Summer Nationals RULES/FORMAT
1. The series will be open to everyone, however, this may change at any point during the season.
2. Ventrilo is MANDATORY, no exceptions! ALL DRIVERS must be connected to OAS vent by 7:55 in order to be allowed to qualify with your group. If a driver is late they will not be included in qualifying or a heat. If you notify an official ahead of time that you are going to be late we will add you to the last group and you will still be allowed to qualify. If you are late without notice you will tag the B main or not race.
OAS VENT
IP: ventrilo1.va.powervs.com
PORT: 5008
3. ROUGH DRIVING
For the time being this series is open to everyone, however, it will be limited to clean drivers. The goal at OAS is to provide highly competitve racing for the best sim racers on the web, and has succceded in doing so in the past. We encourage anyone and everyone to join us, but if you don't feel as though you are ready to compete in such a challenging atmosphere we ask that you stay away until you know you're ready. It is not our intention put anyone down or be rude or mean, but if you are not struggling and cannot race with others you will be asked to leave. If you cannot respect other drivers on the track you will be asked to leave. As we have learned from experience, one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch. Not to discrouage anyone from competeing, but rough driving will not be tolerated. Also all lap cars must yield to leaders, any lap cars that interfere with leaders may be subject to same punishments as rough driving. In order to keep the series fun and competitve OAS reservers the right to bar anyone at anytime with or without warning. Consequences for dirty driving and lap traffic will be handled on a case by case basis, and may include verbal warnings, suspensions, points deductions, bannings, etc. OAS officials will decide how to handle incidents.
4. RACE FORMAT
All competitors who are in vent on time will be split up into random groups. All groups will qualify individually and run a 10-12 lap heat race (depending on car count and size of track) immediately after qualifying. Where you qualify in your group is where you start in your heat (no inverts). If there are 13 cars or less we will qualify and run the A-Main. The fastest overall qualifier to not transfer from their heat will be awarded a qualifying provisional and will start the A main behind the last heat qualifer. Following heat races will be the B-Main/Mains. Driver's starting postions in the B-Mains will be lined up by their finishing positions from their heats and by their group's rank. The first non-heat transfer from the group with the fastest overall qualifier will start from the pole position in first B-Main and so on. The amount of B-Main/Mains transfers will depend on car count. The fastest overall qualifier to not transfer from a B-Main will be awarded a qualifying provisional and start next to last in the A-Main. A points provisional will be awarded to the driver who ranks the highest in season points has attempted a qualifying lap, heat race, and B-main will start on the tail of the A-Main.
The A-Main will be lined up with the heat winners inverted by their quaifying times starting up front. The rest of the heat transfers will lined up by their finishing positions and their group rank.
The number of drivers starting the A-Main will be determined by the track and car count. The maximum numbers of drivers to start the A-Main field will be predetermined ahead of time and will be listed on the homepage under "next event." In order to start a full field 31 or more cars must be in attendance. If 27-30 cars we will start 1 less, 24-27 we will start 2 less, 20-23 we will start 3 less, and 19 or less we will start 4 less than the predetermined amount.
Car Count Scenarios for groups and heat transfers will be as followed:
14-18 cars - 2 groups taking the top 4 from heats. 1 B-Main
19-23 cars - 3 groups taking the top 3 from heats. 1 B-Main
24-30 cars - 3 groups taking the top 3 from heats. 2 B-Mains
31-36 cars - 4 groups taking the top 3 from heats. 2 B-Mains
37-50 cars - 4 groups taking the top 2 from heats. 3 B-Mains
**If needed to make the number of transfers from the B-Mains, we will add an extra car the the A-Main field
5. RESTARTS
IN ORDER TO CALL A RESTART YOU MUST HAVE THE WORD "RESTART" SAVED IN YOUR QUICK TEXT COMMENTS AND CALL IT BEFORE LAP 2 (OR LAP 3 IN A MAIN)
THE DRIVER OR DRIVERS GUILTY FOR CAUSING A RESTART WILL GO TO THE TAIL OF THE FIELD. RACE OFFICIALS WILL WATCH THE REPLAY TO DECIDE WHO THE GUILTY PARTY IS. IF IT'S A RACING DEAL WE MAY NOT PUNISH ANYONE
ALL HEATS, DASHES, AND B MAINS WILL BE ALLOWED 2 RESTARTS 1ST LAP ONLY. 3RD ATTEMPT IS A GO.
