MSA TORA International Sports Car Championship - Round 1 - Sebring Full – July 7th 8PM BST (USE FORM IN OP TO SIGN IN)

Welcome to round 1 of the MSA TORA ISCC - Round 1 - Sebring Full (2 hour multiclass enduro)

As previously announced we be holding 3 qualification sessions prior to the green flag @ 8PM BST on the 7th of July 2013.

You may only take place in 1 qualification session -

Q1 - Thursday July 4th 2013 @ 2000 BST
Q2 - Thursday July 4th 2013 @ 2000 CEN
Q3 - Sunday July 7th 2013 @ 1900 BST

The Race will begin at 8PM BST, make sure you are online by 7.30PM BST.

To make sure you are invited to this race, please use the below form to sign "IN" into race control and select the appropriate qualifying session, before 6PM BST on the 7/07/13 We ask that all competitors are on Xbox live 15 minutes prior to the start of the race meeting, make sure their NAT settings are setup correctly, and appearing online to everyone. Any competitor who does not follow these runs a very high risk of not receiving an invite, or being able to compete.

Please use the below form to select your qualification session which will update LT, note your response will be recorded and will be updated.

(If you can not see the below form (users using firefox we recommend another browser to see the form if its not visible)





A huge thanks to CQR Aero who has revamped our LT as per below link.

http://www.theonlineracingassociation.com/live-timing-hub.html

We recommend all drivers make sure they understand the rules for race 1 -

Race Meeting Set-Up

QUALIFYING

Qualifying will take place on the Thursday before each ISCC Race and on the day of the Race itself. Qualifying Session 1 will take place at 8pm BST on the Thursday following the same rules as stated below. Qualifying Session 2 will take place at 8pm US Central on the Thursday following the same rules as stated below. Qualifying Session 3 will take place at 7pm BST on the Sunday before the ISCC race begins at 8pm BST. All qualifying sessions are grouped together, so you only have to attend one session in order to set a time. You must sign up to the Qualifying Thread which will go up alongside the Race Thread and inform TORA as to which night and which session you will set your qualifying time. You may only enter the session to qualify, it will not be open to other members to practice. Qualifying Times will remain hidden from all competitors until Live Timing is released before the Sunday Race.

We ask that all competitors are on Xbox live 15 minutes prior to the start of the session meeting, and appear online. Where necessary, if each competitor could post "In" in the relevant session meeting thread on the TORA forums. Anyone who wishes to take part in the session without posting "In" will need to wait for the  meeting organisers confirmation before being allowed to take part.
TORA’s ‘Live Timing’ system will be updated prior to the race meeting with who your lobby host will be for the race, and will be updated before the meeting with the results. One invite will be sent out to all race entrants. This invite will also denote your qualifying lobby.

If a connection issue is apparent please contact the race director or lobby host as soon as possible and they will do their best to ensure you can connect to the qualifying lobby.

Competitors who are not connected to the host’s room at the start time without reason stated before the start time of the race meeting will not be able to take part in qualifying. The qualifying session will should start no later than 5 minutes from the designated meeting start time.

Qualification Settings
- A 5 second roll off delay will be in effect to accommodate a greater opportunity for clean running and driving concentration. Collisions will be set off, and damaged will be simulation.
- Qualifying will be set to 15 minutes in which you must set your best lap. An extra 5 minutes will be added at the end for the lobby for hosts to collect times before competitors finish the session. "Clean" qualifying laps take preference "Dirty" laps. A slower "Clean" lap will start the race ahead of a quicker "dirty" lap. Make it count!
- Once Qualifying is over, ‘Live Timing’ will be updated along with who will host the various racing lobbies. TORA will ensure that this process is completed as quickly as possible.
- Any driver who had not set a qualifying time will be able to join the race at the back of the field and make a pit lane start.

RACE

TORA’s ‘Live Timing’ system will be updated after qualifying has taken place to update you who your lobby host will be. We ask that all competitors are on Xbox Live 15 minutes prior to the start of the race. ONE invite will be sent out to all race entrants. This will denote your race lobby. If a connection issue is apparent please contact the race director or lobby host ASAP and they will do their best to ensure you can connect to the race lobby.

Competitors who are not connected to the host’s room, or contacted a race official to explain a delay, after 10 minutes of the race lobby invite has been sent will not be able to take part in race.

Race - Grid will be the results of the qualifying session. All drivers with "clean" laps in qualifying will be before all drivers who set "dirty" laps. The race begins in this order by a rolling start. Races will take pace over a pre-determined amount of time. Please see the Season Calendar for details.


Setting the Grid
Competitors will perform a grid setting lap around a short circuit.
Competitors will listen to lobby host who will call out grid order.
Competitors will finish in order lobby host instructed them too, failure to do so will result in exclusion from the race.

Rolling Start
Competitors will be instructed to listen to the race host; Each lobby will have a set start timer of which will be worked out for cars travelling at a standard 80MPH pace car lap, it will be the responsibility of the pole sitter to make sure cars stick to 80MPH and that the pole sitter hits the green flag on the pit straight.

The race will run on an adjusted time, so all racers get their full amount of time on track. A lobby will race for the full amount of time, whilst the lobbies below will then adjust their times accordingly. For example, when a race is set to 1hr 30mins then A lobby will race for the full time, and not 1hr 30mins overall. If the lead car crosses the line at 2mins 30 seconds then the race will finish at 1hr 32mins and 30 seconds. The Lobby Host will be in change of calculating the end time as the field crosses the line.

