SimAbility V8ESC Season 18
Rules

This is a multicar championship for people who want to experience V8 racing, during European friendly time slots, in a controlled and friendly league on the same track at the same time in a multi-discipline format.

A trophy will be awarded to the eventual winner of V8ESC "Simability" Cup.

Our races take place on Saturday evenings - timings for the sessions are below.

The cars we use are below

• Ford Mustang GT (gen3)
• Chevrolet Camaro GT (gen3)

If further cars are added, we may add them to the league.

Drivers are not allowed to change cars during the season.  If you feel the need to change cars, you will be penalised 300 points.

This is an open setup series where faster drivers are encouraged to help slower drivers with help, advice and hopefully the sharing of setups.

There are no minimum requirements for iRating or Safety Rating.

We endeavour to broadcast all the races on our YouTube channel - Backfire Simsport TV.

The fee is £13 GBP, any payments will fund league for the broadcast cost, administration costs, broadcasting tools, music royalties and session hosting fees.

Fees are payable to https://paypal.me/financebstv via PayPal and need to be in GBP. Please select "Friends and Family" not "Business" - BSTV is not a business, we do not make profit. 

Your place is not guaranteed until we have received your payment in full.

Paint packs are used for the series.

Once you have registered on our website, we encourage you to upload your own paints to the website and download the latest paint pack before each race meeting.

A decal layer will be added to each paint by the admins. This will cover the front windshield banner and custom number blocks so please leave these area’s blank.

Cars will be provided with class appropriate and colour-coded banners.

Any driver that does not submit a paint will be given our league default paint.

We have several BSTV logos that we can share if you want to help to advertise the broadcaster on your car.

We do ask that you have permission to use any logos on your car from the owner of the logos.

We have our own Discord server for race nights and general chit chat.

We know most teams and drivers run their own voice comms, so it is not mandatory to use our Discord. However, the broadcast and post-race interviews will be done using the BSTV Discord server. Most drivers enter the channel “Interview Waiting Room” after the race for a chat – you may be pulled into the broadcast should you do so.

A link to join our Discord server is on our website, or use the QR code below

Driver Championship

Drivers are allowed 1 drop week to allow for any unforeseen circumstances, so your total points in the championship will be calculated from your best 5 race weeks. These drop races will start to be accounted for from week 4 of the season. A drop round is defined as one Endurance race or the combination of two Sprint/Feature races or 3 Super Sprint raced from one single race week.

Driver classes

Drivers will be split into PRO and BSTV Cup classes based on relative skill, experience and speed. We make these judgements accounting for iRating and past performances. A driver’s class may be adjusted mid-season at the discretion of BSTV.  Points are scored as per the finishing position overall and are not relative to finishing position in class. 

Team Championship

Teams can be made up of three drivers.
The two highest scoring drivers of a team in a race will count towards the Team championship.

Driver of the season

Each broadcasted week the commentators will vote individually for a Driver of the Meeting. These votes are tallied up so that a Driver of the Season can be crowned at the end of the season.

Safe Driver Award (Logan Jackson)

The safe driver award is earned by the driver with the lowest calculated incident points per corner for the season.  A driver must complete 3 races to be considered for this award.

Fred Bingham & Bill Switzer Forever Forward Award

This award is earned by the driver with the most overtakes calculated by iRacing in the season.  A driver must complete 3 races to be considered for this award.

Our servers start at 6:00pm UK time on race days.

There are three types of race week.

1. Sprint/Feature

2. Endurance

3. Super Sprint

1. Sprint/Feature Week Rules

Practice start time is 6:00pm UK on race days.

Practice = 60 mins

Qualifying = 15 mins

Sprint Race = 20 mins - Feature Race = 40 mins – Both are standing starts

Feature Race starting grid will have the top 10 finishers from the Sprint race reversed.

Race fuel is limited to 45% of a full tank.

2. Endurance Week Rules

Practice start time is 6:00pm UK on race days.

Practice = 60 mins

Qualifying = 15 mins

Endurance Race = various length – usually 80 minutes - Standing starts

Race fuel is limited to 45% of a full tank.

