GP Rejects rFactor Championship S1: COMPLETE!

[Dom_Wings]

Credit to giraurd for the opening post.
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Privet tovarishchi! Welcome to the year 1987!

Comrades!

Certainly we have all heard rumours about how those filthy capitalists in the West are starting “World” championship for touring cars.
However, all we can say about their plan is - “bull shite”!
As we all know very well, the most Glorious touring cars in the World have always been produced on the Supreme side of the Iron Curtain.
Lada!
Škoda!
Trabant!
Polski Fiat!
Dacia!
Wartburg!
Moskvich!
Yet - despite all these famous names - the Westerners with their supposed “World” championship have not allowed a single, glorious Eastern car take part!
Comrades, we’re not having this! Now it is up to us, and us alone, to fix this vexatious situation and create the Superior Championship ourselves!
So, hurry up, dust off your racing tracksuit and take your most well-tuned car to the race track nearest you. It is almost time for the …
rFactor Reject Championship Season 1: Race Your Own East Car Edition

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So, briefly, what the championship is all about:

This is a simracing championship consisting of 8 events that take place around the 80’s Eastern Europe, consisting of a feature race and a sprint race each. So yes, we’re all indeed playing the game ourselves against each other in real time, just like them real racing drivers do right now. For our series we are using the computer simulation rFactor, and we do also have our own dedicated server to host the races on.

We’re all using the East Cars mod for the game. The cars are relatively easy to drive and extremely fun to race, as proven by our extensive test sessions.

The major aim of this championship is to provide enjoyable racing for *everyone*, regardless of their equipment or skill levels.

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FAQ

What if I don’t have rFactor and don’t want to pay for it either?
Just follow the easy steps below, and then you will have rFactor free of charge.

What if I don’t have the hardware to run rFactor?
Unless you literally don’t have a PC, this is unlikely. The game is 13 years old, so it is very unlikely any PC you’re currently using would not run rFactor at least on the lowest graphics settings - laptop or not.

What if I don’t have a racing wheel?
Doesn’t matter, the cars are fairly easy to drive and the driving assists we permit make it possible to be relatively competitive, even when using a simple gamepad or your keyboard.

What if I am not very good at driving?
Great! Then your skill level matches our championship perfectly well!

What if I am super good at driving and win every event by a mile?
Then you can (and may even be expected to) balance your pace by un-tuning your car to match the speed of the pack. All we want is close racing, this is not an exercise to show off anybody’s skills.

What if I cannot take part in many races?
Doesn’t matter - if you can take part in even one race, then that would be mega.

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Here we have instructions on installing the game itself:
http://get-good.net/index.php?title=RFa ... install.3F

To get the mod itself, just download this:
https://easyupload.io/4jpnhj (1.09 GB)

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Calendar (dates are subject to possible change):

Round 1 - Sunday, May 3rd - Brno Circuit, Czechoslovakia
Round 2 - Wednesday, May 6th - Neva Ring, Russia, Soviet Union
Round 3 - Sunday, May 10th - Rostock Osthafenkurs, East Germany
Round 4 - Wednesday, May 13th - Automotodrom Grobnik, Yugoslavia
Round 5 - Sunday, May 17th - Ahveniston moottorirata, Finland
Round 6 - Wednesday, May 20th - Nemuno Ziedas, Lithuania, Soviet Union
Round 7 - Sunday, May 24th - Tor Kielce, Poland
Round 8 - Wednesday, May 27th - Hungaroring, Hungary

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Rules

Available Driver Aids: Traction Control, Anti-Lock Brakes (ABS), Stability Control, Auto-Shifting, Clutch Assistance

Upgraded to level 4 spec, all the cars are seemingly relatively equal, albeit with their own distinct strengths and weaknesses each. Additionally, the mod also permits you to race the Skoda F3 car, and equip the Polski Fiat with a “level 6” Suzuki Hayabusa engine. Because those specs are vastly quicker than the rest, they are banned from the series.

Race events: Practicing for an event is possible offline or on the server at any time before the race event starts. The official event starts with Qualifying at xx:00 GMT, lasts for 15 minutes and is in the one shot format. The feature race starts at xx:20 GMT, and lasts for estimated 20 minutes. The sprint race will have a reverse grid and it will be around 10 minutes long. The whole event should not take much longer than an hour of your time.

Racing Standards: The cars are easy to drive so you shouldn’t need too much practise prior to an event, but please have at least a few acclimatization laps on every circuit and make sure that everything works without too much lag before turning up in the middle of an event. We will have lots of tolerance for hard wheel to wheel racing and genuine errors, but no tolerance for intentionally malicious behaviour on the race track at all. In other words: Making errors and causing crashes by them is allowed, wrecking someone else’s race because you mad at them isn’t.

The GPR user giraurd will act as the supreme Racing Steward of the Championship, so if you will have any complaints, please direct them to his mailbox post-race.

