thePyFactor 3.0
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The following code snippet will read the current Blender scene and extract any selected Blender Light that has a label starting with 'Nightlight'. In the current form, you will need to copy the output from the Console (see Using Blender's Console in above list) and paste it into a external SCN file. Use a Blender Point Light to represent rFactor's Omni light. The Point Light controls provide the appropriate values for rFactor's Omni light. The following has been tested in 2.8+.

    
    # Output must look like this::::
    #   Light=Nightlight00
    #   {
    #     Type=Omni Pos=(-384.0, -20.0, -143.0) Range=(0.000000, 76.000000) Active=True Intensity=(1.000000) Color=(255, 255, 255)
    #   }

    # Type=Omni   :: rFactor's 'Omni' is Blender's 'Point', must make the change before writing out the file
    # Pos=()      :: rFactor's 'Pos' is Blender's 'location'
    # Range=()    :: rFactor's 'Range' param 2 is Blender's 'distance' - not sure what param 1 is
    # Active=     :: no Blender equivilent --- but True is assumed
    # Intensity=():: rFactor's 'Intensity' is Blender's 'energy'
    # Color=()    :: rFactor's 'Color' is Blender's 'color', BUT Blender's values are normalized 0.0 to 1.0;; rFactor's is 0 to 255, MUST CONVERT

    import bpy

    for selectedLamp in bpy.data.lights:
        rf_type = 'Not Found'
        lampName = selectedLamp.name
        
        if lampName.startswith('Nightlight'):
            rf_type = 'Omni'
        else:
            continue

        rf_red = int(bpy.data.lights[lampName].color.r * 255)
        rf_green = int(bpy.data.lights[lampName].color.g * 255)
        rf_blue = int(bpy.data.lights[lampName].color.b * 255)
        rf_Pos = bpy.data.objects[lampName].location
        rf_Range = "{:.6f}".format(bpy.data.lights[lampName].distance)       # use::   "{:.6f}".format(some_floating_point_number) to pad ending zeros to 6 decimal places
        rf_Intensity = "{:.6f}".format(bpy.data.lights[lampName].energy)

    # -------- instead of printing to the console, this should be appended to a "temp_nightlight_scn.txt" file
    # ------------ FOR NOW:::   copy and paste from the console....
        print('Light=',lampName, sep='')
        print('{')
        print('   Type=',rf_type,' Pos=(',rf_Pos.x,', ',rf_Pos.y,', ',rf_Pos.z,') Range=(0.000000, ',rf_Range,') Active=True Intensity=(',rf_Intensity,') Color=(',rf_red,',',rf_green,',',rf_blue,')', sep='')
        print('}')