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SEEKING EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

Before we get on to F1...
I would love to reboot my WWE competition I had running in India. I absolutely loved working it but had to abandon it a few weeks in. Anyone interested in becoming a eRepublik WWE superstar? eDivas are welcome too 😛

A few of you have said you are interested in my Formula One Competition. Well you know what? I'm opening the series up to UK citizens!



Here is how the competition works:

eRepublik Formula One returns now!

For a peek at a video from the previous season look here and check out the cool custom paint jobs! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=im4PRQd1lUE

All I need are 22 interested people!

How It Will Work

When you register interest in the competition, you will be given the chance to tell me what colour scheme you would like for your car!

Set-Ups

The software used to simulate our racing season will be a modified version of Grand Prix 4 by Geoff Crammond.

2-3 days before the race is run I upload a video to youtube showcasing the coming track (some 'race weeks' may contain more than one race!) via a hotlap driven by yours truly and commentary on the track by RL driver Mark Webber. It is important for competitors to watch these videos as the information is vital. Competitors will then need to message me their setup for the race weekend before the announced deadline.

Check out this video for an idea of what to expect as the sneak-peek-at-the-track video! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BndVCYEVmnI

Failure to submit a setup before the deadline will result in a 10% BHP penalty on your engine and you will be limited to 6th gear.

Competitors will have three different areas of the car they can adjust and they are:

Downforce (low/medium/high) - help push the car's tyres onto the track and improve cornering forces; and minimising the drag that gets caused by turbulence and acts to slow the car down. In short, more downforce means lower top speed but better cornering. Less downforce means more speed but cornering is a lot more difficult.

Break bias (low/medium/high) - is critical to the stability of a racing car during the braking and during turn-in phase; too much rear brakes will tend to cause the car to spin; too much front and car will not turn in.

Gear ratios (front/medium/rear) - A short gear will result in higher torque but a lower top speed. A long gear will result in lower torque but a higher top speed.

KERS (on/off) - The principle of the system is to use surplus energy that is created by a F1 car while decelerating, into a propelling force. According to the FIA, a kinetic energy recovery system is 'a system that is designed to recover kinetic energy from the car during braking, store that energy and make it available to propel the car'. Be warned that the use of this system will increase the risk of mechanical failures.



3 'Driving' Stages

Free Practice

I implement everyone's setup for their own cars and take the cars around the track for a single hot-lap. The fastest cars will earn performance bonuses for qualifying and the race.

Qualifying

After applying performance bonuses I run 3 stages of qualifying. After the first stage I heavily reduce the ability of the bottom 7 drivers. This is due to the fact that GP4 does not actually have 3 stage qualifying but by doing this I can actually do it to a certain extent.

I run qualifying again. At the conclusion of the second stage I reduce the ability of any car between 11th and 16th but nowhere near as much as the first lot of eliminations.

I run qualifying once more to determine the final grid positions.

Race

I run the race at 20% race distance and record the race using fraps. I commentate the race and then upload to YouTube. I update the driver's standings, constructor's championship etc and move on to the next round!

Every 2nd race will be set at 100% race distance. This will mean drivers will need to come up with pit stop strategies!

How do I Sign Up?

Message me or reply in the comments! We have a total of 11 teams (or 22 individual driving slots).

THERE WILL BE NO ENTRY FEE!

So What Do I Need to Tell You Don?

1) Name for your team
2) Team Members (the game is more fun with a team mate but you can take both seats on your own if you wish!)
3) Colour scheme (try to keep it simple there are limits to my art work!)


What are you waiting for?

Prize Money

Now what's Formula One without prize money???

There is a 100 GOLD prize pool up for grabs!

First Place will receive 63% of the pool
Second will receive 28% of the pool
Third will receive 9% of the pool

Sign up now at the below link!

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dDVTVkM2X1pPa29JQ1cwd0w3ZWZqZ2c6MQ#gid=0

Some of you may need to copy and paste the above link into a new tab or window!