2011 Kyoto 250 Rulebook

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Kyoto 500 2011 Regulations

Revision 1 – Updated 4 J une 20 11

This document contains regulations for the 20 11 Kyoto 5 00, an event in t he LFS CART Se ries. TheLFSCART Series r egulations do not apply h ere, unless exp licitly st ated within this document. The

NDR Sporting Code i s in force w ith this document. Any co nicts between the t wo, unless explicitlystated herein, defer t o the Sporting Code.

© 2011 N ew Dimension Racing



Contents

I.G eneral Event In fo rmatio n.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .3

II.K yoto 500 Car R estric tio ns.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3

III.E ntry Procedure... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 3

IV.C ar Skin s...... ..... ..... ...... ..... ...... ..... ...... ..... ..... ...... ..... ...... ..... ..... ...... ..... ...... ..... ..... ...... ..... ...... ..... ...... .. 4VI.Q ualify in g Procedure.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .5

VII.R ace Procedure... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 6

VIII.P it L ane..... ..... ..... ...... ..... ...... ..... ..... ...... ..... ...... ..... ..... ...... ..... ...... ..... ...... ..... ..... ...... ..... ...... ..... ..... ....7

IX.S afety Car..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ...... ..... ...... ..... ..... ...... ..... ...... ..... ..... ...... ..... ...... ..... ..... ...... ..... ...... ... 7

X.R ed F la g..... ..... ..... ...... ..... ...... ..... ..... ...... ..... ...... ..... ..... ...... ..... ...... ..... ..... ...... ..... ...... ..... ...... ..... ..... ...... 8

XI.P rotests..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ...... ..... ...... ..... ..... ...... ..... ...... ..... ..... ...... ..... ...... ..... ....9

XII. O cia l Cla ssicatio n.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .9XIII. Champio nship Poin ts.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .1 0

XIV.S erver F ailu re... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...1 1

XV.Communic atio n .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 12

XVI.M is cella neous... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ..1 2



I. General Event Information

1.The 2 011 Kyoto 500 is dened as a s ingle ev ent in the Li ve f or Speed simulation software

using the Fo rmula V8 ( FO8) car on the Kyoto Oval (KY1) circuit.

2.The 2 011 Kyoto 500 i s an e vent run as pa rt of the 2 011 L FSCART Series, oering points for all

participants t owards t he 2011 LFSCART Series.3.Bumpdrafting is no t permitted during this or any o ther LFSCART Eve nt.

II. Kyoto 5 00 Car Restrictions

1.Drivers are r estricted in the t yre co mpounds that they m ay u se i n the Kyoto 500. C ars not

using an allowed compound will be b lack ag ged and must change t o an allowed

compound.

a) Only R2 compound tyres m ay b e u sed throughout all sessions.

III. Entry Procedure1. There ar e 3 0 st art positions available i n the Kyoto 500. These sp ots are aw arded based on

qualifying results.

a) All drivers w ho qualify a re e ligible to ll in for a d river unable to a ttend on race day.

2.Car Number 01 is reserved for the p revious LFSCART Series Ch ampion. Car Number 00 is

reserved for the d efending Kyoto 5 00 ch ampion. These ar e t he o nly nu mbers that may

follow a d river. All other numbers must follow the t eam.

3. All teams and drivers en tered in the LF SCART Series ar e a utomatically en tered into the

Kyoto 500.

a)A team and its numbers are au tomatically r eserved for the Kyoto 5 00. A driver must post

in the ap propriate si gnups t hread to conrm which number they w ill be u sing.

4.Drivers ar e se mi-automatically a ccepted after fullling one o f the f ollowing requirements:

a)3 rd or better Driver's C hampionship classication in the 2008 through 2010 LFSCART

seasons.

b)Past Champion of the Kyoto 50 0.

