Racescreens

rFactor 2 Release and USGP's Year-End Awards announced.

2012-01-13T00:35:00.000-08:00

Well this has been a busy week for sure and a long time since this website has been updated. Hopefully more to come as rFactor 2 is considered, lots of mods to make for those groups and I hope to review most of them as they come out.

USGP's message:

USGP F1 2011 Series

The 2011 USGP Racing Series was a great success with over 25 different drivers racing with us throughout the year. Split into 4 quarterly mini-championships the league enjoyed strong field of racing along with an exceptional level of good sportsmanship.

Spring Series Champion - John Ruth
Summer 1 Series Champion - Dae Bennett
Summer 2 Series Champion - Justin aka"Banana Tugger"
Fall Series Champion - William aka "Psyche"
Grand Champion - Justin aka"Banana Tugger"
Best Sportsman Award- Dae Bennett
Most Helpful to League Success Award - John Ruth

2012 Preview

rFactor League will focus on the promotion of online racing with rFactor2
Now recruiting new league administrators
rFactor League will be hosting new cars and track file downloads - fast, safe, secure!

Le Mans in Pictures (rFactor)

2011-06-13T13:43:00.000-07:00

The 24 Heures du Mans, the biggest and best race in the world and the hardest of the triple crown in Motorsport. The track itself is legendary and amazing. Featuring long straights, tight chicanes, high speed sweepers and great overtaking zones. This along with the danger of every corner ending your race for 24 hours, rain or shine, make this the best race out there.

=USGP= Surprises in Monaco

2011-05-31T01:58:00.000-07:00

Monaco, the jewel of the Formula One season. The winner is sure to be remembered. With all the racing this weekend the Grand Prix on the streets of Monaco stood out and the USGP took their turn at it hours after the actual Grand Prix.

The cars going up the hill at Monaco, an icon for Formula racing

A messy start led to a crash on lap one by McLaren driver Kurt "Mack" Macdonald and soon would lead to a DNF on this tricky course, he wouldn't be the only DNF as both Red Bull cars couldn't make it to the finish either after a bad crash on lap two by John Ruth and also a drive thru for John Denman for speeding in Pitlane.

Pitlane pulled out more trickery as Sam Steffy crossed the yellow line early out of the pits in front of the second place Toyota car of Bananatugger. After braking too late on the first turn the Toyota had to pit for a new front wing and would finish the race in second.

Sam Steffy went on to win the race on the streets of Monaco and also to snag the points lead for the series at 111 Congratulations to Sam for a win at a very legendary and challenging race course, it got the best of all of us so we hope for another shot in Montreal in two weeks, the day after the exciting 24 Hours of Le Mans

Driver Quotes:

"I had a pretty good run at Monaco. I was far from the fastest car there, but just focused on running consistent laps and staying out of trouble. The field was 11 cars, and I started out in 11th. I ran a conventional race strategy, pitting at the halfway mark. The pit stop was clean and my laps were clean, if not as fast as the leader. The car I was running against at the end of the race spun just before the final hairpin before the start finish straight. That allowed me to take the 6th place position at the end of the race and hold on to it."
Comment from Jaylee Williams 17 from his blog site (Which you should follow) at http://05jaylee.webs.com/apps/blog/

"I just got done with perhaps the worst race I have run since joining USGP yet somehow had a blast, I lost it on lap two by downshifting too quickly and was lucky enough to keep the engine for 30 more minutes, luckily I passed up a few other DNF's to miss last place but still couldn't finish the race."
Comment from J. Ruth Red Bull Racing 15

Race Edit's song: Keane-Again And Again

Best of Rfactor "Everything you Have"

2011-05-14T03:17:00.000-07:00

For the past week I have been hard at work on this video. Hope you guys enjoy because so far it's my best!

Turkish GP Decides Spring Champion

2011-05-13T15:39:00.000-07:00

This is a really really late post but still better than none, the 5th round of the USGP F1 2011 season took us to Istanbul park for some great racing action last week. Sadly I will have to rush this post considering I can't find the times anymore.

After a bad start J. Ruth managed to take the championship literally in the final lap by overtaking his teammate J. Denman, Lynch came out with the win and the points can be found at USGP's home page http://rfactor-league.com/USGP/F1_2011/Points/Points.htm

Video Review:

Sorry for the very very brief review but there's more racing to be done next week when the USGP league hits Barcelona for the 6th round and an opening to a new mini season.

