MSA TORA Trans Am Season 2 - 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.



2015 TORA Trans Am Series 2

The TORA Trans Am Series will take place between the 21st of April and the 26th of May 2015 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

To see the cars available for Season 2 of the TORA Trans Am Series CLICK HERE.

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 - Off
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 full field reversal in each lobby, based on finishing order of race 1.

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 stop during the feature race during a timeframe predetermined by the race organizers.

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...

Drop Round

There will be one drop round for both the Driver's and Team's Championship, meaning that your best 5/6 races will count towards the championship.

Bonus Points

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

**Lagouts/DNF

In the case of a lagout or a DNF, the driver shall receive last place points for that race.

I guess it's worth asking about now before we get started, but will there be a drop round in scoring for this series like the previous Superstock Challenge?

Yes there will be one

as real as it gets ? these have under500HP full handling platform and you still allow tcs ....in 60's and 70's muscle cars...smh

ROSCOEpCOTRAIN wrote:as real as it gets ? these have under500HP full handling platform and you still allow tcs ....in 60's and 70's muscle cars...smh

its your choice if you wanna use TCS dude, no is saying you have to, its there for new comers to TORA who arent that Comfortable without TCS on FM5. if they beat you and there using TCS then you have an argument

HCR Solar wrote:

ROSCOEpCOTRAIN wrote:as real as it gets ? these have under500HP full handling platform and you still allow tcs ....in 60's and 70's muscle cars...smh

its your choice if you wanna use TCS dude, no is saying you have to, its there for new comers to TORA who arent that Comfortable without TCS on FM5. if they beat you and there using TCS then you have an argument

If you get beat and there using TCS then you need to work on your throttle control or start using TCS yourself no argument needed

AS REAL AS IT GETS....just a bit of a false statement thats all
if ever there was a series that doesn't need/ shouldn't have driver assistant on its this

hcr yar yar yar wrote:

HCR Solar wrote:

ROSCOEpCOTRAIN wrote:as real as it gets ? these have under500HP full handling platform and you still allow tcs ....in 60's and 70's muscle cars...smh

its your choice if you wanna use TCS dude, no is saying you have to, its there for new comers to TORA who arent that Comfortable without TCS on FM5. if they beat you and there using TCS then you have an argument

If you get beat and there using TCS then you need to work on your throttle control or start using TCS yourself no argument needed

don't look at me in that tone of voice

Nothing wrong with allowing people options of choosing how they wish to drive. It encourages more to take part.

I've found lower classes to only be held back by TCS.

on Fm4 i use no TCS no Matter what the car and people think Im Crazy, but come to FM5 i have to use TCS in the GT Series and nothing else and Deftone +1

tcs is training wheels

then why force the others off?

then why force the others off?

Roscoe i know you want a Series with no Assists whatsoever, not to sound in anyway Disrespectful but why not come up with ur own Series with no Assists and send it into the TCR part and see if it gets the go ahead

bud we run many series without them...infact very shortly we will have THE series,no assists mid sclass bad handling high bhp small tracks limited grid spots but ill let you know when it is...you can come test your metal with the darkside
but we don't claim "as real as it gets"

ROSCOEpCOTRAIN wrote:then why force the others off?

ABS off is optimal, however in a straight line ABS on creates the greatest stopping power. This has caused some real problems in the past.

In other words, it's TORA Regilation to force ABS off. TCS is up to the series host... Not the driver who complains.. Gnome sayin?

yes sir.....think Parnelli jones ran tcs?

Perhaps, as there is a transition for some drivers planning to use Project CARS vs. Forza in the future, there could be a reassessment of the driver aids allowed in the feature series on TORA. I suppose that could either be done by contacting the team leaders privately that make up the bulk of the grid, or hold an open poll with multiple choices to vote for which aids should be shut off.

It could turn out the fear of excluding a large number of people from these series has been unfounded all along.

ROSCOEpCOTRAIN wrote:yes sir.....think Parnelli jones ran tcs?

Nope.. But what's more badass? Running TCS off because you have to, or because the thug life chose you? I'd rather do it by choice.

LMR Deftone MX wrote:

ROSCOEpCOTRAIN wrote:yes sir.....think Parnelli jones ran tcs?

Nope.. But what's more badass? Running TCS off because you have to, or because the thug life chose you? I'd rather do it by choice.

OK ....you win lol
well done sir

I didn't realize TCS was left as an option.

Rules will be updated momentarily.

TCS will be forced OFF

^ bad ass bro

Force off the line