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You can find here the regulation used for this championship . Please , note the different changes :
Last Uptade : 18/04/2001 ; Chapter 13 & 14
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REGULATION
1.GENERALITIES
The
Grand Prix Racers Online championship is totally dedicated to
the EA SPORTS F1 CHAMPIONSHIP
SEASON 2000 game . This championship will
be exclusively played Online (Qualifs & Races)
.
Please read attentively all this regulation before
joining us in this adventure !
2.
LEVELS
This championship includes 3 levels of difficulty .
You must specify in wich level you’d like to Participate at the
time of your inscription . Here are the different levels : EXPERT
: AVALIABLE
AIDS > AUTOMATIC
GEAR
PRO
: AVALIABLE AIDS >
AUTOMATIC GEAR
ACCELERATION
HELP
ABS
AMATEUR :
AVALIABLE AIDS >
AUTOMATIC GEAR
ACCELERATION
HELP
ABS
CONTROL HELP
CONTRE BRAQUAGE
3.
GENERAL CONVENTIONS
The
games must be configured as indicated by the Master : Number
of AI drivers : 0 All
cars are equals : YES Flags & rules : YES Damages
: NO Fuel
management : NORMAL (for
qualifying sessions) / X2
(for races sessions) Tire
wear : NORMAL (for
qualifying sessions) / X2
(for races sessions) Mechanical
problems: WITHOUT / NONE Speed
compensation : NO IT SEEMS THAT THE BEST VALUE FOR THE DATA TRANSMISSION FOR THE ONLINE SESSION IS 8 .
The number of
laps to apply is the half of these of real races. This values
are indicated in The Calendar section for each track .
The master should not forget to select the track of the
current session and to apply the good Climatic conditions that you can consult in the “BEFORE
SESSION” section .
All the drivers must appear with their Nick name in the
game .
4.
GENERAL RULES
The master of the game in race session must be either the poleman of the
session or these who have The
faster connection (CABLE) . In
all case , the poleman is the only driver authorized to take
decisions and directives but he has to tell us things In case of problems in his session . He must ensure that the different settings are good.(Cf.General conventions) The
times must be submitted between Friday 0.01AM and Sunday 23.59PM
. A
team can be composed by a maximum of 10 titular
drivers and 3 testing drivers
dispensed in the 3 levels . For example you can have a Only
the Two first drivers will gain points for the team and this for each level .
5.
QUALIFYING SESSION
A qualifying session must be played ONLINE with minimum
of 2 inscribed drivers from same level. The
master could be anyone. This session will be done as a race with
12 laps . You can choose to make all the The
master must configure all the conventions as indicated for its
level settings , the
track , the climatic conditions and the number of laps (12 laps) As
all the drivers are ready , the master can start the game . Don’t
hurry in the first lap cause you could annoy The
master must wait for all drivers to finish before leaving the
game by pressing ESC key (he must wait for some supplementary
seconds in order all drivers can take their screenshot)! When
you have finished your 12 laps , each player must make a
screenshot (F12 key) that proves its time. To
make a screenshot : After finishing your last lap , the computer
displays a TV screen indicating the total time of the race and
the place of each driver . Hit the SPACE BAR to display
the fastests laps of each driver so you can now make your
screenshot by pressing F12 . A BMP file has been created in your
main folder of the game . Please keep it and don’t send it to
us ! We can ask you to send it for verification . Please it we ask you to send us your file , first change the picture format from BMP to JPG and Zip it . Now
you can go to the site and submit your time in the “submit
your time” section .
NEW : A driver who wants to participate to a qualifying session and doesn't find any session mates can take part with a non registered driver found on F1RST (or else) . The rules over ever should be applied in any case . He can participate to the qualifying session with a upper level driver . In this case he must use only the available aids from the level of the drivers he participates with .
