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Since we have had non spanish/portuguese speakers subscribed to the 2008 WROC season, time has come to provide you all the WROC 2008 rules in English.
So, here you go. Welcome aboard!


WROC 2008 Rules

1. The World Rally Orkut Championship, ahead named WROC, will happen under the following rules:

RACES

2. WROC is a fun-only championship and will be raced by plugin to the software Richard Burns Rally, downloadable at http://rbr.onlineracing.cz/index.php?act=download.

2.1. There will be a) Drivers Championship of car class WRC/A8, b) Drivers Championship of car class LIGHT, c) Drivers Championship of Class S1600.

2.1.1. All A8 cars are considered as WRC/A8 cars.

2.1.2. There will not be Team Championships.

2.1.3 Some WRC/A8 cars are restricted to some driver classes as especified ahead in the chapter named ESPECIFIC RULES FOR EACH DRIVER CLASS

2.1.4. The cars admitted in LIGHT Class are all those that in the czech plugin belong to the Group/Class N4 and S2000. The S1600 Class admits only czech plugin S1600 cars.

3. The Rounds Schedule will be sent by email to all subscribed drivers.

3.1. The race openning time is will be always 00:01 (CET) on the first day and closing time will be always 23:59 (CET) on the last day.

POINTS

4. The drivers of each car class will be awarded the following points after each race:
1st: 20
2nd: 17
3rd: 15
4th: 13
5h: 11
6th: 10
7th: 9
8th: 8
9th: 7
10th: 6
11th: 5
12th: 4
13th: 3
14th: 2
15th: 1

4.1. The Champion of each car class will be the driver who gets more points at the end of the season, no discards allowed..

4.2. The unties will be done in this order: a) amount of wins b) amount of 2nd places; c) amount of 3rd places and so on.

4.3. The official results will be always sent to the drivers e-mails.

SUBSCRIPTIONS

5. Any driver can subscribe to WROC until the end of the last race, since he respects the restrictions of each driver class, especified ate the chapter ESPECIFIC RULES FOR EACH DRIVER CLASS ahead.

5.1. Only one subscrition for all season is required. Nevertheless no points shall be given to drivers before the regular subscription.

5.2. Drivers can only subscribe by e-mail sent to wrocadmin@gmail.com, containing the following data: Full name, nationality, login name at czech plugin, and contact e-mail.

5.2.1. Rookie drivers can join manufacturer car selection as brought ahead in ESPECIFIC RULES FOR EACH DRIVER CLASS. If a rookie driver wants to join the SELECTIONS should especify so on the subscription Field car. If not, the driver should point right away the car that he will be using all season.

5.2.2. When subscription and car choice is done it will be only allowed to change vehicules if one new car becomes avaliable at czech plugin or the chosen car become unaccepted by the czech plugin.

5.3. The WROC staff will respond and confirm all subscription e-mails, without which the driver should not consider himself subscribed.

5.4. All race passwords will be sent by e-mail within 24 hours before the race starts.

SOFTWARE AND GAME SETUPS

6. To race WROC one must have these softwares installed:
- Richard Burns Rally, for PC
- Patch 1. 02 avaliable
- Register in http://rbr.onlinegames.cz
- Plugin version RBRTM087RC3Inst.exe or later
- Tracks Rally School II, Stryckovy Orkuh, Stryckovy - Zadní Poricí, Oslí - Stryckovy and Reversed Tracks

6.1. No mods, nor Sosnova track will be used this season.

7. The damage will always be Reduced, except on Pribram tracks.

8. The choice of the stages in each race will be done only by the WROC staff.

8.1. The weather will be random. The odds are 50% of wet or damp stages and 50% dry.

9. There will be SuperRally system on each Service Area with a penalty of 180 seconds.
 
10. The driver must race logged in the same loginname provided on the subscription e-mail.

11. Tires and setup are free on the edges of the car models.

11.1. Setups and tires can only be chosen at Service Area, even if the conditions and track surfaces differ between Service Areas.

12. The staff will provide information about wheather and stages only when the races are created.

ESPECIFIC RULES FOR EACH DRIVER CLASS

13. To enhance the fights for the championship and reduce time diferences WROC drivers will be divided into driver classes each one with especific rules, as it is ahead.

CONCEPTS

14. SENIOR DRIVERS are the 2007 WROC top 5 in WRC/A8 and N4 classes. They are:
Jorge Ortiz  (Spain Login Jorge Ortiz)
Jose Mautone (Uruguay Login Jose Mautone)
Paulo Coelho (Brazil Login bmxer)
Paulo Franco (Portugal Login paulofr)
Eduardo Parise (Brazil Login E. Parise)
Marcelo Wolverine (Brazil Login w0lver1ne_MG)
Markes Mendes (Portugal Login MENDES Markes)
Jean Vogel (Brazil Login J. Vogel)
Gabriel Morales (Brazil Login G. Morales)
Cipriano Sacramento (Spain Login Cipriano)

15. ROOKIE DRIVERS are all the other drivers that raced at least 1 round of all the previous WROC editions.

16. BEGINNER DRIVERS are all the drivers who never before raced on WROC.

17. Manufacturer cars are restricted cars avaliable only for those ROOKIES approved in the SELECTIONS (or seletivas in portuguese) to race with a official manufacturer car.

18. Drivers should not worry about defining their classes because everybody´s classes will be informed by WROC staff on the e-mail response (item 5.2.)

