Rules and Info

The rules here at SMO Gaming Simulations for our NR2003 league racing are simple:

• Every driver must be on the SMO TeamSpeak server for the race

• NEW CAUTION PROCEDURE 05/01/2024
  With the use of a new tool we are now able to manually throw the caution and shorten the caution period so we don't waste  upwards of 5 laps under caution. How this will work is the caution will be thrown if there are any accidents involving two or more vehicles. No single car spin will result in a caution. 

• No racing back to the caution until 10 laps to go

• No low lining until 10 laps to go

• No passing on restarts until after turn 2 except under 10 laps to go. If you do pass before turn 2, just be sure to give the position back. Rule waived for certain exceptions such as another car losing control, someone misses a shift, etc.

• If you are the cause of the caution, speed down pit lane and get an EOLL penalty and start at the back. Sometimes the EOLL car does not end up at the very back for different reasons. If this happens to you, all we ask if that on the restart you drop down low and allow the remaining cars to pass you, you can then blend back in at the tail of the field and continue on.

• All restarts are single file

• Lucky dog and wave around rules apply. The first driver one lap down at the time of the caution will get a lap back. Any cars that are on the tail end of the lead lap and lined up between the pace car and leader and DID NOT pit under that caution period must either take the wave around by driving around the pace car and catching back up to the end of the field or they must pit. All drivers will have their black flags for passing under caution cleared once the race returns to green flag conditions. 

• If for some reason the game does not throw a caution for a wreck that involves multiple cars or a single car crash in front of a majority of the field, speak up and we will manually throw the caution. 

• For the super stadium trucks and all road course events we turn off the game cautions. If there is an accident involving two or more cars we will have a 'gentleman's caution' and all slow, allowing everyone to get caught back up. Once everyone is caught up the leader of the race will find a suitable area on the track to countdown the restart. The leader will announce "3, 2, 1, GO!" or something very similar, spoken at a normal speed, clearly and loud enough for everyone to hear.

• HAVE FUN! We love to race and be competitive, but we also don't take it too serious. We laugh and joke for a majority of the race and always have a good time.