Scorination Details: (If you participated in previous seasons, nothing is changing).The main series will be scorinated in the manner in which you are accustomed too, or in the same way that seasons 6-13 have been. The second series has all drivers, regardless of their nation, start with a skill level of zero. This puts all nations on a level playing period to begin with for that series. The second tier series only has one scorination of data, there are not five segments that are averaged.
Every "race weekend" will have two days in which information is scorinated. Day 1 will be the qualifying for the main series and the official race results (with qualifying) for the second tier series. Day 2 will be the day in which main series results are scorinated. Day 2 will be the only day where there is an official RP cutoff. Day 1 will not have an official cutoff for RP as the results will be posted at a time similar to what cutoff time typically is, but will be done without a cutoff associated with it.
Ex: In the main series, a race's information reads like this:
Exhibition- (Feb 25/26)- Exhibition at The Proving Grounds Presented by Rocket Automotive <--- This will be the actual dates of the first cutoff, too.
This means that the cutoff date for this race is February 26 (Sunday).
On February 25 (Saturday), qualifying for this race will be posted without a cutoff. It will also be the day that the corresponding second tier series race has it's results posted (as long as with the qualifying).
Open Charter Details: For every race, there are two "open charters". What this is, is a chance for a nation to give a fourth/additional driver an occasional part-time race. Alternatively, a nation can request an open charter for a "need to qualify" driver to get an automatic spot. To make a request for an open charter, a nation must either: 1) Provide the request in a RP IMMEDIATELY PRIOR to the scheduled race with the request BOLDED within the RP. or 2) Request it in a telegram when the desired race is NEXT on the schedule. You can make your intention known a few weeks prior, but there's always the risk of it slipping my mind. Officially asking right before the race keeps my "getting older" mind from forgetting it.
If I must decide from more than two requests: the first preference for an open charter will always be to the nation that is hosting the upcoming race. Afterwards, the amount of requests a nation has already made is taken into consideration, as well as the amount of RP already provided by the requesting nations.
The next post will contain the full schedule.
Driver Lists:
You may begin RP'ing at this time! The exhibition will take place on Feb 25/26.
Cutoffs will be 10:00PM, Eastern USA Time, SHARP! (This is one hour later than it has been in the last handful of seasons)
The regulars know, but be anticipating this to be prompt, on the dot, as I am often on the computer, ready to roll and waiting for the clock to turn, and for the last minute RPs!