Server details: Name, GPR East Cars - password, rejects


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To sign up, just select your number and your car on the list below!

Lada VAZ 2101
Driver 1: #10 - Miguel98
Driver 2: #81 - Stasys Brundza (Simtek)
Driver 3:
Driver 4:
Driver 5:

Škoda 110R Coupe
Driver 1: #55 - Dom
Driver 2: #26 - giraurd
Driver 3: #TBA - CarloSpace
Driver 4:
Driver 5:

Trabant 601
Driver 1: #69 - Aerond
Driver 2:
Driver 3:
Driver 4:
Driver 5:

Polski Fiat 126 (note that this car is likely much slower than the others!)
Driver 1:
Driver 2:
Driver 3:
Driver 4:
Driver 5:

Dacia 1310
Driver 1: #16 - Pilot
Driver 2: #73 - Wazzle
Driver 3:
Driver 4:
Driver 5:

Wartburg 353w
Driver 1: #31 - TCBY
Driver 2:
Driver 3:
Driver 4:
Driver 5:

Moskvich 2140
Driver 1: #45 - Shadaza
Driver 2:
Driver 3:
Driver 4:
Driver 5:

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Credits for the Mod: László Szabó and László Fényi

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Any questions, just ask in the thread - or alternatively on the #gaming channel in Discord.

Happy racing!

[Dom_Wings]

NOTES: Here is the link for what you should need for this season, at least mod-wise and track-wise: https://easyupload.io/4jpnhj (1.09 GB)

Also you are allowed request a custom livery to TCBY or anyone else who is able to paint cars on rFactor.

[Dom_Wings]

Name: Dom
Nationality: CZE
Car: Škoda 110R Coupe
Car number: 55

[Miguel98]

Name: Miguel
Nationality: POR
Car: Lada VAZ 2101
Car Number: 10

[Bobby Doorknobs]

Name: Stasys Brundza
Nationality: URS
Car: Lada VAZ 2101
Car number: 81

I'll also be using the default Stasys Brundza tribute livery, hence what you see above.

[This Could Be You]

Name: VEB Robotron Team Wartburg
Nationality: DDR
Car: Wartburg 353
Number: 31

[Shadaza]

Name: "Shadaza"
Nationality: Soviet Union
Car: Moskvich
Number: 45
Team Name: Gulag Dodgers

[TomWazzleshaw]

Name: Garomir Gagr
Nationality: CZE
Car: Polski-Fiat 126
Number: 73
Team Name: Basement Dwellers Racing

[Pilot]

Name: Pilot
Nationality: USA
Car: Dacia 1310
Car number: 16

[Aerond]

Name: Daniel Prietovski
Nationality: ALB
Car: Trabant 601
Car number: 69

[girry]

Name: giraurd
Nationality: YUG
Car: Skoda 110
Car number: 26

[CarloSpace]

Name: Jyrgal Zhyrgal
Nationality: Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic
Car: Skoda 110
Car number: 1

I'll join you from round 4 forward.

[Dom_Wings]

Thanks for joining! So far we have got ten entries

Also @CarloSpace, could you please choose a different number - as #1 will most likely be reserved to the reigning champion. Thanks in advance

[TomWazzleshaw]

After a quick test, I'm doing an audible and changing to the Dacia instead. Number will be the same as before

[MinardiFan95]

Name: A. Stooge
Nationality: Unknown
Car: Trabant 601
Car number: 13

[Dom_Wings]

ROUND 1: Brno Circuit (3 May 2020)

Feature Race (8 laps / 43.1 km)
Pole: giraurd

1. (+2) Miguel98 (Lada) - 21:08.2354
2. (+2) Shadaza (Moskvich) +7.9724
3. (-2) giraurd (Škoda) +9.8275
4. (+2) Dom (Škoda) +10.4475
5. (-3) Stasys Brundza - Simtek (Lada) +10.4506
6. (+1) Daniel Prietovski - Aerond (Trabant) +15.6704
7. (+1) TCBY (Wartburg) +29.6823
8. (+1) Pilot (Dacia) +1:05.1566
9. (+1) A. Stooge - MinardiFan (Trabant) +1:56.7259
10. (-5) Garomir Gagr - Wazzle (Dacia) +6 laps / DNF

Fastest Lap: 2:35.9496 - Miguel98

Sprint Race (4 laps / 21.5 km)

1. (+1) A. Stooge - MinardiFan (Trabant) - 10:32.9831
2. (-1) Garomir Gagr - Wazzle (Dacia) +4.5323
3. (+3) Stasys Brundza - Simtek (Lada) +7.0794
4. (+1) Daniel Prietovski - Aerond (Trabant) +12.0381
5. (+3) giraurd (Škoda) +12.2203
6. (+4) Miguel98 (Lada) +12.8161
7. (-4) Pilot (Dacia) +18.1536
8. (-1) Dom (Škoda) +21.5279
9. (-5) TCBY (Wartburg) +47.9592
10. (-1) Shadaza (Moskvich) +4 laps / Accident

Fastest Lap: 2:35.5289 - Stasys Brundza

Driver Standings

[Rob Dylan]

Are these being recorded for those of us who want to watch it on catch-up?

