TORA European Tour - Rules and Regulations

Welcome to the inaugural TORA ACC event, The TORA European Tour. This championship will be contested on Assetto Corsa Competizione (ACC) PC.  This season will consist of 6 rounds.  Before you decide to enter the series, please take the time to read the rules & regulations:

1.0 General Racing Rules & Driving Etiquette
Motor racing, as defined by TORA, is a non-contact sport. It is understandable that on occasion, some contact may occur as a consequence of incidents caused by either party, for example “lag” and hardware issues. Competitors with lag issues won’t be penalized, but will be asked to check/improve their connection before future participation in TORA’s events. If the issue is persistently hindering other competitor’s experiences, please perform a speed test on your connection via http://www.speedtest.net/.

TORA expects every competitor who partakes in our championships to behave in an appropriate and respectable manner. Insulting comments or behaviour towards fellow competitors, race stewards, lobby hosts and staff is unacceptable and will be dealt with severely. Also, respectable on-track etiquette is expected of all competitors including but not limited to on-track battling, observing proper track limits, and not performing “dirty driving”.


2.0 DRIVERS CHAMPIONSHIP
This will be a championship fought by each driver for themselves. The sum of points earned by each driver at the end of the series, less their worst race meeting result, will constitute their final points total.

3.0 INDEPENDENTS CUP
To be eligible in the privateers/Independents championship, drivers should only compete for themselves and not be part of a team. The sum of points earned by a privateer at the end of the series will constitute their final points total. It should be noted that if a driver leaves a team midway through the season to become a privateer, points they scored for their original team will remain with the team, and only new results from that point on will count towards the privateer championship.


4.0 TEAMS CHAMPIONSHIP
Each team will consist of a minimum of 2 and a maximum of 3 drivers. The amount of points scored by the top two drivers from each team in all 6 races will count towards their team’s points total. A team cannot consist of two different cars.


5.0 SUBSTITUTE DRIVER.
There is one free substitute driver allowed in this series. Subsequent changes will result in a 25 point cost per driver per race. Once a team of drivers has been registered, it is preferred that the team stays with their original line up throughout the entirety of this championship.


6.0 DROPPED ROUND
Dropped rounds apply to Drivers Championship only. There are no dropped rounds for the Teams Championship or the Independents Cup.
The dropped round will be the driver's lowest score. This does include 0 pts as we appreciate, on occasion, real life may not permit drivers to attend races.


7.0 EVENT RULES
Race meetings for this championship will consist of 5 45 minute sprints, and one 90 minute, double points event. The event will conclude when the leader, and all cars behind on track, cross the line with 0:00 on the timer. If you hit the line before the leader has finished, you MUST finish the final lap or be treated as a DNF. The event will be self contained, consisting of a 20 minute practice, 15 minute qualifying session, and the denoted race length. The driver password will be: tora. This will also be released each week as a reminder.


8.0 START PROCEDURE
Each event will use the short warm-up rolling start procedure of ACC. Drivers are expected to maintain no overlap upon taking the green flag to prevent ghosting.


9.0 PIT STOPS
There will be ONE mandatory pit stop during each event, within a pit window, during which each entry must change tires. Refuelling will be allowed.

9.1 PIT PROCEDURE
When making their mandatory stops, drivers are reminded that they must stay within the designated pit lane (indicated usually as lines painted on the track). The pit window will be active for the middle 20 minutes of the event.

10.0 Steward Inquiries Rules
Standard SI rules are in force. Please refer to Driver's Handbook. Track Limits and Pit Speed penalties assessed by the built in systems WILL stand as issued.