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Things are not about to stop for me, rather getting quicker! :D

My intention with this championship is to have a regular competition, with simple rules and enjoyable tracks, and easy to join. Some of the experienced drivers know JTarJ's F1cup. Well, I'm about to reblossom this kind of competition. But enough of teasing you, let's introduce you HHH! :yummy:

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HHH is a fictional competition, where you may race against the clock. This competition is meant to be quickly adopted for newcomers, but also a challenging compo for pros. The best is, that you need just a fresh GR copy to join, as we're going to use the originally attached Formula car.

This competition is a "login competition". That means that for race, you'll have to log in. Once you've done that, you'll have a certain amount of time for do your session. Login informations will be sent after you signed up.

Tracks used in the actual round will be posted here and/or the thread of GR International Forum. To download the tracks you need just to to click on the link at the top of website. Once you've logged in, you have the time of your net racing time (sum of your 20 laps)+3 minutes. To make things easier, I'm also going to post an estimated login time here and in GRIF thread. For a valid submission, I need all four tracks, saves and screenshots to be sent to gr.dxtr(a)gmail.com!

Settings

The settings will be quite simple: all zero. (Except game speed of course, which is 100% and damage, to prevent wallbouncing.) Race length will be 5 laps on each four tracks. Don't use AIs in this competition! For having a fair race, please turn out ghost cars! Thank you.
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Points

Points are going to be distributed in the following form:
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Teams may also join, with up to two drivers. Sum of the two drivers' points will give the results of this competition

Penalties

Shortcutting and leaving track is allowed if checkpoints permit it.

Forgetting a file: +1 second to missing race
Wrong track, car, etc: back of track
Save-load during race: disqualification

Note: if you have any unfair advantage, you may be penalised, so do NOT try to exploit the rules!

Sign up

Joining to the championship will be quite simple. In order to sign up for 3H, you need just to send the following datas to gr.dxtr(a)gmail.com!

Your nickname
Your nationality
Your email adress

Everyone must join a team. A team may have up to two drivers, sum of points decide the order.

For those, who took part in my previous competitions (ie. Race of Champions, AIOC), their password will be the same.

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You bet I'm interested. :bg:

There's a seat available at Liekki Racing, btw ;)
Herbal wrote:Shortcutting and leaving track is allowed if checkpoints permit it.
That's the right way to go. :cool2:
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Doesn't matter that much, Tuomo, main thing is that I should know from the taking part. :P

@kuba: I lol'd at your invocation in your email. :bsmile:
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This compo sounds great! :bg:

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Is it absolutely necessary to have a fresh copy of GR? Or would it be alright for me to use the GR install that I already have, I haven't modified any of the original cars, I've just added a bunch of new cars and tracks.
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Emil Patanen wrote:Do you accept also not so fast teammates?
Sure, let's have a Finnish team. :bg: Welcome, Emil. :cool2:
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puttz wrote:Is it absolutely necessary to have a fresh copy of GR? Or would it be alright for me to use the GR install that I already have, I haven't modified any of the original cars, I've just added a bunch of new cars and tracks.
It should be also enough, main thing is that you should have the same framestep as in original gr.ini
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Is it all, guys?
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No, one more :wave:

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Well, if Hotlap Masters will be in the compo, I'm there! :shaking:

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BTW, I think the rest of the German mafia will also come, don't they?? :pirate:
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I will maybe join when I see that not too many total pros (at least I consider some of the guys around here as pros) join ;)
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Login informations sent for majortom and Emil Patanen/HJ/Pahkis. Don't forget, it's never late to join to the competition!

OT: it's my 1000th post, yay! :goal:
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First round

Download HERE the training track!
Click HERE to start your login!
Login time: 9 minutes

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Track name: Abcity
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Length: 272 m

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Track name: Suiseiseki
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akouk wrote:Teammates welcome! First come, first serve
That's like an invitation. So I will join Magenta Motors (although my favourite colour is not magenta).
Email adress doesn't change.

Edit: I just recognised, that there is a problem with the training pack! I can't download it
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Bird wrote:
akouk wrote:Teammates welcome! First come, first serve
That's like an invitation. So I will join Magenta Motors (although my favourite colour is not magenta).
Email adress doesn't change.

Edit: I just recognised, that there is a problem with the training pack! I can't download it
+2 :bg:
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akouk wrote:
Bird wrote:
akouk wrote:Teammates welcome! First come, first serve
That's like an invitation. So I will join Magenta Motors (although my favourite colour is not magenta).
Email adress doesn't change.

Edit: I just recognised, that there is a problem with the training pack! I can't download it
+2 :bg:
Sorry, my bad, I've thought I've uploaded that pack. Done. ;)
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I haven't joined yet? Oh deer.

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Welcome here, Reh and also say hello to axetm! :wave:
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Buka wrote:Buka
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Ah and I've forgotten a feature of Hotlap Haul, which was not added so far for rookies: an infobox, where small tips await you, how to be quick at the tracks. So, here it is:

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I already drove but I didn't noticed the message, that using the pits is forbidden. I personally think, that it should be allowed to repair the car, if it got damaged. But if you mean getting an advantage by driving through the pitlane, I agree. That should not be allowed. (didn't we had that discussion in AIOC?)
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At what time is deadline?

Then, these seem to contradict each other:
Herbal wrote:Shortcutting and leaving track is allowed if checkpoints permit it.
[...]
Note: if you have any unfair advantage, you may be penalised, so do NOT try to exploit the rules!
How should it be interpreted? Or do you explicitly mention it, like now the thing with pit line?
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Mostly yes. There MAY be some cases where I may leave some thin paths in tracks along with longer bends of original tracks and these will not posted generally. BUT these cuts may be used. However, if you gain advantage with going to pits and if it's obstacled by any kind from the original track (FYI with walls), that will be penalized.

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HHH Season 1, Round 1
Login open: 29 Apr 2012, 0:00
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bird 30 April 17:58.49
So far only Bird did a login, you've still got 3 and a half days to race!
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