Before I begin, please keep in mind that these are not final decision, but are working thoughts at a preliminary stage of season planning.
I've already got some questions about the next season, so I guess I'll give a go through some now.
Restrictions: Without a new patch, likely to stay the same.
Driver Eligibility: This is what most have asked me about. I cannot say for sure yet what will eliminate you, apart from being a part of a multiple-winning MoE or IGTC team. It seems to me that on the whole, the level of competition in this current season is not as it has been in the past, which is not a discredit to the teams involved, but just a natural trend of any series and the sim at the moment. It is likely that more weight will be placed on participation in the 2008 and 2009 season over 2010. 2007 IGTC will no longer be considered. All MoE seasons will still come into consideration.
The decisions this season may be based on Quality of the performance in IGTC / MoE instead of quantity. We'll do this by comparing you to your teammates, and you to other drivers in your class.
Schedule: Will remain a 7-round schedule, and keep the four 3-hour races, two 6-hour races and one 12-hour race. KY3 with boothy chicane will likely stay, but most other tracks will either rotate to a reversed direction or to another combo. I am likely to schedule in, apart from KY3B, BL1, SO4, WE1R, FE4, and KY2R. Aston will either be AS7, AS7R, AS5 or AS5R.
Rules: The rules I expect will stay largely the same. The only major change I could see so far is with regards to the wave-around. It will either stay as it is, or be amended to simply sort lead lap cars to the front of the queue instead of waving around lapped cars. It may also be eliminated.
The minimum laps of an SC deployment will be scrapped, so as not to be bound by a minimum which may not be needed if everything is taken care of promptly.
Any comments, questions or suggestions are of course welcomed. But I thought I'd let you know some things now.
I'm expecting to start taking applications around September, for a mid October start or so.
I've already got some questions about the next season, so I guess I'll give a go through some now.
Restrictions: Without a new patch, likely to stay the same.
Driver Eligibility: This is what most have asked me about. I cannot say for sure yet what will eliminate you, apart from being a part of a multiple-winning MoE or IGTC team. It seems to me that on the whole, the level of competition in this current season is not as it has been in the past, which is not a discredit to the teams involved, but just a natural trend of any series and the sim at the moment. It is likely that more weight will be placed on participation in the 2008 and 2009 season over 2010. 2007 IGTC will no longer be considered. All MoE seasons will still come into consideration.
The decisions this season may be based on Quality of the performance in IGTC / MoE instead of quantity. We'll do this by comparing you to your teammates, and you to other drivers in your class.
Schedule: Will remain a 7-round schedule, and keep the four 3-hour races, two 6-hour races and one 12-hour race. KY3 with boothy chicane will likely stay, but most other tracks will either rotate to a reversed direction or to another combo. I am likely to schedule in, apart from KY3B, BL1, SO4, WE1R, FE4, and KY2R. Aston will either be AS7, AS7R, AS5 or AS5R.
Rules: The rules I expect will stay largely the same. The only major change I could see so far is with regards to the wave-around. It will either stay as it is, or be amended to simply sort lead lap cars to the front of the queue instead of waving around lapped cars. It may also be eliminated.
The minimum laps of an SC deployment will be scrapped, so as not to be bound by a minimum which may not be needed if everything is taken care of promptly.
Any comments, questions or suggestions are of course welcomed. But I thought I'd let you know some things now.
I'm expecting to start taking applications around September, for a mid October start or so.
FE4, okay, you might consider putting a layout on the green chicane to prevent people from rolling over those buggy tyres anyway. Something like the pik_d chicane used in the SSL final round I belive - or an improved version rather, so people standing behind another car won't get a blatant advantage any time the car in front goes a bit too far on the inside and remove a few tyres.
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