Updated standings following Round 4.

The top 11 drivers can still win the drivers' championship.

The top 13 teams can still win the teams' championship.

Results and standings will be posted overnight today.

Quote from vanko199 :

so can i drive on the next round since on the previous i was disqualified?

You were never entered into the championship. You filed and incorrect sign-up and never notified anybody about having corrected/updated it.

Quote from Dennis93 :

Since we found out in the passed years that the rolling starts do more harm than good, why don't we have standing starts? Imo it adds to the fun, and it is a bit more safe.

Also FXR, can gain a lot during these as well..

My 2 cents.

We've always used rolling starts, except for 3 races in GT Masters 2 years ago, one of which was absolutely disasterous aswell. I think it depends much more on the drivers' behaviour than anything else.

Quote from bogdani.cojocaru :

Ey Dom, if I change my mind about the car choice before the start of the 1st PreQ, can I actually change it?

You can modify your sign-up up to the start of pre-qualifying, that's what the rules say.

Your Name: Dominik Engel
Your LFS Licence: Deutschland2007
Team Name: Genuine Racing
Driver Number: 26
Car Selection: XRR
Nation: Germany

Welcome to the 2014 Genuine Racing GT1 Challenge!

Please provide the following information with your sign-up:

Your Name:
Your LFS Licence:
Team Name:
Driver Number:
Car Selection:
Nation:

Notes:

- Available numbers range from 2 to 99. 1 is reserved for the 2013 champion (Nikifor Dakovic), should he elect to use it.
- Every signed up driver must be able to receive PM's at LFSForum.
- You must list a car to be allowed to compete in official sessions.
- Once you have picked a number, you cannot change it.

An example to help you out a bit:

Quote :

Your Name: Joe Public
Your LFS Username: every1one
Team Name: Example Racing Team
Driver Number: 0
Car Selection: FZR
Nation: United Kingdom

Sign-ups and driver's numbers will be tracked in this Google Document.


Summary of Entries:

Number of Entries: 143
FXR: 44
FZR: 43
XRR: 56

Available Car Numbers: (1); 701; 702; 703; 704; 705; 706; 708; 709

Last edited by Deutschland2007, Sat, 8 Nov 2014 11:18.

OVERVIEW

Top class GT racing returns as the Genuine Racing GT1 Challenge is back! The series was cancelled originally at the end of last year, but will now run again in a proper sprint format. It will now be the GT1 equivalent of GT Masters, using the exactly same format: 24 hours of pre-qualifying from Friday evening to Saturday evening, followed by the main event consisting of a 20 minute long qualifying session and a roughly 75 minute long race. The key differences to what you saw earlier this year in GTM are that we've tweaked some things based on the feedback we received from the competing drivers, especially when it comes to the way multiple grids work.
There will still be two servers, but points will be awarded for overall positions with all classified cars of Server 2 being placed behind all classified cars in Server 1. For example: If 20 cars are classified on the first server, the winner on the second server will be classified in 21st position. That way, it actually is an advantage to pre-qualify yourself into Server 1 and it will also be rewarded accordingly.

All teams and drivers are welcome to participate in the series, there is no limit on how many drivers may race for a team, but only the best two drivers of a team can score points towards the team's standings in each round.


CAR BALANCING

FZR: 26 kg of ballast


SERIES SCHEDULE

Round 1: 22.08.2014 - 24.08.2014
Kyoto Ring National (KY2)
Distance: 47 laps (241.486 km)

Round 2: 05.09.2014 - 07.09.2014
Blackwood GP Track rev. (BL1R)
Distance: 67 laps (221.569 km)

Round 3: 19.09.2014 - 21.09.2014
South City Long (SO4)
Distance: 50 laps (201.450 km)

Round 4: 03.10.2014 - 05.10.2014
Fern Bay Gold (FE3)
Distance: 62 laps (217.868 km)

Round 5: 17.10.2014 - 19.10.2014
Aston Grand Prix (AS5)
Distance: 28 laps (246.456 km)

Round 6: 31.10.2014 - 02.11.2014
Kyoto Ring Grand Touring (K32)
Distance: 31 laps (238.948 km)

Round 7: 14.11.2014 - 16.11.2014
Westhill International (WE1)
Distance: 50 laps (259.000 km)***

***May change after Westhill update

All race distances do not include the formation lap.


