We are thrilled to have you join us for Season 26 of the Ricmotech Touring Car Cup. We are always working to provide our members the most realistic racing experience possible and the race fans with the best possible viewing experience possible. Our goal is to present racing events that reflect positively on you as drivers and on the TCC Series. For that to happen, you as drivers must bring a high level of race-craft and approach racing situations as if there were real-life consequences.

That being said, we also hope you will have fun with this series. If an incident happens, let’s give each other the benefit of the doubt and allow the stewards to review what happened and implement any appropriate penalties. In many aspects, the sim-racing on iRacing is very realistic. But in other aspects, sim-racing presents different challenges – for example side-to-side distances are very hard to judge, there isn’t that seat-of-the-pants feel for the edge of traction, and there are internet connection issues (“netcode”) that may contribute to incidents.

Below is information you need to prepare for this series. Welcome and feel free to reach out with any questions you may have.

1. Driver / Member Registration - IMPORTANT

You must register through the website at www.xmsracing.com/tcc-shop. If you have not already joined our website, you will be prompted to do so. An admin will approve your application as fast as possible and at that point you will be able to register through the shop link above. This step helps us significantly cut down on the bots and spammers trying to join the site.

2. Joining the League on iRacing

After you register for the series you will receive a “league invite” on iRacing which should show up in your notifications in the iRacing UI. If you do not see an invite to the Leage in your Notifications menu (the little bell in the top right corner of the iRacing UI), you can go to "Leagues", click on "Find a League", enter 4438 and this league should come up. Apply to the league and we will accept you in. Once that is done, you will be able to see all of our League Sessions in the iRacing UI’s Leagues “Up Next” area (this is assuming we have an active upcoming session already built).

3. Discord Server

We have moved almost all of our league related information and activity to our Discord channel, here: https://discord.gg/4c4RNdYT You are required to join our Discord channel as we host the mandatory pre-race and post-race meetings there. There is a lot of important information available there including links to the roster, the schedule, race results, the rulebook, and lots of other information.

4. Xtreme Scoring Software

XMS Racing provides drivers with an in-depth scoring and paint management software system allowing drivers to view extensive scoring data including race results, driver aggregate data, as well as our own driver ratings within our series (similar to iRating). As part of this software is included a paint program where members can load their paints for a given season and assign a team manager to handle them as well. To submit your paints, you will need to log in or setup a new login with www.xtremescoring.comMore on paints below.

*Note: Once logged in to Xtreme Scoring you do not need to purchase credits. The league provides the Scoring & Paint services as a part of your registration fee.

Using the Scoring web app:

1. Once      logged into www.xtremescoring.com     go to your My Data button on the left menu.

2. This      will display all aggregate data and a Paints button to the right for all      series that you supply paints.

3. Follow      this link for further instruction on loading your paint: Driver      Adding a Paint

Using the paints downloader:

1. Download      the “paints installer” from the link in the menu.  This program      copies all the paints for the drivers in our series into your iRacing      paints folder. You are not required to use this, but if you want to see      the custom paints of all the other drivers, you will want to run the paint      updater before each race. It is not      like TradingPaints and does not remain running during the race, it’s      basically a copy and paste program.

2. Ignore      any warnings that may pop up saying the file isn’t known by Windows or by      anti-virus software, click on the options to run it anyway. The program is      registered with Windows.

3. Check      all Boxes, make sure the “iRacing install path:” is correct for the drive      and directory where you installed iRacing.

4. In the      pull-down menu, pick the series for which you want the paints and click      Start.

5. This      should place all the drivers’ paint files into your folders for each      car. We recommend you do this      before you join the session for practice or a race.

6. When      in an iRacing session, if the paints do not come up at first, click CTRL +      R on your keyboard this will refresh the paints.

7. IMPORTANT:      Once you install the program it will automatically close your Trading      Paints (if you use Trading Paints) when you run it, this is intentional so      that you only see the paints the updated loads onto your system for the      race session. After the race you can run Trading Paints again if you wish      for your other iRacing events.

8. We      recommend you re-run the paint updater every race day, so you have all the      correct paints in case there were updates from the prior week.

