CS-closed Le Mans Virtual Cup

Intro:
Following on from a hugely successful 24 Hours of Le Mans Virtual in 2020, we are excited to present the first Le Mans Virtual Cup in partnership with the Automobile Club de l’Ouest.

Required content:
All drivers will be required to own all of the cars that will be used in the race, as well as the track to be able to join the server. Below are links to the game and the required content.
rFactor 2
Norma M30
Le Mans
Nurburgring
Monza
Spa

Splits:
Ahead of every race, we have a series of qualification sessions to determine the splits and grid positions for that race. The final race will be based of top 30 in the championship, 2nd split will be 31-60 and so on.

Broadcast:
Top split on Traxion's channels

Livery submission:
After qualification drivers can submit liveries. Instructions will be posted in 2nd post.

Name vs nickname:
We require every participants to use their real name in game, in our competition system and on our forum. We need to be able to recognize you. If you have a nickname and need to change it - contact our staff.

Season schedule:
03 September: Monza qualifying starts
12 September: Monza qualifying ends
24 September: Monza race // Replays
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26 September: Spa qualifying starts
05 October: Spa qualifying ends
15 October: Spa race // Replays
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17 October: Nordschleife qualifying starts
26 October: Nordschleife qualifying ends
12 November: Nordschleife race
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No qualifying - top 30 from championship advances to split 1. Please note several splits will be available and if x drivers from split 1 does not show drivers in split 2 will be moved up.
17 December: Finale - Le Mans // Replays

All qual sessions have static heavy rubber.

Race day details:
Race length: 45 minutes
In-game race time: 15:00

Race day Schedule:
19:50 - Registration starts
20:05 - Warmup
20:15 - Race start, standing
Times after registration are estimates please allow +/- 5 mins for sessions to end

Rules:
Regulations
A few notes:

• Points system: (+ participation points)
  Main race: 35-30-28-27-26-25-24-23-22-21-20-19-18-17-16-15-14-13-12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1
  Participation points: +25 per split.
• 4 warnings before cut track penalty (but game controls this, so you might get a penalty before if you cut hard)
• Penalties will be added to race time on the actual race
• Drivers whom are registered to a Le Mans Virtual Series team are ineligible to compete in Le Mans Virtual Cup
• The top two drivers will be invited to compete in the 24 Hours of Le Mans Virtual alongside pro drivers (to be determined by the organisers) either on-site at Autosport International Show or online
• The event will be run on the rFactor 2 platform and using the Norma LMP3
• Car setups will be fixed for qualifying and the race
  Steering lock, brake bias, brake pressure and starting fuel in Q and R can be changed.
• Qualifying will be held at set times before each race and will determine which “split” a driver will compete in and the starting order of the race will be determined by this
• Drivers are allocated championship points based on their finishing position (top 3 splits only)
• The top 30 drivers at the end of the first three races will be invited to the Super Final on the 17th December
  • The grid order for this race will be determined by the championship position.
• Full damage simulation will be implemented
• Full simulation includes the use of fuel and tyres
• Liveries can be submitted for all races, but only for top split (top 30).

Links:
Protests
Template

Please see guide on submission/template. Save as s397_lmc_xx (where xx is your number and the number you are assigned is your position in qualifying). Use winzip/winrar to pack it up and then submit AS PSD​

Livery submission

Deadline for final round is 13th December at 8am, this is where the mod will be generated.​

Discord link

Qualification sessions at: (timezone as per rules CET/CEST)
00:00:00
03:00:00
06:00:00
09:00:00
12:00:00
15:00:00
18:00:00
21:00:00

Updates / News:
23/09-2021 - Fuel unlocked for both race and qual
Round 3 deadline added
27/10-2021 - 2nd post updated with top 30 from qual.
11/11-2021 - After the race submission will open for those in top 30 in standings. PLEASE NOTE I WILL REQUIRE THE DRIVER to submit the livery this time. A bit to much confusion when several managers submit liveries for one driver.
15/11-2021 - Top 30 in standings updated in 2nd post. Please review last update as well.
16/11-2021 - Deadline added for final round liveries.

 

Round 4 top split (given that everyone shows up) - this is also your car number - PLEASE NOTE even if you submitted a livery before - you need to resubmit with the new number for this round.
1 Luca D Amelio
2 Janos Bracsok
3 Christopher Högfeldt
4 Jimi Nisula
5 Remi Delorme
6 David Kalocsai
7 Henri Sinik
8 Darius Andrei
9 Cameron Barker
10 Tom Stevens
11 George Whitehouse
12 Salvatore Zitiello
13 Kevin Karas
14 Tomasz Wach
15 Fabian Balle
16 Leonardo Pupo
17 Andras Rosivall
18 Juha Maki-Jouppi
19 Martin Murguly
20 Gergo Baldi
21 Cristian Lazzaro
22 Arnaud Plume
23 Shaun Arnold
24 Andrea Zampini
25 Florian Cisse
26 Stefano Zanrosso
27 Dylan Hember
28 Alexandre Peroche
29 Damian Skowron
30 José Rosendo Mirás del Río

Please check rules in first post - it HAS to be the driver submitting these files, simply to make sure that the driver agrees the livery. We have several times now had conflicts in submissions.

 

reserved

 

This is huge. Looking forward!

 

45 min races only?
No team racing?
No driver swap?

 

This will be done in the rF2 competition system?

Thanks

 

Noiiiice im in. Which Setups will be run?

 

Yes
No
No

 

Fixed, default

 

Hello, who would I have to contact to put my real name in the forum and in the cs? Thank you so much

 

I vote for a lone/private qualifying, otherwise its very unfair

 

It would be nice if in the comp system the car in use were actually mentioned so people wouldn't have to check the forum to find out it is the lmp3.
Because it's the actual car that drew me into trying it out and I was randomly informed of it.
So sometimes the title of the series is a dead giveaway but when it is not there should be a mention of the car in use somewhere in the info before one sign up.

 

see you on track

 

@Christopher Elliott

I see the pm from you, can you also ask @Christopher Elliott in a pm please

 

Hello,
Great news.
Is the Timezone CET?

 

In regards to the points per race, do you score points based on finishing position for all three splits (35 for 1st place, 30 for 2nd, 28 for 3rd) as well as the 25 participation points, or is that just for top split?

 

Gentlemen,
Goodnight. Alright?

Please help me, the virtual Lemans 24h virtual championship to be held now in January 2022, will be held on which access server for the game "rFactor 2"? Because I'm interested in signing up to participate.

Awaiting return.

Thanks.

 

in the game, competition tab, choose le mans cup and sign up

 

Yes, well not until we switches to CET for now it is CEST as per rules both in code of conduct and in

Any competition posted here will follow Central European Time zone, wether or it is in the daylight saving time.

 

Let me answer you here instead of PM
If there is 1 split it will get 0 participations points
If there is 2 splits topsplit will get 25 and then the lowest will get 0
If there is 3 splits topsplit will get 50 and split 2: 25 and lowest 0
And this then continues.