Sporting Code and Charter

Last Updated: 18 August 2009

I. New Dimension Racing
1. New Dimension Racing (NDR) is the team that organizes leagues and events for the
motorsport simulator Live for Speed. The team also has the option of entering events
that it is not administering as a racing team.
a. New Dimension Racing drivers may enter in a New Dimension Racing League or
event provided there is written permission by the Chief Race Administrator in the LFS
Forum prior to the event, and that any protest procedures involving said drivers is
dealt with using non-participant members of NDR.
2. The New Dimension Racing Team Consists of the following positions.
a. Chief Race Administrator (CRA): The incumbent CRA is charged with the task of
administering all races run by NDR. The incumbent shall also design all regulations.
Courses must be approved by the CRA. Autocross layouts may be implemented to
meet the CRAs requirements. The CRA may override permitted signups by another
NDR member. The CRA has final say in all event occurrences. Should the CRA be
unavailable for an event, the current CRA shall name his substitute in a public forum
post.
b. Chief Operations Officer (COO): The incumbent COO is charged with the task of
setting provisional calendars in conjunction with the CRA, and shall be the person
responsible for maintaining signups and entry lists. The COO shall be the person
tasked with leading of advertising of NDR events and leagues. Should the CRA be
unavailable for an event and not exercise the option to name a replacement, the COO
shall be the default replacement.
c. Chief Information Officer (CIO): The incumbent CIO is charged with the task of
maintenance of the NDR website, and forum. The CIO shall be the assistant to the
COO with regards to signups and entry and promotion.
d. Chief Content Officer (CCO): The incumbent CCO is charged with the task of
performing all streaming video services for NDR.
e. Assistant Race Administrator (ARA): The incumbent ARA shall be an assistant
administrator in all NDR events. The ARA may be charged with the title of Race
Director of an NDR league at the CRA’s direction. The ARA shall be the next default
substitute for the CRA in the event of the CRA’s absence.
 f. Safety Car Driver: The Safety Car Driver shall be one or more persons qualified to
operate the Safety Car during an event. Training may be required. Limitations may
be set as to which NDR events persons with this title may be authorized to SC at.
There must be at least two (2) qualified Safety Car Drivers at each NDR sanctioned
or supported event.
g. Driver: The Driver shall be one or more persons qualified to race on behalf of NDR in
racing events, regardless of their sanctioning body.
3. NDR is an invitation-only team. Invitations must be agreed to by both the Chief Race
Administrator and the Chief Operations Officer.
II. General
1. Knowledge of Rules
a. Every Racer who enters into a New Dimension Racing Event must read and
understand the New Dimension Racing Sporting Code as well as the rules and
regulations for the particular event and shall commit themselves to abide by the
rules contained therein.
2. Finality of Decisions
a. Every decision made by the organizers and race officials is final.
b. There is a period for appeals for penalties issued by the Race Director. This period
is announced when it opens and closes. Appeals outside of this window will not be
heard, except from conditions of force majeure.
3. Forum Reading
a. You are obliged to read the New Dimension Racing Events forum as well as any
other websites that are stated as Official Sources of Information on a regular basis
so as to know what is going on with the events and when.
4. Driver Names and Number Plates
a. You are required to use this format for your Racer Name: Car Number First Initial
Last Name (e.g. 123 J. Bloggs). Failure to use this format in Officially Timed Sessions
may result in exclusion from session.
b. Your Number Plate shall be left empty for all Officially Timed Sessions, unless
otherwise noted in a series rule book.
