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#1 - migf1
GVRteam Unofficial Point System (UPS) *** OBSOLETE
Hello everybody,

I hope this is the correct subforum to post about GVRteam UPS!

Not exactly a league, but we had a spare Airio powered LFS server and we thought we could utilize it somehow for the benefit of the community.

In short, you enter the server at anytime, you race and you get points!

With more words, our GVRteam 500servers #2 is set with track-rotation to all possible combos (track/car) of the Demo content of Live For Speed.

Combos are changing automatically every 3 races, but you can end a race at any time and move on to the next one.

Your accumulated Driving points are those which will rank you amongst other racers. You may check them at anytime from inside the server, by typing: !ptd, but you can also use our customized Airio script at: ups.lfs.gr (the latter gets updated every 15 minutes).

The point system is Airio's default, meaning that for any race for which you complete at least 80% of its length, you get the following points:

Pos Points
---- ------
1st 10 pts
2nd 8 pts
3rd 6 pts
4th 5 pts
5th 4 pts
6th 3 pts
7th 2 pts
8th 1 pt

However, there are also some limitations. If only 4 or 3 racers compete in a race, then the winner gets 8 pts, the runner-up gets 6 pts, etc. If less than 2 racers compete in a race, then the winner gets 6 pts and the runner-up gets 5 pts.

You also get points for top (0.5% from the WR), great (1% from the WR) and good (2% from the WR) laps. Namely, +4 pts for a top lap, +2 pts for a great lap and +1 pt for a good lap.

Additionally, you get +1 pt if you achieve the best laptime of the race.

The server is also set to auto-penalize drivers for bad behavior. Varying, from swearing or spamming the chat, to bad driving (e.g., driving in the wrong direction).

Penalties usually put you in Spectating mode or Kick you out of the server. But they can also Ban you from the server. The thing to know here is that penalties work accumulatively. For example, if you already have 3 Spectates, then your next penalty will be a Kick out of the server. Ultimately you will be banned from the server if you keep behaving badly.

Since this is a demo server (which means it is highly probable it will attract inexperienced racers as well) we have not set it to be too aggressive with penalties. Eveyone deserves a 2nd chance, after all

However, if someone behaves bad and he's not automatically get penalized by the system, we offer the option to Report him to us, via our GVRteam UPS - Bad Driver Report Form. Make sure you provide ALL the requested information, including the URL of the replay file and the minute the incident took place.

In the same page (scroll up) on the right-hand side column. you will find some handy information, including links for watching your current rank (click on "Airio") or seeing what is going on the server without joining it (which you can easily do by clicking on its name ).

The same functionality is also provided on GVRteam's News Page (http://news.gvrteam.gr or http://news.lfs.gr). Aim for the tab labeled: "UPS (Demo)" next to "LFS Online", on the top of the sidebar.

Our initial thought was to provide GVRteam UPS for local racers only, but on a second thought we saw no reason for not opening it publicly.

So here it is, enjoy! Your comments good or bad are welcomed. Keep in mind though that we'll keep improving the service as time passes, so your improvement suggestions, ideas, etc could really help us.

Our future plans is to provide UPS for S2 users. We are starting with demo so we can all familiarize with the concept (plus solving possible problems/bugs/etc) before we take the next step.

That's it guys, have fun and keep in touch.
#2 - migf1
I changed a couple of links in the above post, since we are moving pages around on our site :P
#3 - migf1
Just letting you guys know that UPS is no longer effective. We needed the server for our new drift section.
Quote from migf1 :Just letting you guys know that UPS is no longer effective. We needed the server for our new drift section.

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Letting Drift infront of a Racing series.
#5 - migf1

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