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Welcome To:
Season 3 of The Rolex Sports Car Series!
Welcome to our third season! We've made it this far, and are starting to get the hang of this! After a second season of highs and lows, I believe we are ready to bring our most complete, and fair season yet! Without further ado, I now present you the list of new additions to Season 3 of The Rolex Sports Car Series!
- The Viper is no longer eligible in GT.
- The Evora is now the 5th GT car.
- There are now Stewards.
- You will now be able to "Drop" a race from the championship.
- We have taken off tracks that have places to corner cut.
- We will now use Racing Medium tires, softs are banned.
- DP cars are now lighter, and very close to real life Grand Am specs.
- Only Aid allowed is ABS, ALL others will be banned.
General Information:
Since this series is based off of the real life Grand Am Rolex Sports Car Series, we try to recreate the racing that series offers, on Gran Turismo 5. Since the game doesn't have any Daytona Prototype (DP) cars, or Race car Grand Touring (GT) cars, we have thought up some great substitutions! Since we don't have any DP cars, we use Group C cars. These cars definitely look like the real life DP cars (With a bit of imagination) and provide some excellent racing! Since we don't have the race versions of all the cars in the real life series, we use their street car counterparts, with GT Auto aero upgrades! These make the cars look pretty darn close to their real life racecar versions. This system has worked great for us in our first two seasons, and we hope it does the same in season 3!
Cautions And Start Procedure:
We will be using the same caution system as season 2. What will bring out a caution? A crash between 2 cars. When the crash happens, both drivers MUST type "Caution" into the chat box. Once BOTH "Caution" messages have shown up, Both class leaders will drastically slow down, and their respective classes will catch up. Once both classes are together, BOTH classes will pit at the same time. After everyone has exited the pits, both classes will line up, and continue around the track at 60 mph. This start will be staggered, so the GT cars should give the DP cars plenty of room to restart without the two classes having problems with each other.
The start procedure will be like this:
Race will be started and everyone will show up on the grid. The GT cars should let the DP cars past, and both classes will get into order based off of their qualifying times. This will all take place on the formation lap. The formation lap will be a slow first lap at 60 mph. The start will be staggered, so the GT cars will give a gap between themselves and the DP cars. The race will begin once the class leaders cross the finish line.
Stewards:
New for season 3, we will be having stewards! There will be two representatives from each class, to steward the opposite class. So, GT guys will steward DP incidents, and the DP guys will steward GT incidents. ALL incidents should be PM'ed to myself, polarbear345, either here or on GTPlanet. I will from there forward the message to the appropriate steward. Steward List is as follows:
DP:
Cnd01
Polarbear345
These will be the people doing the GT stewarding.
GT:
Tbwhhs
Anirishnirvana (Damuemogirl)
These will be the people doing the DP stewarding.
Championships And Times:
We will be running four championships again, the regular championship, and the NAEC. NAEC stands for North American Endurance Championship. The NAEC is a three round championship with longer races at three American tracks. Daytona Road, Indy Road, and Laguna Seca. These races will be longer than the regular race, at about 1 hour 45 minutes in length. The regular race will be about 1 hour 15 minutes. Race day schedule:
Every Saturday!:
6:20 PM EST: Room opens, and qualifying starts!
6:55 PM EST: Qualifying ends, grid orders figured out and getting prepared for race!
7:00 PM EST: Race begins!
Car Lists:
Now onto the fun stuff! The car list will be almost identical to season 2's but with different specs, and the addition of the Evora!
Daytona Prototype Cars:
Nissan R92CP
502HP, 1030KG
Driver 1: MONSTER97
Driver 2:
Sauber C9
502HP, 1020KG
Driver 1: Cnd01
Driver 2: Polarbear345
Toyota Minolta
502HP, 1020KG
Driver 1: Unrealanthony
Driver 2: I Am Yellow
Grand Touring Cars:
Audi R8 5.2
415HP, 1320KG
All GT Auto Aero
Driver 1: ROsingtOn
Driver 2:
Chevrolet Camaro
430HP, 1320KG
GT Auto Aero, MUST have Wing B!
Driver 1: grazbro
Driver 2:
Mazda RX8
430HP, 1270KG
All GT Auto Aero
Driver 1: Stormpacer17
Driver 2:
Lotus Evora
415HP, 1300KG
All GT Auto Aero
Driver 1: Damuemogirl
Driver 2: Tbwhhs
Ferrari 458 Italia
410HP,1340KG
All GT Auto Aero
Driver 1: GHSkilla
Driver 2:
ALL cars will use Racing Medium Tires.
General Reserves:
DP:
GTP Paulmac2k9
GT:
GTPanoz
Phil Bell
sheephead99
FlyinHawaiian77
shinshiki
elove
Schedule:
You will be able to "drop" ONE race this season, but that race cannot be a NAEC race. The schedule of the third season is below!
60+1 Laps.
40+1 Laps.
35+1 Laps.
35+1 Laps.
