First off, thank you. I had forgotten about most of this.
Damage will be set to heavy, as you said it promotes clean driving and consequences for mistakes. Likewise, grip will be set to "real" for the same reasons.
For the RM's, yes we will be using a number system. However, I don't think it will apply to the first season. I'm strongly leaning towards using the Lexus ISF racing concept for the spec car and it does not have a number plate. However you can change the color so for instance a team could run blue cars, but have them different shades to differentiate drivers. This car will be used all season.
I thought about rolling starts. Everyone would have to be very disciplined and I would have to come up with a procedure. I want to do a practice race this Tuesday to see how things go. As for the race day/time, it's impossible to get a time that suits everyone. As you said it keeps European's from participating, but if I move the time to say 6pm, most people are still working here in the US. I am planning on putting up a pole soon to see where people stand. I'm contemplating moving the race time to Friday night 9pm EST.
Last, I would actually prefer to race every two weeks. The problem is I don't want people to lose interest and drop out of the series because of the gap. Also, that takes a 10 race season and turns it into 20 weeks. That goes from 2 and a half months to 5 months. I want to make sure people stay committed to running the whole season.
Yes, I understand that it's impossible to make it fit with everyones schedule.
But the Friday at 9 PM (or 8
) EST is a good compromize. That's a lot better. I meen, sitting to late night on a weekend with GT5 is something I've done before
About the startprocedure. This one is in poor english, but I hope you understand it anyway. Just make your own with this one as help. This one is mine from a race I held 2 weeks back for GT500's at Suzuka.
"During freerun every player will see a list on hes right, stating what position you currently posess according to your best lap (If you exit freerun mode your time will be erased and you will end up last in that list as you reconnect to the freerun from the lounge). So when you are saticfied with your Q-time, just park the car somewhere on the track where you don't interfear with other drivers.
IMPORTANT: Remember the name of the players ahead and behind you according to the list on your right before race starts. Also remember the driver 2 spots ahead of you, since that car is going to be infront of you when the grid split up in two lanes before the start.
Race start: When countdown reaches zoro: DO NOT MOVE! I'll write the positions on the chat, then take of one by one in a SLOW pace (accelerations and brakings to get temperature in your tyres is allowed) for one lap. The poleposition car will serve as a "pace car" during the formation lap. From the last chicane, the polecar have to keep a SLOW and STEADY (no accelerations or braking) pace. From here on, form a 2 lane grid with the polecar on the inside lane. So the odd numbers will start at the right side of the track, and the even numers on the left side. When the poleposition car reach the startline the race is on! NOTE: NO overtaking is allowed before the startline! So if you i.e starts as car number 8, you can not start before car number 7 a.s.o. So keep an eye on the car ahead of you, and don't look at the poleposition car (If you're not in 2:nd ofc) during the start."
NOTE: When I hosted this race, a strange thing happened. The list of the fastest cars during freerun was different on everyones screen. My said I was in pole, but the best laptime was not mine. So for qulification, it could be a good idea for people to do it in their own practicemode. Sending the replay file (or youtube link, when linking to youtube, replay must be recorded from chase-cam) to you (or me, or both) for review. Not clean=5 sec penalty. You can only submit once. Deadline is always 36 hours from starttime.
And about the 2 weeks between races. I don't think that interest will go down. More the opposite.. In this league, we will have clean drivers that understands racing. My guess is that almost everyone would welcome a 2 weeks-between-races schedule. But yes, the season will be more strech out. But if we held the championship to 8 races, that would be a total of 14 weeks, or 3 mounth and a few days. And in the mid season you can hace races every week, let's say between raceweek 4 and 5, you could put in arace, so in the mid season, at two different times, there will be 3 races in 3 weeks, meking the total amount of races 10. Also, you should add that 2 raceresults will be removed for every racer, meking it possible to miss a few races due to weddings, birthdays or whatever, and still be part of the competition...
My good, my english must be terrible.. I've just put down words as I came to think of them..
