OVERVIEW
DC-SimRacing is bringing you a qualifier series for the SimGrid x VCO Grand Finals: Road to Grand Finals - The Dutch Way! DC-SimRacing is one of the ten selected communities to host a qualfier series for the Grand Finals.
The SimGrid x VCO Grand Finals is a 3-round endurance championship that will take place in November and December 2023. The Grand Finals will feature a mixed class grid of GT3 and GT4’s. Each and every slot on the grid of the Grand Finals will be filled by teams who win their slots through ten different competitions held by some of SimGrid’s top communities.
From each of the competitions, the top 3 will secure a grid slot at the Grand Finals in the GT3 class. P4 and P5 will secure a slot at the Grand Finals in the GT4 class. And P6, P7 and P8 will enter a Grand Finals GT4 Play-Off that will take place in October 2023. The top 3 in the GT4 Play-Off will then be awarded the final GT4 slots at the Grand Finals.
At the Grand Finals, the drivers who participate will not only be representatives of the team they’re racing for, but the team itself will be a representative of the community they won the slot from. This means the Grand Finals will not only have the team standings in each class, but also a Community standings!
It is important to note that teams are free to enter as many of the ten different Grand Final qualifying competitions as they like. They can enter all ten if they want to! However, a qualified team is only allowed to receive a maximum of two slots to the Grand Finals, one per class.
The Dutch Way
The Road to Grand Finals - The Dutch Way is a 5 round series with teams of 2 drivers.
Featuring 4x 90 minute races every other Thursday and 1x 4hr final with double point score on Saturday.
The maximum grid size is 48 cars. This series is for GT3 cars only.
All finishing cars from each round will score points for the leaderboard. The fastest lap of the race is worth an additional three points.
REGISTRATION
To register, please select the "Register Team" button. This will take you to the screen where you select the team you want to register. The "team entry" field is only required if you intend to register more than one car per team.
CALENDAR
- July 6 - Zandvoort
- July 20 - Imola
- August 3 - Zolder
- August 17 - Watkins Glen
- September 2 - Suzuka (4hr)
ENTRY FEE
Teams that enter the series are required to pay the relevant entry fee. This entry fee is €5,- per team. Only with a Paddock Pass or Gold members are able to enter this series for free (Check the Donations channel in Discord for more info).
Once you have registered, you will be taken back to the registration page and an orange textbox containing the payment link will be shown.
The registration will become final once you have completed payment through the PayPal payment link, stating your teamname and starting number. When paying it is important to choose 'friends and family' as the payment type.
SIGN UP PROCESS
First-come-first-serve event. Register quickly to secure your space on the grid.
The car change deadline is 05-07-2023 23:59 CEST
RACE DAY - EVENT TIMETABLE 90 minute races
- Practice - 19:40 CEST (20min)
- Drivers Briefing - 19:55 CEST
- Qualifying - 20:00 CEST (20min)
- Race - 20:20 CEST (90min)
RACE DAY - EVENT TIMETABLE 4hr final
- Practice - 13:00 CEST (30min)
- Drivers Briefing - 13:25 CEST
- Qualifying - 13:30 CEST (20min)
- Race - 14:00 CEST (240min)
STEWARDING
This series will have live race stewarding and post race stewarding.
PIT STOPS
90 minute races:
- Every race there will be one mandatory pit stop in a pit window of 30 minutes.
- Driver swap required.
- Maximum driving time is 60 minutes per driver.
4hr race:
- Three mandatory pit stops.
- Driver swap required.
- Maximum driving time is 150 minutes per driver.
CUSTOM LIVERIES
Custom liveries made outside of the game are permitted in this series but please bear in mind that they are not officially supported by the game's developers. Custom liveries can be supplied in Discord. Any politically charged of potentially offensive material on a custom livery will see the team banned from the series.
The qualifying and the race will be streamed live on Youtube.
It is required to join our Discord for communication and drivers briefing.
