Open [RACE] Formula 3500 International Series - Jammy21 takes the crown!

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Welcome to the RACE F3500 International Series!
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Formula 3500 International Series is a top-level open wheel competition hosted by RACE. Take on eight of the most amazing tracks the world has to offer as you battle for the title.

Rules and guidelines
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This championship uses the OnLine Racing rules and guidelines. The only major exception being that you must have two wheels on or vertically in line with the track at any given time (certain situations, e.g. crashing and avoiding a collision without gaining an advantage while doing so, allow for this rule to be dismissed). The track is defined as any piece of tarmac within the white (occasionally yellow) lines.

Upon exiting pit lane, you may not cross the white line and you are to stay on the same side of the road until the first corner after pit exit. This is a safety measure due to the speed difference between cars exiting the pits and cars carrying speed from the main straight.

Race week​

The race week takes place on every other Friday at 20:00 / 8 PM BST

Test start
Duration: 1 lap
Grid order: Practice times (P/R format)
Explanation: Mandatory test session for drivers to be absolutely ready for the start and turn one and give an idea of how the start should be handled.

Qualifying:
Duration: 10 minutes
Type: Race with others

Race 1:
Distance: ~ 125km
Grid order: Decided by qualifying

5 minute break (this will be controlled by the automatic race start timer)

Race 2:
Distance: ~ 125km
Grid order: Reverse grid based on race 1 results

Race events
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Throughout the season, you'll be racing exclusively on real life circuits, these being:

Autodromo Nazionale di Monza
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Date: Friday, June 6th
Race laps: 22
Race Report

Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca
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Date: Friday, June 20th
Race laps: 35
Race Report​

Fuji Speedway GP
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Date: Friday, July 4th
Race laps: 27
Race Report​

Mount Panorama Circuit
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Date: Friday, July 18th
Race laps: 20

Côte d'Azur
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Date: Friday, August 1st
Race laps: 37

Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
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Date: Friday, August 15th
Race laps: 18

Brands Hatch GP
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Date: Friday, August 29th
Race laps: 32

Twin Ring Motegi Road Course
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Date: Friday, September 12th
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The car​

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The car used in F3500 is the Formula Gran Turismo detuned to following specs:

Power: 525 hp
Weight: 650 kg*
Tyres: Racing Hard

Driver aids:
Traction control:
TBD
ABS:
Allowed
Skid Recovery Force:
Prohibited
Active Stability Management:
Prohibited
Active Steering:
Prohibited
Driving Line:
Prohibited
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*the use of success ballast will make the car either lighter or heavier. Ballast will be handed out accordingly:

1st: +20kg
2nd: +15kg
3rd: +10kg
4th: +5kg​

The negative values of those will be added to the "reversed top 4" of a given race. Notice: in order to be eligible for deduction of ballast, you must complete at least 90% of the race.

Points​

1st: 15pts
2nd: 12pts
3rd: 10pts
4th: 8pts
5th: 6pts
6th: 5pts
7th: 4pts
8th: 3pts
9th: 2pts
10th: 1pt

Pole position (only race 1): 2pts
Fastest lap of the race: 1pt
Fastest lap of the week (fastest of the two "Fastest lap of the race"): 1 pts

Maximal possible points scored in a race week: 35.

Notice: In order to score full points for your position, you must complete at least 90% of the race. If you complete 50-89% of the race distance, you'll get half points. If you complete less than 50%, you will not score points.​

Penalties and "Bottleneck zone"
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Throughout the season, a driver may be given time penalties added to their finish time. This varies from 5 seconds for a minor offence to disqualification from the entire weekend/season.

In addition to these penalties, a penalty point (pp) system is in place. Penalty points are awarded in relation to regular penalties. Accumulate enough, and you will be banned from the remainder of this and/or coming seasons.

Penalty points are, as a rough guide, distributed according to this. Other penalties may be given if appropriate or repeatedly offended:

• Minor offence / light grade of medium offence - 0 pp

• Medium offence / light grade of major offence / repeat/bottleneck minor offences - 1 pp

• Major offence / repeat/bottleneck medium offence/repeat minor offences in bottleneck zones - 1.5 pp

• Repeat/bottleneck major offence/repeat medium offences in bottleneck zones - 2 pp

• Repeat major offences in bottleneck zones - 3 pp

The penalties given when you reach a certain amount of penalty points are:

5 pp - 15 second time penalty added to both race of the week. Notice: If you did not finish one or both races, the time penalty will be applied to your next finished race.

10 pp - Disqualification from race week in which the 10th point was obtained (notice: if the 10th point is given in the same race week as the 5th, the penalty will apply from the following round)

20 pp - Disqualification from the race week in which the 20th point was obtained as well as the following (notice: if the 20th point is given in the same race week as the 10th, the penalty will apply from the following round). Penalty points given in the next two rounds will also be doubled (you are under supervision by the stewards)

30 pp - Season ban.