A few edited screenshots from the Race-On series

2011-04-19T16:14:00.000-07:00

=USGP= Disaster gives Red Bull a 1-2 in China =USGP=

2011-04-19T00:34:00.000-07:00

After the heartbreaking loss of Sepang racing USGP was back underway at the Shanghai circuit Sunday night.

Practice was dominated by Brawn GP's Sam Steffy with a time around the challenging Chinese circuit at a 1:35.041, Lynch Radinsky was the second closest to that time throughout the two hour session at 1:35.356 (+.314)

Other Practice times:

Soappatrol: 1:38.073
John Ruth: 1:38.125
Jeff Johnston: 1:38.242
Dae Bennett: 1:38.998
Gen. Shifflett: 1:39.529
Kurt "Mack": 1:39.740
John Denman: (No Time)

Things heated up in qualifying when the time dropped to 1:34.914 (Pole Sam Steffy) And Red Bull Racing's pole streak ended with Brawn's excellent lap time. The second closest once more was Lynch Radinsky at 1:34.975 but also with 5 extra laps on track (9)

Dae Bennett grabbed third right before the end of qualy giving J. Ruth fourth with a 1:37.125

Jeff Johnston: 1:37.358
John Denman: 1:37.827
Soappatrol: 1:38.271
Kurt "Mack": 1:38.968
and Gen. Shifflett at a 1:41.770

The race started out hazardous, three cars spun on the start and two DNF's on the first lap not including some three wide action on turn 3 into the bend between a Williams, Red Bull and the poleman's Brawn GP

3- Wide out of turn 3 and into the bend

Soon things calmed down and some overtakes were made, after so many spins on lap one Pitstop strategy became key for most drivers while Brawn GP practically ran away with the top step of the podium averaging 2 extra seconds per lap.

Things looked very promising for Brawn GP until the engine of Sam Steffy's number 23 blew giving Red Bull a 1-2 and Kurt Macdonald his first career podium.

Race Results:

P1 John Ruth: 27 Laps 46:28.716
P2 John Denman: 27 Laps 46:31.257 (+2.541)
P3 Kurt MacDonald: 27 Laps 47:04.331 (+35.615)
P4 Niki Johnston: 27 Laps 47:19.413 (+50.697)
P5 Soappatrol: 26 Laps (+1)
P6 General Shifflett: 26 Laps (+1)
P7 Sam Steffy: DNF (Engine) 26 Laps
P8 Jeff Johnston: DNF (Engine) 12 Laps
P9 Dae Bennett: DNF (Accident) 1 Lap
P10 Lynch Radinsky: DNF (Accident) 1 Lap

John Denman:

Congrats to JR winning at China! On the second to last lap leader Sam Steffy barfed an engine. Results are now posted and points are up to date. Once JR posts the video it will be linked on the results page.

Three weeks and no F1, whats a simracer to do?
This week we'll have the IMSA GT P1 cars at Long Beach running. Its a week off from the open wheel cars. The usual format of Sunday night race held on April 24 (Easter).

April 25th the server will be reset for the USGP F1 2011 series with Round 5; Istanbul Park, racingMay 7th.

Istanbul also caps off the Spring segment of the mini-season points series. Anything can happen and the top 6 still have the opportunity to claim the Spring Championship.

Points - http://www.rfactor-league.com/USGP/F1_2011/Points/Points.htm

CYA on the server!
John Denman

Hope to see some more people on for IMSA GT on Easter Sunday, Rfactor-league.com has the IMSA GT downloads if you need them.

Song used: Pendulum: Propane Nightmares

www.rfactor-league.com

Technical Difficulties Cancel Malaysian GP (=USGP=)

2011-04-12T23:58:00.000-07:00

With a great season so far and more members than ever the season came to a stutter in Malaysia thanks to a few server errors.. Ping latency went through the roof almost once a minute and even disqualified some cars off the grid for two separate days.

USGP will continue in China next week where the problems will probably be resolved to continue the great racing that our league offers.

