First of all, I have to say that I'm pretty happy with the overall situation right now. I can't tell you what a treat it is to have 3 North American time zone race days available each week.:thumb:
The mix of shorter tracks and races during the week is a great idea because it really helps me to make a mid-week race that I might not otherwise be able to. I don't have all that much free time right now...
The weekend race is my favorite though because it's longer, uses bigger tracks, and requires more strategy.
My preferences run to RWD rather than FWD so I would hope that we keep that for the Sunday/Wednesday combo.
The cars -
How about the V8 Supercars? I haven't tried them in gtre, but they were great in rfactor and the folks that brought us DTM also did the V8s...
The Caterhams are a fun class even though I haven't driven them much. It's also been a long time since I've seen anyone race them. Might make a good weekday class as they seem pretty easy to drive and you can really hang the tail out.
My preference would be to run several races with each class (gtp, gts, gtc, mosler, dtm, Caterham,etc) before switching since it takes a little time with different tracks/scenarios to figure out what they can do. Also, that when we do switch classes that the next class be somewhat different, e.g. gtp then Caterham, FBMW, Mosler, etc.
Qualifying - I would prefer a shorter qualifying, e.g. 10-15 minutes, or Super Pole, rather than the 30 minute sessions.
Warmup - Change from 10 minutes to 5 minutes.
Weekday format: If the Friday STCC is all FWD, then maybe we could run the Wednesday GT/RWD on the STCC tracks. To cut down on the redundancy different tracks could be used in the same week... Caterhams might be fun on the STCC tracks. Perhaps add weather though it may add more complications when people seem to want a simpler format.
Weekend format: I would like to see mandatory pit stops with races from 45-60 minutes. Maybe add changeable weather for variety, though dry conditions seem challenging enough for me.
General thoughts -
The ALMS concept sounds interesting as I've never tried mixed class racing before. Would just need to get enough signups in each class so we have people to race against.
Maybe have rotating weekend theme races -
Weekend 1 - "The All Americas Road Track Series" (Road America, RoadOne Int,Mont Tremblant,Mid-Ohio, Watkins Glen, Hermanos Rodriguez, Interlagos, etc)
Weekend 2 - "The European Long Track Series" (Le Mans,Nordschleife, Machwerk, etc)
Weekend 3 - "Wild On The Streets" (Vancouver,Detroit, Macau, Pau, Monaco, etc)
Weekend 4 - "The Race Across America" (Laguna Seca, ..., Mid Ohio, ...., Watkins Glen).
Repeat as needed...
Maybe some variation of this would work for the weekdays also...