ZakStunts rules for 2009

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 your favourite car.
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!
Depending on your chosen car you will get bonus/penalty time in the percentage of your finishing time. You can always find the bonus percentages (the amount which will be subsracted from your time) here
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 Your time will automatically appear on the scorebaoard.
You can send as many replays as you want.
Any modification to the car, track or replay is strictly forbidden.
Contact the other racers (most of them don't bite :) if you want to improve your skills.
The best place to ask is the forum.

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 12 races.
All times and dates on the site are in GMT+1, it's the official time zone of the competition :)
Every track lasts for about one month. Exact starting and ending dates are always announced on the site.
Track deadline is 20:00 on the last day of the track. Replays RECEIVED after that time are invalid.
Last two days of each track are called 'quiet days'. No updates on the scoreboard are made then, except if you send your time public.
Leading-time calculation (explained later) lasts from the first racing day 0:00h of the track until the quiet days.

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 scores are refreshed every 10min, according to the current standings.
The admin can change ANY TIME your submitted result after checking the replay if you have been cheating.
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:	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Newbie racers receive points in the newbie league the same way.
Racers below the 12th place receive point fractions in order to make possible having rankings between them too.
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. There is no LTB in the newbie league.

Car Coefficient Bonuses:

Your result sent will be always multiplied with the coefficient. The coefficients can not change during a track.
Negative bonus is also possible.
The following modifications are made to the coefficients after each track: If a car was not used in a race by drivers finished in the top12 (in the final classification) it's coefficient is raised by +2%. If in the next race the car is again unused within the same conditions, it gets +3%, if again +4%, and so on.
All the positive bonus is summarized, and the same amount is distributed between the winner cars the following way:

Winner car 50%

Second on podium 30%

Third on podium 20%
Extra modifications can be made by the competition manager during the first week of the race, if the balance of the cars is broken. Modifications can't affect the leading position.

Seasonal 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.
In the newbie league your four worst results don't count

Most Important Rule:

Page last updated: 2008.12.30

ZakStunts