6.RACE
SESSION
The race sessions will be played ONLINE as the
qualifying ones . Sessions with 4 drivers will be created After the qualifying session . All these 4 drivers
must contact each other and determine a date and hour to play The different drivers can contact on F1RST_Gpraces to determine the master of the game . According to the general rules , the master will be
the poleman if connections are similar . The master must give its IP address to all other
drivers of his session He must wait for all others drivers and configure the
race session according the their level . The race will be 50% a real race length . This must
be set as the climatic conditions . When all drivers are ready , the master can start the
race . When the race has ended , each driver must make a
screenshot by pressing the F12 key that proves your final time . To
make a screenshot : After finishing your last lap , the computer
displays a TV screen indicating the total time of the race and
the place of each driver . you can now make your screenshot by
pressing F12 . A BMP file has been created in your main folder
of the Game . Please keep it and don’t send it to us ! We can
ask you to send it for verification . Please it we ask you to send us your file , first change the picture format from BMP to JPG and Zip it . Now
you can go to the site and submit your time in the “submit
your time” section .
IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THE MASTER WAITS FOR ALL OTHER DRIVERS TO FINISH
BEFORE
7.PROBLEMS THAT CAN BE FOUND
In all cases , for a race , the poleman is the only
master concerning the settings to apply . In the case of disagreement between drivers
concerning the date and time of rendez vous , only the poleman
can In the case of these delay was not respected , your
time will not count .
In case of disconnection , you can remake a race in case
of at least one of your session driver has been
In no case , after some screenshots verification , a
driver must appear with 2 different times !!! His time will be Exceptionnal
case : in case of disconnection of one of the drivers in
the first lap , the master must quit the
In others cases ,CONTINUE YOUR RACE !!!
Consider a disconnection as a mechanical failure !… After
racing , if you see some false submitted times , please contact
us . If we perceived , after verification , some
If
a driver is the only driver to have qualified on its registered
level If this problem appears on Expert level , then the expert driver will be added on a Pro level Heat for the race and they 'll use Pro authorized aids .
8. SUBMISSION OF TIMES AND SCREENSHOTS
You must submit your time on the site (« submit your time »
section). Please
fill correctely your nick name and your realized time . Please
check them twice before submit !!! A
new submission will not count !!! A
prove must be made (cf. screenshot) . We can ask you to send
your file after the current session . If you're laped (1 lap behind the leader) , you must submit "1 LAP " on the time's row form . If you have no time to submit (disqualified or disconnected) just submit a 2 hours time : 2:00:00.000 . Tell us the cause on the message row of the form please .
Concerning your screenshots : If requested , you must send them OBLIGATORY ! (Zip it/them before ) . You'll have a delay of 7 days to send them . After what , if no answers , you will be disqualified . We will use your Email adresses from the Drivers/teams list to ask them , so be sure your adress is the good one . If not , send us the right one or one you use daily ! PLEASE KEEP ALL YOUR SCREENSHOTS ON YOUR HARD DRIVE UNTILL THE END OF THE SEASON ! WE COULD ASK ONE AT ANY TIME !
9.
JET LAG
Don’t worry about the jet lag ! The date and the hour of your submission will
be those of our Reception . Concerning the Online sessions , indicate
the time of rendez vous with GMT or CET time . In the future if we have several problems concerning
impossibles rendez vous in relation to the jet lag ,we can
integrate some new categories .
10.
