Ranked Event: Nürburgring 2.4H with support races!

Discussion in 'Special Events' started by CaptainCoffee, May 29, 2023.

  1. CaptainCoffee

    CaptainCoffee Esports Manager Beta tester

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    Ranked Event: Nürburgring 2.4H
    One of the biggest ranked events of the year is the Nürburgring 2.4H, which will take place on Saturday June 17, 2023 with 2 additional support races!

    Support races with DTM '92 and WTCR '22
    Leading up to the main 2.4H race, we will have additional support races with the popular DTM '92 and WTCR '22 classes. Both will race for 30 minutes on the 24h layout.

    Live stream
    The European top splits will be broadcasted live on the official RaceRoom channels.


    Participation information
    Competition leaderboards are open from 29-05-2023 until 13-06-2023. During this time you can set a lap time and compare your lap times against others, even if you don't own the content.
    DTM 1992: https://game.raceroom.com/competitions/1778/leaderboard
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    WTCR 2022: https://game.raceroom.com/competitions/1779/leaderboard
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    GT3: https://game.raceroom.com/competitions/1780/leaderboard
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    If you want to participate in the races, you need to fill out the confirmation form which will be made available after the leaderboards have closed. If you have set a lap time on the leaderboard, you will receive an email with a link to this form. The form will also be announced on Discord and this topic. Note that you do need to own the content (car + track) in order to participate in the race.
    If you want to participate in the races, you need to fill out this confirmation form: https://forms.gle/cVAuouLfpZbHi2UZ8

    Note that you do need to own the content (car + track) in order to participate in the race. If you confirmed your participation with the email address associated with your RaceRoom profile, you will receive the grid mail with information on Saturday 17.06.2023.

    Grids are created using the rating and reputation of every confirmed driver: (rating * reputation/100).

    Important dates and times
    Confirmation form opens on Tuesday June 13 and closes on Saturday June 17 per region:
    - Oceania: 17:00 AEST (08:00 GMT / 09:00 CEST)
    - Europe: 12:00 CEST (10:00 GMT)
    - America: 09:00 EDT (13:00 GMT / 15:00 CEST)

    Grid mails will be sent on June 17 per region:
    - Oceania: 17:10-18:00 AEST (08:00-08:25 GMT / 9:10-10:00 CEST)
    - Europe: 14:00-16:00 CEST (12:00-14:00 GMT)
    - America: 10:00-11:00 EDT (14:00-15:00 GMT / 16:00-17:00 CEST)

    Support race: DTM '92
    The server will start in practice on June 17 at 18:00 local time (timezones AEST / CEST / EDT)
    The qualification will start on June 17 at 18:35 local time (timezones AEST / CEST / EDT)
    The race will start on June 17 at 19:07 local time (timezones AEST / CEST / EDT) and ends 19:40 - 19:45

    Important: start times have changed
    Support race: WTCR '22
    The server will start in practice on June 17 at 18:00 local time (timezones AEST / CEST / EDT)
    The qualification will start on June 17 at 19:15 19:30 local time (timezones AEST / CEST / EDT)
    The race will start on June 17 at 19:45 20:03 local time (timezones AEST / CEST / EDT) and ends 20:35 - 20:40

    Important: start times have changed
    Main 2.4H race
    The server will start in practice on June 17 at 18:00 local time (timezones AEST / CEST / EDT)
    The qualification will start on June 17 at 20:05 20:30 local time (timezones AEST / CEST / EDT)
    The race will start on June 17 at 20:35 21:04 local time (timezones AEST / CEST / EDT) and ends 23:30 - 23:35

    Drivers are allowed to participate in the support races and the main race.
    Confirm for the first event you want to participate, Oceania.
    After you have received the grid mail for Oceania, you can submit the form again and select America.

    Settings:
    • Ping limit
      • EU: 200
      • USA/Oceania: 350
    • Incident limit:
      • Support races: first EU grid 30, other grids 50
      • Main race: first EU grid 50, other grids 70
    • Mandatory pitstop: no
    • Start: rolling (* unless there is a bug, in which case it will be standing start with no jumpstart protection)
    • Setup: open
    • Qualification: 30 minutes
    • Join during qualification: enabled
    • Qualification type: private/flying lap
    • Warm-up:
      • Support races: 1 minute
      • Main 2.4h race: 3 minutes
    • Race duration:
      • Support races: 30 24 minutes
      • Main 2.4h race: 144 minutes
    • Drivers per grid: minimum 16, maximum 36
    • Main event cars:
      • Class: DTM '21, ADAC '21, GTR 3
      • Cars: Audi R8 Evo, BMW M4, Bentley Continental Evo, Callaway Corvette C7 GT3-R, Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo, McLaren 720s, Mercedes-AMG GT3 '20, Porsche 911 GT3 R '19
    • Drivers need to own the content (car/track) in order to participate in this race
    Balance of Performance
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    A practice server is online with the BoP (note: this server is not ranked)

    If a support race for a region does not have 16 confirmations, it will not be started. If the main race for a region does not have enough confirmations, it will be started without a password.
     
