Drivers Briefing Round 1
Track Map
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Please note that the track map is for reverse direction. We will be racing in the normal direction.
Circuit: Deep Forrest
Races: 2
Distance: 40 mins
Qualifying: 1 x 15 Minutes
Circuit Time: N/A
Weather: N/A
Welcome to round 1 of the CORE Australia / Australasian GT Series. As it is the start of the new season, there will be a number of procedures that will need to be explained to all the drivers.
@LITTLEBLACKO @Matvex @Beau Albert @Killing Heidi @amcdo122 @Pubs16
Race Lobby
The races will be held in the Open Lobby section of the ‘CORE Online Racing official’. Due to real life circumstances, I will not be there for round 1. At this stage Killing-Heidi will be the room host, but I’m also in the process of finding a backup host in the event that Killing-Heidi can not host.
Official Practice
There will be a practice lobby tonight (June 25th) at 7pm ACDT. It is important we have all drivers here as we will run through the start procedure so everyone can get a feel for what they are doing.
Rolling Starts
For the GT races, CORE will use a rolling start procedure. The following is the regulations on performing rolling starts and they must be followed precisely to ensure there is no confusion between drivers. For round 1, drivers will complete a full warm up lap with the race starting at the Start/Finish Line.
5.Start procedure:
5.1 Rolling:
Cars on a rolling start must pace at 80MPH/128KPH top speed around the track, the leading car must maintain a constant speed only slowing down for slower corners which can not be taken safely at 80MPH/128KPH. The 80MPH/128KPH will continue the full warm up lap until the final turn or specified by race organizer where all cars will form up in double file at 50MHP/80KPH.
5.2 Gapping on warm up:
Cars must retain a 2-3 car gap between them selves and the car in front. While on the warm up the odd cars must warm up on the left hand side of the track and the evens must warm up on the right, making a 4-6 car gap between all cars on the grid.
5.3 Formation:
All cars must form up with odds on the left and evens on the right.
Pit Stops
Tyre Rules
There will be 2 tyre compounds used in the race. Soft and medium (A wet weather race will be declared if the surface water is over 25%)
Pit Window
During all the races there will be a Pit Stop Window This will be from 15 minutes to 25 minutes. Once the clock reaches 26 minutes, the pits will be closed apart from emergency repairs. If you pit outside of the Pit stop window you will receive a 30 second penalty.
Pit Entry/Exit Lines
There are solid white lines on the Entry and Exit to the pits. When a driver makes their pit stop they must remain on the left side of those lines when entering or exiting the Track into pit lane
Incident reports
There is a mandatory incident report that MUST be submitted after every race event. There is time limit of 48 hours to submit, any late or none submitted will receive a time penalty of 30 seconds.
Text box and headsets
They can be used during practice, but as soon as qualifying has started we will be under race conditions and there will be a 10 sec penalty for anyone with a headset on or use of the text box.
Pausing to avoid damage
This is completely forbidden in any CORE event and a penalty will be applied to anyone caught using it. It is deemed as cheating and will not be accepted under race conditions.
Room Settings
Room Settings:
Race Quality: High
Voice Chat: Standard
Fixed Room: No
Qualifier Settings:
Format: Race Together
Start Type: Pit Start
Time Limit: 15 Minutes
Race Settings:
Hold Events Automatically: Disabled
Start Type: Grid Start (Manual Rolling Start)
Grid Order: Race 1 – Qualifying Order / Race 2 – Previous Race Results
Boost: Off
Penalty: None
Fuel/Tyre Wear: Normal
Grip Reduction on Wet Track/Track Edge: Real
Pit Stops: 1
Race Finish Delay: 90 seconds
Visible Damage: Off
Mechanical Damage: Heavy
Slipstream Strength: Real
Timetable
7:00 PM ACDT – Room Open
7:40PM ACDT – Spec Check
7:45PM ACDT – Qualifying
8:00 PM ACDT – Race 1 (40 Mins)
8:40 PM ACDT – Race 1 Finish
9:00 PM ACDT – Race 2 (40 Mins)
9:40 PM ACDT – Race 2 Finish