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GTPlanet WRS Online Events & GTChannel - Playseat Challenge Chat Thread
See the News article for all the details!
Use this thread to chat with potential competitors while setting your times for GT Academy 2014, Round 2 and for the lead-up to the online race on May 26.
The stewards for the online race are from GTPlanet's Weekly Race Series (WRS) as well as GTChannel.
More about the WRS:
The WRS started in 2003 as a time trial competition in GT3. Participants run a new car/track combo every week and post their best recent splits so they can be ranked on our Leader Board. In order to participate you must first run the Qualifiers to be placed into one of 4 divisions.
In 2011, with GT5's online functionality, we started running weekly Wednesday night races in EU and NA timeslots using the car/track combo from the previous week's time trial, leveraging the experience participants had mastered over the course of the week. We continue to have fun doing this in GT6!
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Memorial Day - Monday May 26, 2014
Lounge Open for Pre-race Practice
2:00 PM Pacific / 5:00 PM Eastern / 21:00 GMT / Check Local
Qualification Start Time
3:00 PM Pacific / 6:00 PM Eastern / 22:00 GMT / Check Local
Nissan Fairlady Z (Z34) '08 (stock, no oil) @ Apricot Hill Raceway
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Orange means TBD or still to be finalized, Blue means finalized.
Official Practice Times
- GTChannel Test Session - Wed May 21, 2014 - 4:00 PM Pacific / 7:00 PM Eastern / 23:00 GMT / Check Local - Alternates Welcome as well
- GTP_Jordan hosting - send Friend Requests!
- More sessions TBD
- Room Mode: PQR = Practice, Qualify, Race
- Room Privacy: Friends-only Send Friend-Requests to the hosts specified in Jordan's PM
- Room Comment: Playseat Challenge
- Room Type: Race for Real
- Fixed Room Host: No
- Max Number of Participants: 16
- Race Quality: Standard
- Voice Chat Quality: Disabled
- Course: Apricot Hill Raceway
- No. of Laps: 18
- Weather: 0%
- Weather Changeability: Fixed
- Surface Water at Race Start: 0%
- Time: 07:00 AM
- Time Progression: 19 race ends around 5:00 PM
- Qualifier Format: Race Alone
- Start Type: Final Corner Start
- Time Limit: 6 Mins - enough for 3 hotlaps, with additional time to get blue-line-free track
- Hold Races Automatically: Disabled
- Start Type: Grid Start
- Grid Order: Fastest First
- Boost: No
- Penalty: None
- Tire Wear/Fuel Consumption:Fast
- Grip Reduction on Wet Track/Track Edge: Real
- Minimum Number of Pit Stops: 0
- Require Tire Type Change: Off
- Race Finish Delay: 180 sec
- Visible Damage: Off
- Mechanical Damage: Light
- Slipstream Strength: Weak
- Car Selection Method: Garage
- Car Filters: Filter by Make -> Manufacturers -> Nissan
- PP Limit: 461 PP
- Max Power Limit: 331 HP stock power *without* oil change
- Minimum Weight: 1530 kg
- Drivetrain: FR
- Tires: Comfort Soft
- Nitrous: Prohibited
- Vehicle Tuning: Prohibited
- Custom Rims: Allowed
- Oil change: Prohibited
- Brake Balance Adjustment: Allowed
- Improve Chassis Rigidity: Allowed - Tuning Prohibited allows this unremovable item
- You might want to have 1 car with Rigidity and 1 car without, to test the difference
- Skid Recovery Force: Prohibited
- Active Steering: Prohibited
- Active Stability Management (ASM): Available / Optional
- Driving Line: Available / Optional
- Traction Control: Available / Optional
- ABS: Available / Optional
Race Start Information
- After the qualification time is complete a steward will record the results.
- The system will place all drivers on the grid in order of qualification.
- Grid Start with the 3-2-1-Start countdown is being used to minimize incidents while launching.
- Be cautious and courteous in the first turn. Dive bombing will be penalized and will not be tolerated.
Track Boundary Guidelines
Drivers are expected to do their best to stay within track boundaries per the GTPlanet OnLine Racing (OLR) Rules & Guidelines. Mistakes happen over the course of a long race and the random off or two will be overlooked in most instances, but if a pattern of boundary abuse is observed penalties will be handed out which include:
- 15 seconds for a "minor" pattern of abuse
- 30 seconds for a "substantial" pattern of abuse
- DQ for "complete disregard" of track boundaries
It's up to the Admins' discretion exactly what qualifies as "minor", "substantial" or "complete disregard". Going outside the rumble by a centimeter isn't as serious as a car-length wide excursion into the run off area. Factors such as dirty air and traffic also come into play. If you find yourself going wide then the next lap you're expected to slow down a bit more to make sure you stay within boundaries. If you make the same mistake multiple times and you want to avoid a penalty you can always self-penalize during the race by lifting for a very brief period upon returning to the track. Continuing to hammer the throttle after repeated boundary overruns may very well end with a post-race penalty.
General Guidelines - Standard Clean OLR Rules Apply:
- You are expected to drive clean at all times as if you are racing in the WRS. All participants are required to follow the GTPlanet Online Racing Rules & Guidelines.
- WRS Race Stewards reserve the right to kick out or invalidate the result of any driver from the Race Room for driving offensively.
- Contact with walls should be avoided.
- Rumble strips are part of the track
- Runoff areas are not part of the track.
- At least 2 tires in-line on legal track surface at all times.
- No hybrids
- No cheating of any kind
- Nothing that goes against the spirit of the rules
- Passing and Blocking: Aggressive blocking is not permitted, but the driver in front has the right to choose his/her line and braking point and drivers behind should respect that line.
- If you overrun boundaries by accident, lift momentarily to make sure you don't gain any advantage.
- Do not complete a pass that was made possible by going outside track boundaries.
Track Specific Guidelines:
- Red and White rumbles and tarmac are track.
- Cutting the chicane at the end of the lap is not tolerated.
Good Luck, OLR Team
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