5.All drivers n ot automatically a ccepted from III.4 will be a ccepted after completing all of the

following:

a)A hotlap uploaded to http://www.lfsworld.net using the FO 8 o n KY1 w ithin 103% of the

World Record



b)A total online driven distance equal to or greater t han 12,340 miles / 20,000 kilometers

c) A total online l aps of KY1 w ith the F O8 e qual to or greater than 300 l aps. All drivers,

regardless o f automatic a ccep tance, are required to fulll this r equirement.

d)Attendance a t two or more Ocial Practice S essions. A ll drivers, regardless of automatic

acceptance, are req uired to fulll this r equirement.6. All cars ar e si ngle-driver cars. A “Team” is a g rouping of at least one but no more tha n ve

cars.

a)Teams wishing to enter more t han ve car s as a t eam must create a s econd team, and

designate e ach team dierently.

b)No teams en tering specically f or the Kyoto 500 w ill be e ligible f or LFSCART Team 's

Championship, nor the LFSCART Owner's Championship. O nly car numbers entered as

full-time f or the LF SCART Series w ill score p oints for Team and Owner's Championship.c)All LFSCART teams may ent er to the Kyoto 500 maximum only for the Kyoto 500.

Additional team numbers will be t reated as Kyoto 500 o nly n umbers, as such m ust not

conict with an y LFSCART number.

IV. Car Skins

1.All skins m ust fulll the requirements as sp ecied in the NDR sporting code, Article II.5, with

the following additions:

a)Cars en tered by a t eam may b e p resen ted in substantially d ierent liveries

b)The d river's name an d national ag must be p laced onto both sides of the en gine co ver.

c) If two or more cars o f a t eam have substantially i dentical liveries, the rear wing end plates

shall have d ierent colors.

d)If a t eam uses m ultiple groupings, each grouping must have substantially d ierent

liveries t o each grouping.

2.Failure t o run a p roper skin in qualifying will result in 0.01 se conds b eing added to the nal

lap time o f the r uns w here t he i ncorrect skin was used .

3.Failure to run a proper s kin in the race will result in a DT penalty.

V. O cial Practice Ses sions

1.Ocial Practice S essions ar e r equired to ensure t hat all drivers ar e a dequately p repared for

all race procedures an d can race cleanly an d safely o n the O val.

2.A driver is on ly cr edited with sess ion attendance i f the a dministration deems t heir sess ion



actions and result sucient. G enerally, nishing a r ace n o more t han one l ap down with no

notable incidents w ill result in credit. B eing involved in an avoidable incident, failure to

follow procedures, a D NF, and other misbehavior may r esult in no session credit. C redit may

be given or revoked with or without justication by t he administration.

3.Practice S essions w ill either be o pen-practice, or races o f varying length.a) In order to save t ime, the O cial Qualifying format will not be u sed, and instead an

automated system will be u sed.

1.Each driver will have o ne attempt to complete one o utlap, two hotlaps, and one

inlap. Fa stest hotlap sets positions.

4.No incidents f rom practice sess ions m ay see a p enalty ap plied to the K yoto 500 Qualifying

or Race. A driver may b e e xcluded from participating after actions in a sessi on, but no grid

penalties o r other similar penalties m ay b e a pplied.5. Protests regarding incidents in Practice sess ions m ust be su bmitted within 36 hours of

sess ion completion, and must follow all standards f or protests.

VI. Qualifying Procedure

1. There a re t wo days f or qualifying. The rst shall be t itled “Pole D ay” and the seco nd “ Bump

Day” Q ualifying sh all take p lace o n t he w eekend preceding t he Kyoto 5 00 race d ay.

a)“Pole Day” will run for 6 hours on the Saturday prior to Race Day, starting at 17:00 UTC

and running until 23:00 UTC. A run must be st arted during the al lowed time t o be val id.

Only p ole p osition is l ocked in after this day. Po le can not be t aken on Bump Day u nless

the P ole driver withdraws h is t ime.

b)“Bump Day” will run for 6 h ours on the S unday p rior to Race D ay, starting at 17:00 UTC

and running until 23:00 UTC. A run must be st arted during the al lowed time t o be val id.

