FRL Season 9

Gentlemen it’s been a long summer break, but now with the days getting shorter it’s uonce again time to fire up the controllers and wheels. Without further ado the FRL is excited to announce Season 9. This will be an AWD Shootout, and return to a simpler style of race. The eligible cars are as follows;

 2017 Ford Focus RS
2015 Subaru WRX Sti
2014 Volkswagen R
2008 Mitsubishi Evo X

Once again we will be implementing a BoP, listed below are the tiers and car specific build regulations.

 Gold tier. 310hp max and no other changes except: Ford gets 80lb reduction VW gets 245 tire width

 Silver. All cars are different now.
 Ford= 255 tire width and 315hp.
 Evo= Street tires and 325hp.
 Sti= Street tires and 315 hp.
 VW= Street tires and 315hp.

 Bronze. Power and tire restrictions are lifted. Max allowed PI is 550, but no “race” upgrades can be applied anywhere at all.

 Wheel options are open for all classes after other performance restrictions have been met.

The BoP will constantly be under review, and more changes may occur.

With these simple upgrades and the prohibition on race upgrades, tuning and car prep should be simple if not nonexistent, allowing for more time on track. Also this series will be ideal for those who’ve been wanting to return but have found the faster cars and extensive tuning a bit much. A bonus is that word on the street has it that a number of the veterans will be going controller free and opting for the wheel instead.
We will be returning to heat races again for this series, each race will have 3 heats with alternating grid orders.
 1 qualifying results order.
 2 reverse previous heat results order
3 previous heat results order

The tracks and dates are as follows;
11/3 Mugello club – 13 Laps
 11/17 Prague short – 12 Laps
 12/1 Brands Indy (rain) – 15 Laps
12/15 Rio Mtn – 18 Laps
 12/22 Suzuka east – 14 Laps
1/12 Maple short (rain)– 18 Laps
 1/19 Hockenheim short – 11 Laps
 1/26 Sonoma short – 10 Laps

Returning drivers will race in the tiers that they were in during the last FEC season, new drivers or those that missed last season will start in the Bronze tier. Changes can and will be made throughout the season. In addition we encourage everyone to set time on the rivals board before the first race at Mugello on November 3.

 Also of note we will be using the newly added “Race Regulations” in the game. That means that knowing “clean track limits” will be crucial as time penalties will be assessed by the game per race for cutting corners.

We hope to see a full grid for this AWD Shootout.