GT2 Addon, R15 skins (by me) and Mazda Furai Addon for Enduracers

2011-04-01T14:37:00.000-07:00

Two mod news in one day, I meant to post this before but I found this on F1 Classic shortly after my own 12 hours of Sebring (Just my luck)

GT2 For Enduracers, BMW M3, Corvette and even a new Aston Martin

A few new Audi R15 Skins by me, I will upload and give a link shortly.. Including one I've spent hours on, the R15 Plus
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The Aston Martin P1 and the Mazda Furai

Enduracers "Bonuses" can be found here: http://f1classic.your-talk.com/t4574p210-endurance-series-service-pack-1-finally-released about five posts down with precise instructions..

And if you're looking for even more GT cars with even better physics and ultimate realism check out IMSA GT by rFactor-league.com IMSA GT can be found Here.

I DON'T OWN ANY MODS IN THIS POST; THE SKINS FOR THE R15 ARE MINE.

Here is the link the the Audi skins: http://www.mediafire.com/?n2v73d5ipbjdr7j Works with all of your R15 mods and comes with 4 skins.

A few decent F1 2011 mods starting to be released, and how to: KERS system for rFactor

2011-04-01T13:53:00.000-07:00

With the FIA Formula One 2011 World Championship beginning people are starting to look for some rFactor mods, as each year. Now so far there aren't any great mods like WCP, RFT and even FSone (Still waiting for 2010 from IPM) BUT that doesn't mean you can't race your 2011 seasons on single player or even try to race them online.

F1 2011 ISR

F1 2011 ISR has a good mod, based somewhat off of F1 2010, the tires have good detail and it is very fun to drive, you can check them out here:

http://f1classic.your-talk.com/t5762-f1-isr-2011-relased

Another mod, one that I have already done a 100% race of Melbourne on is quite enjoyable and has good decent physics, it's not a perfect mod but it is fun! Link: http://f1classic.your-talk.com/t5287-f1-2011-mod-found-rd

Download links may have problems, BUT I prefer ISR's mod except for the sounds which I will try and upload a backup for so people can use it with any mod.. Take a listen:

Both of these mods are good enough to hold me over and F1 Classic can be searched for a few more, F1MG is also releasing a new mod which is almost completed and can be found here: http://www.f1mg.blogspot.com/

Want more realism for 2011, KERS is an upgrade that was released on rFactorCentral http://rfactorcentral.com/detail.cfm?ID=KERS
by maxalan23

It's fun to use if you don't cheat with it, rFactor doesn't limit your time using K.E.R.S. so you'll need to be careful with it and be responsible not to use it the whole lap.

to use this on any mod find the vehicles upgrade menu (NOTE: I'm pretty sure this causes online mismatches, use only on single-player mods!!!!!) example: C:\Program Files (x86)\rFactor\GameData\Vehicles\F1_2011\F1_2011\F1_2011_Upgrades

Open the upgrade file with notepad and edit this in:

BaseVehiclePrice=0

UpgradeType="KERS By maxalan23 V1.00"
{ UpgradeLevel="OFF"
  {

  UpgradeLevel="OFF"
  {
  Description="Temporary Kers OFF"
  Description="Temporary Kers OFF"
  UpgradeLevel="ON"
  {
   Description="Temporary Kers ON"

   HDV=[ENGINE]
   HDV=EngineBoostRange=(0, 1, 2)
   hdv=EngineBoostSetting=1
   hdv=BoostEffects=(15.0, 0.005, 0.052)
   hdv=BoostTorque=0.0043
   hdv=BoostPower=0.00650
  }

  UpgradeLevel="OFF"
  {
  Description="Temporary Kers OFF"


  }

If you do it like the default KERS mod from RFC AI will use KERS 24/7

PLEASE NOTE THAT USING ENGINE BOOST 2 WILL PERMANENTLY KEEP KERS ON KEEP IT AT 1!!!!!

Be sure to contact me if you have any issues, Good luck and good racing to all.

I do not own nor have I created any of the mods in this section, KERS was made by maxalan23   F1 ISR was made by Italian Sim Racers F1 2011 mod (2) was made by Sandrox

Lynch back on top after clinching Melbourne win

2011-03-28T02:14:00.000-07:00

As the real Formula One season began in Australia we continued our season at USGP having a 45 minute race at the famous Albert Park circuit in Melbourne.

[Kurt Macdonald roaring through Albert Park in the McLaren]

J. Ruth set pole for a second consecutive race, and as last time still did not win the race. This week with Dae Bennett's absence Lynch Radinsky put on a dominating performance, winning by more than 30 seconds on the second placed Red Bull.

