Won't help much though - even the biggest at smallest distance are just small dots in the sky,so our own sattelite is the only useful decoration...
This is what you get with a 600mm lens + 2x converter + crop size sensor during opposition of Jupiter...
And since I feel obligated to say something on topic - some complain about updates coming too slow,some use the same old stuff and still able to create something new. Or race same classics with different people - either way real simracing fans still have their fun in at least weekly base.
For those who missed the livestream,here's recording of the broadcast as another showcase of the car,however the early part of the race was quite messy as some drivers wanted to win the 26 laps race before finishing 1st...
Official results
Qualifying:
Race:
Winner:
Race statistics / RTFR XL .mpr folder / Event rating and other statistics (will be updated during the week)
The latest RTFR XL featured the 2nd race with Prototype 2,which is now the 2nd mod car that has been selected for 2nd time in this event series. And this race set a new record in RTFR XL - the track was the longest ever in this event,previous longest was just over 100 meters shorter custom track in Blackwood. The fast car created chaotic first few laps,resulting in more car rolls than several UFR races together,but despite some complaints,noone actually bothered to report anything,so we can assume everyone settled for incidents being racing accidents. With 29 qualifyers this was the most attended round since the anniversary race almost 5 months ago,however the high attrition race resulted in 18 classified finishers,which is repeated highest since 100th RTFR XL.
Suforr set himself as main favourite for this race by setting the fastest lap in pre-race practice,also in qualifying he was the only one to beat 2 minutes 57 mark,scoring his 2nd pole position in 8 qualifying sessions. To the 10 lead laps he had from previous pole position start the spaniard added another 15 from this weeks race,however that's all of notable additions to his achievements as after mistake he did not made any effort to return to racing and retired. The road to victory lane was taken over by the only other driver who led any laps in this race - Gábor once again put himself on top of race results,scoring his 18th RTFR XL race win,adding also 18th fastest lap of the race and 29th top5 finish to his stats. The 2nd most successful racer in event's history put himself into 2nd positions also in race results - starting in low 13th position,R.Kardol raced himself up to score already 56th top5 finish,extending the all time leading count. Using his experience with the car,Jsk scored his best ever RTFR XL result this week - 3rd position is a position better than his previous best achieved twice and also his 4th top5 finish and 10th for Slovakia. The best with 2 pitstop strategy was Trespasser in 4th place,scoring his 5th top5 finish. For 3rd race in row top5 was closed by Thehemuli,who rounded his top5 count to 10.
* FUN FACT OF THE MONTH :
All time average speed of all RTFR XL races is 158km/h,however from the latest 8 races half had average speed over 200km/h with the anniversary 100th race being just below 200 - kinda shows tendency latelly having faster races (also next one is expected to exceed 200).
* CLOCK PITTER OF THE RACE :
With car being able to go couple laps past half distance it was clear that everyone needed some sort of pitwork - shortest pitstops chart is led by 5 drivers who refuelled the car only,best of them was J.A.Katila with 10.97 seconds pitstop,beating organized by just 1/100 of a second.
* FIELD RUSHER OF THE RACE :
Starting the race from the low 25th position,Kid progressed through the race 15 positions,ending up on bottom end of top10 - 3 positions better than 2nd best positions gainer in a race with 5 drivers progressing 10 or more positions.
VOD at Youtube:
Gábor unsurprisingly used his last selection of the year to pick in community well known favourite car of him - next race will feature the fastest aids free LFS standard car Formula V8,which will be raced in Aston's high speed configuration National,the race will have 49 laps. Next week normal RTFR will return with much slower street legal car,which in it's history actually never made into production - expect to see more cars than ever were made in real world. Also in 2 weeks there will be a race in Aston - RandomCar 2025 series is closing to it's end,make sure to put your name higher in standings!
Race:
Winner:
Race statistics / RTFR XL .mpr folder / Event rating and other statistics (will be updated during the week)
The latest RTFR XL featured the 2nd race with Prototype 2,which is now the 2nd mod car that has been selected for 2nd time in this event series. And this race set a new record in RTFR XL - the track was the longest ever in this event,previous longest was just over 100 meters shorter custom track in Blackwood. The fast car created chaotic first few laps,resulting in more car rolls than several UFR races together,but despite some complaints,noone actually bothered to report anything,so we can assume everyone settled for incidents being racing accidents. With 29 qualifyers this was the most attended round since the anniversary race almost 5 months ago,however the high attrition race resulted in 18 classified finishers,which is repeated highest since 100th RTFR XL.
Suforr set himself as main favourite for this race by setting the fastest lap in pre-race practice,also in qualifying he was the only one to beat 2 minutes 57 mark,scoring his 2nd pole position in 8 qualifying sessions. To the 10 lead laps he had from previous pole position start the spaniard added another 15 from this weeks race,however that's all of notable additions to his achievements as after mistake he did not made any effort to return to racing and retired. The road to victory lane was taken over by the only other driver who led any laps in this race - Gábor once again put himself on top of race results,scoring his 18th RTFR XL race win,adding also 18th fastest lap of the race and 29th top5 finish to his stats. The 2nd most successful racer in event's history put himself into 2nd positions also in race results - starting in low 13th position,R.Kardol raced himself up to score already 56th top5 finish,extending the all time leading count. Using his experience with the car,Jsk scored his best ever RTFR XL result this week - 3rd position is a position better than his previous best achieved twice and also his 4th top5 finish and 10th for Slovakia. The best with 2 pitstop strategy was Trespasser in 4th place,scoring his 5th top5 finish. For 3rd race in row top5 was closed by Thehemuli,who rounded his top5 count to 10.
