MIRL Season 13: Drivers Guide

[Justin Lee]

The theme for Season 13 is a tribute to 1998 CART series points standings. The race at Indianapolis will be named in recognition of one of our former drivers.

Read the MIRL Rules

MIRL Home Page
http://www.mnrlonline.com/mirl/MIRL_index.html

MOD
CARTFactor: http://www.rfactorcentral.com/detail.cf ... T%20Factor
You have to load the original CART Factor mod before loading the custom car files


Custom Car Files
http://www.mnrlonline.com/mirl/files/MIRL_Teams.rar
Drop this file into the rfactor/gamedata/vehicles/CARTFactor/1998/ folder

All cars have Reynard-Honda-Firestone Physics

Sign up in the rFactor RPM system here if you did not run in Season 12 or if you are not currently registered in the rFactor RPM system for another MNRL series:
http://racepointsmanager.com/pm3/?leagu ... o=register

All RC races will have standing starts with a formation lap. Oval races will have rolling starts. I will try to have practice open by 7:05 pm eastern. Qualifying starts at 8:35 eastern. Qualifying will be 10 minutes, 12 lap limit, open 'Euro' style qualifying for RC races. Oval races will have private qual with 4 laps (1 out lap, 4 laps on track, 1 in lap). All road course races will have 1x tire wear and 2x fuel consumption multiplication. All ovals will be 1x fuel and 1x tire wear. Driver's meeting will follow qualifying, then a 10 minute warmup. All road races will have a mandatory pit stop. We will restart the race only once if there is a severe accident on the warmup lap or at turn one (5 or more cars).

Oval races will have full course cautions. The field is frozen when the yellow is waved. Lucky Dog is active as is green/white/checker finishes. There is one attempt at a Green/White/Checker finish. If the caution comes out during that, the race finishes under yellow. Road Course races run with local yellows only.

Custom Car Skin Download:
Install to your rFactor directory into the MIRL Teams folder

This package contains Reynard, Lola, Penske, and Swift skins that came with the mod that you can use if you choose not to paint your own.

Custom Skins Resources and Instructions:
Templates:
Contains Reynard Chassis, Lola Chassis, Penske Chassis, Swift Chassis, Wing, Driver Suit, and Helmet
http://www.mnrlonline.com/mirl/files/AllCARTFactorTemplates.rar

Send all your files to Malik Lowry and he will assemble the carpack.
MIRL_Skinpack@yahoo.com

Skin Packs

Load these in order
www.mnrlonline.com/mirl/files/MIRL_Skinpack_1.exe

www.mnrlonline.com/mirl/files/MIRL_Skinpack_update1.exe

Naming Convention: Please name your files starting with your car number and then last name:
Example: 7Lee.dds


rFm File for All Races
http://www.mnrlonline.com/mirl/files/MI ... RFM_V1.rar


Points System
We will use the IRL points system.
P1 - 50; P2 - 40; P3 - 35; P4 - 32; P5 - 30;
P6 - 28; P7 - 26; P8 - 24; P9 - 22; P10 - 20;
P11 - 19; P12 - 18; P13 - 17; P14 - 16; P15 - 15;
P16 - 14; P17 - 13; P18 thru P24 - 12;
P25 and up - 10;

Bonus points:
2 for leading the most laps
2 for most positions gained (new to season 13)
1 for getting the pole


Season 13 Schedule:

Al Unser Jr. Las Vegas Indy 150-Las Vegas Motor Speedway, USA (Speedway Wing) 100 Laps
Adrian Fernandez Detroit GP-Detroit 1988, USA (RC Wing) 31 Laps
Brian Herta Indy 125 Milwaukee Mile, USA (Short Oval Wing) 125 Laps
Dario Franchitti Italian GP-Monza, Italy (Short Oval Wing) 30 Laps
MIRL Sam Giltner Indy 225*-Indianapolis, USA (Speedway Wing) 90 Laps
Greg Moore Canadian GP-Montreal, Canada (RC Wing) 34 Laps
Bobby Rahal Indy 150-Kentucky, USA (Superspeedway Wing) 100 Laps
Scott Pruett Indy at the Glen-Watkins Glen, USA (RC Wing) 35 Laps
Michael Andretti 150-Nazareth, USA (Short Oval Wing) 100 Laps
Jimmy Vasser Indy Japan-Suzuka, Japan (RC Wing) 30 Laps
Alex Zanardi Indy 180-California Speedway, USA (Speedway Wing) 90 Laps
Tony Kanaan Brazillian GP-Interlagos, Brazil (RC Wing) 38 Laps
*MNRL Special Event, will count for regular points