The third step of the podium was taken by Sam Steffy, a newcomer to the USGP server and a driver for Brawn GP, following him was Kurt "Mack" Macdonald. John Denman finished fifth (Engine troubles) Shifflett held sixth and rounding out the order was another newcomer Soappatrol who only got in ten laps before his engine blew.

[Lynch getting close for the cameras]

USGP plans to get back to action in two more weeks in Malaysia, until then the server is open for free practice for anyone who has FSone 2009 v2 and our trackpack We'd love to have more racers!

So far the USGP Points are as follows:

Lynch Radinsky: 43

John Ruth: 33

Dae Bennett: 25

Kurt MacDonald: 22

John Denman: 22

Sam Steffy: 15

Dathan Shifflett: 8

Song used: Hysteria by Muse www.rfactor-league.com www.jbvol-racescreens.blogspot.com

Join the Action of a fun loving racing league! =USGP= www.rfactor-league.com

=USGP= Starts 2011 in Bahrain.

2011-03-15T00:10:00.000-07:00

And in a fantastic way as well.. USGP Welcomed veteran racers and new members alike for the season opener with a decent turn out and a very enjoyable race.

"Weekend" Recap:

Williams F1 split the Bull's for the practice session and some drivers were too late to practice the Sakhir Circuit.

Practice times:

P1 John Ruth Red Bull Racing 1:52.678
P2 Dae Bennett Williams F1 1:54.808
P3 John Denman Red Bull Racing 1:55.456
P4 Kurt "Mack" MacDonald Vodafone McLaren 1:56.619

Qualifying saw Lynch Radinsky and also Roger Hays pop up on the timesheet (Although Hays couldn't make the race)

After problems with qualifying and about three extra sessions the grid lined up as:

P1 John Ruth Red Bull Racing 1:52.807
P2 Dae Bennett Williams F1 1:54.138 (+1.291)
P3 Lynch Radinsky McLaren 1:54.248(+1.400)
P4 John Denman Red Bull Racing 1:55.296(+2.499)
P5 Kurt MacDonald McLaren 1:55.995(+3.188)
P6 Roger Hays Brawn GP 1:56.307(+3.500)

The race was exciting through some parts, an epic battle for second position towards the end of the race by Lynch Radinsky and John Ruth added a good highlight reel but in the end it was two spins which would cost Red Bull the top step of the podium. Williams F1 took the win with Dae Bennett and McLaren Mercedes would take second with Lynch Radinsky

Race Results:

Dae Bennett Williams F1 21 laps 41:09.877 ---
Lynch Radinsky McLaren 21 laps 41:14.498 +04.612
John Ruth Red Bull 21 laps 41:23.633 +13.756
John Denman Red Bull 21 laps 42:25.487 +1:15.610
Kurt MacDonald McLaren 20 laps 41:37.087 +1 Lap

Congratulations to Dae Bennett for the win and congratulations to Kurt "Mack" for finishing his first =USGP= race. I can't wait for Melbourne so we can race again.

Song used: Omen by The Prodigy www.rfactor-league.com www.jbvol-racescreens.blogspot.com

Join the Action of a fun loving racing league! =USGP= www.rfactor-league.com

=USGP= 2011 Almost ready to go

2011-03-03T22:52:00.000-08:00

Still we have another week to prepare but I believe that we are ready to get this season started, We've had a few people register but we still need more so please, if you want to join a casual, fun loving racing league. You've come to the right place.

With the IMSA GT mod and FSone 2009 v2 mods we will hold all 20 FIA Formula One races and some fantasy ones too so visit http://www.rfactor-league.com today and join in on the action

Custom files including the Skins for 2011 so far, TVStyle display for 2011 and the updated loadscreens can be found at
http://www.gamefront.com/files/20061635/%3DUSGP%3D+F1+2011+Optional+Downloads+Pack.rar

A very long awaited update..

2011-03-01T22:26:00.000-08:00

It's been a long time, it's safe to say I've been enjoying the offseason but I will enjoy this 2011 season even more with the USGP F1 2011 season kicking off in Bahrain .. Next weekend we finally will start (Even though Formula 1 has cancelled the Bahrain venue) The cars will be FSone 2009 just like the winter tour and competition will be split into 4 mini "series" of 5 races each

Register today at http://rfactor-league.com/ to join in on the racing action, the server is open for practice at ALL times considering you have our trackpack and FSone version 2.0 installed.

