ZakStunts rules for 2004

BASIC RULES:
If you read this you are ready to race, please read at least once:

Register yourself online , please use a VALID email address, so I can contact you if problems occur
Download the current track from the site, and race on it with the car defined below it or in the info-file.
You can use any version of Stunts but Broderbund 1.1 is HIGHLY recommended
You can leave the road or make shortcuts, but beware of penalty time!
Discover and use "Replay Handling"! It'll save you a lot of time and improve your results.. Learn it in the Driving School
When finished racing, save your replay and send it from the web form, or via email to the admin.
You can send as many replays as you want.
Any modification to the car, rack or replay is strictly forbidden.
Contact the other racers (most of them don't bite :) and join a team if you want to improve your skills.
The best place to ask is the forum. No registration needed there.

DETAILED RULES:
read them at your own risk, but don't complain to me if you haven't done it :)

The Rules:

modification of the rules is not likely to happen during the season, and if it can occur only after a vote/opinion ask in the forum
if anything is unclear ask the race administrator

The Schedule:

A season lasts for one year, and consists of 13 or 12 races. You check the planned calendar on the bottom of this page.
All times and dates on the site are in GMT+1, it's the official time zone of the competition :)
Every track but the last lasts for 4 weeks, and is published on Saturday evening.
Track deadline is 21:00 on the last day of the track. Replays RECEIVED after that time are invalid.
Last two days of each track (friday-saturday) are called 'quiet days'. No updates on the scoreboard are made then, except if you send the time.
Leading-time calculation (explained later) lasts from the first Monday 0:00h of the track until the quiet days start.
There'll be racks with special rules during the summertime. These count as normal competition tracks.

The System:

Every racer should send his own replays with the web form after he has registered
Current scoreboard is generated automatically each time you check it
Seasonal and team scores are refreshed every hour
The admin can change ANY TIME your submitted result after checking the replay
Any form of system abuse results in the banning from the competition

Teams:

It's highly recommended for you to join or form a team. It greatly improves your racing skills, and your motivation to race.
Teams consist of minimum 2, maximum 4 racers.
You can join any team if allowed, but if you joined one, you can't leave it through the year, only with losing all your team points.
When you join a team, and you didn't have one before all your previous results count as the team's too.
If you form a new team, every member must send me a confirmation email, and the team's name, possibly a team logo.
Team members may share their knowledge or replays, but it's forbidden to race in the name of an other teammate, or to use a part of your mate's replay for continuing.
I gladly host any team headquarter site on the server, if there's a need for it.

Scoring + Bonuses:

Position:	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th
Points:	20	16	14	12	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1

Racers below the 12th place doesn't receive points.
Leading Time Bonus (LTB):
The system tracks how much you were on the top of the scoreboard. The one with the most time gets +2 bonus points, the one with the second most time gets +1 bonus point each month. To earn a bonus point you must have at least 48 hours leading time, if you have below this value, you won't get the point. Every new track is out on saturday, leading time calculation starts on next Monday 0:00h, and lasts until the quiet days (thats 25 days, so maximally you can earn 25x24=600 hours)
Time Difference Bonus (TDB):
Calculate the time difference between the 1st and the 7th racer finished. Double this value, and add this to the winning time. Anyone who has a better result than the value you just got earns +1 bonus point. This means the top 7 of course always get it, and people who are below the 12th place, but have a result close enough to the top still receive points.
Newbie Motivation Bonus (NMB):
under construction, currently suspended...

Seasonal + Team Scoring:

Your seasonal score is the summary of the points you earned on the tracks + your bonuses earned
Your two worst results don't count at the season's rankings. (missing a track some kind of a result too :)
Team score is the summary of the best two member's points each track.
None of the bonus points count for teams.

Most Important Rule:

Planned Schedule: