RULES & REGULATIONS
Season Start (TBA)
Race Rules
Car must remain stock! No bolt-ons/modifications! Although you can tune your car
By 'tune your car', meaning you can tweak your suspensions, aero, trans, brakes, etc.
Tires: Racing Hard
Oil Change: Allowed
Engine Overhaul: Allowed
Chassis Restoration: Allowed
Installing Modified/Aftermarket Parts: Banned!
Tuning (Suspension, Aero, Trans, Brakes, LSD): Allowed (No options that was added in the 1,06 update can be touched)
*Don't even buy an upgrade and remove/downtune it. It WILL change you engine specs, even when removed/downtuned, and the car will be illegal with a DQ as a minimum penalty. If you at some point had a turbo upgrade I suggest you buy/trade/duplicate a new one to be safe
Race Distance: 100km-200km
Mandatory Formation/Parade Lap: 1
Mandatory Pit Stop: 1
Damage: Heavy
ABS: Optional
Driving Line: On/Off
Active Steering: Off
Traction Control: Off
Skid Recovery Force: Off
Active Stability Management: Off
Grip Reduction on Wet Track/Track Edge: Real
Mic/Headsets: Off for all drivers except Race Stewards
Rules regarding any cars can be changed at any time during the season.
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Super Lap Qualifying
Qualifying will be held through live online sessions. Official days are Mondays and Wednesday at 12.00 pm PST / 08.00 pm GMT / 9.00 pm CET.
QUALIFYING DEADLINE: Thursday 02.00 AM (CET), 01.00 AM (GMT), Wednesday 20.00 PM (EST), 17.00 PM (PST). The deadlines are Thursday (GMT/CET) and Wednesdays (PST/EST) same week as race is held. Around 48 hours prior the race to give organizers some time to sort the grid, view replays find hosts e.t.c. Under no surcumstance can a qualylap be run and official/legit after the deadline is passed.
Any of the Stewards or capable hosts, under the supervision of a Steward/s, can announce and hold qualifying sessions of their own.
No qualifying sessions can be conducted after Wednesday. Qualifying will be on hard Racing Tyres.
Procedure
- A group of drivers per class will be given 2 laps to set a qualifying lap.
- Laps will be run in 'Race' and will depend on track size. (Standard=2 laps)
- Laps will be monitored and watched by fellow competitors to validate cleanliness.
- The number of cars will depend on track size.
- Once the race has been commenced, cars will roll on their warm up lap.
- Cars must stagger a number seconds between each other to make room (about 20 seconds)
- Standard '2 wheel on track at all times' rule apply (Check Post 3 for Racing Conduct 'Ch.IV Track Contact')
- Once finished, spectators will declare if their competitor ran a clean or dirty lap
- If a protest arise for a doubtful or dirty lap, the replay will be saved and checked.
- If confirmed dirty, a timed penalty will be imposed depending on severity of offense. (Standard 5 seconds)
- The process will repeat until we reach the limit of available drivers (eg. 25 for each class)
Rules regarding qualy-procedure:
1. If a driver run into
ANY trouble during an official qualy-session, the session can under no surcumstance restart.
2. If a driver does not complete the 4th lap, and the replayfile is corrupt, he runs the risk of not getting an official time,
EVEN if the
lap was watched and varified clean by a spectator. (It's VERY important that you end the 4th lap)
3. If a driver disconnects during a session, he may reconnect and drive up to that point where he got DC'd. If the DC occurs while on the 1st (2nd lap) qualy-lap, he may restart and this time
ONLY his 2nd (3rd lap) qualy-lap will be valid. The lap where the driver got DC'd counts as "dirty" with no registered lap-time.
4. If the car that DC's has any form of damage, but still are able to reconnect and restart his session, that drivers must damge his own car to the same grade of damage that the car had just beore he got DC'd.
