3 races of 7 laps, with ballast being applied.

It's looking like the Formula Target is the car of choice for next season. These races are to get a feel for the cars, play with setups, get used to braking distances behind other cars etc.

The track cutting rules for next season will be those adopted by Formula 1: keep at least one wheel inside the white lines everywhere.

Drivers must use the track at all times. For the avoidance of doubt the white lines defining the track edges are considered to be part of the track but the kerbs are not.
A driver will be judged to have left the track if no part of the car remains in contact with the track.
Should a car leave the track the driver may rejoin, however, this may only be done when it is safe to do so and without gaining any advantage.
A driver may not deliberately leave the track without justifiable reason.

What car do you want to drive for lucky season 13? The choices are from cars that we've never run, or haven't run for a long time, to mix it up.

Choose one car only. You can change your vote.

2 x 9 laps

Rank Times (Have to knock Istvan off his old World Record perch)

Weather Forecast (long range forecast is predicting some light rain)

Last round of the season!

2 x 6 laps

Rank Times

Weather Forecast

Note that there is a new track download for this race: http://www.mediafire.com/download/spxjcjhpd7irdpo/MisanoWorldCircuit.7z
This updated version of the track by Roberto has two variations, and we will be racing on both layouts (they are not very different). You'll also spot some XGN banners about the place that Roberto has placed in our version.

2 x 8 laps, no rank times.

Race 1 is on the Tracciato Corto (short) layout.
Race 2 is on the Tracciato Lungo (long) layout.

Weather Forecast

This is the trophy we're racing for, in honour of Pat Phillips, one of our fellow racers who died young in a tragic accident.

Game Version
We are using 1.3.0.1534 of the game, which is the second newest version (not the latest version 1.3.0.1727). If you have updated to the latest version of the game, you can revert your game back to the version we use with the version switcher utility which you can download here.

Race Server Details
The race server is called www.xgn.com.au
The race server is usually not password protected since a fixed grid entry list is used. If the race server is passworded, PM any existing league member and ask for the password.

Jump straight to the server
You can launch the game and jump straight to the XGN server by creating a shortcut in Windows which points to this link: nkp://116.212.196.244:9500
For this to work, you have to download jump2nkp here. You run it once, and it enables a link handler for nkp links.

TeamSpeak
TeamSpeak can be download here.
The TeamSpeak server is ts.xgn.com.au.

Running your own rank server (optional)
You can run your own private ranked server if you want to automatically submit your lap times to the nkPRO rank web site.
 
You will need nKServerTool and replace the exe with this version with bug fixes and nkPro Rank Tool.
 
Install them both into your root nkPRO folder.
Open port 9500 (TCP & UDP) on your router for the server (not totally sure if this is necessary for a local server).
 
Then run nKServerTool.
 
On the "Main config" tab, untick "Register server...." to make it private.
On the "Sessions" tab, set up a practice session.
Then click the "Start Rank Server" button. Once it starts up, it should appear in the online lobby for you to join. Do a few laps and see if your times appear in the rank web site.
 
If you have any problems, try running the server tool as administrator.
 
Running your own server with ballast
 
Use nKServerTool to set up your own local server and set up a practice session as described above.
 
Go to the Grid tab and bring your driver across into the Grid box.
Type in the ballast you need, click the driver in the grid box, then click Set Ballast.
Then you can Save the config and click the Start Server button.
 
Now in the game you should see your new server in the server list and be able to join it.

Season Schedule

Race 1: Aug 27, Blackwood
Race 2: Sep 3, Newbury 2002
Race 3: Sep 10, Falkenberg
Sep 17: Week Off
Race 4: Sep 24, Oschersleben Full GP, 3 x 8 laps, [download]
Race 5: Oct 1, Knutstorp, 2 x 13 laps, [download]
Race 6: Oct 8, Misano 1.1, short track, 2 x 8 laps, [download]
Race 7: Oct 15, Valencia Street Circuit, 2 x 6 laps, [download]
Race 8: Oct 22, Mid Ohio, 2 x 9 laps, [download]

Start Times
Practice: Track opens from 6:30pm Eastern
Qualifying: 9:00pm
Race 1: 9:20pm
10 mins warmup before races 2 and 3. The server will be restarted before races 2 and 3 to adjust ballast and grid.
Race 1 grid positions are set by qualifying; race 2 and 3 grid positions are set by the results of the previous race.
 
Weather
Some races will be in an unpredictable amount of rain. Wet races will be preceded by an extended 15 minute warmup session, unless qualifying is on a wet track.
 
Ballast
Ballast is adjusted at the end of each race, according to the difference of each racers' fastest lap from the average, and carried into the next round.
Once a racer has completed 6 races, ballast changes are reduced to 70%.
 
Points
Points in each race of a 2 race round are 15,14,13,12,11,10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1
Points in each race of a 3 race round are 10,9.5,9,8.5 etc down to 1. Penalties are halved for 3 race rounds.
Each driver's worst round is dropped.
Ballast bonus: 0.5 point awarded at the end of each race for every whole 30 kg of ballast carried.
Fastest lap bonus: 1 point awarded at the end of each race for the driver who sets the fastest lap.
 
Current Season Standings
Click Here
Season and League Stats
Click Here
 
Penalties
* For an avoidable collision (primarily from the rear) that causes a driver to lose position or leave the track, the punter will receive a 2 point penalty, and each unavoidably disadvantaged driver will receive a 2 point bonus. Redress is optional after an incident.
* A side to side shunt that forces a pass that was not reasonably there, or squeezing someone off the track, will receive a 1 point penalty (and 1 point bonus to the impacted driver).
* A collision that causes the impacted driver to have to return to the pits to resume the race will attract a 6 point penalty (and 6 point bonus to the impacted driver).
 
Server Details
Server is called www.xgn.com.au
Jump to server: XGN Server (read about Jump to Server here)
 
Driver Sign Up Sheet
Reply in this thread to sign up for the season.

1. W. Masterson
2. D. O'Shea
3. D. Gibson
4. G. Frost
5. I. Horvath
6. O. Ninja
7. R. Jeffery
8. D. Ware
9. L. Cottell
10. C. Cottell
11. S. Perryman
12. T. Herbertson
13. J. Gibbs
14. J. Passlow
15. A. Simpson

Reserves
1. H. Thring
2. G. Clarke
3.