* FUN FACT OF THE MONTH :
All time average speed of all RTFR XL races is 158km/h,however from the latest 8 races half had average speed over 200km/h with the anniversary 100th race being just below 200 - kinda shows tendency latelly having faster races (also next one is expected to exceed 200).
* CLOCK PITTER OF THE RACE :
With car being able to go couple laps past half distance it was clear that everyone needed some sort of pitwork - shortest pitstops chart is led by 5 drivers who refuelled the car only,best of them was J.A.Katila with 10.97 seconds pitstop,beating organized by just 1/100 of a second.
* FIELD RUSHER OF THE RACE :
Starting the race from the low 25th position,Kid progressed through the race 15 positions,ending up on bottom end of top10 - 3 positions better than 2nd best positions gainer in a race with 5 drivers progressing 10 or more positions.
VOD at Youtube:
Gábor unsurprisingly used his last selection of the year to pick in community well known favourite car of him - next race will feature the fastest aids free LFS standard car Formula V8,which will be raced in Aston's high speed configuration National,the race will have 49 laps. Next week normal RTFR will return with much slower street legal car,which in it's history actually never made into production - expect to see more cars than ever were made in real world. Also in 2 weeks there will be a race in Aston - RandomCar 2025 series is closing to it's end,make sure to put your name higher in standings!
I can offer this one - not sure if good though as it's a promotion skin of specific event series in LFS. But better than boring single color.
On coming tuesday this car will be run in all of RTFR series for the 4th time already - after running in the experimental RTFR-CCCC,it was later featured in both championship based RTFR and RTFR XL,now it will be just the second mod car that has been selected to return in RTFR XL. 26 laps around the 10+km custom configuration in Kyoto will be quite a challenge for all the drivers - join to race or just follow the action via livestream,race info and links to livestream in the event's info thread: https://www.lfs.net/forum/thread/112286-105th-RTFR-XL
The attached RTFR promo skin is public and free for use.
V8 Racing League 2025 - information
V8 Racing League has already 10 seasons long history and 9 different series champions,this month the series will start it's 11th season and search for the driver who will take the champions title of 2025. After dissapointing interest in previous season,the organization has taken few steps backwards in several fields - the season has been shortened to just 3 rounds and all races will take place on standard LFS track configurations. Also the car FoRGE VERL 2022 has received an engine update to lose some of it's power,making it less difficult to race,which should help competition.
League race format is quite simple and hasn't been changed - every round features 20 minutes free track qualifying and race,where lapcount is set to minimum to exceed 200 kilometers. As always no "hardcore simulation" will be enforced to keep things simple - everyone can telepit in qualifying (also in race,but that of course erases the driver's race progress),also Safety/Pace car will not be used. The race time stays in sunday evening (european time) to increase it's availability for the racers from west side of Atlantic. Season starts on 21st september with rounds set 2 weeks apart from each other.
Season starts with a race in the most classing racetrack of LFS - Blackwood GP Track,the 3.3 kilometer configuration does not have many turns,but even the few will surely test skills of drivers during the 61 laps race. For the first time during the "turbo era" VERL will visit Rockingham - the first race with FoRGE VERL 2022 in this environment will be held in ISSC Long configuration,which is just slightly shorter but much twistier than the track of season opener,the race will be 62 laps long. Season finale will take place in Japan - Kyoto's National configuration in reversed direction will be the only repeated track compared to previous season,the fast racetrack should be a great place to decide the fate of all 3 championships during the 39 laps long race.
Series schedule:
21.09. Round 1 - Containa Grand Prix of Blackwood (BL GP Track, 61 laps)
05.10. Round 2 - Rockingham V8 200 (RO ISSC Long, 62 laps)
19.10. Round 3 - Kyoto 200 (KY National Reversed, 39 laps)
Timetable:
17:00 UTC / 19:00 CET / 20:00 EET - 20 minutes of qualifying
17:30 UTC / 19:30 CET / 20:30 EET - race start
* times of posted CET and EET timezones are the current times at the date (summer time).
* IMPORTANT NOTE: if you are not familiar with either CET or EET timezones,always refer to UTC to convert the correct event time to your timezone! Calendar of lfs.net website's leagues section always shows right time for your timezone!
Special notes on qualifying:
- If there is no full 40 car grid,drivers championship's top 10 drivers will be allowed to start from end of the grid if joined late and missed qualification. For 1st round last year's top 10 driver's can use this option.
- To qualify for the race drivers have to set a laptime during qualifying session within 112% of best laptime of the qualifying session. This does not affect championship's top 10 drivers as they may start the race without qualifying or with laptime outside 112% of best laptime.
