ORS | SEASON 9 | That 70s Show

[Oniichan]

Day: Every Monday night starting 14th January
Qualifying: 8:30pm (Sydney UTC+10:00)
Race Time: 9:00pm (Sydney UTC+10:00)
Host: Oni_chan
Backup Host: jasr73
Race Duration: 1 - 1.5hrs
Track Edge: Real
Tyre Wear: Normal
Penalties: OFF
Damage: Heavy
Driver Aids: All OFF except ABS

Standard ORS Rules apply
2 Wheels must stay inside the track edge lines at all times
Drivers must stay inside pit exit line when exiting pits
Regardless of position when overtaking the car in front has the ownership of the racing line
Ramming not tolerated
Foul language not tolerated

Failure to comply can result in a point deduction or removal from the ORS series.

If you wish to report any infractions or racing incidents for review please contact the following stewards via GTP or PSN message.

Jasr73
Oni_chan

ATTENDANCE
Due to the limited number of spaces in this series it is expected that drivers will:

a) Commit to the full series.
b) Give reasonable notice to the Race Director of a non-attendance. This will allow us to offer you place to a wildcard driver.

Failure to give reasonable notice (a “no-show’ without reason”) will result in you losing your full time position in the race series and you will be placed on the wild card list. Your full time position may be offered to an alternative driver.

If you are unsure if you are able to commit to the full series, please connect us to discuss or please nominate yourself as a wildcard. This is to ensure that we are getting best possible participation rates, which means more exciting, closer racing for everyone.​

The series is 10 rounds with 1 round each week (10 weeks).

Round 1: Indy Road – 14th January
Round 2: Fuji Speedway F – 21st January
Round 3: High Speed Ring Reverse (sprint) – 28th January
Round 4: Grand Valley Speedway – 4th February
Round 5: Daytona Road - 11th February
Round 6: Spa-Francorchamps - 18th February
Round 7: Tokyo R246 Reverse (sprint) - 25th February
Round 8: Laguna Seca – 4th March
Round 9: Circuit de la Sarthe 24hr – 11th March
Round 10: Nurburgring 24hr – 18th March

Tyre compound limits apply. Each tier has the following compounds available.

1x Racing Soft (entire season)
2x Racing Medium (per race)
3x Racing Hard (per race)

The following ORS tyre rules apply;
No mixing sets (i.e. RM front and RH rear)
Qualifying and Race start count as 1 sets used
You cannot change sets during qualifying
You must start the race on your qualifying tyre
Pit lane opens end of lap 4 for first tyre compound change
Pit lane closes with 5 laps to go for last tyre compound change
You must use all tyre compounds during a race

Special rules apply to the Racing Soft compound. You are restricted to only 1 set for the entire season. Therefore if you use a set of racing softs on round 2 you will not have any left for the remaining rounds as you have used up your softs for the season. This set of soft is to be used as a trump card if you will. It’s up to you when you want to use it. If you decide to use it during a race then it will replace 1 of the required compounds to be used during a race. For example: You start on mediums and decide to use your 1 set during the race. You will not be required to use the hard compound that race. The racing soft compound cannot be used as a qualifying tyre. Please ensure you familiarize yourself with these special rules.

Stewards will make a note of each driver’s tyres and penalties will be handed down if you fail to comply.
Penalties can vary from warnings, point deductions and to disqualifications.

Qualifying is now split into 2 x 15 minute sessions. Drivers MUST state their tyre compound for qualifying/race start
A DAY BEFORE THE RACE (Sunday Night) via posting in the forum or sending a PSN message to jasr73 and Oni_chan. Once you have submitted your tyre choice it cannot be changed.

Each Tier will go out in qualifying sessions separately to ensure each
Tier participant has enough free track space to set their best qualifying time.

8:30pm - Q1 - 15mins - Tier 2
8:45pm - Q2 - 15mins - Tier 1

During the season there are 2 rounds out of the 10 rounds called Sprint races. During a sprint race the
use all tyre compound rule does not apply. However the start on qualifying tyre rule does.

Sprint rounds consist of 3 short races during the one session. The first race uses standard qualifying positions while
race 2 & 3 will use reverse grid based on the previous race result.

Points obtained during a sprint race differ from the standard championship points.
Out of the 3 races each driver must choose which race (1, 2 or 3) they choose to drop the points for.
You can only obtain points from 2 of the 3 races, your worst result will be dropped and any fastest laps or additional points scored during that race will also be dropped.

Ballast off 35kgs will be applied to any driver who finishes in first place and 25kgs to anyone who finishes in second place.

This ballast handicap will be subject to ongoing race results and will only be fixed for one round after it has been allocated.

If in the next round, a driver succeeds in placing first again, they will incur an additional ballast handicap of 35kg bringing a total ballast handicap to a maximum total of 70kg. This is the maximum amount of ballast any driver can attract regardless of subsequent results.

If in the following round a driver with ballast handicap fails to place in a top three position, they will have their entire accumulated ballast removed for the next race.