5. Car Liveries
1. You must produce a car livery (skin) for each New DImension Series or Event you
are participating in. Generally, NDR will not regulate designs in and of themselves -
drivers are free to go with what they wish. NDR may request certain items be placed
on the skins in certain ways, which are to be taken into consideration. This section of
the Sporting Code illustrates the general requirements for your skins. Individual
event or series rule books may amend or modify or forego these requirements.
a. Your skin must be uploaded onto LFSWorld, and therefore must meet the
standards of doing so. You must also post a high-resolution copy of your skin in
the appropriate thread of the forum for the event your skin is to be used for.
b. For closed-roof cars (tin-tops), the car number shall be clearly marked on the
doors, and on the roof of the car, to be visible from facing the left side of the car.
c. For open cockpit cars (formula cars), the car number shall be placed on the nose
section, oriented so as to be viewed facing the car straight on; and the numbers
shall be on both rear wing endplates.
d. For open cockpit cars without wings (MRT), the numbers that would normally be
on the endplates shall be placed on the side pods.
e. For open wheeled cars without wings (LX), the numbers that would normally be
on the roof shall be placed on the bonnet.
2. New Dimension Racing may from time to time require drivers to run specific
identification badges in certain locations of the car. These badges may not be
modified in any way, for example, no color profile changes, no opacity adjustments, no
distortion of the plate. Scaling may be done for the badge to fit in the required
location, should the badge be sized incorrectly. Liveries should not cause the badge
to be obscured, or have its visibility reduced.
6. Attendance
a. If for any reason, you are unable to attend a race, please advise the Competition
Director as soon as possible.
b. If you fail to advise prior to the start of the final Free Practice session of the
weekend, or other stated deadline, you may face temporary suspension from the
series which you are participating in.
 c. You must be present in the server by the start of qualifying, or the stated deadline,
whichever comes earlier, to be considered on time. Late comers will be started from
the back of the grid or pit lane, at the discretion of the race director. If you do not
show up by the time qualifying ends, you may not be permitted to enter the race, at
the discretion of the race director.
d. An event may be postponed or suspended at the administration's discretion should
less than eight (8) cars be available to run or to complete full distance. In the event
of a postponement prior to qualifying or race start, the event may be rescheduled to
run on a later date. If the event cannot be rescheduled, or the race started before
suspension, points will be awarded based on the regulations for that particular
series.
III. Personal Conduct
1. Personal Behavior
a. Every person associated with a New Dimension Racing-sanctioned event shall
conduct themselves according to the highest standards of behavior and
sportsmanship, particularly in their relationship with other competitors and officials,
and in a manner that shall not be prejudicial to the reputation of New Dimension
Racing or to the sport.
2. Driving Code
a. Competitors are expected to race in a safe and considerate manner. Any
competitor who drives in a dangerous or overly aggressive manner without showing
consideration for their fellow competitors will be penalized.
IV.Flags
1. Green
a. The course is clear and the session is under way.
2. Yellow
a. There has been an incident somewhere upstream of the flag. Reduce your speed
and be prepared to quickly and safely change direction. There is no overtaking in a
yellow flag area.
 3. Red
a. The session has been stopped due to an incident. Use caution and proceed to pit
lane immediately. Overtaking is forbidden.
4. Blue
a. Used as a warning to a slower car that a faster car is approaching. Use caution.
Hold your line, and make no moves to impede the faster car.
5. Black and White divided diagonally
a. Competitor warning displayed with number. Used to warn driver of improper driving
conduct. Failure to improve conduct will result in a black flag.
6. Black
a. A summons to enter pit lane for consultation or penalty. Number is shown with the
flag. Racer must comply within three laps of the issuance of the flag or a
disqualification will result.
7. White
a. There is a slow vehicle ahead on course. Overtaking is permitted, but use caution for
a slow car.
8. Checkered
a. The session is ended.
V. Driving Conduct
1. Racing Surface
a. The racing surface shall be defined as the marked, paved race course and its
curbing only. Pit lanes, their entries and exits, run-offs, grass verges, et al are
expressly excluded from the racing surface.
b. Positions gained by leaving the racing surface shall be yielded back or a drive-thru
penalty will be assessed.
2. Car-to-car Contact
a. It is the responsibility of all drivers to avoid physical contact between cars.
b. All competitors have a right to “racing room” on the marked racing surface.
c. “Racing Room” is defined as sufficient space to allow a competitor to maintain
control of his car in close quarters under racing conditions.
