Schedule

PRE EVENT INFORMATION

-Race Staff Contact Info-

RACE DAY UPDATES AND NOTES

4:06 PM PT - Driver’s meeting will be held in-game at 8:35 PM ET.

2:31 PM PT - Corsa California withdraws. Grid has been adjusted.

11:57 AM PT - Tire changes will now be allowed during the driver change pit stop.

DO ASAP

Open iRacing so all your updates can finish loading by the time the race starts.
Create your team on iRacing HELP and invite the second driver to join.
Both drivers need to download the car you’ll be racing and also the track (COTA)
Both drivers must join the “Race For RP Events” league on iRacing HELP
Fundraise for your team by sharing the link to your fundraising page. FIND IT HERE
We suggest you use the iRacing UI setup (shown below). If you’re not already, there should be obvious prompts to download it when you open iRacing in a browser window. It’s easier for us to help clear up any confusion if we’re all looking at the same format.

December 11

All times ET

11 AM - 3PM: Jon Morley will be logged onto the race Discord channel and available to help anyone who has any questions. Join the Discord channel for the race HERE.

4 PM - 7 PM: Jon will be back on the Discord channel during this time. He will also pick a random moment in time during this period to lock the grid. So make sure to find your fundraising link HERE and gather all the funds you can before 4 PM ET!

We created a graphic you can save to your phone and then share it on an Instagram story. DOWNLOAD HERE. Make sure to insert a direct link to your fundraising page under the “Donate at:” text.

December 12

All times ET

11 AM - 6:30 PM: Jon will be on Discord most of the day and is available anytime at jmorley@raceforrp.org.

6:30 PM: Jon, Matt and Gary will log onto Discord to help sort out anyone who is confused before practice begins. If you’re confused about Discord, text Jon at (415) 215-0839.

7:30 - 8:30 PM: Optional practice session. Only one driver can drive the team car at a time. This is a good opportunity to figure out how driver changes work in pit lane.

8:35 PM : Driver’s meeting in-game.

8:50: Gridding (PROCEDURE)

9-9:15: STAGE 1: Double file start, pole on left. 7 lap stage. All players race to the line to complete lap 7 and will then be caught by the manually operated pace car in the esses. Stage points are awarded from 1st to 15th.

9:20-9:30: STAGE 2: Single file restart. 5 lap stage. All drivers race to the line to complete lap 5 and will then be caught by the pace car in the esses and led to pit lane for a driver change. Stage points are awarded from 1st to 15th.

9:35: Driver Change (PROCEDURE) *UPDATE*Tire changes are now allowed.

9:40-9:55: STAGE 3: Double file start, pole on left. 7 lap stage. All drivers race to the line to complete lap 7 and will then be caught by the pace car in the esses. Stage points are awarded from 1st to 15th.

10-10:10: STAGE 4: Single file restart. 5 lap stage. All drivers race to the line to complete lap 5 and can then begin celebratory donuts. Stage points are awarded from 1st to 15th and each team’s stage points are added up to determine our winner!

10:10-10:20: Broadcast interviews. (PROCEDURE)

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Discord is a voice, video, and text chat app that will run in the background on your computer. You will need a headset to be able to chat with us on it while you race.

We will use Discord to talk to each other and race control during the race. Everyone should have their own account and join our server.

Join our server HERE
Click the Race For RP logo in the left column.
Click “Main Lobby” to join our voice chat.
Your team will also have its own channel on our server.

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Only one driver needs to create a team

Driver 1: Create Your Team

Go to the iRacing UI and click the “Teams” tab.
Click the “CREATE A TEAM” button and create a team using the same team name you either provided to us or we picked for you. VIEW TEAM NAMES HERE
Once the team has been created, invite your second driver to join it.

To invite a member to your team from the Team Roster view, simply click the “Invite a Member” button. This will allow you to search for the member you want to invite either by name (View usernames here) or customer ID. Once you find the correct member, just click on their name in the search results, and click the “Invite” button that appears. The invitation should appear in the Invitations tab of your team within a minute.

Driver 2: Accept Invite

Go to the iRacing UI and click the “Teams” tab.
Find the “Team Invites” tab and accept the invite.

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Both drivers need to join our League on iRacing

Go to the iRacing UI and click the “Leagues” tab.
Search for “Race For RP Events” and click “Join”.

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GRIDDING PROCEDURE

We will be using a manual pace car for our event, with a real person driving it. It will hopefully have a livery similar to this...

If a team has a Pick-A-Pro driver, they will start the race. If a team does not have one, the higher rated iRacer must go first. VIEW DRIVER ORDER
For the initial start, we will use the computer-operated pace car and the starting driver will spawn to their grid spot on the back straight.
Unless there is a hold for the broadcast, we will go green first time by.
For every other stage start, we will release cars from pit lane one-by-one, calling out each driver’s name or car # when it is their turn to go. Make sure you know your car number... and your name.
The grid is set based on donations. All the teams who tie for last with the minimum donation of $250 will be reverse-gridded at the back, based on the starting driver’s rating in iRacing. Best at the back!

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DRIVER CHANGE

You will have plenty of time to do your driver change, as we will be manually calling cars out one by one to start stage 3.

**UPDATE** Tire changes are allowed during driver change **UPDATE**
When you enter pit lane, there will only be one lollipop. That is the pit spot you must stop in for your driver change.
You will get a warning if you are exceeding pit lane speed limit.
Driver 1 will get out of the car once they’ve stopped (hold the esc. key) and then the option to get in will appear for Driver 2, who should already be logged into the race session.
After your driver change, stay in your pit box until we call you out.
Our Fund-Raise-Them-Up winners will be moved up on the pace lap for Stage Three. Whatever team raises the most funds between when the grid is set and the end of Stage Two will be moved up 3 spots. The team that raises the second most funds will be moved up 1 spot.
The Fund-Raise-Them-Up challenge begins immediately after the grid is set. You can share THIS GRAPHIC with a link to your fundraising page to try and win the challenge!