NDR Sporting Code January 2010 Revision

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Sporting Code and Charter

Last Updated: 2 January 2009

This document is the official governing document over all activities of New Dimension

Racing. Unless explicitly stated in either this document or in another series rulebook,

regulations and guidelines in this document supersede anything else.


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I. New Dimension Racing

1. New Dimension Racing (NDR) is the team that organizes leagues and events for the

motorsport simulator Live for Speed. The team also has the option of entering events

that it is not administering as a racing team.

a. New Dimension Racing drivers may enter in a New Dimension Racing League or

event provided there is written permission by the Chief Race Administrator in the LFS

Forum prior to the event, and that any protest procedures involving said drivers is

dealt with using non-participant members of NDR.

2. The New Dimension Racing Team Consists of the following positions.

a.Chief Race Administrator (CRA): The incumbent CRA is charged with the task of

administering all races run by NDR. The incumbent shall also design all regulations.

Courses must be approved by the CRA. Autocross layouts may be implemented to

meet the CRAs requirements. The CRA may override permitted signups by another

NDR member. The CRA has final say in all event occurrences. Should the CRA be

unavailable for an event, the current CRA shall name his substitute in a public forum

post.

b.Chief Operations Officer (COO): The incumbent COO is charged with the task of

setting provisional calendars in conjunction with the CRA, and shall be the person

responsible for maintaining signups and entry lists. The COO shall be the person

tasked with leading of advertising of NDR events and leagues. Should the CRA be

unavailable for an event and not exercise the option to name a replacement, the COO

shall be the default replacement.

c. Chief Information Officer (CIO): The incumbent CIO is charged with the task of

maintenance of the NDR website, and forum. The CIO shall be the assistant to the

COO with regards to signups and entry and promotion.

d.Chief Content Officer (CCO): The incumbent CCO is charged with the task ofperforming all streaming video services for NDR.

e.Assistant Race Administrator (ARA): The incumbent ARA shall be an assistant

administrator in all NDR events. The ARA may be charged with the title of Race

Director of an NDR league at the CRAs direction. The ARA shall be the next default

substitute for the CRA in the event of the CRAs absence.

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f. Safety Car Driver: The Safety Car Driver shall be one or more persons qualified to

operate the Safety Car during an event. Training may be required. Limitations may

be set as to which NDR events persons with this title may be authorized to SC at.

There must be at least two (2) qualified Safety Car Drivers at each NDR sanctioned

or supported event.

g.Driver: The Driver shall be one or more persons qualified to race on behalf of NDR in

racing events, regardless of their sanctioning body.

3. NDR is an invitation-only team. Invitations must be agreed to by both the Chief Race

Administrator and the Chief Operations Officer.

II. General

1. Knowledge of Rules

a. Every Racer who enters into a New Dimension Racing Event must read and

understand the New Dimension Racing Sporting Code as well as the rules and

regulations for the particular event and shall commit themselves to abide by the

rules contained therein.

2.Finality of Decisions

a. Every decision made by the organizers and race officials is final.

3.Forum Reading

a. You are obliged to read the New Dimension Racing Events forum on LFSForums,

relevant sections of the New Dimension Racing website at newdimensionracing.com

as well as any other websites that are stated as Official Sources of Information on a

regular basis so as to know what is going on with the events and the team.

4.Driver Names and Number Plates

a.You are required to use this format for your Racer Name: Car Number First Initial

Last Name (e.g. 123 J. Bloggs). Failure to use this format in Officially Timed Sessions

may result in exclusion from session. The car number must be in grey or white. Thedriver name portion may be in any color scheme chosen. Teammates in events

where a single car can be shared must keep the same color scheme between all

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b. All event officials format their names in full name, coloured red. In the event the

administrative staff is entirely New Dimension Racing, the names may stay in their

NDR Name Tag format.

c. Your Number Plate shall either contain your car number, your team tag or short

team name version, or be left empty for all Officially Timed Sessions, unless otherwise

noted in a series rule book.

