iGP Pro Series?

Ever thought about doing something like this? A league ran by iGP, invitational only for the "best of the best" or something?

How cool would it be to have a 1 car league with 32 invited managers going at it in the same tier.

Certain people only like to race for WR instead of racing against other good racers. Fair to say we know who a few of them are.

Haha, but if it was invitational, they could choose to decline XD

This has been discussed before. The problem was finding a time that was convenient for most, but I would certainly welcome the opportunity to race in such a league

Yep I'd be up for that but as Edwin says timing would be the thing or even a seperate league at the weekend?

What I was thinking they could do (if it's even possible - I'm sure it is but I really don't know) was have emulated accounts for all the invited managers that were all even / same level etc / would mean you wouldn't have to ditch your current leagues with your main accounts etc.

I just think iGP need something for people to follow or aim for. At the moment we have our own leagues sure, but there is never anything to aim for any more. A season win at most - no prizes or anything (aside from winning iRacing codes, which if you don't play iRacing are kind of irrelevant tbh.)

I just feel there needs to be something more communal to attract attention and tbh if anyone really is interested in iGP gameplay, they would follow the series even if they weren't in it. I know I sure would.

I also don't call the HOF anything to aim for personally (if anyone was planning on using that argument.) Recently I've learnt some people are too anal about it to be honest. As far as I'm concerned it's completely irrelevant unless all the top managers are in the same league racing each other. I'm about to take #1 in the HOF and I'm certainly not the fastest / best manager in this game.

bump for interest, as we were just dicussing this idea in our league lol.

this is what jack was just saying the game needs haha.

Bump for interest +1 too.

Where are we with this?

1 Races once per week, at the weekend? Run the league twice a year?

2 How do we determine who is invited? Is the ranking sufficiently accurate? If so, the top 16? If people didn't want to take part then extend the invites down the list until we have a full grid? Maybe have a cut-off date, advertised in advance? Can the ranking be manipulated currently? If so, can that be observed, making the person ineligable?

3 Would we all want 2d? I would. So is that another account? How would that work? Perhaps the use of 2d comes with the invite, just for these races? Could participation & the free 2d be some sort of reward for attaining something? Top 16 in the ranking?

4 I would want my best & current drivers, so how would I get them from my main account? Could they be duplicated? Perhaps I want different drivers, cause I already know mine aren't good enough? Jason & Chris & now Lewis are much quicker than me, does that mean I want different drivers?

what do you think?

1) Basically, yeah.

2) Not entirely sure tbh. Do you have any ideas Edwin? It's a bit hard to just go off the HOF because of people like me who have two accounts in the top 10, and I certainly wouldn't be putting two teams into the pro league. I guess maybe Jack and Andrew could do an IP check on managers invited, hopefully.

3) Yeah, you would want 2D. As explained earlier I think with emulated accounts they can provide 2D. If we all had to pay for it for this one race a league in particular I think you'd get no interest at all.

4) Do we want our current drivers though? Maybe it would be best to start everyone off with drivers who have the same talent and stats, which would just leave the training schedule/strats/setups/design up to us. You'd probably want to keep everything as even as possible in the beginning so no one has any advantages.

This would be how I believe it would go
1) Agree'd but we'd see 100% cars after the first race. Best to wait for the new Design System to be released.
2) Moderators and Developers will pick out frequent runners and those who have a reputation of being the best, if anything, a qualification round from 4 leagues would be required, the top 4 of each league will be promoted from Pro to Elite after a prelimary season. Full details would be like:

Starting Bank Balance: 300mil
Reputations with all suppliers and sponsors will be 10/10
Team level will be level 12
Driver and Staff market will be populated 1 hour before the first race lockout (of the qualification round, after which the list will be removed, you are stuck with those drivers)

Groups 1-4 will contain 16 teams each, the top 4 of each League (16 in total) after 1 season (18 Weeks) will be moved onward towards the finals. Managers will be sorted based upon their reputation level, Championship wins, and points earned (in legitimate leagues)

A three week intermission will be made between the qualification season and the finals season.

The finalists will run a race once a week at a neutral time and the winner will be decided via Constructor's Championship.


3) 2D will be made available for the managers. An Entry fee could be applicable. Consider the money as prize money? say £10 per person (£640 in total, £140 will go to the development)

Prizes would be determined by:

1st Constructor - £250
2nd Constructor - £150
3rd Constructor - £100
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Drivers Championship Winner - Free years worth of Subscriber towards the Driver's manager.
Finalists - 500 Rewards Points

4) No we'd probably use a different server for the season which will not contain our current playing account. 200 pre-generated drivers, and 100 of each staff will be available during the pre-season lockout before qualification. All Car default attributes will be 1.

This is great!

Don't think you can find 64 managers willing to pay 10 GBP.

I would be uncomfortable with making this about money. Maybe that is something to consider in time, but we already have some very unhappy people & we are only racing for points & pride

Agreed. My intentions were never about money btw, but I think you were referring to David.

This idea shouldnt be about money but ego lol

To be able to say "i raced the best and i beat the best" should be what it all about :)

I'd love to join the rookie league. 

Hi Guys,

I have been brainstorming this for a while now and trying to figure out a way to start something early this year.  I am going to put together a basic outline in the coming weeks and will post something here for you guys to take a look at. 

Steve