MIRL Season 13 track download links:
Unrar into your rFactor/GameData/Locations except as noted
Setups are downloadable from the RPM Schedule page (http://server1.racepointsmanager.com/pm ... e/series/1 ). Do a right click and 'Save As' to download.

You may change the following in the fixed setup (see NOTE):
- Initial Fuel
- Fuel Strategy
- Brake Bias
- Brake Pressure
- Steering Lock
- Rev Limit
- Boost Mapping
- Front Wing
- Engine Braking

NOTE: rFactor resets these values to the base values in the setup with each session change, so the changes will have to be reset each time. At the start of the race session, you have 35 seconds to make any adjustments and get in your car before the green flag. This 35 second value is hard coded in rFactor and cannot be changed. Failure to make your changes in 35 seconds will result in you missing the race start, which means you have to start from the pits. If you do have to start from the pits, make sure you do not leave the pits until the light turns green, or you will be disqualified. BE SMART about the changes you intend to make. Don't overdo it.

Aids:
We allow the following Aids:
Traction Control (level 1 - low)
Antilock Brakes (level 1 - low)
Auto Shift (level 3 - high)
Auto Clutch
Auto Lift
Auto Blip

Multipliers:
Damage set to 50% for Road Courses and 60% for Ovals
Fuel is 2x and Tires are 1x on Road Courses; Both multipliers are 1x on Ovals

TeamSpeak:
Usage of TeamSpeak is highly encouraged. The league TS server is at
216.246.38.85:8795 and the PW is the same as the race server (which you will get in race announcement emails).

[Justin Lee]

Here is a link to the templates available for Season 13:
http://www.mnrlonline.com/mirl/files/AllCARTFactorTemplates.rar
Here is a link to the car files for Season 13: http://www.mnrlonline.com/mirl/files/MIRL_Teams.rar
Drop this file into the rfactor/gamedata/vehicles/CARTFactor/1998/ folder

The Reynard template is the same one from this past season while the Lola, Swift, and Penske were worked on by the admin/setup team. The only template that has a wireframe is the Reynard but the shadows, screw, random parts, etc of the other chassis are found in their own layer to give it a better look. I included a layer containing a car the used the chassis to use as a guide for designing.

The Reynard chassis will be available in several configurations based on whether or not there is a fin and the rim options as well as the tire brand. The two rim manufacturers were BBS and OZ, which are available in chrome or black. Gold is available for the BBS Firestones. You will be able to use either Firestone or Good Year branded tires although the physics in game will be the Firestones. The steering wheel varies from car to car but for the most part are the same. There is a change available that you can make to change the wheel to the Mercedes variant in game. The Pac West version of the Reynard was not available due to issues with the mod; this version had a different fin but otherwise was the same. Likewise, the Tasman version of the Reynard is not available for the same reason. The Tasman Reynard had a slightly different engine cover.

The Swift chassis likewise will be available in several configurations. There is a fin and non fin version. Because of issues with the mod, Firestone tires will be available with black OZ rims and Good Year tires will be available with BBS rims. Included is a fin template and guide should you choose to use this version.

The Swift and Penske chassis are locked with their current configuration. The Swift comes with black BBS rims and Good Year tires while the Penske comes with chrome OZ rims with Good Year tires.

The Driver templates are included. This uses the same IDT Helmet that was used in the 2006 CCWS mod, the 1995 Indycar mod, 2007/8/9 Indycar mods, as well as CART Factor.

If there are any updates to the files prior to Season 13 they will be posted here.