|BMW Z4 Grand Touring Championship| CANCELLED

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When would be the best time for you to race?

  • Thursday (Mid-Week Qualifying)

    Votes: 4 44.4%
  • Weekend (Friday-Saturday Qualifying)

    Votes: 4 44.4%
  • Both would work out for me

    Votes: 1 11.1%

  • Total voters
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BlackIce49
NOTE** This Series is getting cancelled due to lack of interest. I will be starting up a new series involving the Mistubishi Lancer EVOLUTION IX RM car. The season for that series will start Sunday July 3rd 2011, running every Sunday at 7:30 PM after the Lotus Elise 111R championship. I hope to see everyone there.

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I would like to welcome everyone to the first season of the Z4 GTC series. Below you will see a photo of the current car allowed, and the mods associated with that car. If you do not see a part listed, IT IS NOT ALLOWED. The car must retain a factory stock engine (apart from the ECU chip) and transmission. Engine and chassis refresh are allowed between races. You also want to make sure you keep on top of your Oil Changes as even a small decrease in power can hurt your speed during races. Every ounce of speed counts here!​

Allowed Mods : 2003 BMW Z4
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Race Stewards:
BlackIce90
Wardez

Slot open

Championship Track List (Schedule for all races is fixed and times will not change) [Season may start end of June/start of July]
  • Monza (Pre-Season Race, 25 laps) - TBD
  • Circuito De Madrid (35 laps) - TBD
  • Ishpatina Ridge -or- Pine Valley Circuit [Created Track](35 laps)* - TBD
  • Trail Mountain Circuit(Mini Enduro, 45 laps) - TBD
  • Rome (35 laps) - TBD
  • Nurburgring GP/F (25 laps) - TBD
*Download both my custom tracks and try them out, PM me which one you like more or if you dont like either of them.

Practice Room Format:
Anyone that is on the current registration list is allowed to open a practice room, as long as there is not already one open. It is recommended that you create the room as a Fixed Host so that when you leave random people that are not part of the series do not take over the room. If others want to keep practicing, they can open a new room using these same rules.

Practice room settings are as follows:
  • 486pp limit -or- (308HP, 1131 kg), Sport Soft Tires
  • All aids OFF except for ABS
  • Grip Reduction set to REAL
  • Penalties OFF
  • Damage LIGHT

Qualifying Format:
One or two (depending on room size) chosen drivers go out one at a time (to give eachother room). When the qualifying session begins on track, one driver will be chosen to start their out lap first and the second driver will be told to hold on the line for 20 seconds until they can start.

All other visitors in the room will be watching the driver(s) to make sure their laps are clean. The room will be set to a 4 lap race. Only laps 2 and 3 will count as qualifying "flying lap" times. All drivers are allowed to attend both qualifying sessions, but can only make one qualifying attempt.
  • Qualifying Session #1 takes place every Tuesday at 8:00PM EDT (USA)
  • Qualifying Session #2 takes place every Wednesday at 8:00PM EDT
  • Fastest lap from each driver will determine starting position
  • Top 16 qualifiers race on Thursday
  • If you cannot make either session, PM a Race Steward (scroll up)
  • Please refrain from microphone usage or messaging while someone is qualifying

Race Format:
To grid the cars at the beginning of the race, I will call everyone's PSN name in the exact order qualified. One at a time we all line up on a chosen straight of the track in order of our qualifying position. We set the room to grid drivers according to the "fastest first" option. If we start the race where everyone is parked in line in qualifying order it will put us in that order for the race start.

  • Races will be run Thursday nights at 8:00PM EDT. Room open at 7:00PM EDT
  • Open practice is allowed upon entry. Gridding starts at 7:50PM EDT
  • False starts will be turned ON.
  • Microphones are not allowed during the race, please turn them OFF
  • Drivers are highly encouraged to race CLEAN
  • If you have a problem with another driver, please send them a PM
  • If you disconnect during the race, you will be marked with a DNF
  • This season each race has a REQUIRED pit stop

Points Format:
  • 5 Bonus points for attending the Pre-Season race
  • 1 Bonus point for fastest lap
  • DNF drivers receive points depending on order of race exit
  1. 23 points
  2. 21 points
  3. 19 points
  4. 17 points
  5. 16 points
  6. 15 points
  7. 14 points
  8. 13 points
  9. 12 points
  10. 11 points
  11. 10 points
  12. 9 points
  13. 8 points
  14. 7 points
  15. 6 points
  16. 5 points

Credit for Original Format goes to R1600Turbo
Dates and Times are subject to change before the season starts, once the season starts, they are locked in
 
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Championship Registration List:
Please use the following format when registering:
GTP Name (PSN Name) - Car Color / Wheel Color

  1. BlackIce90 (BlackIce49) - Galaxy Grey / Black
  2. Wardez (Wardez) - TBD / TBD
  3. GTPvw_slc (SLC_VR6_V-Dub) - TBD / TBD
  4. blowmyvalves (bkeveryday) - Silver Metallic / Grey
  5. reiwon32 (reiwon32) - TBD / TBD
 
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Depending on race schedule I might compete. The qualifying schedule won't work for me though.
 
