were "missing". I hope it isn't so long that the mail-to-news gateway eats some
of it. These rules are set to change slightly WRT AI grip.]
1995-1996 Little Formula Racing Series
World Championship
Rules
The Little Formula Racing Series is a armchair driver fantasy league
involving drivers from around the world. LFRS is oriented around
MicroProse's World Ciruit(a.k.a. F1GP). Competitors use WC to run the
races, then submit times to be compared with other drivers. Points are
awarded to each driver based on their performance, and at the end of the
season, the driver who has accumulated the most points will win the LFRS
World Championship. The series is taylored to fit drivers of all different
backgrounds and interests. The following are the rules for LFRS. All the
information concerning the series should be found here. If you have any
questions, please contact one of the directors.
1-Directors
1.1-Questions or comments: Send any questions or comments to
DE3...@aol.com or dgy...@gdcarc.co.uk. Replys will be sent
ASAP.
1.2-Results: Send all results to LF...@aol.com by the specified
deadline.
1.3-News Letter: If you have questions or something to be published
in the newsletter(ie. race stories), send them to
dgy...@gdcarc.co.uk.
2-LFRS Home
2.1-AOL: The home for LFRS on AOL is in the Simulation Auto board.
Any files can be downloaded from the Sim Auto Library.
2.2-WWW: The WWW home page for LFRS is
http://www.mal.com/~dgymer/lfrs/.
2.3-Inet: LFRS will also be on rec.autos.simulators. Files can be
downloaded by FTP to didnt.doit.wisc.edu.
3-Software
3.1-Simulation: LFRS requires the competitors to use World Circuit
by Microprose. No other sim will be used.
3.2-Other: You must also have GPEditor v2.0(F1ED maybe used), CCPit,
and GPLap v5.0. WCLaunch is recommended, but optional.
4-Season
4.1-Dates: Pre-season testing will begin on June 4th, 1995 at
Silverstone. The first race will be on the weekend of July
13th. See below for entire schedule.
4.2-Order: Except for pre-season testing, the schedule will follow
the Championship Season in the game.
4.3-Weather: All races will be in dry conditions, so no wet races.
5-Pre-Season Testing
5.1-What to do: For pre-season testing, run a 30 min. practice
session and a 20% distance race at the selected track. Post
fastest practice lap and race time with fast lap. Deadline
for times is midnight ET.
5.2-Why: The reason for this testing is to show everyone where they
stand against the competition and to give a chance to those
who are a little behind some time to catch up for the
offical start of the season. It's chance also for the
director to know if the AI BHP settings are too easy or
too difficult. This testing will also set the Human BHP
for the Challenge drivers.
6-Results verification
6.1-GPLap: Drivers MUST use GPLap for all pre-season testing,
qualifying, and races.
6.2-Authentication: Drivers MUST ALWAYS send the Authentication
code with their results. Drivers MUST keep their logs for
at least two weeks after the deadline.
7-Divisions
7.1-Beginner: The Beginner Division will be for those who are still
using auto-braking.
7.1.1-Aids: Drivers must use Auto-Braking, Auto-Shifting
and Self-Correcting Spin mode. Indestructible
mode and Traction Control MUST be off. Steering
Help is optional.
7.1.2-Sim Level: Drivers MUST run in 'Rookie' level within
the sim.
7.1.3-Car Setups: Drivers may use any setup.
7.1.4-Human BHP: Human BHP will be set to 725.
7.1.5-AI Grip: AI Grip will vary race to race season.
7.1.6-AI BHP: There will be a specific file for the AI
horsepower.
7.1.7-CCPit: CCPit settings may change based on the race
length.
7.1.8-FastLaps: Drivers may run practice laps for the
FastLap Title. Times MUST be on D compound tyres.
Drivers MUST submit fastest time and authentication
by midnight ET on Thursdays to be eligible for
points toward the FastLap Title.
7.1.9-Starting position: Drivers MUST start 26th.
7.1.10-Race Length: Race length will vary between 70% and
100%.
7.1.11-The Winner: The driver with the best time will be
the winner.
7.2-Sprint: The Sprint division will be for those who want to
compete, but don't have a lot of time to run long races.
7.2.1-Aids: Drivers must use Auto-Shifting and
Self-Correcting Spin mode. Auto-Braking MUST be
off. Indestructible mode is optional. Traction
Control and Steering Help are optional.
7.2.2-Sim Level: Drivers may run in either 'Amateur',
'Semi-Pro', or 'Pro' levels within the sim.
7.2.3-Car Setups: Drivers will have a manditory setup.