THE A MAIN WILL BE THE FIRST 2 LAPS AND IF THE THRID ATTEMPT DOES NOT WORK THE RACE WILL BE LINED UP SINGLE FILE FOR THE 4TH AND FINAL ATTEMPT.
IF, FOR ANY OUT OF THE ORDINARY REASON (SUCH AS A PARKED CAR OR A SERVER ISSUE) A RACE IS STALLED DURING THE RACE AND MUST BE RESTARTED, IT WILL BE RESTARTED IN SINGLE FILE. HOW EVER MANY LAPS REMAINING WILL BE SET. NO RESTARTS. IF SUCH AN INCIDENT OCCURS AFTER 75% OF THE RACE IS COMPLETE IT WILL BE FINAL. THE DRIVER OR DRIVERS THAT CAUSE A RESTART WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO RETURN TO THE RACE.
6. Nobody is perfect people do make mistakes. Please keep your cool while running here or you will be asked to leave.
ALL RULES ARE TENTATIVE AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE!!!!
Points Format
1. 100
2. 94
3. 89
4. 85
5. 82
6. 78
7. 75
8. 73
9. 71
10. 69
11. 66
12. 65
13. 64
14. 63
15. 62
16. 61
17. 60
18. 59
19. 58
20. 57
The first non-transfer (or non transfers is more than 1 B-Main) will recieve 3 less points less than the last car in the A main. Every car after that will drop 1. The cut-off for the least amount of points is 45. This all depends on car count as we will not always start 20 cars in a Feature event.
**BONUS POINTS**
5 points to the fastest qualifier
2 points + 1 point for every spot gained for driver that advances the most postions in the race. If there is a tie on positions gained the driver with the best finishing postion will get the Hard Charger points.
DTR2 LEAGUE RACE RULES/FORMAT
SEASON 3 CHANGES ARE HIGHLIGHTED
1. RACE CLEAN
2. RACE HARD
3. HAVE FUN
4. PLEASE BE IN CHAT BY 7:50 CT, IF YOU'RE LATE YOU WILL LOSE YOUR QUALIFYING POSITION AND START IN BACK OF YOUR HEAT. HOWEVER, CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES WILL BE CONSIDERED ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS. IT IS A REQUIREMENT TO USE THE OAS DRIVERS MEETING. HEAT LINEUPS WILL BE GIVEN OUT AT 8:00 C.T. SHARP!!! IF YOU ARE NOT IN CHAT BY 7:58 C.T. YOU WILL NOT START A HEAT!!!! HOWEVER, YOU MAY START IN THE BACK OF A B-MAIN
5. RACE PROCEDURE
ALL HEAT RACES WILL BE 12 LAPS. B MAINS WILL BE 15 LAPS. A MAIN LAPS WILL BE POSTED ON THE HOMEPAGE ALONG WITH THE TRACK EACH WEEK. TRACK WETNESS WILL BE 47% FOR ALL RACES
CAR COUNT FORMAT
14 CARS OR LESS
2 HEATS WITH THE TOP 3 TRANSFERING FROM EACH. 1 B MAIN WITH 4 TRANSFERS.
15 or 16 CARS
3 HEATS WITH THE TOP 2 TRANSFERING FROM EACH. 1 B MAIN WITH THE TOP 4 TRANSFERING
17-21 CARS
3 HEATS WITH THE TOP 2 TRANSFERING FROM EACH. 2 B MAINS WITH THE TOP 2 TRANSFERING FROM EACH
22-28 CARS
4 HEATS WITH THE TOP 2 TRANSFERING. 2 B MAINS WITH THE WINNER TRANSFERING FROM EACH
29 CARS OR MORE
4 HEATS WITH THE TOP 2 TRANSFERING FROM EACH. POSTIONS 3-6 WILL BE LOCKED IN 1 OF THE 2 B MAINS, WHILE THE REST OF THE FIELD WILL RUN A C MAIN. POSTIONS 1 AND 3 FROM THE C MAIN WILL TRANSFER TO B MAIN #1, AND POSTIONS 2 AND 4 WILL TRANSFER WILL TRANSFER TO B MAIN #2. THE WINNER FROM EACH B MAIN WILL TRANSFER TO THE A MAIN.