Championships:
VERL Drivers Champion - awarded to a driver with the most points scored through all 3 rounds,including attendance bonus points
VERL Teams Champion - awarded to a team with the most points scored through all 3 rounds (team will score all points from it's 2 highest finished drivers and all round bonus points)
VERL Nations Cup Winner - awarded to a nation with the most points scored through all 3 rounds (nation will score all points from it's 2 highest finished drivers and all round bonus points)
VERL Rookie of the Year - awarded to a driver,who hasn't started a single VERL race before this season,with the most points scored through all 3 rounds,including attendance bonus points. (award will not be given out if less than 2 rookies have finished at least one race through season)
In all championships - in case of a tie,higher rated will be driver/team/nation with highest finishing position,if equal - it's amount,if equal - second highest position etc. If all finishing positions happen to be equal,higher rated will be selected using same system from qualifying results. If they also happen to be equal then as a tie-breaker will be used last round finishing position. In case a tied driver had a disqualification in one or more rounds,it counts as a primary rating lowering factor,when deciding tiebreak.
Points System:
Finishing points:
1st - 15 points
2nd - 12 points
3rd - 10 points
4th - 8 points
5th - 6 points
6th - 5 points
7th - 4 points
8th - 3 points
9th - 2 points
10th-40th - 1 point
In order to receive finishing points,driver must complete full 2/3 (66.67%) of race distance with single run!
Points reducement system:
*in case there 8 or less participants in qualifying,race distance and available points will be halved.
1st - 8 points
2nd - 6 points
3rd - 5 points
4th - 4 points
5th - 3 points
6th - 2 points
7th-18th - 1 point
(points for more positions available just in case of late joins)
* also here completion of 2/3 (66.67%) from reduced race distance with single run is required to score finishing points!
Round bonus points:
Qualification win - 1 point (if qualifying time is equal,both/all will receive this bonus point)
Fastest lap in race - 1 point (if laptime is equal,both/all will receive this bonus point)
Championship bonus points:
Attendance in all 3 rounds - 2 points
Attendance in 2 rounds - 1 point
* Attendance counts if a driver has started the race (crossed start/finish line after green lights on own power)
Rules:
We will not make a mile long rule book that noone will read completely anyway,so we will rely on common sence of competitors to behave and follow the basic Rules of Clean Racing. There will not be an admin in server who will specifically observe drivers' behaviour during the race,so any action will be made only after protest while all retirements will be investigated automatically. If any incidents reported/protested,we will take individual approach to each of them to decide best fair resolution or punishment if needed.
Basic guidelines as a reminder:
> Blue flag - you may not deny/block a passing manouvre of laping car and try a repass right after it. In qualification it means - stay off racing line and don't disturb drivers on hotlap.
> Shortcuts - 2 wheels on track at all times. Track is mostly marked by white lines,while also curbs count towards track. Overtaking outside track limits counts as illegal and will be penalized in case of a protest.
> Contacts - have to be avoided at all costs as always when racing open wheel cars,that includes also bumpdrafting.
> Pit exit - allthough there will be no mandatory pitstop in this league,due smaller fuel tank pitting will be needed,so pit exit lines will have to be respected - drivers may not cross the pit exit line with more than 2 wheels and have to make way for cars racing at full speed. Failing to comply with this rule will award them with 10s penalty,while causing incidents will result in bigger penalty. Pit entry lines will not be monitored,they serve just as guidelines.
> Chatting - it's not completely outruled,but still drivers are expected to concentrate on racing. In case of too much chatting while ignoring messages asking to cease chatting,a penalty may be given. In case of any abusive/offensive language a penalty will be given! Any in server present observers/spectators are not allowed to chat at all during race session!
> Lags - if there are any connection issues,driver will be asked to improve (close internet using programs). If driver will be considered as dangerous due to unstable connection and high ping,he will not be allowed to participate at the current round.
> Hacks/cheats - if used,you will not race with us. Ever. As simple as that.
Possible penalties:
> WARNING - any minor infraction that needs to be noted without penalty. Warned driver might receive bigger penalty for other infractions.
> 10s added to finish time - minor infractions,like illegal passing,pit exit line violation,too much chatting.
> 30s added to finish time - medium infractions,like causing avoidable incident[s] without serious consequences,illegal passing.
> 60s added to finish time (1 lap penalty in round 2) - medium infractions,like causing avoidable incident[s] with consequences to other drivers (like damage,multiple position loss) or unsportsmanlike behaviour.
> Disqualification for 1 or more rounds - heavy infractions,multiple incidents,unsportsmanlike behaviour. After serving disqualification,driver will automatically carry a "warning" for the rest of season.
> Series exclusion (including ban for any other events run under Race Green Events control) - serious infractions like intentional/revenge wrecking,event sabotage and any other malicious act.
Signing up:
In order to compete in VERL 2025,you have to visit VERL 2025 Signups thread and fill the registration form.
Miscellaneous info:
> We will not use any numbers,skin requirements or official names in our league. But still feel free to use the attached VERL logo on skins if you wish,prepared skin template in .psd format can be downloaded here!
> Signup tracking and all the standings will be found in VERL 2025 spreadsheets.
> Signed up drivers will receive server information and password at least 24h before round start (usually saturday european time) via PM on this forum! Make sure you have enabled PM receiving! Server will be online without password until then.
> Series will be run using the latest stable version of LFS (currently 0.7G) - compatible test patches tolerated.
> All information above can be changed,if so,a notification will be posted about it!
League server: V8 Racing League
(Online)Join us,good luck in series and have fun!