5.Car Liveries

1. You must produce a car livery (skin) for each New Dimension Series or Event you

are participating in. Generally, NDR will not regulate designs in and of themselves -

drivers are free to go with what they wish. NDR may request certain items be placed

on the skins in certain ways, which are to be taken into consideration. This section of

the Sporting Code illustrates the general requirements for your skins. Individual

event or series rule books may amend or modify or forego these requirements.

a. Your skin must be uploaded onto LFSWorld, and therefore must meet the

standards of doing so. You must also post a high-resolution copy of your skin in

the appropriate thread of the forum for the event your skin is to be used for.

b. For closed-roof cars (tin-tops), the car number shall be clearly marked on the

doors, and on the roof OR bonnet of the car, to be visible from facing the left side

of the car if on the roof.

c. For open cockpit cars (formula cars), the car number shall be placed on the nose

section, oriented so as to be viewed facing the car straight on; and the numbers

shall be on both rear wing endplates.

d. For open cockpit cars without wings (MRT), the numbers that would normally be

on the endplates shall be placed on the side pods.

e. For open wheeled cars without wings (LX), the numbers that would normally be

on the roof shall be placed on the bonnet.2. New Dimension Racing may from time to time require drivers to run specific

identification badges in certain locations of the car. These badges may not be

modified in any way, for example, no color profile changes, no opacity adjustments, no

distortion of the plate. Scaling may be done for the badge to fit in the required



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location, should the badge be sized incorrectly. Liveries should not cause the badge

to be obscured, or have its visibility reduced.

6.Attendance

a. If for any reason, you are unable to attend a race, please advise the Competition

Director as soon as possible.

b. If you fail to advise prior to the start of the final Free Practice session of the

weekend, or other stated deadline, you may face temporary suspension from the

series which you are participating in.

c. You must be present in the server by the start of qualifying, or the stated deadline,

whichever comes earlier, to be considered on time. Late comers will be started from

the back of the grid or pit lane, at the discretion of the race director. If you do not

show up by the time qualifying ends, you may not be permitted to enter the race, at

the discretion of the race director.

d. An event may be postponed or suspended at the administration's discretion should

less than eight (8) cars be available to run or to complete full distance. In the event

of a postponement prior to qualifying or race start, the event may be rescheduled to

run on a later date. If the event cannot be rescheduled, or the race started before

suspension, points will be awarded based on the regulations for that particular

series.

7.Driving View

a. All drivers are required to use a view which permits the use of mirrors. Drivers

found to be using follow, helicopter, or external camera views will be warned to

change to either in-car or a custom view. Failure to change, or being involved in an

incident while using follow view will result in penalty of a Stop-Go or higher penalty.

III.Event Definition

1. A New Dimension Racing Event may either be a single-day or multi-day event. An eventwill always consist of an official qualifying session or sessions, and a race session or

sessions. Officially timed free practice session(s) may also be held.

2. All activities that occur within either 10 minutes of the earliest session of the day or the

server arrival deadline for the day (should the deadline be more than 10 minutes before

the start of the first session of the day), and up until 10 minutes after the reported end



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of the final session of the day (marked by Session/Race Complete, Chat Open or similar)

are logged, and actions within this time must be kept sporting and professional. All

incidents that occur during those times can affect the relevant session. All behavoiur

may result in appropriate penalties.

IV. Personal Conduct

1.Personal Behavior

a. Every person associated with a New Dimension Racing-sanctioned event shall

conduct themselves according to the highest standards of behavior and

sportsmanship, particularly in their relationship with other competitors and officials,

and in a manner that shall not be prejudicial to the reputation of New Dimension

Racing or to the sport.

2.Driving Code

a. Competitors are expected to race in a safe and considerate manner. Any

competitor who drives in a dangerous or overly aggressive manner without showing

consideration for their fellow competitors will be penalized.

V.Flags

1. Green

a. The course is clear and the session is under way.

2.Yellow

a. There has been an incident somewhere upstream of the flag. Reduce your speed

and be prepared to quickly and safely change direction. There is no overtaking in a

yellow flag area. Administration will not actively monitor for overtaking, but protests

are encouraged in these cases. Failure to heed a system yellow flag (generated by

LFS) that leads to an accident can be punished more severally than an incident in a

clear track.

