WGP2 Season One - Driver Signups (Open)/OOC Thread

[Esmerel]

Driver Name: Jang Xiaopeng
Nationality (Trigram): Vannish (VNG)
Gender: Male
Preferred Number: 11 (or 15 as a backup, haven't checked numbers)

Unfortunately 15 is already taken by my driver.

EDIT: Yes, 11 is also taken. Well, provisional. But still sort of taken.

[Astograth]

Driver 1
Driver Name: Gorria Bildostegi
Nationality (Trigram): Astograth (ASG)
Gender: Female
Preferred Number: 18
Aggression: 3.5
Technique: 4.5
Reliability: 4
Short Biography: A talented racer, Bildostegi rose to prominence as national karting champion at age 17. From there she came on board the Petromok-Badiola team for the Astograthian Formula Junior, winning her second season and offered a driving seat for the national Formula Astograth. She became the youngest woman to compete in the series and has performed more than adequately, finishing third in the latest season. Aged 21, she is a hot prospect for the future and raring to go.

Driver 2
Driver Name: Lukar Urdaneta
Nationality (Trigram): Astograth (ASG)
Gender: Male
Preferred Number: 27
Aggression: 5
Technique: 3.5
Reliability: 3.5
Short Biography: 20 year-old Urdaneta was the youngest driver on the grid for the latest season of the Astograthian Grand Prix Championship, punching above his weight while driving the mediocre Barrertze car. He finished twelfth but a full four places above his teammate, earning as many plaudits as he did criticism for his daring, forward style on the track and on the microphone.

Team
Team Name: Yogutz Lantzia
Team Nationality (Trigram): Astograth (ASG)
Team Principal: Bazil Dartayeta
Acceleration: 4
Cornering: 4.5
Reliability: 3.5
Description: The winningest team in the Astograthian domestic motorsports scene, and two-time WGPC competitors, Yogutz Lantzia represent a tight alliance between Lermendia-based constructor Lantzia and Antiguoko-based dairy titans Yogutz, fusing engineering expertise, large amounts of funding, and two well-known brands. Fielding a team in international competition for the first time since the thawing of Astograthian isolation, Bazil Dartayeta will be looking for top drivers to continue Yogutz Lantzia's tradition of excellence.
Livery:


Circuit
Circuit Name: Akialden Ducal Autodrome
Grand Prix Name: Grand Prix of Astograth
Location: Lermendia, Astograth
Lap Record (WGPC-spec): 1:29:17
Track Lap Length: 5.355 km
Qualifying Type: Traditional
Chance of being a wet race: 8%
Overtaking difficulty: 1
Aggressiveness: 7
Technical Ability: 3
Description: On the outskirts of Lermendia, surrounded by Astograth's eastern countryside, lies the Akialden Ducal Autodrome, home track of local constructor Lantzia and holiest temple of Astograthian motorsport. With three straights fit for slamming on the accelerator, and two adrenaline-pumping oval sections, the Autodrome is a test of raw speed, pushing engines and aerodynamics to their limit along with drivers' bodies and mettles. Weather will also be a factor - unless rain is to be had, teams are likely to face an unforgiving sun upon the tarmac. And watch out for turn 14, where a narrowing track and change of direction - after the roaring high of turn 13 - have been the end of many drivers' races.


Map of track:

[Vangaziland]

Okay, I'll take lucky 13 or 19 or 2. I can keep going all day.

[Esmerel]

The Numbers of WGP2

As It Stands (2017/23/05)

22 drivers have currently signed up. Maybe 23, but I have no idea if EFL's example signups are his signups.

11 teams have currently signed up. Again, maybe a 12th with EFL.

11 circuits may be in use for the upcoming season. Again, EFL may be providing the 12th, I have no idea. Plans for myself to submit an extra circuit if needed are there.

[Liventia]

The Numbers of WGP2

As It Stands (2017/23/05)

22 drivers have currently signed up. Maybe 23, but I have no idea if EFL's example signups are his signups.

11 teams have currently signed up. Again, maybe a 12th with EFL.

11 circuits may be in use for the upcoming season. Again, EFL may be providing the 12th, I have no idea. Plans for myself to submit an extra circuit if needed are there.

Unless you're the host, you shouldn't be updating numbers.

[Vangaziland]

It seems like he was being helpful. I don't see why one should chastise him, just as he was helpful enough to let me know the number was taken.

[Liventia]

It seems like he was being helpful. I don't see why one should chastise him, just as he was helpful enough to let me know the number was taken.

