Maggiore Spring Festival - February 2018

[rallymorten]

2018 Lake Maggiore Spring Festival

Race day: **CANCELLED**

Thanks for the interest.

Pre-qualifying period: TBA

Spoiler: Event Introduction

Eh, who cares anymore?

Spoiler: Race Day Time Schedule

Lobby Opening: 6:00 PM CET
Qualifying start: 7:00 PM CET
Qualifying end: 7:15 PM CET
Warm-up lap: 7:20 PM CET
Race start: 7:30 PM CET
Race end: 9:35 PM CET

Spoiler: Race-Specific Regulations

The race will be run to the usual sporting regulations.

There are no specific requirements for liveries, apart from the obvious no-NSFW rule.

Please note that this event is exclusive to rear wheel drive Gr.4 cars.

Spoiler: Lobby Settings

Room Mode: Practice/Endurance Race

Race Type: Race For Real

Track: Autodrome Lago Maggiore - East
Conditions: 18:00 - Sunny

Start Type: Grid
Grid Order: Fastest First
Boost: Off
Slipstream Strength: Real
Visible Damage: On
Mechanical Damage: Heavy
Tyre Wear: 1X
Fuel Depletion: 1X
Initial Fuel: Default
Grip Reduction: Real
Race Finish Delay: 180 Sec.

Filter by Category: Gr.4 (please note: RWD only)
Balance of Performance: On
Maximum Tyre Rating: Racing Medium
Minimum Tyre Rating: Racing Hard
Livery Restrictions: No Limit
Car Number Type: No Limit
Tuning: No Limit
Kart Usage: Off

Ghosting During Race: None
Shortcut Penalty: None
Wall Collision Penalty: None
Side Contact Penalty: Off
Correct Vehicle Course After Wall Collision: Off
Replace Cars When they Leave the Track: Off
Flag Rules: Off

Allowed Driving Assists:
Traction Control
ABS

Spoiler: Entry Verification Process

This will consist of a two-step verification process.

Step 1: Signing up via the appropriate link

Step 2: Complete a pre-qualification

Because people are unreliable, entries won't close when the number reaches 16 people. Should the number go over 16, a pre-qualification event will be held to narrow the numbers down. The brilliant part here is that 1) we sort out the unreliable people by forcing them to actively take part in something and 2) your practice gets put to good use.

More details to come if and when need be.

Spoiler: Voice Chat

Unfortunately, GT Sport doesn't feature voice chat on its own, and we will have to make do with the PlayStation Party system. That means only 8 people can actually join in the shenanigans.

This will be worked out with the people who tick the respective box in the sign-up form.

Spoiler: Sign Up / Entry List

Sign Up

Entry List

 

[damonc84]

Interested, could possibly get some of our GORO racers interested once dates are set.

 

[rallymorten]

I'm now at the point where I would consider the thread itself done.

As people should be used to when they see my name as the OP of one of these, I'd like for anyone who's even the slightest bit interested to come with suggestions for when the race should be. Or let me put it another way:

Unless another idea is on the table by February 1 at midday CET and another date is found no more than a week later, it's happening on February 17, sometime in the evening CET.

So yes, for anyone bothered, that means Dream Car Championship isn't happening until - at the earliest - March.

 

[rallymorten]

So this has seen rather splendid amounts of interest thus far.

I've decided I couldn't wait for February to confirm a date because.. well, look at the state of this thread. Not a lot was going to come in anyway, so I might as well get that out of the way.

In other, more directly related news, I'm considering moving from the GP layout to the recently-released East layout, as that seems to work pretty well with Gr.4 cars. I'm leaving that one up for discussion for a little while.