~~Intercontinental GT500 Championship~~ | Finished | Winner: GP-CiaN

Welcome to the inaugural Intercontinental GT500 Championship, hosted by PlayStation Universe. After 38+ weeks of differing championship seasons, we are proud to finally open up a new championship open to anyone and everyone.


Click here for the season two Pre-Season thread!​

Race -- of -- | Laps: -- | [Date] | 20:00 UTC | 21:00 BST Click for the time in your area.

**Bulletin**
Congrats to GP-CiaN for winning the inaugural Intercontinental GT500 Championship!
Congrats to Phil75 for winning the final race at Nurburgring GP/F!​

Time of Race: Saturdays | 21:00 BST | 20:00 UTC

Tuning: Chassis Rigidity is allowed. No turbos* - Stage 2 Turbo is allowed for each of the 4 Lexus cars.
Tyres: Drivers discretion
ABS: Drivers discretion
Traction Control: OFF
Active Steering: OFF
Skid Recovery Force: OFF
ASM: OFF
Driving Line: Drivers discretion

Race Length/Distance: Equivalent of 1 hour of racing. 1hr30mins for endurance races
Grip Reduction of Wet Track/Edge: Real
Damage: Light
Mandatory Pit Stop: 1
Cars: No more than two competitors assigned to a car. No car changing once the official season starts.
Start: Grid start with false start check

Note: For endurance races, the in-game track time will be 8am for the start. This allows for the race to start in the morning, and end the following morning, time progression will be set to 15

Race Quality: Very High
Chat Quality: Low**

*Disqualification/Penalties for those who ignore this rule. Except for Lexus drivers.
**If you are being an idiot on the mic, your mic has too much background noise, you are too loud, ect. You will be asked to turn off your mic, if you refuse to do so (Even after being asked via message) then you will be removed from the room.​

Drivers​

Teams​

Only premium GT500 cars are eligible for the ICGTC, for those who are unaware, the following cars are the only available GT500 premium cars:

Honda

Takata Dome NSX ‘06*
Arta NSX ‘06
Epson NSX ‘08
Raybrig NSX ‘06

Toyota

Castrol Tom’s Supra ‘97
Yellowhat YMS Supra ‘05

Nissan

Xanavi Nismo Z ‘06
Xanavi Nismo GT-R ‘08*
Yellowhat YMS Tomica GT-R ‘08*
Calsonic Impul GT-R ‘08
Woodone Advan Clarion GT-R ‘08
Motul Autech Super GT '08

Lexus

Petronas Tom’s SC430 ‘08
Denso Dunlop SARD SC430 ‘08
ENEOS SC430 ‘08
Bandai Direzza SC430 ‘06

* = Car is taken.​

First of all, every member who signs up for this championship should have read and fully understand the GTPlanet AUP and OLR. We expect racers to be sensible both on and off the track, as well as being clean on the track. You must be able to distinguish between a gap that exists, and a gap that doesn’t exist.

I shouldn't have to explain the simples rules of overtaking, so I wont. It is all covered in the OLR.
But I’ll provide a ‘brief’ overview of what we expect to see on track.

1. Overtaking
Just because you’re quicker, doesn't mean you’re going to pass the car in front at the next corner, he has a right to defend as much as you do to attack. Always remember that the race isn’t won on the first lap. Wait for an opportunity to present itself and take the overtake. If a driver out breaks himself into a corner, you are free to attempt that over take, likewise when generally overtaking, if your car is at least next to the drivers window of the car you are attempting to overtake, you are free to continue on that line.

If you’re going to ride some one's bumper, make sure you know the effect of slip streaming and how that funnels into early braking for corners, infact this is a general rules everyone should know about, but sadly some people ‘forget’. When following another car in a slipstream (For example, going into Turn 1 at Fuji) you will need to do one of two things; (A) Break early to avoid a collision. (B) You are close enough to attempt an overtake and will move to the inside line.

