TEST RACE 2 on Saturday February 20th  9:00 GMT PM

Primary objectives of this test race are

• Testing L2RES
• Testing swaps
• Checking corrections since the last test race
  • Darker Night
  • Pit stop duration
  • Ferrari Physics
  • Lotus Dallara (?) Pit Menu fuel
  • Dallara and Lotus fuel consumption

Mandatory (at least one driver by team) Race of 2.0 Hours in practice session with L2RES
L2RIR V4.01 (see logistics)
Game Time 6:00 PM
Fuel 2X Tires 1 X Time Scale X2
Ranking per Car (means several same cars per team IS NOT possible)
Track 24H L2R(see logistics)
rF Server L2R (see logistics)
Car Pack (see logistics)
Drivers have to join the server at least at 8:30 GMT PM

REGULATION

Server Pw : (see logistics).

DRIVER AND SPECTATOR : You absolutely need to start L2RIR and be connected before joining the rFactor server.

START PROCEDURE
There will be rolling start with a leader formation lap in a single line. The pole man will be called by the steward after the session starts.He’ ll begin the formation lap with a speed limit notified by the flag (see below). Each class will be called GT1 then GT2. Drivers  will join the formation line with no limit speed but by keeping their  position with no overtaking (except if the car before him is in trouble). If a driver looses his position after trouble, he will keep his new position and won’t try to retake his previous position.
Once the leader crosses the line, the green flag will be displayed and the race begins.
No overtaking before the line ! Stay in single line until you cross the start line !

Ø    Flags during the start procedure
o    Black.  You stay in pits until you’re called. Once you’re called you leave the pits and join the formation line. If you’re the leader your speed limit is 60 MPH/100 KMH. If not leader no speed limit, just keep your position.
o    Yellow. It means that everybody is on the track and the speed limit for leader is 80 MPH/130 KMH.
o    Green. Race begins. You can’t overtake until you cross the start line.


DURING RACE
Ø    Flags
With L2RES, flags are now possible either for a single driver or as full flag.
o    Yellow. L2RES yellow flags will be full yellow only. You will have explanation of the yellow asap through the message upper box, or in game chatbox. Under full yellow all drivers keep their position and the speed limit is 80 MPH/130 KMH for the leader only, others drivers have to drive safely and keep their position. You will also have usual yellow flags given by the game which notifies a danger.
o    Green. It can be a full green or an individual. Full green will be to notify start or a restart after a yellow. Individual green will be used after a stop and go.
o    Black. It is an individual flag only which indicates you have to enter the pit and wait for further instructions from the steward. Only a green flag can cancel a black one. So you have to wait until you have a green flag.

Ø    RF Disco and Escape use.
o    Disco and Escape will suffer the same penalty of 1 lap. When you do esc or are discoed your car returns to garage, ending the current lap. The penalty is applied after that. So if you drove 4.5 laps, by pressing escape you return to garage and you end the 5th lap. After the penalty you will have 4 laps.
o    Your escape press has to be detected by L2RIR, so be sure to be well connected. In case of return to garage with no detection from L2RIR you will suffer a penalty of 3 laps. If it occurs once more you will be disqualified, the only way to not finish the race.
o   Before doing it you have to notify your escape use by mentionning "Escape Required" in the in game (rF) chat . Prepare a shortkey for that. If you don't notify a 2 more laps penalty will be applied.
o If you’re discoed you will have to notify your reconnection in the Race Control Chatbox. If you don’t see any message from a steward in the 20” after your notification, join the server, the steward probably fell asleep. If he is awaken, he will notify a reconnection in progress in the L2R Box or rF ChatBox, so drivers on track can be alerted a freeze could occur in the 1 or 2 following minutes.

we looking into the ferrari physics and noticed that the big reason the car has issues is because it's on the LM72 tires which have about 10% less grip than all the other cars on avons. I think just putting us on avons will solve most of the problems.

Will there be a third testrace? I will miss this testrace (again) because my wife already planned something... 20/3 is blocked in the agenda but I would really like to drive at least one testrace.

duncan a dit :   o   Before doing it you have to notify your escape use by mentionning "Escape Required". Prepare a shortkey for that. If you don't notify a 2 more laps penalty will be applied.

Is this a in game chat message, or a message in the race control chat?

Chat messages during the race? Boo