Championship regulations

Order of competitions

1. General statements
1.1. This order is intended for competitions control.
1.2. This order's violations are inadmissible and punishable.
1.3. Every case, unforseen by this order is studied by General Conductor and race coordinator(s). General Conductor has exclusive right to conclude the final decision.

2. Main conceptions and definitions
2.1. General Conductor: the one who organises competitions and in charge of administrative, financial and technical aspects of competitions.
2.2. Race coordinator: the one who represents General Conductor.
2.3. Participator, racer: the one who took part in registration process, and is racing in competitions.
2.4. Force Majeour Circumstances: it's circumstances, entailed by violation of normal computer's or network session work with no racers fault. They are: power supply shortage, computer and network devices hangups, software faults, racer's health problems.
2.5. Cut-off: intentional shortening of track distance by driving outside track.
2.6. Road Race: high speed challenge on closed cirquit dedicated asphalt track.
2.7. Rally-Cross Race: high speed challenge on closed circuit dedicated track with mixed surface types.
2.8. Stage: part of Championship. Consists of racing event (free practice, qualification, race)
2.09. Season: set of Racing Events.
2.10. Division: a group of racers, specified by sortition or special selection for Event.
2.11. Pit-Lane: part of the track marked by yellow road-marks placed beside Track and dedicated for driving to/from track accessing Boxes.
2.12. Box: zone placed on Pit-Lane, dedicated for stopping, servicing and fixing of cars during Event.
2.13. Parking: zone, dedicated for parking of cars. Usually it's tarmac square, placed near main track surface.

3. Competitions Organization
3.1. Competition's Officials:
General Conductor
Coordinators
3.2. General Conductor appoints Coordinators.
3.3. General Conductor publishes season's Schedule and Order not later than one week before start of first stage.
3.4. At least one Coordinator is present at every Division of Event.
3.5. Coordinator can cancel Event in case of Force Majeour Circumstances. General Conductor does not take any responsibility for cancelled Event.
3.6. Only General Conductor or Coordinator can make public statements about competitions.

4. Competition Conditions
4.1. Number of racers taking part in each division is set by General Conductor just before Event start.
4.2. If number of racers doesn't divide by number of divisions without a reminder, higher divisions can have more racers than lower ones.
4.3. Racers are distributed by divisions according to pre-qualification.
4.4. Event consists of qualification and race for each division. Event can get separated for two days in case of unforseen technical troubles.
4.5. Race start places are set by qualification results. If racer hasn't shown any time, he starts from last place.
4.6. If racer got penalty for pit-lane speeding during qualification, he must complete penalty on one of his fast lap(s). If he fails to do so, he must start from the last place.
4.7. Racer gets points in every stage, depending on finish place: points = (Total_Divisions - Number_Division)*(Grid_Size + 2) + Grid_Size - Pos_At_Finish + 1. Also he gets 2 additional points for finishing first, and 1 additional point for finishing second.
4.8. DNF racer gets N*Pts, up-rounded to nearest integer value, where N - driven race distance (it can't be less than 0.5), Pts - points which racer gets for being last in finish protocol. If there is more than one DNF racer, they are sorted in order of driven distance.
4.9. Racer r r r ngets 1 additional point for winning the qualification.
4.10. Racer gets 1 additional point for making bestlap in race. If bestlap maker is disqualified, next fastest time owner gets this point.
4.11. Racer's cup winner is determined by sum of points. When racers have equal points, the one having better average grid position through season's races and qualifications has advantage.
4.12. Racer gets 0 points for leaving or not starting in the event.
4.13. Team result is determined by comparing each team's average points of every event. Teams consisting of more than 1 racer are allowed to compete in teams cup. When teams have equal points, the one having better average grid position through season's races and qualifications for everyone of its racers has advantage.
4.14. Racers must be quiet during qualification and race parts of the Event. Violators will be immediately disqualified from the event.
4.15. Racers must obey all Coordinator's orders.
4.16. Disqualified racer gets 0 points for the event.
4.17. "Reset car" (shift+r) is not allowed. For example, if you flipped your car, or stuck far in the sand, what basically means you are out of the race. Violators are disqualified.
4.18. Immediate pitting (shift+s hotkey) during qualification and race parts of the Event is prohibited. You can either park your car in a safe place, or disconnect. Violators are disqualified.
5. Protests
5.1. Protest must be supplied not later than six hours after Event finish.
5.2. Protest must be supplied in message sent to staff, via site's messaging system.
5.3. Racing incidents and controversial points are examined in Event replays. Conflict is solved by General Conductor and Race Coordinator(s).
5.4. Decision made by General Conductor is final and can not be discussed.