Keep in mind, our Broadcast Partners run the software on their own system as well so if your paint may not be showing up on your system it will appear on the broadcast.

5. General Livery Guidelines

XMS Racing strives to maintain professionalism, and to that end we use a Quality Assurance (QA) process to ensure our broadcasts maintain the appearance of a well organized event.

1. Download      the guide for your car of choice from the league's Discord server (more      info below). Use the guide to make certain your own sponsor logos do not      interfere with or otherwise obscure required league contingency decals.

2. Turn      off the iRacing decal layer and the league guide before submitting, both      in the main livery file and the spec map (if using a spec map).

3. Do not      submit a MIP file for your spec map. The league processes the spec map      into the MIP file during the QA process.

4. You      may use a custom number on the rear of the vehicle. It must be placed and      sized appropriately, and be easily seen by competitors and our      broadcasters (including spec map corrections - no chrome numbers!). If no      custom number is used, the league will stamp a default number on the rear.

5. You      are free to use any design you wish for your pit board; the league no      longer requires numbers on those parts.

6. Follow      general iRacing guidelines for the appropriateness of the livery. No adult      themes, tobacco products, or publicly traded companies with whom iRacing      does not have an active partnership or for whom you cannot provide proof      of permission to use their branding. You may also not use      "parody" logos of such brands.

7. Do not      submit liveries from Trading Paints with the iRacing decals blacked out.      We require a "clean" livery.

The league may allow tribute/parody liveries at its own discretion. However if the league is contacted with a complaint you will have to submit a new livery.

6. Rulebook

Please take a few minutes to review the Rulebook, available in the Discord channel for each series.

7. Live Race Broadcasts

All races will be broadcast live on YouTube at ApexRacingTV. The Broadcasts will cover qualifying and the race. As we will have post-race podium finisher interviews. You should treat these media opportunities just as you would in real-life.

8. Live Race Steward

There usually will be a live race steward monitoring the race. The Steward’s role will be to enforce good race-craft and to issue in-race penalties when warranted. Those penalties may include warnings, drive-throughs, and stop-and-go penalties. The Steward is experienced with stewarding sim-racing events and understands the challenges that are unique to sim-racing.

The Steward will intervene when necessary to make sure everyone maintains a high-quality racing experience, and to alleviate drivers feeling they must retaliate for incidents on their own – please rely on the Steward to fairly deal with incidents. As stated in the Rulebook, there is also a software system for imposing post-race points penalties when warranted by on-track conduct.

9. Weekly Practice Sessions

The league hosts several practice sessions in the days leading up to each race. The schedule is posted in the series Discord channel. Points are awarded for completing a minimum number of practice laps in one or our practice sessions. The point of the practice session is NOT to hot lap. We expect drivers to practice around each other and practice mixed-race passing scenarios. We also host practice starts on the day of the race during the open practice before qualifying.

10. Race Day Schedule

Race day event schedule is posted and updated regularly on Discord.

11. Logging into the Races / Spotters

Race Locations: You will find the races under the League Sessions in iRacing. Search for the session with this series name (“Xtreme Motorsports Touring Car Cup Series”) and then to the right click to join the session. Or under “Up Next.”

Primary Drivers: You as a driver will login as usual through the League Sessions menu on iRacing.

Spotters: The spotters will log in via the iRacing spotter section of iRacing. Spotters must not log into the actual league session or else they will show up as a driver. If you are spotting you may only spot using iRacing's “spotter” section of the Member's Page.

Follow these steps to the Spotters section on the New UI Page:

1. Click      on Leagues in the left menu

2. Below      click on League Sessions

3. Now go      over and click on League Races and find the correct room, find the      driver you are spotting for and click on his/her green headset button to      the right of their name. This will you log in as the crew chief/spotter      for that car.

12. Race Bulletin

Each week we post a bulletin on Discord about that week’s race. It will provide the critical information needed for that specific event. Start zones, track specific information, special notes.

13. Points and Prizes

The championship points system and prizes are detailed in the Rulebook and may be amended by supplemental regulations distributed to you during the season.