This will be a great season and I can't wait to get back to action with simracing.

Williams Shows it's might at Surfer's Paradise

2010-12-20T02:45:00.000-08:00

Last night's race of Surfer's Paradise only had 4 drivers but it definately was a fun drive for me atleast. Qualifying times were within 1 second for the first 8 minutes out of 10 and the race was filled with unexpected twists and turns.

Qualy times:

Lynch Radinsky: 1:21.087 (Fastest of the Weekend)
John Ruth: 1:22.643 (+1.556)
Dae Bennett: 1:23.443 (+2.356)
John Denman: 1:23.510 (+2.423)

Brawn GP Came out to an early lead after Qualifying 1-2, Dae Bennett (AT&T Williams) would soon overtake J. Ruth for second and follow up by taking advantage of Lynch's braking problems. Red Bull had pit problems and was force two laps down before the end of the race.

Race Results:
Dae Bennett: 30:40.709
Lynch Radinsky: 31:09.451 (+28.742)
John Ruth: 31:10.943 (+30.234)
John Denman: 30.42.100 (+2 Laps)

Happy Holidays Everyone!

Audi R15 for Enduracers.

2010-12-18T23:12:00.000-08:00

For all those that love endurance/ Le Mans racing here is a great car made by someone that isn't working with Enduracers (But the car fits with either Enduracers or Serie International Du Mans)

It's a great car so there is no worries, however, you WILL have to modify some files so if you use these mods for multiplayer either backup the .RFM or you might just want to reinstall the mod to a different rFactor.

First things first. You'll need the car itself. I want to first say that the car above is my own skin of the car which I will upload shortly anyhow. I DID NOT make this car, I'm only helping you install it!

Skin: http://www.filefront.com/17669051/R15 Plus Skin by JB.rar
Audi R15: http://www.filefront.com/16708681/rf_audi_r15.rar/
Creator: http://f1classic.your-talk.com/gt-cars-f20/audi-r15-tdi-for-rfactor-t2379-15.htm

Now that you have the car from 2009 it's time to install it. This car works primarily as a stand alone but you can use it in any series.

--FOR ENDURACERS--

Drag the R15URG into Enduracers like shown here

If it's too small to read like that make sure it's in Gamedata=>Vehicles=>EnduranceSeries=>P1

NOW step two. the RFM file.

Please remember that you don't need to move the sounds file to anything but if you're like me and want a more realistic sound I'd say replace the R15's SFX to the R10s in the SP1 package.

For the RFM file

Here's an image of mine with the R15 installed

You need to open the .RFM with notepad by right clicking it and selecting open with...

After selecting notepad you need to delete the line Vehicle Filter = EnduSeries found on the seventh line (Not including the spaces) Now the RFM should say

// EnduRacers - Endurance Series

// v1 - SP1

// Game/Season Info: Salvation

Mod Name = Endurance Series by EnduRacers SP1

Track Filter = * // this filter allows any track

SafetyCar = EnduranceSeries_PC.veh

Matchmaker = match.rfactor.net

Matchmaker TCP Port = 39001

Matchmaker UDP Port = 39002

Loading Bar Color = 16750848

RaceCast Location = racecast.rfactor.net

ConfigOverrides

{

SoundDir=GAMEDATA\SOUNDS\EnduranceSeries\

VehiclesDir=GAMEDATA\VEHICLES\EnduranceSeries\

OptionsDir=UIDATA\EnduranceSeries\

MovieDir=MOVIEFILES\EnduranceSeries\

DriversDir=GAMEDATA\TALENT\EnduranceSeries\

HelmetsDir=GAMEDATA\HELMETS\GP2SHAPE\

MusicDir=Music\EnduranceSeries

ShadersDir=GAMEDATA\SHARED\EnduranceSeries\

}

Now you're done! Go out there and race!

Serie International Du Mans

Drag the R15 into the ILMS folder and then modify the .veh file with notepad to (Example)

Number=001

Team="LM24 Audi Sport Team Joest"

PitGroup="Group01"

Driver="Capello - Kristensen - McNish"

Description="#01 - Audi R15 TDI"

Engine="Audi TDI V10, 40 Valves"

Manufacturer="Audi"

Classes="LM-P1 R15"

That's the Le Mans 24 Hours car #1.

