Change Log

Latest Update: v1.23.1 - Consistency info Working on:

• 2022
• 2021
• 2020
• 2019
• 2018
• 2017
• 2016
• 2015
• 2014
• 2013
• 2012
• 2011
• 2010
• 2009
• 2008
• 2007
• 2006

(see http://www.zround.com/support/changelog_page.php?version_id=12)

• 0000046: [Feature] Show the transponder description instead numbers if it is available (jesus) - resolved.

(see http://www.zround.com/support/changelog_page.php?version_id=11)

Multiple databases

• 0000045: [Feature] Create championship automatically on web results page (jesus) - resolved.
• 0000044: [Feature] Import databases from exported .zip files (jesus) - resolved.
• 0000043: [Feature] Playing with different database sets (jesus) - resolved.
• 0000042: [Feature] Multiple accounts management for web results (jesus) - resolved.

(see http://www.zround.com/support/changelog_page.php?version_id=10)

• 0000041: [Lapcounter] lapcounter disconnected during the practice (jesus) - resolved.

(see http://www.zround.com/support/changelog_page.php?version_id=10)

• 0000038: [Reports] QRCode in reports linked to ZRound results web page (jesus) - resolved.
• 0000039: [Reports] Choosing columns in reports and font size (jesus) - resolved.

(see http://www.zround.com/support/changelog_page.php?version_id=8)

• 0000036: [Race formats] Multiple rounds on pre-qualify (jesus) - resolved.
• 0000037: [Lapcounter] Decimal places on Top Qualify view (monitor 2) (jesus) - resolved.

(see http://www.zround.com/support/changelog_page.php?version_id=7)

• 0000034: [General] Registering laps of unregistered racers throws error messages randomly (jesus) - resolved.
• 0000035: [Feature] Compute lap goodnes based on racer's best lap (jesus) - resolved.
• 0000033: [Race formats] Multiples series in pre-qualify (jesus) - resolved.

(see http://www.zround.com/support/changelog_page.php?version_id=4)

• 0000030: [Feature] Automatic results uploading (jesus) - resolved.
• 0000029: [General] Division by zero error generating heats from pre-qualify (jesus) - resolved.

(see http://zround.com/support/roadmap_page.php?version_id=6 )

New html output (responsive and compatible with results site)

• 0000016: [Feature] Allow configuration file (race manager) selection for heats/mains (jesus) - resolved.
• 0000005: [Reports] html output web responsive (jesus) - resolved.

• 0000023: [Lapcounter] Change RiCino Lapcounter decoder protocol to allow wider transponder length (jesus) - resolved.
• 0000020: [Lapcounter] Estimation (laps/time) not being computed when duration is laps (instead of time) (jesus) - resolved.
• 0000025: [Lapcounter] New Shortcut to pause/continue the race (jesus) - closed.

(see http://zround.com/support/roadmap_page.php?version_id=5 )

• 0000014: [Lapcounter] Add Start/Finish time (real time clock) on race (jesus) - resolved.
• 0000015: [Sounds] Silence at the end of countdown (jesus) - resolved.

(see http://zround.com/support/roadmap_page.php?version_id=3 )

• 0000010: [Sounds] SAPI - Float Point division by zero at startup
• 0000011: [General] Text color not applied

(see http://zround.com/support/roadmap_page.php?version_id=2 )

• 0000007: [Reports] can't print 20 columns in lap times report
• 0000003: [Reports] Automatic print lap/times (with confirmation)
• 0000006: [Scoreboard] Scoreboard title not updated when the race starts
• 0000002: [Lapcounter] Optiong for target time in racer's form

• Frech translation (thanks to Ludovic Fournier)

• Import wizard add transponder to the racer's list (only used for inscription before)
• Racers import/export
• Prequalify Heat sheet report bug solved

• New option to configure triple-a main tie-break. Now can be used all results or the best one.

• Bugs solved on Robitonic interface causing lost of the decoder signal.

