We always have room for the right kind of people in our league, and becoming a member/participant is easy if you are the kind of driver we are looking for. Let me tell you a bit about what we are so you better can find out if PrestoGP is for you 
Philosophy/Vision
A perfect race is defined as following:
Full transparency around setup
We have a thread that we use when developing setups for the races. There are no secrets around setups, you can have the same setup as any driver you wish, they will gladly share it. The reasons for this slightly unusual feature are:
Our guidelines/rules are very similar to real f1, with a few exceptions. Where a real f1 driver’s main objective when fighting for position is to stay/get ahead, ours is that both parties comes out of it without an incident. We are much less skilled and do not have the real world implications to "scare us straight", so we need greater safety focus and margins in general.
In the case of an incident there are no penalties. As avoiding incidents are so utterly important for all our members, the shame of creating one is punishment enough. Our only focus is to analyse the incident down to the smallest detail to learn what went wrong and how to avoid it in the future. This is done openly in the forum (within a few days) after the race and is the responsibility of the involved parties.
Our point system (relative to real f1) is constructed to reward those who complete the race and consequently punishing dnf’s and no attendance, to better reflect our values. In other words there are points for all places from 1st to 25th, ranging from 50 to 1 point.
Pace/Speed
This is not relevant for measuring a members value. If one are able to drive consistent laps one can not be more than 5-7 seconds behind the fastest guy. What we need is members, the more we are the less the average distance between drivers will be. A perfect scenario would be 50 drivers whos laptimes are evenly spread out from fastest (e.g. 1:20,000) to fastest + 6 sec (e.g. 1:26,000). Split the crowd in two divisions based on pace, and we'll have a great league where the top drivers from div 2 will be promoted to div 1 and vise versa. So my point is, we need you regardless of your pace, as long as you can be consistant
A members contribution
This is the core of everything, that it is the sum of members contribution that is the league. If you show up for the race and complete it without causing any incidents and not making (a lot of) mistakes you have made a perfect contribution that round. Do it for all ten races and you are a perfect member. PrestoGP is constructed to help members maximise their contribution, but at the end of the day it is the member themselves that decides how good our league can be.
It does take some time and commitment and a good few hours of track time to be prepared for a race, and if ones race experience is not very good it is easy to lose motivation, practice less, deliver poorer contributions etc. You see the conundrum, that if everybody are well prepared and drive after our guidelines then we will all have such a great time that we have more than enough motivation to put in the practice needed for next race etc.
Epilogue
Do not misunderstand and think that we demand perfect and accept nothing less. Everybody makes mistakes on track from time to time, and sometimes in RL something gets in the way. What is important is that one understands how Presto GP works and has the right intentions in general.
Questions?
Who decides if I can join the league or not?
PrestoGP is more or less a democracy, so at the end of the day it is the drivers you meet on the server who decides if they think you are a good fit for the league. But they are all very keen on accepting new members, so it should not be too hard to convince them
What else do I need to do, besides convincing excisting members on the server?
When do I know for certain that I will be accepted?
If you know with yourself that you are the type of driver we are looking for you can be confident that you'll be accepted, because we always want new members. The more time you spend on the servers with other members and the more active you are in the forum the faster the confirmation will come
So to sum up, if you are a friendly guy that understand our way of thinking, and if you are motivated to put in the practice you need between each round we very much would like to have you in our league.
Philosophy/Vision
A perfect race is defined as following:
- A full grid
- No incidents between drivers
- No personal mistakes, big or small -> consistent lap times
Full transparency around setup
We have a thread that we use when developing setups for the races. There are no secrets around setups, you can have the same setup as any driver you wish, they will gladly share it. The reasons for this slightly unusual feature are:
- We want the average driver to spend as little time on setup’s as possible (to allow him to use more time practicing consistency etc.)
- We wish to remove the uncertainty that the setups create (believing others are faster due to setup’s etc. does not provide the optimal practice focus)
- It helps promote a friendly atmosphere
Our guidelines/rules are very similar to real f1, with a few exceptions. Where a real f1 driver’s main objective when fighting for position is to stay/get ahead, ours is that both parties comes out of it without an incident. We are much less skilled and do not have the real world implications to "scare us straight", so we need greater safety focus and margins in general.
In the case of an incident there are no penalties. As avoiding incidents are so utterly important for all our members, the shame of creating one is punishment enough. Our only focus is to analyse the incident down to the smallest detail to learn what went wrong and how to avoid it in the future. This is done openly in the forum (within a few days) after the race and is the responsibility of the involved parties.
Our point system (relative to real f1) is constructed to reward those who complete the race and consequently punishing dnf’s and no attendance, to better reflect our values. In other words there are points for all places from 1st to 25th, ranging from 50 to 1 point.
Pace/Speed
This is not relevant for measuring a members value. If one are able to drive consistent laps one can not be more than 5-7 seconds behind the fastest guy. What we need is members, the more we are the less the average distance between drivers will be. A perfect scenario would be 50 drivers whos laptimes are evenly spread out from fastest (e.g. 1:20,000) to fastest + 6 sec (e.g. 1:26,000). Split the crowd in two divisions based on pace, and we'll have a great league where the top drivers from div 2 will be promoted to div 1 and vise versa. So my point is, we need you regardless of your pace, as long as you can be consistant
A members contribution
This is the core of everything, that it is the sum of members contribution that is the league. If you show up for the race and complete it without causing any incidents and not making (a lot of) mistakes you have made a perfect contribution that round. Do it for all ten races and you are a perfect member. PrestoGP is constructed to help members maximise their contribution, but at the end of the day it is the member themselves that decides how good our league can be.
It does take some time and commitment and a good few hours of track time to be prepared for a race, and if ones race experience is not very good it is easy to lose motivation, practice less, deliver poorer contributions etc. You see the conundrum, that if everybody are well prepared and drive after our guidelines then we will all have such a great time that we have more than enough motivation to put in the practice needed for next race etc.
Epilogue
Do not misunderstand and think that we demand perfect and accept nothing less. Everybody makes mistakes on track from time to time, and sometimes in RL something gets in the way. What is important is that one understands how Presto GP works and has the right intentions in general.
Questions?
Who decides if I can join the league or not?
PrestoGP is more or less a democracy, so at the end of the day it is the drivers you meet on the server who decides if they think you are a good fit for the league. But they are all very keen on accepting new members, so it should not be too hard to convince them
What else do I need to do, besides convincing excisting members on the server?
- Become a licensed driver at RaceDepartment.com·
- Register with your real name at PrestoGP.com
- Communicate with members in the forum, ask questions and get to know the league
When do I know for certain that I will be accepted?
If you know with yourself that you are the type of driver we are looking for you can be confident that you'll be accepted, because we always want new members. The more time you spend on the servers with other members and the more active you are in the forum the faster the confirmation will come
So to sum up, if you are a friendly guy that understand our way of thinking, and if you are motivated to put in the practice you need between each round we very much would like to have you in our league.
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