Collision


Round 3 and drivers put their patience and grit to the test at the tight confines of the Lmaoring!


Lights out, and away we go!

The start was once again clean, with Pete leading the furious charge down into turn 1, with Lydh losing out in the run with his XFG, and SIMOX powering past down the inside. Further down the back, the slow-starting Medln saw [LCS-R] Lauski and [MRc] KIG sweep past him, which would prove to be one of two turning points in the race, with the field compressed heading through the first lap!


There's contact, there's contact!

The worst case scenario down into turn one became real - Trespasser having a go under braking and drawing alongside Pete, however, an overly ambitious [6S] SIMOX misjudged the braking point, tipping Trespasser into Pete who goes for a spin, directly in front of the 19-strong pack! Avoiding action followed, with Lydh having no-where to go, hitting Pete once more, with cars scattering left and right as the field marched into the Esses.


The first Safety Car produced by this incident

The fast starting Lauski had a huge tankslapper moment as he exited the Esses, over-correcting his car and sending him straight into the Castrol wall, with [MRc] KIG going off at the same point in sympathy!


Heli-cam over the Lap 1 pile-up

The incident saw a pile up as the drivers weaved their way through the field - Lydh and Derinus suffering damage along with the championship leader, Pete. Both cars involved in the initial incident retired on the spot, with Lauski unable to pace shown earlier during the Practice sessions.
The safety car was called, sparking a flurry of pit-stop activity!


Majority of the field taking their compulsory pit-stop

End of Lap 1 and the deployment of the Safety Car saw the pit-stops take place, with most of the pack opting to clear their pit, with SIMOX, Texas and Kadir the leading cars who chose for the alternate strategy, staying out for track position. Trespasser pitted and rejoined in 4th behind Kadir, with RG Mandula, [WCL] Katila and Pete - who had already recovered to 8th, right behind. SIMOX was slapped with a Stop-And-Go Penalty for the earlier incident with Pete at Turn 1, of which sadly turned out to be the end of his race, getting stuck in his pit-box with a LFS glitch.
Weirdly, Texas and Kadir pitted on the second lap under Safety Car, dropping to the rear of the field and promoting Trespasser to the lead after SIMOX's retirement.


The battles after the restart

The race restart saw the field spread into place, as the drivers passed each other and found a rhythm for the middle part of the 33 lap race. Pete fought Katila down into the Final Hairpin, both coming into slight contact, with a clumsy spin by Katila after both tried to catch their own cars; deemed to be a racing incident. Battles for position were all around the order, with Texas fighting with Medln for 5th, and [WCL] T.Soini passing Blokis at the back.

Lydh's great qualifying and run in the top 10 came to an end after sustaining damage at the final chicane, retiring his XFG on lap 12, pointless here in Round 3. Meanwhile, a train was forming behind 5th placed Texas down to M@CI3K, as well as GT4Tube, who was holding down 10th ahead of the recovering [LCS-R] Ltras. GT4 would go on to finish a respectable 7th in the race, with the latter claiming 5th for LCS-R, a great tribute to Marcus Kane.


The unexpected for the championship leader, Pete

Lap 15 saw the retirement of [TC-R] Pete following a technical glitch with his Rift, crashing his game and taking him out of the race from a strong 2nd, after pulling a move on 9397 a corner before. With his retirement, he scores 0 points, gifting Trespasser a huge lead in the championship. Will Pete be able to recover?



The battles during the middle stint of the race

The field spread saw few battles as the race tipped over the half-way mark, with Ltras getting past GT4tube down the main straight. With less than 10 laps to go, Texas was slowly closing down on Mandula for the final step on the podium, however, his charge was halted with a rollover by [LCS-R] Wax at the final chicane on lap 24, right on the exit; bringing out the second and final Safety Car of what had been a very exciting and close race thus far.


Restart number 2, Lap 28

Lap 28 saw the Safety Car come in to release the field for the final 5 laps, with Trespasser leaving nothing to chance, dropping the field as he stormed away in the lead. Down into Turn 1, 9397 broke a little too late, and Trespasser, having run wide, was collected, with 9397 coming off worse and spinning around in front of the top 6, with Texas somehow emerging in P2 ahead of everyone else.

What followed was an intense battle for the second step on the podium between 6 drivers, with Medln and Katila barging through ahead of Mandula and Texas, with the battle stretching all the way to the flag.



Up in the lead, Trespasser crossed the line in 1st with no challenge, claiming his second win to boost ahead of Pete and the rest of the drivers in the championship. With the disqualification of Medln, Katila and Mandula took a well deserved podium ahead of 9397 and the newcomer, Ltras.
With the fastest lap going Trespasser, his unassailable lead in the championship will be hard to take down. Can anyone do it?

