Gen-X Racing Regulations

Regulations v9.6

Version 9.6 of the Gen-X Racing Group racing regulations is valid from ...

1. Acceptance and Driver Registration

1.1 By completing ⁠driver-registration each driver agrees to comply with and accept all regulations and rules contained within these regulations.

1.2 Any driver who has not completed the ⁠#driver-registration and confirmed agreement will be unable to race in any event until they do so.

1.3 All drivers are required to be 18 years of age or older.

2. Blue Flags

2.1 At Gen-X we adhere to the universal blue flag rule of you allowing faster cars through if they are about to lap you as well as if they have lapped you before.

2.2 Please note though, that GT puts out the blue flags way too early and you do not have to lose 10-14 secs "waiting" for the closing faster car to pass you. ACC is the opposite giving you very little notice.

2.3 You must, keep a sharp eye on your rear view mirror and move off the racing line at a safe and suitable place as soon as possible to allow the faster lapping car to pass without being impeded.

2.4 If you are faster than a car that has lapped you and you catch it up, you have the right to un-lap yourself by overtaking any car that has previously lapped you.

3. Bump drafting

3.1 Drafting is obviously allowed, however, bumping during drafting is not welcomed but also is not illegal, but if a bump during drafting causes the car in front a disadvantage (losing control, spinning out etc) in their race, then penalties will be applied to the bumping car.

3.2 Repeated bumping during drafting will also incur a penalty as it deemed as potentially dangerous and unsportsmanlike.

4. Car allocations

4.1 To ensure as varied a grid as possible in driver choice championships, the number of drivers allowed to drive the same car is limited to the number shown in the Sign Up Centre, under individual categories and the relevant #championships section.

4.2 Where a mandatory change of car is required mid season in any championship, this is the only window cars can be changed in such a championship. If a car is changed outside of this window even if for another allocated car a championship penalty of -25pts will be incurred for each race the incorrect car is used.

5. Championships/Special Events

5.1 To be eligible to participate in any Gen-X championship or special event drivers must sign-up via the appropriate championship registration section in the Sign Up Centre, under individual categories #gr1-sign-up, #gr2-sign-ups, #gr3-sign-ups, #gr4-sign-ups and se-sign-ups.

5.2 This grants you the right to enter races in the championship or the special event and reserve your cars for GR events but does not automatically grant you a place in each round.

5.3 Any registered driver who has 3 unexplained non-starts after checking in in any one championship will have their points zeroed in that championship.

5.4 Any registered driver who has 5 unexplained non-starts after checking in in any one championship will be removed from that championship.

5.5 FULL details of each championship can be found in ⁠#championships.

6. Jokers

6.1 Some championships allow drivers to use a “joker” once or more in a season. If so, this will be noted on the Championship details in ⁠#championships. A joker doubles the finishing points in the race of the driver playing the joker.

6.2 Jokers must be declared during race check in and well before the race lobby opens.

7. Liveries

7.1 Drivers are welcome to use any livery they wish, in fact, it is encouraged.

7.2 Liveries can not contain anything offensive or inappropriate (e.g. nudity, extremism, drugs or tobacco).

7.3 A visible race number must also be on all cars.

7.4 Liveries for championships can be added to the ⁠#livery-showcase for checking and a chance of pre-season bonus points. Only cars posted in the ⁠livery-showcase before the lobby opens on round 1 of any championship season is eligible for a possible pre-season bonus.

8. Medals & Awards

8.1 When a driver finishes 1st, 2nd or 3rd in a championship, a trophy (1st) or medals (2nd and 3rd) icon will be added to their nickname to show appreciation of their participation and achievement.
8.2 In addition the following awards will also be awarded and added to Discord IDs for Best livery of a championship season by a peer vote is shown by a palette icon and a wire world icon for a Sportmanship Award during a championship season by a peer vote.

8.3 The Sportmanship Award accolade can also be awarded to a community member at any time by the community team principal.

8.4 An additional community team principal only award can also be awarded at any time for the Most Improved Driver Award which is shown by a cog icon.

8.5 In addition to winning any championship season, if a driver wins every race in a season they are awarded the "Golden Gonads" award shown by a marracas icon.

8.6 Achievements are shown in each recipient's Discord tag and the number of awards and Gen-X points in ⁠#medal-table.

9. Minimum grid size

Officially, we do not race with less than 5, for the race to go ahead with less than this is upon the discretion of the host. I.e. possibly it would be a championship decider etc

10. Penalties

10.1 Real-time in game track limit penalties should be served off the racing line and the racing line then retaken considerately so as not to hinder a passing driver.

