[FMUK] American muscle series

Hello and welcome to the next series of the TfC Muscle competition. The popular series is back with a bang and new date.

The rules have been tweaked and we have some new venues for this season but still the same challenge will face the drivers; Tame the beasts. We have said slimmed the car list down for this season but only the ones we didn’t want to use or weren’t run last season.

• Cars final p.i must be 540
  
• 500 bhp limit
  
• Final car must weigh no less than 2900lbs
  

Assists:
• Driving line and ABS will be allowed.
• Traction control and STM are forced off.


Qualifying will commence at 9pm. Any driver in the lobby by 20.59 will miss qualifying so get in with plenty of time
You will have 3 laps to set your fastest time.

On lap 4 YOU WILL STOP off the track at turn 2 and allow the lobby host to take down the times. Once the times have been taken you may finish the race when the host tells you to.

The lobbies will then be based from these times. So if 24 people qualify the fastest 12 will go in lobby A and the next 12 in lobby B.
Once in your correct race lobby a parade lap will put you into your grid positions for race 1.

The races:

Each race night will have 2 races around the same track. Both races will be the same length (around 10-15mins each) and will have NO mandatory pit stop.

Tracks

Scoring

Signing in:

Signing in for your race will be open until 7.30pm on race day. If you say you are a maybe this will be counted as a no so please let us know as soon as you can. We understand that in some occasions you might say you can race but are then unavailable at short notice. Please when you are able to let us know so it doesn’t count as a no show.
Please only sign up if you have the intention of racing.

SOME RULES AND GUIDELINES FOR ALL


CONNECTION ISSUES

Here is a guide to sorting out your lobbies as fast as possible when connection problems are evident.
[URL="http://www.forzamotorsport.co.uk/showthread.php?t=26549"]Connection Issues - What to do - Please read [/URL]


In the race:

If a crash happens on lap 1 affecting 4 or more drivers then please call out that an accident has happened. The host will call a restart and everyone can quit to the lobby once the host confirms the restart. Quit before at your own peril

If during the race there is an incident involving 4 cars the host may call for a safety car procedure to be used. This will involve the lead driver slowing down to a speed that allows the other drivers to catch back up, and the field to therefore re-group. ONLY the host can call this and it should only be used in exceptional circumstances. During a safety car phase drivers are not allowed to overtake but can pit in to change tyres.

All drivers need to make sure they have signed the racing etiquette thread otherwise you can’t race.

Can all Drivers NOTE: 2 wheels to remain on the tarmac at all times (unless you go into the litter ) a minor off maybe noted as racing but no gain is to had either in time or places. If you cut corners over and over expect a penalty, you have been warned. If you suspect or see corner cutting, report it to Guru, Stewards or even Mods. Save a replay and note time, place and who.

Thanks and clean racing
signed up:

wow this sounds like a lot of fun, to bad I have class and another series i am commited to on thursdays at the moment. Do you let people drop in every so often or do they have to race every week? I know that in the IFCA calender we take a week off every 4 races so maybe I can drop in on an off week and try it out. Good luck to all of your racers, can't wait to see the ratings pile in!

feel free to drop in mate. we welcome guys trying the cars out.

we are running test events over the next two thursdays as pre-season tests so if you can drop in feel free to

yeah, same with my series on Mondays - you guys are more than welcome to grab the cars and come join us - if you cant make the races at least come in the lobbies and talk to my guys about what you are doing it would be good exposure for both of our series. I will build some cars off of your list, let me know what kind of lap times I should be looking for so I have an idea how fast or slow I am you can pm them to me if you dont want to use up forum space.

if gdocs is available ill post up the official testing spreadsheet for you guys to see the spread of times being set.

have you got a link for your monday league so i can have a look as i believe im free tomorrow

well the league doesn't start until nov 1 and my series doesnt start until November 5th - i will get you a link however, and the builds are on my storefront, feel free to add me on xbox live as a friend and i will gift you any open builds you want.

