Beginners guide

This guide is made to provide a basic guide to join the IVRC. If you want to know our guidelines to create your own wikia page, please check the wikia guide.

## Overview of the IVRC

The IVRC is a sim racing organization which runs a wide selection of virtual motorsport competitions and offers great racing with a friendly and welcoming community to it's drivers. We currently use **Automobilista** to provide a range of competitions open to drivers of all levels and experience.

## Getting Started

If you're new to IVRC there are two easy steps to follow to get you ready to compete:

### **Step 1 - Registration**

The first thing you need to do is to register with us, which is completely free of charge. Signup is split into two parts – page signup and driver registration. Sign up can be done here and gives you access to our friendly community, as well as lots of helpful information. Please make sure you cange your username at our discord to your full name.

### **Step 2 - Getting our mods**

Once you've signed up the next thing you'll need to do is get your game setup with all the files it needs to run in our championships.

For downloading files, the league uses a program called SimSync Pro that will download all IVRC related game files and keep them updated at the touch of a button. Our SimSync program (Version 8.1) can be downloaded here. Once downloaded, simply install Simsync in your game main folder, run the program from there and select the series you want (note: you may have to run the program as administrator). You will get the SimSync password for all mods in the series specific sub boards at the forum.

## Further details of each Series

### **Touring Car Championship**

The Touring Car Championship championship is the league's prime touring car series. It is heavily orientated towards TCR's series concept and thus mirrors the usual TCR championships and weekend schedules, which contains a 10 minute Qualifying, followed by two 20-minute races. As it's the pinnacle of the IVRC it will be held every Saturday of a TCC meeting.
The series features the closest competition of the IVRC. Only the best will succeed in the Touring Car Championship!

* Tier 2 touring cars (eg. TCR)
* Runs on *Automobilista*
* Race times (Saturday)
	+ Qualifying: 10 minutes, 17:30 GMT
	+ Warm-Up / Break: 5 minutes, 17:45 GMT
	+ Race 1: 18:00 GMT
	+ Warm-Up / Break: 5 minutes, 18:25 GMT
	+ Race 2: 18:30 GMT
* Round format:
	+ Qualifying format: *Unlimited laps, parc ferme (all except fuel, brake settings and steering lock are locked).*
	+ Race format: *Two races per event. Reverse grid used in Race 2.*
	+ Driver aids allowed: *Auto-Clutch, ABS (high), Stability Assistance (high).*
* Season format:
	+ Season: *10 rounds – March to June*
	+ Points system: *Same points for all t races. Full description can be found here.*
* Each team uses custom liveries and helmet designs.
* Full rules can be found here.

### **American Endurance Championship**

The American Endurance Championship championship is the league's prime endurance racing series. It is heavily orientated towards WEC's series concept and thus mirrors the usual WEC championships and weekend schedules, which contains a 20 minute Qualifying, followed by one race over various length. As it's the pinnacle of the IVRC it will be held every Sunday of a AEC meeting.
The series features the most demanding competition of the IVRC, spanning over ten races through the whole year. Only the best will succeed in the American Endurance Championship!

* Tier 1 Daytona Prototype + Tier 1 Le Mans Prototype + Tier 1 Gran Tourismo cars (GTD) (eg. IMSA)
* Runs on *Automobilista*
* Race times (Sunday)
	+ Qualifying: 20 minutes, 17:35 GMT
	+ Warm-Up / Break: 5 minutes, 17:55 GMT
	+ Race: 18:00 GMT
* Round format:
	+ Qualifying format: *Unlimited laps, parc ferme (all except fuel, brake settings and steering lock are locked).*
	+ Race format: *One race per event.*
	+ Driver aids allowed: *Auto-Clutch, ABS (high), Stability Assistance (high). Traction Control (High)*
* Season format:
	+ Season: *10 rounds – July(2020) to May (2021)*
	+ Points system: *Same points for all three races. Full description can be found here.*
* Each team uses custom liveries and helmet designs. Only one driver per car.
* Races usually feature live race stewards plus a race highlights video on YouTube.
* Full rules can be found here.