The races are on sundays.
EDIT: Only qualifying starts on saturdays but runs until 30 Minutes before the race.
Restrictions for OEC Three:
GT1: FZ50 GTR with 1% intake restriction and 5 kilograms of ballast, free positioning
GT2: FZ50 GTR with 19% intake restriction
FXO GTR with 21% intake restriction
XR GTR with 23% intake restrictionOpen Endurance Cup Rules
Version 6.0, changes to Version 5.0.1 are blue
Requirements
Live for Speed - most recent version (no incompatible test patches)
All drivers are least S2 licensed, S3 license only required for Rockingham rounds.
Sign-ups
Sign-ups will be handled with the LFS League Section script. The sign-up period opens at least two weeks before the start of the first event and ends with the start of the first session of the last event.
To apply for a spot, you need to enter your team’s name, your desired starting number and LFSWorld- and in-game-names for your team's drivers. You will also be asked to state your choice of car. Starting numbers are determined for every team by the race administration and will generally reflect the previous season's final standings of the team's cup.
The sign-ups of an applicant are valid for one car. Applicants wanting to enter more cars must enter each car with a separate sign-up. Drivers can only be entered on one car and the driver who signs the team up cannot be changed.
If the given information is correct, the admins will approve your application and you are signed-up.
A team's line-up can consist of one driver but cannot exceed three drivers.
All information given and changes made until 30 minutes before the start of the qualifying session will be considered in time, so any changes submitted after that moment are late. Late changes to the team's line-up are penalised with a ten second [10 s] pit stop time penalty added to the total mandatory pit stop time given, when the respective driver enters the car.
Classes
The Open Endurance Cup features an open class structure. This is the list of eligible cars and car categories:
Teams can choose in which class and car they are participating in until 30 minutes before the start of the qualifying. Late changes to the team's car and/or class are penalised with a drive-through penalty at the start of the race.
Balance of Performance
To balance the strengths of cars within each class, the cars will be fitted with the following weights, restrictions and/or pit stop times.
A dynamic balancing system is introduced to balance the cars on a race-by-race basis. The methods used in the dynamic balancing system need to be transparently published.
The mandatory pit stop times are a minimum time a competitor has to spend in the pit service area over the course of the race session. They are calculated considering the world record lap time, the race distance, the expected number of stints and the expected service times of the pit stop. It is assumed that the change of all tires takes a consistent time and the refueling takes place at a consistent rate. It is furthermore assumed, that the change of cars’ performances throughout a stint are similar enough, to base the model on WR laps.
Failure to complete the pit stop times will result in a post-race time penalty of 60 s + Δt, where Δt is the difference between the mandatory pit stop time and the served pit stop time rounded up to the next whole second. If the resulting penalty may have resulted in the car completing less laps, the lap count may be adjusted accordingly by the race administartion with expaination.
The pit stop times will be published in the threads for each round.
Liveries
All skins for a car must contain the provided, required elements. The number board featuring the team's starting number shall be placed on each side of the car and on the hood/bonnet. A correct skin in the race session will be awarded with one bonus point.
Fairness
The on-track behaviour complies with the Rules of Clean Racing, emphasising that intentional ramming and unfair gameplay are prohibited.
The correct car handicaps, as announced in Balance of Performance (air restrictors, additional weights) are always to be used during the event.
When exiting pit lane, the traffic on the racetrack has the right-of-way. Moreover, the blend line towards the racetrack may not be crossed. On some racetracks, neither the pit entry nor exit blend lines may be crossed, but this will be announced in advance (in the race schedule and/or briefing). Crossing the blend line(s) results in a warning, if the oncoming traffic is not disturbed, a ten second [10 s] pit stop time penalty added to the total mandatory pit stop time, if the oncoming traffic is disturbed, or a thirty second [30 s] pit stop time penalty added to the total mandatory pit stop time, if the crossing of the blend line causes an incident.
