TORA GT General Discussion

Now we're off to Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, for a race at the Hockenhiem Ring.

Following Round 6 Race 12 of the TORA GT Championship the following incident/s are under investigation by the stewards;
1) Driver #13 (Ianmr) Aggressive Driving / punting driver(s). Lobby A, Harpin on lap 1 race 2.
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i have had a look at the season calender and i might wait untill the new season starts.would it possible to the next race to get an idea of what the series is like.

Hey dude,

Yea just pop a application in and you will be cleared to race

could please have stickers needed for the series and the number box.

Really confused - I want to try the GT championship but I can't work out what cars are free and what isn't. I've tried comparing the championship table with the list of cars, but there seems to be more people racing a particular car than the regs permit.
Is there a list of available cars somewhere..? Or is it possible to enter a race as a "guest" non-points scoring driver..? Thanks.

each car can be taken by 2 privateers and 2 teams.

I could work it out for you shortly

Congratulations to PLW RUN WIDE on winning the drivers championship!

where in the rules does it say "no restarts" please?

TORA has always had a general policy in the past of not having restarts unless there is some kind of technical issue. This is to try and promote sensible racing. If people know that they can barrel into turn 1 and either pull off an insane overtake, or wreck and restart, we set a precedent that the staff previously agreed we did not want. I will stand corrected if the rest of the staff want to review that position, but as was shown in the restart from the safety car last night, restarting does not guarantee a safe turn 1 on the second, third, or tenth attempt. We could end up restarting all night long.

In the real world of course, they may red flag and restart after a major pile-up, but you're still not going to be able to get your car repaired in time for the restart. If those in lobby A who dropped out because they had "too much damage" last night had continued, as I did at Road America, and many other drivers have in the past, they would have scored points for themselves and their teams for at least 13th place. As it stands, those people scored for last or virtually last overall, and then zero for race 2. Sometimes you just have to play the hand you're dealt.

Sometimes I don't need a lecture either.

I choose to pull out from aero damage even though I could have continued and been selfish for points but experience and common sense prevailed as i did not want to be an obstacle or potentially be another accident waiting to happen ruining others racing.

TBH, when nearly the whole field is involved, a restart (back to the lobby) has always occurred for me a TORA. This was a first in my experience.

Rules are rules. You know I accept that, but also having some degree of flexibility is a good idea, like slowing to a stop before the last corner so a driver can change a pad battery. Like restarting my 2 hour stint at Sebring as I forgot to turn on TCS. Like restarting a race when multiple cars have damage and the majority in the lobby are in favor of a restart.

Just my opinion. Nothing more.

Cheers. Matt

CQR Magictap wrote:Rules are rules. You know I accept that, but also having some degree of flexibility is a good idea, like slowing to a stop before the last corner so a driver can change a pad battery. Like restarting my 2 hour stint at Sebring as I forgot to turn on TCS. Like restarting a race when multiple cars have damage and the majority in the lobby are in favor of a restart.

Just my opinion. Nothing more.

Cheers. Matt

lol I hate it when I do that, or leaving it on in TCC

I'm completely open to compromise and a policy change, but I'm very wary of allowing restarts because it's open to being abused by people making turn 1 lunges that they know they can get away with if they wipe half the field out. Also, if we restart and it happens again (and again), where do we draw the line?

Matt staff have now decide that a race restart may occur, we have not opted for this option to be in written rules before as quite frankly the driving standards have been at such a higher standard for the past x2 years or so and such an incidents which occurred on Sunday has not happened before and took staff by surprise.

Please see -

http://forums.theonlineracingassociation.com/t7280-tora-2012-sport-regulations#122090

Thanks chaps for listening. I agree standards are raising, and should be helped along further as TORA is always striving for, but, mistakes happen, however daft they are!! ;O)

I make it a personal rule to make sure that all of my mistakes are at least "daft" if not downright "stupid"!

Coming soon. The KM GT Team. . (when I can drive it that is lol)


KMGT by Dave Owens Photo, on Flickr

after watching the TORA TV races I saw Plow Run wide only just make it into the pits before the pitlane closed, but surely if the pitlane is CLOSED he cant get out again?

shows just how much GT racing I watch/know of

A little revamp.

BMW GT2 by Dave Owens Photo, on Flickr

Any updates on the incidents at Motegi?

My apologies for getting it wrong, but I would like to congratulate PLOW RUN WIDE who is the MSA TORA GT Season 8 Champion!

We're...doing Nurburgring???