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  2. Noveske

    Noveske New Member

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    That would be a multiclass :>
     
  3. TakaFuji

    TakaFuji New Member

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    If the EU ping can be increase around 260ms i will be very thankful. Normally i join rank race EU server on CET 5PM onward. To race on the Oceania server during afternoon gonna give me real sauna feel

    Plus Kiwi drivers community are fast but some of them fast driver have low ranking point since not race in ranked server often. I can join them but yeah, gonna lose ranking point for sure haha
     
  4. n01sname

    n01sname Well-Known Member

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    I don't think they would risk a Multiclass Grid on one server (GT3/GT4) for the Nordschleife - not because they would worry to get all spots occuppied, but because for the Green Hell you have to know EXCACTLY what you're doing while knowing the Track & your personal limits perfectly as well - not to mention 150% Race Discipline being required : Anything else leads to total carnage :rolleyes:
     
  5. CaptainCoffee

    CaptainCoffee Esports Manager Beta tester

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    Participate in one of the biggest Special Events this Saturday!
    Everyone is invited to race in the Nürburgring 2.4H this Saturday, June 17! All you have to do is fill in this form: https://forms.gle/cVAuouLfpZbHi2UZ8
     
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    CaptainCoffee Esports Manager Beta tester

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    Balance of Performance
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    A practice server is online with the BoP (note: this server is not ranked)
     
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  8. CaptainCoffee

    CaptainCoffee Esports Manager Beta tester

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    Yes - the server has additional classes enabled: DTM '21, ADAC '20 and '21
     
  9. CaptainCoffee

    CaptainCoffee Esports Manager Beta tester

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    Important
    Timetable has been updated: new start times for WTCR & GT3 and shorter support races

    First of all, apologies to everyone: I made a mistake in the time calculations and with the current settings it will not be possible to join all 3 races. As there are quite a few people who aim to participate in all three, I want to make sure everyone has enough time to join the servers and not rely on being (un)lucky.

    To stay as close to the original timetable as possible, a few small adjustments have to be made for the support races:
    • Warmup is reduced to 1 minute
    • Race duration is reduced to 24 minutes (which means 3 laps instead of 4)
    New timetable
    Duration of support race:
    30 mins qualification (+ 1 minute warmup + 1 minute garage + 1 minute for last minute joiners causing delays + rolling start) + 27-30 minutes of racing + 2-7 minutes waiting for the race to finish = 1 hour and 5-15 minutes +/-
    DTM '92 server start: 18:00
    DTM '92 qualification start: 18:35
    DTM '92 race start: 19:07
    DTM '92 race end: 19:40 - 19:45

    WTCR '22 server start: 18:00
    WTCR '22 qualification start: 19:30
    WTCR '22 race start: 20:03
    WTCR '22 race end: 20:35 - 20:40

    GT3 server start: 18:00
    GT3 qualification start: 20:30
    GT3 race start: 21:04
    GT3 race end: 23:30 - 23:35
     
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  10. Marc Heinermann

    Marc Heinermann New Member

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    is in the main race refueling allowed? or only tire change?
     
  11. CaptainCoffee

    CaptainCoffee Esports Manager Beta tester

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    yes, you are allowed to do both
     
  12. ShortyBuzzGER

    ShortyBuzzGER Well-Known Member Beta tester

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    Without refuelling you won't finish the race anyway :D
     
  13. Nano14

    Nano14 New Member

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    Am I trippin or did you delete the M6 from the car list?
    I mean I bought the starter pack last month and already I'm not fully capable of racing GT3? - That sucks, even if buy another car now, I will never finish my setup till the race...
     
  14. Marc Heinermann

    Marc Heinermann New Member

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    okey yes i noticed it after a little testsession :-D
     
  15. Maskerader

    Maskerader Well-Known Member

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    Yeah, this is a quite questionable decision.
     
  16. CaptainCoffee

    CaptainCoffee Esports Manager Beta tester

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    No, the edit was for the timetable - the car list has not changed since the event has announced. Waiting for the M4 + physics is the main reason why the event is a little later than expected.

    It's the same for the Ranked Servers running GT3 cars
     
  17. Maskerader

    Maskerader Well-Known Member

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    It makes it even worse - a pack that is supposed to be the entry point for ranked races, has an unusable car in the most popular class. I hope the secret thing that's in cooking right now, is updated packs.
     
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  18. ShortyBuzzGER

    ShortyBuzzGER Well-Known Member Beta tester

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    The decision not to use the M6 just a week after the release of the M4 is very strange indeed. Especially after someone on discord said it would still be available to use for some time, as it was the case with the non evo Bentley and the non evo AMG; they were used for a few months after the evo release.
     
  19. Nano14

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    Ok, thanks for the replies and background information!
    Interesting business model; In that case I will leave this sim behind.
    Really liked the clean online racing though...
     
  20. Maskerader

    Maskerader Well-Known Member

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    To be fair, this is not usual, at all. This is why we're surprised by that. I'm also quite sure it wasn't planned, just not well thought through.