TORA VLN Rules

2012 TORA VLN Race

The first TORA VLN race will be fought this year on 17th of November at 4pm GMT over 4 classes all individually fighting car their class win.


General Rules & Driving Etiquette

VLN 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 VLN. 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 2 sessions to allow different members to attend a qualifying session that suits. These events will run at 8pm GMT on 14/11/12 and 16/11/12. Competitors must state in the qualifying sign-up section which session they intend complete. Competitors can only attend one session. Both drivers must qualify their car, then an average of there time is determine there respective grid slot. If one driver fails to set a time the car will start from pit lane.

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 team who has 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. Both drivers must qualify the teams cars and an average of their best times are taken to determine their grid slot. 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).

There will be a gap between the 3 starting groups (split by class) split by 2 minuets 30 seconds between each starting group.

The TORA VLN will be held over 4 hours split into 1, 1 hour 45 minuet session and 1 2 hour session completing the full lap they are on. Each competitors must complete 1 sessions for the team to be awarded with a finished result (Drivers can complete the race on there own).

During Each session each drive MUST make a total of 2 pit stops.

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.
Each race stint will be set to 1 hour 45 minuets, denoted by 2hours. Racing conditions begin from the rolling start all the way to the timer reaching 2 hours, drivers are to stop as quickly and as posable and distance will be recorded. The start order for stint 2 will be determined by the finished order from stint 1. Stint 2 will start via a rolling start SINGLE FILE start at the same point as stint 1. The race winner will be determined by the team that completes the highest combined total distance.


TORA VLN Team Rules

Each Team will consist of 2 drivers in one car, each completing one stint in the race. Drivers may not enter in more than one car. Both divers must completed 1 stint and their distance will be added together to give the teams total race distance.

TORA N24 Class/Carlist

There is a limit of 2 cars available for each race.

SP1



SP1 Cup

2011 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup - STOCK - 734PI - 15% power handycap

Limit of 2 cars does not apply in this class.

SP2 - Class Power handycap - 15%power

-AWD
-Race Suspension
-Race Brakes
-Race Rollcage
-Race Tyres
-Forza Front and Rear Wing
Power Limits : 401bhp - 499bhp
Weight Limits : 2701lbs - 3099lbs

-PGT
-Race Suspension
-Race Brakes
-Race Rollcage (Where applicable)
-Race Tyres
-Forza Front and Rear Wing
Power Limits : 401hp-599hp
Weight Limits : 2801lbs - 3499lbs



SP3 - Class power handycap - 35%power

-FWD
-Race Suspension
-Race Rollcage
-Race Brakes
-Race Tyres
-Forza Front and Rear Wing - Optional
Power Limits : 301hp-349hp
Weight Limits : 2601lbs - 3199lbs

-RWD
-Race Suspension
-Race Rollcage
-Race Brakes
-Race Tyres
-Forza Front and Rear Wing- Optional
Power Limits : 301hp-349hp
Weight Limits : 2601lbs - 3199lbs




PLEASE NOTE
ALL cars will be subject to adjustment, when/if this affects you DO NOT be offended.

ah man, now we got to change cars

Wait, do I actually see 5 seperate classes?

N8-GT, GT-AWD, N8-Cup, N8-FWD, & N8-RWD

Duke of Bruno wrote:Wait, do I actually see 5 seperate classes?

N8-GT, GT-AWD, N8-Cup, N8-FWD, & N8-RWD

All the sub-classes are balanced into 3 classes.

nice!

Times are very similar to real lap times if you take off the loop on gp track

I miss the BMW M3 nr.92

I see all the other GT cars, or is this on purpose?

Hey dude no M3 #92 in this race

THe pi of the Benz and the BMW in SP1 is wrong( I think)

I'm Going to miss the Lambo

AdamWatson99 wrote: I'm Going to miss the Lambo

There is a Lambo in SP2???

Ferrari R458 Italia, isnt't it F458?

GRT 458Italia wrote:Ferrari R458 Italia, isnt't it F458?

No idea what your talking about....

haha, and 1 question, is GTAWD, N8cup and PGT going to be counted together or what? i'm just a lil confused

GRT 458Italia wrote:haha, and 1 question, is GTAWD, N8cup and PGT going to be counted together or what? i'm just a lil confused

Yes they are

These cars all lap around the times so it should be even.

ok cool, can't wait

why give the lower classes a power handicap when they have less power anyways?

dont 'hit me' for saying this, but is it just around the nordschliefe? or the GP layout too

WCM Outlaw wrote:why give the lower classes a power handicap when they have less power anyways?

To match VLN laptimes taking out the loop also makes lapping traffic a lot more realistic as well

have a go i think people will be very pleasantly surprised

GRT 458Italia wrote:dont 'hit me' for saying this, but is it just around the nordschliefe? or the GP layout too

There in no N24 layout on forza 4 so its the ring only

ok, i just thought maybe like one race on the GP layout
oters on the ring

The lower classes have the PI they have, to get certain cars included into the field, but the quick cars would struggle to lap them even once over a long period, so the power handicap makes this lapping more likely, the cars still go like poop off a shovel for the lowest classes, and very close to real lap times

Ianmr wrote:

AdamWatson99 wrote: I'm Going to miss the Lambo

There is a Lambo in SP2???

Ian i mean the Lambo Race car in SP1

Nope SP2 Lambo only still awesome car to drive with 15% power

SelectiveRogue wrote:There in no N24 layout on forza 4 so its the ring only

There really should be, both tracks are on the game, would it really be too much trouble to make. I'd even pay for it as DLC!