Afterwards open the ILMS .RFM and make the beginning look like this

// Carpe Nocten Design Group

// Game/Season Info:

Mod Name = Serie Internationale Du Mans v2.77

Track Filter = * // this filter allows any track

SafetyCar = ILMS_PACECAR.veh

Matchmaker = match.rfactor.net

Matchmaker TCP Port = 39001

Matchmaker UDP Port = 39002

Loading Bar Color = 16750848

RaceCast Location = racecast.rfactor.net

If your game crashes with ILMS and the Audi R15 like others have reported and I have also experienced, sometimes a cpu restart fixes it and if that doesnt help try racing without the Porsche Spyder and possibly the Acura P2, I don't know why but they seem to affect that for me. Good Luck and Good Racing!

That's all you need to do to race the R15 Earlier than Enduracers can release it. Now we have to find that R18 somewhere. Thanks for reading and comment if you need help or if you want to thank me just click follow for great rFactor screenshots, leagues and Mod Reviews!

I did not make any of these mods nor vehicles the skin is mine though!

RaceRoom: The Game

2010-12-08T16:40:00.000-08:00

Simbin has done it again, another simracing game in beta, free to all!

Raceroom is a free game from Simbin featuring only one track (Hockenheimring 3 versions: Short, National, Grand Prix) and two car classes with 11 opponent cars each a Formula One type car and the Camaro Cup.

The sounds of this game is amazing, Exterior it has the most realistic Formula sound out there (Way ahead of the rFactor mods to date) Interior aren't perfect but they're still very nice.

Graphics wise this game has little improvement from Race07 and other simbin titles but I guess we can't complain when the game is 100% free.

There is no damage in this game however which I give it a thumbs down for. Consequences is part of racing now people will have an extra reason why to try that stupid move to the inside on a corner or to brake a little later than you while running behind you like Mark Webber at Valencia. Also with that said there is alot of bumping in online races for position. A positive for cars but not for open wheelers in my opinion.

Overall the game shows alot of potiential and I suggest everyone that is a racing fan to try it. Weekly time trial competition and soon screenshot competitions ETC. I have a feeling that in time if they get more tracks, maybe even a fantasy one, this game will be good

Bull splits the Brawns in Round Three

2010-12-06T14:19:00.000-08:00

Elkhart Lake, or Road America, was a great track for the USGP Series especially after the previous two road courses, a nice change of scenery too!

Practice saw Lynch leading the pack as it always seems to be setting a dominating time of 1:36.087 a total of 2.8 seconds over the competition!

Practice:
Lynch Radinsky: 1:36.087 45 Laps
John Denman: 1:38.939 25 Laps
Dae Bennett: 1:40.231 38 Laps
John Ruth: 1:42.255 57 Laps

While 2 seconds seemed to be the gap for practice it all changed in Qualifying. A last second lap brought John Ruth from fourth to third and Lynch hardly held onto his pole position. Edging out Denman by only .008 seconds

Qualy:
Lynch Radinsky: 1:38.333
John Denman: 1:38.341
John Ruth: 1:41.080
Dae Bennett: 1:41.187

With such close Qualifying times between the sets of drivers the start was critical. Right off the line Ruth passed Denman when the lights switched green but Denman retook second on the first turn. Bennett would be the next to overtake when he passed Ruth in turn 3 and 4. There the spots would stay until a glitched stop and go disqualified Dae Bennett and unfortunately ended his race.

Race Results:
Lynch Radinsky: 18 Laps 31 Minutes 36.911 Seconds (+0.000) Fastest Lap: 1:39.038
John Denman: 18 Laps 31 Minutes 49.719 Seconds (+12.808) Fastest Lap: 1:38.805
John Ruth: DNF Fastest Lap: 1:44.425
Dae Bennet: DQ Fastest Lap: 1:41.299

Points (Unless Dropped)

[Driver: Points (Point Drops Remaining) ]

Lynch Radinsky: 62 (4 Drops)
John Ruth: 52 (4 Drops)
Dae Bennett: 42 (4 Drops)
John Denman: 36 (3 Drops)
Niki Johnston: 18 (2 Drops)
Jeff Johnston: 10 (2 Drops)
Emmanuel Baako: 0 (1 Drop)
CJ Miller: 0 (1 Drop)
Morris: 0 (1 Drop)

Constructors:

Brawn GP: 114
At&t Williams: 42
Red Bull: 36
ING Renault: 38

Pictures from Elkhart Lake

Las Vegas Troubles.

