The Official LSDM Rulebook

To enter a team post in the thread for the new season entries when it is posted. You will be prompted for a GP2 or GP3 skin. (I may be willing to convert GP3 carskins and helmets.) Team slots are offered on a first-come-first-served basis, but all of the top six teams of the previous season will have reserved spaces.

There are new rules governing what engine and tyre brands a team can use. These are covered in more detail later.

Teams all start with 16000 driver performance points for each driver in qualifying and race areas. Teams horespower is covered later but no matter what choices are made all engines begin at 800bhp.
It should also be noted that random grip range has been set to 0. More randomisation can be achieved by changing the slot a team is in. Begining in previous championship order with a first-come-first served system for new teams the teams positions are rotated throughout the year. This means that a team in slot one will be moved to slot two for race two and so on before reaching thirteen and then returning to slot one. Note that performance points do not define championship points, the two are seperate.

Performance points can be earned throughout the season VIA the following methods:

Position Finished in Previous Season	Race Performance Points
1st	60
2nd	55
3rd	50
4th	45
5th	40
6th	35
7th	30
8th	25
9th	20
10th	15
11th	10
12th	5

Position Finished in Race	Performance Points
1st	30
2nd	24
3rd	18
4th	15
5th	12
6th	9
7th	6
8th	3

Grid Position	Performance Points
1st	16
2nd	14
3rd	12
4th	10
5th	8
6th	6
7th	4
8th	2

The new engine and tyre system offers a new level of control over teams. Teams must choose from a list of seven engines with a maximum of two teams each engine supplier. This is done on a first-come-first-served basis and choices should be made wisely. Each engine inherits the mean of the score of both the teams that use it and this is used to define the BHP bonuses of the engine. For every 10 championship points average scored an engine will increase in horsepower by 2bhp for each team using it. If more than 14 teams enter the LSDM 032 season the non-allocated teams will be given a customer engine of choice that earns BHP independantly but only offers 1bhp for every 10 points scored. In any carsets customer engine names will be marked with a (c). The engines are as follows:

Audi/Volkswagen/Skoda, BMW, Ferrari/Fiat, Ford/Jaguar/Cosworth, Honda/Mugen, Renault, Proton

Note that all engine groups with two possible names, (Like Audi/Volkswagen) offer a choice of name. You may badge it as either of the two but it will still count as part of the same group.

Tyres work in a similar manner with the exception that there are only five tyre groups and a maximum of three teams per. The average points for each tyre is added to the qualifying skill of every driver on that tyre.

Reliability scores start at 12000 and are decreased by 100 for every race finished.