Sebring 12 Hours Race Day Thread

[CQR Rogue]

It's Race Day!

As per last years Endurance races we have a few basic pointers and rules to go over before we go green at Sebring 12 Hours.

http://www.theonlineracingassociation.com/tora-sebring-12-hours-2013.html Sebring Hub

Note we wont accept any driver line up changes after 11PM Central on the 08.03.12

Teams that have not entered stints wont race.

Teams that have entered stints but did not participate in qualification will start back of grid from pit lane.

Stint preparation.

Please make sure you are online at least 15 minutes before your stint is due to start and they you know who your lobby host is. You will get an invite from the lobby host, however please be aware of the gamertags so that you are not surprised by who is inviting you.

The race stints will last for 1 hours and 45 minutes. At that time all competitors MUST stop exactly where they are on the track. The lobby host will then ask for your current distance in miles and feet that you have travelled. At Sebring it is the total distance travelled that counts, so we need to add them all up after each stint. The fairest way we can do this is be stopping on track. Camera cars will be in various lobbys, so we will will know if anyone is moving and they will be penalized accordingly.

Sorted. So as long as the distance under each drivers name is in feet we're good. here is how LT will work so we are all clear -

Inputting steps:

1/ Lobby leader distance in miles needs to be converted to feet.

2/ copy the figure in feet, on live timing under the driver's name, right click, "paste special - values only"

3/ enter distance for other drivers in feet by saying =[cell number containing the lobby leader's distance]-[distance in feet behind]. e.g. =M7-500


The final stint will finish in the same fashion as an ISCC race. We will race to 2 hours, and at the 2 hour mark everybody will finish the lap they are on and then meet at the first corner. When the time comes you must remember the time you crossed the finish line at, and your overall distance (which shouldn't change by the pitlane exit) This only applied to the last stint, the last one.

Due to the problems on FM4 and Xbox Live we cannot completely eradicate NAT and connection issues, the lobby host will try their up most to get you in the lobby, however we will be enforcing that if you fail to connect yet half the lobby can connect they will have to start we will not be waiting for hours to resolve connection issues, these should be sorted before you race see here our connectivity issues thread. http://forums.theonlineracingassociation.com/t9661-connectivity-issues

Regarding connection issues, we will be opening the stints as soon as possible and trying to get everyone in as quickly as possible. Some people will be double stinting, so lobbies cannot go whilst the previous one is running. We aim to start the lobbies on the hour every time, but if we have connection problems we will be waiting for 5 minutes at most to get people in. If you cannot connect and cannot get online by 5 past the hour then the stint will start without you. We will be only be sending out two invites per session at most to everybody, so be prepared to receive them. If you do not arrive within the 5 minute window and do not accept one of the first 2 invites then the stint will start without you. We relay on a lot of pre-planning from everyone taking part in this event to make it run as easy and smoothly as possible, so we will not be hanging around for half an hour at the start of each stint trying to get one or two people in.

The first stint will start under the standard TORA Rolling Start fashion. Cars must follow the lead car around the track at a maximum of 80mph until they reach the final set of corners where they must form up 2x2 in their Qualifying grid order and slow down to 60mph. The lead car in the lobby will then sound off '3...2...1...GO' at any time between the Pit Lane Entry and the Start Line. Lobby A (which will be streamed Live) will follow the Sebring Safety Car around the track which will simply act like the lead car, and will pull off before the cars enter the Start/Finish straight.

Every Stint after the first one will then start in 'TBC orderr with a 1 second roll off delay. This is to reduce wait time between races and will act as if everyone has just completed a 'pit stop' and have returned to track in a different order than when they entered the pits. There will be no rolling start, you just race from the start.

There will be one mandatory pit stop from every competitor during every stint of the race. This must be completed at some point during the stint, and you must tell your lobby host you have done so. If you fail to pit during a stint then one lap will be removed from your overall count.

Other than that I just want to wish everyone the best of luck over the next day or so. Remember, it is a long race and it will not be won in the first corner. As we found out at Le Mans, consistency and reliability is key to winning so try to avoid crashes and hope your connections stay stable throughout the event.

See you on the track!