10.2 For all other race Incidents, we have a clear and simple view for our stewarding, we like to avoid giving penalties where possible and we hope people can resolve issues on track immediately by giving any unfair advantage back and after the race also offering a a simple apology and acceptance that we're all learning at our own paces. However, when this breaks down, the following systems are applicable :

10.3 Race incident penalties can include :

A warning.
A time penalty.
A points penalty.
A position penalty.
Qualifying Ban
Race Ban
Championship Ban
Removal from Gen-X.

10.4 Member community violation sanctions can include :

A warning.
Being "muted" within the community.
A points penalty.
Qualifying Ban
Race Ban
Championship Ban
Removal from Gen-X.

11. Penalty Appeals

11.1 One appeal is allowed by either the reporting driver or the reported driver to @Gen-X_KMaru and must be in private DM. If the original review was carried out by @Gen-X_KMaru or @Gen-X_KMaru is involved in the incident in any way the appeal will be passed two other member on the review panel.

11.2 Before the appeal outcome is announced both parties (reporter and reportee) involved in the original incident report will be asked for their respective viewpoints and have the ability to provide video evidence to back up their case.

11.3 If the appeal is rejected no further action is allowed.

12. Pit Window

12.1 Usually pitting for tyres is not allowed within the first 5 FULL laps of a race or within the last five FULL laps of a race. This means a first stop is not allowed until the END of lap 5 or the end of the lap that is the one preceding the last five laps.
For example, for a 37 lap race with a 5 lap pitting ban at the start and end of the race, pitting is not allowed until the END of lap 5 and the last chance to pit would be the END of lap 32.
12.2 There are variables to these usual requirements, and these will always be shown on the #race-calendars and the #race-check-in.

13. Points

13.1 From awarded from 1st down to 15th place as follows : 50, 45, 40, 35, 30, 26, 23, 20, 16, 14, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2.
13.2 Fastest lap : 1 pt.
13.3 Pole position : 1 pt.
13.4 Driver of the day (race) : 1 pt.
13.5 Correct livery uploaded and displayed before R1 of a season to ⁠livery-showcase :

One mandatory car : 20 pts
Two mandatory cars : 15 pts per car (max 30 pts)
Four mandatory cars : 10 pts per car (Max 40 pts).

13.6 No points for the subsequent cars will be awarded if presented after R1 has begun.

13.7 Pre-Season Bonus reductions :

Original work by driver : no reduction.
Commisioned work by another person : 25% reduction.
Borrowed or downloaded livery (e.g. from the GT7 Showcase) : 50% reduction.
Recycled livery : 100% reduction.

13.8 Joker : x2 finishing points.

14. Qualifying

14.1 It is each driver’s responsibility to find clear space for a flying lap. Try to avoid everyone going out immediately or at the end of a qualifying session.

14.2 Any car that is on an out-lap, in-lap or not on a flying lap for any other reason MUST drive off the normal racing line and at a significantly slower speed to show that they are not on a flying lap.

14.3 Any car that crashes or loses control during qualifying but safely return to the track as not to hinder any car of a flying lap.

14.4 There is strictly no racing during a qualifying session.

14.5 There is strictly no stopping on track or on the side of the track during qualification. You must retire to the pits.

14.6 There is strictly no reversing on track unless recovering from a wall and extreme car must be taken.

14.7 There is strictly no overtaking or hindrance of a car on a flying qualifying lap even if you are also on a flying lap and faster, you must fall back and plan your space again. The ONLY time over taking is allowed during qualifying is when either or both clauses 14.2 and 14.3 are true.

14.8 An alleged qualifying infringement must be reported via the #report-a-race-incident system and video evidence must be passed to the @Team Team principal.

14.9 It is each driver’s responsibility to provide their own evidence of a qualifying infringement – this can be performed by recording your qualifying session using your PS5 or streaming software. Race replays will be recorded and provided by the race host.

14.10 An alleged qualification infringement reported will not be investigated unless video evidence is received.

14.11 Any driver that is proven to have breached qualifying rules will have their race finish points halved and banned from qualifying in their race and will start from the back of the grid.

15. Race Incidents

15.1 Race incidents must be submitted by midnight of the day of the race in question by the online incident reporting system in ⁠#report-a-race-incident . All information must be completed as required.

15.2 The report will be allocated by the @Team principal to a member of the @Stewards Panel for review.

15.3 You will be notified who is judging your report.

15.4 The complaint will be reviewed by the assigned Stewards and the outcome will be posted in ⁠#steward-reviews channel for transparency and the reporting driver pinged.