In addition, in the event that a driver wins a race by a margin of over 25 seconds to second place they may incur the maximum 70Kg ballast handicap for the next race, if they do not have already have the maximum handicap in place.

To summarize the changes to ballast see below:
➢ The maximum ballast that can be applied to a driver is 70kgs over the entire series.
➢ First place receives a 35kg ballast handicap fixed for the next race only
➢ Second place receives a 25kg ballast handicap fixed for the next race only
➢ In the event the margin between first and second place is over 25 seconds a 70kg ballast may be applied for the next race (subject to assessment of the race).
➢ Failing to score a podium with ballast applied will have your total ballast handicap removed
➢ Winning two races in a row will incur 70kg ballast handicap for the next race
➢ Placing second for two races in a row will incur a ballast handicap of 50kg for the next race

BHP increase off 20BHP will be applied to any tier 2 driver who crosses the line in last place and 10BHP to any tier 2 driver who crosses the line in second last place. The maximum BHP that can be applied is 20BHP regardless of subsequent results.

If in the next round, a driver succeeds in placing on the podium (1st, 2nd or 3rd) they will have their BHP handicap removed.

To summarize the handicap procedure see below:
➢ The maximum handicap that can be applied to a driver is 20BHP over the entire series.
➢ Last place receives a 20 BHP handicap fixed for the next race
➢ Second last place receives a 10 BHP handicap fixed for the next race
➢ Scoring a podium finish with a handicap applied will have your total handicap removed
➢ Finishing second last two races in a row will incur 20 BHP handicap for the next race

Tier 1
Oni_chan
Rod_AUS
Jasr73
Jol_1
TT-R_Toivo
GTP_JTV
lost-on-drugz
spot available

Tier 2
Cactass
mrtaital
redness-63
maggotronz
Asuka611
Moon95g
spot available
spot available

Each Tier consists of 4-8 drivers who have been sorted into their respective tiers via previous performances.

WILDCARDS
saltan4 (tbc)
velster
rotamasta7
-

Teams are limited to 2 drivers only. They can be of either T1 and/or T2 drivers and will run the same body colour as their team mate with wheels and racing number being individual OR Reverse colours with Driver A using body colour A and tyre colour B with Driver B using body colour B and tyre colour A. Feel free to give your team a name and logo. Once you have decided on your team let me know and it will be posted here.

Team Bling
lost-on-druz
GTP_JTV

Oni_chan
mrtaital

Cactass
redness-63

Muscle Madness
Jol_1
Asuka611

At the end of the season each driver will drop 1 race's total points from their overall total. A driver may only score points for 9 out of the 10 races. This means that drivers who miss a race due to work/family commitments can still battle for the championship. As in the past if a driver missed 1 race then they would not be able to fight for the championship podium as they are now to far behind in points. The round that gets dropped will lose all points scored during that race including fastest lap and podium position points.

POINT SYSTEM (Endurance)

1st - 139
2nd - 129
3rd - 120
4th - 113
5th - 106
6th - 99
7th - 93
8th - 87
9th - 82
10th - 77
11th - 73
12th - 69
13th - 65
14th - 62
15th - 59
16th – 56

Pole Position – 4pts
Fastest Lap – 2pt

POINT SYSTEM (Sprint)

1st – 69
2nd – 65
3rd – 60
4th – 56
5th – 53
6th – 50
7th - 47
8th - 44
9th - 41
10th - 39
11th - 37
12th - 35
13th - 33
14th - 31
15th - 29
16th – 28

Pole Position – 2pts
Fastest Lap – 1pt

​

 

[Oniichan]

​

 

[mrtaital]

Once again a ripper series in the making, professional set up again oni. Props to all involved.

 

[Oniichan]

Cheers mate. We will hold a test race on the 7th around Twin Ring Motegi. Details will be up later. This is to ensure everyone is in their correct tiers and up to date with the rules.

 

[asuka611]

Fantastic effort Mr Chan! Can't wait to get this 70's show started

The single set of racing softs is an interesting twist. Will be intersting to see how the drivers will use it.

The Tier split looks right on the money mate and should provide some good close racing all round. 👍

 

[Lost-on-drugz]

looks good mate ill join as a wildcard till i prove ill make all the races. good twist battle aswell oni.

 

[Oniichan]

Sounds good mate. Its about time you got setup and back into GT5. If you make most of the races ill move you into a the full time drive slot mate. Lets hope you can. Toiv needs some challenge from his fellow kiwi.

 

[Lost-on-drugz]

thanks mate wheel is permanently setup now and yeah been on gt5 heaps nowdays BOO the new call of duty is rubbish!

 

[Oniichan]

Above is the details for tomorrows test race. We treat this just like any other race with the exception of points being earned. Please ensure you are up to date with all the regulations for season 9 and have your cars tuned to ORS specs.

​

 

[mrtaital]

So we can use 1 set of softs tonight without compromising the series, due to that fact it's a test race right?

 

[velly]

looks like fun, cant make tonight sadly

I love the Race Soft twist. will have to think long and hard when these will be used hehehe

 

[Oniichan]

So we can use 1 set of softs tonight without compromising the series, due to that fact it's a test race right?

