As much of a social night as it is a mission, this Thursday, I'll be inviting the first six lucky responders to a friendly match or two of Rocket League, where I will be spectating, capturing and commentating. 

The idea is to produce a replay video for the TSG YouTube channel to help promote our upcoming season as well as practice making them, and learning to commentate matches. Much different to a Forza replay that is pre recorded!

As mentioned the first six replies to this post will get the details for joining the matches. If there are more than six, we may sub a few people in and out, or get them to wait until we move to a 4v4 match or two.

BUT! When you reply, please provide the following information:

Favourite/preferred position - choices are: Defender, Sweeper, midfield and Striker
Favourite vehicle
Favourite rocket trail

(Just gives me something additional to talk about if there are any lulls in the matches). So an example is:

Z00lu
Sweeper/midfield
Hogsticker
Accelerato


Positions explained:
Defender - a goalie of sorts who spends most time as the backline in defence
Sweeper - supports the Defender while taking the ball into attack from defence
Midfielder - lurks in the midfield going both ways to support defence and look for opportunities to setup shots or take them
Striker - name says it all, attack attack attack

Good luck!

For anyone wanting the Stewards to undertake an investigation into an incident or investigate a potential breach of drivers conduct, please submit this form to the Series Organiser via Private Messages.

Round 3, Dubai Autodrome, Stewards Briefing
March 31st, 2016

Teams and drivers are advised of the following information contained within:
Qualifying Procedure
Starting Procedure

Pit Entry and Exit

All information contained in this stewards briefing is created with the purpose of ensuring we have stable events, so CANZ administrators appreciate that everyone follows this information along with adhering to the CANZ sporting regulations.

Qualifying Procedure:
For the Sportscar Championship Series (SCS) we will be splitting qualifying for GT and LMP vehicles into two groups. The session will be set to 30 minutes, GT cars will qualify in the first 15 minutes of the session, after 15 minutes are up they must complete the lap they are on and then return to pit lane (driver MUST drive back to pits, do not jump back to pit lane). LMP's will have 10 minutes from the 16 minute mark. At 26 minutes they must complete the lap they are on and then drive back to pit lane. In the last four minutes take note of who qualified ahead of you in your class as you will be starting behind them.


Always keep note of who has qualified ahead of you in your class so you know who to start behind at the start of the race. It is your responsibility to keep note of this otherwise you may need to start from the back of the field.

Starting Procedure:
In the event no issues arise during qualifying, we will again use the game's built-in rolling start feature. Should any issues arise the custom rolling start outlined below will be used.

The first lap of the race will be consumed for the rolling start to allow runners to get into their positions in LMP/GT groups (having previously noted who they are to start behind), the LMP field will lead the group at a safe speed around the installation lap and will form into 2x2 out of the last corner for the race start and reduce speed to 60kph to group the field up.

The pole position driver will control the field, the circuit will be considered green past the start of the pit wall along the right side of the circuit and the pole position driver may chose to start the race at any point between the pit wall starting and the start/finish line, at this point the race will start regardless of if the pole position driver has accellerated or not.

Pit Entry and Exit:
As always pit entry must be communicated with surrounding drivers early to ensure no incidents arise as a result of a vehicle heading into pit lane.

On pit exit, communicate clearly that you are exiting and ensure that you stay to the right if other traffic is in the area as the first corner is a right hander feeding cars into the apex on pit exit.

Thanks guys, have a good race!

Our first foray into Rocket League!

The competition will run from April 26th - May 17th, with approx 3 rounds played per night. Tuesday's will be the selected night for matches to take place, but all rounds for that week must be completed no later than the Thursday following, i.e. Two days after the scheduled Tuesday. This is to ensure all match results and stats are received and updated by the weekend prior to the next set of rounds.

Team Information:
There will be 5 teams for the Pre-season Cup, with any new players taking on roles as subs until the next season. The teams and players are listed below:

Second Degree Sharks - Scav3nger, Clasfied Hunter, Im SlinnShady
Midnight Raiders - MRN3Drifter, z00lu, hell5pawn77
The Titans - Archalees Prime, xXFuriousWolfXx, UnusedDragon488
Beckwith Angels - woebegone6, TrueZola I 25 I, deadx89
Wasteland Devils - Chaos 7h30ry, Hypershadow19, x06 The Doc 06x

Subs available:

xLLOYDYxx
Brute x Magicz - internet issues pending
Techwo1f
Joelpmk101 - if match is scheduled early (before 8pm)



Those in bold are team captains.

Matches are to be played on home grounds as per fixtures when released. 

Additional information will be made available on the website or here on the forums in due course.

Mutators:
Match Length: 10min
Max Score: Unlimited
Boost Strength: 1x
Respawn Time: 3 seconds

All other settings must be set to DEFAULT.

Registrations:
At this time we're taking registrations, teams will be created a week out from the first round. Registration can be done through the forums, no form on the site for this one.

1. Scav3nger
   
2. z00lu
   
3. Chaos 7h30ry
   
4. MRN3Drifter
   
5. Clasfied Hunter
   
6. woebegone6
   
7. UnusedDragon488
   
8. Archalees Prime
   
9. TrueZola I 25 I
   
10. xXFuriousWolfXx
    
11. Brute x Magicz - no internet
    
12. Hypershadow19
    
13. Joelpmk101??
    
14. hell5pawn77
    
15. Im SlinnShady
    
16. Deadx89
    

Hello again,

I've been away for about a year and most of you reading this will know me but I'm making this to inform everyone that I'm back. I  probably won't be racing for a while but when I do, consider me as a rookie. I've changed a lot… in a good way.

