I see there's still a bit of confusion around the whole Private Lobby set up...lol. Hopefully I can clarify a bit.
Think of it like this. If you were just finding out about the Capp Cup and asked, "
Where do I go to race?" until now, it would have been, "
Send an FR to Brandon" and Brandon's FR list would be filled with 40 or 50 Capp Cuppers. We gather in Brandon's Lounge to race Capp's or other cars.
Now instead of friending Brandon, you friend
"ORCA CappCup" and we gather there to race and practice. If you also want to add Brandon, you can, you can add anyone from the series you want, but we'd gather in the "
ORCA CappCup" to race or practice etc. The only people with access to the Lounge are Capp Cuppers, same as before. Nothing is really different this way, you just go to a different lounge to race.
Now expand it even further and say you want the CappCuppers and other clean racers to gather once in a while for some PP racing, some spec racing, spot races, GT500, whatever you prefer but don't want to do it in a public lobby and all the chaos it entails. So 90 or 95 of us all join 3 or 4 different lounges who would appear on your friends list like everyone else, but access is limited to the same 90-95 good clean drivers you already know. If you want to know if anyone is in the lounge you have to click on the lounge because the little cup doesn't show under this system even when people are there.
Races will be organized by whoever wants to organize them to suit their own personal preferences. No one owns the these Lounges they are for anyone who is a member to use. Brandon and the Stewards will organize some evenings to get you pointed in the right direction but the whole idea is for it to be YOUR lounge system. It will go in the direction that the majority wants to go, based on what types of racing are most popular with the group, not what I want to do or Brandon or anyone else. We wanted to be able to race on a more frequent basis with the same good drivers in the Capp Cup and their friends if they also choose to join.
Within this same group, we'll run the Alfa Series and perhaps some Cappuccino's once in a while too. If you don't see yourself running in anything but the Alfa's then just join that particular Lounge. If you want to run other cars with people of the same mindset then join the other groups as you see fit. It will only take up space on your friends list if you want it to.
The basic premise is to do a variety of different types of racing, while avoiding the chaos that is most public lobbies, but without having to commit to a series of any kind, nor be a professional driver. In a field of 10-15 pilots there are a variety of skill levels and whether you are racing Alfa's or Spec Camaro's or some 450pp cars on SS tires, you'll find someone to run with most every race, without having to deal with Johnnynobrakes or Guywhothinkshe'sDaleEarnhardt every corner.
Although you can't kick anyone from a Lounge for dirty racing, they can be unfriended, and as far as I know, if you unfriend someone even while they are in a Lounge they disappear. There will also be a reporting mechanism in place for reporting dirty driving and you can be removed from the whole system if you are constantly in trouble. We don't expect it to be an issue however.
So if you want to race 400ppCS nights then you'll be able to set it up and promote it in front of up to 100 other clean drivers. It may turn out not be popular or it may be wildly popular, you never know. If you like GT300 cars and never get a chance to run them, organize a GT300 night. Anyone can do it, not just Brandon and the stewards.
Hopefully that makes it a little clearer...
I was originally planning to run the Nordschlife which would be a natural candidate for the second enduro but while that track is great fun to drive on it's really not the best for racing due to the narrowness and it's size. I'm thinking we should probably run on Nurburgring GP/F instead which would also be a good candidate for an enduro.
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