3. Reda. The session has been stopped due to an incident. Use caution and proceed to pit

lane or other designated position immediately. Overtaking is forbidden. Chat in

server and in Ventrilo is prohibited at all times when RED is listed as the track

status. Individual series will set specific procedures as to how to deal with red flag

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4. Blue

a. Used as a warning to a slower car that a faster car is approaching. Use caution.

Hold your line, and make no moves to impede the faster car.

5. Black and White divided diagonally

a. Competitor warning displayed with number. Used to warn driver of improper driving

conduct. Failure to improve conduct will result in a black flag.

6. Black

a. A summons to enter pit lane for consultation or penalty. Number is shown with the

flag. Racer must comply within three laps for lap-based distance races, or within 10

minutes for time-based distance races of the issuance of the flag or a penalty

escalation to next highest available level will result.

7. White

a. There is a slow vehicle ahead on course. Overtaking is permitted, but use caution for

a slow car. On ovals, this flag signals the start of the last lap of the race.

8. Checkered

a. The session is ended.

VI.Driving Conduct

1.Racing Surface

a. The racing surface shall be defined as the marked, paved race course and its

curbing only. Pit lanes, their entries and exits, run-offs, grass verges, et al are

expressly excluded from the racing surface.

b. Positions gained by leaving the racing surface shall be yielded back or a drive-thru

penalty will be assessed.

c. The area of course on the racing track area marked by the pit entry and exit blend

lines is raceable room, but all drivers legally in that area entering and exiting pitlane

will generally not be held at fault for incidents. It is the responsibility of drivers oncourse to be aware of cars rejoining from pitlane in these areas.

2. Car-to-car Contact

a. It is the responsibility of all drivers to avoid physical contact between cars.

b. All competitors have a right to racing room on the marked racing surface.



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c. Racing Room is defined as sufficient space to allow a competitor to maintain

control of his car in close quarters under racing conditions.

VII. Overtaking - Road Circuits Only; This does NOT apply on the Oval(s)

1. Overlap

a. When overtaking a car, you must achieve any measure of overlap with the car you

are overtaking in order to have the rights for that corner.

b. Any Measure of Overlap is defined as the front of the overtaking car being level

with or beyond the rear quarter-panel of the overtaken car (for tin-tops) or rear wheel

(for single-seaters).

c. This measurement is taken at or around the normal turn-in point.

2.Conduct

a. Any Racer who causes an incident as a result of not establishing overlap, or by

turning in on a car against whom they had no right, are expected to wait for the other

car to pass them even if that action involves losing several positions.

b. Failure to follow this will result in a penalty.

3.Defending Position

a. You may move once per track segment (between two corners) to prevent an

overtaking maneuver.

b. You may return to your line after that move. You may make no further moves to

obstruct until the next track segment.

c. If a driver has attained any measure of overlap, you may consider your defensive

maneuver to have failed and must allow room for that car on the course.

VIII.Oval Racing

1.Preface

a. As racing on the oval is very fast, and requires precision and patience, this

subsection has been added.b. These shall also apply as guidelines when portions of the track are made up of an

oval course, an example being Kyoto National.

2.Conduct

a. On the Oval, it is the duty of all drivers, regardless of position, to be aware of their

surroundings and not perform any untoward actions that may cause an incident.



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b. Sudden maneuvers are to be avoided as much as possible, especially if within a

multi-car pack.

c. It is generally accepted that eighty (80) to ninety (90) percent of an oval race is

about being as fast as you can, and as efficient as you can to ensure that you stay

within distance of the victory. Only in the last ten (10) to twenty (20) percent of a

race distance should you do any defensive maneuvers, such as low-lining or draft-

breaking. Drivers are expected to work with drivers and use the slipstream to

maintain fast speed for a majority of the race.

d. All drivers are expected to keep highly alert of the course ahead, and be prepared to

slow and/or take evasive actions at any moment to attempt to avoid an incident

ahead. If possible, do not immediately jam on the brakes if you can avoid doing so.