6. Racers and teams requirements
6.1. Racer or Team can be rejected in participation or registration without explaining the reasons.

7. Particiation Request
7.1. Anyone can be allowed to participate in open competitions.
7.2. Racers must supply application to participate in each race.
7.3. When supplying the application, it is assumed that:
- Racer is familiarized and accepts all Order and Order appendixes statements.
- Racer can not make any claims to officials in cause of publishing information about competitions in mass media.

8. Rewards
8.1. Winners of personal and team cups are rewarded with prizes which were declared before competitionstart.
8.2. General Conductor and sponsors are allowed to introduce any additional prizes.

9. Changes and additions for this Order
9.1. Only General Conductor has right to change Order statements.
9.2. Notification on every Order changes is published on competition's official site.

Appendix #1

1. Passing maneuvres
1.1. Passing is allowed from both sides (right and left). Precautions must be taken in case of passing. Action against of to be passed one (change of trajectory or block) is allowed to be taken only once. Second attempt of blocking is a subject of penalty - penalty time of 5 seconds will be added.
1.2. Change of trajectory for turning after straight, while having advantage in position, is not considered as a block.
1.3. Pass is counted accomplished when one is passed for more than a half of car length. Leading one has priority in choosing of next turn trajectory.
1.5. Racers must be respectful to each other in case of simultaneous entry to turn of two or more racers.

2. Other maneuvres
2.1. Intentional cut of trajectory is not allowed and is a subject of penalty - penalty time of 5 seconds will be added.
2.2. In case of "out-of-track" situation return to track is allowed only if this action won't nmake any r troubles to others. In case of inflicting crash, returning to track racer is disqualified from Event.
2.3. Lapped racers must give way to all leading racers. Violation of this requirement will cause disqualification from Event.
2.4. Racers must take all possible actions to avoid any contact with other racers cars.
2.5. These actions are prohibited:
- Intentional early braking in the straight line
- Driving reverse on track
- Crossing of dotted yellow line in the exit from pit lane
- Parking on the race track surface
Violation of any of these rules can cause an immediate disqualification from the session or from the championship or time penalty of 10 seconds, depending on inflicted damage.

3. Finish procedure of qualification and race
3.1. To avoid causing obstacles for finishing participants all racers must drive to pit-lane and make pit-stop or continue by joining spectator mode after reaching pit-lane.

4. Additional Information
4.1. Message interchange and any talks are allowed until Coordinator's "QUALIFICATION START" & "RACE START", and after "QUALIFICATION END" & "RACE END" messages appear. Official session starts in 10 seconds after "START"/"END" message.
4.2. Coordinator is responsible for the appropriate time of signal messages.

Appendix #2 "Messages"

1. Additional text messages race Coordinator(s) can send
1.1. "SESSION STARTS IN N MINUTES", warning about session start time.
1.2. "QUALIFICATION START" or "QUALIFICATION END", qualification information flags.
1.3. "RACE START" or "RACE END", race information flags.
1.4. Coordinator can make flag signals during session:
"BLACK FLAG" - stop of the session. All participants must slow down to zero speed.
"GREEN FLAG" - cancel of all limitation and restore established procedure of session.

Appendix 3 "Responsibilties"

1.1. Coordinator must announce session start in advance
1.2. Coordinator must receive confirmation of readiness of each participant before starting session.
1.3. Before official start of the session Coordinator must remind participants most general rules.
1.4. All participants must save replays of qualification and race.
1.5. Violation of Coordinator's instructions causes penalties or disqualification.
1.6. In case of unforseen force major circumstances start of session (practice, qualification or race) can be postponed for 60 minutes. If delay is more than 60 minutes, event can be cancelled.

Appendix 4 "Information specific to a season"

1.1. This appendix is released individually to every season.