Regulations
General
In the event of non-participation in 3 consecutive races without a valid reason, the driver will be removed from his cockpit to make room for interested reserve drivers
If you get 8 penalty points within a season, you get a qualifying ban, at 11 penalty points a race ban
Should a driver consistently stand out due to unfair and inappropriate behavior, he can get removed from the leauge. This applies to behavior on and off the track
- A driver can score World Championship points as soon as he has covered a race distance of 90%
Before the race
The invitations to the lobby will be sent 15 minutes before the start of the session, driver need to join the lobby as soon as possible
The race start cannot be postponed for individual drivers
Invitations are only sent to players who set themselves on Online
- The game must be restarted before joining the lobby to prevent bugs
- Failure to meet the deadline when registering for the race (1 SP)
During the race
During Qualifying and the race, the drivers are required to Record their footage to be able to send in their own incidents or counter videos for the stewards
Drivers are only allowed to give their own teammates slipstream for qualification. Shortening the slipstream driver in order to provide slipstream multiple times on a lap is not permitted and will be penalized (qualification ban + 1 SP).
The drivers have to drive one after the other into the formation lap and hold their position, collisions are to be avoided
The race can be restarted within the first 5 laps if a bug occurs or a driver disconnects. However, deliberately forced restarts due to incorrect information will not be tolerated (2 races suspension)
- Deliberately delaying the SC phase (2 SP)
- During a SC, the delta must stay in the green at all times, Overtakes under safety car are not allowed. Drivers should also leave a gap to the cars ahead to react incase of incidents
- At the end of the SC you have to wait until the start / finish line with overtaking maneuvers
Distances to the vehicle in front should be kept small
- Intentionally slowing down (more than 10 scale lengths to the vehicle in front) on SC restart (drive-through penalty +2 SP)
- If a driver has suffered damage and will need to go to the pits as a result, he needs to let faster drivers behind through
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- During the race, no deliberate slow-moving trains are allowed to not create conscious permanent slowdown. Tactical measures like letting other drivers through are allowed, but not over a complete race
Penalties
Depending on the track, a drive-through penalty is 20-30s
During the out- and inlap, a driver must not hinder a driver on a hotlap (1 SP), at serious contact (2 SP + time penalty)
cutting the track during the out and inlap is not allowed unless it is for safety (1 SP)
At the end of the Q1 and Q2 sessions there must be enough fuel left in the car so that no AI collisions take place (2SP + potential Qualifying ban)
Overtaking other vehicles by false start (1 SP)
Initiate the start countdown in the grid without approval by the league leader (1 SP)
Call up the pause menu during the race (1 SP)
Pushing a driver off the track (1 SP + time penalty)
Unauthorized overtaking (drive-through penalty)
Ignoring the blue flag (1 VP), more on repetition (2-3 VP)
Dangerous or incorrect entry or exit of the pit lane (1 SP + 10s)
Dangerous return to the track (1 SP), with consequences for other drivers (up to 3 SP + up to 30s)
- Reset (pause menu) to the track (DSQ)
- Deliberate retiring of the session outside the pit lane (qualifying ban), at repeat a league exclusion is possible
- Causing a collision
- Without damage to the opponent (1 SP + time penalty messured by the time the opponent lost)
- With damage to the opponent (2 SP + drive-through penalty)
- With the opponent's DNF (3 SP + drive-through penalty)
Failed to provide requested video for an incident (1 SP)
Submit an incident that is still being investigated to one of the league groups (1 SP)
In addition, the stewards can issue warnings for a driver (3 warnings = 2 SP), as well as qualifying and race bans.
There are no penalties for racing accidents
After the race
After the races, videos can be sent to the race directors for investigation until the start time the following day. The stewards can give warnings, penalties or penalty points
- Videos that were previously sent to one of the groups cannot be accepted as a criminal complaint
In the end, time penalties given by the stewards are added to the race result
Time penalties due to bugs or game errors can be shown with video evidence and Documentation of the personal race director can be withdrawn, but only as long as the penalty wasn’t served during a pit stop.
The driver has to provide the following material:Video capture of the incident
Personal race direction from the incident until the end of the race