V8 Racing League 2025 - signups
In order to compete in VERL 2025,you have to fill the registration form below,providing all needed information (in case of no team to represent,leave empty):
Here's my sign-up as an example:
LFSW name: Eclipsed
In-game name: RG^Rony
Full team name: Race Green Autosports
Nation: Latvia
Important: In case there are any changes to sign-up details,please quote your edited post in a new one with a note about changes!
To avoid very late sign-ups and their tracking,signups will be closed 10 minutes before start of a round!
Signups will be reopened after the round is complete and closed permanently 10 minutes before round 3.
They just use every chance to milk a cow they haven't been feeding for years. The "cow" of LFS is well fed though.
So what you're actually suggesting - the developers of LFS should develop the sim for free? Would you work for free?
105th RTFR XL
Full event information and rules
RTFR 2025 sponsorship and prize info
Livestream at SimBroadcasts.tv (YouTube/Twitch)
Stream starts 18:00 UTC
NOTE ABOUT RACE DISTANCE:
Due lack of activity in laptime testing in past for the custom combos,it has been decided to give an estimated lapcount in information. The actual lapcount will be announced after qualifying as it will be calculated using fastest laptime in qualifying (same rule as always - minumum lapcount to exceed 75 minutes).
Server will be password protected 1 hour before qualifying start to keep not knowing crowded server jumpers out of way,pass will be always the same: green
Pitting rules:
Race requires a minimum time spent in pitstall of 10 seconds. That can be done either with single pitstop or sum of multiple pitstops. Driver who has spent less time will receive penalty time added to his finish time,which will be calculated by tripling the missing time to complete neccesary minimum time and adding additional 5 seconds. Drivers failing to pit at all will receive 1 minute penalty added to finish time (10s*3 + additional 30s).
Some historic stats:
Last race won by: B2ﾏ Loco
Last PROTOTYPE 2 race won by: [WCL] True Alpha (82nd RTFR XL - KY GP Long)
Most PROTOTYPE 2 race wins: only 1 race so far
Last Kyoto race won by: S1DUS*GáboR - 2 wins in row (100th RTFR XL - XRR @ KY GP Long w/ Boothy Chicane)
Most Kyoto race wins: S1DUS*R.Kardol - 5 wins (Finland - 6 wins)
2025 standings after 8 of 12 races (best 10 scores count):
S1DUS*GáboR - 152
ZFRL•Thehemuli - 122
S1DUS*R.Kardol - 114
Current rating leader: S1DUS*GáboR (+38 points)
Event rating and other statistics
Server link: Ronys Tuesdays Fun Race
Server has Airio as laptimes tracker,access the table with command !topRace Green Discord: https://discord.gg/E37R5vD
Official results
Qualifying:
Race:
Winner:
Race statistics / RTFR .mpr folder / Event rating and other statistics (will be updated later this week)
We're slowly returning for 2nd time the most popular mod cars and this tuesday it was time for the return of the rather simple car,which pretty much could be people's car. The 180HP front wheels driven sedan with slicks and minor downforce assistance gathered up 25 drivers,which is 12 less than in 1st try,3 drivers did not take the spot on the grid,but from 22 starters just 1 decided to retire.
When looking from certain point,this race went into history as the race noone wanted to win - top3 drivers all were coasting over finish line in badly made "formation flight",destroying all the intrigue for win,even the race was pretty much decided. For the 3rd race in row Gábor put his name on top of finish results,scoring his 47th RTFR race win and starting his 4th winning streak with 3 or more race wins,additionally adding 85th top5 finish to his stats. In terms of single laptime,the fastest driver of the day was Lagooga,who during race almost repeated his track record he set in qualifying - the pole position he scored was his 20th,breaking the tie for 4th most,while the fastest lap of the race was his 9th and top5 finish - his 23rd. If both leaders split the lead laps in half between themselves,the closest follower Twincam was right behind them all the race long,but never really passed them,settling himself for 3rd place finish,which is a repeat of his best race result in the series and 8th top5 finish. At least the battle for 4th place finish was proper until the finish line - Michal was able to hold off the charging oponent and finish 4th for 2nd race in row to score his 16th top5 finish and 4th in last 8 races. Unite lost a position between start and finish and despite all tries could not regain it,so the finn settled for 5th place finish,which is his 99th - just 1 to go to become 2nd driver with 100.
VOD at Youtube:
Next tuesday we will race in same track as we did on tuesday week ago - the 10.7 kilometers long custom configuration in Kyoto,however the car will be significantly faster than RandomCar's PL200 class,as the coming race will feature the Prototype 2 for the 2nd time in RTFR XL - 2nd mod car that has been selected for RTFR XL repeatedly (first was the V8 supercar version of LFS own FXR). In 2 weeks normal RTFR will return with one of the street legal cars,more info about that in the weekend before the race.
Race:
Winner:
Race statistics / RTFR .mpr folder / Event rating and other statistics (will be updated later this week)
We're slowly returning for 2nd time the most popular mod cars and this tuesday it was time for the return of the rather simple car,which pretty much could be people's car. The 180HP front wheels driven sedan with slicks and minor downforce assistance gathered up 25 drivers,which is 12 less than in 1st try,3 drivers did not take the spot on the grid,but from 22 starters just 1 decided to retire.