[Dom_Wings]

Aerond streamed Sunday's race on Twitch, so you would be better off asking him

[Dom_Wings]

ROUND 2: Neva-Ring (6 May 2020)
Pilot was given a 5-place grid penalty after an incident in Round 1.

Feature Race (14 laps / 37.4 km)
Pole: giraurd

1. (+4) Stasys Brundza - Simtek (Lada) - 20:33.5933
2. (-1) giraurd (Škoda) +0.2368
3. (=) Dom (Škoda) +19.9583
4. (+4) TCBY (Wartburg) +46.9510
5. (+1) Danny (Wartburg) +1 lap
6. (+3) Pilot (Dacia) +2 laps / Accident
7. (-5) Shadaza (Moskvich) +2 laps
8. (-1) Daniel Prietovski - Aerond (Trabant) +3 laps / Accident
9. (-5) Miguel98 (Lada) +13 laps / Accident
10. (=) Garomir Gagr - Wazzle (Dacia) +14 laps / DNF

Fastest Lap: 1:25.3094 - giraurd

Sprint Race (7 laps / 18.7 km)

1. (=) Miguel98 (Lada) - 10:10.5631
2. (+1) Shadaza (Moskvich) +12.5482
3. (+5) giraurd (Škoda) +17.0979
4. (+2) Dom (Škoda) +17.1182
5. (-1) Danny (Wartburg) +17.4533
6. (+3) Stasys Brundza - Simtek (Lada) +19.6778
7. (=) Pilot (Dacia) +55.9168
8. (-6) Daniel Prietovski - Aerond (Trabant) +1:07.2497
9. (-4) TCBY (Wartburg) +1:14.3332

Fastest Lap: 1:24.3685 - Stasys Brundza

Driver Standings

[CarloSpace]

Thanks for joining! So far we have got ten entries

Also @CarloSpace, could you please choose a different number - as #1 will most likely be reserved to the reigning champion. Thanks in advance

Too bad, I'll go with 2 then

[girry]

Are these being recorded for those of us who want to watch it on catch-up?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBZAXW5yS34
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ke2aon4C8o

[pi314159]

Name: pi3141
Nationality: Germany
Car: Dacia 1310
Car number: 31

[Aerond]

Albanian breaks up with German girlfriend, starts Romanian flirt

Albanian man and driver, for the glory of its nation, Daniel Prietovski, has announced today that he's breaking up his ties with Trabant and joining Dacia instead. This is understood to be a big kick in the small german balls, as Trabant now will have to deal with an empty seat.
Speaking to this magazine, Prietovski said "The Trabant was like a whiny tiny German bitch; exhuberant Romanians are way better girlfriends". Not sure if he was talking about his move to Dacia, or about Romanian women, we left the interview there, not before hearing the quote "for the glory of the Albanian nation" half a dozen times.

[Gertrand Bachot]

Name: GertrandBachot
Nationality: Soviet Union
Car: Moskvich 2140
Number: 7

[Dom_Wings]

Results from Rostock:
https://simresults.net/200510-85P

Results from Grobnik:
https://simresults.net/200513-Wb1

[Dom_Wings]

Results from Ahvenisto:
https://simresults.net/200517-dw4

Results from Nemuno Ziedas:
https://simresults.net/200520-SR4

[Dom_Wings]

Results from Kielce:

Feature - https://simresults.net/200524-lJ5
Sprint - https://simresults.net/200524-7WK

[Dom_Wings]

Results from Hungaroring:
Feature - https://simresults.net/200527-h1Y
Sprint - https://simresults.net/200528-of6

Congrats to Miguel98, giraurd and Aerond for finishing in the top three in the Drivers' Championship as well as Škoda for winning the Manufacturers' Championship.

Final Standings

[Dom_Wings]

I GP Rejects 100 - 7 June 2020 @ Michigan
Mod: CART 1988

Chassis - March, Lola, Penske
Engines - Chevy, Cosworth, Porsche, Judd, Buick

Current signups:
Getz - #11 Listerine March 88C-Buick
Pilot - #16 Pepsi Penske PC17-Cosworth
Danny - #25 Coke March 88C-Chevy
giraurd - #26 Cockta Lola T88/00-Yugo (rebadged)
TCBY - #31 Fluke Lola T88/00-Judd
Shadaza - #45 Adidas Lola T88/00-Yugo (rebadged)
Dom - #55 Coke March 88C-Chevy

[Bobby Doorknobs]

Will Overhead - #0 TBA