Gran Turismo 7 Season 7 Division 1B

That very idea has been discussed behind closed doors and will be implemented into next season. We've shuffled it over to the regulation discussion chat if everyone would like to continue our ideas there. Personally I found those sessions in the GTR when we ran them to be very thrilling, some of my favourite in Rooz, but they need to be implemented right.

Either way, the matter of Div 1B for this season is now closed. Things will continue as they are, and drivers who themselves wish to be moved, may come forward and do so.

I've managed to organize myself and sprout, so I'll be back.

Round 5: 19/11 - WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca - 32 Laps - Custom Weather - Late Morning - 4x

WELCOME to Season 7 for Gran Turismo 7!!
As always please take a couple minutes to read the following so you have an understanding of what is expected on race night.
If you have any questions, or want clarification on any of the rules or regulations please ask!

ROOM OPEN:
Room captains may have practice rooms open beforehand but should have the official room up by 7:30pm AEDT. Please be on time, or let the room captain or div thread know if you may be late. If all agree, the room may wait for you, Within reason. Please remember we have drivers from NZ, and later starts mean a much later night for them.

SIGHT ISSUES:
Before qualifying, exit to lobby and spend 30 seconds in spectate mode, scroll through the list of drivers on track and make sure that you can see their car. If you can't see somebody (and they are confirmed as being on track), exit the lobby, re-join, and check again. Type the number of cars you can see in the lobby chat and cross check with other drivers to ensure clarity.

QUALIFYING : 8pm AEDT for 10 mins.
Feel free to run practice laps prior to qualifying, The host will trigger a 'Room Reset' closer to the commencement of Qualifying.

PITS ARE OPEN DURING QUALIFYING

RACE START TIME : 8:15pm AEDT

LAG ISSUES / ROOM RESTARTS:
This is up to the room host/captains. If there is a Disconnection (or cars stuck on grid) at race start, it is sporting to try to get them back in, which may mean a new room to be set up. I would suggest only having 1 restart if required due to DSC, due to having to set up the room from scratch and also having to set timed laps in order to set the grid. Please be as reasonable as you can with this....

TURN 1 LAP 1:
The old saying goes, you can’t win the race on lap 1, but you can definitely lose it. Please be mindful of other drivers on lap 1 coming into turn 1, and for that matter, the entire race. It can be very demoralizing to hot lap on your own for 45 minutes as I'm sure many of you are aware.

TRACK LIMITS:
As we are running with 'track limit penalties" OFF, we will run with our usual Raceonoz track limit regulations. This means you MUST have at least 2 wheels on the ripple strip OR white line that defines the track limit. If you do make a mistake and have to run outside the limits, be aware that you are not allowed to gain any advantage, position or time wise. Track Limits protests may be launched by any active driver in the race.

Track Limits will be monitored generally around the entire circuit. Track limits will be defined as two wheels on the red and white kerb, or white line, whichever is further out.


CONTACT:
Is to be avoided at all times..... If you make contact with someone and gain an advantage, YOU ARE EXPECTED to give the spot back. Occasionally, Gran Turismo track limits may teleport a disadvantaged driver backwards on circuit to ‘reset’ them, if this occurs at the hand of another driver, IT IS EXPECTED that the driver at fault will wait and redress the position.
Side by side 'rubbing' is racing is allowed and promoted within reason, but all drivers are expected to give racing room. For clarity surrounding racing room, please feel free to PM @Viperzed
Show each other RESPECT! It is difficult enough to drive the car at the limit on your own, without someone squeezing you within a millimeter of the grass.
So be patient and show respect to your fellow drivers.
If you are redressing contact, please do so out of the way of other cars, off the racing line, or if there isn't much room, off track.

PIT ENTRY/EXIT LINES:
Pit Line Penalties are ON so you will be penalised in game if you cut any part of the entry or exit lines. Be mindful entering the pits that you will need to commit to coming in before the final corner. You may receive a penalty for misjudging your line on entry. Be mindful not to impede other cars on your way in. On pit exit, cars exiting the lane are reminded to keep drivers left if there are any cars approaching, you will have to give them space.

