Marco Bijl
Axe Travels
League: RACEDEPARTMENT World Series by Renault
Season: 0 (2011 BETA Release)
Game(s) Required: rFactor 2
Number of Divisions: 1
Introduction
Welcome to the first World Series by Racedepartment, run in the brand new rFactor2. This series primairy goal is for both drivers and administrators to get comfortable with the new features this promissing game has to offer. Feedback is highly appreciated.
We have decided to use one of the default car's from the BETA version, the Renault Megane Trophy. To get some variation for those that have been driving for some time now, we added 3 of the custom tracks available and shall go all over the globe to have 4 rounds of fantastic racing. The lovely Meganes will have to be pushed to the maximum to perform at their best, and deliver our winner the first official RACEDEPARTMENT rFactor2 Championship title!
Sign up
Interested drivers, with a licensed membership can apply for a place in the league. Every licensed member and owner of ISI's rFactor2 is welcome to join the championship. We do remind all that this is formerly a test league for the official RDWSR series, and that we sincerely appreciate your feedback after each race. All findings are important to us. We need to know how servers will perform, how mod's work, and if the installation and running of the league will go with or without problems. Remember this when signing up.
We do however want to keep the quality of racing up by the Racedepartment.com standards. All regular league rules apply. Make sure to have read them before signing up.
Details about how to sign up format will be in sign up threat.
Sign up open: March 8th 2012
Sign up closed: April 7th 2012
Publication of final drivers list: April 10th 2012
Divisions
There will be 1 division for this league.
Available cars
This series shall be drivin with the Renault Megane Trophy cars from the default ISI content. There will be an option for custom skins, and all setup options will remain available during the sessions.
Tracks.
The available tracks for rFactor2 which are actually confirmed or available is low. We have choosen 3 custom, and 1 default track for this league. First of all, we will visit the US. Searspoint and Mid Ohio will be the first 2 of our tracks. We leave for the UK after that, to have a taste of Snetterton. Since we are in the UK, there is a big chance that the weather will let us down there . Next up we go all the way to Japan, to have a go at Fuji Speedway. The final round will be special, as it will be a long race, which starts in the daylight and takes us all the way to midnight. We will finish in the dark there.
Calendar
Round 1: April 14th - Searspoint
Round 2: April 28th - Mid Ohio
Round 3: May 12th - Snetterton
Round 4: May 26th - Fuji
Session Info
Every race will have 4 sessions, practice, qualification, warmup and race.
Practice: 30 minutes starts at 19:00 GMT
Qualification: 20 minutes starts at 19:30 GMT
Warmup: 10 minutes starts at 19:50 GMT
Race: 45 minutes starts at 20:00 GMT
The final round of the season will feature a day/night race, and will be 70 minutes long!
Points table
Liveries
Having you own livery is mandatory. There will be some default Racedepartment skins available for those who want to. All liveries need to be at the race staff before the deadline. The skins will be included in the actual rFactor mod that will be created.
Details will be provided in the skinning topic. A mandatory logo pack will be distributed to the signups.
Livery deadline: Aril 8th 2012. Late entrants can contact Marco Bijl to discuss the latest time for submission.
Broadcasting
There will be no broadcast for this event.
Absence
This is the most important part of the league briefing you need to understand! If you are allowed to drive the in league we expect you to be present during all races of the season. If you happen to miss out on an event and go missing in action afterwards without giving any notice the race staff reserve the rights to terminate your licensed member status on RaceDeparment.
Incidents
It may happen that rules get violated. In such cases it is up to the drivers to report the violation. The staff encourages this and will only investigate incidents that are reported by drivers.
No report = no investigation = no penalty
A report can be sent to the staff by private message to Joakim Skalstad or Marco Bijl. It must always contain:
o Name of the league: RDWSR S0
o The name of the reported driver (the violator)
o A link to a youtube or vimeo movie that shows the incident in various angles.
o A short description of the incident, without rant, along with the timestamp
You must always send the report with your own forum account. You can only send a report if you were actually in the race. Report from outsider will be not be considered.
After sending the staff will then investigate the incident. Incomplete reports will not be considered.
Reports must be sent within 24 hours of the finish of the race. Reports that come in too late might not be considered.
General League Rules
All the general league rules are written down in a document for the 2011/2012 league season. Click here to read it!