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What's it all about?
You start with a basic low pp vehicle, your lemon. At the start of the series you are allowed to install performance parts to get your lemon to a specific PP level. Parts that don't affect PP are not allowed to start.
As you win races and gain points toward the championship, the better you do, the less money you win to upgrade your lemon. The reward system allows novice drivers to run faster cars against expert drivers thus equalizing the field. Awarded credits can be used for power upgrades or nice-to-haves like a transmission or suspension. You can't expect to win every race. In fact, it is guaranteed that you won't, but you've got to go out there and make the most of what you've got.
Races are between 60 and 90 minutes with damage on full. This forces drivers to race conservatively to avoid unnecessary trips to pit road. It also requires pit strategy and tire conservation. When stuck with a slower car, it is quite possible to draft someone for the entire race waiting for them to make a mistake. Lap traffic comes into play as well. Cars being lapped are not allowed to block, but they can still slow down a lead lap driver enough for someone to catch up...or the lapped car can provide a timely draft late in the race.
Here is a short video of two cars racing for the championship late in the season. The MR2 is in first place in the points chase while the Primara is in second place. The race came down to tire wear with the MR2 being able to catch the Primara late in the tire run...however passing in a slower car with better tires was a 5 lap ordeal that finally ended in a bold, but miscalculated late braking effort.
For those interested, please take a look at some of the other Lemons to Lemans threads and fill out the following survey so we can get an idea of what to do for next season.
Season 3 will likely start the week of August 22nd and run on multiple nights at 9:30 Eastern Time.
You start with a basic low pp vehicle, your lemon. At the start of the series you are allowed to install performance parts to get your lemon to a specific PP level. Parts that don't affect PP are not allowed to start.
As you win races and gain points toward the championship, the better you do, the less money you win to upgrade your lemon. The reward system allows novice drivers to run faster cars against expert drivers thus equalizing the field. Awarded credits can be used for power upgrades or nice-to-haves like a transmission or suspension. You can't expect to win every race. In fact, it is guaranteed that you won't, but you've got to go out there and make the most of what you've got.
Races are between 60 and 90 minutes with damage on full. This forces drivers to race conservatively to avoid unnecessary trips to pit road. It also requires pit strategy and tire conservation. When stuck with a slower car, it is quite possible to draft someone for the entire race waiting for them to make a mistake. Lap traffic comes into play as well. Cars being lapped are not allowed to block, but they can still slow down a lead lap driver enough for someone to catch up...or the lapped car can provide a timely draft late in the race.
Here is a short video of two cars racing for the championship late in the season. The MR2 is in first place in the points chase while the Primara is in second place. The race came down to tire wear with the MR2 being able to catch the Primara late in the tire run...however passing in a slower car with better tires was a 5 lap ordeal that finally ended in a bold, but miscalculated late braking effort.
For those interested, please take a look at some of the other Lemons to Lemans threads and fill out the following survey so we can get an idea of what to do for next season.
Season 3 will likely start the week of August 22nd and run on multiple nights at 9:30 Eastern Time.
