DEUCE2
2.4 Hour Endurance Race

Details:
Date: Sunday, January 24th, 1 PM eastern time
Race Length: 2 hr 24 min (1:30 PM race start) (added Jan 19)
Sim: rFactor 1.255
Mod: ILMS v2.77
Track: Orchard Lake Road Course
Fuel Setting: 2x
Tire Wear Setting: 2x (added Jan 15)
Driving Aids: Auto Shift and Clutch; Traction Control
Driver Swapping: hotswapping available (but not mandatory)
Damage Multiplier: 50%
Time Compression: 10x
Flag Rules: Black only. Blue flags display but no penalties (added Jan 18)
In-game Time of Day for the Race Start: 3 PM (added Jan 18)

Server:
SimHQ Motorsports 1 (now available for practice)
Password: motorSportz

Download:
http://www.simhq.net/downloads/motorsports/rfactor/SimHQ_2.4_Deuce2/ILMS_v2.77P.rar

Format:
1 PM - 1:15 PM practice
1:15 PM - 1:25 PM qualifying
1:25 - 1:30 PM warmup
1:30 PM race start (2:20 hr/min)

Car Selection:
Pick LM-P1 or LM-GT1 car from the v2.77 carset
(LM-P2 and LM-GT2 not eligible)

Upgrades: (added Jan 20)
This is an important change from the original rules. It is important that you purchase and install the 4 hour car upgrade for the event. In rFactor, go to: Player > Team > Upgrades Tab > Upgrades Select > Endurance Race Packages > 4-Hour Endurance Race Package…. “Buy Upgrade” and “Install” Upgrade. Apologies for any confusion on this.

Partially Fixed-Setups:
(edits available)
- steering lock
- brake pressure
- starting fuel
- fuel strategy
- tire compound
- brake bias
- front wing
- engine boost (added Jan 14)
- rev limit (added Jan 14)
- brake map (added Jan 14)

NOTE:
If it shows that you do not have enough experience to purchase a car, open with notepad:
"C:\Program Files\rFactor\UserData\Name\ILMS.cch"
Change to:
Experience=2500000
Money=2500000

Race2Play forum thread on optimizing headlights:
http://www.race2play.com/homepage/show_posts/2297 (added Jan 18)

Connect > Settings
Set your upload rating / download rating to 128 kbps. (added Jan 23)

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Add your car preference to this thread. Duplicate cars not permitted. Anyone not on the list is welcome to join the day of the race but not with a car already selected.

Driver Name / Car Number / Class / Car Manufacturer

LM-P1 (15 entries)
Doug Atkinson (guod) / #757 / LM-P1 / Pescarolo C60
Joe Keefe / #680 / LM-P1 / Monster Energy Racing - Audi R8
Chris Johnson (ChrisLTD) / #758 / LM-P1 / Samuel Adams Racing - Audi R8
Anthony Petakas / #206 / LM-P1 / Acura ARX-02A
Jon Clinton (JonC) / #205 / LM-P1 / Acura ARX-02A
Col Kurtz / #755 / LM-P1 / Audi R8
purolator / #759 / LM-P1 / Pescarolo C60
Ben Holt (LazyCrust) / #67 / LM-P1 / Pescarolo C60
SpyDoc / #754 / LM-P1 / ILMS Audi R8
DBR9 / #TBD / LM-P1 / Pescarolo C60
Kevin Thompson (Ktel) / #765 / LM-P1 / Pescarolo C60
Saghen / #767 / LM-P1 / Team Google Pescarolo C60
Pierre1 /#766 / LM-P1 / Team Google Pescarolo C60
jenrick / #203 / LM-P1 / Acura ARX-02A
SteV8 / #997 / LM-P1 / MG LOLA / Castrol GTX Racing

LM-GT1 (9 entries)
Birdski / #724 / LM-GT1 / Aston Martin DBR9
Alex Coutie / #60 / LM-GT1 / Aston Martin DBR9
Frank Steinbach (nimrud) / #3 / LM-GT1 / Corvette Racing C6-R
Butch Nackley (TailFlamer) / #36 / LM-GT1 / Jet Alliance Racing, Aston Martin DBR9
Gareth Evans (goon) / #33 / LM-GT1 / Jet Alliance Racing Aston Martin DBR9
David Kennard / #726 / LM-GT1 / Jack Daniels Racing C6-R
Dan Blake (Chipwich) / #4 / LM-GT1 / Corvette Racing C6-R
adlabs6 / #76 LM-GT1 / Carpe Noctem Racing C6-R
Chunx / #77 LM-GT1 / Carpe Noctem Racing C6-R
David Liu / LM-GT1 / #364 / Corvette C6-R

guod / #757 / LM-P1 / Pescarolo C60

WOOHOO!


Monster Energy Racing Audi R8 #680

Chris / #758 / LM-P1 / Samuel Adams Racing Audi R8

Finally, a sponsor I can believe in. Plus, an excuse to be drunk before, during and after the race!

Doug,

Will the server be set to Time-scaled or Normal mechanical failures?

Anthony Petakas / #206 / LM-P1 / Acura ARX-02A

Jon Clinton / #205 / LM-P1 / Acura ARX-02A


Any chance of using custom skins?

Ta

Alex Coutie / #60 / GT-1 / Aston Martin

Col Kurtz / #755 / LM-P1 / Audi R8

Normal Mechanical Failures