19. All the drivers must respect the GENERAL AND FINAL RULES brought on the proper chapter ahead.

ESPECIFIC RULES FOR BEGINNER DRIVERS

20. No Beginners are allowed in WRC/A8 car class.

21. Within S1600 and LIGHT car classes, Beginners may choose any car wanted.

22. A Beginner can become straightly a Senior without being a Rookie. He has only to fullfill the requirements to do so (item 38).

ESPECIFIC RULES FOR SENIOR DRIVERS

23. No Senior are allowed on S1600 nor LIGHT car classes.

24. Seniors can only race on WRC/A8 class and must drive exclusivly one of the following cars:
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6 A8
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6,5 A8
Original Accent WRC
Original Corolla WRC
Skoda Octavia WRC Evo 2
Original Peugeot 206 WRC
Peugeot 206 WRC 2003
Ford Escort Cosworth A8
Ford Escort WRC
Ford Focus RS WRC 2004
Original Subaru Impreza 2000 WRC
Original Subaru Impreza 2003 WRC
Subaru Impreza WRC 2001
Subaru Impreza WRC 2002
Original Xsara WRC
Lancia Delta HF Integrale

24.1. Among these vehicules the choice of the Senior drivers is free, though everybody must respect the rule on item 5.2.2. above.

ESPECIFIC RULES FOR ROOKIE DRIVERS

25. Rookies can race in all the car classes.

26. On S1600 and LIGHT car classes, the Rookies may choose any car wanted.

27. On WRC/A8, though, the following cars are restricted to the official manufacturer´s teams. Only Rookies that become approved on the manufacturer car selection may drive them:

Team Mitsubishi: Original Lancer Evo 7 WRC
Team Hyundai: Hyundai Accent WRC Evo 3
Team Toyota: Toyota Celica St205 A8
Team Skoda: Skoda Fabia WRC 2006
Team Peugeot: Peugeot 307 WRC 2005
Team Ford: Ford Focus RS WRC 2006
Team Subaru: Subaru Impreza WRC 2006
Team Citroen: Citroen C4 WRC

28. The top 2 rookie drivers in each of the manufacturer cars selections will be approved into official teams.

29. The selection races will be only for WRC/A8 car class. The will be raced in 4 stages each, random tracks and wheather, without the SuperRally rule and only one 10-minute service area between stages 2 na 3. All event passwords will be SEL2008.

30. Non-Rookie drivers may practice at will on the manufacturer selections.

31. If the same driver qualifies for more than one selection, only the first will be considered. The others will be discarded.

32. The selections will take place at the following dates (day/month):
16/02 to 18/02: WROC 2008 - Seletiva Mitsubishi, qualifying 2 rookies to race with Lancer Evo 7
17/02 to 19/02: WROC 2008 - Seletiva Hyundai, qualifying 2 rookies to race with Accent WRC Evo 3
18/02 to 20/02: WROC 2008 - Seletiva Toyota, qualifying 2 rookies to race with Celica St205 A8
19/02 to 21/02: WROC 2008 - Seletiva Skoda, qualifying 2 rookies to race with Fabia WRC 2006
20/02 to 22/02: WROC 2008 - Seletiva Peugeot, qualifying 2 rookies to race with 307 WRC 2005
21/02 to 23/02: WROC 2008 - Seletiva Ford, qualifying 2 rookies to race with Focus WRC 2006
22/02 to 24/02: WROC 2008 - Seletiva Subaru, qualifying 2 rookies to race with Impreza WRC 2006
23/02 to 25/02: WROC 2008 - Seletiva Citroen, qualifying 2 rookies to race with C4 WRC

33. If one rookie qualifies in more than one selection he may not choose his car (item 31). Altough, if he wants he will be able to reject the official car becoming a privateer rookie from that time on. In this case item 34 ahead apllies to him.

34. If some rookie does not qualify or does not enter any of the the official car selections or rejects the manufacturer he has been approved for, he will be able to choose any of the following cars on WRC/A8 car class, freely:
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6 A8
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6,5 A8
Original Accent WRC
Original Corolla WRC
Skoda Octavia WRC Evo 2
Skoda Fabia WRC 2005
Original Peugeot 206 WRC
Peugeot 206 WRC 2003
Ford Escort Cosworth A8
Ford Escort WRC
Ford Focus RS WRC 2004
Original Subaru Impreza 2000 WRC
Original Subaru Impreza 2003 WRC
Subaru Impreza WRC 2001
Subaru Impreza WRC 2002
Subaru Impreza WRC 2005
Original Xsara WRC
Citroen Xsara WRC 2005
Citroen Xsara WRC 2006
Lancia Delta HF Integrale

GENERAL AND FINAL RULES

35. In case some new cars become avaliable at czech plugin WROC staff will declare which drivers classes might drive them.

36. No request for tournament reset is allowed. The requests will be ignored.

37. There will be no trophies nor prizes. The champions will be just declared by official means and in the WROC related websites.

38. At the end of 2008 season the staff will declare SENIOR DRIVERS the top 7 on WRC/A8 car class, top 2 on LIGHT car class and the Champion of S1600 car class, no matter which driver classes they are in this year.

39. By subscribing the driver declares to know and agree with these rules.

40. Cases that are not predicted here will be solved ONLY by the discussion forum at website http://www.orkut.com/Community.aspx?cmm=19360819.

41. All informations are only official if sent from wrocadmin@gmail.com to the subscription e-mail;

41.1. No other means of comunication wil be considerred official.

Any doubts may be asked to wrocadmin@gmail.com.

Portuguese version in: January, 18th, 2008.
Translation into English in: February 08th, 2008.