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NZrFL50: Flat 6 Tour of America..and Monza

Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2019 10:07 pm
by Obsc3ne
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Welcome to NZrFL50! For this league we will be using the newly updated version of the Flat6 mod by EnduRacers. The first round kicks off on February 12th in the Motherland with Monza. After that we head stateside for 5 more rounds of racing.

The cars are extremely fun to drive and have somewhat limited setup options, which should make the racing evening among all participants

Riven has very kindly put a server up already, with the mod and Monza which is Round 1.

Schedule
29th Jan: Official Practice 1
5th Feb: Official Practice 2
12th Feb: Monza
19th Feb: Laguna Seca
25th Feb: Road America
5th March: Sonoma (NASCAR Layout)
12th March: Daytona Road Course
19th March: Portland (There's some information online that this track may not work well when hosted on a server, if testing proves this to be the case it will be replace by Cleveland)

Download Links
Mod
Monza
Laguna Seca
Road America
Sonoma
Daytona
Portland
Cleveland

For those unfamiliar with installing non-steam workshop tracks, instructions are below:

1: Download the file from above, and save it into your rFactor 2 Packages folder - this can be found by right clicking rFactor 2 in Steam, going to properties, local files, browse local files.
2: Launch rFactor 2.
3: On rFactor 2 Launcher screen, click on the box icon (second icon on the left).
4: Scroll down the list until you find the track name or filter by uninstalled.
5: Click on the track name, then click on install at the bottom.
6: Repeat Step 4 & 5 for each track.
7: Done!

Race Night Format

Timeline
8:00PM - Official Practice
8:30PM - Qualifying (15 Minutes)
8:45PM - Drivers briefing and Warmup (15 minutes)
9:00PM (Sharp) - Race 1 - 10 Minute Sprint
9:15pm - Race 2 - 15 Minute Sprint
9:40pm - Race 3 - 30 Minute Race with 1 Compulsory pit stop.

Qualifying
Qualifying will be a 15 minute open session to complete as many laps as you wanted. Please keep Discord chat to a minimum during this time. Also please strictly adhere to blue flags during this session and only use headlights if you are on a flying lap.

Race Grids
Race 1 grids will be determined by qualifying
Race 2 grids will be a full reverse grid of Race 1 results (unless requested by racers to come off the back)
Race 3 grids will be determined by the finishing order of Race 2

Race Settings
Flag Rules - Black Only
Damage - 20%
Fuel usage - 2X
Tire Usage - 1X
Mech Failures - Normal
Practice Time (Official) - 30mins
Qualifying Time - 15 mins
Race Length - As above
Type of Start - Standing

Driving Aids
Traction Control - 0
Anti Lock Brakes - 0
Auto Clutch - Yes
Driving View - Open

Additional Weight
We will also be utilising a weight system throughout the league based on finishing order of each race.

The amount that is added\taken off will dynamically adjust dependant on the size of the field.

For every place above the midpoint of the field 10kg will be added
For every place below the midpoint of the field 5kg will be taken away

Example:
Race 1
15 paticipants.
Midpoint is 7.5
1st = +70kg
2nd= +60kg
7th = +10kg
10th = -15kg
12th = -25kg
14th = -35kg

Race 2
18 paticipants
Midpoint is 9th
1st = +80kg
2nd = +70kg
9th = No change
11th = -10kg
17th = -40kg

Sign Ups
We will be utilizing the RF2 analyser tool that was used in the Australasian GT3 series last year. This does not require manual sing-ups by drivers.

Browse to this link
Password: wahwahwah

Points to be awarded as follows:
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Re: NZrFL50: Flat 6 Tour of America..and Monza

Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2019 5:39 pm
by Growler
You've got the mod redirecting to Monza... :crazy:

Re: NZrFL50: Flat 6 Tour of America..and Monza

Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2019 9:11 pm
by Riftcreator
Obsc3ne wrote:insert pretty picture here
Done _b

Re: NZrFL50: Flat 6 Tour of America..and Monza

Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2019 11:39 pm
by Obsc3ne
Growler wrote:You've got the mod redirecting to Monza... :crazy:
I really like Monza!

But updated

Riftcreator wrote:
Obsc3ne wrote:insert pretty picture here
Done _b
And it's the prettiest of pictures, cheers Rifty

Re: NZrFL50: Flat 6 Tour of America..and Monza

Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2019 11:36 am
by Obsc3ne
We will also be running official practice nights on the 29th and 5th to ease us into Tuesday night racing.

I'll be there from about 8, I can add weight to people as wanted, run some short races etc.

Re: NZrFL50: Flat 6 Tour of America..and Monza

Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2019 11:33 am
by Obsc3ne
Please note that tire wear has been changed to 1x for the league.

Race thread and car selection threads are also now up

Re: NZrFL50: Flat 6 Tour of America..and Monza

Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2019 12:05 pm
by Obsc3ne
I have edited the first post.

We'll be using the RF2 analyser tool for the points this season (same tool as used in the Australasian GT3 series last year).

This does not require manual sign ups on a per-driver basis.

A link will be set up in the coming days and posted for all to view.

Re: NZrFL50: Flat 6 Tour of America..and Monza

Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2019 4:01 pm
by Obsc3ne
Link for the points site has been updated on the main post.

Re: NZrFL50: Flat 6 Tour of America..and Monza

Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2019 8:14 am
by Erik
Thanks for organising and hosting this series! The weight system worked quite well and there was some great racing to be had! Interesting choice of venues too, the majority were new to me.

Thoroughly enjoyed the racing, thanks to everyone who showed up!

Re: NZrFL50: Flat 6 Tour of America..and Monza

Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2019 8:35 am
by Obsc3ne
Final Points
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Congrats to Seca on the championship

Re: NZrFL50: Flat 6 Tour of America..and Monza

Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2019 2:45 pm
by Growler
A big thanks to Obsc3ne for running the league. The mod is pretty forgiving and you can really throw the cars around, and the league structure with the weights etc was spot on.
Again thanks to Riven and Inspire, and the guys who competed to the end. ( O_o Looks at Rifty…)

Re: NZrFL50: Flat 6 Tour of America..and Monza

Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2019 8:42 pm
by Danman
Thanks guys, great fun with the weights, enjoyed the racing _b

Re: NZrFL50: Flat 6 Tour of America..and Monza

Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2019 11:41 am
by Riftcreator
Thanks Obscene, awesome job arranging the league. I had some good fun, for the rounds I could make _b

Re: NZrFL50: Flat 6 Tour of America..and Monza

Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2019 12:33 pm
by Murphy's Law
Thanks for running this league man. great work!

Re: NZrFL50: Flat 6 Tour of America..and Monza

Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2019 10:45 pm
by Obsc3ne
With the final video up, that's my wrap on the season.

Cheers to all the participants, was very enjoyable racing throughout.

Thanks as usual to Riven & Inspire for hosting.

Re: NZrFL50: Flat 6 Tour of America..and Monza

Posted: Sat Mar 30, 2019 10:37 pm
by Seca
Cheers Obscene or the Series and Riven and inspire for the Server.
Was a great Series and had a lot of Fun and the weight made it very interesting