6. POINTS FORMAT
|
HEAT RACES |
|
A MAIN |
| |
|
1 |
10 |
|
1 |
50 |
|
2 |
8 |
|
2 |
45 |
|
3 |
7 |
|
3 |
43 |
|
4 |
6 |
|
4 |
41 |
|
5 |
5 |
|
5 |
39 |
|
6 |
4 |
|
6 |
37 |
|
7 |
3 |
|
7 |
36 |
|
8 |
2 |
|
8 |
35 |
|
9 |
1 |
|
9 |
34 |
|
10 |
1 |
|
10 |
33 |
NON TRANSFER POINTS
(NOTE: 1st non transfers would be 3rd in bmain #1 and 3rd in bmain #2 if there was 2 bmains)
1ST NON TRANSFER............31
2ND NON TRANSFER...........30
3RD NON TRANSFER...........29
4TH NON TRANSFER...........28
5TH-LAST...............................27
HARD CHARGER POINTS-OAS is proud to introduce this new concept into this series. The driver who advances the most postions in the A Main will recieve hard charger points. They will get 5 points for being the "Hard Charger of the Race" plus 1 point for every position gained (considering they are clean passes). If there is a tie between the number of postions gained the driver who has the best finish will be rewarded with the points. We will add all these points up over the course of the series and give out a "Hard Charger of the Year Award."
7. HEAT LINEUPS THERE WILL BE NO QUALFIYING, THEREFORE ALL HEAT LINEUPS WILL BE RANDOM
Heat linups will be inverted by qualifying postions. The pole qualifier will start first in the last heat. Qualifing is not only recomended for points, but also for a better strarting position in heats. You do not have to qualify in order to race, but your started position will be behind those who qualified.
An example heat lineup if 18 cars show up. (Q=qualifying position)
Heat 1 Heat 2 Heat 3
Q3 Q2 Q1
Q6 Q5 Q4
Q9 Q8 Q7
Q12 Q11 Q10
Q15 Q14 Q13
Q18 Q17 Q16
8. RESTART RULE
IF ALL THE DRIVERS PRESENT DO NOT LOAD INTO THE RACE THE RACE MUST BE RESTARTED AND THE HOST MUST GIVE THE DRIVER 5 MINUTES TO RELOAD. THE RESTART DOES NOT COUNT AS 1 OF THE 3 RESTARTS.
All races will have 2 restarts. After 2 restarts the 3rd attempt is a go no unless someone doesn't load.
Heats.......Restart 1st lap only
B-Mains..Restart 2nd lap only
A-Mains..Restart 3rd lap only
If a driver warps or freezes up a race may be restarted from that lap (only if they cause interference). Remember the current lap and your postition and we will restart from there. If 75% or more is completed the race may be called and a driver's current postion will be where they will finish. (NOTE-This rule is subject to change it will be up to a OAS official to make the decision based on the given situation)
9. Qualifying............The format is on the qualifying page. Each driver gets 3, 3 lap attempts. If there is a tie for the fast lap time, the driver who has the least amount of attempts will be ahead of the driver/drivers who have more. If they have the same amount of attempts, the driver who qualifies before the others will be ahead. THERE WILL BE NO MORE QUALIFYING THIS SEASON
10. Nobody is perfect, people make mistakes. If somebody wrecks you please remain calm, DO NOT RETALIATE. A decision will be made by an official on how to handle it. Please do not take matters into your own hands. If you remain calm there is a possbility that you will recieve their postion, just let us make the call please.