Driver's Championship as of Round 3




The triple header has just started - see you for the next race this coming Saturday, 6 July 2019 for Round 4 at Scawen's Racetrack!

Round 4 - Scawen's Racetrack, LX4 (6 July 2019)
Round 5 - Monaco, UF1 (13 July 2019)

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@Scawen Open Config LFS & Airio Penalty glitches
MicroSpecV
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Hi whom it may concern,

Just like to bring up two bugs,
In open config layout, when someone gives a stop n go penalty, LFS bugs out and basically just stalls the car in the box with "STOP" and doesn't release after the normal 10 seconds - actually ruined a competitor's race in LRL earlier. Is this a fixable bug?

*fyi Drive Through is not used as theres no defined pit lane, that's understandble.

Second bug is more to Airio, but as it links to LFS insim I guess it counts as a LFS bug too - when a car is stopped in a pit box, when a 45 second, Stop n Go or Drive Through penalty is given, LFS spams the command twice (essentially double penalising the driver).

More concerned about the stop n Go bug, the command spam bug isn't as important as I doubt anyone would enter penalty whilst in box.

Hope to hear from someone on this,

Rgs
MicroSpecV
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*Update*
A minute's silence will be observed prior to grid for Race start today at the Lmaoring.

Marcus Kane, or [LCS-R]Marcus.K as he went by, was a racing driver who contributed to the LCS team and participated in races and the LCS UF1 league back in 2016-2017. He was known to be one of the calmest and most precise drivers the drivers raced with, and he proved the point by winning his first race in the LCS UF1 league on his debut race.

We lost him in 2017, when he was involved in a fiery car accident, of which he was not able to survive. We all know you are a lap ahead of us, rest well, Marcus.

In his honor, the Lmaoring had a stadium built in the last sector; better known today as the Marcus Complex.

Quote :"R.I.P Marcus K.

Sent: Mon Mar 13, 2017 3:21 pm
My brother told me that he used to hang out around here with you guys, (...)

(...) my brother ended up in a car accident a week ago, killing (him) and the other driver in a blue car(...)

He told me to wish you and everyone else good luck and that he hopes that LCS can grow and be a better team.
He told me all of this exactly in two days before he died in the car crash(...)died instantly in the crash, said crash happening 1 week ago.

He says that he is happy to have learned how to properly drive the FBM as he got sick lap times.

I miss my brother, best wishes to everyone that he met along the way.

-Joey Kane
In game username: RearWheelracecar "

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Round 3 - Marcus Memorial Lmaoring Qualifying Reminder
MicroSpecV
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Qualifying for LRL Round 3 takes place at 15:15 UTC today, 29 June 2019.
USA, Washington DC - 11:15
United Kingdom - 16:15
Tokyo - 00:15
Australia - 1:15
Finland - 18:15
Server connect URL: Layout Racing League
Round 3 server password : lay0uts
Server is passworded 30 minutes before Qualification!


Server is open and practice session is underway
Series Rules & Regulations : https://www.lfs.net/forum/post/1948610#post1948610
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LRL Round 3 INFO
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Round 3 confirmed will be this Saturday 29th June at the Marcus-Memorial Lmaoring race track



Fast drivers, closely-knit pack, balanced cars!

AU3X_Lmaoring LRL
Laps: 33
Cars: GTi (XFG, XRG)
Wind: Off
Weather: Clear Day
Server PW: lay0uts
Mandatory pitstop: Yes
Track Record: 0:59.56 (Y.Laprevotte, MRT)
Previous Event: Rony's Tuesday Fun Race 160th Race
Server connect URL: Layout Racing League
Round 3 Event News Article : https://www.lfs.net/news/1292


Provisional LRL Event Calander - Subject to changes
Round 3 - Lmaoring, Car Class : GTi (29 June 2019)

15:15 UTC - Start of 20 minute qualifying session
15:35 UTC - 5 minute break
15:40 UTC - Drivers briefing
15:45-15:50 UTC - Race Session start

Rules > https://www.lfs.net/forum/post/1948610#post1948610


Round 4 - Scawen's Racetrack, LX4 (6 July 2019) [Subject to change]
Round 5 - Monaco, UF1 (13 July 2019)
Round 6 - Woodland Raceway, FZ5 (27 July 2019)
Round 7 - Rony RGE Sprint 8 Reversed, XRT (3 August 2019) [Subject to change]
Round 8 - Hong Kong E-Prix Circuit, GTi (31 August 2019)
Round 9 - Norisring, TBO (7 September 2019) SEASON FINALE

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Round 3 confirmed
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Points system -
Top 12
(P1) 18-14-12-10-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 (P12)
1 point for Fastest Lap
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Quote from madbird :Hey,
I bought the S1 and S2 license back in 2005. I returned about 2 years ago but just found drift-servers. Now I would like to play the game again and i find so much drive and cruise servers, but just a few real racing servers. Why are there so less real racing servers? Do I need the S3 license to see all the racing servers?

