Rules, Settings, Points & Classification

[jeromef1]

All Official PRL Championship’s shall adhere to the site wide PRL Rules.  You can find those here:  Racing Rules.

SESSION SETTINGS
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[li]Race Day: Tuesday[/li]
[li]Starting Grid: Qualification Results[/li]
[li]Weather: Dynamic Weather[/li]
[li]Track State: Automatically generate starting track state & Carry over track state from previous session.[/li]
[li]Marbles:  Not cleaned between session[/li]
[li]Server: US-MA[/li]
[li]Car:  GTE Cars (Ferrari 488 GTE, Ford GT - 2017 & Porsche 919 RSR)[/li]
[li]Setups: Open[/li]
[li]Start Type: Rolling[/li]
[li]Fast Repairs: 0[/li]
[li]Assists: no assists, clutch only[/li]
[li]Rules and flags: Local Course Cautions[/li]
[li]Max Incidents: 30 (40 for 1h race)[/li]
[li]Max Fuel:  50%[/li]
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ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
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[li]iRating: 1300 (last season drivers who have attend to minimum 7 races are not forced to respect this limit)[/li]
[li]Licence: C 2.0 and above (last season drivers who have attend to minimum 7 races are not forced to respect this limit)[/li]
[li]Must be a member of Precision Racing League on iRacing[/li]
[li]It is mandatory to be on Teamspeak, if not, you could face in race penalties.[/li]
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RULES FOR TEAMSPEAK AND IRACING'S RADIO AND TEXT CHAT
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[li]Teamspeak is the official channel for voice communication in this championship.[/li]
[li]Use of iRacing's/Teamspeak'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]Team radio is permitted during the race by using the whisper function of Teamspeak[/li]
[li]You must wait all drivers complete the race to start post-race chat[/li]
[li]All instructions given by the Event Organizer must be followed[/li]
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CHAMPIONSHIP SCORING SYSTEM
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[li]Drivers must start the race and run a minimum of 10 minutes to receive points which will be determined by where they finish.[/li]
[li]All drivers will have 1 drop week.[/li]
[li]Points will be scored in race finishing order.
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[li]1st - 35 points[/li]
[li]2nd - 32 points[/li]
[li]3rd - 30 points[/li]
[li]4th - 28 points[/li]
[li]5th - 26 points[/li]
[li]6th - 25 points[/li]
[li]7th - 24 points[/li]
[li]8th - 23 points[/li]
[li]9th - 22 points[/li]
[li]10th - 21 points[/li]
[li]11th - 20 points[/li]
[li]12th - 19 points[/li]
[li]13th - 18 points[/li]
[li]14th - 17 points[/li]
[li]15th - 16 points[/li]
[li]16th - 15 points[/li]
[li]17th - 14 points[/li]
[li]18th - 13 points[/li]
[li]19th - 12 points[/li]
[li]20th - 11 points[/li]
[li]21st - 10 points[/li]
[li]22nd - 9 points[/li]
[li]23rd - 8 points[/li]
[li]24th - 7 points[/li]
[li]25th - 6 points[/li]
[li]26th - 5 points[/li]
[li]27th - 4 points[/li]
[li]28th - 3 points[/li]
[li]29th - 2 points[/li]
[li]30th - 1 point[/li]
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[li]Bonus points:
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[li]Fastest Lap = 1 point[/li]
[li]Pole Position = 1 point[/li]
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[li]Incidents Bonus points:
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[li]3 incidents and less = 1 point (5 incidents for 1h race) (must complete 50% of race distance)[/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]
[li]If you have not created or joined a team, you'll not compete for the team championship[/li]
[li]If you join a team later in the championship, your previous rounds points will not count for the team[/li]
[li]After the first race, you cannot change your team at any point throughout the season[/li]
[li]After the first race, you cannot change your car at any point throughout the season[/li]
[li]Both drivers can run different car[/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 and iRacing's Sporting Code are in effect for all official races through the season.[/li]
[li]On track incidents should be reported to the PRL Stewards.[/li]
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[Soup Zahn GSRC]

Let me start by saying, whatever the rules for this or any series on the GSRC broadcast schedule, GSRC will always support the decided upon rules without question.

That said, GSRC is always trying to improve the "show". GSRC prides itself on its ability to tell a story. Not just the story of the race, but the story of the season. Building to a dramatic conclusion at the season finale.

So for the sake of a dramatic season finale, may I suggest series officials consider making the season finale a "No Drop" event. Racing without a net, without the insurance that a bad result can be dropped, cranks up the drama to eleven.

Rule gimmicks can cheapen a points championship and certainly a no drop finale could be thought of as a gimmick. So choosing not to go that direction is understandable.

Thanks for reading. 

 

[jeromef1]

Good suggestion Soup! Will talk to the management team about that!

 

[jeromef1]

Our apologies, we forgot to update the point system to reflect real life IMSA series system. It's updated now!

 

[Soup Zahn GSRC]

Am I right in assuming NO DROP RACES for teams?

If there are drop races for teams
Q1: How many drop rounds?
Q2: Is it the team total of a round that gets dropped, or are team points simply the combined total of each of the two drivers after each driver drops his/her worse result

Thanks

 

[jeromef1]

No drop race for team!