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Welcome to the GT Career Mode Challenge, Presented by Racers Reunited.
The principle is pretty basic: drivers will start off slow and end up fast in a series of races spread across 12 weeks, intended to mimic a career mode from a Gran Turismo game. You'll kick off in karts, and end up in prototypes, with points for each weekly event all counting towards your overall career.
A twist? Why yes, of course there is. The whole event will be managed by a sentient Excel spreadsheet called Kerfuffle. It's a thing I invented for Gran Turismo LANs, which creates a Shuffle-like effect by assigning faster cars to slower drivers on a race by race basis (while also keeping championship positions in mind). Recently it's been adapted to manage weight and power handicaps, and it will assign new handicap values after each race in order to attempt to close the field up - and it does seem to have a life of its own now.
Each week will count as its own event, with a winner (and a physical prize) for each category. Kerfuffle will also keep an eye on the overall championship, and there's a special* mystery trophy for the person who takes the overall title of GT Career Mode Challenge Champion.
Given that some people dislike some classes (I hate karts, and we're starting off in them) and it may not prove possible for everyone to make every week, the overall championship will make use of the dropped rounds rule. There are 44 races planned, but only your best 33 of them (75%) will count towards the title - which means, depending on the week, you could miss two or three rounds and still be in the hunt. Beware of missing the Grand Final though, which won't necessarily decide the championship's destination, but will be 2.5x points.
At present, the approximate schedule is thus:
Week 1 - September 22 - Karts (5 races); GT Shifter Kart
Week 2 - September 29 - Lightweight K Car Cup (4 races); N100 Car List
Week 3 - October 6 - Gi-not-ta Juniors (4 races); Toyota S-FR '15
Week 4 - October 13 - Clubman Cup (4 races); Renault Sport Clio V6 '00
Week 5 - October 20 - Max 5 Racing Challenge (4/5 races); Roadster TC
Week 6 - October 27 - TVR Tuscan Challenge (4/5 races); TVR Tuscan Speed Six '00
Week 7 - November 3 - WTCC (4/5 races); Gr.4
Week 8 - November 10 - Japan/US/UK (3 races); N600
Week 9 - November 17 - Formula E (3 races); Porsche Taycan/Tesla Model S
Week 10 - November 24 - IndyCar (3 races); F1500
Week 11 - December 1 - World GT Challenge (3 races); Gr.3
Week 12 - December 8 - Grand Final (1 race); Gr.1
The races will take place at 2000 UK time (currently UTC+1, changes for Week 7 to UTC) on each Tuesday evening. There'll be an assembly period of around 20 minutes, then any qualifying session as necessary, and then the racing. We can, of course, accommodate latecomers, but they will miss any race that is already underway and start the next from the back of the grid. Finish time should be 2200 UK time, or thereabouts.
You'll only be required to do four things each race:
* Pick a car from the list (with base handicap applied)
* Apply any further handicap as directed by Kerfuffle through me - this will change EVERY race
* Race it
* Don't be a dick
I could write a long, proscriptive list of how not to be a dick, but I think we all know. If you wouldn't be happy racing you in the move you just did, you're being a dick. Defending is fine, changing lines or weaving down the straight is not, and a pass that needs a contact to work is being a dick. Nobody needs reminding of this, and if you do this isn't for you.
You may of course livery your cars up however you wish. I'll post a full list of cars and handicaps, and tracks, the week before each event.
Points will depend on the number of participants. If we get 12 people, the points will be a simple 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0, 0 (for the Grand Final that'll become 30, 25, 20, 18, 15, 13, 10, 8, 5, 3, 1, 0). If it's 16 I'll scale it - but it'll be set before the racing starts.
As this is technically a Racers Reunited event, RR veterans have first preference on signing up, so we do already have a reasonable number of participants... and one interesting name on the list
Maximum number of sign ups is, of course, 16.
Any questions? No? Sign up then.
Confirmed entries and current handicap:
#77 @buybon355 - 0/0
#27 @daan - 0/0
#46 @Drex124 - 0/0
#6 @Famine - 0/0
#11 @homeforsummer - 0/0
#? @IfAndOr - 0/0
#21 @jammy21 - 0/0
#8 @JockeP22 - 0/0
#7 @Jordan - 0/0
#42 @Lazybike - 0/0
#64 - @O604 - 0/0
#61 @Pigems - 0/0
#32 @RACECAR - 0/0
#? @silverman_GT - 0/0
#88 @Sutsagrd - 0/0
Interested entries awaiting confirmation:
@richroo
@Zolon32
#43 @Venari
*Truly crap
The principle is pretty basic: drivers will start off slow and end up fast in a series of races spread across 12 weeks, intended to mimic a career mode from a Gran Turismo game. You'll kick off in karts, and end up in prototypes, with points for each weekly event all counting towards your overall career.
