The World Grand Prix Organization (WGPO) is the organization that, ICly and to a certain extent OOCly, runs the following open-wheel racing competitions.
The World Grand Prix Championship (WGPC).
The WGPC Tier 2 Championship (WGPC Tier 2, commonly abbreviated to WGP2)
The WGPC Tier 3 Championships (WGPC Tier 3, possibly abbreviated to WGP3)
The WGPC Tier 2 Championship (WGPC Tier 2, commonly abbreviated to WGP2)
The WGPC Tier 3 Championships (WGPC Tier 3, possibly abbreviated to WGP3)
This is the discussion thread for all WGPO events.
Structure of the WGPO
Former Hosts
The WGPO is run by active former hosts of the World Grand Prix Championships. These are, as of the end of WGPC Season 16:
Liventia / Aels (Seasons 7 - 8 / 10 - 12, 18)
Audioslavia (Seasons 13 - 17)
Ethane (Season 17)
Bostopia, as the host of Season 9, would be eligible for above list were they to return to the WGPC at any level.
Members
Users who post at least one RP in the World Grand Prix Championship are considered members of the WPGC for the following cycle. Users with multiple nations are considered to be the same member.
Cycles
ICly, the WGPC takes place every year. OOCly, the WGPC currently takes place every year.
The cycle begins with the posting of the World Grand Prix Championship: Signups thread onto the forum. The cycle ends with the posting of next season's WGPC: Signups thread. All WGP2 or WGP3 events should be completed within this timeframe.
WGPC Tier 3 events may be run at any time, including during other seasons.
Users are free to interpret whatever IC timing they like to the WGP2 tournament. They may wish to imply that WGP2 takes place before, after or during the regular WGPC season.
The WGPC host should start the bidding process for WGP2 within a month or so of their WGPC season ending.
The user who wins the right to host WGP2 may start the signup process for WPC2 at their most convenient time. The competition should probably end within six months of the main WGPC season ending.
WGPC Tier 3 events are national/regional level events that anyone may host. The events/seasons may be held whenever a user likes. The event/season should be completed before the new cycle starts in order to count towards experience points for the new season.
Experience Points
Experience Points is the WGPC's method of ranking drivers. There are no formal driver or team rankings in WGPC.
This is a guide. Experience points may be calculated and distributed as a host sees fit.
Drivers
At the end of a season, the host of the event should total up each driver's experience points for that season.
Experience points work as follows.
For every race in a season, a driver is awarded the following points.
1st - 20 points
2nd - 18 points
3rd - 16 points
4th - 14 points
5th - 12 points
6th - 10 points
7th - 8 points
8th - 6 points
9th - 4 points
10th- 2 points
11th-Last - 0 points
The total amount of points for a driver should be divided by how many races were in that season (NOT how many races that specific driver took part in).
If the season is a WGPC season, then that figure is multiplied by 1
If the season is a WGPC Tier 2 season, the figure is mulitplied by 0.75
If the season is a WGPC Tier 3 season, the figure is multiplied by 0.5
For example, a driver attaining 50 points over a 10 race WGP2 season will attain ((50/10)*0.75 = 3.75) points.
At a host's discretion, they may choose to disregard experience points. This is due to the fact that only one scorinator (The Racing Scorinator V2+) uses them. Even if a host uses this scorinator, they may choose to disregard experience points.
Teams
A team's Experience metric is simply the amount of seasons they have been taking part in WGPC competitions, up to a maximum of 10. For example, a team that has entered into three previous seasons of WGPC would have an EXP rating of 3, as would a team that were entered into WGPC Tier 3 one season, WGPC2 the next, and WGPC afterwards. If a team is entered into two championships in one season it is counted as only one experience point. It is used in the same way as the driver metric in that it affects only RP bonus.
When signing up a team and stating how many experience points their team has, a user does should list the events that said team has entered. If there is an IC reason why a team should be considered a continuation of a previous team of that user, they should link to the specific roleplay that states as such.
As with the driver's Experience Points, the host of a season can, at their discretion, choose to disregard experience points.
Deciding WGPC hosts
WGPC
The host of the WGPC is not decided via an open vote.
Users wanting to host the next season of WGPC should post their bid in this thread.
The winning bid will be the one decided upon by the former WGPC hosts.
WGPC Tier 2
The host of the WGPC Tier 2 is decided via an open vote. All WGPO Members are eligible to vote. Only WGPO Members are eligible to bid
Users wanting to host the next season of WGPC Tier 2 should post their bid in this thread.
After a certain point, all bids will be subject to a vote. The winning vote will host the next season of WGPC Tier 2.
WGPC Tier 3
Just to reiterate, any user may host an edition of WGP3. WGP3 is series of a National Championships of any length or complexity (a WGPC-like schedule of one race per week is fine. A simple scorination of all races in one post is also fine). WGP3 RPs should be posted in the WGPC: Tier 3 RP thread, which will be posted at some point in the future.
Links
WGPO Discussion Thread
WGPC History Spreadsheet
The Racing Scorinator
Useful RP links
Chainbear F1's YouTube Channel (explanations of driving techniques, how F1 cars work etc)
Wikipedia article on Pay Drivers
Imgur dump of WGPC related images, logos, cars etc
F1 Art subreddit
Akashi font (used for WGPC logos from cycle 13 to cycle 16)
Conthrax font (current WGPC graphic font)
(Open to more suggestions)
Season 18
RP Thread
Signups
Season 17
WGPC17 RP Thread
WGPC 17: Signups
Season 16
WGPC 16: RP Thread
WGPC 16: Signup / Discussion Thread
WGPC16 Tier Two: Signups Thread
WGPC16 Tier Two: RP Thread
WGPC16 Tier Three: RP Thread
Season 15
WGPC 15: RP Thread
WGPC 15: Signup / Discussion Thread
WGPC15 Tier Two: Old Discussion Thread
WGPC15 Tier Two: Signups Thread
WGPC15 Tier Two: RP Thread
Previous Seasons
WGPC 14: Signups Thread
WGPC 14: RP Thread
WGPC 13: Signups Thread
WGPC 13: RP Thread
WGPC 12: Signups Thread
WGPC 12: RP Thread
WGPC 11: Signups Thread
WGPC 11: RP Thread
WGPC 10: Signups Thread
WGPC 10: RP Thread
WGPC 9: Signups Thread
WGPC 9: RP Thread
WGPC 8: Signups Thread
WGPC 8: RP Thread