Lobbies below will be set to adjust their times as seen below:

A lobby will race to full race timer set in calendar
B lobby wil race to 4 seconds earlier set in calendar
C lobby will race to 8 seconds earlier set in calendar
D lobby will race to 12 seconds earlier set in calendar
E lobby will race to 16 seconds earlier set in calendar
F lobby will race to 20 seconds earlier set in calendar
This will ensure qualifying is still as important in any race.

All rolling starts must be in 2 x 2 formation. Once the lead driver reaches a pre-designated section on the track (usually the final corner), they shall let the pack bunch up side by side in a two by two formation. the lead driver is given the choice what side he wishes to begin the race on, and all following competitors must follow this lead.
When all drivers are in position and the field are all on the start / finish straight, getting confirmation from the last driver that all are in position, the lead driver may start racing conditions by shouting "Go" and accelerating.
Under no circumstance shall any competitor be allowed to pass the vehicle in front until they have passed the start and finish line.

Mandatory Pit Stops
There will be 2 mandatory pit-stop during each race. The first stop must be made within the first 25 minutes of the race, the second can be made anytime after the first 25 minutes of the race. Failure to adhere to the rule will result in a 1 lap penalty that will be taken from the drivers finishing distance. If you make two pit stops within the first 25 minutes (i.e. you receive damage after your first pit stop) you must still make a further pitstop after the initial 25 minute period in line with the rest of the field.

End of Race
Once end timer is reached lobby host will call out stop.
All cars must stop as quickly as possible wherever they are on track.
Host will ask lead lobby driver for distance their distance in miles.
Host will then record in lobby position order distance between drivers in feet so accurate scoring can take place (same as TEC scoring)
Failure to stop or give accurate information will result in DQ from the race meeting.

Settings
- Collisions during all races will be on, and set with Simulation Damage. TCS, Driving Line and Normal/Simulation Steering are the only allowed driving aids that may be used. ABS, STM, Auto-brake and Auto-gears are prohibited. Manual gears must be used but it is up to the competitor if they wish to use the clutch or not.
- The race will be set to a pre-determined time limit which the lobby host will make aware to the competitors in the lobby.


Race Etiquette
-Slower cars (Those who are going down a lap to any car in any class) are to hold their racing line. Do NOT move over for the faster cars as you may be moving over into their path. Faster cars are to find their way around the slower cars.

Please ignore my first post as I realized that I can't make Q2, only Q3.  

In Q2

In Q3  

Change my qualifying session to Q3, please.

In Q3

LMR Deftone MX: IN Q3
TheOneNamedJack: IN Q3
MXR Claim: IN Q3

LMR Midnight R: IN Q3
IBlueJaBBRexI: IN Q3
ONR KennyKen: OUT

rainonef1: IN Q3
IRT YT RICE: IN Q3

LMR Scuderia: MAYBE Q3
LMR Bad BoiyS: IN Q3

LMR Agera: IN Q3

in Q3 please

guys really there is form to use!!!!!!

i posted in it after i posted here, saw it after and couldn't delete my post

Looking forward to this, was kinda hoping no one would do Q3 tbh

question, I'm going to be 50/50 on making the race, i should be able to but i wont find out till saturday, what happens if i qualify and then can't make the race?
is that one of the 3 races that i lose for not turning up to it?

I would suggest to qualify anyway, but then tell us if you're out at the earliest possible time.

I used the thingy at the top but i dunno if it worked honestly

JamesHall94 wrote:I used the thingy at the top but i dunno if it worked honestly

It'll update in a little bit, I wasn't sure when I done it but it updated about an hour after

SelectiveRogue wrote:guys really there is form to use!!!!!!

I used the form, but as the thread had a list of others listing their qually choice in both places (as this is a new way of requesting your slot its easy to be a little confused) and as such thought it was best to cover both bases. Thought this would be helpful to the staff but obviously not.

However, point taken. In the future the form alone will be used.

XPR Mad Dog wrote:

JamesHall94 wrote:I used the thingy at the top but i dunno if it worked honestly

It'll update in a little bit, I wasn't sure when I done it but it updated about an hour after

The sheet's not quite working as intended and currently requires a small manual update which I've run every now and then throughout the day, hence the delay in sign-ins popping up.  I can't quite get my head around an easy solution right now as my mind is on "work" (where it's being paid to be!).  I'll take a proper look at it tonight.

Please continue to use the form though, as it's capturing the sign-ups very nicely so far!

Okay thanks mate, and cheers Mad Dog

BAR Smurfy you have not signed up to this series, or you may have and changed username gamertag of which we cant find.

Please confirm at the moment you won't be invited

AMR Garage wrote:I would suggest to qualify anyway, but then tell us if you're out at the earliest possible time.

ok, thanks mate,

Out for this first race as I am on holiday.

in q1

LMR DarthMario IN
Racing (sub) for: LMR WARSPITE

S1lentRaven please confirm which qually session you're doing as you've signed up for 2.

...and there I was thinking that this would make things easier/faster!!!  

CQR Aero wrote:S1lentRaven please confirm which qually session you're doing as you've signed up for 2.

...and there I was thinking that this would make things easier/faster!!!   

Just takes time for people to get used to it!
Think people get confused because it doesn't show up instantly.