2. A driver has t hree attempts per day t o set a f our-lap average.

a)An attempt consists of 2 Warmup Laps, 4 Timed Laps, and 1 Inlap. The aver age o f the 4

Timed Laps i s t he driver's q ualifying time.

b)An attempt erases t he p revious t ime p ermanently w hen the d river starts hi s r st timed

lap. The a ttempt is cha rged (no longer available) if the d river completes O ne Ti med Lap

and the rst sector of the seco nd Timed Lap, regardless of reason for stopping the r un.

c) A driver may w ave o his attempt at any t ime d uring the r un. I f it is before t he Fi rst Split

of Lap Tw o, the at tempt is not charged. A wave-o should b e com municated via a text



or voice ch at message such as “WAVE OFF” or “ABORT RUN” or similar substitute.

d)A driver must request to be p laced in the q ualifying queue, and wait to be cal led out by

race a dministration. A driver may e nter and leave the server as n eeded. Excess ive

connections and disconnections may r esult in a t emporary b an. LFS Remote w ill be

enabled, and you will be a ble t o track yo ur place i n queue o nline.e)Should no driver be i n queue or on track f or a r un, the tr ack w ill be o pen for free practice

until another driver is r eady t o take a ru n.

f)Should two or more drivers b e ti ed on average lap times, the fastest lap will break t he ti e.

If the fastest lap is t ied, the second lap is u sed . I f all four laps are t ied on speed, then the

driver who set the r un rst will be aw arded the h igher placement.

g)A driver m ust successfully e nter pitlane on his i nlap under his ow n power on his r un.

Failure t o do so w ill see 0 .02 seco nds ad ded to the nal lap time o f the r un.VII. Race Procedure

1. The r ace will run with no time l imit, for 268 racing laps, and 2 pace and formation laps.

2.Drivers must be i n server and ready t o be st acked into grid formation 20 minutes b efore

scheduled start of the pace laps.

3.The race will start by w ay of three-wide rolling start.

a)Drivers s hould be in single le through turn 1 on the rst pace lap, then sort into three

wide b etween Turns 1 and 2.

b)Drivers ar e to leave approximately 2 car widths t o the car(s) alongside in the row, and

leave 8 -10 ca r lengths t o the ca r ahead.

c)Tyre w arming is prohibited at any t ime d uring the p ace l aps.

d)The l eader must hold saf ety car speed until the g reen ag is shown. When the g reen ag

ies, overtaking is permitted. N o green ag, “SAFETY CAR DEPLOYED” or “SAFETY CAR IN

THIS LAP” will indicate a w aved-o start and the eld should hold formation until the

next l ap, where the st art will be tried again.

1.Any car repetitively f ound to be cau sing a w ave-o will be sen t to the b ack o f the

grid.

4.After taking the ch equered ag at the e nd of the r ace, all drivers must slow down through

Turn 1 a nd complete an i nlap back t o p itlane. Speed should not exceed approximately 190

kph / 118 m ph after Turn 1 o n this inlap.





drivers m ust follow the S C into pitlane, or will be issued a 1 -lap holding penalty. P itlane

speed must be o bserved. D rivers ar e f ree to pit during this p rocedure a s l ong as p itlane

is op en. C ars i n the SC queue m ust stay as cl ose t o the outer wall of pitlane as p ossible.

3.When the a dministration feels t he co urse i s r eady f or racing again, it will indicate th at the

Safety C ar is com ing in, and the S C will extinguish i ts l ights. A messag e sayi ng “ SAFETY CARIN PITS – LEADER CONTROLS FIELD” will appear and the t rack s tatus will change t o “ T:

RESTART”.

4.The safety ca r will acce lerate away from the eld exiting Turn 2 on its i nlap, and pull into

pitlane exiting Turn 3.

1.The S C may n ot be o vertaken until it crosses b elow the w hite l ine m arking the ap ron

of the co urse.

2.The leader must maintain SC pace u ntil such time that he decides t o accelerate aftera p redened point on the cou rse m arked with green cones.

3.Once t he l eader accelerates, he m ust not slow down again.

b)There i s t o be n o overtaking before y our car crosses t he st art/nish line o n a r estart.

Overtaking before the l ine w ill incur a D T penalty.

