Rnd 5 of the season will be next Monday April 20th for the 3rd Sprint cup round, with a 60 minute sprint race in the same format as the real Blancpain Sprint rounds.
RACE/PRACTICE SERVERS PASSWORD "Season2"
entry is also locked to only those on the season entry thread.
All that started any rnd will be locked to the car they chose for the rest of the season.
Time scale will be 2x to make for a bit shorter weather segments then 1x allows, session times will be as below.
Free Practice 45 minutes: 8:00pm AEST (in game Friday 5pm)
Qualifying 1, 15 minutes: 8:45pm AEST (in game Saturday 5pm)
Race 1, 30 minutes: 9:00pm AEST (in game Saturday 7pm)
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.
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.
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.
Please note whatever car you start your first official season race in you will be committed to for the full season.
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 race in, will what you need to use for the full season.
NEW season Entries Close strictly at 6:30pm AEDT 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.
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 arent allowed to accelerate before the lights are green.
Weather
Dynamic settings will always be used not very high probability of rain this round but its always possible. The wednesday races had a typo in setup and were wetter then expected.
ROOZ servers 1, 2 and 9 will always be setup using the same weather settings as expected on the race night. Server 1 full practice is setup identically as it will be on Monday night.
The Wednesday races are usually a test of the weather so it should be finalized by Thursday night as it will be the next Monday, unless a clear issue is found in current settings during testing.
General temperatures will stay the same all week as initialy set on the non static practice servers, only chance of rain may be adjusted, temps are set close to what the real round had
if the data is available.
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.