As this rule states, you are to be alert of what is ahead and around you, and you

should be able to safely slow down or avoid. It is well known that this will not always

be possible, but you must try to do everything that YOU yourself can do to avoid an

incident.

3.Drafting/Slipstreaming

a. To be fast on the oval, you must take advantage of the slipstream.

b. Individual events and series will establish whether or not bumpdrafting is permitted.

c. New Dimension Racing will not dictate exactly how drafting is to take place. We

simply state that you follow the Conduct procedures listed above while drafting, and

that you respect any regulations regarding bumpdrafting. Penalties will not be issued

for failure to take full advantage of slipstreaming, penalties will only be issued for

incidents.

4.Defending Position

a. You may only move to defend position providing that it is safe to do so. If you are

unsure about where a car is in relation to you, it is best advised to not attempt adefensive/blocking maneuver

b. You may select any line entering, traveling through, or exiting a turn or down the

straightaway, provided you do hold your line, and only make one blocking move per

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5.Overtaking

1. It is the responsibility of all drivers involved in an overtaking maneuver to avoid

incident.

2. In the event of an incident during overtaking, a penalty decision will be based off of

recent patterns through the specific corner, actions leading up to the scene, and

behaviours of both drivers. Steering inputs and forces will be taken into account.

3. New Dimension Racing will not explicitly dictate where or how an overtaking move

should be done. It is expected that drivers follow all conduct codes in this Code to

have a clean maneuver.

6. Incident Fault

1. New Dimension Racing will operate on an Anyone policy for who may be deemed at

fault. Generally, penalties will be issued for failure to follow these regulations.

2. The general rule of The Driver Behind Is at Fault will apply, but the leading driver

may also incur penalty for failure to take proper care as stated above.

7. Racing Area

1. The aprons in the turns of the Kyoto Oval are not considered racing space. This

includes the Shoulder area preceding and succeeding the pit entry and exit zones.

Penalties may be issued for using these sections to ones advantage. If necessary,

solid chalk lines will be laid down to mark boundaries.

8.Pit Lane

1. Cars entering and exiting pitlane must take care to not impede cars racing. Cars

exiting pitlane should stay as low and out of the way as they can until they are fully up

to speed.

2. Drivers still racing should take care to not cause an incident with a car properly

entering or exiting pitlane. Should the entering/exiting car be following regulations in

an incident, the car on track will be most likely to receive the penalty.3. Drivers are not to drive the wrong way on course to enter pitlane, no matter how

short the distance is. A first offence will be a warning, the second a 3-lap holding

penalty, the third will be an exclusion from the remainder of the session.



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IX.Driving a Damaged Car

1. Still Drivable

a. When your car is damaged to the point that you cannot continue at your race pace

in a safe manner, put your hazard lights on, slow to a safe speed, and drive off the

racing line as far as you can get. Continue under extreme caution to the pits.

2.Not Drivable

a. When your car is damaged to the point that you cannot continue, you must make

any effort to get your car to the safest location nearby. A rescue car (if available) will

attempt to push you to a safe location or pitlane. If that is unable to happen, you will

be spectated by the Race Director when he is able to.

X.Incidents

1. Recovering From

a. The onus is entirely on the driver recovering from an incident to take all necessary

care to not interfere with any cars still on track and not part of the incident.

b. You must do everything you can to minimize the hazard your car may constitute as

soon as possible.

2.Returning to the Course

a. The onus is entirely on the driver returning to the track after an off to take all

necessary care not to interfere with any cars still on the track.

3.Ahead/Behind Responsibilities

a. The onus is on the behind driver to take all necessary care and responsibility to not

cause an incident with an ahead driver.

b. The ahead driver must not do any malicious or inappropriate braking/slowing.

XI.Protests, Penalties and Results

1. The New Dimension Racing Team shall be permitted to apply penalties in events that it

either sanctions or supports.2. Penalties are to be set in the events regulations, except when they deal with Probation

and Exclusion, with which they are to direct to the procedure in the NDR Sporting Code.

3. Each event shall have a window for protests to be submitted, not less than 24 hours

and not more than 48 hours long, starting from the time the event started, and ending



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no sooner than 36 hours after the official replays are posted. Protests outside of this

window will not be accepted.

