GTPlanet Clio Cup Rules
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Section 1 - Proper driving techniques.
1.1 - These rules are derived from the GTP OLR rules, if you are unfamiliar with these rules, read on.
1.2 - You must keep at least 2 of the 4 wheels of your car on the paved surface of the track at ALL times. (rumble strips are counted as pavement)
1.3 - *Any contact made with a non-paved surface or with walls/guardrails will be considered as ‘dirty’ laps and will not be counted.
1.32 - *In the race, unless you were forced off the track and/or into the guardrails by one of the AI cars, you must take a Drive-Through Penalty the next time you come by the pit entrance.
1.4 - **LIGHT contact with cars on the track is permitted (i.e. love tap), but heavy contact (i.e bump ‘n run.) is not permitted and you will be penalized.
*Indicates that you as a driver are responsible for making the judgment call.
**Indicates that the game (GT4) will make the call for you in the form of a forced pit stop.
Section 2 - Points
2.1 - Drivers Championship (Clio Cup Championship)
2.12 - The basic finishing positions that will play a vital role in the championship:
Code:
1st - 32
2nd - 28
3rd - 25
4th - 22
5th - 20
6th - 18
7th - 16
8th - 14
9th - 12
10th - 11
11th - 10
12th - 9
13th - 8
14th - 7
15th - 6
16th - 5
17th - 4
18th - 3
19th - 2
20th - 1
2.13 - There will also be points paid out for the top 3 qualifiers that will count
only towards the Drivers Championship:
2.14 - One 1 point will be paid to each driver who takes part in each round of the Championship (Participation Point).
2.142 To earn the Participation Point the driver must have competed in Qualifying and both Sprint and Feature Races.
2.15 One point will be paid out to the driver who does the Fastest Lap in each race.
2.2 - Team Championship (Clio Team Cup)
2.22 - Each team must consist of at least 2 but no more than 3 drivers to be eligible for the Team Championship.
2.23 - Only points scored the teams top 2 finishers in the race count towards the Team Championship.
2.232 - The points the team earns in the race is based on the Drivers Championship scoring table.
2.233 - Participation, Qualifying and Fastest Lap Points are not figured into the Team Championship standings.
2.3 - Independent Championship (Clio Independent Cup)
2.32 - Only Drivers who are on one-car teams and Independent drivers are elgible for the Independent Championship.
2.33 - The points the driver earns in the race is based on the Drivers Championship scoring table.
2.332 - Participation, Qualifying and Fastest Lap Points are included in the Independent Championship standings.
2.4 - Nations Cup Championship (Clio Nations Cup)
2.42 - The Points Table that will be used in the Nations Cup Championship:
Code:
1st - 15
2nd - 12
3rd - 10
4th - 8
5th - 6
6th - 5
7th - 4
8th - 3
9th - 2
10th - 1
2.43 - To be eligible for the Nations Cup, each country in the Clio Cup series must be represented by at least 2 drivers.
2.432 - For the nations that are represented by one driver, they will be representing "Team GTPlanet"
2.433 - Should one of the countries enter another driver during the course of the season(Driver B), the driver from that country currently in the series(Driver A) will join Driver B in a new Nations Cup team and have the points that Driver A earned to that point in the season be transferred to the new Nations Cup teams total
2.44 - Only the teams top 2 finishers without repeats will score the Nations Cup points for their team
Section 3 - Penalties
3.1 - As stated in section 1.3, if you do make contact with an unpaved surface or any walls/guardrails, you will be responsible for making the call on whether or not the incident was clean or dirty.
3.2 - As stated in section 1.4, if you make heavy contact with other cars on track, that you would be forced by the game (GT4) to come to pit road, which means that you must enable the ‘Forced Pit Entry’ option in the race section of the options menu.
3.3 - No matter what circumstances, you are not allowed to use any form of cheat, gameshark code or hybrid to give you or your team an unfair advantage against everyone else.
3.4 - You are not allowed to modify what car settings that the GTP Clio Cup stewards assing for a specific race again, to prevent giving certain teams an unfair advantage.
3.5 - You are to have your times submitted by the deadline posted in the Race thread.
Section 4 - Consequences
NOTE: The penalties mentioned in sections 3.1 & 3.2 will not count against you unless if you think otherwise
4.1 - If we (the GTP Clio Cup Stewards) ever find out that you cheated, gamesharked or used a hybrid to give yourself an performance/handling advantage against everyone else, you will automatically be suspeneded for 3 races. The amount of races that you are suspened for will depend on the serverity. You will also be docked 20 driver points.
4.2 - If we (the GTP Clio Cup Stewards) became aware that you modified the car settings for a specific race, your times for that specific race (both qualifying & race) will be disallowed.
4.3 - As stated in Rule 3.5, if the times are not submitted by the deadline listed in the post thread, penalties will be assesed as explained in Rule 6.2.
Section 5 - Qualifying and Race Procedures
5.1 - Race qualifying & the race itself
must be done in Arcade mode only! We won't accept submissions that were done in Simulation mode
5.12 - You may use
only the Racing Hard/Racing Hard front/rear tire combination for both qualifying, and the race.
5.13 - You are also allowed the use of the driving aids (TCS & ASM) for qualifying & the race.
5.14 - You may use
only the following settings for the car in Qualifying and the Race
5.142 - Power
must be set at 261 HP (-11)
5.143 - Weight
must be set at 1058 kg (-8)
5.144 - Top Speed
must be set at 260 km/h (0)
5.2 - Qualifying
must be performed in time trial mode
5.22 - You are allowed to run as many laps in qualifying as you wish. Make sure you submit your fastest qualifying lap when you are sending your race times.
5.3 - The race must be done via the Quick Race menu. (Yes, you will be racing with the AI.)
5.32 - The settings for the AI must be at least Level +5 and on Racing: Hard tires.
5.33 - The Tire Wear setting must be set at Mild
Section 6 -
Race Information Submitting
6.1 When you submit your race/qualifying information, you must submit it in a format exactly like or similar to the following:
6.12 For the Pre-Season Test 1 & 2
Code:
Driver: [Your name here]
Car #: [Your car # here]
Best Practice Lap: [Your fastest practice lap time here including sector times]
6.13 For Pre-Season Test #3 and Race
Code:
Driver: [Your name here]
Car#: [Your car # here]
Best Practice Lap: [Your fastest practice lap time here including sector times]
Race Time: [The time it took for you to complete the race]
Best Lap: [Your fastest race lap here]
6.14 For the Clio Cup Races
Code:
Driver (Country): [Your name and country you represent here]
Car#: [Your car # here]
Team: [The team you're racing for here]
Best Qualifying Lap: [Your fastest qualifying lap time here]
Sprint Race
Race Time: [The time it took for you to complete the race]
Best Lap: [Your fastest race lap]
Feature Race
Race Time: [The time it took for you to complete the race]
Best Lap: [Your fastest race lap]
6.2 All times must be submitted by PM to CAMikaze and RACECAR by the deadline listed on the the Race thread.
6.22 Should the time submission be sent in after the deadline has passed, a time penalty of 1 second for every minute it is sent in by will be assesed to the Qualifying and Race times.
6.23 Should the time submission not be sent in to the GTP Clio Cup Stewards by 2 hours after the deadline has passed, the times sent in after then will not be counted in the results and the driver will not be classified in the Qualifying and Race Results.
These rules are subject to change. Last updated: November 18th, 2007
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