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Welcome back to Season 2 of our NASCAR Sprint Cup Championship! This year will feature a 12-race season, featuring a shorter 7-race regular season and a full 5-race Chase for the Driver's Championship. We will also introduce two new championships for this season, the Manufacturer's Championship and the Owner's Championship (both detailed below).
All races will be held on Saturday evenings, starting at 4pm EST (9pm GMT) in a public lobby hosted by me. Send a PSN friend request to "Droptop2001gt" if you wish to race in this series.
4pm EST (9pm GMT) - Room opens in a public lobby for an open practice session.
4:45pm EST (9:45pm GMT) - Room is reset, and qualifying begins. All cars qualify on track together.
5pm EST (10pm GMT) - Race begins automatically, with a scheduled start time of 5pm EST.
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Season 2 is complete! Season three information can be found here:
https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/showthread.php?t=244859
POINTS SCORING:
Points will be awarded as follows for the Driver's Championship:
1st place - 20 points
2nd place - 18 points
3rd place - 16 points
4th place - 14 points
5th place - 12 points
6th place - 11 points
7th place - 10 points
8th place - 9 points
9th place - 8 points
10th place - 7 points
11th place - 6 points
12th place - 5 points
13th place - 4 points
14th place - 3 points
15th place - 2 points
16th place - 1 point
+1 point for leading a lap
+1 point for leading the most laps
+1 point for Pole Position
After 7 races, the top 11 drivers in the points standings will all be reset to 300 points, plus 3 bonus points for each victory notched in the first 7 races.
At the end of the five Chase races, the driver with the highest point total will be crowned our GTP NASCAR Sprint Cup Champion for Season 2.
The prize payout is as follows:
1st place: Receive any 5 items** from my trading thread
2nd place: Receive any 3 items from my trading thread
3rd place: Receive any 1 item from my trading thread
**1 item is defined as any ONE of the following:
1 ticket
1 car
5 paint chips
1 set of 30 helmets
1 set of 30 racing suits
Points will be awarded as follows for the Manufacturer's Championship:
The winning car earns that manufacturer 9 points.
The second-highest finishing manufacturer receives 6 points.
The third-highest finishing manufacturer receives 4 points.
The Manufacturer with the most total points at the end of the season wins the Manufacturer's Championship.
Owner's Championship Explained:
Every driver will be part of a team this season. The top two finishing cars from each team will earn points for their respective team owners (Hendrick, Gibbs, Red Bull, Ford, etc). Points for poles and laps led are not accumulated here, only finishing position points count. The team with the most total points at the end of the season wins the Owner's Championship.
Hendrick Motorsports (#24 DuPont, #24 Drive to End Hunger, #48, #88)
Joe Gibbs Racing (#11, #18, #20 Home Depot, #20 Gamestop)
Ford Racing (#43 Insignia, #43 Best Buy, #99)
Red Bull Racing (#83 2010 blue, #83 2011 silver)
Stewart-Ganassi Racing (#14, #42)
That gives us 15 cars to choose from five different teams for this season. Each driver will need to pre-register their car number, and use only that car for the entire season. GT5 2.0 now allows for multiple setups to be saved on a single car, so one car should be able to have a base setup for Daytona, Indy, and road courses, removing the need to switch cars for different tracks.
RULES and REGULATIONS:
*Any NASCAR race car in GT5 is allowed to participate, 2010 and 2011 models are both legal, GameStop Camry included.
*Power is restricted to 502 horsepower for ALL races using the Engine's Power Limiter function.
*Only Racing Hard tires will be permitted, no other compounds may be used, harder or softer.
*ABS can be set to either 0 or 1.
*All other driving aids (Active Steering, ASM, TCS, SRF, Driving Line) will be disabled on the race setup menu.
*Mechanical Damage is ON, but limited to LIGHT damage.
*Fuel Consumption and Tire Wear is ON.
*Grip Reduction is set to REAL.
*Slipstream is set to WEAK.
*Boost is OFF.
*Microphones will be set to ON, unless it is determined that they cause too many connection/stability issues.
*Race Clean - It's OK (and expected) to let off of the gas (or even brake) so you don't run over someone in a turn. This is especially true at Daytona and SS Route X, where drafting can cause lots of issues with people being run over in corners. Dirty drivers will not be permitted to return to later events.
*At least TWO TIRES (on the same side of the car) must remain on the tarmac/concrete/pavement at all times. Rumble strips are NOT considered part of the tarmac/concrete/pavement. Anyone that is caught cutting corners can be assessed up to a 30-second penalty, per occurrance, at the discretion of the league host.
*NO CAUTIONS - use this as an extra motivation to RACE CLEAN.
PAST SEASONS:
Season One Champion: RFLX_Niop
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