• Robitronic USB LapCounter supported

• Pause/Resume fire the start/stop sounds
• Unpluggin USB wire from decoder (serial comm devices) won't crash de app. Race data can be saved for further use
• Date/time added to reports
• Bug solved loading TTS speed/vol settings at startup

• Date/time added to reports
• Bug solved in “Heats with Semifinals” race format. A Main was missing after running Semifinal A

• Bugs solved on new tts engine management dispatcher
• Issue solved on sessions panel window to show team and racer forms with the right sizes.
• ZRound warns about transponders not detected on warm-up time before starting the race
• Application starts faster

• Mains can be resorted. New option in Main settings, reports, main sheet and html output
• Application starts faster
• Minor bugs and missing reports solved

• Improvements and bug solved on new tts dispatcher
• Text on “Finish line pass” cached (only for %p value). Other text reading are not cancelled if cached sounds are used
• New “Time finished” sound event. It will be fired on race time duration
• New Starting Lights remote commands to Pause and Resume the race
• Issue solved on sessions panel window to show team and racer forms with the right sizes.

• Prequalify accepts consecutive best n-lap times qualify

• Kyosho ICTag lapcounter stoppped working in build 25 due a bug in latest serial port library. Application now is compiled with old components
• New Text to speech dispatcher, overall performance boosted

• Export data (database & files) to zip file

• Video scoreboard panel

• Racer's history report can be ommited on racer's inscription

• Bug solved: Race description won't updated on new races

• Scoreboard and starting lights can share COM port
• Results and lap/times stored in real time allowing restarting the race after system errors, power failures, etc.
• Endurace team races manager and team data display
• Text to speech texts are not reset when language is changed. It prevents to lose customized text
• Minor bugs solved

• Minor bugs solved

• Bug in laps deletion procedure solved

• Heat distribution issue solved

• New video banner window with these features:

• Performance boosted
• Quick font size changes (Ctrl + / Ctrl -)

• Starting lights use can be limited to mains (option added on settings)
• DATE variable added to scoreboard protocol
• Pass indicator (highlight frame) on Monitor#2 is persistent (highlighting is not cancelled when another transponder is detected)
• Android app support register racers (instead of transponders). Require android app update
• Bug solved. Testing sounds on settings window
• Bug solved. Computing n-best lap after ignoring/split/join laps
• Bug solved. In staggered start first racer was skipped when an unregistered car was detected and removed

• Best lap qualify can sum results of n-best rounds

• Settings includes racer selection.

• uSec Lapcounter protocol bug fix

• New “alarm” to detect unregistered cars during a race.
• Scoreboard protocol upgraded. New data fields added.
• RiCino ™ Lapcounter by Lisergio compatible.

• Issue Solved: Restarting a Heat after a Main has been run throws an unmanaged error

• Free practice in Le Mans start mode can be configured to automatically be restarted
• Starting lights system receives “STOP” command when then race is over

• Copy/Paste enabled on log page (into the view race details window)
• Racer's registration history update optimized

• Lap times can be “ignored” to compute best lap (i.e. penalties). Use the context menu on the lap time table. It doesn't affect neither the number of laps nor the total time.

• Ranking sort can be configured to be ascendant (descendant by default) on the ranking toolbox (inscriptions page).

• Cano lapcounter support

• Q5 added to PN Racing format

• Implements Best Lap qualify extended options

• New “Reverse Ranking” option
• Best Lap qualify extended options. Three new settings

• MyLaps P3 Protocol (network) supported and tested
• DCD TimeR lapcounter issue solved when running for long time

• Minor bugs solved (drag & drop worked only for PN Racing race format)

• Initial support for MyLaps P3 Protocol (network)

• Support for DCD TimeR lapcounter system

• Minor Bug Solved

• Racer's practice time format forced to HH:MM:SS
• Top 10 listed in report
• Racers grouped by gap (background color)
• Columns in main window can be moved/resized/hidden and the configuration is saved. New context menu “Show Columns”

• No changes

• Native LapZ interface (LapZ Nitro is not required anymore)
• Multiple selection allowed on registered racers listview in order to remove them from the session
• Duration and Start Mode don't change afer “reset session” button is used
• The “frequency 0 = 2.4GHz” rule is applied as ZRound Manager does when checking frequency conflicts.

