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i have started working on a series that would showcase who the good drivers are in this game and not the people that just the drivers that can setup a car better then some

everyone would have a large drivers meeting before the season starts to come to a group vote on 10 to 20 tracks that would be used in the series and five or more different chassis will be selected

the kicker is that the series would be a fixed setup series with the car that is being used for that night and the setup would be released 5 minutes before the heat races are run this would add to the excitement

another thought was using a points per start type lineup with drivers who normally finish up front everynight would start the heat race in the rear and after the heats are ran the feature would be lined up with a randomizer again to add to the excitement

just looking for some feedback or ideas would like to get this series up and running if i would have the support

i like the sound of this. it sounds fun and challenging and something new.

i know i dont race online much here but you always here the same thing everyone wants more action and i was just throwing my idea into the suggestion pool for feedback and comments

DRIVER OF THE YEAR SERIES

Mission statement
The goal of this series is to find the best driver at all classes that can adapt and overcome challenges of the element of surprise. This series is going to make where someone with little experience will be competitive with all of your seasoned ringers of the game. DOTYS will be a clean respected series that will be open for anyone to race to try to prove that you are the best at the game we love to race.

Rules
1. NO CRY-BABIES ALLOWED
2. All rules listed below will be strictly enforced and followed at all times or disciplinary measures will be enforced
3. During the race there will be no talking on vent( the only exception to this rule is for a called caution )
4. Everyone will run a preset setup that will be released 5 minutes prior to first heat race the only thing that is allowed to be changed is the steering to accommodate for whatever you use to race with
5. When the setup is released it will announce at that time what chassis shall be ran that night and it will be chosen at random using a computer generated list
6. While on track watch your racing line yes accidents are going to happen because this is racing but to take someone out because there slower then you are or because they bumped you as they passed you will NOT be tolerated at all and will result in an dq for the night if determined intentional by race official.
7. All calls made buy the race officials are final
8. There will be no hyper shifting allowed and again violators will be dq’ed for the night
9. If you are a lapped car and you see the leaders coming behind you hold your racing line to the best of your ability it is the car that is trying to pass to make a clean pass around slower lapped traffic cars
10. Full damage and tire wear for each race
11. WHEN IN DOUT OR HAVE A COMPLAINT REVERT BACK TO RULE #1 ALWAYS
RACING FORMAT

The first night of the racing season lineups will be done by random order and after that they will be set according to average finish per race with the driver with the higher average starting in the back the only exception will be for drivers that race the series for the first time after the first race is ran then they will start in the back of the heat that they are put into For example: if your average finish per night is 3.5 you will start behind someone whose has an average finish of 6th or worse
Features will be set by a redraw format with the only exception for the drivers that advance out of the b main they will be lined up reverse from what they finished so if you won the b main you would start tenth in the a main
The track wetness level will be a progressive wetness as the night advances and it shall never be 47%
There will be one warm-up race of 2 laps before each race
The heats will range from 4 to 10 laps depending on car count and distance of the track
C, D, E, F mains if necessary shall range from 10 to 15 laps
B main will always be ¼ the laps of the a main
The a main will range from 25 to 100 laps
CAUTIONS and RESTARTS
All races there will be two restarts allowed that can be called at any time before the leader completes the first lap
Cautions will be used during the a mains ONLY as long as the leader hasn’t taken the white flag and cautions will be called just like a restart would be with the exception that EVERYONE involved in the accident or incident will be placed on the back of the pack.

RACE LINUPS
If 5 or less cars = no heats one main
5-10= 2 heats everyone to main
10-15=3 heats of 5 cars with top 2 to main with one b
15-20= 2 heats with top 3 advancing to main
20 or more = four heats top two advance to a main the winner goes to a main 2nd and 3rd go to b main 4th and 5th c main and so on with top two from c main advancing to tail end of b main and top 5 go to a main

Instead of releasing some setup that nobody would have any experience on other than probably yourself, why don't you do what ERL does on Tuesday nights. Run the default setup only being able to change tire compound and steering lock. Using the default setup would make it easier to tell whos cheating since they'd be a whole lot faster than everybody else. Just a thought.

that is a great idea let shock pick the set up and it would be awsome. Iam just kidding i would like to run someting like that. I want to get into a newbie race so i might have a chance.

can i try that?

never be able run fixed set cant be done in dtr2 there some that can edit in short time i know but gl

j mac you have a good point that would work

ERL_J-MAC wrote: Instead of releasing some setup that nobody would have any experience on other than probably yourself, why don't you do what ERL does on Tuesday nights. Run the default setup only being able to change tire compound and steering lock. Using the default setup would make it easier to tell whos cheating since they'd be a whole lot faster than everybody else. Just a thought.

can i run that? go to erl or what?

This series is going to make where someone with little experience will be competitive with all of your seasoned ringers of the game.

The "seasoned ringers" of DTR2 arent fast because of setups.Many many hours are dedicated to finding track lines and being smooth to be fast on DTR2.I hate to sound like the pessimist all the time but this wont change much of anything.Right now every driver has almost the exact same setup as everyone else as they are posted here on the site.IMO this type of series will do nothing but make the gap between the "seasoned ringers" and newbs much larger.

F1 is 100% right. The ones that are always up front are not up there just because they have a killer set. They have thousands of hours of seat time in DTR2. I also like what j-mac said with the default set. The only way that I would know to make it so nobody could run anything else would be to change the chassis back and forth and give like 5 seconds to xup and start. Everyone would then be on even ground and would probably make for some fun racing.

Idk. I raced some fun runs with the ERL guys with no setups and they were all fast without them and we were all hitting almost the same times. Seem like the best driver with no sets could win. I wasn't bad in them but it really did even things out quite a bit and make for really close racing, like 8 cars within a second

id almost guarantee they had alot more practice with no set than you also shock.

BLS_F1yer wrote: id almost guarantee they had alot more practice with no set than you also shock.

Well yeah I know that but even still with how slow the cars are without sets and the fact that they're easier to drive other than the cars not sticking in the corners it did make for some very close racing. Plus we were at OCFS so draft played a big part too

Almost a decade of practice with the default setup. lol But that series is alot of fun. And not just because I'm up front more with that set of rules.