Virtual Racing Association

VRA Grand Touring Club Cup

Season 2

Rules Package

 

 

Contents

  1. About The Series
  2. Fee
  3. Car Choice
  4. Liveries
  5. Communication
  6. Championships
  7. Driver PRO/AM Selection
  8. Race Sessions
  9. Point Scoring
  10. Bonus & Penalty Points
  11. Schedule
  12. Steward Reviews
  13. General
  14. Admins

 

1. About The Series

This is a championship for people who want to experience the thrill of driving GTE cars, during European friendly time slots, in a controlled friendly league.

 

Our races take place on Sunday evenings.

 

The cars we use are the BMW M8 GTE, Ferrari 488 GTE, Ford GTE, Porsche 911 RSR and the Corvette C8.R GTE.

 

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.

 

All of our races are shown live by Backfire Simsport TV.

 

BSTV

 

The league is limited to 60 drivers.

As a league driver, please let us know if your circumstances change and you can no longer race with us. We can then offer your place to another driver.

 

2. Fee

The fee for each 12 meeting season is £15.00 GBP, this covers the broadcast cost and also the hosting fee’s.

 

Fee’s are payable to backfiresimsporttv@gmail.com via PayPal and need to be in GBP. 

 

4. Car Choice

The car that you enter your first race of the season with, is the car you are locked into until after Round 6.

Between rounds 6 & 7 there is a free transfer window where drivers can switch cars without penalty. Drivers must inform a league admin of the change and also send in a new paint.

Drivers changing car before round 6 or after round 7 will be deducted 200 points.

Drivers entering a race with the wrong car will be deducted 100 points.

 

4. Liveries

Paint packs are used for the series. You are required to submit your paint in plenty of time to bstvpaints@outlook.com

You will need to re-submit your paint if you make any changes.

 

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

 

 

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

 

We have a number of BSTV logo’s 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 logo’s on your car from the owner.

 

5. Communication

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. 

 

A link to join our Discord server is on our website.

 

6. Championships

We have a PRO Championship, an AM Championship and a TEAMS championship.

 

Drivers are allowed 1 drop round to allow for any unforeseen circumstances, so your total points in the championship will be calculated from your best 11 rounds from the 12 available rounds.

 

Teams are made up of one or two drivers, and both drivers score towards the team championship.

 

7. Driver PRO/AM Selection

In order to keep the championship fair, and also to give the “slower” drivers something to race for, drivers will be placed into either the PRO or AM categories by the admin team before the start of the season.

 

The process to determine who is PRO and who is AM is as follows :-

 

Sunday 28th February, all iRatings from league members will be collected and the “average” iRating will be calculated. This is known as the Season 2 League Average.

 

Drivers above the average will be placed in PRO, and drivers below the average will be placed in AM. Any driver with the exact league averaged will be placed by the admin team.

 

The PRO & AM drivers will then be announced.

 

Any subsequent new members will be decided by the season 2 league average.

 

The decision is final and will not be changed until the following season where the same process will be followed and a new league average obtained.

 

PRO drivers will be given a cyan front windshield banner and AM drivers will be given a yellow front windshield banner.

 

8. Race Sessions

Our servers start at 6pm GMT on race days.

 

Practice = 60 mins

Qualifying = 30 mins

Race = 90 min

(Circuit Zolder will have a standing start)

We strongly suggest that you join any session through the LEAGUE > LEAGUE SESSIONS tab on iRacing as some drivers have had issues in joining sessions through the HOSTED tab.

 

9. Point Scoring

 

 

 

 

10. Bonus & Penalty Points

 

Pole Position - The driver gaining pole position from the qualifying session will receive 5 bonus points.

 

Fastest Lap - The driver with the fastest lap in the race will receive 5 bonus points.

 

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

 

Drive Through Penalty - On reaching 20 incident points in any race, a driver will receive a black flag drive through penalty.

 

11. Schedule

R1 = Sunrise

R2 = Morning

R3 = Noon

R4 = Afternoon

R5 = Sunrise

R6 = Morning

R7 = Noon

R8 = Afternoon

R9 = Sunrise

R10 = Late Afternoon

R11 = Morning

R12 = Late Afternoon

 

12. Steward Reviews

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.

 

  • Allow a 12 hour cooling off period before protesting (and protests received during the cooling off period will be deleted)
  • View the incident from different angles and different cars
  • 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.

 

We pride ourselves on sportsmanship and clean racing so if you recognise that you have unfairly gained a position, then please allow a position reversal to take place at your earliest opportunity.

 

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 arguments.

 

13. General

 

Black flags will only be cleared during practice sessions.

 

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.

 

14. Admins

Clyde Whiting

Pete Bingham

Sam Buzin

Bill Switzer

 

 

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