7.2.4-Human BHP: Human BHP will be set at 716.
7.2.5-AI Grip: AI Grip will stay at 1 all season.
7.2.6-AI BHP: There will be a specific file for the AI
horsepower.
7.2.7-CCPit: CCPit should be disabled for this division.
7.2.8-Qualifying: Drivers run a standard qualifying
session. No more than 4 sets of Q compound tyres
maybe used. Submit fastest lap and authentication
by midnight ET on Thursdays to be eligible for
points toward the FastLap Title.
7.2.9-Starting Position: For the first race, drivers will
start based upon their performance in pre-season
testing. Drivers who missed testing must start 26th.
Afterwords, starting positions will be the inverse of
the finishing positions of the previous race.
7.2.10-Race Length: All races will be 30%.
7.2.11-The Winner: The driver with the best time will be
the winner.
7.3-Endurance: The Endurance division will be for those who want a
more F1 experience.
7.3.1-Aids: Drivers may use Auto-Shifting and
Self-Correcting Spin mode. Auto-Braking MUST be
off. Indestructible mode MUST be off. Traction
Control and Steering Help are optional.
7.3.2-Sim Level: Drivers may run in either 'Amateur',
'Semi-Pro', or 'Pro' levels within the sim.
7.3.3-Car Setups: Drivers may use any setup.
7.3.4-Human BHP: Human BHP will be set at 716.
7.3.5-AI Grip: AI Grip will stay at 1 all season.
7.3.6-AI BHP: There will be a specific file for the AI
horsepower.
7.3.7-CCPit: Even though the races are long, CCPit will not
be used because the AI Grip will be 1 all season.
CCPit should be disabled for this division.
7.3.8-Qualifying: Drivers run a standard qualifying
session. No more than 4 sets of Q compound tyres
maybe used. Submit fastest lap and authentication
by midnight ET on Thursdays to be eligible for
points toward the FastLap Title.
7.3.9-Starting Position: Drivers will start where they
qualified in their personal race.
7.3.10-Race Length: All races will be 100%.
7.3.11-The Winner: The driver with the best time will be
the winner.
7.4-Challenge: The Challenge division will be for those who have
mastered the game and need a challenge.
7.4.1-Aids: Auto-Shifting, Ideal Line, Ideal Gear, Traction
Control, and Steering help are optional. No other
aids may be used.
7.4.2-Sim Level: Drivers MUST run in 'Ace' level within the
sim.
7.4.3-Car Setups: Drivers may use any setup.
7.4.4-Human BHP: The base setting will be 750. Drivers
must use this for Pre-season testing. After
testing, drivers will be given a specific setting,
which will be updated every 2 races.
7.4.5-AI Grip: AI Grip will vary from race to race.
7.4.6-AI BHP: There will be a specific file for the AI
horsepower.
7.4.7-CCPit: CCPit should be disabled for this division.
7.4.8-Segment 1(Practice): Drivers are to submit their
fastest lap and authentication by midnight ET on
Thursdays. All times MUST be on Q tyres. Results
MUST be in by the deadline to recieve points toward
the FastLap title and the event win.
7.4.9-Segment 2(Race #1): Drivers must run a 75% race,
starting 26th. Submit race time, fast lap, and
authentication by 12pm ET on Mondays to be eligible
for points toward the event win. Note finishing
position.
7.4.10-Segment 3(Race #2): Drivers must run a 25% race,
starting from the position inverse the finishing
position of segment 2(If you finished 5th in the 75%
race, start 22nd). Submit race time, fast lap, and
authentication by 12pm ET on Mondays to be eligible
for points toward the event win.
7.4.11-The Winner: Each driver will be ranked according to
their performance in all three segments, scoring
points based on the ranking with the faster drivers
scoring more points. The points scored for each
segment will be added and the drivr with the highest
total will be the winner.
7.4.11.1-Point System: The points will be awarded
by the following:
1st-30 points 4th-23 points
2nd-27 5th-22
3rd-25 6th-21
Points decrease by one for places 7 thru 26.
Anything after 26 will receive one point.
7.4.11.2-Ties: All ties will be broken by giving
the position to the driver with the faster
segment 3 time.
7.5-Competing in two levels: Drivers may compete in two levels
as long as they observe the rules for both.
7.6-Lack of Participation: If there is an insufficent number of
drivers in a particular division, that division maybe
eliminated.
8-The Race Weekend
8.1-Race Settings: Except for starting positions for Sprint drivers
and Human BHP settings for Challenge drivers(these will be
posted 2 weeks before the race), race settings will be
posted at least 4 weeks before the race.
