Cycle through the views using the F1 button on your keyboard

Hold SHIFT and press left/right arrow keys to cycle views between the cars to cycle back to your vehicle

The bug is only visual, the in-game crew chief will alert you 10 and 5 minutes before your stint ends. The in-car Racelogic display also works properly regardless

The only solution for now is: don’t press that button when you’re not the one controlling the car

We are running with the in-game rules & flags system, which means that the game should alert you with a blue flag when you are about to be lapped. When receiving a blue flag or know that a car is going to lap you and is approaching from behind, you should prepare to let them pass, without interfering with their race, when safe, within the next few corners. In single class races, this is done best by the car that is being shown a blue flag moving off the racing line and easing on the accelerator on a straight, or lifting / braking early, and/or giving up the inside line to a corner to let the lapping car pass.

In single class races, this is done best by the car that is being shown a blue flag moving off the racing line and easing on the accelerator on a straight, or lifting/braking early, and/or giving up the corner and racing line to let the lapping car pass. Blatantly refusing to let the car behind pass you, will most likely result in a penalty. Tight corners and chicanes are not considered safe places to let a car through. Also, you can see if the driver is a lap higher than you by looking at the relative board - the driver’s name will be highlighted by an orange colour, instead of a regular white name.

As a means of helping with blue flags, we advise the leaders to flash their lights at cars due to be lapped. This should not be done excessively. This is their cue to inform that the driver on the lead lap is about to pass the driver being lapped, and should let the lapping car pass at the next safe available opportunity.

Flashing your lights at a competitor you are racing for position is not to be used as a "distraction technique" or in anger at an incident.

If you are faster than a car that lapped you, you are allowed to try and unlap yourself. But keep in mind the following rules too: At all times - if you are under blue flags - you are not allowed to defend. So if you don't get away from the same car, blue flags will mean that you are not allowed to defend (if the other car makes an attempt to lap you). Follow the regular rules of overtaking and don't go for a dive bomb on the inside.

In the case of multiclass events, the driver of the faster car is always the one responsible for making a safe pass on the slower car.

The driver of the slower class car is advised to use the turn indicators to indicate the direction in which he’s going to go in order to let the faster class car by.

At all times, the slower class car is required to stick to one racing line and not change his direction erratically.

Passes on slower cars don’t have to be done immediately, both parties involved are advised to pick the next straight or more relaxed section of the track as the overtaking area.

Every track has a pit entry and a pit exit lane designated by a solid white line. If there is a car within these boundaries, either entering or exiting the pits, passing cars are not to cross the lines and move out of the way of the car entering or exiting the pit lane. This is especially important on tracks whose pit exits intersect with the racing line - Paul Ricard and Spa, as an example. Should any incidents occur while a car is in the pit entry or pit exit line, the passing car will be held responsible.

A car is considered to be in the pit exit or entry zone when all four wheels are within the white lines.

Once the car has left the pit exit boundaries, it is no longer under "protection", and as such is considered to have rejoined the race. Any incidents that will happen beyond the pit exit line will be no longer considered in favour of the car leaving the pits.

Use of turn indicators is once again strongly encouraged to signal entering the pit, especially on tracks which have a very tight pit lane entry starting right after the final corner of the track (Paul Ricard, Monza, Suzuka, Zolder).

The pit stop strategy is open by default unless stated otherwise in the event thread. You can choose to change the tires, drivers and refill you car at your team’s discretion.

Endurance races are expected to stretch longer time frames, often continuing into the night. As such, turning on your headlamps should the night fall is required and will also be policed by the game. If the driver continues to drive the car with headlamps turned off, the game will automatically issue a "meatball" (Black flag with an orange circle) penalty after 3 laps, disqualifying the car as unfit to race.

If for whatever reason your headlamps are broken while in night time, the game will also automatically advise you to pit for repairs - should you fail to do so, you will be disqualified by the game on the same grounds as not having your headlamps on.

It is encouraged to use a version of the car with additional endurance lighting to improve night time visibility.

Should rain occur, the drivers are required to turn on both regular lighting and the rain light. If a driver is spotted driving without one, he will be first issued a warning before getting penalized.

If at any point during qualifying you want to return to the garage, either drive your car completely off the track and use the “back to garage” option or drive into the pit lane first. The former option is strongly encouraged in case your car gets damaged to the point where it is no longer safe to drive it back while avoiding incoming traffic.