• Column sort by clicking the headers (driver and inscription views)

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• Live data upload (live.zround.com) - BETA
• Driver country added
• License field added to inscription form and driver's database view
• Driver's database view isn't reset when editing records

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• Layout management

• Minor improvements on inscriptions
• Drag&Drop supported to move racers across groups to setup Heats

• Championship point comPutation issue solved (asc/dsc pointing schema sorts)
• All racers registered get points (even if the don't run). You must delete his inscription or disqualify the racer in order to have 0 points
• You can change the points awwarded once the race is finished

• Automatic start in staggered mode improved
• Classification announce is not done on the last race minute
• Better classification read out (remove pauses, new compact reading (name+laps))
• Better time to finish+classification reading
• Bug solved about displaying laps on PreQualify when only best result is used
• Automatic start on staggered mode even if the car doesn't start the race
• Single “time to finish” announce on staggered start if time between racers is low or track layout is small
• Configuration file is displayed on the Options window title bar
• Czech reading for laps/time supported
• Classification announce include racers with 0 laps (if the started the race)

• Ranking based on average points in championship improved

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• Problem with automated start on staggered mode solved

• Compact database option in menu “File”
• Championship groups scoring view issue solved
• Race lap times are registered for every race
• Average points added to the championship score
• Heat classification can be computed by points
• Different point awarding schemas can be defined for heats, mains and championships
• New option to replace a driver on a race. All results will be assigned to the new driver choosen
• Diploma designer & print out
• Multiple selection allowed in inscription form
• Mean of points in championship can be used as ranking to sort heats
• Point schemas in ascendent sort allowed (best position lower points than worst positions)

• All practice sessions are saved into database. They can be viewed from the racer's form
• AMBrc compatibility improvements
• Android support for real time monitor application
• Transponder checking during practice and before the running
• U-Sec RcTimer lapcounter supported
• Transponder/Description shown on practice results

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• Option to enable/disable Top 10 print out in heat sheet
• PreQualify round HTML print out (when defined)

• Top Qualify view lists all racers. You can limit the number of racers in view setting [MONITOR]/“Max_TQ” key in zround.ini

• Top 10 Qualify report in heat sheet
• “triple a” scoring schema used in mains to compute points when multiple rounds is used

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• Driver's session panel view
• Highlight every lap used in pre-qualify to compute the heat sort

• Heat sheets show qualifying result used for the sort
• Heat/Main sheets include race number (configurable)
• Number of best laps configurable in pre-qualify runs
• Button “Assign Ranking” in championship classification in order to assign the ranking to the drivers

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• “Detect” option in the driver properties allows to set the transponder number using the first detected by the lapcounter

• Copy Championship settings option. It allows to copy the settings from any other already configured championship
• Minor translation issues

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• New view for Best Lap of racers
• New view for Best Training Session by duration
• New view on secondary monitor for Top Qualify on Heats. Updated with current race estimation
• Best lap can be reset in trainings for the racers. Also the best lap for the session can be removed.
• On Staggered start mode, first lap is marked with asterisk if it begins after max time to start limit li>ZRound Manager: New page to control transponders of the club other than GiroZ

• Best lap details shown (time, racer, heat/main and round)
• All inscriptions are used to prepare Heats (resorts) and Mains, even if racer has not qualified
• New Pre-Qualify round sorted by best lap (optional)

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• Minor bugs solved about managing multiple transponders
• German translation
• New alarm & event “Personal Record” (overall best lap in trainings/races)

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• Bug opening detailed view of Heats/Round 3 on PN Racing format solved
• HTML championship output main index will be index.html instead of menu.html
• Minor translation mistakes solved

• Manual start of timing on Staggered start for a racer is allowed (throw the context menu)
• GiroZ USB driver: Compatible with Win7-64bit
• Configurable text to speech messages for “Track Open” and “Training duration”
• Minor improvements in application look and feel
• “Finish line pass” reading event can include the racer's position by using the %p parameter
• Transponder list added to the racer form

• Better management of pump up on Triple-A mains

• Estimation reading can be configured to use only laps or time

  Format: "%s (racer): %d laps in %s (time)" to announce laps and time
  Format: "%s (racer): %d laps" to announce only laps
  Format: "%s (racer): %s (time)" to announce only time

• Editing inscriptions from the heat/main view issue solved
• New option to assign transponders (using the available transponder numbers) to the members of a heat/main. Enabled ony for GiroZ systems

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• Heats Classification can be computed based on the average or sum of rounds. You can do it for mains also.