When looking from certain point,this race went into history as the race noone wanted to win - top3 drivers all were coasting over finish line in badly made "formation flight",destroying all the intrigue for win,even the race was pretty much decided. For the 3rd race in row Gábor put his name on top of finish results,scoring his 47th RTFR race win and starting his 4th winning streak with 3 or more race wins,additionally adding 85th top5 finish to his stats. In terms of single laptime,the fastest driver of the day was Lagooga,who during race almost repeated his track record he set in qualifying - the pole position he scored was his 20th,breaking the tie for 4th most,while the fastest lap of the race was his 9th and top5 finish - his 23rd. If both leaders split the lead laps in half between themselves,the closest follower Twincam was right behind them all the race long,but never really passed them,settling himself for 3rd place finish,which is a repeat of his best race result in the series and 8th top5 finish. At least the battle for 4th place finish was proper until the finish line - Michal was able to hold off the charging oponent and finish 4th for 2nd race in row to score his 16th top5 finish and 4th in last 8 races. Unite lost a position between start and finish and despite all tries could not regain it,so the finn settled for 5th place finish,which is his 99th - just 1 to go to become 2nd driver with 100.
VOD at Youtube:
Next tuesday we will race in same track as we did on tuesday week ago - the 10.7 kilometers long custom configuration in Kyoto,however the car will be significantly faster than RandomCar's PL200 class,as the coming race will feature the Prototype 2 for the 2nd time in RTFR XL - 2nd mod car that has been selected for RTFR XL repeatedly (first was the V8 supercar version of LFS own FXR). In 2 weeks normal RTFR will return with one of the street legal cars,more info about that in the weekend before the race.
Did not make any advertisement before the race as I had no time to update the RTFR skin,but here's the recording of livestream from the race today with this car:
As an improvement suggestion - from distance (when LOD2 is displayed) I noticed some weird black rectangle on car's rear,it seems like skin mapping to LOD2 is incorrect,might be good to fix that to keep the quality of approved mod status up.
As an improvement suggestion - from distance (when LOD2 is displayed) I noticed some weird black rectangle on car's rear,it seems like skin mapping to LOD2 is incorrect,might be good to fix that to keep the quality of approved mod status up.
Or easier - the layout file is attached in main info post of the said series: https://www.lfs.net/forum/thread/109907-All-Wheel-Drive-Winter-Series-2025---information
366th RTFR
Full event information and rules
RTFR 2025 sponsorship and prize info
Livestream at SimBroadcasts.tv (YouTube/Twitch)
Stream starts 18:00 UTC
A reminder - server will be password protected 1 hour before qualifying start to keep not knowing crowded server jumpers out of way,pass will be always the same: green
Some historic stats:
Last race won by: S1DUS*GáboR - 2 wins in row
Last FAIK TOPO CUP race won by: S1DUS*R.Kardol (290th RTFR - FE Gold)
Most FAIK TOPO CUP race wins: only 1 race so far
Last Westhill race won by: S1DUS*GáboR (356th RTFR - TROENO JGT @ WE National)
Most Westhill national configs race wins: S1DUS*Litti & Botsi - 2 wins (Finland - 8 wins)
Current rating leader: S1DUS*GáboR (+58 points)
2025-S2 standings after 2 of 10 races:
S1DUS*GáboR - 52
SGﾏ MadJester - 33
[MRc] Michal - 29
Event rating,standings and other statistics
Server link: Ronys Tuesdays Fun Race Server has Airio as laptimes tracker,access the table with command !top
Race Green Discord: https://discord.gg/E37R5vD
Official results
August round marked itself in top of several charts - it featured the longest track in RandomCar history. With 10.68km the custom track in Kyoto was more than 3.5km longer than previous longest track,logically marking also the lowest lapcount in one race and since the average speed of the course was very high - it was also the longest race if not counting the 1 hour long season final races. With the race speed,this was the fastest average race speed of the season and 3rd fastest all time. Unfortunatelly this was also least attended round of the season and 3rd least attended all time.
Despite the high average speeds,the car on results top was the least powered of the cars list - the 182 horsepower Stellar was benefitting from it's low weight (just 825kg) through many fast turns and with Trespasser's guidance set the fastest laptimes in both sessions,including leading all 8 laps of the race. While closest drivers were busy with disputes who will run in what position,the lithuanian run away and started his run to his 2nd RandomCar race win. The 2nd position in season standings raced himself up to 2nd place in race results from 4th position in grid - Thehemuli scored his 1st RandomCar podium finish since the 2 wins late in inaugural season,running the only rear engined AWD car in the series for the 2nd time. Another lightweight low power car took the bottom step of the podium - Acosta Starlin was run for the 2nd time by Madjester as the portugese driver finished 3rd for the 2nd time in the season.
Without standings leader in the field,it was expected to have new leader after this round - with the 2nd place finish Thehemuli jumped into 11 points lead over closest follower TJ,who finished 5th in this round with the heavyweight Fend Torus. The unattending previous leader R.Kardol dropped down to 3rd position and is now 17 points behind leader. Since this season only best 8 points scores out of 10 rounds count towards drivers total points count - after 8 rounds all drivers with 8 scores already can only upgrade their lowest counts (double points season finale however is an almost guaranteed improvement),so both closest chasers of the leader still have good chances.