BLUE FLAGS:
Please observe blue flags, and move out of the way of faster cars if you are being lapped. Failure to observe blue flags WILL result in a penalty

STEWARDS GROUP AND RACE PROTESTS:
This season, the Head Steward will be @Viperzed. If you have reason to protest, please SAVE YOUR REPLAY, and then let him know via a PM.
DO NOT BLOW UP IN THE FORUM OR IN THE ROOM CHAT. There have been multiple incidents where the replays from drivers have been different, so its true that sometimes things are not as black and white as they may seem. You have until MIDNIGHT, Monday night to register your protest via PM. Stewards may ask for video evidence from both drivers or room captains to make any decision.

SAVE YOUR REPLAY:
If the room host can ask all drivers to save their replay would be good before exiting the room.....once they exit out and the option goes, it cant be retrieved!

PARKING UP:
If you are unable to continue to race, please enter the pits and leave your game paused without selecting tyres so that your car stays parked in the pits. Parking up off track activates yellow flags in the sector, and even though penalties are off, we have reports of penalties occurring for passes happening near the parked car. Quitting off track results in a sometimes race ending lag spike and may be punished in extreme scenarios.

ATTENDANCE:
Could all drivers please inform Room Captains or make a post on the division thread if they do not intend on racing on Sunday night, Room Captains/ Lobby Hosts are advised not to wait for anyone who has not communicated their intentions. If you do not post in your room thread or psn chat that you cannot attend, a spot may not be held for you for the following weeks race.

TRACK SPECIFIC - Laguna Seca
A classic American circuit with sausage kerbs that dominate the insides of corners here and make errors incredibly costly. The corkscrew will be the least of your problems when the kink exists. Drivers are reminded to be courteous and respectful to others as there are many a corner here where two cars simply do not fit.

Due to some major sporting events taking place around the same time as this round, I'm more than happy for there to be some delay before races start as long as it suits the best interests of the entire room.

Please as well if the room captains from Div 1 and 1B, as well as Div 2 and 3 can be in contact so that room merges can be on the cards.

I'm out again unfortunately. Injury

Qualified 10th of 12 but made a few places early before I got wrong footed by a div 1 driver on RM and went wide at the uphill left and fell to the back. From there I battled with whizz who was on RM as well and he defended for a few laps until I managed to get past. I went for 24 lonely laps on my RS with a number of silly spins. I came out of the pits behind Johnno and set about chasing but again silly little errors set in and I couldn't close. I had hoped that the Div 1 guys wouldn't lap me with this being only a 45 minute race but sure enough I was lapped. I was also lapped by the Div 1B leader which was very depressing. Next weeks races are only 20 odd minutes so hopefully I won't be lapped there.

Round 5 Results
Qual

Race Results

Well done. good drive.

We had a good battle for most of the middle section of this race, was very enjoyable until I went more left than the road allowed and instead went to play in the sand.. 30s later I get the car back on the black stuff and the damage was done. It wasn't until the race finished that I realised that we were battling for a podium GG Saturn, GG.

Yes, a rare opportunity for a podium. I held 3rd in class in the early laps until I got caught out trying to pass a struggling div 1 guy on his RMs. I lost count of the number of spins and off track adventures I had after that, mostly at the left handers before and after the corkscrew. I guess whizz must have had a worse time to finish behind me.

That's correct, I was gonna do a post explaining the format but might as well make this for you guys.

The sprint round this season will be 3 slightly shorter races, with the second two both being reverse grid. All races are worth the same amount of points and your points will add up to a total points tally. In order, drivers will then be given points based off a normal rooz race, 25, 20 etc. Slight gaps between races are recommended.

keen to try this format

This will tests Johnno's calculator.

Lappage 'shouldn't' happen within 10 laps, but still, I'd reckon that we'll see Andrew passing the leaders during the Reverse grid within 2 laps..

Hmm, looking forward to that.