The severity of each penalty is defined on a case-to-case basis.

Bottleneck zones are defined as places where traffic is expected to form up in the first few laps after (re)start. Therefore, penalties in these zones are a level higher than elsewhere.

Disconnect procedure
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Disconnections do happen, and sometimes there's nothing you can do about it. Therefore, this disconnect policy will apply:

1. If 1 driver disconnects within 2 minutes of the start of the race, said driver must send a PSN message to the event organiser making him aware of this.
   1. If this is done within the first 3 minutes of the race start, the race will be red-flagged and restarted, with the grid order being the same as at the first start. You are therefore required to note your position on the grid, and, if you have time, the name of the driver ahead/behind.
2. If at least two drivers disconnect within 5 minutes of the start of the race, they must follow above procedure. If this is done, the race will be restarted as described above.
3. Disconnections after 5 minutes after the start of the race will be treated as engine problems. You will be allowed to start in race 2 if the disconnect happened in race 1.

Massive pileups - Caution
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Should a massive pileup happen at the start of the race, all drivers involved must use the ingame chat to type "c", meaning they request a caution. If two or more drivers do this, all drivers in the lobby must slow down and perform a pit stop to allow the damaged drivers to repair their car as well as ensuring everybody is equal in relation to tyres (tyre bug) Performing a pit stop is no longer mandatory.

During these cautions you are required to keep at least three car lengths between you and the car ahead. This way, you should be able to react to a driver slowing down for various reasons.

During the caution, you are not allowed to use the ingame chat. The only exception is the leading driver, who must use it to inform everyone else of when the race will go back to green, following a single-file restart.

The pace speed during the cautions is 50 mph / 80 kph.

The race restarts when the leader crosses the finish line after making aware of the restart by typing "restart" in the ingame chat.

NOTICE: Calling for a caution due to a mistake you made and involved nobody but you or to prevent being lapped is not a justified reason to call for a caution. Doing so will have severe consequences and may result in season ban.

A justified caution request would be major pileups in which two or more drivers request a caution.

Room settings​

Room privacy: Open (must confirm your GTP ID upon entry)
Room type: Race with qualifier
Room comment: RACE F3500 Round (round number)
Race type: Race for real
Start type: Grid start with false start
Fixed room host: No
Race quality: Standard
Voice chat quality: Off
Penalty: Manually given
Tire wear/fuel depletion: Normal
Grip reduction: Real
Race finish delay: Adjusted to track (approx. 1 lap)
Damage: Full
Slipstream strength: Real

Championship standings and registered drivers
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To view the current championship standings and see who's registered, please click here (if the link doesn't work for you, use this link)

Click here to see all registered teams.

Register​

To register for this championship, simply fill out this form.

In order to register a new team, fill in this form (notice: there can only be one team using each car color!)

 

PSN:Toshost
GTplanet name:Toshost
Car color:Blue

Thx

 

So i created a team? Did received it?

 

Yep, received your team registration and made the necessary change to the driver registration form. Once you've filled in that, you're officially in

 

Ok am done look at your alerts i wrote u something

 

Yeah good job @rallymorten

 

Sidenote: for all ITCC drivers, this series is exactly 24 hours before the start of ITCC Race 1.


RAcing Community Evolved organizes this series, so anyone from our RACE Headquarters can help you with any questions or concerns.

 

This looks so awesome great job! But full damage

 

This isn't touring cars.

 

There is a good point in the madness, though:

1: Open wheelers are quite fragile
2: It promotes clean driving

 

I summed it up so well though.


You got my registration, right?

 

Yep, I've got the registrations, and I'll make the changes within the next few hours

 

SRF?
ABS?
TRC?
ASM?

 

Thanks for reminding me (I always forget that). Added the info (I think I got all of them) to the "The Car" section of the OP

 

Can i ask why we arent going to race on Silverstone?

 

Sure you can

The simple reason is that I just didn't like Silverstone as much as I liked Brands Hatch during the test sessions. I know BH is much more narrow, but that also plays a role in promoting fair play (I can guarantee you that causing accidents on purpose on tracks such as BH, Monaco and Bathurst are automatically upgraded to next level on the penalty ladder).

 

arent you going to give penalties to the drivers who drive dirty and go cheating after the race replay so u can see all view points?

 

I just said I would and that those penalties would be even stricter on tight tracks

 

More realistic man i mean what is the point to hit everyone

 

wallymovten back with a serie! good luck mate! if it was on thus i might have given it a chance.. btw are you fre on mondays?

 

125km race distance= how much laps and hours?

 

Team registration sent.

 

Cool add me i am the other team and driver

 

Okay will do.

 

I see a team registration and have added it to the list (will have to check what no. the color is.. it was so easy before GT6 )

 

Is it alright if I'm just an owner?

 

I think something can be worked out, yes

 

Okay awesome thanks.

 

Made the updates to the sheets, everyone who's used the form should be in there and in the way they're meant to

 

Cool