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Welcome to season 38!

By Neil Vaughn**

On: 2009-09-02 05:57:06

Thanks for your patience with the restart so we could restructure the new classes properly. It looks to be a very exciting and competitive season. You should take note of a number of changes for season:

1. Class structure has been altered to help competition and make for better racing. Don't be shocked if you are not in the class or group you were expecting to be in.
2. Testing gains for gearbox performance have been halved. The suppliers have been adjusted to compensate. This is to correct the problem with testing gains being too high.
3. Montreal has been removed from the test tracks as it proved to not work as intended. Instead the ‘winter testing’ track before race 1 will be Barcelona with its 3 star rating for all tests.
4. After much debate the suppliers were finally hammered out. Hopefully they will offer multiple options and prove to make for some great racing. Please note that the new, more radical, tyres now have a performance rating that includes half point values.
5. You can now make bids on the markets for staff members from the start of the season instead of after race 2 as in previous seasons.
6. Design reductions have been adjusted. For this season the design loss is 10% (above the base 40) for everyone. Starting in season 39 it will be 15% for classes 1 through 3, 12.5% for C4, and 10% for C5.
7. Practice and warm up laps have been changed by class. Classes 1 and 2 will lose 5 practice laps and 3 warm up laps, classes 3 and 4 will remain the same, and classes 5 and 6 will gain 5 laps in each session.
8. There will be a minimum DRP of 50% in C4, 80% in C5, and for C6 DRP will be have no effect.
9. The in & out times for the pit lanes have been reduced as last seasons slower pit speed was deemed to hurt strategy too much. In and out times are now between s37 times and those from season 36 and before.
10. Finances have been restructured and there is no longer a qualifying bonus, just race entry and finishing position money.

Looking to the future, the new server is installed and being set up. The new server is scheduled to be used for season 39 and onwards. Have fun and race hard! The F1TIME team

Most recent rule changes

Changes for Season 38

September 2, 2009

1. Class structure has been altered to help competition and make for better racing - revamped to 1-2-4-8-32-128.
   • With the restructure there will be 4 promotions per group, and 8 relegations. The numbers may differ for C4 through 6 though to account for the jump in class size.
2. Testing gains for gearbox performance have been halved.
3. Montreal has been removed from the test tracks - instead the ‘winter testing’ track before race 1 will be Barcelona with its 3 star rating for all tests.
4. You can now make bids on the markets for staff members from the start of the season.
5. Design reductions have been adjusted. Starting in season 38/39 break, it will be 15% for classes 1 through 3, 12.5% for C4, and 10% for C5.
6. Practice and warm up laps have been changed by class. Classes 1 and 2 will lose 5 practice laps and 3 warm up laps, classes 3 and 4 will remain the same, and classes 5 and 6 will gain 5 laps in each session.
7. There will be a minimum DRP of 50% in C4, 80% in C5, and for C6 DRP will be have no effect.
8. The in & out times for the pit lanes have been reduced are now between s37 times and those from season 36 and before.
9. Finances have been restructured and there is no longer a qualifying bonus, just race entry and finishing position money.
   • Exact details of the new finance structure can be found here