ATTRIBUTED POINTS
PLACES
AMATEUR
PRO
EXPERT 1
25
35
50 2
21
30
44 3
18
26
38 4
15
22
32 5
12
18
26 6
10
15
21 7
8
12
16 8
6
9
12 9
4
6
8 10
3
3
4 11
2
2
2 12
1
1
1
No point will be attributed
for qualifying sessions No points will be attributed if disconnected or disqualified You will gain points if you're laped in the case you are on the 12 final first drivers
11 . TEAMS
As indicated , each team can
be composed by 10 titular drivers and 3 testing drivers . These
3 testing drivers , beyond their utilitity on their own team (testing
session , setups ….) can take part to a complete Grand Prix
(Qualifications & race) only in a case of titular driver’s
substitution . However , the team can only submit a maximum of
10 times per session (in the case of team have 10 titular
drivers) . So each team must plan in advance who’s gonna take
part to the Grand Prix (qualifications & race) . If a
titular driver make its qualifications session (to BRAZIL for
example) and he can’t take part to the race one week later ,
no testing driver can substitute him ! In no case … To clarify:
A testing driver can participate to a Grand Prix only if
participates to the qualifications and the race … For attributed points : each driver (titular or
test driver) has his own points . On the other hand , all the
scored points for a team for each race (these of a titular or
testing drivers) will count . So a Big team having testing
drivers which have a titular withdrawal for a complete GP doesn’t
loose its chances for the Teams/constructors championship !
12 . PENALITIES A drive that have not taking part to the qualifications can't take part to the race . A driver that has submitted a qualification time and that has not participate to the race will have a -25 pts of penality : Indeed if 2 drivers of the same heat don't take part to the race and as heats are composed by 3 drivers , the last driver will not be able to race ! So if you can't do your race , don't participate to the qualifications one week sooner ... so you don't penalize any driver ... A driver that nickname appears on 2 differents asked screenshot will have a -25pts of penality ! The drivers that have qualified but that don't take part to the race will have -25 pts of penality . So if you have submitted a qualification time , you must submit a time for the race in any case ... Even if you 've been disqualified or disconnected . In those cases , submit a 2:00:00.000 (2 hours) time . Don't forget that a prove could be asked (Screenshot) ... So in these cases as you won't be able to make your screenshot , you must tell us in the message section of the submitted time form what are your heat drivers . So we can check that on their screenshot .
Problems found for our first round of the season make us to write down new rules on this section : All drivers that can't prove they have made necessary contact to determine a date and time to race will have a - 15 points of penality . For others , those who can prove it but can't take part to race (in case of lonely) will have no penality and no -15 points for no submitted time (see upper).
ONLY THE PROVES ON THE FORUM (POSTED MESSAGES) WILL BE VALABLE . NO OTHER ONES ! SO BE SURE TO CONTACT FROM / ON THE FORUM !
13 . TIME CHECKERS (REPLAYS & SCRENNSHOTS) 2 time checkers (Replays and /or
Screenshots) will control the times after the race week end . In
no case , they will ask you any file after the qualifying
session ! But you could be disqualified as your qualifying
session time is not valid after some contols made after the race
of the same track . So Heat mate won’t be changed just before
the race ! If one of the checkers ask you to send a file
that proves your submitted time , please send it on the delay
fixed by the checker . Please , Zip your file before sending it ! If the file is not sent on the according delay ,
penalities will be applied as this : n
One suspension for the next Grand Prix n
Disqualification for this Grand Prix (0 pt) Checkers rôle : Both 2 checkers must submit the
incoming problems to the Webmaster before Friday 11.59 PM . All
problems submitted after this date and time will not be treated ! So they must act quickly . They must contact themselves to determine
who’s gonna check who ... No complent will count after the checkers
verdict . Important
Note : REPLAYS controls should be made by the
checkers only if some « cutting » doubts ... and
they won’t be realized systematically ! The checkers must control the Heat replay and
not the driver replay : So if they ask a replay file to a
driver with 56 K connection , they must , in fact , ask it to
his heat mate with faster connection so this last one can easily
send these file . 14 . CUTTING CORNERS Cutting corners is no more authorized . You must
at least keep 2 tyres on the track all along ALL your official
races and qualifications . Here are the incured penalities for cutting
corners : -
One suspension for the next Grand Prix -
Disqualification for this Grand Prix (0 pt)
WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO CHANGE THIS PRESENT REGULATION AT ANY TIME FOR THE GOOD EXECUTION OF THE CHAMPIONSHIP
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