Lead change happened also in teams championship and also for the same reason - none of the Team S1dus drivers attended this round,so the defending champions Born to Race jumped into lead without very high points score from this round,taking 12 points lead in standings. RGA is still 3rd,42 points behind leaders and has 2 teams closing in for the podium. No real changes in nations championship - the defending champions lost another 3 points from their lead,but Finland has still lot of advantage to not worry about title defence as they're still 49 points ahead of Lithuania,Poland in 3rd position is now 95 points behind and effectivelly is out of title race. XRT still keeps their lead in best car award table with the 4 good scores from 1st part of the season,however it's lead is now just 6 points from the new closest chaser Acosta Starlin. Fraud Wheeler has been pushed down to 3rd and is still 14 points apart from leader.
25 different cars were drawn to 35 drivers for this round,however just under half of the drivers attended,so only 13 different cars were actually used. Most drawn was the freshest car of the series - Cammera 773,which received 3 draws for this round resulting in 4 total,having also the 1st participation in this round. Most drawn still is Acosta,receiving it's 57th all time draw,Talot with 3 less is 2nd. Another noticable fact from draw - T.Soini received URC1 for the 4th time,so he has already 2 cars received for 4 races,noone still has drew same car for more than 4 races.
With only 17 drivers attending,there are still lots of new best results for cars - 7. Most notable of course is Stellar's 1st pole position and 1st race win by Trespasser,who beat his countryman's Loco's best results with the car - 5th in qualifying,3rd in race. Also 2nd place finisher Thehemuli improved best results for the FZ70 - 4th in qualifying and 2nd in race,improving Madjester's qualifying effort by a single position,but race result of 6th position was previously shared between Madjester and Thehemuli himself. GT4tube set the initial best results of Cammera 773 - 7th in qualifying and 4th in race. TJ was 5th in both sessions with the Fend Torus,improving R.Kardol's best results of 10th position in qualifying and 11th in race. Twincam improved best results of Dash 46 - 10th in qualifying and 6th place in race,previous best results were shared by Aplazt and Jsk as both qualified the car in 14th and finished in 11th. Sobis beat previous best race result of Madjester by a single position for Bavaria A34 as he finished 10th. Also Rony improved his Poscher Caynam best result in just 1 session - he qualified 2nd,beating 5th position previously achieved by 2 finns - Unite and Arska.
Trespasser used his 2nd and last track selection for the season and selected another high speed track for 9th round - Aston Historic. Race distance is set for 11 laps,which will result in new highest race distance besides 1h season finales and race average speed once again is expected to exceed 130km/h,getting close to all time highest of 139.6km/h.
The following entries have not attended for 2 rounds in row and therefor have been marked as inactive - that means they will not be added to upcoming car draw:
[PM] Jam 616
Wj/MousemanLV
Adam
[MRc]sbinn
B2RLitro
To be added back to car draw,these entries have to quote own entry post and add "Reactivate" to it.
[PM] Jam 616
Wj/MousemanLV
Adam
[MRc]sbinn
B2RLitro
To be added back to car draw,these entries have to quote own entry post and add "Reactivate" to it.
Unofficial results
Qualifying:
Race:
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Template:
Deadline for protests - wednesday,19:00 UTC
Race:
If you want to make a protest,please include all neccesary information.
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Deadline for protests - wednesday,19:00 UTC
2nd wave of cars draw
The 2nd car draw wave scheduled for today 16:40 UTC / 18:40 CET / 19:40 EET
Draw link: https://www.randomresult.com/ticket.php?t=3990944UR9TMLUKU8
1 O.A - GT-V34 MINE9
2 RG^Mandula - XF TURBO 5
This post will be edited after draw to add car name to driver!
Draw link: https://www.randomresult.com/ticket.php?t=3990944UR9TMLUKU8
1 O.A - GT-V34 MINE9
2 RG^Mandula - XF TURBO 5
This post will be edited after draw to add car name to driver!
Last edited by Eclipsed, .
Reason : Added car names to drivers
1st wave of cars draw
The 1st car draw wave scheduled for today 17:00 UTC / 19:00 CET / 20:00 EET
Draw link: https://www.randomresult.com/ticket.php?t=3990514TVCGCC96XU
Drivers list (order of the drawn numbers):
1 GT4tube - CAMMERA 773 GT2
2 ZFRL•Thehemuli - FZ70 4GTS
3 RG^M@CI3K - BAVARIA A34 N POWER
4 [PM] Jam 616 - POSCHER CAYNAM 718
5 S1DUS*R.Kardol - XR GT Turbo
6 ZFRL•Motimoukari - URC1
7 B2R Twincam - DASH 46
8 hermanni - FRAUD WHEELER E2
9 [LCS-R] Aplazt - MZG SEDAN
10 [WCL]J.A.Katila - STELLAR K61
11 Wj/MousemanLV - NORTZ XRT2 V6 BITURBO 2023
12 S1DUS*uNite - FRAUD 040
13 Adam - FZ50
14 [RP] TJ - FEND TORUS
15 RGˆRony - POSCHER CAYNAM 718
16 B2R Rayman - FREUD SERRA
17 B2R Loco - N.400S
18 ZFRL•LG-mies - CAMMERA 773 GT2
19 SGR MadJester - ACOSTA STARLIN
20 [WCL] T.Soini - URC1
21 B2R 136 - Raceabout 06
22 YES Sobis - BAVARIA A34 N POWER
23 YES Trespasser - STELLAR K61
24 [MRc]sbinn - GT-V34 MINE9
25 B2RLitro - DASH 46
26 B2R Stiefla - CAMMERA 773 GT2
27 Yes Number - FEND TORUS
28 YES Lagooga - TALOT SUNS LOMIS
29 S1DUS*GáboR - XF TURBO 5
30 Top_K_07 - DORITO FD7 SR
31 [MRc] jsk - XF COUPE TURBO
32 [MRc] suforr - GT-V 2600GTX
33 RedﾉFlyaway57 - IMPREZZIVE B2
This post will be edited after draw to add cars names to drivers!
