DRL Rules

Sections

1)Race Weekend

2)Assist

3)Cheating

4)Punishments

5)Social Media Abuse

6)Turn Up and Race Attendance

 

Section 1

Race Weekends

1.1) Sessions,

Short Qualifying (18 mins), Races (50%)

1.2) Lobby Settings,

Dynamic Weather, Official Start Times, Equal Cars, Parc Ferme On, Damage Full, SC On, Corner Cut Stringency Strict

1.3) Lobby Times

Lobby opens 18:45 UK time session starting 19:00.

1.4) Race Restarts, Half Points

If a race requires a restart due to an issue and is below 20% race distance the Lobby will turn to One Shot Qualifying and 50% race.

 

If it is between 30 and 50% distance and there will be one shot Qualifying and 25% race distance.

 

If it is more than 50% through when it requires a restart the order of the lap before the restart is required will be the race result and all drivers will be awarded half points. If more than 85% of a race has been completed full points will be awarded due to insufficient time remaining for many drivers.

 

If the latter happens the drivers will be able to vote on a re-running of the race the following week.

 

Section 2

Assists

 

Assist Tier 1 

Allowed/Banned

Braking Assist - Banned

ABS - Banned

Traction Control - Mid Traction Control

Dynamic Racing Line - Allowed

Gearbox - Manual 

Pit Assist - Banned

Start Procedure - Manual

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Assist Tier 2 

Braking Assist - Banned

ABS - Allowed 

Traction Control - Full TC 

Dynamic Racing Line - Allowed

Gearbox - Manual

Pit Assist - Banned

Start Procedure - Manual 

 

Section 3

If any driver is caught cheating they will be given an immediate race ban. The following is considered as cheating.

• Pausing Before Entering The Pits to not get a penalty

• Taking People Out To Win

• Excessive track extending or corner cutting.

 

Section 4

The following punishments will be issued to drivers following incidents.

Reprimand - Causing Minor Incident

5 Second Penalty - Minor incident causing another driver to have damage. (Front wing)

15 Second Penalty - Causing Avoidable Race Ending Incident (Qualifying ban if the driver who is given penalty DNF’s)

Qualifying Ban - Causing Major Incident (2 points)

Race Ban - Causing Major Incident On Purpose (4 points) 

Permanent Ban - Causing 2 Major Incidents On purpose in a season 

Drivers will be given penalty points depending on the severity of the incident if a total of 8 points are achieved the driver is in danger of his position in the league resulting in potential league disqualification.  

 

Section 5 Social Media Communications

If any driver is caught saying abusive stuff that is meant to be hurtful to another driver they will get a one week chat ban. If they repeat their action it will extend to a Qualifying ban or even a race ban. If a driver spams the chat or repeatedly blocks people to kick them out the chat they will receive a week chat ban. No discrimination, e.g racism or anything that is deemed offensive, is tolerated within the league this will result in an instant league removal and a full investigation will take place. If offensive and disturbing language is used the driver will face 3 points on their license.  

 

Section 6 Turn Up and Attendance

If there is less than 7 drivers turnup the race will be cancelled.

If a driver misses 3-5 races and doesn’t explain their absence they will be a reserve for the following races and if they stay inactive they will be kicked.If a driver joins and leaves more than twice in one race they will receive a qualifying ban along with 2 points on their license.

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