That is correct MrT. Softs are available for tonights race if you wish to use em. Using them will not compromise the series tyre compounds.

looks like fun, cant make tonight sadly

I love the Race Soft twist. will have to think long and hard when these will be used hehehe

Sad to hear mate. While i would like maximum attendance for the test race i understand it is still quite early and people are still on holidays. I'll see you at round 1 next week.

 

[wayne jacobs]

Hey everyone
HAPPY NEW YEAR
Looks good
Did not like my track Mr chan?

CHEERS redness-63 (

 

[jol_1]

Happy new year guys, ill be there tonight but have to set my system up again have not turned gt on after my last race so ill be very rusty.

 

[velly]

Sad to hear mate. While i would like maximum attendance for the test race i understand it is still quite early and people are still on holidays. I'll see you at round 1 next week.

My house is still upside down as we all done a bedroom swap over the holidays and both of my living rooms are full of crap! hoping to get ontop of it this week.
On a side note the baby has not been settling well at nights, so please move me to a wildcard as i feel this may take a few weeks to sort out
this will lift the pressure off me if i am unable to get ready in time.

See you on the black stuff 👍

 

[Oniichan]

Hey everyone
HAPPY NEW YEAR
Looks good
Did not like my track Mr chan?

CHEERS redness-63 (

Yeah Cac, Jase and myself gave it a good thrashing but in the end found it unsuitable to these cars. These muscle cars tend to roll and get unstable quite alot around there so you spend more time fighting the car than racing.

 

[Lost-on-drugz]

Was good to get back to having races with youse last night , car feels good manageable on the tyres just need afew tweaks. Those camaros seen abit more faster should make for some good racing. Once again good pick oni about time we used something new ( Muscle cars )

 

[jol_1]

Good racing with you again lost even if you were way ahead of me in most races, should be good season again, see ya all next week.

 

[Oniichan]

Yeah feels good to get back into the swing of racing again. From the test race data it looks like it will be another close and fast racing season.

Reminder to all, that I'd like all teams finalized by round 2. So let me know ASAP on which team you belong to and its name.

 

[Lost-on-drugz]

Me and GTV be team seeing were same colour team BLING suites us

 

[Oniichan]

Cool! Team bling is going to be a force this season.

 

[PAWEL17]

Have they made improvements to the connections? i wouldn't mind having a drive on monday nights, that is if the connection will let me.

 

[Oniichan]

Have they made improvements to the connections? i wouldn't mind having a drive on monday nights, that is if the connection will let me.

Haven't had any updates for awhile. But we haven't experienced as many network problems during season 8. Mate your welcome to join round 1 at Indy. Just set up a Camaro 69 to the ORS specs and we will see how it goes. If all goes well we move you into a full time drive.

 

[PAWEL17]

Haven't had any updates for awhile. But we haven't experienced as many network problems during season 8. Mate your welcome to join round 1 at Indy. Just set up a Camaro 69 to the ORS specs and we will see how it goes. If all goes well we move you into a full time drive.

cheers, see you monday night then.

 

[wayne jacobs]

Mediums for me .
See you tomorrow night race fans.
CHEERS redness-63 (

 

[Cactass]

Dear Mr Oni_chan-san,
Will you be posting a race summary for the humble servants, or do we post a qualifying tyre and hope it suits the race duration? (I've tried, but can't find the hidden schedual table. )
Peasant Cactass.

 

[Oniichan]

ORS | SEASON 9 | PRE RACE BRIEFING

We kick of the season with our American Muscle around Indianapolis Road Course for a 45 lap race.
Put in your ear plugs boys its going to get noisy!

A few corners people need to be mindful of not cutting are turns 8 and 11 (highlighted). This doesn't mean you can cut other corners. The standard ORS rules of 2 wheels must stay within the white track edge lines applies at all times for all tracks during qualifying and racing. If you are found to be cutting corners consistently or frequently then you will be penalised by the stewards. Penalties can range from point deductions, 1 race bans and up to disqualifications from the entire ORS season 9. Ensure you have read all the rules in the opening post (page 1).

Regarding the pit exit around Indianapolis Road make sure you do not cut the pit exit line. Also when joining be mindful of cars approaching. The car behind has right of way so please you common sense when entering turn 1 to avoid any collisions. You may enter the pits flat out around Indy without being penalized. Therefore you are not required to reduce speeds when entering the pits.

If you find yourself off the track be mindful when rejoining, please aware of your position on the track relative to your fellow races. Drivers rejoining the track must give way to race traffic and not become an obstruction.

Now finally all drivers must make sure they submit their tyre choice for qualifying/race start by Sunday night. Once you tyre choice has been submitted you cannot change it. Failure to provide a qualifying tyre by the deadline results in you qualifying and starting on racing hards.

Regards,

Oni
ORS Committee

 

[PAWEL17]

Thanks for the heads up. Hards for me.

 

[jol_1]

Hard for me to start the season. see ya tomorrow guys

 

[Cactass]

I'll try Mediums, thanks Mr. Chan.