TORA N24 - Rules and Regulations

2011 TORA MSA N24 Race

The TORA N24 race will be fought this year on the Sunday the 18th of December at 8pm GMT over 4 classes all individually fighting car their class win.









General Rules & Driving Etiquette

N24 endurance 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 behaviour 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.)

Race Rules

Safety Car Rules

There will be no designated ‘safety car’ vehicle utilised in the N24. Due to the size of the track it is not feasible to use ‘safety cars’.


Race Meeting Set-Up

QUALIFYING

Qualifying will be held over 3 sessions to allow different members to attend a qualifying session that suits. These events will run a 9pm GMT on Tuesday 13th, Thursday 15th and Saturday 17th. Competitors must state in the qualifying sign-up section which session they intend complete. Competitors can only attend one session.

We ask that all competitors are on Xbox live 15 minutes prior to the start of the qualifying meeting, and appear online.

TORA’s ‘Live Timing’ system will be updated prior to the qualifying meeting with who your lobby host will be for qualifying, and will be updated at the end of each session 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 no later than 5 minutes from the designated race meeting start time.

Settings

- A 6 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 limited.
- Qualifying is set to 4 laps, 1 warm-up lap, 2 qualifying lap, and the last is used for the lobby hosts to collect times before competitors cross the line to finish the session.
- Any driver who had not set a qualifying time will be able to join the race at the back of the field, via 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 meeting, and appear online.

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. The race begins in this order by a rolling start which will take place a the start line by the pit lane (next the join of the GP track).

The N24 will be held over 24 racing laps which ALL competitors must complete to be awarded with a finished result.

Rolling Start

Competitors will leave the gird slowly in single up the main straight and form up side by side leading past the pit lane entrance. We ask all competitors to listen to the lobby host for what speed they should drive on the lead up the hill. Competitors are asked not to move until the lobby host reads out the grid order and confirms when they can move off. We ask that competitors do not race one-another in the formation lap as to not interfere with the grid order, any resulting infringements will be reported to the race director and penalties may be given.

To achieve a rolling start the competitors may be led by the lead car until the start signal is given. All rolling starts must be in 2 x 2 formation. Once the lead driver reaches the put lane entrance/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.

If any competitors fail to qualify they will fallow the field as they form up to begin the race and must immediately enter the PIT LANE to simulate a pit lane start.

Settings

- Collisions during all races will be on, and set with Limited Damage. All driving aids will be available, apart from ABS, STM and auto-brake.
The race will be 24 laps, denoted by a set number of laps. Racing conditions begin from the rolling start all the way to the chequered flag, racing to end the lobby race.

TORA N24 Class/Carlist

There is a limit of 3 people per car.

GT2

This class is taken from the up and coming ISCC class and will be set car build detailed below.



GT3

All Cars must be fitted with:

-RWD
-Race Suspension
-Race Rollcage (Where applicable)
-Race Tyres* (Except the McLaren, please read below)
-Forza Front and Rear Wing

The cars then are organised into 2 groups and have PI maximums.

Group A
Power Limits : 451bhp - 599bhp
Weight Limits : 2901lbs - 3299lbs

Group B
Power Limits : 651bhp - 699bhp
Weight Limits : 3001lbs - 3299lbs

* The McLaren MP4-12C is the only car with an extra requirement, which it has to have Sport Tyres.



GT-AWD

All Cars must be fitted with:

-AWD
-Race Suspension
-Race Rollcage (Where applicable)
-Race Tyres
-Forza Front and Rear Wing
Power Limits : 400bhp - 500bhp
Weight Limits : 2701lbs - 3101lbs



Enduro Touring Cars

Class = A
PI = 550
Power = 250-300bhp
Weight = 2,500-2,900lbs
Year = 2001 onwards
Type = Production
Drive Type = FWD
Engine Placement = Front
Aspiration = Turbocharged
Mandatory Parts = Race Wing, Full Rollcage, Race Tyres

It's Sunday the 18th of December not the 19th Ian!

so in

Enduro touring car....can it be supercharged instead of turbo?

Driftollie wrote:Enduro touring car....can it be supercharged instead of turbo?

No, tubro only

Cant Wait Green Hell Awaits

With a max of 16 players per lobby, things will get more interesting this time round!!

Will the grid be in order of position regardless of class? Or will the classes be separated?

eizoxian wrote:Will the grid be in order of position regardless of class? Or will the classes be separated?

It will be in time order regardless of class yes

Ian wrote:

eizoxian wrote:Will the grid be in order of position regardless of class? Or will the classes be separated?

It will be in time order regardless of class yes

aha good good

What?? Why no Lexus CT200h in Enduro Touring Cars??



(And MINI)

F4H Koenigsegg wrote:What?? Why no Lexus CT200h in Enduro Touring Cars??

toyota = garbage

toyota, maybe. but Toyobaru? (points to avatar pic)

This is a front wheel drive class, but what this space as I will be setting up a new enduro championship up for next year. As for the mini its more a jnr touring car along with the clio, Ibiza, corsa etc. again this will be a new planned class.

Ian wrote:There is. I rear wheel drive in that class, but what this space I will be setting a new enduro championship up for next year. As for the mini it more a jnr touring car along with the clio, Ibiza, corsa etc. again this will be a new planned class.

what?

Sorry was on my phone

The Lexus CT200h is front wheel drive (FWD). Made one to see if it fits the regulations, and it does.

Not sure if I have the timo to do it, but definately looks interesting.

WISH I WAS IN THE COUNTRY FOR THIS ;O(

24 laps of the ring? my jaw just dropped omg! lol ill be in for sure, now what class....

F4H Koenigsegg wrote:The Lexus CT200h is front wheel drive (FWD). Made one to see if it fits the regulations, and it does.

Not sure if I have the timo to do it, but definately looks interesting.

Not added as it's a hybrid.

lfcnicklfc wrote:
Just wondering will clean laps be placed ahead of dirty laps?

Clean laps WILL NOT be placed ahead of dirty laps.

Hard to get clean laps

Turn 10 in their infinite wisdom made most of the GT2 "race cars" without the ability to adjust their brakes. This pretty much screws us wheel users as we need to adjust the brakes due to using peddles with the wheels. I don't have all the cars yet to check them all, but the only one I've found so far with adjustable brakes in the stock setup is the 458. If you did allow race brakes on the GT2 cars that don't have them it raises the PI by 2.

I have taken the rules direct from the ISCC where they work fine.

I am also no longer taking applications for GT2 cars.

Ian I think it will be ok to have race breaks due to wheel users and break bias been crap on some wheel stock set ups etc

Ian wrote:I have taken the rules direct from the ISCC where they work fine.

I am also no longer taking applications for GT2 cars.

Fine by me. Dont change my entry form. If you did already, just change it back to the JR Motorsports Nissan one.

Duncan wrote:Ian I think it will be ok to have race breaks due to wheel users and break bias been crap on some wheel stock set ups etc

We will not be changing the rules with just over a week to the race and 3 days to qualifying.

Everyone who has selected a GT2 cars has will full knowledge of the rules.

However I would advise speaking with Louis around the GT2 rules for next years ISCC as if this is to cause an issue we can deal with it well before the season starts.