Rules, Settings, Points, & Classification

[jeromef1]

Unless specified otherwise below, all official PRL championship’s shall adhere to the site wide PRL Rules.  You can find those here: Racing Rules.
 
CHAMPIONSHIP SETTINGS
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[li]Race Day:  Tuesday[/li]
[li]Season Length:  9 Races[/li]
[li]Practice: 8:00PM EDT (60 mins.)[/li]
[li]Qualifying: 9:00PM EDT (15 mins.)[/li]
[li]Warmup: 9:15PM EDT (5 mins.)[/li]
[li]Race: 9:20PM EDT (approx 45 mins.)[/li]
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Click here to understand and to convert EDT to your current time zone.
 
STRUCTURE & SESSIONS
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[li]Number of Laps:  See Schedule[/li]
[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[/li]
[li]Car Class:  LMP900 Cars (Audi R8 LMP900, Bentley Speed & BMW V12 LMR)[/li]
[li]Rolling Start:  No[/li]
[li]Practice 1:  60 Minutes[/li]
[li]Practice 2:  No[/li]
[li]Qualifying:  15 Minutes[/li]
[li]Warmup:  5 Minutes[/li]
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CONDITIONS
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[li]Weather Slots:  See Schedule[/li]
[li]Weather Progression:  See Schedule[/li]
[li]Date Type:  See Schedule[/li]
[li]Starting Time:  See Schedule[/li]
[li]Time Progression:  See Schedule[/li]
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RESTRICTIONS
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[li]Force Interior View:  No[/li]
[li]Force Manual Gears:  N/A[/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]Damage:  Full Damage[/li]
[li]Mechanical Failures:  Yes[/li]
[li]Tire Wear:  2x[/li]
[li]Fuel Usage:  Real[/li]
[li]Auto Start Engine:  Yes[/li]
[li]Flags & Penalties:  Yes[/li]
[li]Mandatory pitstop: Yes[/li]
[li]Fixed setup: No[/li]
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RESTARTS
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[li]There will be no session restarts unless the criteria for a mass-disconnect is met.  Drivers may rejoin the Qualifying session if disconnected.[/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 - 25 points[/li]
[li]2nd - 20 points[/li]
[li]3rd - 16 points[/li]
[li]4th - 13 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'/XB1'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 PRL Stewards[/li]
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[jeromef1]

Updated with:

- Tire wear: 2x
- Mandatory pitstop - Yes
- Cars: Audi R8 LMP900, Bentley Speed & BMW V12 LMR

 

[Texas PJ Pete]

New to this league and looking forward to racing, I've been driving in another league where we've had to set all cars to default setting as soon as we enter qualifying. Im hoping we don't have this issue in this league and we are free to setup cars as we like.

 

[jeromef1]

Yup, it's open setup!

 

[Shneeb108]

What are your ideas exactly....
One thing I really like about having the "fastest leaders" in there, is watching what they do and the lines they take. invaluable!

 

[jeromef1]

Exactly, personally, I always like to drive with faster driver as I'm improving from there. When I'm the faster on track, I might less improve.

 

[jeromef1]

We have not think about kicking the fast guys out... I'm pretty sure you are thinking about not allowing P1 and P2 from past seaosn to team together.

 

[Shneeb108]

Wasn't thinking that at all. Just making a comment about learning from the faster drivers. Still would like to hear about any ideas though.

 

[Shneeb108]

I was in one league that ran two races per session, and the winner of one goes to the back, and the loser goes to the front of session 2. BUT, I hated it because I didn't like fast guys on my ass on cold tires at the start. It really didn't serve any good purpose in my opinion.

 

[jeromef1]

Reverse grid required manual rolling start, and it's sometimes hard to manage...

 

[jeromef1]

Well personally I think it's someting you should talk all together and not make a rule about it. Some people here are friends in real life so its just understandable if they team together. If we force them to not team together, I'm afraid to loose them. It's all about communication IMHO. I think that this must be an initiative from the members and not a rule. But I'll discuss that with your organizer.

 

[jeromef1]

I think you must learn more about the history of this series before judging it. As you could have noticed, it's season 9, so we have had 8 season before. As stated by undeadskydiver in the next round topic, he and mcnasty have been teammate for more than 6 season and it's the first time they are dominating. If you want, send me a PM and I'll share you all results of all other season we have had. We have had fantastic and close battle. It's the first time in this series that I saw a domination like that. Do we need to make a special rule just because it happens one time? I don't think so. But like Chad said, he's willing to change team and I'm pretty sure is willing to share about setup.

Communication, yes it's the key, this is why we have a forum. Everyone who signed up have access to gamertag of all drivers who have signed up as well and they can add each other on XB1 to practice. PRL put all the tool and communication system on place to make everyone communicate together and practice. PRL cannot start to play "babysitting" to force everyone to become friend and practice together. We all have a life and commitment, and sometimes it's hard for some members to be more present and available, and we understand that. At this point, it's up to the group.

Am I reading your post... yes... Just so you know, I'm the owner and director of PRL! I've created and managed more than 50 championships here. I've seen a lot of successful and unsuccessful championship. For example, we have an iRacing Series on Sunday that have started with 10 drivers a year ago, and now we are more than 20 per week, broadcasted online on iRacing live and we have more than 400 view per week. I spent around 20 to 40 hours per week to work on the league willingly + my real life job. Usually, I know exactly what PRL need and what's the best for the league. But don't get me wrong, I'm not saying I'm always right, I made mistake and I'm always open to discussion and ideas. After reading your post, I had the feeling that I don't care about XB1 ApCS, but I do care about ALL PRL championships. Ask Chad and I'm pretty sure he will confirm everything I said here.

So do we need to change the rule just because we have had 1 "dominating team" in the championship? I think no. If it happens for a second season, be sure that I'll be aware of that as I'm always looking at ALL the results of all 14 championships that we have actually.

If you have any specific idea, I am willing to listen to then and send me a message.

 

[jeromef1]

Another thing that is important to know is that those fast drivers have been playing Project Cars since it's release 2 years ago, so they got a lot of experience. It seems that we have here a lot of new drivers here so don't expect to win, it will be almost impossible. But with practice and help, you will improve! Real racing fans don't really matter to win or not, they want to have fun and race in a clean environment which I think PRL provides. Personally, I've been part of exciting championships in which I've never achieved a top 5 and I still enjoyed those races. I prefer to finish P12 and have had fantastic fight than finish 1st or 2nd and alone on track. Personnally, I don't put a lot of importance on winning, having fun is more important to me