DRIVER CONDUCT
League Regulations – All drivers must have read and respect the
RaceDepartment League Regulations. These are our base rules for driving in RaceDepartment leagues.
Licensed Membership – All drivers must be Licensed Members of RaceDepartment when they enter RaceDepartment servers. Read more about the Licensed Membership
HERE.
STARTS & RESTARTS
Starts and restarts follow the same procedure. Starts are used in test events and the race. Restarts are used in the race in case of a server or scoring system crash. The procedure is as follows:
When the Pace Car leaves the pits, all cars may drive out directly behind them. Caution is requested to prevent pit lane accidents.
Each driver drives slowly towards a predefined spot on the track. Your VWEC user interface will tell you where that spot it. When you have arrived at your spot park the car on the right-hand side of the track. Again caution is requested.
When the grid is lined up, the Pace Car will start the formation lap. The VWEC staff will announce this mark. The field follows the pace car when it starts driving.
Overtaking, swaying and brake tests are not allowed. Keep a steady pace, stick with the car in front of you, but keep a safe distance.
If you spin, crash or go off-track, you must move to the back of the grid and start from there. You are not allowed to get back to your original starting position.
The Pace Car moves to the pit lane at the end of the lap. From that moment on the leader dictates the pace. When the leader crosses the finish line, the race starts. No driver may overtake before crossing start/finish.
LAPPING
Blue flag – This flag signals a faster car is behind you. Caution is required, but moving over is not.
The faster cars are expected to look for a proper passing opportunity. They are responsible for initiating a safe pass. Straights are preferred over corners. Corner exits are preferred over corner entries.
Slower cars are expected to keep running their racing line and cooperate with safe passes. Moving out of the way is not advised as it leads to unpredictable situations.
Patience is the key word.
DRIVER SWAPS
A team always uses at least two drivers in an event. None of the drivers is allowed to drive more than 75% of the total race length, not including time spent in the pit box. Additionally a driver can not drive more than four (4) hours in a row and has to take a one (1) hour break after his stint, in which he cannot drive the car in the race server.
To perform driver swaps we use the regular driver swap feature that swaps drivers through the pit menu. Read more about the feature
HERE. Teams that use one PC for multiple drivers, must create an in-game driver profile containing at least the last names of the involved drivers (e.g “Smith – Doe”).
DRIVER CHECKLIST – run it every time before you enter the server
- Downloaded required software
- Updated SimSync Pro
- Tested PC performance
- Spectator mode set correctly
- Got the password
- Got the TeamSpeak info