8.2-Practice/Qualifying: Practice(Beginner and Challenge Divisions)
and Qualifying(Sprint and Endurance Divisions) are due by
Midnight ET on the Thursday before the race. Drivers MUST
submit best time and authentication by the deadline to be
eligible for the FastLap title.
8.3-The Race: Race results(segments 2 and 3 for Challenge Division)
are due by 12pm ET on Mondays to be eligible for points
toward the driver's Championship as well as the FastLap
title. Drivers MUST post race time, fastest lap, and
authentication, and should post driver information by the
deadline. A short story for the series newsletter should
also be posted.
9-Driver Info
9.1-When signing up please include: a)REAL first and last name,
b)Divisionl, c)Team name(preferably make-believe), d)Engine
name, e)whether you'll have a team mate or not, f)Country(If
outside US), g)email address, h)some info about yourself
so we'll know who we're competing against, an i)car and
helmet colors.
9.2-Sign-up deadline: Even though late comers are welcome, please
submit the above information by June 7, 1995 so a mailing
list can be created.
9.3-Car Numbers: To avoid the hassle over car numbers, after you
have submitted all of 8.1, you will be assigned a car
number. Drivers who compete on two levels will have the
same number in both levels. You will be offically entered
in the championship once you receive your number.
9.4-Teams: Drivers are encouraged to form teams. Teams may consist
of no more than two cars per level.
10-Championships
10.1-Drivers Title: The Championship will be determined by points.
The IndyCar point system will be used(20,16,14,12,10,8,6,5,
4,3,2,1). There will be one point for the fastest qualifier
(fastest practice lap for Beginner and Challenge divisions)
and one point for the fastest race lap.
10.2-Team Title: The team title will be determined by points. A
unqiue point system will be used(1st-30,2nd-27,3rd-25,
4th-23,5th-22,6th-21...26th and lower-1).
10.2.1-Two-Car teams: Two car teams will receive points
for both cars.
10.3-FastLap Title: There will be a special FastLap title to the
driver who runs the fastest laps during the season.
10.3.1-How it works: The fast qualifying/practice and race
laps for each driver at every track will be entered
into the FASTLAP Record Keeper written by Pedro
Sander (It can be found in the Simulation Auto
Library). In this program, points are given to each
driver based on their lap time, the faster lap
getting more points. The driver accumulating the
most points during the season will win the FastLap
title. There will separate competitions for each
level.
11-Driving
11.1-Rules of the road: "Wall braking", skipping chicanes or any
other turn in an effort to gain time is strictly illegal,
and warrants a 20 second penalty. If, however, your are
FORCED to miss a turn(i.e. being hit by another car, braked
to late), no action will be taken.
11.2-Restarts: Drivers may use 'Quick Race' mode to do any practice
starts or races. Restarting your offical race is forbidden.
Due to the long length of the races, drivers will most
likely need to save their race. Drivers may not reload
their race after an accident.
12-Rule Changes: These rules may, and will, change for the better of the
series. All changes are effective immediately after being
announced unless otherwise stated.
13-Most Importantly: The most important thing for LF1 is that your have
fun. This is just a friendly competition of drivers across the
world. There is no prize for winning the championship, except
gradification and fun. I hope everyone will be good sports and
enjoy themselves.
1995-1996 Little Formula Racing Series
World Championship
Schedule
Pre-Season Testing
Venue Date
Silverstone 6/18/95
Hungaroring 6/25/95
Barcelona 7/2/95
Races
Venue Qualifying Race
1-United States 7/13/95 7/17/95
2-Brazil 7/27/95 7/31/95
3-San Marino 8/10/95 8/14/95
4-Monaco 8/24/95 8/28/95
5-Canada 9/7/95 9/11/95
6-Mexico 9/21/95 9/25/95
7-France 10/5/95 10/9/95
8-Britain 10/19/95 10/23/95
9-Germany 11/2/95 11/6/95
10-Hungary 11/16/95 11/20/95
11-Belgium 11/30/95 12/4/95
12-Italy 12/14/95 12/18/95
13-Portugal 1/11/96 1/15/96
14-Spain 1/25/96 1/29/96
15-Japan 2/8/96 2/12/96
16-Australia 2/22/96 2/26/96
Steve Wilson
LFRS Director
-- Dave "Gizmo" Gymer Telephone +44 (0)1268 534228
-- General DataComm Advanced Research Centre Ltd, Basildon, UK
-- dgy...@gdcarc.co.uk (preferred) or Dave.Gy...@laUNChpad.unc.edu
-- http://www.mal.com/~dgymer/ dgy...@mal9000.mal.com