Forza2 British GT Championship

These are the regulations that will operate the second season of the Forza2 Avon British GT Championship.

While many remain unchanged there are a number of revisions that have been applied throughout the course of Season 1 as issues have arisen.

There are two championships contested by series competitors:
1) British GT Drivers Championship.
Points accrued by INDIVIDUAL drivers amount to positions on the table.

2) British GT Teams Championship
Points accrued by the total race drivers in a single team. I.e each driver's points achieved in a single race are added togther to equal the total team's score for that event.

Teams:
1)Race teams may consist of up to THREE drivers.
HOWEVER, the scores for the TEAMS Championship will be taken from the TOP TWO drivers from a given team only. This is so as not to adversely effect teams with fewer drivers.

This means that any team operating with three cars in the series will be able to score points ach individually BUT only the top two drivers will accrue points for their team at each round.

Reserve drivers ARE still allowed in the series if the need shold arise for them. They should be registered in the same way as all regular competitors and comply with the same regulations. Reserve drivers standing in for regular drivers CANNOT score points on behalf of the original driver.

Reserve drivers WILL, however, score points for their team as normal.
The ONLY exception to this driver rule is at test days where ALL drivers in a given team may take part. However if there are more than 8 participants the event will as usual be split over multiple lobbies and team drivers may not all be in the same lobby though this can be organised in advance.

2) Team paint schemes don't have to be totally identical but it would help team identification if there were SIGNIFICANT similarities.

3) Teams DO NOT have to run two of the same car. It is acceptable to have two different cars in a team. But again, we would ask that the liveries were similar enough to allow easy recognition of the team.

4) Use of the British GT Championship number tag is MANDATORY and non-negotiable.
Acceptable variants include number tags used by REAL Brit GT cars.

Racing Etiquette:

GT racing is predominantly a non-contact sport. While it is undertstandable that on occasion some contact may occur it is not expected.
Where a serious incident occurs between racers there is a set procedure.

1)The drivers concerned MUST issue a request in the Stewards Enquiries thread WITHIN 24 hours of the event.

2)Each driver is able to offer evidence to the stewards giving their position on the matter but the thread MUST NOT become one of debate. If an argument develops, the thread will be closed untill the stewards decision is made.

3) The race stewards will review the replay video and other evidence provided the the relavent parties and make a judgement.

4) The judgement will be brought and action taken accordingly.

5) The decision of the stewards is FINAL and non-negotiable.

'Judgement actions' can range from warnings, removal from race results to race bans.

Drivers who speak agressively to other participants either on the forums or during the races will not be tollerated and will be subject to the same procedures as for dangerous driving.
Insulting comments of any nature to the other racers or the stewards is wholly unacceptable

Car Limitations:

In order to assure a wide field of cars there will be a limit of SIX to each make of car.
For instance there can be a maximum of 6 Ferrari F430's BUT this does not apply to the marque. Therefore there may be 6 F430's and 6 360's.

As the season is long, in order to give each competitor the best chance, each driver is allowed ONE car change option during the season.
In practice this means that a competitor is allowed to change the car from the one he/she started their FIRST EVENT IN, to another vehicle from the list of eligible cars.

The option to excersise this right MUST be reported to the Mod Squad so it can be logged.

Liveries.

1) Liveries used MUST look like ones that could reasonably appear on a participant in any REAL championship. Therefor NO anime will be accepted as a valid livery. Liveries can be of your own creation aslong as they would not look out of place on a real race track.
REPLICA race liveries are encouraged.

2) No abusive, inappropriate or otherwise anti-social liveries will be permitted.

Technical Regulations.
1) PI 950

2)Forza wing to be used where applicable.

3)Tyre Manufacturer choice is FREE. All other tuning is Driver/team dependent.

4)TCS is allowed on all cars as is the driving line for those who require it.
******ALL OTHER DRIVER AIDS ARE BANNED******

5)During races SIM levels will be set for Fuel and tyres.

6)Due to the nature of the racing, Damage will be set to COSMETIC ONLY in order to allow competitors to stay in the race for as long as possible and maitain the spectacle.

Points Allocation:

Heat Points-allocated per lobby
25-20-18-16-14-12-10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1

Final Points- range from Lobby A (quickest) to Lobby x (slowest)
50-45-40-38-36-34-32-30-28-26-24-22-20-18-16-14-12-10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1

1)The points alllocation will apply to both the Drivers and Teams Championships.

2)Points will be allocated to those completing FULL race distance or falling within a TWO lap threshold of the flag.
Any drivers failing to finish the race prior to this point will receive a DNF with ZERO points added.
Drivers within the 2 lap threshold who fail to finish will be awarded a DNF but WILL receive points for last place, or in the order of retirees.

3) At the end of the season each competitor will drop their two worst scores to arrive at their final championship position.
Where a driver has completed less than two events their results will stand unaffected.

Race day
The format will be thus:

1) 4 lap qualifying

2) 25 lap Feature Race + mandatory pit stop.

Qualifying times denote lobby entered AND grid position within that lobby.