Because only the host can say for sure what the numbers are – which signups are proper and have been accepted, etc. Not anyone else.

[Vangaziland]

Fair enough.

[Aboveland]

The Numbers of WGP2

As It Stands (2017/23/05)

22 drivers have currently signed up. Maybe 23, but I have no idea if EFL's example signups are his signups.

11 teams have currently signed up. Again, maybe a 12th with EFL.

11 circuits may be in use for the upcoming season. Again, EFL may be providing the 12th, I have no idea. Plans for myself to submit an extra circuit if needed are there.

Unless you're the host, you shouldn't be updating numbers.

Nononono

[The Iron Syndicate]

I know this isn't the best circuit pic... But in case you want any more tracks to add to the schedule, here's my circuit.

Circuit Name: Red Hill Autodrome
Grand Prix Name: WGP2 Grand Prix of the Islands
Location: North Red Hill, Red Hill Island
Lap Record (F1/WGPC Car): 1:58.5
Track Lap Length (km): 7.3 kilometers
Map of track:

Qualifying Type (Traditional or Two-Tiered): Two Tiered
Chance of being a wet race (1%-20%): 15%
Overtaking difficulty (0.5 - 5. 0.5 is easy, 5 is difficult): 2.5
Description: Nestled in one of the rare countryside regions of a country that's mostly urban and is known for massive and sprawling cities, the Red Hill Autodrome has been one of the most well liked domestic attractions for years. Red Hill is home to the original dominant Formula S team, and their home track has been considered this one from the start. Hence, it's seen some huge moments in racing history in the Syndicate. The latest incarnation of the layout brings back the very steep downhill incline on turn four that can wreck you if you aren't careful with it, and the uphill incline on turns seven and eight that will slow everyone down before sending them on a sprint to the finish line on the very long and very winding turn number nine that leads into the finish line at the end of turn one. There's plenty of chances for speed on this track, but be careful... Taking it too fast without having the technical skills to manage to tougher parts of it is a bad idea, and there's been many, many incidents here that have become famous in Syndicate racing history. And right now, drivers from all across the rest of the world have a chance to make their own memorable moments at this historic track, which should be packed out for what would be the first international race hosted by the country.

Aggressiveness (1-10): 4
Technical Ability (1-10): 6
(Both these numbers should add up to 10)

[Lisander]

Just for saying. I edited my initial post. Grand Prix Lisander East (with circuit image) and the Team Ignis livery still without defined drivers are there now.

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IGNIS RACING kbx-05D.

BTW, I can do other team liveries with this template, with or without shark fin, provided [kb] Racing logo (the Lisander Autosports Board licensed builder) is kept somewhere.

[Former Citizens of the Nimbus System]

Just for saying. I edited my initial post. Grand Prix Lisander East (with circuit image) and the Team Ignis livery still without defined drivers are there now.

(Image)

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IGNIS RACING kbx-05D.

BTW, I can do other team liveries with this template, with or without shark fin, provided [kb] Racing logo (the Lisander Autosports Board licensed builder) is kept somewhere.

Might I ask what font you used for the 'Grafonil' on the tyres?

[Lisander]

Might I ask what font you used for the 'Grafonil' on the tyres?

Conthrax. Is the same for every WGPC/WGP2 stuff I do.

[Former Citizens of the Nimbus System]

Might I ask what font you used for the 'Grafonil' on the tyres?

Conthrax. Is the same for every WGPC/WGP2 stuff I do.

Thank you; I'll see if I can do have now done something similar for my own tyres.!

[Spaam]

I know this isn't the best circuit pic... But in case you want any more tracks to add to the schedule, here's my circuit.

I re-did the circuit for you, if you like?

[Liventia]

Circuit Name:
Winter Olympic Park Street Circuit …
Grand Prix Name:
WGP2 Race of Liventia
Location:
Neverend, Liventia

Lap Record (F1/WGPC Car):
1:33.535
Track Lap Length (km):
4.36 km (2.71 mi)

Qualifying Type: Traditional

Chance of being a wet race: 6%
Overtaking difficulty: 3

Aggressiveness (1-10): 3
Technical Ability (1-10): 7

Description:
The Neverend Motorsport Corporation, which runs and maintains Neverend's Gold Park Circuit, have received permission from Neverend City Council to organise a WGP2 race on the streets of the city, based on the roads in the Olympic Park, which hosted the seventh Winter Olympics. National governing body Motorsport Liventia have given their assent for the race, after the Talbott Autodrome chose not to bid for the right to host the country's WGP2 race.

