Welcome to the RD Racing Club. ALSO FOR NON PREMIUM MEMBERS!
Are you new to simracing? Is Online Racing a step you haven't dared take just yet? Do you fear making mistakes or getting other people's way on track? Well guess what, this is the place to banish all of those thoughts and come and join us for a night of exceptional racing and camaraderie where none of those fears will be an issue.
Rookie Nights are aimed at you - the newcomers. People new to simracing, or simply people who jump on a server and find themselves seconds off the pace. Or are you fed up with disrespectful behaviour on public servers? We want to help, and to give you a place to experience the joy of racing other simracers, with the same passion and who give clean and respectful racing the highest priority.
If you have any question on the night about racing on RD or online in general, or about how you are driving or anything else - ASK. By posting in this thread or a PM to the organizer. We are a helpful bunch, and when it comes to getting people up to speed or doing our best to convince you to keep coming back! There is no such thing as a stupid question at these events.
Special features for this rookie event:
- Non premium members encouraged to take part.
- Fast car for rookies (Spec 2 version), slow car for regulars (Spec 1 version).
- Regulars can also sign up but this event is primarily for rookies. More experienced drivers will have the chance to give something back to the community by helping and encouraging rookies. This is about inclusiveness and making everybody feel comfortable.
- The race is with an easy to drive and very forgiving car so you can fully concentrate on driving without having to fight with the car.
- A good base setup for the MX5 Cup will be provided when you sign up.
- Questions can be asked in this thread and will be answered by the staff member. Or send a PM to him.
- The race is hosted and attended by the organizing staff member
- To monitor the race.
- To kick participants who deliberately cause incidents (we want clean and respectful racing)
- To give tips and advice for improvement after the race based on the replay (when asked for).
To sign up for this event:
- Make sure you have entered your real name in your RDAccount/Account Details. There's a field called 'Real Name'. It's for our internal communication only and your name will not be picked up in any internet search.
- Post in this thread that you want to participate. You will receive a PM with the password to join, some extra information with tips and a setup for the MX5.
SITUATIONAL AWARENESS is essential for clean and respectful driving in our community. You should therefore use tools like CrewChief wherever possible. The links for these apps are on the bottom of this post.
DISCORD. It's important that you also join us during the event on Discord for additional information and instructions. Link is below.
Server information:
- Server: RACEDEPARTMENT.COM MX-5
- Password: will be sent via PM
- 20:00 CET, 18:00 UTC | 60 minutes - Official Practice (you can join any time, you don't have to be there at the start).
- 19:05 UTC | 20 minutes - Qualification
- 19:30 UTC | 45 minutes - Race (UK start time 20:30)
Event details:
- Cars: Mazda MX-5 Spec Miata (Subscribe on Steam HERE)
- Track: Zanvoort [GP Layout] (Subscribe on Steam HERE)
- Track Road temperature: 25 Celsius
- Track limits: No more than 2 wheels over the white/yellow line without a lift of the gas please.
- Damage: 0%
- Fuel Consumption: 100%
- Tyre wear: 100%
Useful Links:
- Racing Club Rules: click here
- Discord: There is a link to the correct Rookies Discord channel in the Password message I invited you to - where I gave the PW for the server
- Sync Accounts: click here
- Incident Reporting: click here
Entry list:
- Denis Betty Spec 1
- Paul_V Spec 2
- thegreatradish Spec 2
- slideways Spec 1
- Stephen Gibb Spec 1
- Kresh Spec 1
- dbx71 Spec 2
- groy1980 Spec 2
- Rcbill28 Spec 2
- figool Spec 2
- alpebo Spec 2
- Peter Stokman Spec 1
- erad1c8or Spec 2
- Michael Nettle Spec 2
- Redvaliant Spec 1
- MarkModdy Spec 2
- Orlando Medley Sr. Spec 2
- CK1249 Spec 2
- Bryan Birtwell Spec 1
PLEASE COME AND JOIN US. EXPERIENCED RACERS WILL BE ON HAND TO OFFER HELP, GUIDANCE AND ENCOURAGEMENT. ROOKIES WILL BE IN A FASTER CAR, SO NO NEED TO WORRY ABOUT YOUR PACE.
THIS EVENT IS FOR ALL MEMBERS @ RD, WHETHER OR NOT YOU HAVE PREMIUM MEMBERSHIP.
COME ON DOWN - THE PRICE IS ZERO.... YOU HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE.
Try this setup as a starting point if you wish.
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