The following rules have been implemented to assist in the main goal of
Ausfactor, to have fun. We race in the virtual world, and have additional
problems to real world motorsports, these rules try to account for the
possibilities.
Clean racing is the main point to these rules.
Again Clean racing is the main point to these rules.
1. You must have minimum 256/64 broadband.
2. Pass with care. If you aren't sure you
can pull off a move to pass an opponent, then don't do it. Take your time to
work out where to try the move. If you are passing someone on the inside while
entering a corner you must have your car at least 1/2 way along side the other
car to have the right of way. If you try to pass around the outside then exiting
the corner you must be fully along side the other car, otherwise they are
entitled to take the normal racing line, which may include pushing you wide. In
the event that they do start take you wide, you should fall back behind the
other car as safely as possible.
3. If you attempt to pass another driver and tag them during your pass, gaining
an advantage, allow them to regain the position, even if it means you lose
positions to drivers not involved in the incident. Basically, if you bodge up a
pass, you may pay a bigger penality.
4. Defensive driving. Swerving on
straights to block another driver is not allowed, a positional change to ensure
and protect your line for the
corner are fine. You may move once to defend your position. EG - on a
straight approaching a right hand corner, you are allowed to move to the
right hand side of the track to defend the inside line for the upcoming
corner, you are now committed to that line into the corner, you are not
permitted to move back onto the racing line.
5. Look. Use your look left/right
abilities to narrow down the blind spots, also understand where your blind spots
are in the car you are diving, remember vision is very limited in the virtual
cockpit.
6. Take care re-entering the track.
Whether it be from pit lane or the sand pit, it is the responsibility of the car
that is re-entering the track boundary to avoid collision.
7. Blue flag. If you get flagged, it
means that a car that is leading you is behind. Ensure you give him the racing
line and allow an uncontested pass as soon as is practical. This doesn't mean
you must leave the track boundary.
8. Yellow flag. If you get shown this,
there is an incident ahead. Do not try a passing move under yellow. Take extra
caution til the area is clear.
9. Deliberate Corner Cutting: Deliberate
Corner cutting will not be tolerated.
10. Don't try and win the race on turn 1.
This doesn't work and it causes more problems than the pass is worth. Take
extreme care in the first corner.
11. Escaping to the pits. If you are
stuck in a sand trap, have un-drivable damage, are caught with no reverse gear
or any like circumstance where your car is stranded, it is recommended to press
your "ESC" key and exit back to the pits, ensuring the track is clear for cars
that are approaching you.
In game chat: You may use in game chat if you need to. You are not required to
post pit in or pit out messages. Do not post any messages that may offend
others. NB - All Ausfactor servers are G
Rated
Ventrilo. As it is a casual and fun league, Ventrilo is highly
recommended as it lightens the mood, assists in the fun, and helps the
organisation. It will help you and others to use a PTT (push to talk) button
instead of voice activated. Join in and get to know your fellow drivers, even
without a microphone it is strongly encouraged.
Race Incidents. Ausfactor is about fun
and sportsmanship. Hopefully, all racers competing here
at Ausfactor want the same for everyone that they want for themselves. It is
important to us, therefore, to know if drivers have concerns about their
experience in racing at Ausfactor. If, in light of the spirit of
Ausfactor, and the above noted rules, you feel that you were unfairly dealt with
during an event by another driver, you may lodge a protest for review by the
Ausfactor review panel. The protest must be lodged within 24 hours of the
completion of the event. To lodge the protest, email the review panel, paying
particular attention to the following details:
1. Race details (Event, track, heat No.) etc
2. Incident timing (lap No., track location)
3. Explanation of incident
4. Complaint
5. Confirmation that you have reviewed you replay of the incident (we may ask
for it to compare and check for lag effects etc so keep it available).
Ensure you have reviewed the incident yourself so as other people don't need to
waste their time. Penalties for guilty drivers range from and include; private &
public reprimands, time penalties,
exclusion from qualifying for next event, points deducted, race suspension.
Repeat offenders may be considered for series expulsion.
Server Outages. In the case that a server
has an outage before or during any part of a race week end, we ask that you
follow the following protocol.
1. Refresh you game server list for at least 10 minutes to see if the server
comes back up, the admins will open the server back to an open session as soon
as possible and give you time to re-enter the racing.
2. If no server is available within 10 minutes, and it seems there may be a
longer then acceptable outage, check the forums to see if anything has been
posted in the thread associated with the event.
3. In the case where a full outage disrupts the entire race event, the admins
will rerun the race the following night and accommodate those that cannot on
another given night, this information will be discussed in the forum.
Players Outages. We have different rules
for different situations and each case is judged on a case by case basis and
these rules are never set in stone. however as a guideline:
If a player has an outage during qualify you will be expected to return to
the server as quickly as possible. If the outage lasts for an extended period,
we will accommodate you to race another night, usually the following night or
Wednesday nights.
In the case where players has an outages during warm-up or racing, these are
reviewed on a case by case basis. The reason for this is we don't want a
situation happening where a driver is having a bad night and decides to quit
thinking he will get a re-race on another night or sever.
Rulings. Ausfactor admins have the final say in all decisions and no further correspondence will be entered into. Ausfactor is a privately owned and operated community therefore if you abuse the right to play here, you will be banned. We hold a zero tolerance for breaking the above rules.
Booting and Banning. While we regret it gets to a situation where we are required to boot or ban drivers from our servers, we do so with the ideal of protecting our community from the foul and unjust behaviour of the select few that think they can bend the rules. Most admins at ausfactor are network engineers or security administrators in real life and have a great deal of knowledge in all aspects of network protocols and security including laws and regulations. All ausfactor servers are G rated, 100% of the time. No warning may be given before any action is taken. Be warned that continued poor form will result in abuse notifications sent to your ISP. The results of these can vary from a simple warning or closure of your internet account. For security purposes, all drivers IP addresses, email addresses, time stamps and hosts are logged.