At the centre of the circuit is Stade Grande Olympique, the stadium used for the opening and closing ceremonies of those Games. The circuit runs anti-clockwise, with its start-finish straight along Great Olympic Street. The pit lane runs down Philippe Pouvoir Road which immediately parallels Great Olympic Street; it is unique in having a roundabout at its entrance that drivers will have to negotiate before entering the pits.

Being a street circuit, overtaking is not particularly easy, however there are a number of long straights and good overtaking opportunities. There is a second roundabout on the circuit – the East Olympic Roundabout between turns 15 and 16.

Despite its short length (4.36 km), due to its nature, the circuit does not have as high an average speed as other tracks, and the lap record set in a WGPC car is 1:33.535.

[The Iron Syndicate]

I know this isn't the best circuit pic... But in case you want any more tracks to add to the schedule, here's my circuit.

I re-did the circuit for you, if you like?

Thanks! I'll change the picture out as soon as I can add the turn labels back in.

[Eastfield Lodge]

Grand Prix Name: Grand Prix of the Imperial Commonwealth
Lap Record (F1/WGPC Car): 1:21.954 - Louis Krindle (Qualifying, WGPC14, MSA-SinVal Racing)
Qualifying Type (Traditional or Two-Tiered): Two-tiered
Chance of being a wet race (1%-20%): 3%
Overtaking difficulty (0.5 - 5. 0.5 is easy, 5 is difficult): 2
Description: Located a few minutes from one of the biggest cities in Eastfield Lodge in both sporting and population terms, Mount Salt Raceway is a relatively new (less than 15 years old) purpose-built circuit, and became the show-piece event for every domestic motorsport calendar. The track is a blend of quite a few high speed corners and long straights - the kilometre long pit straight is one of the longest in Eastfield Lodge - but there also plenty of slow corners to test the cars and the drivers.

Starting just after the halfway point of the start-finish straight, the tight first corner is far enough away for the field to spread slightly, but needs precision to carry speed up the hill to the second corner, where the drivers will find a mirror image of the first corner. A short straight before we reach the Turn 3 hairpin, where the prevailing wind can scatter a fine layer of salt, originating from a salt plain near the mountains, over the corner.

Passing through the chicane (Turns 4 and 5), we come to the hardest section of the circuit; a long climb up the hill on a long left hander, before taking a sharp left at Turn 7. The combination of the hill and the wall close to the inside of the track results in drivers being more or less blind until the last moment before turning, making for some good action for crowd to watch. The wall on the exit of 7 is a recent addition, and yet another crowd favourite.

The track then levels out as the drivers take two right handers at Turns 8 and 9, before taking the long right hander at Turn 10 back down the hill and braking hard for turn 11. Little braking needed for Turn 12, and then it's down another hill, before reaching the Turn 13/14 chicane before the pit entry and the last corner, after which it's a 0.5 km sprint to the finish line.

Usually, the weather in the region is pretty dry and sunny, often with a stiff breeze as noted above - that WGPC13's race weekend took place nearly entirely in the wet was a bit of an anomaly.

Note: Where there isn't a gravel pit or a wall indicated, you can assume it's a tarmac run-off for the corners and grass/turf for the straights.

Aggressiveness (1-10): 5
Technical Ability (1-10): 5
(Both these numbers should add up to 10)

Team Name: MSA-SinVal
Team Nationality (Trigram): EFL
Team Principal: Tadeo Durand

Description: One of the longer standing teams in the WGPC scene, the combined MSA and SinVal venture didn’t have the best start in WGPC12, as a car plagued by problems (being slow) driven by a driver also plagued with problems (being a drunk) recorded one of the worst seasons ever at that point, barely finishing off the bottom. A year off to regroup saw them return for WGPC14, and it was a year well spent. A new secondary driver, a much faster car, and a new desire saw the team go from strength to strength, challenging for podiums behind a runaway VTM team, and in the end finishing third in the overall standings. However, the following season saw a return to the original season’s woes, as MSA returned to a car that suffered many phantom engine issues, and a star driver with severe psychological issues after his father’s death. They were the last team to score points, only getting onto the board halfway through the season, but then a raft of top ten finishes ensued from the recovering star native driver Louis Krindle in his final driver, pushing the team to a respectable mid-table finish.

