NSSCRA 14- SIGNUPS
This is the signup thread for NSSCRA’s 14th season. Please be sure to read the information in this post, because signing up for NSSCRA is not as simple as signing up for many other competitions on the forum.
For information on how NSSCRA is scorinated, click here.
I) BASIC SIGNUP RULES
- If you remember the NSSCRA 13 signup process, nothing is changing. Go ahead and do as you did before, or go over the rules again to refresh your memory.
– Everyone is welcome to signup. If so, you will signup THREE drivers (If you wish to have only one or two, that is fine), in order of your preference (aka put your favorite or preferred driver on top). Include your preferred car number for them. (00-99 is acceptable). However, please be advised that car numbers ARE NOT “first come, first serve”. Returning nations will have rights to the car numbers that they used previously. If any car number is a repeat, I will determine its priority and request the user change the number on their own or have me assign one. Now, for the returning users, I humbly request for you to not jump on a first time nation if they request a number you have rights too. I know you have rights to them, and we can address any duplicate car numbers in due time.
Additionally, all MASTER nations will have at least one, and possibly two, races in their country. This race may be in EITHER the main series OR the second tier series. All PUPPET nations MAY have one, and potentially two races, depending on the number signups. Master nations who signed up a puppet last season and did not RP, or minimally RP'd may not see their puppet with a race. But we'll see depending on the number of signups. Race schedule will be between 24 and 26 races.
If you are returning user from NSSCRA 13 (or previous), you may present up to two tracks for NSSCRA to have a race on. Both tracks getting a race is likely, but not a guarantee.
If you are a first time user, you may present one track for NSSCRA to have a race on. More information will be provided about what to include later in this post.
II) Charter Usage (relates to guaranteed entries into a race and those subject to qualifying in)
Any race team that finished in the top 20 of either owner points or driver points will receive a guaranteed charter. This number may be expanded to 25 or 30 but right now I simply want to play it safe, and say top 20. All MASTER nations that signup will have at least one guaranteed charter for the race. Any PUPPET nation will get a guaranteed charter based on how that puppet was roleplayed in prior editions of NSSCRA, or if a first time puppet, how the master nation historically roleplays their puppets in other competitions. Therefore, if a master nation did not RP their puppet last season, or only very minimally RP'd their puppet last season, they may not necessarily get a guaranteed charter for their puppet this time. Like before, this will depend on the number of signups.
All signed up drivers that the nation has chosen to compete in the main series, that do have not a charter, will need to qualify in. The number of spots available to qualify into depend on the number of the signups and guaranteed charters assigned.
III) Puppet Policy
Puppets are allowed, but in order for it to be considered, having participated and actively roleplayed in a prior season of NSSCRA from NSSCRA 6 and forward is required. Puppets that have not been roleplayed by race eight will lose all guaranteed charters. Other checkpoints will be announced during the season. Only sign up a puppet if you are intending on using it. Do not just enter a puppet because you can.
IV) The “open” charter
The “open charter” will return. This will be for a nation to potentially enter a fourth driver, or an additional driver. Interest in the open charter for an upcoming race should be provided in the RP immediately preceding the race desired, or by privately telegramming me. In the event I need to choose, first preference is to allow the open charter to a driver racing at their home track. After that, it comes down to number of times the nation has used the open charter, and the amount of RP they have provided. We will strive to have two open charters, but depending on the signup numbers, it could only be one.
– If you are going to declare this in a RP, please bold it in your RP, so it is understood that your intention is clear.
– Nations who signup and who can see themselves as likely to use the open charter (and know who that driver will be) should list their open charter driver in their signup as well. If the fourth driver will be TBD, that is fine, it can be figured out during the year.
-- Whether or not we have two open charters is TBD and will depend on the number of signups.
Anyone can request the open charter. ANYONE! I want to re-emphasize that requests for the open charter should only be done in the RP of the race that immediately precedes it. Please do not request it 2-3 races in advance. You can hint at it and let me know the intention of the request then, but still it is not considered an official request until the RP of the race prior! Please remember this!
V) Important Disclaimer
All guaranteed charter information is subject to change in the event of a higher then anticipated number of signups occurs that would result in an unrealistic field size. 46 has become that typical main series field size.
VI) Schedule
More often then not, there will be two races per week, and they will PROBABLY be on Wednesday and Sunday. With the inclusion of the second tier series, that will be scorinated in the day prior to the main race, so likely on Tuesday and Saturday. Qualifying for the main series will be posted with the second tier results. There will not be a separate day set aside for qualifying for the second tier series. That will be posted on the same day as the second tier results.
The schedule is adjustable throughout the year, but I will announce any deviations from the initial schedule posting well in advance. When the World Cup and the World Baseball Classic are in session, I will give more off day periods in NSSCRA. Those seem to be the two most commonly RPed sports of those who are most active in NSSCRA.
VII) Structure
NSSCRA uses the chase and elimination round system that NASCAR does. We, however, do not implement stage racing and stage points.
VIII) Second Tier Series (EverLong Series)
The EverLong Series is like the Xfinity series in NASCAR, or WGP2 here. However, full time drivers in the main series may not race in the EverLong Series. Nations that do not get guaranteed charters in the main series can "drop" those drivers into the second tier series. Or, a nation can declare, at signup, that a driver will be assigned to the second tier series. In the EverLong Series, all drivers start at zero in terms of rating, so everyone is on even footing in this series, to begin with.
The second tier series will eventually fill up to 44 cars that race.
Are you still with me? I hope so!
That was a long preface. This is what an example signup should look like:
#24- Gordon Jefferson
#48- Jimmie Legend
#88- Dale Bowman, Jr.
(You can feel free to add biographical or sponsor information to the drivers, but that is not a requirement for the signup).
Track: My National Speedway
City: Somewhere, My Nation
Length: 1.5 miles
Record: 32.011 seconds (lap record, very important information).
Number of Laps:
Layout: Standard cookie cutter oval.
DNF Tendency* (1 to 10):
*- Essentially, does this track have a lot of wrecks? 10 would be an extreme amount of carnage, 1 would be virtually none. 5 is average. Based on this number, the DNF cutoff will be set. New nations may only use a max modifier of 7 in their signup.
Not sure of a realistic lap record time? use this tool
Questions? Please use the NSSCRA Discussion Thread
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Start is in the middle of the top straightaway.
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