Oval Races Rule Changes

With the final two races being oval races, I will make new rules to be sure that we can have some great racing.

All tuning will be banned to be sure that the racing stays as close as possible. Damage will be on cosmetic. Race distances will increase from 50 miles to 75 miles (Sunset) and 72 miles (Motegi).

At Sunset, since it is a full banked oval that you can take flat-out, I will bump drafting. Bump drafting may only be done if you're not in the lead. Only people that are not in the lead can bump draft. This is to be sure that the race isn't won by the best bump drafters. You may not pass below the white line. Any passing you make under the white line, you must give those positions back.

Damn I was hoping nobody had thought of bump drafting :-) something We used racing 125 Gearbox karts at long circuit which was great fun, and worth a lot of time if done properly. Thought I was being canny :-)

mjg36 wrote:Damn I was hoping nobody had thought of bump drafting :-) something We used racing 125 Gearbox karts at long circuit which was great fun, and worth a lot of time if done properly. Thought I was being canny :-)

Someone was going to eventually bring it up.

Practicing with jgroves1996 earlier got down to 48.001s, he did a 47.869 (got a runup) looking forward to it

After pushing BloodYCaiN around, I managed a 47.0xx while he managed a 47.1xx. Bump drafting should make your car go more than a second and a half faster than no drafting.

Harder on split screen, will keep trying :-)

Is bump drafting banned for motegi?

mjg36 wrote:Is bump drafting banned for motegi?

I shouldn't need to ban it since I'm pretty sure it will do you no help at Motegi.

is it currently not allowed to tune?

that would be fair.

MXR SCH1WO wrote:is it currently not allowed to tune?

that would be fair.

No tuning allowed.

that's great.