2010-12-05T18:13:00.000-08:00

Las Vegas, proved to be quite a tricky track this time around. Blind corners, tight chicanes and only one high speed straight.

Practice went as planned with laps almost under 1 minute for every driver. It was close and competitive throughout Qualifying as well.

The race posted more issues when the server gave out connection to all of the drivers ending what was a really great race in it's tracks.

Almost an hour after the scheduled start, when the connection was secured all the drivers came back for a final shootout. A 5 lap race to determine the points.

Lynch Radinsky set pole and got the win followed by John Denman in his return. Third place saw Dae Bennett followed by John Ruth in fourth with a crash DNF.

This is a very late post and now you know why. Not much to summarize other than the five laps. That is also why there is no race edit.

Points: http://rfactor-league.com/USGP/2010ProTour/SeasonPoints/SeasonPoints.htm

http://rfactor-league.com/ USGP Winter League. Sign up Today while you still have a chance!

San Jose Doesn't Disappoint.

2010-11-22T00:37:00.000-08:00

The kickoff to the 2010/2011 USGP Winter Pro Tour was a definate success last night.

After an hour and a half of a deserted server the group finally arrived, although there were only five drivers there was definitely alot of action.

Mechanical failures were key in the race at San Jose, the tight tricky track was a great start to a great season ahead. Only two cars survived the tough street circuit during the 60 minute race.

Practice Times:

P1: Lynch Radinsky: 47.299

P2: Dae Bennett 48.846

P3: John Ruth 49.151

P4: Niki Johnston 51.826

P5: Jeff Johnston 52.932

Qualifying Times

P1: Lynch Radinsky 47.648

P2: Dae Bennett 48.570

P3: John Ruth 49.015

P4: Jeff Johnston 50.680

P5: Niki Johnston 51.243

Race Results

P1: John Ruth (1:00:02.043)

P2: Niki Johnston (1:00:33.896)

P3: Dae Bennett (Engine)

P4: Lynch Radinsky (DNF Accident)

P5: Jeff Johnston (Engine)

Highest Climber: Niki Johnston (3)

Best Lap 48.585 (Lynch Radinsky)

Constructors (If not dropped):

Brawn GP: 37
ING Renault: 28
AT&T Williams: 15

F1 2010 Updated Skins V3.0

2010-11-20T13:35:00.000-08:00

Well all good things (Mediocre even) Have to end somewhere. V3.1 is the final edition to this package featuring the 2010 Formula One World Championship's Abu Dhabi liveries.

Download for 3.1 (Abu Dhabi Liveries): http://www.nogripracing.com/details.php?filenr=30203

Download for 2.0 (Japan GP Liveries): http://www.megaupload.com/?d=TKRTYN1I

Download 1.2 (Singapore GP) : http://www.racedepartment.com/downloads/f1-2010-skins-helmets-rims-gloves-53/f1-2010-updated-skins-3242/

Golden Bull: Celebrate Seb's brilliant driving in Abu Dhabi and all year with this special Red Bull skin. Comes with the backup skin from V3.0 of my Skins Pack.

Download the Golden Bull at: http://www.nogripracing.com/details.php?filenr=30151

Final Edition of F1 2010 Reskinned almost completed. And "The Golden Bull" Revealed

2010-11-16T18:34:00.000-08:00

Well it's been a great season for Formula One..That's all I can really say about it at this point. In celebration of the wonderful season I am releasing F1 2010 Reskinned v 3.0 (Final edition) featuring Virgin Racing updated for Qnet Sauber's logos removed from the sidepod and a few more color fixes.

For Sebastian Vettel and Red Bull's accomplishments I made this skin for fun. The Golden Bull which will soon be up on nogrip and RaceDepartment.

Up and Down Night In Abu Dhabi

2010-11-15T00:07:00.000-08:00

USGP At Yas Marina Circuit Abu Dhabi

USGP Race Recap

What a season it was guys. We might've missed a couple of tracks from lack of people but it sure was a good season. Best part is that the league is growing in numbers! And what better track to end the F1 2010 tour than Abu Dhabi, The Yas Marina Circuit.