• New parameter to configure the racer name reading (phonetic input)
• You can choose how the racers are announced (name, number in heat/main, number in race)

• You can validate all heats/mains manually (only the selected heat/main could be validated before)

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• Beep removed when start race button is clicked

• Top 10 report added to the Heats result print out
• You can disqualify any round result (only final classification was allowed before)
• 3rd round sort (Q2) bug solved when the sort is tried several times (it was throwing en error)

• Race log included into “view” option
• PN Racing race format data export to XML fixed
• New option to start race just when training is finished
• New option to limit the max time a racer cat start in staggered mode from the first detection

HTML compatible with Firefox browser

• Min. hit level added to AMB configuration. Detections under this level will be ignored
• “start on first detection” option can be unchecked on Le Mans start mode (no the time can begin just after the countdown)

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• New scoring schema. It is allowed to award every round on mains
• FTP option creates all the directories needed on the remote server
• Default PN Racing race format duration is changed (8 min heats, 10 min mains)

• Transponder failure is signaled with a “Stop” icon when the last read takes more than 2*Mean_lap_time
• Show checkered flag when race is finished
• Sound volume control
• If “Count first detection” is checked on Le Mans start mode, the first lap will be counted but it won't be used to compute best lap nor mean lap time

• Robitronic Lap Counter supported

• Better reporting formats

• Better reporting formats
• You can change time countdown on/off by clicking on the clock

• Duration in laps can be greater than 255 laps
• Motor & Chassis fields added to inscriptions
• HFAY file export supported

• Kyosho IC Tag lapcounter supported
• Phantom/Noise laps can be ignored by using the Noisy Lap Control (options configuration page). Hits under second won’t be displayed
• Countdown announced (Check near countdown time into the race control panel)
• Training can be reset by leaving the car on the detector for a while (5sec by default). This only works if Noisy Lap Control is enabled. You must enable on the racer properties once he is registered for training
• TTS language can be configured. You can define the text for the time units to allow differen TTS and system languages
• New option allows to annouce every lap of any racer runing on free trainings

• PN Racing race format with two modes. Q1+Q2 (two rounds reverse order on Q1) and four Qualifying sessions (Q1+Q2+Q3+Q4). Resort on each Q
• After editing the racer's heat on the Inscription form the heat validation is not done automatically. Like this, it is handy when several changes are needed, then you can use the “Validate” button to validate the heats
• HTML results can be transferred by FTP on championship window

• There are changes on database layer in order to cover the new PN Racing race format

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• Automactic classification reading (every X minutes). Only for Le Mans start mode races (not training)

Minor translation issues solved

• If a frequencies are not defined for a racer, he will be excluded from the conflict searching routine (i.e. 2.4GHz systems>

• Classification field is shown in Mains only for multi-round mains when other than the best are used for sorting
• New “reports” option menu allows to generate heat/main sheets, classification results and racer registration
• New “File/Open race folder” allows to open the windows explorer on the race directory where data, settings,log and html output are saved
• Heat and Main Sheet report can be generated as HTML on default browser

• You can choose which columns to show on the monitor view.