15.5 The driver at fault if any, will also be notified by ping of the outcome.

16. Race (round) participation

16.1 In addition to registering for a championship, drivers must check in for each round of a championship before the lobby opens on the day of a race in the relevant section of ⁠#race-check-in. The race check in is posted by the latest on the morning of the race lobby.

16.2 Any late entry to a round after lobby opens is upon the discretion of the host.

16.3 If you check in for a race but then subsequently can not make the race, please make every effort to notify the admin so your place may be offered to a driver on the wait list (if a one lobby round). Unforeseen things happen, we know that. All we ask is that if you have checked in for a race but then can not race, please let the organiser know before the race lobby opens. This is simple courtesy for the work done behinds the scenes and also means that another driver can be offered a spot to race.

17. Racecraft/race rules

17.1 There are not many specific rules relating to rules during races. Hard racing is encouraged but the emphasis is on clean racing and not to impede others racing and includes :

17.2. All in game penalties to be complied with and served off the racing line.

17.3 No weaving to defend. You are allowed one move to defend per defence attempt.

17.4 No moving line under braking.

17.5 There is strictly stopping on track or on the side of the track during racing. You must retire to the pits.

17.6 There is absolutely NO reversing on track in practice, qualifying or a race unless recovering from off track and the only way is to reverse. Any other occurrence will result in penalties equating the irresponsible and inconsiderate behaviour.

17.7 If you gain an advantage at the expense of another driver, wait and give the place back.

17.8 If you need to relinquish a place back to another driver, you may not attempt to retake the position until at least 5 corners further on, to allow any damage received by the disadvantaged driver to be repaired.

17.9 There is strictly no finish line celebrations allowed other than the flashing of lights.

17.10 Incidents are to be reported via the ⁠report-a-race-incident channel.

18. Race quits and no shows

18.1 Gen-X staff spend a lot of time behind the scenes ensuring races are available as often as possible to drivers, provide statistics, race results, championship tables and more. This is all done in their own time and often takes precedence over their own practicing. If you are having a bad race, please respect the effort that has been made and try and finish the race, no race is a waste, even if at the back of the field, there is always something to learn.

18.2 If you have a technical issue that "forces" you to disconnect from the lobby please let the admin know before results are applied with evidence if possible. No penalty will be applied but you will receive zero points for the applicable race.

18.3 The Gen-X staff are quite experienced and can spot a rage or apathetic quit. When this happens and there is no evidence to refute the issue a red DNF will be placed on the table for that driver - any combination of 3 red DNFs or 3 red DNSs in one season of any championship will result in that driver being removed from that season of that championship.

18.4 Any driver who does not attend the race lobby after they have checked in AND not informed the host or team principal will receive a red DNS. Any combination of 3 red DNSs and red DNFs of any championship season will result in that driver being removed from that season of the championship.

18.5 Pitting and remaining in the pits until the end of the race is not counted as a Red DNF penalty as long as the driver does not rejoin the race, if the driver rejoins the race 15.6 will be evoked.

18.6 Pitting until near the end of the race and completing a minimal number of laps at the end of a race to avoid a DNF will be classed as a Red DNF and receive a penalty.

18.7 A total of a combination of red DNFs and/or red DNSs of 5 across all championships within any one season will result in the driver being removed from ALL championships they have entered in that season.

19. Social behaviour

19.1 Gen-X is an all inclusive racing community. This means that all drivers, no matter of their driving ability, are welcome as long as they are respectful to all others.

19.2 Any driver using insulting, threatening or insulting speech/text or generally disrespecting any other member within any Gen-X chat platform should be reported via ⁠report-a-member-violation and action will be taken to address the behaviour swiftly.

19.3 If a member feels threatened, bullied or offended there is a ⁠#report-a-member-violation section for reporting a violation.

19.4 The Team Principal will action the complaint immediately.

20. Swearing/bantering

20.1 Banter can be fun, and swearing is somewhat normalised in modern life as such this is allowable AS LONG AS IT DOES NOT IMPACT NEGATIVELY on another member.

20.2 Be mindful not to take it too far. If someone finds something offensive it is not funny, even if the poster thinks it is and it will be addressed.

20.3 If a member feels they are being bullied, either directly, or indirectly via banter please use ⁠#report-a-member-violation to report it. Such behaviour will not be tolerated and will be addressed swiftly.

21. Tyres

21.1 Tyres available and mandatory are detailed on the relevant ⁠#race-calendars.

21.2 Any minimum stint stated as continuous on one set of tyres of each compound. For example : 5 continuous laps on one set of RS or 10min stint on one set of RH. NOT : multiple sets of the same compound making up the total minimum stint period.