General rules
Getting to know the rules
It is the responsibility of competitors to familiarize themselves with all the rules that cover the race in which they are participating.
By participating in the race, the competitor agrese with these rules.
General behavior
You must compete honestly and fairly.
You must strive to drive responsibly so as not to spoil the race to other competitors.
General Eligibility
Competitors known to frequently cause incidents due to their persistent careless or malicious driving style, or cheating, and those prone to offensive behavior may be banned from current and future races.
Etiquette of pit stops
Competitors should exit the pits onto the track with sufficient caution to avoid collision with vehicles already on the track, it is forbidden to cross the pit exit line.
Cars on the track have priority over those coming out of the pits.
RACE
Race in general
Be careful. Be patient. Understand the limitations of the software and drive accordingly. Driving online in a racing simulator is NOT exactly the same as racing in real life in every way, and in some cases online racing requires even more caution.
It is recommended to use the so-called Radar (e.g. Crew chief, OtterHUD, etc.)
Advantages in corners
In order to have the right to use the inside lane in a corner, or to assume that the other competitor will leave that lane open for you, you must achieve sufficient overlap over the car on the outside lane before the point at which you start to turn to the corner. Sufficient overlap means when the front axle of the rear car is at least at the level of the rear axle of the leading car - but this is the absolute minimum. In some cases, the overlap should be greater. If the overlap is not sufficient before entering a corner, the leading competitor has full rights to the race line of his choice.
If sufficient overlap is achieved before cornering, the chasing competitor has the right for sufficient space. The leading competitor must then leave to the chaser enough space on the inside line.
A car on the outside line has the right for this line for the entire length of the turn, up to the exit. It must not be pushed off the track by a rider on the inside line on the exit.
A car on the inside line has the right for this line for the entire length of the turn, up to the exit. He must not be pushed especially at the apex of the inward turn off the track by a rider on the outside line.
The leading competitor can still fight for a place, but must ensure enough space for the chasing competitor.
Driving to the inside after the leading competitor has already turned and sufficient overlap is not ensured is a very dangerous maneuver for you and for other competitors. If you perform this maneuver, you lose any rights, e.g. if you cause an accident and a protest is made, you lose any opportunity to defend yourself against the protest.
If the leading competitor apparently makes a mistake large enough to ensure overtaking, the chasing competitor may, with reasonable caution, attack the position, whether or not overlap has been achieved. That is when the leading competitor applies the brakes late, is carried off the track and must slow down significantly, etc. This is a valid overtaking opportunity, regardless of the overlap. But there is still a certain responsibility on the overtaking competitor to avoid a collision. However, small mistakes by the leading competitor may not be enough to justify an overtaking maneuver. The fact that the leading competitor occasionally makes small mistake does not give you an undisputed right to overtake or the right for space. You still have to evaluate if his mistake was big enough for safe overtake.
Defensive driving
The leading car has the right to choose the line on the straight. He can change his line to defend his position, for example by trying to break the chasing car out of the slip stream. However, the line may only be changed until this change forces the chasing car to change the line as well. Any pushing the competitor’s car is prohibited. Then, as it approaches the next corner, it can of course return to its racing line for that corner, but with respect to the position of the chasing car.
The leading car has the right to choose the line for the turns. That is he can drive a defensive inside line to defend his position, forcing the attacker to try to overtake from the outside. This is not blocking and is part of normal racing etiquette.
While respecting the position of the chasing car, the leading competitor can take a line that he considers least advantageous for overtaking by the attacking car.
It is forbidden to change the line after braking into a turn. In particular, it is forbidden to zigzag while braking before starting to turn into the arc of the turn. Changing the line means changing the ideal line to a defensive one or vice versa.
Driving a heavily damaged car
The driver of a heavily damaged car has the duty to act with sufficient care, to minimize possible dangers and to avoid contact with any other car. A heavily damaged car has no rights against other cars.
For the purposes of this rule, a severely damaged car is a car that, for whatever reason, has significantly affected driving characteristics