Two tyres are to be kept on the racetrack, including kerbs, at any time! If a participant leaves the track with more tyres and gains an advantage, that advantage must be neutralised (for example: slowing down distinctly, letting the fellow competitor pass again).
Neither the participant overtaking nor the one getting overtaken has a right to the ideal line in any way. Both drivers must be ready to yield to avoid an accident, regardless of whether they feel they're in the right.
When receiving blue flags, one must let the overtaking car pass in a timely fashion. However, this does not mean that the blue flagged car must pull over in an instant. The faster participant must be patient and overtake the blue flagged competitor fair manner, without putting him/her at risk. Additionally, lapping manoeuvres should only be carried out at parts of the track, on which it is suitable to overtake a slower car (chicanes are not included on this list).
Yellow flags indicate potentially dangerous situations. Every participant must be alert and be prepared to slow down if needed.
A stationary car (e.g. run out of fuel) may be pushed by a fellow competitor, who has not finished the race already. The pushing has must be executed in a way not endangering other cars, which are still in the race.
The 'admins' oversee Open Endurance Cup events. They will ensure the correct course of events and keep an eye on the participants' behaviour, including potential penalties being given out during the race. Their orders must be obeyed! The decisions they make are factual and must be accepted without discussion to not disturb the fellow competitors!
The use of button clutch is not allowed during the events. Drivers shall use auto clutch or, if they use H-shifters, axis clutch. Drivers found to have used the button clutch during the event will be excluded from the session.
Course of the Events
An event consists of a 20-minute qualifying practice session and the race session.
Drivers shall compete the sessions in the correct name format: Beginning with the starting number in the class colour and followed by the in-game name as given in the sign-up script.
Please note: LFS supports only 21 characters for names, with every change of colour/language demanding two. Therefore, this example would not fit. Heads up when choosing the name (ideally before signing-in)!
During qualifying practice session and race session, moderate chatting is allowed. Admins reserve the right to close the chat at any time, failure to adhere to a closed chat results in a five second [5 s] pit stop time penalty added to the total mandatory pit stop time per line of chat.
Qualifying
The qualifying practice session is a 20-minute long session. There is no lap limit. Jumping to the pit screen/into spectating (Shift+S/P) mode is allowed at any time.
Due to the number of different classes it is suggested to use as much time of the session as possible.
During the qualifying practice session only one driver of any competing team shall be on server and on track at any time.
Only teams with at least one scored lap time can start the race, unless decided otherwise by the race administration.
Race
The grid is set 10 minutes before the start of the race by the qualifying result within the classes, with the faster classes starting in front of the slower classes.
The race will be started with a standard standing start.
Penalites issued by the software and are converted into pit stop time penaties, added to the total mandatory pit stop time. Drive-through penalties are converted to twenty second [20 s] penalties, stop-and-go infringements are converted to thirty second [30 s] penalties.
Take care (especially at the start)! The race will not be restarted. A race may be suspended, when technical problems or administration errors (an accidental restart command) provoke the involuntary retirement of a big, not specified, number of participants. Moreover, the race can be postponed or cancelled if the number of competitors is too low.
The return to the pit menu (Shift+S/P) and a subsequent rejoin into the race is allowed. A thirty second [30 s] pit stop time penalty added to the total mandatory pit stop time
The driver, who sets the qualifying time for his team, must drive at least one lap.
For a driver change, the entering driver should only join the server on the current driver’s in-lap and the outgoing driver should leave the server leave the server within one lap.
Classification
Seperate classifications will be published: The Open Endurance Cup for Teams and the Open Endurance Cup for Drivers. All classes score into these Cups based on the formula points=10*(0.5+starters-position)/starters (the results are attached at the end). Moreover, there are the class classifications for results scored within a class.
A team having completed half the race distrance of the race winner, or when the only car in its class, competed for at least 91 minutes, half points are credited. Full points are credited when the team completed 90% or more of the race winner's distance, or when the only car in its class, competed for at least 163 minutes.
