Reply to this thread to sign up for season 8, racing the Lotus Evora GX and GTC.

The season will run for 6 weeks, from Aug 11 to Sep 15. And yes, Zandvoort will be one of the tracks.

You must drive one car of your choice in the first half of the season, and the other car in the second half (compulsory car change).

Format
15 min sprint followed by 30 min race (reverse top 10 from 1st qual, rest the same) with 1 pitstop. Fuel multiplier and tyre multiplier in race 2 = 4.2x.
Two rounds will be 50 min races with 1 pitstop (fuel and tyre multiplier = 2.4x)

Schedule
R1, Aug 11: Imola - 9 laps, 17 laps
R2, Aug 18: Zandvoort - 9 laps, 18 laps [track download, 30 pit boxes]
R3, Aug 25: Silverstone - 24 laps (50 min)
-- Compulsory car swap --
R4, Sep 1: Nurburgring GP - 8 laps, 15 laps
R5, Sep 8: Mugello - 8 laps, 17 laps
R6, Sep 15: Spa - 21 laps (50 min)

Start Times
All times are EASTERN standard time.

Practice: 7:30pm, 60 mins
Qualifying 1: 8:30pm, 20 mins
Race 1: 8:50pm

Ballast
Success ballast will be  used as per the BTCC. At the start of a round, the top 10 in the season standings will get ballast, and then the top 10 finishers of race 1 will get success ballast for race 2.

Race 2 grid will be set by race 1 finish order.

75kgs – 66kgs – 57kgs – 48kgs – 39kgs – 33kgs – 27kgs – 21kgs – 15kgs – 9kgs

Points
15 min race, 24 points down.
30 min race, 48 points down.
50 min race, 72 points down.

Bonus points and penalties are 2x and 3x in the longer races.

   

• Team points are the accumulation of the individual team member's points. If a reserve stands in for an absent team member, they score points for the team.
• Each driver's worst round is dropped, and the worst team round is also dropped.
• Fastest lap bonus: 1 points awarded at the end of each race for the driver who sets the fastest lap time.

Penalties

• If a driver hits someone carelessly in turns 1 or 2 at the start of a race and it pushes them off the track or spins them, they get a 4 point penalty, and the driver hit will get a 4 point bonus. You still have to redress any gained positions.
• If a driver gets two turn 1 or 2 penalties in a season, they will have to skip the first qualifying session of the next round and start the race from the back of the grid.
• No other penalties will apply. The usual respect for other drivers and redressing unfairly gained positions will be expected as always.

Rules

• Track Limits. The Pit Lane Penalty app is mandatory. More than 3 cuts will result in a 10 second post-race penalty. Details of the app are here: http://www.xgn.com.au/index.php?topic=758.0
• Redress. If you gain position advantage over another driver by colliding with them such that their car leaves the track, or by cutting the track yourself, you are expected to redress your position as soon as safely possible. Gaining position by "reasonable" side-by-side contact is allowed, but rear collisions must be avoided. This won't be enforced. It is an honour system.
• Track Re-entry. You must always re-enter the track with extreme caution. Any collision on re-entry must be redressed.
• Assists. Driving assists like ABS and TC can be used only if available on the car. There is no forced driving view.
• Map and Mirrors. To assist in knowing where other cars are around you and on track (especially for leaving pits and re-entering the track after a spin), it is recommended to use the virtual mirror (F11) and turn on the track map which shows the nearby cars.
• Tyres. There are no restrictions on tyre choice.

Server Details
The AC server is called www.xgn.com.au TUE RACE
TeamSpeak is encouraged. The server is ts.xgn.com.au.

Sign Ups
1. Wally, GX
2. Rolz, GTC, Delayed Arrivals Racing
3. Phil.8, GX
4. Joe, GX
5. Guybrush, GTC, Achilles Heels
6. Stan Daam, GX
7. Marty, GTC, Achilles Heels
8. Bacchulum, GX, Aleph Null Ltd
9. Chap111, GX, Aleph Null Ltd
10. JamieP, GTC
11. Freezer, GX
12. Imperious, GTC
13. Jeremy, GTC, Struggle Street Racing Crew
14. Rob, GX
15. Matthew111, GTC, Struggle Street Racing Crew
16. Bafs17, GX
17. Christopheraser, GX
18. Simone, GTC
19. Phil, GTC
20. Grat, GTC, Delayed Arrivals Racing
21. JoshR, GTC
22. Grubbet, GTC
23. Skaife, GX
24. Gratulin, GTC

Reserves

1. Flattop, GTC

Race Results

Congratulations to Guybrush on two poles, and Marty and Stan for the race wins.

can some one message me the TS details again please?

Forgot to save them on the rebuild 

TS.XGN.com.au

Server's up.

It's damn hot in Vallelunga today. Race 1 is 34° ambient, and race 2 is 35° ambient, clear and sunny.

Let me know if something's not right. First time with the new configs etc.

The favourites button is a toggle. There is no ”home ”, because you might choose to only ever display favourites.

I don't know if any Thursday XGN servers are up.

Works for me. Had to buy a $49 android phone to try it out but...

That's the spirit!

Quote from: Wally on August 03, 2015, 08:00:21 AM

Quote from: Wally on August 01, 2015, 11:36:00 PM

Now that we can set the weather on the server, I'll be using the real weather for Vallelunga on Tuesday, according to this web site: http://www.myweather2.com/Motor-Racing/Italy/Vallelunga-Circuit.aspx

At the moment, it looks like the "morning" race will be 34 and sunny, and the "afternoon" race will be 35 and sunny. Nice and hot and grippy.

Re grippy.... Actually, I'm lead to believe that track temperature doesn't affect grip in AC - air temperature only affects aero. The grip is only set by the dynamic track grip. Which seems to make the temperature setting a bit pointless.

Track temp has a fairly large effect on tyre temps which in turn has a fairly large effect on grip and wear. Not sure if they fixed the graining bug yet as its the only reason I keep tyre blankets on my servers. Turn them off and you will notice the different start temps and how this will effect pressures, and tyre heating or overheating.

Good point - it will be interesting to check the tyre temps when it's a hot track. If the weather keeps up at Vallelunga, the track temp will be in the vicinity of 45 degrees.

After a mission of a build I'm stable and running! I'll be there tomorrow night 

Good one!

Now that we can set the weather on the server, I'll be using the real weather for Vallelunga on Tuesday, according to this web site: http://www.myweather2.com/Motor-Racing/Italy/Vallelunga-Circuit.aspx

At the moment, it looks like the "morning" race will be 34 and sunny, and the "afternoon" race will be 35 and sunny. Nice and hot and grippy.

Re grippy.... Actually, I'm lead to believe that track temperature doesn't affect grip in AC - air temperature only affects aero. The grip is only set by the dynamic track grip. Which seems to make the temperature setting a bit pointless.