LIGHT SPEED RACING
ROAD TO GRAND FINALS 2024
SRO ESPORTS COMMUNITY WORLD CHALLENGE POWERED BY SIMGRID
We got invited again! SRO Esport and SimGrid has partnerd up to have focus on the every day simracer!
The teams who win grid slots for the Grand Finals will not only represent themselves on the grid, but also represent and race as Light Speed Racing with the LSR name and the LSR livery What's not to love?!?!?!
Pure GT3. 50 teams! Two drivers per team. Two races of 6h. Starting with the with a race at the mighty NORDSCHLEIFE. Can you and a mate qualify?
Race dates
- 6h at Nordschleife - May 4
- 6h at Kyalami - May 25
For Nordschleife and Kyalami addition events will be created to allow for teams who cannot do the full championship.
SCHEDULE
- Free Practice #1: 12 PM
- Briefing 1 PM (mandatory for everybody)
- Free Practice #2: 1:15 PM
- Qualification: 1:45 PM
- Race: 2 PM
Please note that all times is CET
Please read the LSR endurance guide
Teams
You'll sign up as teams of 2. The line up of each team is fixed. This means that you cannot change drivers during the championship.
The Qualifying format
One single 15 minute session with all cars on track as the same time.
REGISTRATION
To register for this championship click the "Register Team" button. On the next screen select your team, the drivers and the car and number.
CAR CHANGES
If you are unsure of what car you want to drive in you can change your car 24 hours prior to start of the first race. When the championship has started you will race the car for the full championship - no car changes will be allowed
WEATHER
We'll be updating the weather every night at 3am CET. We will be using https://openweathermap.org/ to get the weather for the the current day at 3pm CET. These values will be used as parameters to configure the weather.
Please note that these parameters will not be exact, as ACC does a race weekened sumilation
ASSISTS
To make the event as true to real life as possible the following assists will be disabled
❌ Ideal line ❌ Auto steer ❌ Stability control ✅ Automatic pit limiter ✅ Automatic gear ✅ Auto wipers ✅ Auto clutch ✅ Auto lights
CANT MAKE A RACE?
Life happens and we can't all make all of the races. If you cant make a race you will have to sign out/"withdraw" from the round. If you do not do this you will receive penalty points. These penalty points will be deducted from your overall points in the championship.
ENTRY FEE
This event is free to enter.
CUSTOM LIVERIES
The use of custom liveries made outside of the game is permitted in this event. However, the use of these liveries is not officially supported by the game developers. For syncing liveries we will be using awesome-simracing. Please make sure that you have setup the client and that your api-key is up to date. Read how it works
Any politically charged or potentially offensive material on a custom livery will see a disqualification from the series.
Last but not least, ENJOY & HAVE FUN