Bonus points are awarded to those teams being classified in races longer than 4 hours 30 minutes:
Drivers completing a race on their own and are classified with full points will receive a bonus for the drivers' classification, increasing their points by 20%.
Protests
Protests shall only be filed in the designated thread. Every team can file a protest against scoring, decisions or incidents. This must happen until Tuesday 23:59 UTC after the event. Protests submitted after this deadline will be rejected.
A protest must contain information about the involved cars, the lap and/or the time in the session and a brief description of the incident.
All involved parties must only write one comment. Posts from uninvolved parties will be deleted.
Requirements
Live for Speed - most recent version (no incompatible test patches)
All drivers are least S2 licensed, S3 license only required for Rockingham rounds.
Sign-ups
Sign-ups will be handled with the LFS League Section script. The sign-up period opens at least two weeks before the start of the first event and ends with the start of the first session of the last event.
To apply for a spot, you need to enter your team’s name, your desired starting number and LFSWorld- and in-game-names for your team's drivers. You will also be asked to state your choice of car. Starting numbers are determined for every team by the race administration and will generally reflect the previous season's final standings of the team's cup.
The sign-ups of an applicant are valid for one car. Applicants wanting to enter more cars must enter each car with a separate sign-up. Drivers can only be entered on one car and the driver who signs the team up cannot be changed.
If the given information is correct, the admins will approve your application and you are signed-up.
A team's line-up can consist of one driver but cannot exceed three drivers.
All information given and changes made until 30 minutes before the start of the qualifying session will be considered in time, so any changes submitted after that moment are late. Late changes to the team's line-up are penalised with a ten second [10 s] pit stop time penalty added to the total mandatory pit stop time given, when the respective driver enters the car.
Classes
The Open Endurance Cup features an open class structure. This is the list of eligible cars and car categories:
LRF Green FZ5 LX6 RAC
TBO4 Yellow FXO LX4 RB4 XRT
Teams can choose in which class and car they are participating in until 30 minutes before the start of the qualifying. Late changes to the team's car and/or class are penalised with a drive-through penalty at the start of the race.
Balance of Performance
To balance the strengths of cars within each class, the cars will be fitted with the following weights, restrictions and/or pit stop times.
A dynamic balancing system is introduced to balance the cars on a race-by-race basis. The methods used in the dynamic balancing system need to be transparently published.
The mandatory pit stop times are a minimum time a competitor has to spend in the pit service area over the course of the race session. They are calculated considering the world record lap time, the race distance, the expected number of stints and the expected service times of the pit stop. It is assumed that the change of all tires takes a consistent time and the refueling takes place at a consistent rate. It is furthermore assumed, that the change of cars’ performances throughout a stint are similar enough, to base the model on WR laps.
Failure to complete the pit stop times will result in a post-race time penalty of 60 s + Δt, where Δt is the difference between the mandatory pit stop time and the served pit stop time rounded up to the next whole second. If the resulting penalty may have resulted in the car completing less laps, the lap count may be adjusted accordingly by the race administartion with expaination.
The pit stop times will be published in the threads for each round.
Liveries
All skins for a car must contain the provided, required elements. The number board featuring the team's starting number shall be placed on each side of the car and on the hood/bonnet. A correct skin in the race session will be awarded with one bonus point.
Fairness
The on-track behaviour complies with the Rules of Clean Racing, emphasising that intentional ramming and unfair gameplay are prohibited.
The correct car handicaps, as announced in Balance of Performance (air restrictors, additional weights) are always to be used during the event.
When exiting pit lane, the traffic on the racetrack has the right-of-way. Moreover, the blend line towards the racetrack may not be crossed. On some racetracks, neither the pit entry nor exit blend lines may be crossed, but this will be announced in advance (in the race schedule and/or briefing). Crossing the blend line(s) results in a warning, if the oncoming traffic is not disturbed, a ten second [10 s] pit stop time penalty added to the total mandatory pit stop time, if the oncoming traffic is disturbed, or a thirty second [30 s] pit stop time penalty added to the total mandatory pit stop time, if the crossing of the blend line causes an incident.