60+1 Laps.
35+1 Laps.
35+1 Laps.
30+1 Laps.
30+1 Laps.
65+1 Laps.
Points:
DP:
P1- 10
P2- 8
P3- 6
P4- 4
P5- 2
P6- 1
GT:
P1- 15
P2- 12
P3- 10
P4- 8
P5- 6
P6- 5
P7- 4
P8- 3
P9- 2
P10- 1
This is the system that will be used for both championships.
Registration:
How to race with us? Fill out the form below in a post on this thread. Remember, there is a STRICT limit of two people per car, so keep that in mind when signing up!
That's all!
Can't make all the races? No problem! Just sign up as a general reserve for the class you'd like to race in! You should have all the cars for your class, because you'll be added to a list that the regulars can use to find a replacement if they need to miss a race. The registration form is the same.
Driver Biographies:
To add a bit of friendliness, and so we can maybe have some laughs, I thought a quick driver bio would be pretty cool!
Form to fill out in either a post on the thread, or a pm to me:
PSN/ GTP Name: Polarbear345
Real First Name: Drew
Wheel: Logitech G27
Favorite Track: Magny Cours, I really like the first part that goes into the super sharp hair pin, then the quick chicanes, and the laps seem to fly past because it's so fun to drive!
Favorite Snack Food: Frozen Pizza, super easy to make, you can totally drag it through the garden and add some more cheese, banana peppers, pepperoni and everything!
Favorite Drink: Homemade Lemonade! Because it tastes so good! I can make it by myself and It's my favorite thing to drink after one of our long races!
Psn name: damuemogirl
GTP name: anirishnirvana
Real first name (Or alias): Tank
Controller or wheel, which one, or what type: DS3
Favorite race track and why: Spa. A bit of everything as a technical track goes; unpredictable weather to wreak havoc; and it practically guarantees a first lap crash.
Favorite Snack food and why: Ben and Jerry's ice cream, end of.
Favorite drink and why: Ale. Unlike spirits, it's nice to relax with; not so sweet as cider, nor so weak as other beers.
Real first name (Or alias): Pedro
Controller or wheel, which one, or what type:Controller
Favorite race track and why: Daytona Super/Road Because it is Daytona its the home of racing.
Favorite Snack food and why:Chips Because they are easy to open when on pit road.
Favorite drink and why:Gatorade/Powerade/Propel Because its the drink of racers.
Real first name (Or alias): Graz
Controller or wheel, which one, or what type: Logitech G27
Favorite race track and why: Bathurst. Uphills, downhills, s-curves and flat out straights! And of course, V8's!
Favorite Snack food and why: M&M's, melts in your mouth, not in your hands
Favorite drink and why: Coca-Cola, burns the throat
Psn name: cnd01
GTP name: cnd01
Real first name (Or alias): Connor
Controller or wheel, which one, or what type: Logitech G27
Favorite race track and why: Daytona Road Course because the Rolex 24 is there. I attend the Rolex 24 every year
Favorite Snack food and why: Goldfish. Who doesn't like Goldfish?
Favorite drink and why: Mountain Dew
I like to get all jacked up on Mountain Dew like Ricky Bobby's son, Texas Ranger.Psn name: ghskilla
GTP name: ghskilla
Real first name (Or alias): Call me gh/ghs/killa/skilla whatever floats your boat.
Controller or wheel, which one, or what type: Logitech Driving Force GT
Favorite race track and why: Spa - Do I really need an explanation for this?!
Favorite Snack food and why: Okay... odd question... but I like chips. Any type.
Favorite drink and why: Water. It keeps me hydrated and alive.
Psn name: shinshiki204
GTP name: Shinshiki
Real first name (Or alias): Brando
Controller or wheel, which one, or what type: DS3
Favorite race track and why: Road Atlanta (Home track) or Circuit De La Sarthe
Favorite snack food and why: Slim Jim's and pepperoni.
Favorite drink and why: Coca-Cola
PSN/ GTP Name: FlyinHawaiian77
Real First Name: Darryl
Wheel: Logitech G27
Favorite Track: Suzuka. It is a great all around track. I use it to tune all of my cars to find that perfect balance.
Favorite Snack Food: I like my chips also. Cause you cant eat just one.
Favorite Drink: Sweet Tea. If you live in the south, you gotta love tea. Oh and there's the Long Island version as well.
GTP name: Tez_ SP17
PSN name: StormPacer17
Class: GT
Real first name (Or alias): Danny (Tez)
Controller or wheel: DS3 Controller
Favorite race track and why: Off the roster? Sarthe. I would love to go there one day, and on GT5, it's my most enjoyable track by far. On the roster? Suzuka, its one of those challenging tracks that can be super rewarding if you can get used to it.
Favorite Snack food and why: I don't really have one. I suppose a good ol' ham & egg sandwich counts. Simple, but delicious.
Favorite drink and why: Tea. I nice strong brew of tea is amazing!
Any questions? Please ask!
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