Thanks for your answers.

Simple answer is that the volume LFS had isn't there anymore, although the racing community is definitely not dead. Referencing a conversation I had with some of AOR's community, people have grown older, some busy with life, others, moving onto bigger, more expanded and refined sims like iR or rF2. Times change and people have come to "settle in with a sim of choice that they have raced in now for a while".
Otherwise, LFS is still alive, some times in the European time people will start up the B2R Rotate server which is a licenced-specific server that rotates on tracks and cars. Cruise is very active, and so is the main user intake, demo servers.

Apart from that, league racing is very active - there are a couple of leagues for you to take part in to see what floats your boat, ranging from FM GTi Thursday, FOX Friday, to mrc's FBM Saturday. Rony's Fun Race (RTFR) is also hugely populated due to its... fun! nature and constant combo roations. SRT finland also does leagues on Fridays and Weekends, while new start-up series Layout Racing League by myself and Nikopdr, racing on completely new circuits, has been recently hugely popular with close to 30 drivers in the championship.

Choices are far from limited so we'd definitely like to see you racing with us in any league you choose!
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Experience NASCAR in LFS! The Martinsville Speedway is now loaded on LRL Layout Racing server for this weekend only! Hop on to have a try!

Server connect URL: Layout Racing League


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Quote from NumberTwo :Well, leagues section should be for that, but Its not as visible as I'd like it to be. A schedule that is on lfs.net is a better thing I think, but I've never really put any attention to it, cause I've been lucky (or ignorant) to mostly race FOX, and I always knew where to find that.

https://www.lfs.net/leagues

This page seems OK, its just that leagues owners dont put in the needed info.

It doesn't help that for our new exciting league (Layout Racing League), I can't add anything under the "League Information" box. It does not allow me to update that area, no matter what I write. Sucks really, because now it's empty Frown
Nova's Layouts Part 16
MicroSpecV
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Martinsville Speedway - NASCAR XFINITY 2020





Welcome back to the 16th installation of the Layoutting series; something new for all of you!




Martinsville is an iconic short-oval track that is part of the NASCAR 2019-2020 calendar. Racers take part in the race, fighting for position on the track.


The track has been replicated mostly to scale, apart from the paddock area, which is currently vacant. The scenery and grandstands are in the guise of the actual track as well! Situated in the Blackwood Container Yard, this NASCAR track is surely unique and interesting to race on.

feel the NASCAR speed in a downforce limited FZR, or go old school back to the 90s in the powerful FZ5! challenge your mates to a battle or add this into your league for something quirky!

See you in the next installation of this series!




Recommended vehicles
FZ5
FZR
XRT
Every other car!


Cheers


The reward is in the passion

Check out my TC Layoutting series!
http://forum.city-driving.co.uk/forumdisplay.php?fid=13
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONFy_8kqPj4
Join Apex Online Racing today!
https://apexonlineracing.com/community/

AA™| AOR Nova

**Attached below : new "accurate track width (V4) version".
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In conjunction with Layout Racing League...
MicroSpecV
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Hello fellow racers!

Several layouts will be re built and revamped over the course of this year to make the standards for Layout Racing League (LRL) - https://www.lfs.net/forum/thread/93469-Layout-Racing-League

Hence, I will be uploading those track layouts to the current layout "Volumes" in previous pages; they will be named (trackname ) LRL i.e Broker Hill LRL!
These tracks are heavily modified from previous versions and should be able to host races with zero issue Tongue
Current tracks updated to LRL Standards :
Broker Hill
Mid-Town Ring
Lmaoring
Scawen's Racetrack

Also, Scawen's Racetrack is now available in Reversed/REV version - check out the track post here to download the new version! https://www.lfs.net/forum/post/1932117#post1932117

Happy racing!
MicroSpecV
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Quote from lucaf :Nice report again Nova! I'm sure these kind of reports raise the interest to the series. And I know it takes time to write such ones. The MPR was great to watch from the start to the end. Last lap fight for podium positions was epic! And GT4 was once again running that hilarious setup, I laughed so hard while watching it, because he drove it really well and did serious job behind the wheel xD.

