Server passworded for Open Endurance Cup Five Round 4

There is still one round to go, but I know how little these kind of things get talked about after a season has finished, so I want to start the debriefing for the season early. The form will stay open until one or two weeks after the final round and the results will be published here.

To make things easier and anonymous, you can use the Google Forms document I prepared.

Still feel free to discuss everything you want here as well.

Short answer is, that you cannot get the cars other then those you can see under "contents" legally into LFS.

I am updating the model currently. I improved the weight matrix, which in turn focuses the estimation on laps of top finishers compared other drivers. While this has the advantage to get a "cleaner" estimation of the parameters, it also ignores now a lot more laps. To compensate this, I amended the ending criteria for the data snooping by raising the upper boundary from 2 sigma to 2.575829 sigma. I also went from an estimation of a quadratic to a linear function for all cars except the FZ5, as it still features a noticeable curvature.

Since the updated script still needs a bit of work, but the race takes place at the end of this week, I'd like to publish the times as of now anyways.

the big increase in minimum pit stop times in the LRF class can be explained by the more realistic pit stop time for the FZ5 and the general projected lack of race pace of the car (0.8-1.0s per lap slower).
The XFR is currently projected to be slightly faster then the UFR by a couple of seconds over the course of the race however it still needs some reevaluation after the model is finished, so both minimum pit stop times are equal for now.
As I said, the times are very much provisional for now.

30th August 2020

Track: Blackwood Historic reversed (BL2r)
Cars: NGTR - UF GTR, XF GTR & LRF - FZ50, Raceabout 06, LX6

16:30 UTC - start of the qualifying practice session (20 minutes)
17:00 UTC - start of the race (160 laps, approximately 3 hours 15 minutes)
If you are unsure what time it is in your timezone, you can check it out on websites like this one.

Please remember: Chatting is prohibited on the server during qualifying and race.

Qualifying
During qualifying all drivers will be able to complete as many laps as they wish. However, a team needs at least one timed lap to be allowed to start the race. During the qualifying practice session only one driver of any competing team shall be on server and on track at any time. Please notice the yellow blend line at pit lane exit and please do not cross it.

Race
The grid departs just before the final oval corner in two-by-two formation. The NGTRs may depart with the green lights, while the LRF class will be given a seperate signal. The field shall accelerate to 80kph (49mph). Overtaking is allowed with the Green-Flag-Message, that is given to each class seperately. Please be careful on the approach to the first braking zone, as the following corners are very fast and no race has been won yet on the first lap.

The balance of performance for OEC V is done via minimum pit stop times. That means that the aggregate time you are standing in the pit box needs to be greater or equal the following times:

Important, the timing stops once you've moved. So if you accidentally move when it says "finished" and stop and wait again in the pits, it does not count. Keep that in mind!

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.


The server is again kindly provided by New Dimension Racing. The live stream by SimBroadcasts is scheduled to start with the qualifying session.
The password will be sent to the teams on race day. Please check if your profile allows private messages, otherwise you will not get the information.

Last edited by TFalke55, Sat, 29 Aug 2020 21:08.

updated the opening post to include the new Instagram page and my Twitter account

The first title is decided: 99 - LFS.HU clinch the LRF Cup in the Open Endurance Cup Five one round early, after three wins in three races. Congratulations to Lacko86 and toga!

NGTR qualifying results

LRF qualifying results

Qualifying replay: http://replays.newdimensionracing.com/mpr/OEC/2020/OEC2020_Round3_Qualifying.mpr

NGTR race results

LRF race results

Race replay: http://replays.newdimensionracing.com/mpr/OEC/2020/OEC2020_Round3_Race.mpr




Teams' championship

Drivers' championship

NGTR Cup

LRF Cup

Last edited by TFalke55, Wed, 2 Sep 2020 09:19.

NGTR qualifying results

LRF qualifying results

Qualifying replay: http://replays.newdimensionracing.com/mpr/OEC/2020/OEC2020_Round2_Qualifying.mpr

NGTR race results

LRF race results

Race replay: http://replays.newdimensionracing.com/mpr/OEC/2020/OEC2020_Round2_Race.mpr




Teams' championship

Drivers' championship

NGTR Cup

LRF Cup

Last edited by TFalke55, Mon, 10 Aug 2020 09:22.

Quote from DataFi :

Round (1, 2, 3 or 4): 3
Session of Incident (Qualifying*, Race): Race
Protestor's LFS Lap: 23
Timecode of Incident (MPR time): 44min 52sec
Your Car number: 04
Protested Car number(s):01

#01 car tries to overtake me mid corner, but ends up driving straight into my car causing a spin

Avoidable contact by car #01 forcing car #04 off-track.