Using the “back to garage” option in race sessions is only allowed in case your car is either impossible to drive or would be very hard to limp back to the pit lane in order to commence repairs. The game will automatically freeze your controls if you do so for a set period of time, serving as a penalty for using the aforementioned option.

In-game disqualifications can not be removed while the event is ongoing.

Drivers are at all times supposed to strictly follow the instructions given by the in-game widget.

Drive through penalties awarded by the game will not be reverted.

All members of the squad are expected to be present on the AOR discord server and have the "ACC Racers" and "ACC Endurance Racer" roles claimed through the #game-assignment and #acc-assignment channels. Squads may be removed if there is no way to contact them through the AOR Discord or if members of the squad seemingly ignore organizers instructions or messages.

Driver briefings will be held in form of a short post made by the event organizers before the respective race in the endurance_info channel of the AOR Discord. Not being up to date due to not bothering to read them cannot be used as an excuse.

Once the race has started, drivers are expected to no longer use the in-game chat function until the race has ended (for all drivers). Not obeying this rule may result in a penalty. It is advised to have the in-game chat pop-ups enabled, so messages written by the coordinators are being read.

Shouting, name-calling and generally speaking rudely is not acceptable. Drivers who are a disruptive influence on the lobby atmosphere will be penalised accordingly, or in extreme cases disqualified from the race.

Respect the other drivers. Keep a friendly atmosphere in the race lobby and treat your fellow drivers as equals, regardless of them being quicker or slower than you.

Respect the coordinators. Listen if he is giving a message, and accept the decisions he makes. If you feel any actions/decisions are wrong, address the issue calmly and maturely. Coordinators' decisions are final within the lobby, but may be reviewed later if you feel an error has been made. Please accept that making a call instantly can be tricky and the Coordinator, even if participating in the race, is expected to be entirely neutral.

If you are involved in an on-track incident, don't overreact. It may be frustrating, but you need to stay calm and get on with it. Losing out due to another driver's mistake or recklessness is no excuse for retaliation or acting against the rules.

If another driver does something you feel is against the rules, report it through the live stewarding form rather than argue about it over the voice chat, game chat, discord or in the forums post race.

If you are having a bad race, don't act foolishly. As a driver, you have to accept that some races will be better than others and you can't always have it your way. If you are unable to enjoy the racing due to not always being at the front, this is not the place for you - there are many drivers in the league/event, and someone will always have to be at the back.

Wait until everyone has finished the session, both qualifying and race, to discuss the race either on Discord or using the in-game chat.

The cool down lap is part of the race event and therefore the same rules are being applied. Crashing into each other is not allowed during the cool down lap or any other particular time during the race event.

Penalties will be applied to drivers who knowingly take out brake marker boards and other signs that could be used as reference points.

Deliberately quitting the race in any way - whether that is by quitting through the pause menu, getting yourself disqualified or deliberately crashing your car - is not allowed, unless you have a very good reason to do so. Accepted reasons for quitting could be that you are a danger to other drivers on track due to poor driving or connection issues. Quitting because you "couldn't be bothered" or due to being angry at something - rage-quitting, in other words - are not good reasons.

Excuses such as 'poor driving' and 'connection issues' will be monitored. These are not a get-out of jail free cards if you can't be bothered. Poor driving is occasional, if perhaps life has been unkind and you haven't had as much time to practice.

Connection issues can strike anybody, but drivers who are continually unable to race safely due to connection will be removed from the race - see Connection and Lag under Participation.

To be eligible for being classified points after a race, your team/squad must have completed at least 70% of the race. The amount of laps the winner of the race drove, is considered to be 100%.

If your squad is unable to attend a race, you have to give sufficient notice for your absence before the signout deadline (Friday before the race at 23:59 British local time). You can sign your squad out from the race through the apexonline.racing webpage. For every race there is an option to sign out from the race.

If you are absent without informing the race organizers or signing out through the webpage on-time, your team may not be allowed to join future endurance races.

The official starting time of a race will be stated in the event info. If everything goes according to plan, races start at this official starting time. In case of a race starting earlier or later than the official starting time, an event organizer will let all teams/squads know.

Getting another driver to race in your name is completely prohibited and will result in serious punishment.

