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RDLMS Season 2 Intro & Info
The RaceDepartment staff recommends reading this entire article for those that wish to enter the competition.
League: RaceDepartment Le Mans Series
Season: 2 (2010/11)
Game Required: rFactor
Divisions: 1 (40 teams with multiple drivers)
Mod: Endurance Series v1.2 by EnduRacers
Introduction
Welcome to the RaceDepartment Le Mans Series - Season 2 (RDLMS S2). RDLMS is an endurance series with races from six up to twelve hours in which teams with multiple drivers battle for the supremacy on a series of challenging circuits. The second season, to be held in the autumn and winter of 2010 and the spring and summer of 2011, consists of five events on circuits all over the world, including the most legendary endurance circuit: Circuit de la Sarthe in Le Mans.
Changes in Season 2
Season 1, the pilot season, has been a very eventful season with a lot of ups and downs, trails and errors, but eventually success. The staff has taken that season in consideration to launch a better organised second season. Therefore changes had to be made, but they are for the better.
Available Cars
The cars available come for the Endurance Series by EnduRacers. RaceDepartment will try to stay up to date with the latest patches and releases of this mod, but much will depend on how the release dates relate to the calendar. This list will be updated according to the latest decisions of the staff concerning implemented patches and releases.
Protoypes 1 (P1)
Calendar (May be updated during the season. Any major changes will be announced.)
29 August 2010 - Season 2 licenses become available
02 October 2010 - Deadline*: License requests Season 2
09 October 2010 - Deadline*: Round 1 car liveries
22 October 2010 - [!] Deadline*: Round 1 driver line-up
23 October 2010 - Test Race 1
13 November 2010 - [!] Round 1 – 6 Hours of Monza – 12:00 IG – 1 Swap
26 November 2010 - Deadline*: Round 2 car liveries
03 December 2010 - [!] Deadline*: Round 2 driver line-up
04 December 2010 - Test Race 2
18 December 2010 - [!] Round 2 – 8 Hours of Daytona – 10:00 IG – 2 Swaps
21 January 2011 - Deadline*: Round 3 car liveries
28 January 2011 - [!] Deadline*: Round 3 driver line-up
29 January 2011 - [!]Test Race 3
12 February 2011 - [!] Round 3 – 6 Hours of Sebring – 2TA – 12:00 IG – 1 Swap
11 March 2011 - [!] Deadline*: Round 4 car liveries
25 March 2011 - [!] Deadline*: Round 4 driver line-up
26 March 2011 - [!] Test Race 4
9 April 2011 - [!] Round 4 – 8 Hours of Fuji – 3TA – 15:00 IG – 2 Swaps
06 May 2011 - [!] Deadline*: Round 5 car liveries
20 May 2011 - [!] Deadline*: Round 5 driver line-up
21 May 2011 - [!] Test Race 5
4 June 2011 - [!] Round 5 – 12 Hours of Le Mans – 12:00 IG – 3 Swaps
[!] = Mandatory deadline or event. Missing the designated deadline or event will result in the revocation of the license. In case of test races the team in question will be denied qualifcation in the upcoming official event.
* = Deadlines are set at 23:59 GMT at the announced date.
TA = Time Acceleration. This indicate how much time acceleration is used in the race. 2TA means double time speed, which means the environmental time goes twice as fast as usual.
00:00 IG = Time In Game. This indicates the in-game starting time of the race. To be sure, this is not the real starting time of the event or race.
Swap = Mandatory Driver Swap. This indicates the minimum number of driver swaps that must be performed during the race.
Session Info
The race has a Manual Formation Lap and a Rolling Start. Read article 5.6 of the RaceDepartment League Regulations for more information on this procedure.
Teams
In RDLMS S2 a total of 40 teams will participate in each event. Each team has a team owner who holds the license provided by RaceDepartment and takes responsibility for the organisation of the team. The team owner will be the person who communicates with the RDLMS staff and provides the necessary information to the other members of his team.
To start a team in RDLMS the team owner must read and agree with the Team Owner License Agreement (TOLA). Additionally he must create and manage his team in RD GPCOS, the results and standings system of RaceDepartment.
> Read the RDLMS S2 TOLA
> Go to the RD GPCOS Control Center
Drivers
Each team consists of two to six drivers who cover part of the races and swap places during the pitstops. It is up to the team owners to decide who these drivers are. Each driver must be a Licensed Member of RaceDepartment and must create a driver account at RD GPCOS to be allowed to participate in the races of RDLMS S2.
> Become a Licensed Member of RaceDepartment
> Go to the RD GPCOS Control Center
Liveries
Each team is free to provide a car livery (paint job) to be put on its car by the RDLMS staff. The livery may change per event as long as it is provided before the designated deadline for that event. The livery must meet certain requirements and must be provided in a specific way. Read the Skin Sending Instructions thread to find out what these requirements are. Note that we do not want to get burried in workload, so please do not change your skins unless it is a necessity (change of car for example). Also, once you have delivered your skin, you do not have to send it a second time for the next round. All skins will automatically move to the next round.