New signups will receive their cars drawn in 2nd wave (20 minutes before qualifying)!
Draw link: https://www.randomresult.com/ticket.php?t=3990514TVCGCC96XU
Drivers list (order of the drawn numbers):
1 GT4tube - CAMMERA 773 GT2
2 ZFRL•Thehemuli - FZ70 4GTS
3 RG^M@CI3K - BAVARIA A34 N POWER
4 [PM] Jam 616 - POSCHER CAYNAM 718
5 S1DUS*R.Kardol - XR GT Turbo
6 ZFRL•Motimoukari - URC1
7 B2R Twincam - DASH 46
8 hermanni - FRAUD WHEELER E2
9 [LCS-R] Aplazt - MZG SEDAN
10 [WCL]J.A.Katila - STELLAR K61
11 Wj/MousemanLV - NORTZ XRT2 V6 BITURBO 2023
12 S1DUS*uNite - FRAUD 040
13 Adam - FZ50
14 [RP] TJ - FEND TORUS
15 RGˆRony - POSCHER CAYNAM 718
16 B2R Rayman - FREUD SERRA
17 B2R Loco - N.400S
18 ZFRL•LG-mies - CAMMERA 773 GT2
19 SGR MadJester - ACOSTA STARLIN
20 [WCL] T.Soini - URC1
21 B2R 136 - Raceabout 06
22 YES Sobis - BAVARIA A34 N POWER
23 YES Trespasser - STELLAR K61
24 [MRc]sbinn - GT-V34 MINE9
25 B2RLitro - DASH 46
26 B2R Stiefla - CAMMERA 773 GT2
27 Yes Number - FEND TORUS
28 YES Lagooga - TALOT SUNS LOMIS
29 S1DUS*GáboR - XF TURBO 5
30 Top_K_07 - DORITO FD7 SR
31 [MRc] jsk - XF COUPE TURBO
32 [MRc] suforr - GT-V 2600GTX
33 RedﾉFlyaway57 - IMPREZZIVE B2
This post will be edited after draw to add cars names to drivers!
New signups will receive their cars drawn in 2nd wave (20 minutes before qualifying)!
Last edited by Eclipsed, .
Reason : Added car names to drivers
Cool - in that picture there are 2 skins I made,one even in foreground! 
Edit: Little research led me to results - screenshot is from 264th RTFR. (it's the guy named Fatass with that Pikachu skin and FM numberplate)
Edit: Little research led me to results - screenshot is from 264th RTFR. (it's the guy named Fatass with that Pikachu skin and FM numberplate)
Last edited by Eclipsed, .
RandomCar - 2025 round 8
2025 series - round 8
Tuesday, 26th august
17:00 UTC / 19:00 CET / 20:00 EET
Information:
Track: Kyoto Banked Crossing (KY3X/K35)
Race distance: 8 laps (85km)
Signups: https://www.lfs.net/forum/thread/110337 (closes 30 minutes before qualifying start)
RandomCar spreadsheets (with cars list,their balancing and all results/standings): LINK
Cars list and their balancing is available also in server - type command !opt and select "RandomCar Info"
Server link: Ronys Tuesdays Fun Race (access the times table via command ;tt )
Server will be passworded at least 1 hour before qualifying,server pass: random
Race Green Discord: https://discord.gg/E37R5vD
Cars will be drawn in 2 waves:
1st wave - 24 hours before start of qualifying
2nd wave - 20 minutes before start of qualifying - for late signups
Draw link and results will be posted in this thread!
Car redraw option:
Each driver receives one chance during the season to redraw the car that has been drawn. This option can be used only if car has been drawn during 1st wave of cars draw and the driver will be added to list of 2nd wave of cars draw. Please note that redrawing car means a 2.4% chance of drawing the same car also with 2nd try - in that case the driver has to use the drawn car and the redraw option will be reactivated for new use in future round. Option availability is marked in Drivers championship tab in spreadsheets right behind driver's name (✓ = available,x = not available). To use the option,write here a post with word "Redraw" before signups closure for round (16:30UTC)!
Before upcoming round there is a single update in balancing:
GT-V34 has been known for lacking the pace,especially on straights due it's higher drag,however the car has been drawn rarely and used even less,so a proper competition based confirmation was still lacking until previous round. Now 1% of air restriction was removed to give the car a bit more acceleration and straight line speed,so the new balancing for the AWD coupe is 7%.
GT-V34 has been known for lacking the pace,especially on straights due it's higher drag,however the car has been drawn rarely and used even less,so a proper competition based confirmation was still lacking until previous round. Now 1% of air restriction was removed to give the car a bit more acceleration and straight line speed,so the new balancing for the AWD coupe is 7%.