Below Race Day settings

Race Settings

Rules

Make sure lobby set to invite only

Lobby Type: Private
Game Type: CUSTOM
Track: Sebring Full
Max Players 16
Race Length: 2 Hour
LMP1 car class: R1
GTE car class: R3
GTE Aston car class: R2
Damage: Limited
Collision Mode: Always On

Advance Rules

Scoring Type : Distance Travelled
Bigger is Better: Yes
Compare Best Lap Scores: No
End Condition: Time
Race Length: 2 Hour
Grid Ordering: PI
Per Car Roll Off Delay: 1 seconds
Number Of Player Buckets: 3
Score Buckets Independently: No
Group By Bucket: No
Tag Enabled: No
Number of Heats: 1
Number of Teams: 3
Team Scoring Type: Individual
Interleave Teams: No
Team 1 Roll Off Delay: 0 Seconds
Team 2 Roll Off Delay: 0 Seconds
End Of Race Timer: None

Overrides

Force Off Suggest Line: No
Force Off STM: Yes
Force Off TCS: No
Easiest Breaking: ABS OFF
Easiest Steering Allowed: Normal
Easiest Shifting Allowed: Manual

LMP1 Options

Car Class: R1
Performance Index >=: 988
Performance Index <=: 998
Drive Type: RWD

GTE Options

Car Class: R3
Performance Index >=: 755
Performance Index <=: 770
Drive Type: RWD

GTE Aston Options

Car Class: R2
Performance Index >=: 823
Performance Index <=: 828
Drive Type: RWD
Make: Aston Martin
Power Handicap: -20%
Front Grip Handicap: -5%
Rear Grip Handicap: -5%

[XPR Roadrunner]

Good Luck everybody!

[theboomeranga]

Good Luck GUYS!!!

[CreamyTastey]

I wish everyone a safe race and i wish a good fiend of mine well... STR Warspitre GB good luck mate

[Guest]

I wish everyone a safe race and i wish a good fiend of mine well... STR Warspitre GB good luck mate

You too James, all the best mate and to Frazer driving for M&M and Adam, Oscar with RLL Beamer, Good Luck guys.

[LastNewtStandin]

Yeee haaa

[AdamWatson99]

I wish everyone a safe race and i wish a good fiend of mine well... STR Warspitre GB good luck mate

You too James, all the best mate and to Frazer driving for M&M and Adam, Oscar with RLL Beamer, Good Luck guys.

Good Luck too you to STR Warspite and James
Have a good race and happy hunting

[XDas KreatureX]

I'm sorry, I just found out about this series today and I would like to be able to participate where do I register and what are the class specs

[MAK42]

Good luck everyone! And here's to keeping my Lola out of the barriers!

[F4H Drake]

Great the see the change for distance calculation! Good racing to all.

[Texaspotatolord]

Good luck to everyone. I like the roll of delay for the start, much simpler. Just hope the guy behind me is as bad as launching GT cars as I am.

Used to be in first place drag club. Can't launch a GT car.

[LMR BlackHawk]

good luck to everyone. i hope u all have a good race

[Brenwalsh]

Good luck to everybody and a big thank to all the guys involved in the planning and organisation of this event

[exp1osive sam]

I've been looking around to see who's hosting which stints when. Can someone point me in the right direction or has it not been announced yet?

Thanks

[CredibleWizard]

Good luck to everybody, looking forward to my first experience of endurance racing..

[HCR Bellmond]

Good luck fellas looks like this will be epic

[CQR Rogue]

All hosts will be sorted ASAP.

We may need full teams to host lower lobbies

[CQR Rogue]

Race settings added

[Richy59]

Can everybody who is taking part and is will to host please set up their lobby settings and save them so we do not have to read through them throughout every lobby. This will save us a lot of time and reduce many delays.

Ideally, if at least one whole team can commit to hosting a lobby throughout the entire day, and have communicated this with each other, then it will save us a lot of grief.

[CQR Aero]

Live Timing updated to show lobby split.

[F4H bandicoot]

Gutted.

[CQR Aero]

Gutted.

Why? Should give you some clean air to run in....

[TLR Scrublord]

Look at the cut off for Lobby A/B in GTE that's horrible!

[F4H FACEPALMER]

Nice to see everybody again! I don't visit the forums often, but when I do.

[F4H bandicoot]

Gutted.

Why? Should give you some clean air to run in....

I won't be pushing right up to my limits to catch someone though, I can only do that if I can see them. Oh well.

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