> Skin Sending Instructions
> Contact [Damian Dainhumain] (unavailable for Round 3), [Matt Strand] or [Matthias Meier]
Live Broadcast by Simrace.TV
> Simrace.TV
> Round 1 Slot
> Round 2 Slot
> Round 3 Slot
> Round 4 Slot
> Round 5 Slot
Slot times are CET!
Additional Rules
Mandatory Driver Swap
In each race every team has to perform a certain minimum number of driver swaps. During a driver swap one driver takes over the wheel from the other. In rFactor this means a spectator takes over control of the car from a driver during a pitstop, after which the roles switch. This procedure must take place at least one to three times depending on the event. The longer the race, the more driver swaps must be performed. Teams that do not perform enough driver swaps will be disqualified.
In case a team shares the same PC during the event they cannot perform the driver swap through rFactor, but will simply manually swap drivers in real. The staff cannot register such driver swaps. To counter this a special procedure is designed. It goes as follows:
Important Links
> News & Announcements
> Team Owner License Agreement
> Q&A
> Skin Sending Intstructions
> Paddock (General Chat)
> RaceDepartment GPCOS
Contact the Staff
> Damian Dainhumain, Matt Stand, Matthias Meier (skinpack & liveries)
> Remco de Wildt (Q&A, servers, daily maintenance)
> Yoeri Gijsen (GPCOS, entries & regulations)
The RaceDepartment staff recommends reading this entire article for those that wish to enter the competition.
League: RaceDepartment Le Mans Series
Season: 2 (2010/11)
Game Required: rFactor
Divisions: 1 (40 teams with multiple drivers)
Mod: Endurance Series v1.2 by EnduRacers
Introduction
Welcome to the RaceDepartment Le Mans Series - Season 2 (RDLMS S2). RDLMS is an endurance series with races from six up to twelve hours in which teams with multiple drivers battle for the supremacy on a series of challenging circuits. The second season, to be held in the autumn and winter of 2010 and the spring and summer of 2011, consists of five events on circuits all over the world, including the most legendary endurance circuit: Circuit de la Sarthe in Le Mans.
Changes in Season 2
Season 1, the pilot season, has been a very eventful season with a lot of ups and downs, trails and errors, but eventually success. The staff has taken that season in consideration to launch a better organised second season. Therefore changes had to be made, but they are for the better.
- Season 2 will be a season championship, contrary to season 1 that was pretty much event based. Teams will be required to participate the entire season and will score points for the championship of their specific class. All classes will still race together though.
- To participate each team will require a license that is provided by RaceDepartment to the team owner of that team. What this license is all about can be read in the RDLMS S2 Team Owner License Agreement.
- Each race will have a designated number of mandatory driver swaps in order to keep teams with a large number of drivers competitive. There will be additional rules for those that sharer a PC and thus cannot perform a regular driver swap.
Available Cars
The cars available come for the Endurance Series by EnduRacers. RaceDepartment will try to stay up to date with the latest patches and releases of this mod, but much will depend on how the release dates relate to the calendar. This list will be updated according to the latest decisions of the staff concerning implemented patches and releases.
Protoypes 1 (P1)
- Audi R10
- Creation CA06
- Epsilon Euskadi EE1
- Peugeot 908 HDI 2008
- Zytek 06S
- Acura ARX 01B
- Courage C65 Mazda
- Courage C65 AER
- Courage C65 Judd
- Porsche RS Spyder Evo 2008
- Aston Martin DBR9
- Corvette C6R
- Saleen S7-R
- Ferrari F430 2008
- Panoz Esperente GTLM
- Porsche 997 RSR 2008
- Spyker C8
Calendar (May be updated during the season. Any major changes will be announced.)
29 August 2010 - Season 2 licenses become available
02 October 2010 - Deadline*: License requests Season 2
09 October 2010 - Deadline*: Round 1 car liveries
22 October 2010 - [!] Deadline*: Round 1 driver line-up
23 October 2010 - Test Race 1
13 November 2010 - [!] Round 1 – 6 Hours of Monza – 12:00 IG – 1 Swap
26 November 2010 - Deadline*: Round 2 car liveries
03 December 2010 - [!] Deadline*: Round 2 driver line-up
04 December 2010 - Test Race 2
18 December 2010 - [!] Round 2 – 8 Hours of Daytona – 10:00 IG – 2 Swaps
21 January 2011 - Deadline*: Round 3 car liveries
28 January 2011 - [!] Deadline*: Round 3 driver line-up
29 January 2011 - [!]Test Race 3
12 February 2011 - [!] Round 3 – 6 Hours of Sebring – 2TA – 12:00 IG – 1 Swap
11 March 2011 - [!] Deadline*: Round 4 car liveries
25 March 2011 - [!] Deadline*: Round 4 driver line-up
26 March 2011 - [!] Test Race 4
9 April 2011 - [!] Round 4 – 8 Hours of Fuji – 3TA – 15:00 IG – 2 Swaps
06 May 2011 - [!] Deadline*: Round 5 car liveries
20 May 2011 - [!] Deadline*: Round 5 driver line-up
21 May 2011 - [!] Test Race 5
4 June 2011 - [!] Round 5 – 12 Hours of Le Mans – 12:00 IG – 3 Swaps
[!] = Mandatory deadline or event. Missing the designated deadline or event will result in the revocation of the license. In case of test races the team in question will be denied qualifcation in the upcoming official event.