• Language files included

• First detection on Le Mans start mode can be configured to count the lap
• Duration in laps can be forced to continue the race until all racers complete the lap count stablished

• New button to apply pump up even if not all rounds are completed

• w-oval kit is added to the “stock” menu

• AMB connection light indicator is switched on/off properly
• Detection are registered from AMB connection until the race is started (the message car not registered is shown on the log)

• AMBrc supported (serial port)

• Slot rotation works based on the series count in Slot Mode. You must setup the series by heat as the slot count of your track

• Uses DirectSound for overlapping sounds
• Boost graphics output performance (monitor & raceplay)
• Racers allowed to set his own training time (see racer registration form). Only works when system training time is 0

• It supports multi-language user interface

• PlayRace® technology included in ZRound makes possible to replay races on any track designed with ZRound Track Designer
• Monitor options are moved to a new configuration page
• WebLive configuration allows to setup a destination file and refresh time (in seconds)
• Classification reading during the race can be configured in three ways: position (laps), interval (distance to the next), gap (distance to the first)
• Lap time is shown in green for personal lap time record
• Column data can be configured to be shown from the context menu “Info” in the Monitor context menu
• Logo image is shown into the monitor options configuration page
• Monitor can be configured to be shown in full screen mode on secondary display (when available)
• New configuration parameter controls counter must be started at last or first detection for min. lap time test

• First published

• It includes a new Monitor page
• GAP and lap estimation info added

• Preview panel included into the designer open file dialog
• It allows to use a background image. This may be used as template or decoration

• You can “reopen” closed races

• FLaCo & lapzocx.ocx distribution are discontinued
• ZRound Track Designer is joined to ZRound Suite

• New buttons for top 3 qualify reading, classification reading and time remaining reading
• Application buttons icons are redesigned
• End of race alarm is fired each minute. It is fired by seconds on the last minute based on the reading options configuration

WARNING

  The End race alarm setting in the events configuration page must be changed from “seconds to go” to “to go”.
  If you do not do this you will hear the word “seconds” without sense.

• 3rd Round title in PN Racing format results is fixed. The qualify for mains is included in the html race results tree output.

• Heat Sheet can be printed in reverse heat/main order

• ZRound controls all Heats/Mains best lap and annouce the first three positions. This feature is controlled from the Reading options window
• Top 10 qualify is shown
• Estimate total time is added to ZRound console view

• HTML output for Mains and Heats Sort
• New integrated html championship output with menu and detail view
• Championship Classification table can show/hide the position of racers on each event
• ZRound Manager sums all series laps and times from Heats and Mains in order to sort results when “Slot” mode is on. Moreover, all mains will qualify

• First detection starts lap counter to 1 in “Slot” mode

• ZRound Manager gives you a new option (Enable scoring by groups) to allow define groups into the championship configuration. The championship scoring can be computed based on the general position after each race or the relative position with other drivers in the same group

• Monitor display redesigned. Text size automatic mode improved and new context menu added at the bottom side
• New voice message allows to read the racer name on detection
• Cascade style sheet “zround.css” used for html output

• Lap times view allow to drop a lap. This lap time is added to the next lap
• Minumum lap time is controlled using last detection. This allows to avoid counting laps when a car is stopped under the detection bridge.
• Logos, references and report water marks are removed
• Estimation buttons (question mark yellow icons) for qualifying heats & finals configuration visualization are unlocked in ZRound Manager race configuration page

• Tools/Clases… option in ZRound Manager to edit the Class table

• Windows Vista™ setup creates ZRound data folder into %systemdrive%\users\public\documents\ZRound

• Total time estimation dumped to log. It's used in estimation reading
• New buttons added allowing inc/dec the race duration. Useful if you want to change the value while the race is runnig

• Main can hold several series in Qualify&Main race format
• Race/Championship configuration is splitted in two pages (heats & mains)
• Minimun lap time is added to championship settings

• ZRound allows to split splitted laps
• Best lap are highlighted in lap times and HTML output
• GiroZ USB initialization boosted
• GiroZ USB and PC clock are synchronized
• New setting allows to show total time as countdown
• Lap count is shown as “laps to go/total laps” when race duration is a number of laps
• Lap count is shown as “laps to go/total laps” when race duration is a number of laps
• ZRound includes start lights option

• ZViewer/GiroZ Edition allows to automatic reconnection
• Interval is displayed in ZViewer

• Interval & Gap is displayed in ZRound Manager and HTML output
• Championship scoring reports display position in addition to points
• ZRound Manager send race configuration information to the running ZRound instance. If there is not any instance running a new process will be created.

