FM4 DTM World Cup S1

[Tom Moreno]

Welcome to the DTM World Cup, this is for licenced members only and will follow the official RD rules.

Cars: DTM German Touring Cars (A4 DTM, C-Class DTM, ABT TT-R, Astra V8)
Assists:
TCS (Traction control system): Banned
ABS (Anti-lock braking): Banned
STM (Stability Management): Banned
Racing/brake line: Allowed
Gearbox: Auto, Manual, Manual with Clutch: Allowed

Upgrades: All Cars up to R2 875
Setup: Allowed

Drivers: 16 Max allowed

Info

• Race meetings will consist of a qualifying session and feature race that consists of a number of laps aimed to be approximately 55 minutes in length with four longer endurance races of an 85 minute length mixed in.
• Races will be awarded points as per BTCC system with winner scoring 20 points. Clarification below.
• On normal feature races each player will be required to make at least one pit-stop with two pit-stops required for endurance races.
• Pole-sitter scores an extra point.
• Lobby will open at 8.15pm (UK Time) to allow for any connection issues.
• Qualifying begins promptly at 8.30 (UK) - anyone not joining in time will be able to start from the back of the grid.
• Qualifying is a 5 lap race with 10 second gap between starts, winner is best certified time.
• Damage will be off for this series as Forza has incorrectly modelled the penalty on aero for these cars, however extra attention will be paid to people who treat their and other peoples' cars as anything but the beautiful and fragile machines that they are.
• There will be a Teams' Championship in addition to the Drivers' Championship. There is also a prize fund for each championship with a minimum of 10 million XP in each kitty. Prizes for Teams' Championship are shared equally between both teammates.
• Events are bi-weekly on Monday nights.
• There will be a stewards' room and this will be manned by the 1st, 8th, and last placed points scorers based on the previous round's standings. If any of these people are one of the drivers under investigation the next position down (or ahead in the case of the last placed person) will assume stewardship for the incident in question. Incidents will be investigated upon referral to the Stewards Room thread. If your defence in a situation is that you did not see a car in your blind spot it is imperative that you save the replay so the stewards can examine your in-car view.
• There is a success ballast in this series where the top 4 drivers in the overall championship table will run with -5% grip for both races and qualifying.
• For the Driver's championship standings there will be two drop rounds where your two worst results from the season will be removed. This can serve to alleviate having to miss rounds due to other commitments or to forgive you for bad results in a long season.

Points

1st 20
2nd 17
3rd 15
4th 13
5th 11
6th 10
7th 9
8th 8
9th 7
10th 6
11th 5
12th 4
13th 3
14th 2
15th 1

Pole 1

Race Calendar

Round 1
Date: 23 April
Track: Twin Ring Motegi Full (2.98mi)
Laps: 29
Time: 8.30pm (UK Time)

Round 2
Date: 7 May
Track: Sunset Peninsula Full (2.78mi)
Laps:39
Time: 8.30pm (UK Time)


Round 3
Date: 21 May
Track: Circuit de Catalunya GP Circuit (2.89mi)
Laps: 31
Time: 8.30pm (UK Time)



Round 4
Date: 4 June
Track: Le Mans Circuit de la Sarthe Full (8.48mi) Endurance
Laps: 22
Time: 8.30pm (UK Time)



Round 5
Date: 25 June
Track: Silverstone Grand Prix (3.19mi)
Laps: 31
Time: 8.30pm (UK Time)


Round 6
Date: 2 July
Track: Nürburgring Nordschleife Full (12.90mi) Endurance
Laps:
Time: 8.30pm (UK Time)



Round 7
Date: 16 July
Track: Laguna Seca Full (2.24mi)
Laps:
Time: 8.30pm (UK Time)



Round 8
Date: 30 July
Track: Indianapolis Grand Prix (2.60mi)
Laps:
Time: 8.30pm (UK Time)



Round 9
Date: 13 August
Track: Sebring International Full (2.78mi) Endurance
Laps:
Time: 8.30pm (UK Time)



Round 10
Date: 27 August
Track: Mugello Autodromo Full (3.26mi)
Laps:
Time: 8.30pm (UK Time)



Round 11
Date: 17 September
Track: Nürburgring Grand Prix Full (3.22mi)
Laps:
Time: 8.30pm (UK Time)



Round 12
Date: 1 October
Track: Road America Full (4.05mi)
Laps:
Time: 8.30pm (UK Time)



Round 13
Date: 15 October
Track: Infineon Raceway Long (2.52mi)
Laps:
Time: 8.30pm (UK Time)