Livery (a picture is preferable, but a basic color scheme of the car is necessary):

Acceleration (Between 2 and 5): 3.8
Cornering (Between 2 and 5): 3.7
Reliability (Between 2 and 5): 4.5
[Total must equal 12]

Driver Name: Cesaro Whittaker
Nationality (Trigram): EFL
Gender: Male
Preferred Number: 31
Short Biography: The 17 year old has been lighting up the domestic karting scene, getting a few wins but mainly impressing with his consistency throughout the past couple of season - of the 14 races he took part in, he finished every single one in the top 5. Noted for his safe driving style, he won’t attempt risky passes unless he has to, preferring to use strategy and cunning to win.

Aggression (Between 2 and 5): 3.5
Technique (Between 2 and 5): 3.5
Reliability (Between 2 and 5): 5
[Total must equal 12]

Driver Name: Dalia Dahl
Nationality (Trigram): EFL
Gender: Female
Preferred Number: 63
Short Biography: An up and coming 21 year old who has been lighting up the lapboards in the domestic formulas, finishing second behind Victoria Gardner in the last domestic season (which takes place between WGPCs) after a string of impressive podiums, a worrying number of them being comeback results from mistakes either in qualifying or whilst racing. A younger version of famous Eastfielder WGPC driver Louis Krindle is a pretty apt description - throwing caution into a hurricane.

Aggression (Between 2 and 5): 5
Technique (Between 2 and 5): 5
Reliability (Between 2 and 5): 2
[Total must equal 12]

[Lisander]

-snip-

Imagine Lourdina Westgrens and Dalia Dahl in the same team. They would win the championship (or break lots of cars trying).

[Eastfield Lodge]

-snip-

Imagine Lourdina Westgrens and Dalia Dahl in the same team. They would win the championship (or brake lots of cars trying).

Maybe.

[Eastfield Lodge]

Signups updated. We have 24 drivers, 12 teams, and 15 circuits. Team and Circuit applications will be open for until Friday 11pm (UTC+1).

Somersville, your driver application was rejected because it's an RL driver, and also you're missing a nationality.

[Somersville]

Kyle Busch is the SASCAR (Somersville Association for Stock Car Auto Racing ) Champion for 2015. After having an injury at the NextGen 300(Avery Raceway Xfinity race) in February, he was in the hospital until May. Then, rolling off 4 quick summer wins at Sears Point, Louisville, Fort Wayne, and Brattleboro, he qualifies for playoffs. He wins the final race of the year and locks championship.

No he's not, he's a Real Life NASCAR Driver. You aren't even just using the name. You've used his exact life story down to the races he won and the races he got injured in.

Again, you aren't going to be penalized for not trying to be creative ... but its kind of the whole point of being here. We are here making things up about fictional characters in fictional nations ... not to claim ownership of a real life person and repeat their wikipedia page in bit part

You've also entered the same driver in the concurrent e-GP competition....

Kyle Busch is my favorite driver and i do not care if you give a *

[Former Citizens of the Nimbus System]

No he's not, he's a Real Life NASCAR Driver. You aren't even just using the name. You've used his exact life story down to the races he won and the races he got injured in.

Again, you aren't going to be penalized for not trying to be creative ... but its kind of the whole point of being here. We are here making things up about fictional characters in fictional nations ... not to claim ownership of a real life person and repeat their wikipedia page in bit part

You've also entered the same driver in the concurrent e-GP competition....

Kyle Busch is my favorite driver and i do not care if you give a *

I would ask that you contribute more positively and constructively to the discussion rather than posting a hasty, unreasoned retort; that's the only way that any of us can make progress on the issue, after all!

[Aboveland]

No he's not, he's a Real Life NASCAR Driver. You aren't even just using the name. You've used his exact life story down to the races he won and the races he got injured in.

Again, you aren't going to be penalized for not trying to be creative ... but its kind of the whole point of being here. We are here making things up about fictional characters in fictional nations ... not to claim ownership of a real life person and repeat their wikipedia page in bit part

You've also entered the same driver in the concurrent e-GP competition....

Kyle Busch is my favorite driver and i do not care if you give a *

I agree with Nimbus, and I will add that it's not a matter of what you want, it's a matter of how WGP2 is. Play by the rules, or don't play at all.

[Vangaziland]

I won't lecture you on what you should or shouldn't do Somers, but I want to remind you of one thing. Your favorite driver is cool. But here, you can create your own driver. Someone like you with a fake name even. Or some celebrity you like mixed with like 4 other people. Imagination rules the day. It's not about rules, but about being creative and unique. Trust me, it'll be more fun. Take what you like about Kyle and mix him with other cool people you know, maybe even in real life. You could give him a name like Bush to represent your driver symbolically. It's not about what we do or don't like, but about expanding and creating our own world together. You know? It's all good.