<div style="padding:16px;border:1px solid black">Discord is now mandatory to use when participating in our events. A mic is not mandatory, but it is strongly recommended to get on our voice channel. Communication regarding our server (server's live, issues and other) will only go through Discord's text and voice channels from here on. <a href="http://cosyracingcommunity.com/thread-362.html">More on Discord and download</a></div>
Dream Pack 3 and Porsche Pack 3 required to race any race (covers all cars)
Cars all feature a custom setup, which is locked by default on the server. Practice only on the server to avoid not being used to the setup and/or track conditions. If you've raced a car in qualifying or a heat, you have to use it for the remainder of the series, or will lose previous results.
Ballast & Balance
Ballast is determined based on the overall balance between cars over the entire calendar; some cars outperform others on certain tracks, again to be slower on others; provide very contradicting findings only through private message to me.
Ballast may be subject of change when car(s) prove to be dominant. Setups might be adjusted for further balance. When a car is not included in the above list, it is because it's way too fast, too slow or because of other criteria (weight, powertrain, etc). To avoid not being able to select your car during practice a series won't feature more than five different cars.
Skin/liveries
Skins may not feature:
- alcohol or tobacco related sponsors
- names, url's or logo's from competing race leagues or groups
- other sponsors that can be seen as offensive and/or can cause problems in promotion of this community.
Team liveries are strongly requested to have the same overall color scheme/linework and sponsoring.
15 minutes qualifying
Heat 1: approx 15 minutes, in laps, announced in race thread
Heat 2: approx 15 minutes, in laps, announced in race thread
Heat 3: approx 15 minutes, in laps, announced in race thread
Grid orders
Heat 1: qualifying result
Heat 2: heat 1 result + top eight reverse*
Heat 3: heat 2 result + top eight reverse*
*reverse grid (based on previous heat result) for heat 2 and heat 3 always for top eight from previous heat
Before every racing heat the server will be restarted, this takes a few minutes due to manually assigning the entry list (starting order). It's recommended to wait for my Discord text and/or voice message to rejoin without issues.
Conditions on race day (likely) differ to those on the practice server. Temperatures on both the public and race server will have the same variations in randomness in terms of both ambient and track temperature.
Tracks will be announced at race time, but the race thread will have the three tracks that are up for a draw every week, always consisting of at least one Kunos track and at least one mod track. No track will be raced more than once in the series.
The practice server will have one of the tracks from the upcoming week's draw. Leading up to the series start (only first week) various tracks will be featured, rotating every day.
Pre-Season Endurance / 29th of October / Bathurst
Race 1 / 05th of November
Race 2 / 12th of November
Race 3 / 19rd of November
Race 4 / 26th of November
Race 5 / 03rd of December
Race 6 / 10th of December
Race 7 / 17th of December
Track list:
Mugello
Imola
Barcelona (Dream Pack 2)
Red Bull Ring (Red Pack)
Silverstone Grand Prix
Nürburgring Grand Prix
Paul Ricard (download up soon)
Algarve (download up soon)
Okayama (download up soon)
Misano (download up soon)
Donington Park (GP) www.cosyracingcommunity.com/tracks/doningtonpark_1.15.rar
Road America (download up soon)
How to install mod tracks: http://cosyracingcommunity.com/thread-250.html
Tire wear: 100%
Fuel: 100%
Damage: 70%
ABS: Factory (CTRL+A to disable)
Traction control and Stability Management: Forced off
Free choice: virtual mirror, auto/manual clutch, view/camera
Off track penalty: on during practice, qualifying and racing heats; two wheels within track limits
Track temperatures vary during practice, qualifying and race. This variation is random with minimum and maximum amounts set. The minimum and maximum variations are not changed, but the track surface temperature during qualifying and races are higher (more realistic).
The weather type is set to closely reflect the weather of that day at that track. Base temperatures (and their variations) are the same throughout the series. Please turn off your car lights in cloudy or foggy conditions. It makes estimating the braking point of the car ahead easier and can prevent accidents from happening.
There will be an overall and team championship, no monthly championships for this one.