Round 14
Date: 29 October
Track: Road Atlanta Full (2.54mi)
Laps:
Time: 8.30pm (UK Time)



Round 15
Date: 12 November
Track: Suzuka Full (3.61mi) Endurance
Laps: 44 Laps, 2x pitstop minimum
Time: 8.30pm (UK Time)

Round 16
Date: 26 November
Track: Hockenheimring Full (2.84mi)
Laps:
Time: 8.30pm (UK Time)



How do I signup?
Please use the following template
Name on RD:
Gamertag:
Car you will be driving:

Player Car Numbers
Drivers who competed in the DTM North America Cup event will wear the numbers they earned from their finishing position in that series. New entrants will be assigned numbers from 15 onwards on a first-come, first-served basis.

Reserved Numbers


1 - Karl Raper - Raper Racing
2 - Chris Bell - Campana Racing Team
3 - Steve Freeman - Machine Freaks
4 - Dan Smith - Team 1
5 - Mike Raper - AMR Racing
6 - Mark Turner - BM Motorsport
7 - Tom Moreno - Campana Racing Team
8 - Alexander Macdonald - AMR Racing
9 - Paulo Ribeiro - Rubber Racing
10 - Bradley Capps-Jenner - BM Motorsport
11 - Andrew Skinner - Raper Racing
12 - Wayne Thomas - Machine Freaks
13 - Adrian Gibson - Rubber Racing
14 - Ryan Sylvester - Team 3
15 - Joe Lund - Team 1

Signed Up -

1 - Karl Raper - Raper Racing
2 - Chris Bell - Campana Racing Team
3 - Steve Freeman - Machine Freaks
4 - Dan Smith - Team 1
5 - Mike Raper - AMR Racing
6 - Mark Turner - BM Motorsport
7 - Tom Moreno - Campana Racing Team
8 - Alexander Macdonald - AMR Racing
10 - Bradley Capps-Jenner
11 - Andrew Skinner - Raper Racing
12 - Wayne Thomas - Machine Freaks
13 - Alex Townsend - ZeroRisk
16 - Tony Holder - Maxlength72

Reserve

 

[Bradley Capps-Jenner]

I think a good comprimise to the DTM's in terms of damage and speed whould be GT3/GT2 cars, they have nearly as much downforce ect, but they can withstand knows and bumps much better than the DTM's

 

[Wayne Thomas]

I think a good comprimise to the DTM's in terms of damage and speed whould be GT3/GT2 cars, they have nearly as much downforce ect, but they can withstand knows and bumps much better than the DTM's

Yep I'd fancy a blast in them at some point

 

[Tom Moreno]

Well I had a crap qualy but seemed to do alright in the races. It became apparent that I was on a very different setup to the rest of the runners which probably cost me in overall pace, but it sure did help me defend my positions well as I could out-drag just about anybody from Apex to Braking Point. I worked hard to bring home two 4th places with heavy pressure from Wayne in R1 and Mark in R2. Good result for the team. Don't have the spreadsheet ready yet as I'm under it at work at the moment, but will do as soon as I can.

 

[Tom Moreno]

I think a good comprimise to the DTM's in terms of damage and speed whould be GT3/GT2 cars, they have nearly as much downforce ect, but they can withstand knows and bumps much better than the DTM's

Strictly speaking, DTM cars have more in common in construction with single seat formula cars than any type of GT car and that is the reason they are so fragile. It is also the reason why they perform so brilliantly and are such an exhilarating drive once you've mastered the control of the beast. I may not be anywhere near the quickest in these cars (or at all really) but they are really good fun to drive and such a challenge.

 

[Tom Moreno]

Stefan- there's still plenty of spots left in the series.

Brad- I thought you were doing pretty well last night up until your connection went to s**t.

Overall I thought the racing was quite good last night. There were a couple of dings but all in all it was pretty hard and clean. I finished both races with a 100% healthy car!!!

 

[Andrew Skinner]

tom, small change of the callander, motegi west is the short track and east is the sightly longer one out the back of the track. ive edited the callander to reflect this

edit, scrap that its already been done lol

 

[Tom Moreno]

tom, small change of the callander, motegi west is the short track and east is the sightly longer one out the back of the track. ive edited the callander to reflect this

edit, scrap that its already been done lol

Andrew,

The Calendar should be correct. My memory isn't always correct, but the calendar usually is.

