E WORLD ESPORT RACING COMMUNITY Richard Burns Rally Welcome to World Esports Racing Community WERBR Championship Rulebook This document contains all about the rules that will be applied to each driver of the World Esports Racing Community Championship. The regulation for any tournament created by the WERC is intended to encourage the participation in all tournaments and that people are taking it serious. Our main goal is to enforce a good experience by all Pro, Intermediate and Amateur drivers. You are free to invite your colleagues to this championship!! Organizers: WERC - World Esports Racing Community. Contact: [email protected] Coordinators: • Random JDM Guy - English Index: Introduction 1. About the WERBR Championship 2. WERBR Championship: Pre-season 3. WERBR Championship: Standings 4. WERBR Championship: Penalties 5. WERBR Championship: Driver Protocol A. Annex 1: Shortcuts/cutting corners Installation guide on Discord WERC channels Web: www.wrcesports.com Discord: Discord server Facebook: Facebook profile Instagram: Instagram Profile Twitter: Twitter Account Twitch: Twitch channel Youtube: Youtube channel Monday, 3 August 2020 Page !1 of 11! E WORLD ESPORT RACING COMMUNITY Introduction Welcome to the WERC RBR Rally Championship. It is a PC exclusive championship. We are very grateful to have an excellent team, full of organisers you can contact. Do not hesitate to ask any questions you have! Some of the reasons for contact that could be given: • Questions related to the championship regulations • To inform the organisation that a participant is going to miss an event (only those reasons that are considered very important will be studied). • If you want to contribute with some advice or comment, so we can improve. Registration: A. Participants: Register your username (real name preferably) first in RBRCZ website. Create your team if you will form one for the championship RBRCZ website, “Team List section”. Register in our web page www.wrcesports.com in which you have to indicate your Gamertag/ Username (same you used for RBR website), Name and Country. After that, follow the steps to sign-up for a championship in its specific section. B. Teams: Team Manager or leader has to send us an email to [email protected] telling us the Gamertag of each one of the drivers or a direct message in WERC Discord to Damian. (see section 1.6). Important dates: Table 1: Important Dates Important Dates Starting Date/Time (UTC) Finish Date/Time (UTC) 1st Registration 03/08/2020 - 12:00 23/08/2020 - 12:00 Publication of the list of 30/08/2020 participants Pre-season 12/08/2020 - 12:00 24/08/2020 - 12:00 Championship 02/09/2020 - 12:00 23/11/2020 - 12:00 Of course you are free to join this championship at any moment. WERC can modify/update this rulebook during the season with prior notice to drivers on Discord. Page !2 of 11! E WORLD ESPORT RACING COMMUNITY 1. About the WERBR Championship 1.1 Championship Format: The WERBR Championship consists in: • 6 rallies with 8 stages each one and 2 pre-season rallies. • 5 categories / divisions: WRC 1.6 [WERBR 1], WRC 2.0 & R5 [WERBR 2], N4/R4 [WERBR P], R2 [WERBR R], RGT [WERBR G]. • Every round will be opened for 5 days (starting on Wednesdays and finishing at 12:00pm UTC on Mondays). • Standings will be available in WERC website after the end of every rally. • In addition, we open a category to everyone and it doesn’t need registration if you are already registered for other category: Historic [WERBR H]. • Inscription for every rally on RBRCZ website from 10 days prior to event until 3 days before the rally official starting date. • Car choice : On Discord after the Pre-season. 1.2 Rally Format: • 8 stages per rally. • Stages conditions over several days with varying weather conditions. Weather conditions extracted from weather forecast a few days before every event. • Power Stage is the final (8th) stage. • Registration for each rally closes 3 days before the start in RBRCZ. 