LFS ongoing GON season - details inside

[lucassot]

Hey all

Due to the successful LFS event for the GONlympics this past weekend it has been on my mind of doing something bigger & better. We have a couple new guys come onboard being introduced to LFS & existing LFS racers who want more out of the game. Since the race, many who participated in the GONlympics races have expressed interest to do something more in the future with LFS so here is a broad proposal & am open to all suggestions to accommodate the majority.

I was thinking something along the lines of a 10 race season with people coming to register here to participate. It will be a GON season pretty much how the GONlympics event was organised. 10 races, 10 months - 1 race per month. Firstly this gives us all enough time to choose a good date where we can all participate. Also the reason for the spread is to keep it friendly, not too hardcore so there is plenty of time between each race for casual & hardcore sim racers to get familiar with the upcoming track / car combo. This leads to my next point.

S2. A few guys since the GONlympics race want to get S2 but honestly your money would be better spent elsewhere for general use UNLESS you have a league or mates to enjoy the content with. Most public servers are now cruise / drift servers with S2 content. Something as simple as a GON season would easily get people's moneys worth for a ton of different combos.

That is my basic outline. All other details can be decided a bit later such as what type of season in terms of different cars & circuits, race length, qualifying format or even qualifying at all etc. For now I would like to know who would be interested in something along these lines? Friendly like the GONlympics were but a small step up to make each race feel important! Obviously I'll put my name down first. Also I want to make more LFS race rewind videos, got a lot of good feedback from the GONlympics races & would love to do more for the community

Pass this thread onto guys who may have missed it or you think would be keen.

Confirmed interest:
lucassot
Matty
Scarface.au
v4moosie
brat81
Tera
Mearehear
Cut Throat
Dvious34

[Matty]

I'm in!

So, will this league require S2?

Some longer races would be nice too.

[lucassot]

I'm in!

So, will this league require S2?

Some longer races would be nice too.

Yep these are the types of polls I want to create after we get some interest, a few things to consider & get feedback on. Personally I think S2, more variety especially over 10 races or so!

[Scarface.au]

Registering interest.

[v4moose]

yep I'm keen

i'll also jot down some preliminary thoughts

- timing wise, i think something fortnightly might be the way to go, if we are advertising a 'season long' event, if it was monthly I think we would find some new participants would stick around for the first round or 2 but then lose interest and bail. I keeps things fresh to change it up every couple of weeks so hopefully the playing field would also be a bit more level

- I think it would be fun to do two heats of each race for the night. It ensures that if anyone is unlucky enough to crash out early on in the race they can have another shot in heat two.

- I was thinking that if heat 1 was a short sprint (5 laps) randomised grid, then heat 2 could be a longer 15 lap race. The grid for the second race would be a reverse of the finishing positions for heat 1. Hopefully this would even up the racing so the faster guys have to get though the pack but have a reasonable amount of time to do it in. It also means that the guys who crashed out in race 1 have a better chance of doing well in heat 2 since they are up the front and away from any potential lap 1 chaos.

- not sure if its feasable, but it would be great to have a news story on the GON front page before the league kicks off to find some new drivers. Paging Cas Bitton?

- S2 - definitely, i think we've exhausted demo content with the GONlympics. We'll need S2 to run larger grids too if theres enough racers.

- happy to help out with any organisation/logistics. Also Lucas, i volunteer for co-commentator duties if you're looking for anyone. Sounds like fun

[lucassot]

These are all the things we need to discuss & sort out once we hopefully have a decent amount of interest to get this going.

yep I'm keen

i'll also jot down some preliminary thoughts

- timing wise, i think something fortnightly might be the way to go, if we are advertising a 'season long' event, if it was monthly I think we would find some new participants would stick around for the first round or 2 but then lose interest and bail. I keeps things fresh to change it up every couple of weeks so hopefully the playing field would also be a bit more level

I only mentioned 1 race a month so people especially the more casual guys not having to be pressured to practice a new track too often, but whatever works in the end we'll go for. As I said this is all up in the air for now anyway

- I think it would be fun to do two heats of each race for the night. It ensures that if anyone is unlucky enough to crash out early on in the race they can have another shot in heat two.

- I was thinking that if heat 1 was a short sprint (5 laps) randomised grid, then heat 2 could be a longer 15 lap race. The grid for the second race would be a reverse of the finishing positions for heat 1. Hopefully this would even up the racing so the faster guys have to get though the pack but have a reasonable amount of time to do it in. It also means that the guys who crashed out in race 1 have a better chance of doing well in heat 2 since they are up the front and away from any potential lap 1 chaos.

I like the idea of heat racing, I'm up for whatever can even up the field for more entertaining races.

- not sure if its feasable, but it would be great to have a news story on the GON front page before the league kicks off to find some new drivers. Paging Cas Bitton?

Would be great if this was possible, pretty sure I remember something along the lines of this for iRacing a while back. Getting more people involved & interested on a GON racing season would be fantastic!

- S2 - definitely, i think we've exhausted demo content with the GONlympics. We'll need S2 to run larger grids too if theres enough racers.

+1 on S2. This would also give the guys who are a bit hesitant to buy S2 a good reason to do so & experience it with a good community.

- happy to help out with any organisation/logistics. Also Lucas, i volunteer for co-commentator duties if you're looking for anyone. Sounds like fun

I'll keep this in mind for sure, I think it would be better with 2 people having each other to work off during a cast


Like I said pass this thread around to the guys, it seems a bit buried in the racing section but hopefully most people come across it!

[brat81]

Yeah keen if it's S2

[Tera]

Pencil me in and if finances permit S2 shall be mine shortly.

[Mearehear]

Lots of yeppers from me! Getting it up to S2 racing means we have a chance to race at South City, and that gives me a big smile!. Plenty of input ideas here, but I will post thoughts later.

[exe3]

I DESIRE MY INTERNET TO BE FIXED RAGE!!!!!!!!! D:

[Cut Throat]

I am very interested!

E-mail me @ a.storey@live.com.au with what's decided i'm very forgetful in checking threads i post in .

[lucassot]

I am very interested!

E-mail me @ a.storey@live.com.au with what's decided i'm very forgetful in checking threads i post in .

Awesome man will add you to the list!

@exe3 Let us know if / when you get it sorted

[lucassot]

For those participating head on over to this thread to discuss the season & get some votes in! Registration will always be open as well.

viewtopic.php?f=42&t=194545

[exe3]

@exe3 Let us know if / when you get it sorted

Well they're finally sending a technician so hopefully sometime next week assuming it's a simple fix.

[brat81]

Was keen on this but due to my busy working schuelde i only have Friday/Saturday nights free