It's an unfortunate aspect of online racing that having a stable connection can be critical to being able to race closely with other cars. While we understand that not everyone can have perfect connections, and that occasional lag can't be avoided, we reserve the right to ask a driver to leave the server if their connection is causing too many issues for other drivers. The organizers reserve the right to disqualify a team/squad during the race if their connection pose a serious danger to other cars on track.

This race will feature live stewarding done by the AOR steward team. For the first 3 laps of the race, all avoidable collisions will be reported by the stewards themselves. For the remainder of the race,  teams/squads can report incidents to the stewards themselves, by using the provided form.

What you can make a stewards enquiry for:
• Racing incidents: If you feel another driver has caused an incident - eg. hitting your car, forcing you off the track, or generally driving too aggressively - you should report this to the stewards for investigation.
• Track limits: If you witness another driver persistently gaining time by abusing the track limits by either running wide or cutting corners, you should report this to the stewards for investigation.
• Dangerous driving: If a driver rejoins the track in an unsafe or dangerous manner, or drives in a way that is a danger to other cars, you should report it to the stewards.

What won’t be looked at by the stewards:
• Any Drive Through or Stop & Go penalties given by the game.

You should report incidents that you are involved in. Reporting an incident that you heard about, or saw behind you for example, will not be accepted.

The process is a bit different when compared to the AOR GT3 league, as the decision making has to be done fast. Neither of both teams/squads will have the opportunity to give their personal opinion on the enquiries, therefore the team/squad posting the enquiry will have to stay factual instead of explaining what - in their opinion - happened.

Make sure that all members of your squad have a functional recording solution ready before the start of the race. Instructions on which software to use to record incidents can be found in "how to record evidence".

You have 30 minutes after the incident happened, to report it.

To submit an enquiry, you have to first record and upload the evidence. Read the final few pages of this file to figure out how to record and upload the evidence. You can watch the replay of the race in the pause menu.

The evidence of your steward enquiry must only show the chase cam and the onboard cam of all cars involved to ensure a seamless process for the stewards. You have to show what happened before the incident, the incident itself and what happened after the incident (to show the stewards how much time has been lost). The Gear/Speed and pedal input HUD must be activated to show the steward the inputs of the cars. (Example of valid evidence: YouTube link)

Afterwards, you need to fill out the provided Google Forms with the correct information (server number, number of the cars…).

Once you have submitted the form, a steward will check if the enquiry if valid. If the enquiry is considered invalid, a message will appear in the “race_control” discord chat stating that the enquiry is refused and why.

The stewards will then debate and decide on a possible penalty for the enquiry. Once a decision has been made, it will be added to a queue of penalty.

At regular intervals, the stewards will post a report on Discord including all the penalties of the enquiries judged. In this report will be listed the enquiries, the decision of these enquiries and the time of the next report.

Any imitation of the stewards and/or coordinators in the in-game chat will result in an instant kick of the responsible car.

The available race penalties during live stewarding are:
● 5-10-15 second time penalty - Dangerous driving, driving in an unsporting manner or causing a minor avoidable collision.
● 0-45 second time penalty - Causing a moderate avoidable collision.
● 0-90 second time penalty - Causing a major avoidable collision.
● Disqualification - Intentionally trying or crashing into another car and other unacceptable behavior. Can also be used by the race director for various other reasons like causing too many incidents within a single race (which will be stated in Discord after the race).

Penalty modifiers:
• +5 seconds and one additional license point - Causing an avoidable incident in the opening lap.

After every race, an overview of penalties awarded during the race will be published.

Note: License points may additionally be handed out for writing in the in-game chat during the superpole or race session.

By signing up to this race, your team automatically accepts to follow the rules and guidelines made by AOR for this race.

Your main source of information should always be the AOR Discord.

If sudden changes to the event have to be made due to game updates, we will announce this in Discord through the designated discord tag. We will then also update this manual if needed.

The organizers of the race will always have the final say on matters not clearly explained in the rules/guidelines.

The organizers of the race reserve the right to adjust weather or event settings if deemed necessary.

The organizers of the race reserve the right to remove a team/squad from the event if the squad is identified as a "placeholder-entry", meaning that the team/squad, in it's current form, doesn't fulfill the criteria to participate in the race and is hence considered to be used to block a spot and prevent other teams/squads from signing up.

In case of requests/questions:
If you have any questions or requests, please direct message one of the event organizers. This should always be the first go-to to for example let the organizers make last-minute changes to the entrylists or in general get questions answered.