Rnd 7 of the season will be next Monday March 4th for the 4th Sprint cup round, with 2x30 minute sprint races, in the same format as the real Blancpain Sprint rounds. Just a bit shorter then the real rounds which are 2 races each.
This will have a 10 minute midrace pit window, with a mandatory stop to change tyres. there will be a 10 minute qualifying session before both races. Fuel is not allowed to be added during the race, don't be stingy with the free fuel as all you can do is fuel save or DNF if you don't start with enough.
Time scale will be 2x as the real round is 2x1hr races, session times will be as below on Monday 31st of March.
- Free Practice 45 minutes: 8:00pm AEST (in game Friday 2pm)
- Qualifying 1, 10 minutes: 8:45pm AEST (in game Saturday 10am)
- Race 1, 30 minutes: 9:00pm AEST (in game Saturday 2pm)
- Qualifying 2, 10 minutes: 9:45pm AEST (in game Sunday 9am)
- Race 2, 30 minutes: 10pm AEST (in game Sunday 3pm)
RACE/PRACTICE SERVERS PASSWORD "Season2"
The race server does have a locked entry list so if you haven't officially entered into the season you wont be able to get in on the night. You can enter even if you don't expect to run every round, there are 3 separate championships and an overall sprint enduro combined. This should allow those that cant do every race to still be in the running for something.
NEW season Entries Close strictly at 6:30pm AEST on race night.
Any entries after this are accepted for the following round. The race server will be passworded with a locked entry list so anyone not on the entry list wont get in even with the password. To be entered in for the season you must enter in the entry thread, provide a GUID in the relevant thread and also set a qualy lap in the league qualy server prior to 6:30pm on the Monday race night. Please note whatever car you start your first official season race in you will be committed to for the full season. A reminder for all to ensure they have set a lap in the Qualifying Server and anyone not yet entered to enter in the season entry thread.
FULL FORMATION LAP MANUAL START PROCEDURE
After testing the full formation manual start procedure on Wednesdays warm up races these turned out pretty good and easily manageable, ideally everyone will join the discord channel for race nights to hear any directions regarding the race start.
The general rule will be to start single file and follow the leader, you can weave and warm your tyres up here but be aware of cars ahead and behind at all times. Do your best to avoid causing any issues for others, then the second last corner of the track start to line up double file (may change for some tracks and be in that rounds thread)
Everyone should be in formation by the time the field makes it around the last turn and cars on the main straight should maintain 80kmh until the green light is given.
Anyone going considerably early enough to gain an advantage here may be given a post race time penalty. Cars behind the leader aren't allowed to back up and then anticipate the green to get an unfair run on the cars ahead of them. Same with front row cars they aren't allowed to accelerate before the lights are green.
Multi Driver teams
Any drivers wanting to team up and share the driving load for any rounds can do so this season, you will need to let us know by 6:30pm on race night but ideally ASAP to ensure admins have time to pair you up in the entry list. Drivers teamed up will need to be in the same class and the car used if both are in different cars will be the one of the driver currently rated higher in the season, if both are on equal points it will be the driver with the higher season qualifying rank.
Protests and Penalties.
For any official protests post race please see this thread for info on how to lodge a protest. This is not to be done in the race threads.
Yanet's Weather Forecast
Dynamic weather is likely going to be off but we will test it during the week, a conservative test on Wednesday went ok. Will see how the servers go during the week but there is a chance of rain atm. The real round had pretty wet qualy.
Zandvoort looks to be a bit cooler then Silverstone and more overcast with 19 to 22c expected for race 1. Temps and the race night sessions will be the same as the practice servers currently setup but they arent exactly fixed should be within a few degrees of expected temps and P Q R may be all a bit different due to different session start times. Hotlap server will be 19/21 temps and this is close to what race 1 started in 2019.
Last edited: Apr 29, 2020
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