Alternativelly you can install an older LFS version which still supported LAN version - look in https://www.lfs.net/archive the LFS 0.6V3
Official results
Qualifying:
Race:
Winner:
Race statistics / RTFR .mpr folder / Event rating and other statistics (will be updated later this week)
The event with number of days of a normal year was run in track that from first view might seem very odd,however from closer look you can find 2 rather slow and technical sections which are connected by 2 long straights,each 1 kilometer in length. The track has already a history in RGE hosted races,the 3rd race here was featured in livestream for the first time and run with the heaviest LFS default car FZ5. With it's weight and over 300hp power it was a tricky challenge,as the car is everything but agile which would be best for this track. 26 drivers qualified,2 of them left before start,but from 24 starters everyone was classified as finished (100% finishing rate for first time in latest 13 races),however one retired with 2 laps to go - the only one not completing the full race distance.
Even if the track was different,the name on top of the tables was not - once again RTFR's most successful driver was the one to beat,even if his performance was not dominating,Gábor still was able to bring home 45th pole position,46th race win and 84th top5 finish,starting his record extending 9th winning streak. On the way to victory lane,after completing 7th lap Gábor reached another previously unachieved milestone - he led the 1000th lap in RTFR races during the 57th race in which he led at least a lap from 109 race starts. His closest rival was someone who thinks it's funny to use different names each race - driver we know under real name of Niko Puntola was a true number two also in the race,qualifying,racing and finishing in 2nd position,taking the fastest lap of the race in his penultimate lap - that is his 30th (2nd driver to reach this count),while he also added 98th top5 finish to his stats. For Madjester this was the best race in RTFR ever - he started from 5th position,but quite early progressed up to 3rd position and kept it until race finish to score his 1st top5 finish (previous best race result was 6th). Michal repeated his best qualifying result with 3rd position,however lost a position during the race and had to work hard to defend the 4th position - success led to his 15th top5 finish. The challenger was Lorenzo,who could not find the way towards better position,so he had to settle for 5th place finish,which is his 4th top5 finish.
VOD at Youtube:
From coming 3 tuesday races,2 will be held on same track,the normal RTFR in 2 weeks will be different though - it will be a return of previously used slick tyre mod,which will feature a race in Westhill. The mentioned track will be used on coming tuesday in RandomCar and in less than 3 weeks time in RTFR XL - both will be run in a Kyoto configuration which uses both GP and National tracks,connected by a concrete bridge which creates an unique crossing. In RandomCar it will be run as usual with the PL200 class cars while RTFR XL will use also a previously used mod - Prototype 2.
Race:
Winner:
Race statistics / RTFR .mpr folder / Event rating and other statistics (will be updated later this week)
The event with number of days of a normal year was run in track that from first view might seem very odd,however from closer look you can find 2 rather slow and technical sections which are connected by 2 long straights,each 1 kilometer in length. The track has already a history in RGE hosted races,the 3rd race here was featured in livestream for the first time and run with the heaviest LFS default car FZ5. With it's weight and over 300hp power it was a tricky challenge,as the car is everything but agile which would be best for this track. 26 drivers qualified,2 of them left before start,but from 24 starters everyone was classified as finished (100% finishing rate for first time in latest 13 races),however one retired with 2 laps to go - the only one not completing the full race distance.
Even if the track was different,the name on top of the tables was not - once again RTFR's most successful driver was the one to beat,even if his performance was not dominating,Gábor still was able to bring home 45th pole position,46th race win and 84th top5 finish,starting his record extending 9th winning streak. On the way to victory lane,after completing 7th lap Gábor reached another previously unachieved milestone - he led the 1000th lap in RTFR races during the 57th race in which he led at least a lap from 109 race starts. His closest rival was someone who thinks it's funny to use different names each race - driver we know under real name of Niko Puntola was a true number two also in the race,qualifying,racing and finishing in 2nd position,taking the fastest lap of the race in his penultimate lap - that is his 30th (2nd driver to reach this count),while he also added 98th top5 finish to his stats. For Madjester this was the best race in RTFR ever - he started from 5th position,but quite early progressed up to 3rd position and kept it until race finish to score his 1st top5 finish (previous best race result was 6th). Michal repeated his best qualifying result with 3rd position,however lost a position during the race and had to work hard to defend the 4th position - success led to his 15th top5 finish. The challenger was Lorenzo,who could not find the way towards better position,so he had to settle for 5th place finish,which is his 4th top5 finish.
VOD at Youtube:
From coming 3 tuesday races,2 will be held on same track,the normal RTFR in 2 weeks will be different though - it will be a return of previously used slick tyre mod,which will feature a race in Westhill. The mentioned track will be used on coming tuesday in RandomCar and in less than 3 weeks time in RTFR XL - both will be run in a Kyoto configuration which uses both GP and National tracks,connected by a concrete bridge which creates an unique crossing. In RandomCar it will be run as usual with the PL200 class cars while RTFR XL will use also a previously used mod - Prototype 2.
Only thing that's ruled out is manual clutch operated via button. You can still set to autoclutch and if so much needed - you can still use button to engage clutch.
It's set up to avoid misuse of instant clutch (on/off) which then has advantage over people who use axis clutch (or also auto clutch).
It's set up to avoid misuse of instant clutch (on/off) which then has advantage over people who use axis clutch (or also auto clutch).
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