2. Defending
You’re defending your position, so chances are the guy behind you is quicker than you right now. But that’s no problem, because you have the advantage of choosing your line through every corner. But that doesn’t mean you can go wide into a corner and then slam the door shut by swerving back in 3 inches in-front of the car behind you. Make sure you know where the guy behind you is, if you know he’s going for an overtake then remember to leave room for him either on the outside or inside of the corner.

When the car behind you is in your slipstream, it is considered incredibly rude and unsportsmanlike to swerve all over the track to break the slipstream. The ICGTC follows the ‘One Move Rule’ where you can make one legitimate move whilst defending a line (This may be moving from the outside, to the inside of a corner forcing your competitor to take a slower line). Equally, learn how to out-smart your opponent. If he has your slipstream into a slow corner (Turn 1 at Fuji for example) try to brake early, or at your usual braking point instead of braking late to compensate for his slipstream. He’s going to brake early anyway, and if he doesn’t then he’ll go wide and you’ll have had the quicker line through the corner.

3. Cutting Corners
This one is quite simple. At least two wheels must remain in contact with the track at all times possible. Curbs are counted as part of the track. That green asphalt you see just behind the curb? That’s not part of the track. Those handy white lines they paint at the edge of the tracks are what defines the track edges.

4. Racing in a pack
This is where most people usually screw up, and mostly why we’re using light damage. When racing in a group of three cars or more, it is imperative that you remember to brake early for corners or move off-line to avoid contact with the car in front of you. Failure to do so could result in a penalty for dangerous driving.

When racing in a pack where all competitors are producing, what would appear to be similar pace, there is no need to try and jump through every gap on every corner. Sit back, let the battle wear out whilst you preserve your tyres a bit and analyse where each opponent is weakest so that you can capitalise on those weaknesses when you attempt to move forward. That doesn’t mean to say you can’t overtake of course! This is simply to stop people causing accidents by not being sensible.

5. Race Starts
We use the grid start with false start check in the ICGTC, because it makes for exciting race starts. The most important thing to remember about a race start, is that you have 15 other people around you, you need to make sure you don’t ruin their races on the first lap. As much as they need to make sure they don’t ruin yours.

6. Lapping
When being lapped, it is mandatory that you let the lapping car past you. There’s no need to pull over and slam the brakes, if you’re fighting for position then it’s a lot harder to let a lapping car through and we understand that. But if a lapping car is right behind you, go wide at the next corner, or just move off line to allow them past. Equally, when lapping a car in front of you, make sure to give them some room, don’t pressure them into a mistake or barge your way through.

7. Qualifying
Qualifying for each race will take place on the day of the race, and will last 30 minutes. The room will be open for hours before that for practice, the track will then be changed to reset the time sheets, and then changed back. If a driver does not arrive 10-minutes before the race starts, it will be assumed that he is not coming unless someone has informed me otherwise.​

Full championship results.


Championship results counting only 10 of 11 races.​

Left out for this season, will hopefully be reimplemented into season 2.​

Teams
All drivers are expected to join up with another driver to form a team, team members are 100% pick & choose. A teams points for the weekend will be both drivers points totalled up. If you do not manage to find a team mate, we will pick one at random. Being in a team doesn’t change anything about the racing or you as a driver, it simply creates an extra level of competition throughout the championship.​

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2. 30
3. 25
4. 22
5. 20
6. 18
7. 16
8. 14
9. 13
10. 12
11. 11
12. 10
13. 9
14. 8
15. 7
16. 6

Pole position = 2 points
Fastest lap = 1 point

Points system explained

Upon completing 75% of total race distance, if a driver disconnects he is entitled to the full amount of points for the last available racing position in that race plus any bonus points he received prior to disconnecting (if 16 players players are in the room, he will receive points for 16th postition.

Only 10 out of the 11 race results will count. At the end of the season, your lowest points score will be dropped (If you missed a race, then nothing can be dropped).​

*Big thanks to Kyaw25 for all the graphics

*All of this is subject to change at any time or date.​

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..::Race Videos::..

Suzuka

Le Sarthe

Laguna Seca

Monza

Tokyo R246

Nurburgring 24Hours

Monaco

SSR5

Fuji GT

Grand Valley Speedway

Nurburgring GP/F​