A twist? Why yes, of course there is. The whole event will be managed by a sentient Excel spreadsheet called Kerfuffle. It's a thing I invented for Gran Turismo LANs, which creates a Shuffle-like effect by assigning faster cars to slower drivers on a race by race basis (while also keeping championship positions in mind). Recently it's been adapted to manage weight and power handicaps, and it will assign new handicap values after each race in order to attempt to close the field up - and it does seem to have a life of its own now.
Each week will count as its own event, with a winner (and a physical prize) for each category. Kerfuffle will also keep an eye on the overall championship, and there's a special* mystery trophy for the person who takes the overall title of GT Career Mode Challenge Champion.
Given that some people dislike some classes (I hate karts, and we're starting off in them) and it may not prove possible for everyone to make every week, the overall championship will make use of the dropped rounds rule. There are 44 races planned, but only your best 33 of them (75%) will count towards the title - which means, depending on the week, you could miss two or three rounds and still be in the hunt. Beware of missing the Grand Final though, which won't necessarily decide the championship's destination, but will be 2.5x points.
At present, the approximate schedule is thus:
Week 1 - September 22 - Karts (5 races); GT Shifter Kart
Week 2 - September 29 - Lightweight K Car Cup (4 races); N100 Car List
Week 3 - October 6 - Gi-not-ta Juniors (4 races); Toyota S-FR '15
Week 4 - October 13 - Clubman Cup (4 races); Renault Sport Clio V6 '00
Week 5 - October 20 - Max 5 Racing Challenge (4/5 races); Roadster TC
Week 6 - October 27 - TVR Tuscan Challenge (4/5 races); TVR Tuscan Speed Six '00
Week 7 - November 3 - WTCC (4/5 races); Gr.4
Week 8 - November 10 - Japan/US/UK (3 races); N600
Week 9 - November 17 - Formula E (3 races); Porsche Taycan/Tesla Model S
Week 10 - November 24 - IndyCar (3 races); F1500
Week 11 - December 1 - World GT Challenge (3 races); Gr.3
Week 12 - December 8 - Grand Final (1 race); Gr.1
The races will take place at 2000 UK time (currently UTC+1, changes for Week 7 to UTC) on each Tuesday evening. There'll be an assembly period of around 20 minutes, then any qualifying session as necessary, and then the racing. We can, of course, accommodate latecomers, but they will miss any race that is already underway and start the next from the back of the grid. Finish time should be 2200 UK time, or thereabouts.
You'll only be required to do four things each race:
* Pick a car from the list (with base handicap applied)
* Apply any further handicap as directed by Kerfuffle through me - this will change EVERY race
* Race it
* Don't be a dick
I could write a long, proscriptive list of how not to be a dick, but I think we all know. If you wouldn't be happy racing you in the move you just did, you're being a dick. Defending is fine, changing lines or weaving down the straight is not, and a pass that needs a contact to work is being a dick. Nobody needs reminding of this, and if you do this isn't for you.
You may of course livery your cars up however you wish. I'll post a full list of cars and handicaps, and tracks, the week before each event.
Points will depend on the number of participants. If we get 12 people, the points will be a simple 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0, 0 (for the Grand Final that'll become 30, 25, 20, 18, 15, 13, 10, 8, 5, 3, 1, 0). If it's 16 I'll scale it - but it'll be set before the racing starts.
As this is technically a Racers Reunited event, RR veterans have first preference on signing up, so we do already have a reasonable number of participants... and one interesting name on the list
Maximum number of sign ups is, of course, 16.Any questions? No? Sign up then.
Confirmed entries and current handicap:
#77 @buybon355 - 0/0
#27 @daan - 0/0
#46 @Drex124 - 0/0
#6 @Famine - 0/0
#11 @homeforsummer - 0/0
#? @IfAndOr - 0/0
#21 @jammy21 - 0/0
#8 @JockeP22 - 0/0
#7 @Jordan - 0/0
#42 @Lazybike - 0/0
#64 - @O604 - 0/0
#61 @Pigems - 0/0
#32 @RACECAR - 0/0
#? @silverman_GT - 0/0
#88 @Sutsagrd - 0/0
Interested entries awaiting confirmation:
@richroo
@Zolon32
#43 @Venari
*Truly crap
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It is current 8:53am here. So if it’s at 5pm start on Tuesdays, I can make that, but I wouldn’t be able to make a 4pm start, I don’t get off work until 4 during the week. 
I would like to sign up if there is a spot open, this sounds like fun. 
