Rules and Regulations

These are the regulations that will operate the Third season of the Forza2 Avon British GT Championship.

There are two championships contested by series competitors:
1) British GT Drivers Championship.
Points accrued by INDIVIDUAL drivers amount to positions on the table.

2) British GT Teams Championship
Points accrued by the total race drivers in a single team. I.e each driver's points achieved in a single race are added togther to equal the total team's score for that event.

Teams:
1)Race teams may consist of up to THREE drivers.
HOWEVER, the scores for the TEAMS Championship will be taken from the TOP TWO drivers from a given team only. This is so as not to adversely effect teams with fewer drivers.

This means that any team operating with three cars in the series will be able to score points each individually BUT only the top two drivers at any event will accrue points for their team.

Reserve drivers ARE still allowed in the series if the need should arise for them. They should be registered in the same way as all regular competitors and comply with the same regulations. Reserve drivers standing in for regular drivers CANNOT score points on behalf of the original driver.

Reserve drivers WILL, however, score points for their team as normal.
The ONLY exception to this driver rule is at test days where ALL drivers in a given team may take part. However if there are more than 8 participants the event will as usual be split over multiple lobbies and team drivers may not all be in the same lobby though this can be organised in advance.

2) Team paint schemes do not have to be totally identical but it would help team identification if there were SIGNIFICANT similarities.

3) Teams DO NOT have to run two of the same car. It is acceptable to have two different cars in a team. But again, we would ask that the liveries were similar enough to allow easy recognition of the team.

4) Use of the British GT Championship number tag is MANDATORY and non-negotiable.
For Season Three this will consist of a replica of the REAL British GT3 number plate in use in 2008.

Racing Etiquette:

GT racing is predominantly a non-contact sport. While it is undertstandable that on occasion some contact may occur it is not expected.
Where a serious incident occurs between racers there is a set procedure.

1)The drivers concerned MUST issue a request in the Stewards Enquiries thread WITHIN 24 hours of the event.

2)Each driver is able to offer evidence to the stewards giving their position on the matter but the thread MUST NOT become one of debate. If an argument develops, the thread will be closed untill the stewards decision is made.

3) The race stewards will review the replay video and other evidence provided by the relavent parties and make a judgement.

4) The judgement will be brought and action taken accordingly.

5) The decision of the stewards is FINAL and non-negotiable.

'Judgement actions' can range from warnings, removal from race results to race bans.

Drivers who speak agressively to other participants either on the forums or during the races will not be tollerated and will be subject to the same procedures as for dangerous driving.
Insulting comments of any nature to the other racers or the stewards is wholly unacceptable

Car Limitations:

In order to assure a wide field of cars there will be a limit of SIX to each make of car.
For instance there can be a maximum of 6 Ferrari F430's BUT this does not apply to the marque. Therefore there may be 6 F430's and 6 360's.

As the season is long, in order to give each competitor the best chance, each driver is allowed ONE car change option during the season.
In practice this means that a competitor is allowed to change the car from the one he/she started their FIRST EVENT IN, to another vehicle from the list of eligible cars.

The option to excersise this right MUST be reported to the Mod Squad so it can be logged.

This season, you will also have to submit your chosen car upgrades before a determined deadline. You must use these upgrades every race, and to change them, it would count towards your car swap.

Liveries.

1) Liveries used MUST look like ones that could reasonably appear on a participant in any REAL championship. Therefore NO anime will be accepted as a valid livery. Liveries can be of your own creation aslong as they would not look out of place on a real race track.
REPLICA race liveries are encouraged.

2) No abusive, inappropriate or otherwise anti-social liveries will be permitted.

Technical Regulations.
1) PI 950

2) ALL Forza aero parts to be used where applicable.

3) Tyre Manufacturer choice is FREE.
Tyre Compound MUST be RACE.

All other tuning is Driver/team dependent.

Car List:
Aston Martin DB9
Audi S5
Audi R8
BMW M3 E46
Corvette C5
Corvette C6 Z06
Dodge Viper Competition Coupe
Dodge Viper GTS ACR
Ferrari F430
Ferrari 360
Ford GT
Honda NSX-R GT
Infiniti G35 Coupe
Jaguar XK
Lamborghini Gallardo
Lotus Exige
Maserati Gran Turismo
Nissan 350Z
Panoz Esperante GTLM
Porsche 996 GT3
Porsche 997 GT3
Porsche 911 Turbo
Porsche GT3 RS
Shelby GT500
TVR Sagaris
TVR Tuscan R
Vauxhall Monaro

4) TCS, AT, and the driving line are allowed for those who require it.
******ALL OTHER DRIVER AIDS ARE BANNED******

5)During races SIM levels will be set for Fuel and tyres.

6)Due to the nature of the racing, Damage will be set to LIMITED ONLY in order to allow competitors to stay in the race for as long as possible and maitain the spectacle.

Points Allocation:

Qualifying Points-allocated from fastest overall driver to slowest
25-20-18-16-14-12-10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1

Final Points- range from Lobby A (quickest) to Lobby x (slowest)
50-45-40-38-36-34-32-30-28-26-24-22-20-18-16-14-12-10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1

1) The points alllocation will apply to both the Drivers and Teams Championships.

2) Points will be allocated to those completing FULL race distance.
Points for those not completing the full race distance are as follows
Completed >=20 laps = last in lobby
Completed <=0 laps = last overal
Didnt get to grid = no points

3) At the end of the season each competitor will drop their two worst event scores to arrive at their final championship position.

There will be no dropped rounds in the constructors championship.

The event score equates to the TOTAL points for a meeting NOT qualifying and race separately.

A zero points event, whee the driver was an active member of the series, IS eligible as a dropped score.

Where a driver has completed less than two events their results will stand unaffected.

Race day
The format will be thus:

1) 4 lap qualifying

2) 24 lap Feature Race + mandatory pit stop.

Qualifying times denote lobby entered AND grid position within that lobby.

The race is begun with a ROLLING START.
All competitors MUST refrain from contact with other cars during this process.

NO competitor is allowed to pass another car BEFORE crossing the line at the completion of the warm up lap.

ALL compeitiors are expected to form up in a grid pattern prior to crossing the line and commencing the race proper.

Prior to this, cars MUST form up one after the other. Weaving and brake warming is allowed bu GREAT CAUTION IS ADVISED. Anyone caught deliberatly brake testing or causing damage to anothe car will be dealt with by the stewards.