5.At any t ime o n a r estart, receiving no Green Flag message, “SAFETY CAR DEPLOYED”, or “SC

IN THIS LAP” appearing on screen means t he r estart was ab orted and will be r etried the v ery

next lap.

6. If a car spins or otherwise can not maintain Safety C ar speed, they m ay b e o vertaken and

must rejoin the q ueue i n the p osition in which they r ecover.

7.Cars exi ting pit lane m ay b e o vertaken by ca rs s till on the tr ack before i t crosses t he se cond

safety car l ine.

8.If the sa fety ca r is d eployed in the nal lap, all racing is t o cease and the order will be taken

from the o rder at the t ime o f safety car deployment.

9.If the saf ety car is l eading the eld at the time o f the c hequered ag, it will maintain pacing

speed until it returns to pitlane. Th e eld must continue ar ound, not exceeding 190 k ph /

118 mph. The n o overtaking under saftey car r ule i s l ifted after the ch equered ag has b een

collected .

X. Red Flag

1.A red ag may b e u sed when the r ace d irector feels that conditions on course ar e u nsafe f or



Safety C ar conditions, or if an incident involves m ore tha n approximately 8 0% of the eld.

2. Upon issuance of the red ag, all racers s hall continue around the track at greatly r educed

pace and park i n line at t he start/nish line, or other d esignated point. Exce pt in cases o f

force majeure (such as se rver failure or major incident blocking the circuit) the eld will be

under Safety C ar control before the r ed ag is d isplayed.a)A red ag during racing means t hat all work o n a car shall cease. I f you are i n the p it lane

when the r ed ag is issued, you are p ermitted to carry o ut pit stop level service.

b)Chat is exp ressly f orbidden at all times d uring red ags. Any l ines yo u say af ter the rst

will incur a tw o-point penalty t o the team. A nything said during the grid setting is al so

included in this.

3.If the r ed ag occurs w ithin the rst two (2) scored laps o f the race, the race will be

completely r estarted over the o riginal distance. A fter the rst 2 sco red laps, the t iming andscoring system will not stop during a r ed ag for an incident, and after the si tuation has

been resolved, the race will resume a s an SC restart..

4. Heavily d amaged cars may b e g iven assistance t o return to the p its for service. These car s

will be ch arged with a o ne l ap penalty f or repairing under red ag with assistance. C ars t hat

can continue u nder their own power without assistance m ust wait until the r ace r eturns to

Safety Car st atus.

a)Any car who enters p it lane a nd carries o ut service d uring the r ed ag without getting

outside a ssistance will receive a S G penalty.

5.Cars that would be w aved around under the SC will be r eleased to go around the eld a

planned time b efore t he saf ety car resumes.

6. Please see “ Server Failure” for procedures f or when the server has cr ashed.

XI. Protests

1.Protests m ust be sub mitted within 36 hours of race co mpletion.

2. Protests must be su bmitted from drivers i nvolved in the i ncident. Drivers submitting

protests no t involving their car, or that stand to benet and are d eemed to submit protests

of other incidents so lely f or that r eason are subject t o penalties.

3. For a d escription and list of all penalties t hat may be assigned, please see the NDR Sporting

Code.

XII. O cial Classication



1. All drivers an d cars w hich complete a qualifying attempt for the Kyoto 500 w ill be g iven

points, and all cars w hich start the K yoto 500 race w ill be c lassi ed in the resu lts . The o nly

exception is i f a driver or car gets d isqualied, then that d river is p laced behind all other

drivers an d is n ot eligible for any p oints f rom that round.

2.In the ocial results t able, all drivers r unning at t he nish will have “ Running” placed as t hereason. Reasons for Not nishing are as f ollows:

a)Accident: This d river was i nvolved in an accident and was u nable to continue t he race.

b)Suspension: This dr iver was un able t o return to pits du e t o excess ive su spension damage.

c)Clutch: This dr iver was un able t o continue d ue t o an overheated clutch.

d)Fuel: This dri ver was u nable t o continue d ue t o running out of fuel.

e)Connection: The d river lost connection or timed out from the ser ver

f) Retired: This d river did not nish w ith any o ther applicable r eason.g)Penalty: The d river was d isqualied.

