2018 Alto Cup (WNR S4) – Bernhard R
2018 Bathurst 500 V8 Supercar / Mini Challenge Enduro – Alex C / Simon C (Team Beauty and the Beast)
2018 Aussie Muscle Car Championship (WNR S3) – Glenn B
2018 2.4 Hours of Le Mans – Bernhard R
2018 SuperGT Championship (WNR S2) – Glenn B
2017/18 Japanese Street Car Championship Season 2 (WNR S1) – Aaron K
2017 Simnights Championship – Vito G
2017 F1 Championship – AJ C
2017 Tour of Australia Championship – AJ C
2017 Tour of Australia Rally Championship – Bernhard R
2017 Bathurst 500 V8 Supercar Enduro – Bernhard R
2017 2.4 Hours of Le Mans – Bernhard R
2017 Japanese Street Car Championship Season 1 – Aaron K
2016/17 “1967” F1 Championship – Alex C
2016 Simnights Championship – Vito G
2016 Bathurst GT3 Enduro – Vito G
Important Info and links
Thought I’d make a header post to contain all of the ongoing useful information.
Stracker (stats) link: live.simexperience.net
Discord link: chat.simexperience.net
Current season cars and tracks downloads: download.simexperience.net
POINTS SYSTEM
note: Double points for Enduro and Super Enduro rounds
BALLAST PENALTY SYSTEM
- 10kg per car-to-car contact in excess of 12 across a racing round to be applied for the following round that the driver participates in.
- In the round that the driver is carrying the penalty ballast, if the driver does not complete 75% of race laps (75% in both races if a Sprint round, 75% of the whole race if an Enduro), the ballast will carry over until the next round UNLESS the driver has accumulated a higher amount of ballast in that round.
ROLLING START PROCEDURE
Basically the way it works is once the regular start lights go out, stay on the grid and the correct order will be called out for you to leave the grid (whether that is reverse grid from the previous race or whatever it may be for the season/event). Take off slowly and the pack should stay in single file and the lead driver needs to control the pace at around 100-120km/h and the field needs to stay bunched up. If the drivers toward the rear of the pack start to get left behind, they should advise the other drivers so the field can re-condense.
From when the lead car goes through the last turn, they can go at race speed whenever they like, whether that is as soon as they exit the turn or they can wait until they cross the line, it is completely up to them. It is imperative that once they start going at race speed they do not back off as this is a dangerous action. No drivers are permitted to overtake OR GO OUT OF SINGLE FILE until they have crossed the start/finish line. So you cannot go up alongside another car with the hope that you will get to the line before you go past them. You don’t have to be directly behind the car in front, but you do have to be behind them.
If anybody has questions or wants to discuss, feel free!
VIRTUAL SAFETY CAR PROCEDURE
After the successful use in our 2017 Bathurst race, from now on for any race classified as an “Enduro” (including Super Enduro or similar), we will have a chance of a “Virtual Safety Car” or VSC.
Races will be broken down into roughly 30 minute blocks. Every 30 minute block has a 15% chance of a VSC being deployed (with blocks shorter than 30 minutes having their chances diminished in proportion). The deployment will happen at a randomly selected time within that period, not including the first 5 minutes or last 5 minutes of a race.
Calculations of these will be made by a 3rd party (probably my wife for online events; if no other 3rd party is available at the time then there will be no VSC, which will be announced before the race). Basically, I’ll have her work out if/when the VSC(s) will be deployed and have her set alarms in my phone (so I am equally unaware of how many and when they will be), and when they go off I will announce it over Discord.
Once the announcement is made, NO OVERTAKING is allowed. The driver in first place must immediately yet safely slow to a speed limit of 100kmh. Cars behind must then make their way up behind the first place car and stay in order. Un-lapping like they do in Formula 1 is NOT allowed. At the end of the current lap once all cars are bunched up, a restart will take place EXACTLY as per the “Rolling Start Procedure” in the post above.
Also NO pit stops can be made during the VSC deployment UNLESS you are absolutely desperate for fuel.
Feel free to post any questions or make any suggestions!