TORA Nürburgring 8 Hours - Rules and Regulations

Welcome to the TORA Endurance Championship, a four rounds series of full length endurance races designed to test both you and your team to the limits. For three years now we have run full length races of both the 12 Hours of Sebring and the 24 Hours of Le Mans. This year will be no different, but we will also be visiting Silverstone and the Nurburgring along the way.



The third event of the year is the TORA Nürburgring 8 Hours which takes place on Saturday the 8th of December.

The race will start at 2pm GMT on Saturday the 8th and end at 10pm GMT the same day.

Teams can consist of up to 4 drivers. Ideally you want the full four to make the 8 hours less challenging on yourselves and your consoles. Teams must drive in the same car throughout the event. If any team members switch into different cars throughout the race then their session will not be counted in the team's overall distance. Drivers may enter as individuals who feel that they are up for the full 8 hour experience or just want to take part an a couple of the stints throughout the day.

The race will be split up into four stints that will last two hours. Each stint will be competed by one driver from each team, so you will not be racing on track with your team mates during the event. Driver changes take place when the stint is over at the 2 Hour mark, where we will then go back into the lobby and the drivers and lobby hosts will change over. At this point the host will enter the distances covered by the drivers into the database which will be combined for the final results at the end of the race. The race will be scored on "distance driven" where bigger is better. To accommodate for the stint changes a 15 minute turnaround will be applied for 'a pit stop with driver change simulation' so in reality the stints only last 1 Hour 45 Minutes. The final stint will be a 2 hour race to the flag, just like we do in the ISCC. The timer however will be extended by 15 minutes so we can record the distances travelled, so basically the final stint is 2 hours instead of 1 hour and 45 minutes.

The first stint will start under a Rolling Start following standard TORA procedures. The lead car will take the grid around at 80mph Maximum and will then slow down to 60mph for the start straight where the cars will line up 2x2 in their qualifying order. For the remainder of the stints the races will start under a 'Points Order' grid and will be set to a 1 second roll off delay to prevent first corner pile ups. For the first stint the grid will take the order of the team's qualifying positions. Each stint thereafter will be ordered up in the finishing positions on the previous stint. The grid will be set using Tsukuba in a 1 lap format to get the cars in order, we will the move onto the 1 second roll off start at the Nürburgring.

The start of the race will take place on the small pit straight, not the official line. So we will leave the grid at the start of Stint 1 in order and form up for the rolling start on the way to the pit lane, where drivers will line up 2x2 and start under normal rolling start procedures.

Unlike previous events we will not be following any real life safety cars or incidents. Saftey cars will not factor into the race as the entire event is based upon your endurance. If there is a crash you will have to recover and continue to the end of your stint and deal with any damage that you pick up. This should be incentive enough to stay out of the wall. Damage will be set to Limited to replicate fuel and tyre wear.

Qualification for this event will be held throughout the week leading up to the weekend. Each qualification round will last 45 minutes and drivers will not be allowed to use the sessions as a practice. The team will qualify as a whole, so out of the 4 possible times that could be set by the entire team then the best time will be taken. For example, if Driver 3 sets a better time then Driver 1 then Driver 3's time will be taken as the best time. Each driver may only compete in one qualifying session. There will be lobbies hosted throughout the week to accommodate racers in European time zones and American time zones.

There will be one mandatory pit stop per session.

Settings
- Collisions will be set to off during all Qualifying sessions.
- Collisions during all races will be on.
- Damage will be set to limited.
- TCS, Driving Line and Normal/Simulation Steering are the only allowed driving aids that may be used. ABS, STM, Auto-brake and Auto-gears are prohibited. Manual gears must be used but it is up to the competitor if they wish to use the clutch or not.

Livery Requirements

- Its not offensive
- It doesn't include any direct tobacco sponsorship
- It has sponsors

There will be mandatory Numberboxes for the Nürburgring 8 Hours event, and these will be distributed when requested to the entry list.

Car Numbers

Each competitor in the team must be registered with TORA and have a TORA Race Number. This is for admin purposes only. The number that is displayed on the car during the 8 Hour event must be one of the competitors TORA numbers who is present within the team. Whichever driver's number the team uses is up to you.

Car List

There will be three overall classes for the Nürburgring 8 Hours. The top class - SP1 - will use a cut down TORA GT carlist, and the lowest class in the event - SP3 - will be slower Production type road cars. Please see details of the car list below. SP1 Cup features the Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car. This class will be race against and will be qualified with SP1, but will score within it's own class.

Please note, these PIs are the maximum allowed. There will be no lee way from this.

SP1

Car Rules:
-RWD
-Strictly no chrome rims
-No additional turbos
-All other upgrades are allowed, up to the maximum PI as shown below
-All cars have a 15% power handicap except the BMW Z4 GT3 and Mercedes SLS GT3, which have a 0% power handicap

Audi R8 LMS Only
-Full width front and rear tyres
-Remove all restrictors
-Race Driveline


SP1 Cup

2011 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup - 745PI - 15% Power handicap
-Front Tyre Width 270
-Rear Tyre Width 300
-Race Brakes
-Stock Wheels


SP3

SP3 - Class power handicap - 30% Power

Class = A

-FWD PI - 580
-Race Suspension
-Race Rollcage
-Race Brakes
-Race Tyres
-Forza Front and Rear Wing - Optional
Power Limits : 301hp-349hp
Weight Limits : 2601lbs - 3199lbs

-RWD PI - 570
-Race Suspension
-Race Rollcage
-Race Brakes
-Race Tyres
-Forza Front and Rear Wing- Optional
Power Limits : 301hp-349hp
Weight Limits : 2601lbs - 3199lbs

-NO AWD
-NO FWD to RWD Conversions
-NO Centrifugal Superchargers
-Strictly no chrome rims



There are 3 of each car available in SP1, until the class Cap fills up.
There is no limit of the car available in SP1 Cup, until the class Cap fills up.
There are 2 of each car available in SP3, until the class Cap fills up.

Please see the allocation list below.

Coming Soon...

Please find the current allocations in the Car List thread.

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