• Bug solved, when a race was “continued” all racers were finished
• Estimate finish text configuration is allowed to be changed
• Bug solved, when a racer was disqualify it could be listed before other racers (the points assigned were right)

• Race XML file bug fixed. 3rd round was not filled in PN Racing format

• Time units added to total time reading
• Secondary display bugs fixed

• Time units added to total time reading
• Lap estimation text reading. You may configure the text to read and if you want to read it when the estimation value changes or every an amount of laps completed

• XML file single race export option added
• Closing ZRound Manager may throw an exception if the championship search window is open. Solved

• ZRound HTML lap times output fixed. Header was wrong sometimes

Full championship data xml output

• GiroZ USB driver minor bugs solved
• Fields for driver's license number, photo and flag

WARNING:!:

  ZRound Communication Protocol has been modified for Unicode compatibility needs.
  You must always use the right ZViewer version compatible with the destination ZRound server.

• GiroZ USB Support
• All components are now full Unicode ready
• Better ranking sort to show the drivers who have started the race at top

• Championship scoring option for pole position & best lap time

• Position change reading is only done in Le Mans race mode
• New option to allow automatic results reading after race is gone
• Starting order corrected in Main distribution report when Dorsal number is used

• Triple A mode for PN Racing Format
• Align centered in reports

• ZRound results and lap times report in the same page

• Configurable keys assigned to cars (for hand-counting)
• Number of decimal places for lap time reading can be selected in TTS configuration page
• HTML output translated to English (volunteers are welcome for Portuguese & Svenska)

• 3rd round report title corrected in PN Racing race format

• Minor English translation bugs
• ZRound Manager allows to autogenerate transponders id (GiroZ) in “Tools” menu

• Scoring can be edited
• Call to marshalls from any Qualify/Final.
• Final, Semifinal, … race format improved. New setup parameters
• Drivers promoted to final and semifinals are distinguised
• You can choose the numbers of drivers qualified to Final
• Drivers are promoted by better results from semifinals if are needed to complete the Final group
• Main series are named properly (semifinal, quarter, etc.) in “Final & Subfinals race format”

• Customizable logo in monitor
• Frequency colissions can be ignored

• Final, semifinal, etc. race format minor qualifying bugs corrected
• Driver order in Final race is generated properly after semifinal A & B are completed
• Start order is recalculated when a race is restarted (if you need to repeat it)

• Better secondary display setup. Apply button added to test font sizes
• LapZ bridge reset can be done automatically (usefull in trainings or resistance races)

• Final, semifinal, etc. race format added

• PN Racing reporting completed

• PN Racing race format supported

• Driver get scoring if they have 0 laps in final. Final Qualifying & results context menu have a new option which allows you to disqualify drivers

• Driver's best laps are saved
• “Track record” alarm and recordmen list view available
• Free race duration definition. Now you can setup a “best lap” cualifying on a time duration race
• Lap “quality” (good, bad, etc) can be defined based on decimal and negative numbers. This allows an accurate lap quality view
• Registering view and detailed view of qualifyings, finals, results, etc. can be copied to Windows clipboard
• Random start race alarm. When seleted, each time a race is launched the countdown beep starts randomly
• A new button is created to allow to search for an available LapZ transponder id. In ZRound the searching is done over the drivers database.
• Track records can be removed

• You can choose the start order on heat series (random, ranking, last race result, round)
• Frequency combination algorithm has been optimized
• A new item on registering view context menu has been added: “Championship registering”. This allows you to register all drivers who have been registered in any race of the same championship
• Printing performance has been boosted
• Championship Html menu is generated with Mozilla Firefox compatibility
• When a driver is promoted frequency combination is not recalculated. Conflicts are shown, promoted drivers must change their crystals
• When a driver is moved to a different final, the drivers are reordered based on their qualifying position. You can move many drivers at time using multiple selection
• A new button is created to allow to search for an available LapZ transponder id. In Manager that is the first searching, if an unnasigned transponder is not found then a new searching is done over the race registrations and finally it is done over the same driver's heat/final
• A training duration & start mode can be defined championship/race properties form. If it is left to 0 the training duration must be defined in ZRound
• Final scoring will be set to zero for drivers who have not been run the final leg.