TIMETABLE

Thursday 19:00 UTC: Start of Pre-Qualifying
Saturday 19:00 UTC: End of Pre-Qualifying
Sunday 18:45 UTC: Start of Qualifying
Sunday 19:15 UTC: Start of Race


The full rulebook, sign-ups and skin kit can be found here in this forum section too. Feel free to sign up! Everyone is welcome!

See you on track!

Last edited by Deutschland2007, Mon, 27 Oct 2014 17:53.

The Balance of Performance for the 2014 Genuine Racing GT1 Challenge will see the cars use the following restrictions:

FZR: 26kg of ballast
XRR: n/a
FXR: n/a

If any changes occur it will be announced in this thread.

The 2014 Genuine Racing GT1 Challenge schedule is now available.


Round 1: 22.08.2014 - 24.08.2014
Kyoto Ring National (KY2)
Distance: 47 laps (241.486 km)

Round 2: 05.09.2014 - 07.09.2014
Blackwood GP Track rev. (BL1R)
Distance: 67 laps (221.569 km)

Round 3: 19.09.2014 - 21.09.2014
South City Long (SO4)
Distance: 50 laps (201.450 km)

Round 4: 03.10.2014 - 05.10.2014
Fern Bay Gold (FE3)
Distance: 62 laps (217.868 km)

Round 5: 17.10.2014 - 19.10.2014
Aston Grand Prix (AS5)
Distance: 28 laps (246.456 km)

Round 6: 31.10.2014 - 02.11.2014
Kyoto Ring Grand Touring (K32)
Distance: 31 laps (238.948 km)

Round 7: 14.11.2014 - 16.11.2014
Westhill International (WE1)
Distance: 50 laps (259.000 km)***

***May change after Westhill update

All race distances do not include the formation lap.


TIMETABLE

Thursday 19:00 UTC: Start of Pre-Qualifying
Saturday 19:00 UTC: End of Pre-Qualifying
Sunday 18:45 UTC: Start of Qualifying
Sunday 19:15 UTC: Start of Race

Last edited by Deutschland2007, Mon, 27 Oct 2014 17:43.

You can find the 2014 Genuine Racing GT1 Challenge rulebook here.

If you find any errors of spelling, numbering, or loopholes in the rules, please let me know.

Last edited by Deutschland2007, Mon, 27 Oct 2014 17:56.

Post your skins for the 2014 Genuine Racing GT1 Challenge. The requirements are:

Quote from GT1C 2014 Rulebook Section E.1 :

1. All car skins must display the required numberboards on both sides between the wheels and the bonnet/hood of the car as well as the provided sunstrip.
1.1) Any drivers who use skins which do not comply with the previous rule will be penalised with a two point penalty in a main event.
1.2) Skins must also be compliant with the skin regulations on lfsworld.net, meaning that they must not include any nudity, pornographic, racist or any other extremely offensive content. Any driver who's found to be using a skin that's violating these rules will be put on probation for the remainder of the season, or be excluded if necessary.

Note: Drivers with single digit car numbers (number 0 to 9) are not required to use double digit numbers on their numberboards (for example: 1 instead of 01).

Note 2: Skinners are adviced to not downscale the numberboards too much for use on their skins, numbers must be recognisable at first sight.

Note 3: Skins should be posted in 2048x2048 resolution. You may also post them in higher resolutions though.

Uploaded all replays.

Last edited by Deutschland2007, Thu, 10 Jul 2014 01:09.

