Section 1:
General Rules:
- No bullying, racism, or harassment of any sort
- No advertising of non-racing or car-related things
- No spamming things in Discord
- Do not @everyone in the discord without asking permission first
- Content creators may race in RTA, but must not direct any hate or use any insults, insulting names, or direct any aggression toward another driver while live or on a record playback – To break this rule means you are subject to be banned from RTA virtual motorsport.
- We kindly ask that any content creators or streams streaming RTA races incorporate the RTA name in their titles.
- Drivers who have failed to register (or register incorrectly ie. wrong name or no customer ID) forfeit their right to earn points for the rounds leading up to their correct registration.
Section 2:
- No contact is allowed under any circumstances
- Deliberate contact with another driver to end their race is not permitted (ban-able offence)
- No excessive moving under braking
- No weaving at any time to try and keep a car behind.
- Drivers MUST not re-join the track in the way of oncoming cars
- Drivers who lose control must brake straight away and stop the car to avoid further contact
- Ranting and arguing is not, under any circumstances allowed during races (ban-able)
- No bad sportsmanship in racing or conduct, no brake checking, etc.
- Rage Quitting terminates your right to have an incident reviewed.
- Lapped cars are to respect battles on the lead lap when trying to unlap themselves IE. wait for a better opportunity to not interfere with a battle going on. Unlapping by passing single cars is acceptable.
- Cars are not permitted to stop on track during quali or the race to build gaps, wait for the team mates etc cars must stay moving and any incident caused by such will result in a penalty.
- No excessive braking or backing up the pack on rolling starts, especially on the main straight. once the driver commits to going do not brake and stop on the main straight again.
- contact on the warm-up lap may result in -30 series points
- Any offence in this rulebook is subject to a minimum of a stop-go penalty and a maximum of a 50- championship point penalty. Certain rules that are broken can lead to a permanent or Temporary ban from RTA Virtual Motorsport.
- Quali conduct: Cars being too close to one another in quali is not bad conduct as long as there isn’t contact, cars on out lap are asked to respect the driver on flying lap and not try to overtake unless driver in fronts lap is invalid or not on a flying lap.
Section 3:
Preamble:
- Penalties in RTA Virtual Motorsport Races can be provided for many reasons and will be penalised in the form of a post-race points deduction, post-race ban for the following race(s) or a season/ league ban.
- The RTA Incident reviews take place after each race. It is vital that drivers who protest, remain in discord. If they do not this voids their incident and will not be reviewed.
- The post-race penalty review will take place via Discord live stream where the admin team will stream a replay of the incident and take notes on the event. This is then invited to be discussed by the parties involved initially and followed by a discussion from the rest of the grid only if admins ask.
- Contributions are not to be given on incidents from the general grid unless requested by the admin team tasked with reviewing the incidents. This is to avoid confusion and to stop people from speaking over one another, it also helps to conclude the incidents in a time-friendly manner.
- Drivers are not permitted to privately message admins or stewards regarding incidents at any time after the race either to prove their point or speak about the incident. this must be done in voice chat. (Rule added 13-3-24)
Types of Penalties:
- The standard penalty is a 15-series points penalty, also forfeiting that round to be used as a drop.
- The penalty for more serious incidents is a 30-series point penalty.
- Race bans may be given at admins’ discretion along with series bans and championship bans the License point system is also in effect for serious incidents.
- license points can be applied for any type of incident at the steward’s discretion
- Any driver that accumulates 3 penalties in 3 consecutive rounds must serve a 1 race night ban.
License point system:
- Each time a driver is given a penalty, 1 license point is applied to their RTA license.
- License points can be used for any incident type, including lack of care or unsportsmanlike conduct on the grid.
- Any points accumulated on a license over the 2-season period (63 days) will be removed from their license.
- License points are shown on the RTA website under the drivers profile. This is to show transparency. The license system will be at the discretion of and enforced by the race stewards.
- There is no minimum and no maximum points a driver can obtain. The license system will cover all of RTA’s rules already published.
- Should a driver obtain 6 or more points in a 2-season period, the driver will be removed for the remainder of the season in question and for the following season.
Section 4
Endurance Series-specific Rules:
- Am or Pro driver may compete in Qualifying
- Am Driver must do the first stint
- 30 X = DQ from the event
- 20 X = Drive-through Penalty
- A single-car type must be used for all series rounds. If a team changes car type they forfeit all points gained. A team cannot for any circumstance change car. If a team changes car before round 2 a penalty will also be applied along with championship points removed. After round 2, championship points will be removed.
- Driver substitutions can be made if a team driver is unavailable. Only one driver can be substituted per round. Substituted drivers must be the same license category as the replaced driver and all substitution requests are to be approved by the admin/stewards at least 24 hours prior to the round.
- Four (4) fast repairs will be available for per round.
- Weather – All weather conditions should be expected.
- Setup – Full open setup with no fuel restriction.
- Pit window for driver change is from 45 min to 60 min, driver change from AM to PRO can only happen in this time.
Revision History:
This version of the RTA Rules and Regulations book is approved by the RTA Management team stated below and amendments made to these rules shall be voted on by RTA management and the revision shall be made and updated.
Revision date: 18- Sep- 2024
RTA Management team:
● Rob Parks
● Enda Farrell
● Jordan Kelly
● Andrew Murphy
● Peter McCann
● Sean McClements
● Ronan Doherty