Yes, it was fairy nice to watch the race again and catch battles I missed - I have to say the Simox did very well today, coming from Cruise background he has the pace and it will be interesting to see if he can try to close the gap to the top 2 in the standings Rofl

Also yes! GT4's civilian set up was crazy, just like in Broker Hill, I do not know how he controls it, amazing
LRL Round 2 Event Results
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Layout Racing League - Round 2, Mid-Town Ring, Race Summary


The grid jumps across the LFS virtual globe to Blackwood Custom, for Round 2 at challenging Mid-Town Ring! Racers battled hard, but fair, providing great racing but it was [TC-R] Pete who took the hat-trick - the qualifying, race win and fastest lap!



Qualifying



Drivers turned up for Round 2 of LRL eager to advance in the championship. Qualifying was once again very tense, with Pete setting the early pace ahead of Trespasser. The tight confines of the circuit saw drivers struggle to find an opening to set a clean lap, with the mid-field pace being ridiculously close, separated by tenths.

However, it was Pete who nailed a stunning hot lap to put himself 7 tenths ahead of closest rival, new-comer B2r spiky, who himself put a great lap to take P2 ahead of the championship leader, Trespasser.
RG Mandula, having had only a few laps on the circuit, put in a respectable time to sneak into the top 10 ahead of Michal. For the first time, we see two drivers - Matt and Suzuki, fail to make the cut for the race, qualifying outside the 107% requirement time.

Race

16. PitlaneRacer +2L Technical, 17. AA|Azyer +11L Mechanical, 18. [AMG] Derinus +14L Mechnical, 19. Matt +22L DNQ, 20. Suzuki +22L DNQ
Fastest Lap : [TC] Pete - 1:35.18
Penalties :
AA|Azyer DRIVE THROUGH PENALTY - PIT EXIT VIOLATION

Round 2 throws the drivers into the high speed Mid-Town Ring, and it was a spectacle!


Pete leads the charge down into the braking zone at Turn 3

It was a clean getaway for the field, tussling hard but cleanly as they exited Turn 1. Trespasser managed to pass Spiky to take 2nd down to the sweeping left hander as Pete clocked out and pulled away from the cars behind. Further back, Derinus out-braked himself into the first turn, dropping spots, while Sobis had a poor start, dropping from 14th down to the back of the grid, before repassing PitlaneRacer and Soini, who scraped the wall down the back straight!


The well-behaved field into the Carpark Hairpin


A man on the move

As the field settled into position, Ngottini, who qualified towards the rear of the field, appeared to have a better race pace, and was soon crawling his way up the order, passing several rivals to be in 11th by the 3rd lap; he would later go on the finish a well-earned 8th! Sobis, who was dropped to the rear, was also moving up the pack, making a very hairy pass on Jeff for 12th down to Turn 3.


The talking point of the race - racing incident, bad driving, or something else?

Lap 5 and the battle for 6th was hotting up between 9397 and Azyer. Heading down the back straight into Turn 3 - contact is made! Azyer is sent into a half spin against the barrier, causing drivers behind to take avoiding action. Mandula brakes to avoid the out-of-control car, and Derinus brakes as well. LCS-R Texas however, unsighted, barrels into him at unabated speed, sending the AMG driver spinning on the track, before being collected once more by MRc Michal, left with no where to go! Major damage to both Michal and Derinus, the latter subsequently retiring out of a strong top-10 position.

Post-race, the race stewards have decided that the 9397-Azyer incident is a Racing Incident. Both drivers misjudged the amount of space they had, with 9397 not running a tight-enough line, and Azyer squeezing him too much, coming off worse. What do you think of this decision?


The battle for 4th position

The race settled into place, as the pit-stop sequence cycled through itself, kicked off by Ngottini. Mandula and Azyer were the first of the mid-field to take their pit-stops, with Azyer running astray over the pit-exit line, receiving a Drive-Through Penalty, and retiring shortly after with damage from his earlier scuffle. Out at the front, the top 4 were still yet to pit, with Pete now having a staggering 9-second lead to Trespasser in 2nd, who was safely ahead of Spiky, with the B2r driver now coming under sustained pressure from [6S] SIMOX.


Dominating the race, Pete emerged back in the lead after his pit

The Saxon Gate chicane was waiting to claim it's first victim, and it was GT4tube who kissed it, sending him into a spin and back down the order, eventually finishing last in 15th, a disappointment considering his good finish during the Pre-Season race! Lap 13 saw Trespasser pit from 2nd in the race, hoping to gain an undercut or benefit from a Safety Car, however, the following lap saw race leader Pete pit for his compulsory pit stop, having built such a commanding lead that he emerged out back in the lead, ahead of the battle between Spiky and SIMOX for effective 3rd.