P1 Ended with Lynch@NY setting the fastest time at 1:43.8, Myself at a 1:45.3 Denman at a 1:48.2 and CJ Miller at a 2:08.3

It wasn't long until Lynch set another fastest lap in P2 after getting in a scrap with the Williams driver. His lap was a 1:42.958 which would stay as the fastest of this weekend. The rest of the field stayed around their P1 time. J. Ruth: 1:44.199 J.Denman 1.47.521 and CJ Miller of Williams at a 2:08:674

Qualifying brought a new challenge. The track wasn't lit as well and a dark track and Parc Ferme brought lap times down for most drivers. Lynch set pole for the fourth straight time at 1:44.845 followed by J.Ruth at 1:45.539 J. Denman at 1:53.160 N. Johnston at 1:57.313 J. Johnston at 1:58.009 and CJ Miller at 2:14.555

As we all know..The unexpected and the worst seems to happen in races. This came true tonight for 4 drivers. J.Ruth Picks up a DNF on lap 2 due to a faulty connection. Lynch had engine problems that drug him out of the race and N. Johnston also fell to a DNF. CJ Miller Crashed out on lap 3

In the end John Denman picked up the win with only 2 cars finishing up. I think it is well deserved and well fit that the server host and league creator wins the final GP of the year. USGP continues next weekend with it's Pro Winter Tour.

Screens from Sunday at Abu Dhabi

One Last Push.

2010-11-14T14:35:00.000-08:00

Abu Dhabi..Possibly one of the best F1 circuits built in recent years and by far causing the most pressure. The track is fast and you encounter two long straights each lap followed by the twists and turns of a street circuit. No doubt Abu Dhabi is challenging it's almost like an Endurance race.

(Screen thanks to elgh33)

Vettel came into todays race in third for the points and trying to fight Ferrari's Alonso and even his Teammate Webber. Hell even McLaren gave it all they had but Sebastian Vettel dominated the track today and the rest of the field. With a win and the help of the Renault team Vettel won the 2010 World Driver's Title here.

Sebastian Vettel, Congratulations on becoming the youngest driver to ever win the Formula One World Driver's Title.

More Screenshots (Thanks to Elgh33 NvidiaPCGaming)

2010-11-05T14:14:00.000-07:00

Thanks so much for helping this blog get under way!!!

11/14/2010

Getting To Be That Time of Year

2010-11-05T13:39:00.000-07:00

VLN 2005 mod.

Nordschleife Winter

Nürburgring Nordschleife

2010-11-02T03:41:00.001-07:00

A try to show the power of VLN from the "Spectators" point of view at Nordschleife.

Changing AI opponents with RFM files.

2010-10-31T15:08:00.000-07:00

Helping someone out from USGP and all who are curious.

First of all open your Rfactor/RFM folder then find the RFM you're looking for

Right click the RFM and select "Open With..."

Choose Notepad to open the file with

Change this number to however many you want. That's all you need to do!

Now Save As and rename it if you want to use the regular mod for Online and if it's a Single player ONLY mod just save it and open Rfactor!

Rfactor Rally (Thanks to Elgh33 ((NvidiaPCGaming)))

2010-10-27T12:59:00.000-07:00

F1 2010 Reskinned

2010-10-21T16:28:00.000-07:00

2.0 is finally out featuring the new logos of Sauber Racing, fixing the Red Bull, Tweaking Force India and more color fixes. There's still more updates to come though. Force India isn't 100% but that will change soon.

V2.0 Download Links:

NoGrip: http://www.nogripracing.com/details.php?filenr=29708
MegaUpload: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=TKRTYN1I

V1.2 Link (Sorry RD)
RaceDepartment: http://www.racedepartment.com/downloads/f1-2010-game-89/f1-2010-updated-skins-3242

Best of Rfactor (2005-2010) 5 Years of Greatness

2010-10-20T01:41:00.001-07:00

USGP Hungaroring Screen

2010-10-20T01:14:00.001-07:00

Start of a new Rfactor/Sim Racing blog.

2010-10-20T01:10:00.000-07:00

So for another hobby I figured I'd upload my screenshots here and include some videos too. Hope I can get some people here to follow me.

If you're interested in a fun-loving league check out USGP on the info bar. Races start around 10 PM EST Every Sunday with Highlight Videos every Monday/Tuesday!