Two tyres are to be kept on the racetrack, including kerbs, at any time! If a participant leaves the track with more tyres and gains an advantage, that advantage must be neutralised (for example: slowing down distinctly, letting the fellow competitor pass again).
Neither the participant overtaking nor the one getting overtaken has a right to the ideal line in any way. Both drivers must be ready to yield to avoid an accident, regardless of whether they feel they're in the right.
When receiving blue flags, one must let the overtaking car pass in a timely fashion. However, this does not mean that the blue flagged car must pull over in an instant. The faster participant must be patient and overtake the blue flagged competitor fair manner, without putting him/her at risk. Additionally, lapping manoeuvres should only be carried out at parts of the track, on which it is suitable to overtake a slower car (chicanes are not included on this list).
Yellow flags indicate potentially dangerous situations. Every participant must be alert and be prepared to slow down if needed.
A stationary car (e.g. run out of fuel) may be pushed by a fellow competitor, who has not finished the race already. The pushing has must be executed in a way not endangering other cars, which are still in the race.
The 'admins' oversee Open Endurance Cup events. They will ensure the correct course of events and keep an eye on the participants' behaviour, including potential penalties being given out during the race. Their orders must be obeyed! The decisions they make are factual and must be accepted without discussion to not disturb the fellow competitors!
The use of button clutch is not allowed during the events. Drivers shall use auto clutch or, if they use H-shifters, axis clutch. Drivers found to have used the button clutch during the event will be excluded from the session.
Course of the Events
An event consists of a 20-minute qualifying practice session and the race session.
Drivers shall compete the sessions in the correct name format: Beginning with the starting number in the class colour and followed by the in-game name as given in the sign-up script.
Example:
00-Team Name
Please note: LFS supports only 21 characters for names, with every change of colour/language demanding two. Therefore, this example would not fit. Heads up when choosing the name (ideally before signing-in)!
During qualifying practice session and race session, moderate chatting is allowed. Admins reserve the right to close the chat at any time, failure to adhere to a closed chat results in a five second [5 s] pit stop time penalty added to the total mandatory pit stop time per line of chat.
Qualifying
The qualifying practice session is a 20-minute long session. There is no lap limit. Jumping to the pit screen/into spectating (Shift+S/P) mode is allowed at any time.
Due to the number of different classes it is suggested to use as much time of the session as possible.
During the qualifying practice session only one driver of any competing team shall be on server and on track at any time.
Only teams with at least one scored lap time can start the race, unless decided otherwise by the race administration.
Race
The grid is set 10 minutes before the start of the race by the qualifying result within the classes, with the faster classes starting in front of the slower classes.
The race will be started with a standard standing start.
Penalites issued by the software and are converted into pit stop time penaties, added to the total mandatory pit stop time. Drive-through penalties are converted to twenty second [20 s] penalties, stop-and-go infringements are converted to thirty second [30 s] penalties.
Take care (especially at the start)! The race will not be restarted. A race may be suspended, when technical problems or administration errors (an accidental restart command) provoke the involuntary retirement of a big, not specified, number of participants. Moreover, the race can be postponed or cancelled if the number of competitors is too low.
The return to the pit menu (Shift+S/P) and a subsequent rejoin into the race is allowed. A thirty second [30 s] pit stop time penalty added to the total mandatory pit stop time
The driver, who sets the qualifying time for his team, must drive at least one lap.
For a driver change, the entering driver should only join the server on the current driver’s in-lap and the outgoing driver should leave the server leave the server within one lap.
Classification
Seperate classifications will be published: The Open Endurance Cup for Teams and the Open Endurance Cup for Drivers. All classes score into these Cups based on the formula points=10*(0.5+starters-position)/starters (the results are attached at the end). Moreover, there are the class classifications for results scored within a class.
