Interest check, production car endurance racing

[braunracing88]

Lately, I've started a production-based endurance racing association of my own. Here's a list of the currently proposed ones:

Schwarzwald League A & B
European Championship
American Championship
Japanese Championship

All championships are production-based endurance championships, with the Schwarzwald League A & B and American Championship races being the minimum # of laps beyond 200 miles and the European Championship and Japanese Championship races being the minimum # of laps beyond 300km. I'll start with the race venues and laps.

Schwarzwald A & B:
Nürburgring Type V - 14 laps - 200 miles (possibly pre-season spot race only)
Nürburgring GP/F - 63 laps - 200 miles
Deep Forest Raceway - 90 laps - 200 miles
Cape Ring - 46 laps - 200 miles
Nürburgring 24h (Weather Change/Time Change) - 13 laps - 200 miles

European Championship:
Nürburgring Type V - 13 laps - 300km (could be preseason only)
Rome Circuit - 87 laps - 300km
Circuit de Monaco - 75 laps - 250km
Circuit de la Sarthe 2009 (Weather Change/Time Change) - 22 laps - 300km
Deep Forest Raceway - 84 laps - 300km
Nürburgring GP/F - 59 laps - 300km
Circuito de Madrid - 89 laps - 300km
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza (Weather Change) - 52 laps - 300km
Circuit de Spa Francorchamps (Weather Change) - 43 laps - 300km
Trial Mountain - 76 laps - 300km
Nürburgring 24h (Weather Change/Time Change) - 12 laps - 300km

American Championship:
Daytona Road Course - 57 laps - 200 miles
High Speed Ring (Weather Change) - 81 laps - 200 miles
Indianapolis Road Course - 77 laps - 200 miles
Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca - 90 laps - 200 miles
Cape Ring - 46 laps - 200 miles
Grand Valley Speedway - 46 laps - 200 miles
Autumn Ring - 82 laps - 150 miles

Japanese Championship:
Fuji Speedway GT - 67 laps - 300km
Tsukuba Circuit - 98 laps - 200km
Grand Valley Speedway - 61 laps - 300km
Special Stage Route 5 - 80 laps - 300km
Twin Ring Motegi Road Course - 63 laps - 300km
Tokyo R246 - 59 laps - 300km
Suzuka Circuit (Weather Change) - 52 laps - 300km
Special Stage Route 7 (Weather Change) - 13 laps - 300km (can be shortened if necessary)

Vehicle classes:
Schwarzwald League A:
Sports Car
Sports Sedan & Hot Hatchback
Schwarzwald League B
Power Coupe
Power Sedan & Wagon

European Championship:
Heavyweight Sports Car (above 1100kg)
Lightweight Sports Car (under 1100kg, like the British Lightweights)
Sports Sedan
Hot Hatchback
Retro (1980-1995)
Classic (1979 and earlier)

American Championship:
Modern Sports Car (Chevrolet Corvette, Dodge Viper, Ford GT, Saleen S7, Shelby Series One)
Classic Sports Car (1979 and earlier, including 1960s Corvette, Shelby Cobra)
Modern Muscle Car (Chevrolet Camaro, Dodge Challenger, Ford Mustang)
Classic Muscle Car (1979 and earlier)

Japanese Championship:
Sports Car 1 (NSX, 370Z, GT-R, Supra, RX-7, etc.)
Sports Car 2 (RX-8, Impreza Coupe, MX-5 Miata, Eunos Roadster, etc.)
Sports Sedan
Hot Hatchback

Championship tire, power and weight settings:
Schwarzwald League A
Max. Power: 350HP
Min. Weight: 750kg
Tires: Racing Soft, Medium, and Hard

Schwarzwald League B
Max. Power: 600HP
Min. Weight: 1200kg
Tires: Racing Soft, Medium, and Hard

European Championship
Max Power: 500HP for Heavyweight Sports Car, 350 for Lightweight Sports Car, 350 for Sports Sedan, 300 for Hot Hatchback
Min. Weight: 1100kg for Heavyweight Sports Car, 600kg for Lightweight Sports Car (may lower this to accommodate Caterham 7 Fireblade), 1100kg for Sports Sedan, 800kg for Hot Hatchback
Tires: Racing Soft, Medium, and Hard

American Championship
Max. Power: 650HP for Modern Sports Car, 400 for Classic Sports Car, 500 for Modern Muscle Car and 450 for Classic Muscle Car
Min. Weight: 1100kg for Modern Sports Car, 1000kg for Classic Sports Car, 1200kg for both Modern Muscle Car and Classic Muscle Car
Tires: Racing Soft, Medium, and Hard

Japanese Championship
Max. Power: 500HP for Sports Car 1, 400HP for Sports Car 2, 350 for Sports Sedan, 300 for Hot Hatchback
Min. Weight: 1100kg for Sports Car 1 & 2 and Sports Sedan, 800kg for Hot Hatchback
Tires: Racing Soft, Medium, and Hard

I'm considering putting the following settings on each championship:
Tire Wear/Fuel Consumption: On & Normal
Grip Reduction: Real
Mechanical Damage: Light or Heavy, leaning toward Heavy. This is meant to keep the racing as clean as possible.
ABS: 1 at max.
TCS: 2 at max.
ASM: Off
Active Steering: Your choice

 

[FlyingFox]

Way way way too many venues there

 

[braunracing88]

Way way way too many venues there

You did see that it's not all one championship, right? Just making sure you noticed.

 

[Racingworld68]

I am in for every endurro event you run, as long as it makes my time slot During weekends I have a lot of time tough, so even NA timeslot would be ok for me...

Another question ; will you be doing these endurro's with real pitstops, in the WRS we have a good setup for this.... in a 2.4hr race you need to do a pitstop between 1hr and 1hr30 where you add realtime 5 minute brake.... if you want I can ask to borrow that feature and i can use the part of our OP to expalain it, for those who are not know with this procedure....

 

[braunracing88]

I am in for every endurro event you run, as long as it makes my time slot During weekends I have a lot of time tough, so even NA timeslot would be ok for me...

Another question ; will you be doing these endurro's with real pitstops, in the WRS we have a good setup for this.... in a 2.4hr race you need to do a pitstop between 1hr and 1hr30 where you add realtime 5 minute brake.... if you want I can ask to borrow that feature and i can use the part of our OP to expalain it, for those who are not know with this procedure....

There will be at least one pitstop needed in these races. As for the number of stops, well, that will probably vary from class to class. I did some testing for the Schwarzwald League at the Nürburgring Type V, and got about 6 laps on a full tank of fuel with the Power Coupe and Power Sedan and Wagon vehicles and 8 laps on a tank with the Sports Coupe and Sports Sedan and Hot Hatchback vehicles. I still have some thinking to do about a pitstop window. Either way, there will be pitstops in these events.