AAR corwinMB

same goes for your friends.

what time zone do you base your racing off of?

gmt and bst mate

so lets see....9 BST would be like 4pm EST.... crapi got class about that time, anyways if you got a lobby open ever let me know if you are on, it might be hard for me to make it unless i got a day off from class

if anything i built the cars and I can at least give you feedback on the cars

This sounds like a great series TfR Guru...once the dust settles over here, hopefully i can try it out. Good luck! lol.

feedback would be great on any of the cars and appreciated

well i drove the Cuda-S and the 2 Fords - I love that you have a sports transmition it makes the car nasty in the corners and you really have to decide if you can brake late or play it safe and brake early to have the revs in the right place for exit, I really liked the Shelbys too great little cars compared to some of the beasts, i had a lot of fun playing with the cars i built and its a shame I cant make it to the races until the semester ends, these cars are fun to drive.

thanks for the feedback.

we have the first pre-season test coming up tonight which should give us some idea on what cars are where

let me know how it goes - I think it might be harder for people to get the most out of their cars if they switched to the twin-screw superchargers to get exactly 500HP. I played with about 100 different engine part combinations, for the most part every car can get exactly 500HP, every car can get the required parts and racing tires (except for maybe 1 or 2 of them) and ever car ends up at the right weight from what I have seen. Some cars need after market rims as well.

Please don't forget to post your results so we can rate your drivers.

will make sure i do

for anyone interested this series starts this thursday

Qualifying
1. TfR Magic 2.25.057
2. TfR Stonedef 2.26.185
3. TfR Aracnum 2.27.062
4. TfR Johng 2.27.198
5. LastNewtStandin 2.27.207
6. TfR Max 2.27.391
7. TfR Doony 2.27.651
8. TfR Smokinmasta 2.28.128
9. Shanklin 2.31.173
10. MzR Judge 2.32.061

Race 1
1. TfR Stonedef 2.24.955
2. TfR Magic
3. TfR Aracnum
4. TfR Doony
5. LastNewtstandin
6. TfR Smokinmasta
7. MzR Judge
8. Shanklin
9. TfR Max
10. TfR Johng#

Race 2:

Race 2:
1. TfR Stonedef 2.25.064
2. TfR Aracnum
3. TfR Milton
4. TfR Smokinmasta
5. TfR Max
6.TfR Doony
7. MzR Judge
8. TfR Newt
9. TfR Johng
10. Shanklin

Race 1

	Race Results
		Prerace	Expected	Actual	Performed	Postrace	Total
Plc	Racer	Rating	Finish	Finish	Like	Rating	Gained/Lost
1	TfR Stonedef	2401	1	1	2455	2431	30
2	TfR Magic	2380	2	2	2380	2380	0
3	TfR Aracnum	2370	3	3	2370	2370	0
4	TfR Doony	2304	4	4	2304	2304	0
5	LastNewtstandin	2294	5	5	2294	2294	0
6	TfR Smokinmasta	2228	6	6	2228	2228	0
7	MzR Judge	2218	7	7	2218	2218	0
8	Shanklin	2152	8	8	2152	2152	0
9	TfR Max	2142	9	9	2142	2142	0
10	TfR Johng	2076	10	10	2067	2076	0

thank you very much

ive just posted a small thread up on fmuk to announce the partnership if yu could just pop in and say hello it would be appreciated.

Cheers Guru

Thanks Guru. Just a reminder for you and your drivers, the ratings are rather provisional for now. It takes a few races for them to become more stable and accurate.

Round 2 results
Race 1:

1. TfR Doony
2. TfR Stonedef
3. TfR Milton
4. TfR Magic
5. TfR Smokinmasta
6. LastNewtStandin
7. Sum3nr
8. TfR JohnG
9. MzR Judge
10. Shanklin

Race 2:

1. TfR Stonedef
2. TfR Milton
3. TfR Smokinmasta
4. LastNewtStandin
5. TfR Doony
6. Sum3nr
7. MzR Judge
8. TfR JohnG
9. Shanklin

Gamertag: ROSCOEpCOTRAIN
Car num: 114