* = Deadlines are set at 23:59 GMT at the announced date.
TA = Time Acceleration. This indicate how much time acceleration is used in the race. 2TA means double time speed, which means the environmental time goes twice as fast as usual.
00:00 IG = Time In Game. This indicates the in-game starting time of the race. To be sure, this is not the real starting time of the event or race.
Swap = Mandatory Driver Swap. This indicates the minimum number of driver swaps that must be performed during the race.
Session Info
- Free Practice, all cars (55 minutes)
- Qualification GT1 & GT2 (20+5 minutes)**
- Qualification P1 & P2 (20+5 minutes)**
- Warm-up (15 minutes)
- Race: 6, 8 or 12 hours
The race has a Manual Formation Lap and a Rolling Start. Read article 5.6 of the RaceDepartment League Regulations for more information on this procedure.
Teams
In RDLMS S2 a total of 40 teams will participate in each event. Each team has a team owner who holds the license provided by RaceDepartment and takes responsibility for the organisation of the team. The team owner will be the person who communicates with the RDLMS staff and provides the necessary information to the other members of his team.
To start a team in RDLMS the team owner must read and agree with the Team Owner License Agreement (TOLA). Additionally he must create and manage his team in RD GPCOS, the results and standings system of RaceDepartment.
> Read the RDLMS S2 TOLA
> Go to the RD GPCOS Control Center
Drivers
Each team consists of two to six drivers who cover part of the races and swap places during the pitstops. It is up to the team owners to decide who these drivers are. Each driver must be a Licensed Member of RaceDepartment and must create a driver account at RD GPCOS to be allowed to participate in the races of RDLMS S2.
> Become a Licensed Member of RaceDepartment
> Go to the RD GPCOS Control Center
Liveries
Each team is free to provide a car livery (paint job) to be put on its car by the RDLMS staff. The livery may change per event as long as it is provided before the designated deadline for that event. The livery must meet certain requirements and must be provided in a specific way. Read the Skin Sending Instructions thread to find out what these requirements are. Note that we do not want to get burried in workload, so please do not change your skins unless it is a necessity (change of car for example). Also, once you have delivered your skin, you do not have to send it a second time for the next round. All skins will automatically move to the next round.
> Skin Sending Instructions
> Contact [Damian Dainhumain] (unavailable for Round 3), [Matt Strand] or [Matthias Meier]
Live Broadcast by Simrace.TV
> Simrace.TV
> Round 1 Slot
> Round 2 Slot
> Round 3 Slot
> Round 4 Slot
> Round 5 Slot
Slot times are CET!
Additional Rules
Mandatory Driver Swap
In each race every team has to perform a certain minimum number of driver swaps. During a driver swap one driver takes over the wheel from the other. In rFactor this means a spectator takes over control of the car from a driver during a pitstop, after which the roles switch. This procedure must take place at least one to three times depending on the event. The longer the race, the more driver swaps must be performed. Teams that do not perform enough driver swaps will be disqualified.
In case a team shares the same PC during the event they cannot perform the driver swap through rFactor, but will simply manually swap drivers in real. The staff cannot register such driver swaps. To counter this a special procedure is designed. It goes as follows:
- Before the event the drivers sharing the PC create an rFactor driver profile that contain their names, e.g. Smith-Johnson-Bush or Smi-Joh-Bus or something similar.
- Whenever the team performs a manual driver swap they move the car into the pit and stop at a designated spot at the end of the pitlane. There the car must stand still for at least 10 seconds before continuing the race. The team is allowed to combine this manual driver swap with a regular pitstop, first stopping for tyres and fuel and then moving to the designated spot for the swap.
- After the race the team must notify the RDLMS staff about in which laps the driver swaps were performed. They have until 24 hours after the finish of the race to do this.
Important Links
> News & Announcements
> Team Owner License Agreement
> Q&A
> Skin Sending Intstructions
> Paddock (General Chat)
> RaceDepartment GPCOS
Contact the Staff
> Damian Dainhumain, Matt Stand, Matthias Meier (skinpack & liveries)
> Remco de Wildt (Q&A, servers, daily maintenance)
> Yoeri Gijsen (GPCOS, entries & regulations)