 

[Mark Turner]

Sorry i hit you Dan i could tell you were not happy with my driving. Have not watched replay yet i think two cars ran wide and put my braking off.Maybe my driving is not up to it when running with you top guys in this faster sereis and have been having lag problems and i don't want to spoil anybodys racing with my driving or lagging. so will drop out of the DTM for now,Sorry again Dan

 

[Chris Bell]

Not you too Mark

 

[Chris Bell]

Maybe its time to start thinkin what we will do next as clearly the DTM has lost its shine for most people gutted but id rather run sumthing different and get full grids again, 9 drivers is a lil low in my opinion!!

 

[Bradley Capps-Jenner]

Brad- I thought you were doing pretty well last night up until your connection went to s**t.

I was, and I was having a whale of a time!

 

[Bradley Capps-Jenner]

Yep I'd fancy a blast in them at some point

I was going to set that GT2 Le mans series world tour up around Easter, but it looks like things are too busy on here at the moment. Plus I don't think I'd be the best at organizing all the stuff.

 

[Dan Smith]

Maybe its time to start thinkin what we will do next as clearly the DTM has lost its shine for most people gutted but id rather run sumthing different and get full grids again, 9 drivers is a lil low in my opinion!!

Just want to put it out there that after RDFM4 I am planning the make a JGTC league, preferable with 32 players across 2 leagues, similar to the F1 leagues if anyone remembers them? Would be more than happy to have everyone on board to make a decent go of this.

 

[Wayne Thomas]

Just want to put it out there that after RDFM4 I am planning the make a JGTC league, preferable with 32 players across 2 leagues, similar to the F1 leagues if anyone remembers them? Would be more than happy to have everyone on board to make a decent go of this.

Seems a loooooong way off. .......... but I'd be interested. I'd also fancy a go in these as one off races as well, maybe on a fri night.

 

[Dan Smith]

Seems a loooooong way off. .......... but I'd be interested. I'd also fancy a go in these as one off races as well, maybe on a fri night.

Yeah it'll be for next year more than likely, but if it's posted long enough, we should in theory get plenty of people, and have the time to work everything out. The thing is it wouldn't be my league, it'll be our league, where we all have a valuable input to make it work to it's fullest. Enough of that for now anyway, let's get some people on board for the DTM!!!

 

[Karl Raper]

So I put a prize fund together for the DTM's and it will go from 1st to 5th. will get a share of 5,000,000 and it will go down like this,

1st, 2,300,000
2nd, 1,100,000
3nd, 750,000
4th, 500,000
5th, 350,000

Now if we'd do the world championships I would rustled together a 10 to 20 million prize fund if anyone else would like to donate msg me

I think this would just give us all something to aim for at the end of the season
Constructors championship

This is a good idea that Tom bought forward and as generously put down £5 million towards the prize fund for the

constrictors championship

If we can get 10 million then we will do the same towards the drivers championship that the top five teams will get the share


Hope you enjoy

 

[Ryan Sylvester]

So I put a prize fund together for the DTM's and it will go from 1st to 5th. will get a share of 5,000,000 and it will go down like this,

1st, 2,300,000
2nd, 1,100,000
3nd, 750,000
4th, 500,000
5th, 350,000

Now if we'd do the world championships I would rustled together a 10 to 20 million prize fund if anyone else would like to donate msg me

I think this would just give us all something to aim for at the end of the season

Hope you enjoy

would do if i had a cat in hell's chance of getting near 5th lol! great idea though

 

[Wayne Thomas]

I will design something for 6th and 7th for free. Any car, racey stylie.

I just spent nearly all my dosh thinking that the new level cap would keep it pouring in

 

[Tom Moreno]

So I put a prize fund together for the DTM's and it will go from 1st to 5th. will get a share of 5,000,000 and it will go down like this,

1st, 2,300,000
2nd, 1,100,000
3nd, 750,000
4th, 500,000
5th, 350,000

Now if we'd do the world championships I would rustled together a 10 to 20 million prize fund if anyone else would like to donate msg me

I think this would just give us all something to aim for at the end of the season

Hope you enjoy

Let's use this as the incentive to keep it going through completion of the World Cup. We cannot miss out driving these babies in Europe. I've got nowhere near as much dosh as you Karl but I've got 5,000,000 to put towards a simultaneous Constructor's prize fund for the World Cup. If we can try and have 10 million each for the Driver's and Constructor's then there's a lot of money to go for and you don't even have to be a front runner to be in with a chance!

 

[Chris Bell]

Ive got some brass al contribute lads