Simox pitted after a race-long battle for the podium with Spiky, hoping to leap ahead of him, with Spiky being off-pace. However, Simox emerged right behind Trespasser, who was struggling in his second stint, and this battle was hurting both drivers badly; so much so, that on the penultimate lap, Spiky pit and came out ahead of both!


Overtake of the race - Trespasser passes Spiky

Trespasser did not leave anything to chance, passing freshly-pitted Spiky right around the outside into Turn 2 for 2nd, an unprecedented passing maneuver, surely the moment of the race! With the bad exit out of the corner, Spiky had to defend from SIMOX, going side-by-side into Turn 3, with minimal contact, fending off to finish on the podium.

Meanwhile, at the front it was [TC-R] Pete stamping his dominance and claiming his first win in LRL, ahead of his main rival Trespasser, with Spiky finishing in 3rd ahead of Simox and 9397, whom had managed to jump several drivers like Katila in the pit stops. Ngottini and Sobis both found themselves in the points after a great drive, with Jeff and [MRc] KIG just missing out on the final point.
With the fastest lap going to Pete once more, he gets an extra point, and moves himself into top spot in the driver's championship.

Driver's Championship



An exciting championship is ahead - see you for the next race in 2 week's time, 29 June 2019 (date to be confirmed) for Round 3 at Lmaoring!
Round 3 - Lmaoring, GTi (29 June 2019) - TO BE CONFIRMED
Round 4 - Scawen's Racetrack, LX4 (6 July 2019)
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Quote from Sobis :Hey could you add LRL to league section? Smile

Yes Sobis - LRL is now officially in the LFS League Section!
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Race 2 has concluded, protests please put them here using this form format :
Your in-game name:
Protested driver's in-game name:
Session (e.g. qual, race):
Lap(if race session):
Timecode of the incident:

Azyer - 9397 Incident will be relooked into further prior to race review.

Thank you all racers and stay tune for announcement for Round 2 race date. See you on track!
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I'll see to that! Thanks! // LRL round 2 Qualifying begins in 5 minutes!

Quote from Sobis :Hey could you add LRL to league section? Smile

Round 2 - Mid-Town Ring Qualifying Reminder
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Qualifying for LRL Round 2 takes place at 15:15 UTC today, 15 June 2019.
USA, Washington DC - 11:15
United Kingdom - 16:15
Tokyo - 00:15
Australia - 1:15
Finland - 18:15
Server connect URL: Layout Racing League
Round 2 server password : lay0uts
Server is passworded 30 minutes before Qualification!


Server is open and practice session is underway
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Hey Michal, I've tried it and this is amazing, really well made and detailed work! Thanks for giving me the heads up, and we will definitely consider this for use for LRL (Layout Racing League) in the future!

Top job, you've made me happy seeing another good layoutter Big grin
LRL Round 2 INFO
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Round 2 confirmed will be this Saturday 15th June at the Mid-Town Ring race track



Get ready for speedy action!

BL1Y_Midtown_Ring
Laps: 22
Cars: XRT
Wind: Off
Weather: Clear Day
Server PW: lay0uts
Mandatory pitstop: Yes
Track Record: 1:35.77 ([6S] Getrag, XRT)
Previous Event: LRL Pre-Season Round 0
Server connect URL: Layout Racing League


Provisional LRL Event Calander - Subject to changes
Round 2 - Mid-Town Ring, Car Class : XRT (15 June 2019)

15:15 UTC - Start of 20 minute qualifying session
15:35 UTC - 5 minute break
15:40 UTC - Drivers briefing
15:45-15:50 UTC - Race Session start

Rules > https://www.lfs.net/forum/post/1948610#post1948610


Round 3 - Lmaoring, GTi (29 June 2019)
Round 4 - Scawen's Racetrack, LX4 (6 July 2019) [Subject to change]
Round 5 - Monaco, UF1 (13 July 2019)
Round 6 - Woodland Raceway, FZ5 (27 July 2019)
Round 7 - Rony RGE Sprint 8 Reversed, XRT (3 August 2019) [Subject to change]
Round 8 - Hong Kong E-Prix Circuit, GTi (31 August 2019)
Round 9 - Norisring, TBO (7 September 2019) SEASON FINALE

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Round 2 confirmed
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Points system -
Top 12
(P1) 18-14-12-10-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 (P12)
1 point for Fastest Lap
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