3. Super Sprint Week Rules

Practice start time is 6:00pm UK on race days.

Practice = 60 mins

Qualifying = 15 mins

Sprint Race = 20 mins - Sprint Race = 20 mins –  Sprint Race = 20 mins – All are standing starts

The second super sprint race will grid as per the finishing order of the first super sprint race.

The third super sprint race will grid as a reverse of the top 8 from race 2 and then the finishing order from race 2 for positions 9+.

Race fuel is limited to 45% of a full tank.

All league sessions will be very close to the race in-sim time of day of the official races for the Supercar Series within iRacing.

There will be one change to the schedule each season as the previous series champion gets to have a “Champions Choice Track” where they will also choose time of day for the in-sim conditions.

If there are less than 10 drivers for any given race, the admins reserve the right to cancel the race and the broadcast and remove it from the schedule.

In the event of a significant crash incident a caution may be issued by the BSTV administrators.  Cautions are issued at the discretion of BSTV administration.

Pole Position - The driver gaining pole position from the qualifying session will receive 3 bonus points.

Fastest Lap - The driver with the fastest lap in each race will receive 1 bonus points.

Laps Led – Any driver determined by iRacing to have led a lap will receive 1 bonus point up to a maximum of 3 points per race.

Incident Points - Each driver will receive 1 penalty point for every incident point they collect.

Drive Through Penalty - On reaching 15 incident points in any race, a driver will receive a black flag drive through penalty.

Bonus points & penalty points are the same for all race types.

Points will be awarded to drivers who complete one full racing lap – please note that ALL penalty points generated will be applied regardless of the number of laps completed.

You must finish in the top 50 places to score.

Please note your points may run negative if you generate more penalty points than points scored by finishing position. 

From time-to-time things can get heated and/or mistakes may happen.

If you feel aggrieved by a situation, we ask that you do the following:

1. Allow a 24-hour cooling off period before protesting - protests received prior to the 24-hour cool off will not be considered
2. View the incident from different angles and different cars
3. Discuss with your fellow racers
4. Post it in the Discord channel “tcr-incident-review” and see what the community thinks
5. Speak with the other racer involved calmly – it is highly unlikely they did whatever it was purposefully

DO NOT abuse any other drivers involved via voice or text.

If after reviewing the incident, you feel that you need to protest it, please use the protest form stating which race, which lap, and which cars were involved.

The race control admin team will review the incident, give you an honest view on the incident, and apply penalties where required.

All decisions are final.

Drivers gaining a position using unfair means are expected to give places back.

Any driver found to be abusive towards another driver, on any of our media platforms, Facebook, Discord or iRacing, via chat or text will face a pitlane start for the next race they attend. A second offence will be penalised with a race meeting ban, and a third offence will result in the driver being excluded from the league.

No matter who you initially think is at fault for an incident you're involved in, always watch the replay to find something you could have done differently to avoid the outcome before filing a protest.  BSTV administration will penalise the driver at fault, that may just be you. 

Black flags will only be cleared during practice sessions.

In the event of a caution you must be aware that pitlane may be closed as you approach or if you reset the car - black flags will not be cleared in the event of a pitlane infringement and penalty.

We use iRacing dynamic weather so bear in mind that the weather conditions will change from session to session.

You will get 1 free repair per race. Please note that any slight damage, even from taking a curb too vigorously can result in your free repair being used. You can turn this off and decide when you want to use your free repair.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact one of the admins or email one of us from the contact list below.

Winners of BSTV Cup class will be given the opportunity to move to the class above for the following season.

Pete Bingham (Membership, Administration, Race Control, Commentator, Liveries, Cameras, Stewarding, Financial Controller)

Jamie Wilson (Race Control, Stewarding)

Tony Kloosterman (Race Control, Stewarding)

Weibe Nijkamp (Race Control, Commentator, Stewarding)

Tyler Newitt (Commentator, Cameras, Race Control, Stewarding)

Sam Buzin (Commentator, Technical Expert, Cameras, Stewarding, Web Design)

Stewards (Pete Bingham plus other racers and non-racers from multiple leagues)

By entering any race you are agreeing to have read and understood the above rules.