A team having completed half the race distrance of the race winner, or when the only car in its class, competed for at least 91 minutes, half points are credited. Full points are credited when the team completed 90% or more of the race winner's distance, or when the only car in its class, competed for at least 163 minutes.
Bonus points are awarded to those teams being classified in races longer than 4 hours 30 minutes:
up to 4h30min 0
up to 8h30min 5
up to 12h30min 9
up to 16h30min 12
up to 20h30min 14
longer then 20h30min 15
Drivers completing a race on their own and are classified with full points will receive a bonus for the drivers' classification, increasing their points by 20%.
Protests
Protests shall only be filed in the designated thread. Every team can file a protest against scoring, decisions or incidents. This must happen until Tuesday 23:59 UTC after the event. Protests submitted after this deadline will be rejected.
A protest must contain information about the involved cars, the lap and/or the time in the session and a brief description of the incident.
All involved parties must only write one comment. Posts from uninvolved parties will be deleted.
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Open Endurance Cup Three - Sign-Ups
Hey
sign-ups are open for the Open Endurance Cup Three. To register, please fill in the form Open - click to sign up. Required information are:
If you have problems or questions, please ask them here!
sign-ups are open for the Open Endurance Cup Three. To register, please fill in the form Open - click to sign up. Required information are:
- team name
- starting number (between 11-99)
- class (GT1 or GT2)
- car (FXR, FZR or XRR)
01 - eX-R.de seit 2009.
02 - Heroes of Racing
03 - Team Badass
04 - Merida Racing Team
05 - FZR Freaks
06 - Sonicrealms Racing
07 - Mango Racing
08 - eX-R.de seit 2009. (2nd entry)
09 - World Class Lions
10 - Race Green Autosport
If you have problems or questions, please ask them here!
The attached layout is for qualifying and a different solution will be used in the race anyway 
Round 1 [Oct 2, 2016] 250 Miles of Rockingham
Qualifying will run from Sat, 24 September 2016 15:30UTC until Sun, 2 October 2016 15:30UTC. Drivers can drive as many laps as they wish to. A team needs at least one timed lap to be allowed to start the race. E.g. it is enough that one driver of the team sets a lap. If more then one driver of a team sets a lap time, the faster time will be taken for the starting line-up. The end of the qualifying also marks the deadline for changes to the team's line-up, class or car.
Important, to prevent cutting, a layout will be used, narrowing down parts of the track. This layout is attached here.
The qualifying password will be published here, so teams, that sign-up can directly do qualifying, even when noone's sending them a password. Please always drive with your correct name format on the server, so it is easier to do the qualifying results.
server: Open Endurance Cup
password (with the start of the qualifying): Round1
password (with the start of the qualifying): Round1
Qualifying standing available online at http://newdimensionracing.com/preqtracker/qtracker.php - times are pulled from the server at the top of every hour.
Race starts at 16:00UTC, with the gridding at 15:50UTC. The race will be started via a double file start after a shortened warm-up lap via custom grid. The race layout will be posted here a couple of days prior to the race.
The grid departs after the final hairpin in two-by-two formation. The field shall accelerate to 80kph (49mph). Overtaking is allowed with the Green-Flag-Message.
The unholy first chicane has no walls for the race. The geometry is kept, however, by poles signaling the area, which is deemed off track. Touching poles means you were out of bounds. If a team gets caught three times throughout the race, driving through that area, a drive-thorugh-penalty will be given!
Please be careful in Turn 1 and Turn 3 as these places are designed to cause trouble in the first lap.
Please remember, there are NO Safety Cars, NO restarts. Rejoins are allowed at anytime but result in the loss of one lap, including rejoins due to connection loss.
I hope you will have a fun race nonetheless.
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my first lap perspective. It was a nice race.
If I touched the curb, yes. But I just turned the wheel and it bend.