50 for 1st place
48 for second place
46 for third
44 for fourth
43 for fifth
42 for sixth
etc.
DNF (did not finish) equals last place in order of dropping out
DNS (did not start) equals zero points
Week result is sum of all racing heats
Best five week results count to overall standings
The best ten scores of a team will count, so that means that when Driver A scores the team's best result in a week where Driver B and Driver C didn't attend, that score will still count.
Maximum of 3 drivers per team, minimum of two drivers per team. All team members have to drive the same car, which has to be instantly recognisable as being a team car; cars of team members are encouraged to differ in secondary or third color, wing or mirror details.
The best five scores of a pro driver count + the best five scores over the other drivers. If there's no Pro driver, the best ten scores over all team members count.
Teams are free in their line-up except for a maximum of one Pro level driver.
//pro
(often competing for race wins, usually podium finishers)
MinDer K.
Sven
Dimavika
edtheshed
zombie-79-
BarryTrotter8
Bossy
LRyder2k6
//pro-am
(usually mid pack to podiums, occasional race winners)
Gears
S4b1n
DeLof
Mr Chip
mayosan
Jamiri
Ceolmor
mr_urlauber
offcorsa
s0ul01
Piiz
Jonah Hax
Sparten
Snake
//am
(not likely to consistently beat (semi) pro drivers)
KPR-Team
CrusadeR32
Fragmonkey
NRTH
OldEarl
TuxMcBea
Hirsh
Ranjo
Prom
Chen
WR47H
Geraldflysa
The list above, although subjective, is non-debatable. If you're somehow not on the list, please PM me.
You can make one driver replacement during the series, but have to announce it before the race where you're going to use the new driver (scores of the replaced driver will still count up until that point).
Although clean, respectful and fair racing is our ethos, accidents can happen, especially in close racing. Whenever you're involved in an accident and feel aggrieved, do not make any public claims, assumptions or accusations on the forum.
Before reporting it to the staff, first watch the replay yourself (request to have it available for download by PM to me). If you still think you were the victim of actions that do not comply with our guidelines, send a PM to the series staff detailing your case.
If you do not report it, it will likely go unnoticed as I do not check replays for incidents unless I have any indication of uncosy behaviour. Thus, it's your responsibility to report uncosy track behaviour.
Short overview of our guidelines:
- return position when your fault causes someone to leave the track, spin or lose a position
- return position, return to track, carry out slow down penalties only when safe
- safety is the most important part of the first corners; keep battles and overtakes to a minimum
- respect the blue flag: allow lapping traffic an effortless pass that doesn't slow them down
- respect during qualifying; when on your first lap, give lapping cars an effortless pass that doesn't slow them down
- keep two wheels within white lines as much as possible
- no blatant swerving or blocking; only switch lines once and allow space for others who are aside you before braking
- no dive bombing; do not dive on the inside of cars braking earlier than you
- watch a replay from multiple angles before judging an incident
First time racing with us in a series?
1) make sure you've posted your car choice in http://www.cosyracingcommunity.com/thread-502.html
2) sign up every week in the weekly race thread with an In, Maybe or Out. You can join a series any time and don't have to make all the races.
3) please make sure you add your name to the Crew Chief (Assetto app) name list http://cosyracingcommunity.com/thread-304.html
4) Discord is now mandatory to participate in our events, joining our voice channel is recommended (a mic is not mandatory). More on Discord and download: http://cosyracingcommunity.com/thread-362.html
5) 20 to 15 minutes before qualifying, I will post a message saying the server is live (search "cosy" in the server list). Between heats the server will be restarted, I'll again post when the server is live; from there you have two minutes to connect
24 slots rules
In case of more than 24 members signing up, priority will be given in the following order:
- all drivers on the first eight full teams automatically secure a spot if they sign up
- privateers secure positions based on:
- if number of points is equal, the number of weeks fully attended in that series (qualifying and all three race heats are one appearance) will determine the order of the list to keep the field as close as possible
- if both above are equal for multiple drivers, I'll contact the involved to find a solution
The sign-up list in the first post of the race thread will be updated with the (#th reserve) addition in case 24 sign-ups are exceeded.