5. If a qualy-lap is "dirty", there are 2 possibilities.
a. If a lap-time
beyond any doubt was slower due to an "off track/dirty" situation, no penalty is given and the lap-time stays.
b. If a lap-time
could have gained any time what so ever due to an "off track/dirty" situation, a penalty of 5 seconds will be added to the lap-time.
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Setting Grid Positions on Race Day
We will set the grid by running a formation/parade lap. After the race countdown reaches zero, you must Hold your positions! DO NOT MOVE ONE INCH!. Remember your
spot from the qualifying results; as well as the person in-front of you and behind you.
Cars move from the grid ONE by ONE. The Pole car drives up and parks about 100 m (300 ft) (WHILE DOING SO, THE OTHER CARS DO NOT MOVE ONE INCH). When he pass the start-line, the next driver can move up, and so on. When all cars are in the correct position and are NOT moving, the pole car starts the formation lap. When GT500's start the formation-lap, GT300's will do the exact same thing. With this in mind: Follow the steps below!
GT500
- First, you must remember your Grid Spot (Super Lap Qualifying)
- Hold your positions when countdown reaches zero.
- GT500 will make their way ONE BY ONE upfront and roll as a separate pack.
- Cars must roll in a maintained pace of 55 mph / 90 kmh
- Field will roll double file (form two lines)
- Odd numbers will start on the inside lane relative to turn 1.
- Even numbers will stay on the outside lane (Opposite side)
- The Pole sitter will decide the Green Flag before the Finish line
- You must maintain a minimum of One car length between you and the car in-front (same lane)
- One car length is minimum, meaning it's up to you how large the gap will be
- You must always maintain visual contact with the car beside you
- You're bumper must not go pass the rear bumper of the car beside you, dping so can be viewed as a false start and a penalty can come as a result.
- You must wait for the car beside you to move forward before you floor it!
- No passing before the start finish line! Penalties will be strictly enforced for false starts, illegal passing, and overall aggressive driving!
GT300
- The same procedure will be followed by the GT300 Cars
- GT300 pack should be at least 5 seconds behind the GT500 pack.
IMPORTANT: In case of a disonnect during the formationlap, the cars behind have to maintain their position, and can
NOT move up the grid. Doing so can result in a penalty for breach of "jump start".
Diagram of an ideal rolling pack
Real Life Example of a Rolling Start:
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Raceday
Mixed Class: There will be 2 races held which will be split into two rooms. Each race/grid
will consist of Seven GT500 cars and seven GT300 cars. The top seven qualifiers for each class will
be relegated to Division 1, while the bottom seven will go to Division 2.
Same Class: GT500 and GT300 cars will battle their own kind. There will be only one room per class.
Top 16 qualifiers will make it to the race, instead of 14 when divided in to 2 divisions
Hosts: Announced 24 hours prior to the race.
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Points System
Race Percentage Completion
Drivers must complete atleast 85% of the overall race lenght or he/she
will not earn a single championship point (bonus points is kept).
Points classification will move up accordingly. This means any D2 driver can
earn as much as finishing second overall.
Bonus Points
10 - Finish the Race
3 - Pole Position
2 - Fastest Lap
Participation
To accommodate real life commitments (absences), only 8 races will be counted into your standings.
You can drop one Mixed and one Same Class Race.
Tie Breakers
- Points
- Wins
- Podiums
- Finished Races
- Bonus Points
- Race Starts
CONNECT TIME AND RACE TIME
ALL drivers must be in the room atleast
30 minutes prior the race. If not, you will be
excluded from the race, and all drivers below will move up accordingly. We need to have 30 minutes to make sure that drivers have the time to change rooms/comming in from waiting lists.
All drivers must stay tuned of the situation 30 minutes prior the race by looking in this thread. If a driver is missing, a steward or the host for that race where a driver is missing will state that wery clearly in this thread. If a driver is missing in D1, pole for D2 will move up to 7th in D1, and the first on the waiting list will move up to 7th in D2.
This is a bit of a communication issue, and that's why I ask all drivers to stay sharp during the half-hour-mark prior the race to make the task as easy to manage as possible for us stewards.
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