The old are still available on http://oec.ronaldg.net/regulations.php (NGT Ballance is redundant now, obviously) and it is not yet decided if they change. I will post the final ones later this week.
BF1 suspension bends
A bit of Monday night sprint races on a free evening and after a strange start of the race, going through the final corner of KY3, suddenly the front right suspension bends over, seemingly without cause.
If you want to watch, look at 10min50sec in the attached mpr.
EDIT: I hit the wrong subsection
If you want to watch, look at 10min50sec in the attached mpr.
EDIT: I hit the wrong subsection
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Reason : I actually posted in the wrong subsection
yes... only the one who enters the sign-up cannot be changed, but apart of that up to 5 drivers can be added
Can anyone remind me on having enough electricity next time? I forgot to plug the wire in...
I'm afraid, I made a mistake when counting the Rockingham Combos. It will be RO10 (International Long), not RO11 (Sportscar)
Open Endurance Cup Three - Announcement
Hello everyone,
While the series that sparked the idea to create OEC, Spirit of VLN, closed its doors, we return for a third season. Do to real life commitments, it was not possible to move races to saturdays so the season will start a week later then expected.
So the first round will be held on Sunday, 2 October at RO10. 23 October we will be at AS3 and 20 November at WE1. Also we are proud to announce that the final round will be held together with the CityLiga, co-organising their christmas endurance race on 18 December at KY3 with the chicane.
For this season, only GT1 and GT2 are available. This does not rule out any other classes return for a possible fourth season in spring.
There are only a few rule changes:
Starts will be double file, but departing from a custom grid in the final sector rather then from the start/finish line. Also starters in the final round receive a 5 point bonus when being classified. Further amendments are possible.
While the series that sparked the idea to create OEC, Spirit of VLN, closed its doors, we return for a third season. Do to real life commitments, it was not possible to move races to saturdays so the season will start a week later then expected.
So the first round will be held on Sunday, 2 October at RO10. 23 October we will be at AS3 and 20 November at WE1. Also we are proud to announce that the final round will be held together with the CityLiga, co-organising their christmas endurance race on 18 December at KY3 with the chicane.
For this season, only GT1 and GT2 are available. This does not rule out any other classes return for a possible fourth season in spring.
There are only a few rule changes:
Starts will be double file, but departing from a custom grid in the final sector rather then from the start/finish line. Also starters in the final round receive a 5 point bonus when being classified. Further amendments are possible.
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results
Grid 1: http://cl.racemore.de/mpres/league/CL/23/R02/G1/r/
Grid 2: http://cl.racemore.de/mpres/league/CL/23/R02/G2/r/
Grid 1: http://cl.racemore.de/mpres/league/CL/23/R02/G1/r/
Grid 2: http://cl.racemore.de/mpres/league/CL/23/R02/G2/r/
I have trouble with jetlag, so I won't race today... Good luck everyone!
LFSW name: TFalke55
In-game name: HoR Falke
Full team name: Heroes of Racing
Nation: Germany
In-game name: HoR Falke
Full team name: Heroes of Racing
Nation: Germany
Basically I agree with Dave's thoughts... I neither can understand why you mentioned Frankfurt as, from my point of view, it is a city without much attractivity. If you want to see what other German cities have to offer I'd suggest Rewboss' YouTube videos, as I think he catches the attraction very good.
12h 30' left to sign up! Hurry up, please.
corrected race results
Ups... Yep, they are completely messed up I'm afraid... I correct that when I'm home again.
Final standings and the results of the final round. Championship standings on the website are updated.
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Serverside replays will be uploaded soon
For the chat line...
... team 68 [GFR] Team receives a 2 point penalty. Furthermore its driver GFR™ Hutnik won't score points for this event for unsportsmanlike conduct.
... team 68 [GFR] Team receives a 2 point penalty. Furthermore its driver GFR™ Hutnik won't score points for this event for unsportsmanlike conduct.
FGED GREDG RDFGDR GSFDG