3. Drivers who time o ut or lose co nnection to the ser ver while r acing may n ot rejoin the r ace i n

progress. A driver who has t imed out or lost connection during the r ace m ust not rejoin the

server during the r ace.

4.If a t eam retires w ithout permission of race control from outside o f a p it garage, they will

incur a p enalty acco rding to the L FSCART scale.

XIII.Championship Points

1.There Kyoto 500 sc ores f or the f ollowing LFSCART ch ampionships:

a)The LF SCART Driver's Championship. A ll drivers w ill earn these p oints.

b)The LFSCART Teams Championship.

1.Only t he t op two nishing drivers of a t eam may sc ore p oints t o this c hampionship.

2. If a t eam has on ly o ne d river at a r ound, that team will not score an y Team s'

Championship Points i n that round.

3.Only f ull-time LFSCART teams w ill score in this cha mpionship.

c)The LFSCART Owner's Championship.

1. Only f ull-time LFSCART entries w ill score in this ch ampionship.

d)The LFSCART Nation's Cup.

e)The LFSCART Rookie Cup.

f)The LFSCART Oval Challenge



g)The LFSCART Qualifying Trophy

2. There are bonus p oints avai lable in addition to position points.. Po ints ar e awarded on the

following scale:

Position Points Position Points

1st 75 16th 322nd 65 17th 30

3rd 60 18th 28

4th 57 19th 26

5th 55 20th 24

6th 52 21st 22

7th 50 22nd 20

8th 48 23rd 19

9th 46 24th 18

10th 44 25th 17

11th 42 26th 16

12th 40 27th 15

13th 38 28th 14

14th 36 29th 13

15th 34 30th 12

Pole 2 DNQ 10

Most LapsLed 4 DSQ 0

3.Should there b e a tie for most laps l ed, both drivers w ill be a warded the bonus p oints.

4. If a d river attends qu alifying but does n ot make the eld or does n ot start, they are a warded

the D NQ points. All drivers who are cl assied and not disqualied will score p oints.

XIV.Server Fai lure

1. Should the m ain server for the Kyoto 500 e xperience a m ass disconnect, or an inability t oconnect, the r ace w ill be su spended.

2.There w ill be a d ecision made as t o whether or not to abandon the r emainder of the r ace o r

return to the o riginal server or move to a n ew server.

a)The d ecision will be posted in the Kyoto 500 forum and the server i f possible.

3.A failure during the race will see the order f or a restart taken from the order at the last lap



completed by a ll cars prior to the server issues.

4.The seco nd race will start behind the safety ca r as a standard safety car r estart, with cars

credited with the l aps c ompleted at the b ack-count. Time g aps will be e rased.

a)The l aps w ill be cr edited to the ca rs i n the nal results, and the summation of the P art 1

laps p lus t he resu lt of Part 2 will be totaled to get the resu lts.XV.Communication

1.Race administration will also be a vailable i n a v oice ch at server during the co urse o f the

race.

a)All drivers m ust be in voice ch at and able to listen to race administration commands.

Failure to be in designated voice chat serve r will result in inability to participate i n the

event.

2. Blocking of in-game m essag es i s p rohibited and will result in a w arning to the d river tounblock m essag es. If the m essag es r emain blocked, a D T p enalty w ill be i ssued to the d river.

3.Chat is p rohibited during any sessi on. I n qualifying, minimal chat is al lowed, for procedural

statements, and a d river on a r un may b lock m essag es. In the r ace, a D T p enalty i s issued.

Repeat oenses may m erit an SG penalty.

XVI.Miscellaneous

1.Failure to f ormat a d river name co rrectly w ill result in a D T p enalty t o the d river. Pl ease see

the N DR Sporting Code f or the co rrect format.

2. The a dministration reserve the r ight to deny e ntry i nto the e vent to any d river at any t ime

for any r eason.

3.The a dministration reserve the right to modify t his do cument at any t ime f or any r eason it

deems t.

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