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NZrFL:42 British Touring Car Championship

Post by Bull » Tue Jun 13, 2017 8:31 pm

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Its been a long time coming, but it is here!

Introducing to you all - the Bush Enteprises PC's & Repair British Touring Car Championship - Powered by Inspire Net

This is going to be our biggest rFactor 2 League yet!

With a big thanks to our series sponsor, we have 3x $100 Vouchers lined up for all drivers in the series to be eligible for -

1x Prize will be random drawn to any driver who has competed in at least 6 of 8 rounds.
1x Prize will be awarded to the "Most Improved Driver" of the series.
1x Prize will be awarded to the "Driver Of The Series" - as chosen by admin (admin excluded from choosing themselves!)

On top of this, we are also arranging trophies for the top 3 drivers of the series!

So, the important stuff:

Details:

Car: BTCC - As the current version on Steam workshop is not compatible with DirectX 11, we have been very fortunate in the mod creator/s over at SFRL early access to the updated mod - they have asked us to keep this private, so mod links will be distributed to drivers once they are registered to this series.

Tracks: We will be following the 2017 BTCC Calendar (where able), for this series. Starting at Brands Hatch Indy, we will race through to iconic british tracks such as Donington and Oulton Park, through to some of the local tracks like Thruxton and Croft before heading back to finish off at Silverstone, and the finale Brands Hatch Grand Prix

Schedule:

[20/06] Official Practise

[27/06] Round 1 - Brands Hatch Indy

[04/07] Round 2 - Donington Park - National Circuit

[11/07] Round 3 - Thruxton

[18/07] Round 4 - Oulton Park - Island Circuit

[25/07] Round 5 - Croft

[01/08] Round 6 - Snetterton

[08/08] Round 7 - Silverstone - National Circuit

[15/08] Round 8 - Brands Hatch Grand Prix

Download Links:

BTCC Mod: Please register your interest in this thread, and a PM containing links and installation instructions will be sent to you.

Tracks:
Brands Hatch
Donington
Thruxton
Oulton Park
Croft
Snetterton
Silverstone

For those unfamiliar with installing non-steam workshop tracks, instructions are below:
1: Download file, and save to your rFactor 2 Packages folder - this can be found by right clicking rFactor 2 in Steam, going to properties, local files, browse local files.
2: Launch rFactor 2
3: On rFactor 2 Launcher screen, click on the box icon (second icon on the left)
4: Scroll down the list until you find the track name
5: Click on the track name, then click on install at the bottom
6: Repeat Step 4 & 5 for each track
7: Done!

Format:

8:00pm - Official Practise
8:40pm - Qualifying - 15 minute open session
8:55pm - Drivers Briefing
9:00pm - Racing commences

Race Format:

3x 15 Minute Races

Race 1: Grids based off qualifying results
Race 2: Grid will be done via a random marble draw - a number between 4-8 will be drawn. This number represents how many positions from Race 1 result will be reversed for Race 2 grid.
Race 3: Grid will be done via a random marble draw - a number between 8-12 will be drawn. This number represents how many positions from Race 2 result will be reversed for Race 3 grid.

Race Settings:

Flag Rules - Black Only
Fuel usage - 1X
Tire Usage - Normal
Mech Failures - Normal
Practice Time - 60mins
Qualifying Time - 15 mins
Race Length - 20 mins
Type of Start - Standing

Driving Aids:

Traction Control - 0
Anti Lock Brakes - 0
Auto Clutch - Yes
Driving View - Open

Crossing The Finish Line:

When crossing the finish line, crashing your car is not acceptable, nor is any Discord chat until the last person has finished.
Drivers are still racing, and racing for position, and it is unfair to disrupt their racing.
Pull over off the track and Escape out... or drive back to the pits.

Points Site / Sign-ups:

Sign up at the usual points site: Points Site
Follow the instructions, post back here if it all gets too hard.

Teams:

Teams of two may be entered on the points site.
There is a teams championship as well, so grab a team mate and register your team on the points site.

Skin Reservation Thread:
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Re: NZrFL:42 British Touring Car Championship.

Post by zimmie10 » Tue Jun 13, 2017 8:42 pm

Me: Sweet, a new series.
Also me: Sweet, BTCC! I'm in!
Also me: Wait a min. Did that say cash prizes?!
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Re: NZrFL:42 British Touring Car Championship.

Post by Bull » Tue Jun 13, 2017 8:47 pm

zimmie10 wrote:Me: Sweet, a new series.
Also me: Sweet, BTCC! I'm in!
Also me: Wait a min. Did that say cash prizes?!
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Re: NZrFL:42 British Touring Car Championship.

Post by russell » Tue Jun 13, 2017 8:55 pm

Mean keen as for a go at this. can I get a link to points site please

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Re: NZrFL:42 British Touring Car Championship.

