GT-Sport [EVENT - 4/10] Track Stars Bathurst 1000

Hey everyone, the team at Track Stars Racing Series are organising a Bathurst 1000 event for the weekend of the 4th of October. We already have a handful of cars signed up so the race will definitely go ahead but we'd like to extend an invitation to any drivers in the RaceOnOz community to also join us for this Special One-off event.

Following a few months of behind the scenes planning and testing, the Track Stars Racing Series is keen to unveil our upcoming special event, the 2020 Track Stars Bathurst 1000, set to take place from October 1-4. The Bathurst 1000 will see the return of the highly popular Group 2 cars that have been raced in the Track Stars Touring Car Championship in the last 3 years for the standalone event that will see teams of 2-3 drivers aim to conquer the unforgiving mountain and the competition and become winners of The Great Race.
Cars
The following cars are eligible to be used in the race:

Honda Raybrig NSX Concept-GT '16
Power: 603hp
Weight: 1049kg

Lexus au TOM's RC F '16
Power: 614hp
Weight: 1020kg

Nissan Motul Autech GT-R '16
Power: 612hp
Weight: 1020kg

Note: The listed power and weights are based off the in-game BoP. Adjustments may be made if through further testing we find one car is significantly faster or slower than the other cars.

Tyres
All cars must run the Dunlop Dirrezza tyre branding.
Mandatory tyres for the race will be the Racing: Medium tyres. No other compound of Tyre will be permitted to be used

Event Schedule
All times listed from October 1,2 and 3 are (AEST)
Thursday October 1

7:30pm Track Opens
7:30pm Qualifying Warm Up Session
7:55pm Room Reset
8pm Bathurst 1000 Qualifying 1 (60 mins)
9pm Qualifying Session Finishes
9:10pm Track Closed

Friday October 2

7:30pm Track Opens
7:30pm Qualifying Warm Up Session
7:55pm Room Reset
8pm Bathurst 1000 Qualifying 2 (60 mins)
9pm Qualifying Session Finishes
9:10pm Track Closed

Saturday October 3

Qualifying Session for International Drivers if required
6:30am Track Opens
6:30am Qualifying Warm Up Session
6:55am Room Reset
7am Bathurst 1000 Qualifying 3 (60 mins)
8am Qualifying Session Finishes
8:10am Track Closed

7pm Track Re-opens
7pm Track Stars Porsche Cup Practice
8pm Track Stars Porsche Cup Qualifying
8:15pm Track Stars Porsche Cup Race 1 (5 laps)
8:30pm Track Stars Porsche Cup Race 2 (5 laps)
8:55pm Bathurst 1000 Top 10 Shootout - Cars to pit lane
9pm Bathurst 1000 Top 10 Shootout
10pm Track Closes

Sunday October 4 (All times AEDT)

8:30am Lobby Opens
9am Bathurst 1000 Warm-Up Session (30 mins)
9:40am Track Stars Porsche Cup Warm-Up (15 mins)
10am Track Stars Porsche Cup Race 3 (8 laps)
10:30am Bathurst 1000 - Pit Lane Open
10:50am Bathurst 1000 - All cars must be on the grid
11am Bathurst 1000 Race (161 laps)

Teams
A team is permitted to be either a local team or a network team.

Local Team
A local team is a team which races with all drivers in the same location. Racing using the same game console and PSN Account.

Network Team
A network team is a team which races with drivers racing from different locations, using different game consoles, PSN accounts, etc. Only one driver for the team is permitted in the lobby at any time during the race.

Other Important Team Information
A car must have a minimum of 2 drivers and a maximum of 3 drivers nominated to drive the car during the race. All nominated drivers must participate in the race, unless organisers are advised of a change in circumstances prior to the beginning of the race. Drivers in a 2 driver team must complete a minimum of 1/3 of the nominated race distance (54 laps). Drivers in a 3 driver team must complete a minimum of 1/4 of the nominated race distance (41 laps). A driver must not be driving for more than 2 hours (120 minutes), including the formation lap, cool down lap and time in pit lane.
All teams must complete a minimum of 2 driver changes throughout the duration of the race. Teams are required to take photo’s or screenshot’s documenting all completed laps throughout the drivers racing stint to assist with scoring and classification of all teams. These photos must be submitted to the race organisers, as soon as possible.

Rules and Regulations
Link to full Rules and Regulations for the race here

Race Lobby Settings
Link to full Qualifying and Race lobby settings here
Sign Ups
To sign up to race in the event, make a post on this thread with the following Details

Team Name:
Car Number:
Driver A PSN ID:
Driver B PSN ID:
Driver C PSN ID (If required):
Car Choice:
Team Type: Local/Network (select one)​

Bathurst 1000 Entry List and Event Results Post

Car No. / Team Name / Drivers / Car
1. 95 / Itz Racing eSports / ItzRacing & Davey_Gravy72 / TBC
2. TBC / Robbo Sport / LUUROX_22 & farrelps / Nissan GT-R
3. 117 / HTM Motorsport / HTM_Shaun & HTM_Party-Face / Lexus RC F
4. 17 / Robbo Sport / S-Mitc84_fullcounter & EBM_Brandosa34 / Nissan GT-R
5. 32 / Mashed Spuds Racing / N-spud-P666 & dis_wood_1 / Lexus RC F
6. 47 / Mashed Spuds Racing / PUUUNCE & comin4u194 / TBC
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Group 2 cars around Bathurst (10x eye emoji)

Done a few races at Bathurst in these cars over the past few years and it’s been quite enjoyable amongst all of us that raced, especially when we had a full grid earlier this year. I think it’ll definitely be a big challenge for a lot of us that race, but hopefully a rewarding and fun challenge! I just hope a few members on here a willing to take up the challenge and maybe show us Track Stars Racers how it’s done

Man, if I wasn't committed to another Bathurst event, I'd probably get into this...

edit: Oh wait - I have no one I can swap out with lol. Ah well! Good luck to you guys!

There’s a few people looking for teammates that we can team you up with

You have someone on the West Coast of the South Island NZ wanting to race?
(edit: just realised you have the option for network team mates, though I don't know how that works in GT Sport lol)

Lol, maybe next time, as I said I already have commitments to a Bathurst race this year anyways. I like the format that you have though!

You can team with anyone regardless of their location and do driver swaps by jumping in and out of the room as the race will be run in Free run mode.

If it’s not on the same day there’s definitely room to race both

Ah okay thanks. I was wondering how that would work lol. Still can't this year, but maybe next year GT7