MSA TORA Trans Am Season 1- Rulebook

General Rules & Driving Etiquette

Motor Racing, as defined by TORA, is a non contact sport. It is understandable that on occasion some contact may occur that is not expected by either party, for example due to lag. Competitors with 'lag' issues will not be penalized, but may be asked to improve their connection, if the issue is persistently hindering other's experiences please see connection section.

TORA expects competitors who partake in its championships and meetings to behave in an appropriate and respectable manner. Insulting comments or behavior towards fellow competitors and race stewards is unacceptable and will be dealt with severely.

Competitors who are being followed on a straight part of a track by another car may move their position on the track ONCE to defend, any further sufficient movement outside of cornering will be deemed as weaving and you may be reported to the race director or head steward after the race.

If a competitor leaves the track at any time, it is advised that extra caution is taken not to impede other drivers when rejoining, please check and look before rejoining the track. Common courtesy stipulates that a driver in a dangerous position on the circuit should alert oncoming drivers of their position to avoid additional incidents, (essentially the yellow flag rules.)

Track Limits

The track limits are determined by the solid white lines either side of the track. At all times, two wheels must remain on this part of the circuit, unless of an occurrence where it is near to impossible to keep two wheels on the track, like avoiding a collision. During a race meeting, each time the track limits are not adhered to, a warning will be given. Each driver are allowed five warnings of all four wheels leaving the track via the inside of a corner, at any part of the circuit. If a sixth and subsequent "corner cutting" occurrences happen within a race meeting, then that driver will lose a position for each corner cut. Again, if a corner is cut to avoid a collision, this would not be given a warning.

The track limits must be adhered to in the event of gaining an advantage whilst having an on-track battle. If a driver overtakes a driver by getting all four wheels off the track, the driver must give that position back before they may continue the race. If the driver which was overtaken backs off heavily either through incident or "mechanical" failure, then the position will not need to be given back.


IMPORTANT - All competitors must have read and understood the TORA Sporting Regulations for more Info.



2014 TORA Trans Am Series

The TORA Trans Am Series will take place between the 29th of August and the 3rd of October 2014 in a 6 round championship. The series will have two championships up for grabs.

DRIVER CHAMPIONSHIP

This will be a championship fought by each driver for themselves. The total amount of points at the end of the series will be their final points total and will result in their position in the overall drivers standing at the end of the series.

TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP

A team will be made up of a minimum of 2, and maximum of 3 drivers, all driving the same car and livery design in the same class. This championship will be scored by the total points scored by the top two team drivers at each round over the course of the championship.

Team Driver Changes

There are no team driver changes in this series

Substitute Drivers

There are no Substitute Drivers in this series

Car Changes

There are no Car Changes in this series

Car Rules

Please see this thread for Car Build rules

TORA Liveries rules are as stated in the TORA Sporting Regulations.

There will not be a number box for this series. Driver numbers must be placed in between the front and rear wheel wells along the sides of the car and be visible. The number must be placed on the hood (bonnet) and rear bumper of the car as well. The TORA URL logo must be placed above the front windshield, and a TORA logo must be placed  on the sides and rear of the car, If possible.

Race Rules

Race Meeting Set-Up

We ask that all competitors are on Xbox live 15 minutes prior to the start of the race session, and be appearing online. Anyone who is not online, or not attempted to accept a game invite will not take part in the event. All competitors must post "In" in the relevant thread in order to be accepted into the event. 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.

QUALIFYING

Qualifying will be set to 7 laps with 1 warm up lap followed by 5 flying laps and 1 lap to take down the times.

Qualifying Settings

Damage - Simulation
Collisions - Off
STM - Off
TCS - On
ABS - Off
Gears - Manual
Steering - Normal

RACE

There will be 2 races in an evening and the first race will be a sprint race around 15 to 20 minutes dictated by a lap count. The second race will be the feature race around 25 to 30 minutes dictated by a lap count .

Race One will form up in the order in which the competitors qualified.
Race Two will form up with a half field reversal in each lobby, based on finishing order of race 1. If an odd number is present in the lobby, reversal will round up.

All races will be Rolling Starts with one parade lap to set the grid with a 60 mph pace speed.

Race Settings

Damage - Simulation
Collisions - On
STM - Off
TCS - On
ABS - Off
Gears - Manual
Steering - Normal

Pit Stops

There will be one mandatory pit stops during the feature race within the first 20 minutes but after the first race lap.

Safety Car Rules

Standard safety car rules in effect please refer to sporting regulation handbook

Steward Inquirers Rules

Standard SI rules in force please refer to sporting regulation handbook

Series Points

Points system for this series

1st = 150
2nd = 149
3rd = 148
4th = 147
5th = 146
6th = 145
7th = 144
8th = 143
9th = 142
10th = 141
11th = 140
12th = 139
13th = 138
14th = 137
15th = 136
16th = 135
17th = 134
18th = 133
etc...

Bonus Points

There will be 1 bonus point for a win in any lobby.