Post by Bull » Tue Jun 13, 2017 8:59 pm

russell wrote:Mean keen as for a go at this. can I get a link to points site please
Sorry, have updated the first post with the link!

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Re: NZrFL:42 British Touring Car Championship.

Post by vandem » Tue Jun 13, 2017 10:06 pm

Interesting. Might clear the cobwebs off the wheel for this. P.M please?

May need some help to get rF2 mods working (vanilla works OK but got errors with mods when I tried earlier this year).

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Re: NZrFL:42 British Touring Car Championship

Post by Danman » Wed Jun 14, 2017 9:04 am

I'm in for this _b _b :)
Not sure if I'll make the 1st round as we are moving house (to the Tron :D ), moving in next weekend so hopefully up & running by tuesday. Will miss practice night next week though as cockpit is being packed up today.
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Re: NZrFL:42 British Touring Car Championship

Post by dysonff26 » Wed Jun 14, 2017 11:13 am

Hi

I'm new here but keen to join in on this. I might not be able to make round 1 but keen as

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Re: NZrFL:42 British Touring Car Championship

Post by ArcticBlue » Wed Jun 14, 2017 7:02 pm

I'm keen too.

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Re: NZrFL:42 British Touring Car Championship

Post by Vladimir » Wed Jun 14, 2017 8:01 pm

TOCA 2017 :D Keen _b

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Re: NZrFL:42 British Touring Car Championship

Post by kerryland » Wed Jun 14, 2017 8:07 pm

Count me in. Sounds great!

Awesome to see that 'Bush Enteprises' is a real company, with real spelling; I thought it was Bull being a bit rude :-)

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Re: NZrFL:42 British Touring Car Championship

Post by Growler » Wed Jun 14, 2017 11:07 pm

Count me in.
And Danman...you moving to the Tron now?

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Re: NZrFL:42 British Touring Car Championship

Post by HaydenKirk » Thu Jun 15, 2017 2:46 pm

Yup I'm in,

will do my first rf2 laps tonight

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Re: NZrFL:42 British Touring Car Championship

Post by Danman » Thu Jun 15, 2017 5:31 pm

Growler wrote:Danman...you moving to the Tron now?
Yes mate, closer to Hampton Downs & Pukekohe :)
Plus it will be quite nice to have no mortgage and some savings _b
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Re: NZrFL:42 British Touring Car Championship

Post by Growler » Thu Jun 15, 2017 7:04 pm

Danman wrote:
Growler wrote:Danman...you moving to the Tron now?
Yes mate, closer to Hampton Downs & Pukekohe :)
Plus it will be quite nice to have no mortgage and some savings _b
Good work mate. You'll have to give me your new contact details once you are settled in...

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Re: NZrFL:42 British Touring Car Championship

Post by kerryland » Fri Jun 16, 2017 5:45 pm

Should I have received my PM by now, or should I be more patient?

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Re: NZrFL:42 British Touring Car Championship

Post by Bull » Fri Jun 16, 2017 6:43 pm

kerryland wrote:Should I have received my PM by now, or should I be more patient?
Be more patient :D Ive been a bit tied up last couple of days, will be in your Mailbox tonight!

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Re: NZrFL:42 British Touring Car Championship

Post by Mike » Sat Jun 17, 2017 9:38 pm

Yes please :D

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Re: NZrFL:42 British Touring Car Championship

Post by MadaMaoriJR » Sun Jun 18, 2017 9:19 am

Keen
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Re: NZrFL:42 British Touring Car Championship

Post by Len Pluck » Sun Jun 18, 2017 1:24 pm

i am keen someone has to come last lol

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Re: NZrFL:42 British Touring Car Championship

Post by Thorpedo » Mon Jun 19, 2017 7:06 pm

Keen to give it a shot

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Re: NZrFL:42 British Touring Car Championship

Post by Murphy's Law » Mon Jun 19, 2017 8:39 pm

Hey man any chance i can grab the dets to the mod please?
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Re: NZrFL:42 British Touring Car Championship

Post by Bull » Tue Jun 20, 2017 9:53 pm

Based on testing tonight, we have revised racelengths to 15 minutes per race. We will evaluate the results from Round 1 and adjust if required.

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Post by Riftcreator » Tue Jun 20, 2017 10:51 pm

Points site now open for registrations for the BTCC league.

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Re: NZrFL:42 British Touring Car Championship

Post by vandem » Tue Jun 20, 2017 11:08 pm

Getting somewhere, thanks Bull.

Managed to change my in-game name (was trickier than is needed to be).

Getting some PC lockups when ALT-TABbing to browser - are you others running in windowed mode? Current solution is to remember not to ALT-TAB.

Can keep the car on the tarmac for a few laps, but not fast (not that I expected to be ...).

Any useful hints on rF2 for someone coming from rF1?

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