1.3 Championship Calendar: Table 2: Championship calendar Location Additional info Starting Date/Time (UTC) Finish Date/Time (UTC) Rally Bohemia Test 12/08/2020 - 12:00 17/08/2020 - 12:00 [Tarmac] Rally Colorado Test 19/08/2020 - 12:00 24/08/2020 - 12:00 [Gravel] Rally Princesa de Asturias WERBR 02/09/2020 - 12:00 07/09/2020 - 12:00 [Tarmac] Rally Terra da Auga WERBR 16/09/2020 - 12:00 21/09/2020 - 12:00 [Gravel] Rally Legend WERBR 07/10/2020 - 12:00 12/10/2020 - 12:00 [Tarmac] Barum Czech Rally WERBR 21/10/2020 - 12:00 26/10/2020 - 12:00 [Tarmac] Rally Hungary WERBR 04/11/2020 - 12:00 09/11/2020 - 12:00 [Gravel] Rally du Var WERBR 18/11/2020 - 12:00 23/11/2020 - 12:00 [Tarmac] Page !3 of 11! E WORLD ESPORT RACING COMMUNITY 1.4 Divisions and Car Choice: Table 3: Groups and Cars included Car Class Cars Allowed Citroen C3 WRC - Citroen DS3 WRC Ford Fiesta RS WRC 2014 - Ford Fiesta WRC 2017 WRC 1.6 Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC 2017 (2020) Toyota Yaris WRC 2018 - VW Polo R WRC 2016 Citroen C4 WRC - Citroen Xsara WRC 2006 WRC 2.0 Ford Focus Mk II RS WRC 2006 Subaru Impreza WRC (S9) Citroen C3 R5 - DS3 R5 - Ford Fiesta R5 R5 Hyundai i20 R5 - Skoda Fabia R5 Skoda Fabia R5 Evo -VW Polo GTI R5 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX - Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X N4 - R4 Subaru Impreza N15 Citroen C2 R2 Max - Ford Fiesta Mk VIII R2 R2 Ford Fiesta R2 - Opel Adam R2 - Peugeot 208 R2 Renault Twingo R2 Evo Aston Martin Vantage RGT - Fiat 124 Abarth Rally RGT RGT Lotus Exige S RGT - Porsche 911 GT3 (2007), (2010) RGT H Historic cars **A DRIVER MUST USE THE SAME CAR DURING THE CHAMPIONSHIP. Table 4: Divisions Division Cars WERB 1 WRC 1.6 WERB 2 WRC 2.0 & R5 WERB P N4 - R4 WERB R R2 WERB G RGT WERB H Historic 1.5 Discards and Event Results: Article 1.5.1 - The organisation's will remove the worst result of each driver. Article 1.5.2 - A DNS/DNF/DNA result will be automatically a discarded rally. Article 1.5.3 - Drivers and Teams lose automatically the points earned previously in that discarded event. * See section 4 for more information about DNS/DNF/DNA. Page !4 of 11! E WORLD ESPORT RACING COMMUNITY 1.6 Team Championship: The following are the rules which all teams have to follow and : Article 1.6.1 - Minimum number of members of the team is 1 driver. Maximum number of 3 drivers within each division. Article 1.6.2 - All drivers of the same team MUST choose the SAME car within the same division. Drivers cannot transfer between new or affiliated teams during the championship. Article 1.6.3 - ONLY the first 2 drivers of a team in each rally and each division will get points for the WERBR Team Championship. 2. WERBR Championship: Pre-Season The pre-season will be run before the start of the championship • 2 rallies with 8 stages each. • Every round will be opened for 5 days (starting on Wednesdays and finishing at 12:00pm UTC on Mondays). • The Historic class will not be opened for pre-season events. • The participation is mandatory for all drivers. *As well as for the main championship, drivers can use their own setup Table 5: Pre-season calendar Location Additional info Starting Date/Time (UTC) Finish Date/Time (UTC) Rally Bohemia Test 12/08/2020 - 12:00 17/08/2020 - 12:00 [Tarmac] Rally Colorado Test 19/08/2020 - 12:00 24/08/2020 - 12:00 [Gravel] Page !5 of 11! E WORLD ESPORT RACING COMMUNITY 3. WERBR Championship: Standings 3.1 Rally Points System: The points system per division is shown in the following table: Table 6: Points earned according to the final position Position Points: Overall Points: Division 1 25 25 2 20 18 3 15 15 4 13 12 5 11 10 6 10 8 7 9 6 8 8 4 9 7 2 10 6 1 11 5 - 12 4 - 13 3 - 14 2 - 15 1 - 3.2 Power Stage Points: Top 5 drivers of each category in the Power Stage stage will get extra points: Table 7 shows the points distribution as a function of the Power Stage final overall position. Table 7: Power Stage points Position Points 1 5 2 4 3 3 4 2 5 1 Page !6 of 11! E WORLD ESPORT RACING COMMUNITY 3.3 Championship standings: If two or more drivers finish the championship with the same number of points, the higher place in the championship shall be awarded to: I. The holder of the greatest number of first places. II. If the number of first places is the same, the holder of the greatest number of second places and so on until a winner emerges. III. If this procedure fails to produce a result, the WERC will nominate the winner according to such criteria as it thinks fit. 3.4 Team Championship Standings: The points for the WERC RBR Team Championship will be the sum of the points obtained in each event for the first 2 drivers classified of each team within each division. If two or more teams finish the championship with the same number of points, the final positions will be based on the same clauses described in section 3.3. 3.5 Final Standings: Once the championship is over, the final standings will be published. During the championship and after each round the provisional standings will be published.