Rules, Settings, Points & Classification

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ALL SETTINGS SUBJECT TO CHANGE


Unless specified otherwise below, all official PRL championship’s shall adhere to the site wide PRL Rules.  You can find those here: [urlt]http://precisionracingleague.com/forum/app.php/page/racing-rules, Racing Rules[/urlt].
 
CHAMPIONSHIP SETTINGS
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[li]Race Day:  Tuesday[/li]
[li]Season Length:  12 Races[/li]
[li]Practice: 8:00PM EDT (60 mins.) **Invites to wait-list drivers will happen at 8:30PM EDT**[/li]
[li]Qualifying: 9:00PM EDT (15 mins.)[/li]
[li]Race: 9:15PM EDT (approx 45 mins.)[/li]
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[urlt]http://www.thetimezoneconverter.com/, Click here[/urlt] to understand and to convert EDT to your current time zone.
 
STRUCTURE & SESSIONS
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[li]Maximum Grid Size:  16[/li]
[li]Max Number of Human Opponents:  15[/li]
[li]Fill with AI Opponents:  No[/li]
[li]Opponent Skill:  N/A[/li]
[li]Opponents All Identical Car:  No (same class)[/li]
[li]Car Class:  GT3[/li]
[li]Rolling Start:  No[/li]
[li]Practice 1:  No (There will be a practice lobby made at 8pm, but the official race lobby will be created at 8:55pm)[/li]
[li]Practice 2:  No[/li]
[li]Qualifying:  15 Minutes[/li]
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RACE SETTINGS
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[li]Duration Type: Laps[/li]
[li]Number of Laps: Schedule [/li]
[li]Date Type:  Schedule [/li]
[li]Starting Time:  Schedule [/li]
[li]Time Progression:  Schedule [/li]
[li]Weather Slots:  Schedule [/li]
[li]Weather Progression:  Sync to race[/li]
[li]Formation Lap: No[/li]
[li]Mandatory Pit Stop: Yes ****Tires must be changes once during the race****[/li]
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REALISM SETTINGS
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[li]Allow Auto Start Engine:  Yes[/li]
[li]Force Interior View:  No[/li]
[li]Force Driving Line Off: No[/li]
[li]Force Default setup: No[/li]
[li]Force Manual Gears:  No[/li]
[li]Force Realistic Driving Aids:  Yes[/li]
[li]Allow ABS:  N/A[/li]
[li]Allow Stability Control:  N/A[/li]
[li]Allow Traction Control:  N/A[/li]
[li]Collisions: Yes[/li]
[li]Damage:  Performance Impacting[/li]
[li]Mechanical Failures:  No[/li]
[li]Allow Ghosted Vehicles: No[/li]
[li]Force Manual Pit Stops: No[/li]
[li]Pit Stop Errors: No [/li]
[li]Tire Wear:  Accelerated[/li]
[li]Fuel Depletion:  Yes[/li]
[li]Force Cooldown Lap: Yes[/li]
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RULES & REGULATIONS
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[li]Rules & Penalties:  On[/li]
[li]Track Limit Penalties: On[/li]
[li]Allowable Time Penalty: 5[/li]
[li]Drive Through Penalties: On[/li]
[li]Pit Exit Penalty: On[/li]
[li]Lisences: On[/li]
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RESTARTS
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[li]There will be no Qualifying restarts unless the criteria for a mass-disconnect is met.  Drivers may rejoin the Qualifying session if disconnected. There will only be 1 race restart is multiple drivers are disconnected on the 1st attempt.[/li]
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POINTS & CLASSIFICATION
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[li]Drivers must complete 75% distance of the time completed by the leader to receive points.[/li]
[li]There is no drop week.[/li]
[li]Points for finishing position
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[li]1st - 21 points[/li]
[li]2nd - 18 points[/li]
[li]3rd - 16 points[/li]
[li]4th - 14 points[/li]
[li]5th - 12 points[/li]
[li]6th - 11 points[/li]
[li]7th - 10 points[/li]
[li]8th - 9 points[/li]
[li]9th - 8 points[/li]
[li]10th - 7 points[/li]
[li]11th - 6 points[/li]
[li]12th - 5 points[/li]
[li]13th - 4 points[/li]
[li]14th - 3 points[/li]
[li]15th - 2 points[/li]
[li]16th - 1 point[/li]
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TEAMS CHAMPIONSHIP
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[li]Teams are formed by 2 drivers[/li]
[li]Discussion between drivers is encouraged to determine teammates[/li]
[li]Teams score the sum of points scored by each team member[/li]
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COMMUNICATION
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[li]Use of Project Cars'/PS4's Voice and Text chat is not allowed during Qualifying and Race sessions unless absolutely necessary
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[li]Examples of allowed speak:
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[li]Watch out in turn 5. Car stopped on exit.[/li]
[li]Sorry.[/li]
[li]P5, overtake, I got heavy damage.[/li]
[li]Number 66, pitstop[/li]
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[li]Examples of non-allowed speak:
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[li]Come on, what are you doing?[/li]
[li]Sorry, but I didn't see you and...........[/li]
[li]/(%¤)=/"#&%=("#%(&! (Rage)[/li]
[li]Wow that was a nice battle![/li]
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[li]You must wait all drivers complete the race to start post-race chat[/li]
[li]All instructions given by the Event Organiser must be followed[/li]
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PROTESTING ON-TRACK INCIDENTS
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[li]On track incidents should be avoided at all costs[/li]
[li]PRL's Racing Rules are in effect for all official races through the season[/li]
[li]On track incidents should be reported to the [urlt]http://www.precisionracingleague.com/forum/app.php/page/stewarding, PRL Stewards[/urlt][/li]
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