First things first, check the wiki for a list of what is or is not yet confirmed. If it isn't there and should be, add it yourself or post it here and someone, probably me, will add it ASAP.
Rule changes:
1. 107% rule
Simple. At all events, a 107% rule will be enforced. I'm going to aim for the middle ground between strict and FIA. The only excuses a driver can have for being outside 107% is reliability problems or a blocking incident. Something like, say, throwing it into the wall, will not be a good excuse.
2. Engines
Nothing much has changed, but I have given each engine new stats, so some might be better or worse than last season. The new engine stats, as helped by random.org, are:
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Engine Power Relia
BMW 570 5000
Lancia 567 4500
Mugen-Honda 564 4000
Holden 561 3500
Mini 558 3000
Zytek 555 2500
Nissan 552 2000
Daihatsu 549 1500With the withdrawal of Hydook and Shonan (and Octan changing suppliers), Fiat and Geely have been dropped. With 8 engines and 22 teams, I'm putting a limit on the number of deals one supplier can have at 4. I will make a one-odd exception for Lancia, who I believe already have 5, based on the fact that Stramala and co. didn't know about the limit (although if someone was kind enough to change, that would be brilliant).
3. Penalty points
I'll be adjusting how I hand out penalty points. Rather than a flat 45 points for causing a collision, I'll give from 15-30 depending on the severity and consequences (I was kinder if the driver who caused the accident lost more places than the victim or retired), but leave the ban thresholds the same, meaning it'll take 5 fairly bad incidents to get a ban. Same goes for blocking in qualifying.
4. Drivers and Races
No more third drivers, it just got too complex and doing the 2015 results on the wiki is not going to be fun. I'm dropping the maximum age from 35 to 27, so if you have a driver that is affected, they'll need to find somewhere else to go. The 2016 calendar will be:
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Round of Australia - Adelaide - 19-20 March
Round of the United Kingdom - Brands Hatch - 16-17 April
Round of Italy - Monza - 30 April-1 May
Pau SuperPrix - Pau - 8 May
Round of Canada - Montreal OR Vancouver - 4-5 June
Round of Germany - Norisring - 9-10 July
Zandvoort SuperPrix - Zandvoort - 30-31 July
Round of Belgium - Spa - 17-18 September
Round of Italy II - Adria OR Round of Argentina - Buenos Aires - 8-9 October
Round of Japan - Fuji - 5-6 November
Surfers SuperPrix - Surfers Paradise - 20 NovemberI'm putting three things up to vote: Where Canada is, where we should go after Belgium, and should there be a non-championship race (with a limited grid of 22 cars) in August, so that there is something to fill that gap. Personally, I'm leaning towards racing in Vancouver, racing in Adria and a NC race at Le Mans, but I'd like to know what you guys want (also, if you want Adria, please come up with a better name than "Italy II"
). Regular rounds will be two 50km races, Pau and Zandvoort will be 100km, Surfers will be 200km.At the moment, the TBA slot in the entry list is pycku's, but if he doesn't take it in the next week it goes to BlindCaveSalamander. When BCS does get an entry, I will no longer be accepting anyone onto the reserve list, so that I can cut down the grid size over the next few seasons.
All teams that haven't confirmed chassis, remember that you can choose Dallara, Suzuki, your own or make a deal with another supplier (I won't complain if someone brings Lola in, for example).
Also, if/when someone makes a livery, could you make sure you give me two, one for each number, and preferably with different coloured roll bars (I don't care what colours, along as they're different on each car). A couple of teams may have to use a different template for their second car thanks to the way the mod works (I think it's Good Call and Dofasco, I'll have to do the performance files first to confirm it).
Any feedback or ideas would be appreciated and probably very helpful, I'm bound to have forgotten something.