#01 receives a 15 seconds (0:15.00) post-race penalty

Quote from cougar8 :

Round (1, 2, 3 or 4):3
Session of Incident (Qualifying*, Race): Race
Protestor's LFS Lap:1
Timecode of Incident (EITHER MPR time OR Time of Day): 01:56.59
Your Car number:24
Protested Car number(s): 47
Brief description of incident
into this turn lap 1 Michael turned in and spun me off the track causing me to go into the gravel and the back of the grid for out class. Could have been avoided.

Avoidable contact by car #47 forcing car #24 off-track.

#47 receives a 15 seconds (0:15.00) post-race penalty

Quote from nikopdr :

Round (1, 2, 3 or 4): 3
Session of Incident (Qualifying*, Race): Race
Protestor's LFS Lap: 24
Timecode of Incident (EITHER MPR time OR Time of Day): 47min MPR
Your Car number: 87
Protested Car number(s): 16

I want to point this out because this shouldn't be possible. I've even braked before the left hander to account for a wider line to ensure i'd lose minimum time. 16 may have been too careful to go past there but everyone should already be aware of how NGT cars tend to understeer when lifting off. Before that, after split 1 on the same lap i tried to signal for the car 16 to pass me, but he locks brakes and couldn't make a move for the turn but no problem here for me as no contact ever happened.

Minor avoidable contact by car #16.

No further action.

A general reminder issued to all competitors: Please approach any inter-class overtake on track sensibly. The different cars and car classes have different strengths and weaknesses. All competitors shall be aware of those and prefere passing the other cars in suitable areas of the race track.

The only practical work around (*) I know of is in multi-car races to switch between different cars (car models, like from XFG to XRG or back) and their onboards.

(*)=That work around at least used to work when I was still streaming stuff using TV Director

Just investigating the pit stops, it seems there has been a wrong estimation for the pit stop times of the LRF cars. They seem to have a different refuelling rate compared to the NGTRs I was not aware of.

After discussions I had with Kid, I tested it one more time

For the final round the LRF refuelling estimation will therefore be changed to 0.6s/l.

Uploaded the layout file into the opening post.

Also since I have heard reports and I see in airio that some drivers and teams tested other cars, please update your entry in the sign-up form when changing the car. Since it is the Open Endurance Cup, the "open" means that you are free to do so, but updating the form makes my life a little bit easier

Hey The only reason you did not get approved yet was that I had a couple of very busy days. You are approved now.

2nd August 2020

Track: Kyoto Ring International reversed (KY2r)
Cars: NGTR - UF GTR, XF GTR & LRF - FZ50, Raceabout 06, LX6

16:30 UTC - start of the qualifying practice session (20 minutes)
17:00 UTC - start of the race (99 laps, approximately 3 hours)
If you are unsure what time it is in your timezone, you can check it out on websites like this one.

Please remember: Chatting is prohibited on the server during qualifying and race.

Qualifying
During qualifying all drivers will be able to complete as many laps as they wish. However, a team needs at least one timed lap to be allowed to start the race. During the qualifying practice session only one driver of any competing team shall be on server and on track at any time. Please notice the yellow blend line at pit lane exit and please do not cross it.

Race
The grid departs just before the final hairpin in two-by-two formation. The NGTRs may depart with the green lights, while the LRF class will be given a seperate signal. The field shall accelerate to 80kph (49mph). Overtaking is allowed with the Green-Flag-Message, that is given to each class seperately. Please be careful on the approach to the first braking zone, as no race has been won yet on the first lap.

The balance of performance for OEC V is done via minimum pit stop times. That means that the aggregate time you are standing in the pit box needs to be greater or equal the following times:

Important, the timing stops once you've moved. So if you accidentally move when it says "finished" and stop and wait again in the pits, it does not count. Keep that in mind!

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.


The server is again kindly provided by New Dimension Racing. The live stream by SimBroadcasts is scheduled to start with the qualifying session.
The password will be sent to the teams on race day. Please check if your profile allows private messages, otherwise you will not get the information.

Last edited by TFalke55, Mon, 24 Aug 2020 09:06. Reason : wrong track

Same model as for round 2, just updated with the laps from round 2.

Round (1, 2, 3 or 4): 2
Session of Incident (Qualifying*, Race): Race
Car number(s): 89 - Team America
incident: Pitstop shorter then minimum pitstop time ( minimum pitstop time 68.00, standing time 36.76, Δt = 31.24 ≈ 32 )


#89 receives a 74 seconds (1:14.00) post-race penalty

A few graphs about last night's pitstops

Last edited by TFalke55, Wed, 22 Jul 2020 08:12.

You don't have to subscribe for the RTFR races. Just be on the server for qualifying, the password is in the post above.

NGTR qualifying

LRF qualifying

NGTR results

LRF results

Last edited by TFalke55, Mon, 20 Jul 2020 08:45.

Server passworded for Open Endurance Cup Five Round 2