Added penalties following pre-qualifying for R4. Drivers "nacho." and "vanko199" were disqualified from the event since neither of them submitted a correctly formatted sign-up and are therefor not eligible to compete.

Additionally, Car 87 is disqualified from the event for using multiple cars during pre-qualifying.

Pre-qualifying under way now, due to the delayed start it will end at 18:35 UTC tomorrow evening.

Pre-qualifying password for today has been sent out to all drivers.

They're back online now.

Please use the following format to confirm your entry:

Number, Firstname Lastname, LFS username, Teamname

An example:

Quote :

000, Joe Public, every1one, Example Racing Team

Please only confirm your participation if you are planning to take part in the main event. The 64 fastest drivers from pre-qualifying will be allowed to take part in the main event. Should any of the drivers in the lower grid be unable to attend, they will be replaced with the next car in the pre-qualifying results. The confirmation deadline is Saturday, July 5th at 23:59 UTC.

All confirmed drivers that did not attend must withdraw by Tuesday, 08.07.2014 at 19:30 UTC to not receive a 50-point penalty.

Track: South City Chicane Route (SO6)
Server Name: '& GenR GTi Trophy' and '& GenR GTi Trophy 2'

Pre-Qualifying Start: Friday, 04.07.2014 at 18:00 UTC
Pre-Qualifying End: Saturday, 05.07.2014 at 18:00 UTC
Start of Qualifying: Sunday 06.07.2014 at 17:45 UTC
Race 1 Start: Sunday, 06.07.2014 at 18:10 UTC
Race 2 Start: Sunday, 06.07.2014 at 18:45 UTC

The passwords for pre-qualifying will be sent out at least 3 hours before the start of the session.

The passwords for the 64 fastest drivers will be sent out after the official pre-qualifying results have been released and the the confirmation period has ended. Grids will be split up equally between Grid 1 and 2 if at least 36 cars pre-qualify.

You may discuss the race and ask questions in this thread.

Quote from vanko199 :

Your Name: Ivan Venelinov
Your LFS Username: vanko199
Team Name:
Driver Number: 69
Car Selection: XFG
Nation: Bulgaria

Number 99 is taken, please choose another number from the first post.

Updated points standings following Round 3.

Added official results.

Added penalties for the main sessions of Round 3.

Quote from Neilser :

103.5% sounds more sensible to me.
BUT the way I read your summary above, you've subtly (and unintentionally?) altered the meaning relative to what's in the V3 PDF file, for drivers who do NOT pre-qualify.

What the PDF file says is that they "have to meet the 103.5% rule in qualifying and may only start in the lowest grid active in that round".

What you've written above is that they are OK to race if they are under 103.5% of the fastest time "in their grid" which will be the slowest grid, hence they could be quite a bit slower than if they did attend pre-qualifying (given that the best time on grid 2 is likely to be 1 or 2% slower than the best on grid 1.

I imagine this isn't what you mean/want. Seems more reasonable for them to have to set a time that's less than 103.5% of fastest pre-qually time, no?

Edit: just realised that there is a second bit in the rules, from which you are quoting above. This means that the PDF contains two (IMHO) slightly incompatible statements All I'm actually concerned about is a slow driver feeling that they are better off NOT pre-qualifying as the bar will be lower if they don't. But so long as you don't let slow ppl attend qually if they didn't pre-qual, then no worries

The reason they only have to be within 103.5% within qualifying is that qualifying is significantly shorter than pre-qualifying and that there will be 20 cars or even more on track. I don't want to put too much unnecessary pressure on people.

Updated Rulebook to Version 3.

It includes the balance of performance change for the XRG (from 2% restriction to 1% and 8 kg of ballast) aswell as the change of the 105% rule in pre-qualifying to 103.5%. Drivers that are competing in a qualifying or race session, but have no set a time in pre-qualifying must now also set a time that's within 103.5% of the fastest qualifying time in their grid.