Depending on race schedule I might compete. The qualifying schedule won't work for me though.

The qualifying and race days will change to fit everyones schedule if need be. I just figured that there are already so many races on the weekends people would want one mid-week, I could be wrong though.
 
I could do mid-week, problem is I'm not home until just before 10pm eastern during the week...
 
I might move it to a Saturday or Sunday race. Is no one else interested? not even the people who wanted a Z4 series?
 
I'll sign up for sure 'cause the times are perfect as they are now for me.

I'd love to race Thursdays. What about doing a Thurs. And a weekend race kind of like the Capp. Series?

You can put me down as a steward as well Ice 👍
 
Thursday night = no for me.
 
thursday nights are hit or miss with me... imo a saturday evening est race?
 
I added you Wardez. Whats your car info though? Also I wanna make a poll for people to decide on what they want, how do I make a poll in a thread thats already started?

EDIT: Figured it out. Vote up top now, the one with the most votes will be when the race happens. In the mean time sign up for the series so once a day is picked, we can start right away. If you feel like you might not be able to make the chosen day, just let me know and I'll take you off the list. But sign up anyways. You can either PM me or post here in the thread.

...I'd love to race Thursdays. What about doing a Thurs. And a weekend race kind of like the Capp. Series?
You can put me down as a steward as well Ice 👍

I would do the duel race days but I would need more help for that because my job is based on shift rotation so I might not be able to be there for both. If I get the help then I could do both days.
 
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Gtpvw_slc(SLC_VR6_V-Dub) tbd/tbd

Mid-week is perfect for me but, weekends also work well. Ill be watching this thread and doing some word of mouth to promote a great series.
 
Gtpvw_slc(SLC_VR6_V-Dub) tbd/tbd

Mid-week is perfect for me but, weekends also work well. Ill be watching this thread and doing some word of mouth to promote a great series.

I appreciate it, thanks a lot. Added.
 
blowmyvalves (bkeveryday) - Silver Metallic/Grey
 
Just so you know BlackIce, just waiting on a final schedule before I commit to this because Thursday won't work for me at all.
 
Just so you know BlackIce, just waiting on a final schedule before I commit to this because Thursday won't work for me at all.

Ya not a problem, it's understandable.
 
Ok so the sign-up sheet isn't getting any new drivers and no one else is voting on the poll.... Should I just cancel this? If no ones interested then I should just close the series.
 
Blooop.
 
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dude youve had it open for four days, leave it for a week or two
 
Mule opened his series a day later then mine and he already has triple the applicants that I have. People know this series is here but they aren't interested.
 
Gonna bump so I can try and keep this this thread on the first page until more people sign up. Is there a reason why people are just passing by and not signing up?
 
I'm interested. Right now I'm on vacation, so I have no problem with the schedule.

reiwon32 (reiwon32) - TBD / TBD
 
What type of tires are allowed?
 
Sport Soft tires.
 
I am looking for a series, but I am epically slow. But... I have an idea.

Why not split the field and have two races on Thursday. One could be the top qualifiers, and one could be the others. Instead of just racing 16, you can race 32.

Admittedly, you may not have 32 people wanting to join. I say go for a 12/12 split, or just see where lap times are.
 
I'm in. white body, silver wheels.

Sorry for the late response. Which PSN are you gonna be using? The GTP one?

I am looking for a series, but I am epically slow. But... I have an idea.

Why not split the field and have two races on Thursday. One could be the top qualifiers, and one could be the others. Instead of just racing 16, you can race 32.

Admittedly, you may not have 32 people wanting to join. I say go for a 12/12 split, or just see where lap times are.

There isn't really a need to split up the drivers into groups. It's not a split championship. Even so the cars meant to be kept as similar as possible with as little tuning options as possible. These cars are pretty easy to tame so there shouldn't be a problem for you to keep up with the faster guys. Just keep up your consistency and make on-the-fly alliances on the track, help someone up to the front and they will help you back. In this series, its more about how you drive and who you stick with throughout the race rather then having the best tuned car on the track. Make some friends and make up a strategy, doesn't mean you should be somewhat aggressive and take the lead, but the people who make it to the top of the leader boards don't get there on their own, someone, somewhere helped them. Just practice and you will see how easy it will be to stick with the top drivers.
 
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Man, my Z4 won't reach the 308HP and 486PP you want with the Titanium Semi-Racing Exhaust that you advice, it's the T. Racing exhaust
 
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