4. Official results will be published within 48 to 72 hours of the end of the protest window.

The window will not apply in cases where the race results must be calculated to account

for a server crash or other cases of force majeure which require extra time to ensure

accuracy of results.

5. After official results are out, there is a 36 hour period of which to appeal any decisions

and the result. Appeals must be submitted via email to

[email protected] within the period to be heard. After the end of this

period, results are certified and cannot be changed.

XII. Tie-breaking in Race Results or Championships

1. In the event of a Timing and Scoring tie, or any close finish (either timing and scoring or

visually), race administration will immediately review the replay footage to determine

position placement. The visual reference will be taken as the cars cross the leading

edge of the marked finish line. Regardless of what system Timing and Scoring says, this

visual result will constitute an official result. In the event that the competitors are also

visually tied, the result will be listed as the result that Timing and Scoring reports.

2. In the event of a Dead Heat Tie in any championship classification table, the tie will be

attempted to be broken by most number of wins. If this is not possible, the decision will

navigate down the positions until a decision can be reached. In the event that the tie

cannot be broken in this method, the tie will remain and competitors will be placed on

the same position, awarded an even split of a prize (if any) or be declared co-champions if

the tie is for first.

XIII.Probation

1. Probation is defined as a period of time defined at the time of issuance where the

person on probation is subject to extra monitoring, or more strict penalties forincidents. Probation applies to NDR sanctioned events, or events where the Race

Director is a member of NDR.

2. The probation shall be listed in the New Dimension Racing-Wide Penalties thread on

the LFS Forums, and shall include the LFSName of the user on probation, probation start

and end date, and overall duration.



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3. Probation periods may be reduced or eliminated after observance of excellent behavior

and consensus to probation reduction by the CRA and the COO.

XIV.Exclusion

1. Exclusion is defined as a period of time defined at the time of issuance where the

person excluded is not permitted to enter NDR-sanctioned events.

2. The exclusion shall be listed in the New Dimension Racing-Wide Penalties thread on

the LFS Forums, and shall include the LFSName of the user excluded, exclusion start and

end date, and duration.

3. Exclusion may be reduced after an appeal by the excluded racer, to be considered by

the CRA, COO, and ARA. A consensus of the three must be reached to shorten or

eliminate the exclusion period. After conclusion or end of an exclusion period, there is an

automatic six-week probation period.

XV.Driver Aids / Game Modifications

1. New Dimension Racing prohibits use of hacks that modify the natural performance of

the vehicle, including memory hacks or VOB tweaks. Drivers found to be utilizing such

tools are subject to exclusion from future NDR events.

2. Competitors are not to use player hacker during official sessions.

3. NDR does not establish a general rule regarding driving aids such as Traction Control

or Anti-Lock Braking systems. These are established in the individual series rules.

XVI. Entry Fees

1. New Dimension Racing reserves the right to charge entry fees to events, to be used to

support the operations of the team. Details on Entry Fee enforcement, collection, and a

Schedule of Fees shall be made available in a document entitled Supplemental

Document I: Entry Fees

XVII. Communication and Server Usage

1. New Dimension Racing will require ability to communicate with drivers and/or teamrepresentatives. In the event that more than the in-game chat is not fully used, Ventrilo

and/or Internet Relay Chat (IRC) will be used. Location information will be made readily

available on a per-race basis.

2. New Dimension Racing will automatically have a record of In-Game and IRC chat.

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or stop. This shall suffice as the warning: Official Ventrilo Recordings will start no earlier

than 10 minutes before an event and end no later than 10 minutes after an event. Any

time during an event and being in Ventrilo, please assume that you are being recorded.

The majority use of this recording is simply another administrative log, but may be used

in the event of untoward actions occur from racers.

3. New Dimension Racing will offer to create a sub-channel in its Ventrilo server for use by

teams during events, free of charge. Teams may request a channel for general team

use, but may be asked to contribute a small donation as a lease to use the channel.

4. New Dimension Racing may offer its server(s) to use by other groups for their events if

needed. At least 24 hours notice is requested. A small donation may also be asked for

use of the server.


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