Now known as Truggins. You refer to me as Dynamite, Trent or Truggins. Whatever you prefer.

My username for pretty much everything is Truggins. (Xbox, Twitter, YouTube, etc.)

kcya

Round 2, Zhuhai International, Stewards Briefing
March 17th, 2016

Teams and drivers are advised of the following information contained within:
Qualifying Procedure
Starting Procedure

Pit Entry and Exit

All information contained in this stewards briefing is created with the purpose of ensuring we have stable events, so CANZ administrators appreciate that everyone follows this information along with adhering to the CANZ sporting regulations.

Qualifying Procedure:
For the Sportscar Championship Series (SCS) we will be splitting qualifying for GT and LMP vehicles into two groups. The session will be set to 30 minutes, GT cars will qualify in the first 15 minutes of the session, after 15 minutes are up they must complete the lap they are on and then return to pit lane (driver MUST drive back to pits, do not jump back to pit lane). LMP's will have 10 minutes from the 16 minute mark. At 26 minutes they must complete the lap they are on and then drive back to pit lane. In the last four minutes take note of who qualified ahead of you in your class as you will be starting behind them.


Always keep note of who has qualified ahead of you in your class so you know who to start behind at the start of the race. It is your responsibility to keep note of this otherwise you may need to start from the back of the field.

Starting Procedure:
The first lap of the race will be consumed for the rolling start to allow runners to get into their positions in LMP/GT groups (having previously noted who they are to start behind), the LMP field will lead the group at a safe speed around the installation lap and will form into 2x2 out of the last corner for the race start and reduce speed to 60kph to group the field up.

The pole position driver will control the field, the circuit will be considered green past the start of the pit wall along the right side of the circuit and the pole position driver may chose to start the race at any point between the pit wall starting and the start/finish line, at this point the race will start regardless of if the pole position driver has accellerated or not.

Pit Entry and Exit:
Pit entry must be communicated with surrounding drivers early. Avoid touching the grass between the track and the pit entry as grass is known to reduce grip.

On pit exit, communicate clearly that you are exiting and ensure that you stay to the right if other traffic is in the area as the first corner is a tight right hander with cars exiting close to the apex of the first turn.

Thanks guys, have a good race!

Hey guys,

Looking to get back into GTA next Tuesday night if anyone wants to join in. Post below if you want an invite or message me closer to the night via Facebook.

Usual start time or 9pm though I will be aiming for 8.30pm AEDT.

See you in Los Santos!

Drivers and team managers are reminded that excessive language in response to questions may result in sanctions. Please respect our community's members as per the rules and regulations. Thank you.

Some basic questions (feel free to come up with some questions of your own though if you like):

How was your race today?

What was the team's plan coming into today's race?

What are some things the team are looking at moving forward?

What was your highlight of the race?

Did you generally like (circuit name) or feel as though a better circuit could be run? If so, which circuit?

What are you looking forward to most about the next race?

Round 1, Silverstone, Stewards Briefing
March 10th, 2016

Teams and drivers are advised of the following information contained within:
Qualifying Procedure
Starting Procedure
Pit Entry and Exit

All information contained in this stewards briefing is created with the purpose of ensuring we have stable events, so CANZ administrators appreciate that everyone follows this information along with adhering to the CANZ sporting regulations.

Qualifying Procedure:
Qualifying for Round 1 of the CANZ V8 Supercars series will be a timed session of 15 minutes. No shootout session or group split will be required for this circuit. Please spread yourselves out on circuit to avoid dirtying others laps through drafting.

Starting Procedure:
For the first race, a standard start will be used. Should a reverse grid race be run, a standing manual start will be used to set grid positions.

Pit Entry and Exit:
Please observe the following images:





For pit entry, please communicate and ensure that you are over to the right hand side of the circuit before the white control line to clearly indicate that you are entering the pits. Follow the general direction of that rather prominent tyre mark if in doubt. As always you cannot pit at the end of the first lap unless you have damage, and you must not pit on the last lap and finish the race in the pit lane.

For pit exit, remember to commincate that you are exiting the pits as you are coming up hill from a covered position so on-track drivers may not see you exiting. Attempt to stay to the right as you exit so the racing line is clear for fast traffic. Battling into turn 3 is allowed if you feel you can hold the position with cold tyres.

Any questions, pop them below, otherwise I'll see you all tomorrow night and let's have a good race to start the season!

Although there has been a fair bit of discussion around Clipsal on the chat group, I wanted to post some thoughts on it here;

While I am a fan of unpredictable finishes and the unlikely drivers nabbing a win, I thought the fuel drop rule made Sunday's race unfulfilling. Essentially in my eyes, Percat won on a technicality. When the race distance was reduced due to a time certain finish (I'll get back to that) the amount required for the fuel drop should also have been reduced.

As for time certain finishes, the race should start 30min earlier to allow for delays of any sort so we get to see a full race. In some cases delays may go beyond 30min but you would at least get close to the full race distance.

Pretty average effort in the end by race control, and I am not a fan of post race investigations on incidents that are so straightforward as to who is at fault - drive through penalties will more than likely result in the driver who infringed losing more point than what was deducted post race.