VI. Overtaking
1. Overlap
a. When overtaking a car, you must achieve any measure of overlap with the car you
are overtaking in order to have the rights for that corner.
b. “Any Measure of Overlap” is defined as the front of the overtaking car being level
with or beyond the rear quarter-panel of the overtaken car (for tin-tops) or rear wheel
(for single-seaters).
c. This measurement is taken at the normal turn-in point.
2. Conduct
a. Any Racer who causes an incident as a result of not establishing overlap, or by
turning in on a car against whom they had no right, are expected to wait for the other
car to pass them even if that action involves losing several positions.
b. Failure to follow this will result in a penalty.
3. Defending Position
a. You may move once per track segment (between two corners) to prevent an
overtaking maneuver.
b. You may return to your line after that move. You may make no further moves to
obstruct until the next track segment.
c. If a driver has attained any measure of overlap, you may consider your defensive
maneuver to have failed and must allow room for that car on the course.
VII. Driving a Damaged Car
1. Still Drivable
a. When your car is damaged to the point that you cannot continue at your race pace
in a safe manner, put your hazard lights on, slow to a safe speed, and drive off the
racing line as far as you can get. Continue under extreme caution to the pits.
2. Not Drivable
a. When your car is damaged to the point that you cannot continue, you must make
any effort to get your car to the safest location nearby. A rescue car (if available) will
attempt to push you to a safe location. If that is unable to happen, you will be
spectated by the Race Director when he is able to.
VIII. Incidents
1. Recovering From
a. The onus is entirely on the driver recovering from an incident to take all necessary
care to not interfere with any cars still on track and not part of the incident.
b. You must do everything you can to minimize the hazard your car may constitute as
soon as possible.
2. Returning to the Course
a. The onus is entirely on the driver returning to the track after an off to take all
necessary care not to interfere with any cars still on the track.
3. Ahead/Behind Responsibilities
a. The onus is on the behind driver to take all necessary care and responsibility to not
cause an incident with an ahead driver.
b. The ahead driver must not do any malicious or inappropriate braking/slowing.
IX. Penalties
1. The New Dimension Racing Team shall be permitted to apply penalties in events that it
either sanctions or supports.
2. Penalties are to be set in the event’s regulations, except when they deal with Probation
and Exclusion, with which they are to direct to the procedure in the NDR Sporting Code.
X. Probation
1. Probation is defined as “a period of time defined at the time of issuance where the
person on probation is subject to extra monitoring, or more strict penalties for
incidents.” Probation applies to NDR sanctioned events, or events where the Race
Director is a member of NDR.
2. The probation shall be listed in the “New Dimension Racing-Wide Penalties” thread on
the LFS Forums, and shall include the LFSName of the user on probation, probation start
and end date, and overall duration.
3. Probation periods may be reduced or eliminated after observance of excellent behavior
and consensus to probation reduction by the CRA and the COO.
XI. Exclusion
1. Exclusion is defined as “a period of time defined at the time of issuance where the
person excluded is not permitted to enter NDR-sanctioned events.”
 2. The exclusion shall be listed in the “New Dimension Racing-Wide Penalties” thread on
the LFS Forums, and shall include the LFSName of the user excluded, exclusion start and
end date, and duration.
3. Exclusion may be reduced after an appeal by the excluded racer, to be considered by
the CRA, COO, and ARA. A consensus of the three must be reached to shorten or
eliminate the exclusion period. After conclusion or end of an exclusion period, there is an
automatic six-week probation period.
XII. Driver Aids / Game Modifications
1. New Dimension Racing prohibits use of hacks that modify the natural performance of
the vehicle. Drivers found to be utilizing such tools are subject to exclusion from future
NDR events.
2. Competitors are not to use player hacker during official sessions.
3. NDR does not establish a general rule regarding driving aids such as Traction Control
or Anti-Lock Braking systems. These are established in the individual series rules.
XIII. Entry Fees
1. New Dimension Racing reserves the right to charge entry fees to events, to be used to
support the operations of the team. Details on Entry Fee enforcement, collection, and a
Schedule of Fees shall be made available in a document entitled “Supplemental
Document I: Entry Fees”