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  Rules 2009

 
To join the MotoGP 2009 Championship: See the Requirements page.

  Wet Races:
During the season we could have wet races.
This will depend if there are any wet races in real MotoGP.
Then we will do that same round as a wet race.
Before the race you must change your GPP file to the wetGPP.
The wet physics used are made by
FRA.

  Race Rules:
Race distance is 40% MotoGP. Qualifying is between 5 and 15 minutes (or 3 sessions of 5 mins).
All fast riders can be asked for a ghost with a similar lap time as their best lap from that racing weekend by the Racing Director. Also medium/slower riders could be asked if they go faster than usual. Riders will be able to send the ghost via MSN or Mail until Monday after that GP at 20:00 GMT, before the results will be on the site. Riders who will refuse to send the ghost will be disqualified from that GP. Riders who won't send the ghost three times during a season, will be disqualified from the championship. Also riders who will be much slower in the ghost than in the racing weekend, will be disqualified from the GP. This is to prevent cheating and to prove to everyone that nobody cheats and everything is nice and fair.

No walking backwards on start line to get a flying start. No burnout is allowed at the start (don't shift up to 1st gear until the lights go off). No stealing the starts (start the race before the lights go off). Breaking any of these rules will mean a penalty of 5 seconds.

No deliberate corner cutting. If it's done by accident (braked too late), you must show no time gain and you must look back or the time penalties will be between 1 and 10 seconds and disqualify for any riders who cut corners on purpose during the races.
If everyone keeps to the tarmac there can be no complaints of cutting bends.
Grassed and dirt areas are considered dangerous surface so done at rider's risk.
When passing you must give plenty of room to the other rider, no delibrate riding through your opponent even if you have non_coll.dk4 file, because some contact can still be made, especially in bends. The idea behind using this file is to cut down on complaints of hitting each other in races. If a rider is hit by an opponent, he can make a public complaint on the forum and the Race Director will take a decision after watching the replay. If that rider is found guilty of passing through the rider who made the complaint on purpose, can be penalized between 1 and 10 seconds.
If a rider jumps the start, the Race Director can give a penalty between 1 and 10 seconds after watching the replay.

Riders who finish on the podium are required to post an interview on the forum on Monday after the race day. This will help the administrators finish the news sooner.
If you crash in race, don't give up, you never know what could happen in other sessions. Fight to the end to get a good result, don't act childishly.
Results will be done by race finish time, then added as more sessions have finished. There will be different hosts, you can race with any of the official hosts.

The official hosts for every round of the MotoGP 2009 Championship will be:
Seby, Atman, Dolz, SFW and rezist, NO ONE else can host an official race or the riders who are in the room will get DNF.
Race conditions: DRY, not Cloudy or Overcast conditions.
If the conditions are Cloudy or Overcast the host has to end the race and restart.
If the host doesn't see that the race is Cloudy or Overcast, the riders are asked to stop their bikes at the edge of the tarmac on the first lap so the host will end the race and restart.
If you register with a manufactor you have to stay on that bike until the end of the season in order to keep your points. If you want to change the bike in the middle of the season you will lose your current points. Exceptions will be the riders who change teams but they will ride with the same physics and bike model as before.

Remember during your race anything could happen, if you lose your connection or pc crash you will get another chance to finish the race. A rider can get a second chance if his pc crashes, but if in the first race he falls or makes big mistakes, when he remakes the race he will have a time penalty which will be decided by the Admins after watching the replay. Riders who have connection problems (or speed-ups) are asked to contact Seby if they want to gain back the time they lose.
The time lost because of speed-ups will be given back but also a penalty of 2 seconds. For example if a rider will lose 13 seconds because of a speed-up, he will be given back 11 seconds.

If a rider has problems during his official race (lag, low fps etc) he can park the bike outside the tarmac (best in the pits) and he will be able to race again. Riders who quit the room on purpose because of nerves after they fall etc, they will have a penalty of 10 seconds and they risk to be disqualified from that race and also the next 1 to 3 races in case the room freezes and other riders lose their race (the admins will decide). For example if a rider has problems at the end of the race and decides to park the bike in the pits so he can re-race but has made few mistakes (falls or grass trips) until the moment he parks the bike, he will have a penalty when he will re-race. The penalty will be decided by the admins after watching the replay (usually the penalty is exactly as many seconds as the rider lost in those mistakes).
Riders who race alone risk to have a penalty up to 5 or more seconds. Exceptions can be made for riders who announce it from time (few days before race day) here on the forum or by msn to Seby. A rider can have 2-3 exceptions per season. Riders who have pc problems or connection problems have to find a way to fix their own problems. They will not be exceptions from penalties if they race alone all season long. It is not fair for the riders who fight with rivals for their positions if some riders race alone.

The replay has the priority when there are mistakes in the game lobby (a lap doesn't count, lobby shows wrong gap or total time, lap time, etc).
Minimum number of rider's per session is 2, Maximum depends on host.
Hosts must have cheats set to NO in game rules.

Hosts are required to take a screenshot of the Qualify, Hot Laps (F3 button at the end of the race), Final Race Times in game lobby and to save the race Replay.
Also you must have a large replay buffer in your gp500.ini file so we can verify all riders and make a video for each round's winner.
Preferably, screenshots should be in JPG format, and may be resized to no smaller than 1024x768 pixels, also the best way is to pack the files with winrar.
The winner's replay will be made available for download, also race results are made subject to review of replay if someone reports something untoward.
The rider who has the best circuit lap has to send a Ghost (Time Trial) with a similar lap time to Seby, the Ghost will be available for download.

Admins' decisions are final and no turning back, if you dont agree with a decision, post it on the Forum and the Admins will explain the actions taken. If you insult any of the Admins you will be banned from MotoGP500online.

  Points System:
                                      

  1. - 30 pts   6. - 15 pts 11. - 10 pts 16. 5 pts
  2. - 25 pts   7. - 14 pts 12. 9 pts
17. 4 pts
  3. - 21 pts   8. - 13 pts 13. 8 pts 18. 3 pts
  4. - 18 pts   9. - 12 pts 14. 7 pts 19. 2 pts
  5. - 16 pts 10. - 11 pts 15. 6 pts 20. 1 pt

  Teams:
Teams can have maximum 4 riders per team, for Team Standings only the top 2 riders per team (in each race) will recieve points for Team Standings. This makes it fairer for 1-2 man teams as there are some very strong 3-4 man teams.

 Statistics:
  As a separate title within the MotoGP500online World Championship, the Qualifying Award is a measure of the accumulation of the qualification times of each MotoGP rider throughout the year, including the Official MotoGP 2008 IRTA Test in Jerez. The Hot Lap Award is a measure of the accumulation of the hot lap times of each MotoGP rider throughout the year. While the Total Time Award is a measure of the total time for each grand prix of each MotoGP rider throughout the year. In the case of an eventual draw in any of the three awards, the rider with the highest number of victories or podiums can be brought in to establish a winner.

  Race Days:
Sundays will be the only day to race for all rounds.
Riders outside Europe can play even on Saturday (all season long).
The Calendar date shows the only day (Sunday) available to race.

Send the 3 screens and the replay to MotoGP500online@yahoo.com by 11 PM (GMT) on Sunday.
The results will be on the site by 10 PM (GMT) on Monday.
 Ways to improve online game connection:
Shut as many programs in system tray as possible.
If your pc has been on for a long time, shut it down and restart.
Keep your system well maintained: defrag, scandisk etc.
 Note: Read the Forum for more details, before each round please visit the forum to see the official hosts and some other minor rules.