Rust Belt GT7 League
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Structure/Rules
Structure/Rules
Structure/Rules
Rules is rules, yo
Schedule
Structure/Rules
Schedule
Thursdays at 8pm Eastern
Points
Room Settings
Schedule
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Room Settings
Room Settings
Room Settings
What settings do we run in the rooms?
Season Awards
Room Settings
Room Settings
What's at stake?
Structure/Rules:
HOW DO I GET STARTED?
1. Join the Discord! All skill levels are welcome. The goal of the group besides being a social platform during the cold weather months is to be (1) Fun (2) Rewarding, and (3) Accessible.
2. Add "Volktron" on PSN to find the rooms and party chats.
3. Show up!
That's it! We can talk/walk you through the rest. There are usually practice sessions throughout the week too in order to focus on "gitting gud".
What is the structure?
We host 2 "seasons" during the winter:
- Season 7 will be December 4th, 2025 - January 29th, 2026
- Season 8 will be February 5th, 2026 - March 26th, 2026
We run on Thursday nights starting around 8pm Eastern Time. There are typically 3 lobbies each week:
- Group A: For the Top 12 in Season Points
- Group B (2 lobbies): Lobbies for anyone not in Group A - a little more casual
Seasons are 7 events, with mostly your best 4 out of 7 events counting to seed you into a Season Finale event worth extra points. So even if you missed the first few weeks, or you have to miss other weeks - that's fine! But there's more to the league than collecting points anyway - this is mostly to keep the rust off and stay social.
- Usually combinations are a wide mix of things, from autocross style Steet Class cars, to Gr2/3/4 races, to high downforce races (F1/Super Formula), to Meme Street clapped out comfort tire stuff - with the intent of all combos being easy to drive, but having some degree of challenge to master.
What else should I know?
- New people are encouraged to participate (tell your friends); however, they must have a way to communicate either via PSN party chat or Discord (or preferably both)
- On the night of the races, join the party chat that corresponds to the lobby you are entering.
- Anyone joining that has either not joined the correct PSN party chat or the Discord (message Alex Piehl) by the time qualifying starts will be booted from the lobby
- Don’t be a jerk and intentionally wreck people in the points races. We get things happens, no one’s perfect, and the group is intentionally composed of people with varying skill levels. This isn’t a SRS BZNS group, but save the shenanigans for later in the night. Don't make us have to police stuff. We do reserve the right to adjust points if necessary. If you do feel that there should be a points adjustment, please use the Steward's Channel in Discord and post the replay from various angles of both you and the person you feel wronged you's perspectives.
- Given constant updates to the game from Polyphony Digital, please check back here and in the Discord frequently as some room settings may have changed to keep the races in the spirit of their original intent.
Season 8 Schedule (All dates are 2026)
February 5th | Senna could win this at home in Loafers
February 5th | Senna could win this at home in Loafers
February 5th | Senna could win this at home in Loafers
- Car: Honda (Acura) NSX Type R '02
- Course: Autódromo de Interlagos
- Laps:
- 1st Race: 14
- 2nd Race: 7
- Equal Conditions Mode: On
- Time of Day: Afternoon
- Start Type: Grid Start
- Mechanical Damage: Light
- Tire Wear: 1x
- Fuel Wear: 1x
- Initial Fuel: 42 liters
- Race Finish Delay / Qualifying Continuation Time: 110 second(s)
- PP Limit: 536
- Max. Power Output: 290 HP
- Minimum Weight: 2800 lbs.
- Tire: Sports Hard
- Minimum # of Pit Stops:
- 1st Race: 1
- 2nd Race: 0
- Points:
- All races are considered Group A races
February 12th | King of the Mountain
February 5th | Senna could win this at home in Loafers
February 5th | Senna could win this at home in Loafers
- Car: Ford Mustang Gr3 Road Car
- Course: Mount Panorama
- Laps:
- 1st Race: 11
- 2nd Race: 6
- Equal Conditions Mode: Off
- Time of Day:
- 1st Race: Late Morning
- 2nd Race: Midnight
- Variable Time Speed Rate: 24x
- Weather: Random (all 5 spots)
- Start Type: Rolling Start
- Slipstream:
- Qualifying: Disabled
- 1st & 2nd Race: Strong
- Mechanical Damage: Light
- Tire Wear: 1x
- Fuel Wear: 1x
- Initial Fuel: 67 liters
- Race Finish Delay / Qualifying Continuation Time: 140 second(s)
- PP Limit: 630
- Tire: Racing Hard
- Minimum # of Pit Stops:
- 1st Race: 1
- 2nd Race: 0
February 19th | Super-Rory 3x3
February 5th | Senna could win this at home in Loafers
February 26th | How many Spoons did the Pirate steal? 130R
- Car: Toyota GR Yaris RZ "High performance" '20
- Course: Grand Valley - South
- Laps:
- 1st Race: 10
- 2nd Race: 10
- 3rd Race: 10
- Equal Conditions Mode: On
- Time of Day: Night
- Start Type: Grid Start w/ False Check
- Mechanical Damage: Light
- Tire Wear: 1x
- Fuel Wear: 1x
- Initial Fuel: Default
- Race Finish Delay / Qualifying Continuation Time: 80 second(s)
- PP Limit: 523
- Max. Power Output: 268 HP
- Minimum Weight: 2844 lbs.
- Tire: Sports Hard
- Points:
- All 3 races use "Race 2" points
February 26th | How many Spoons did the Pirate steal? 130R
February 26th | How many Spoons did the Pirate steal? 130R
February 26th | How many Spoons did the Pirate steal? 130R
- Car:
- Top 12 in Standings: FT3500a
- All Others: FT3500b
- Course: Suzuka Circuit
- Laps:
- 1st Race: 15
- 2nd Race: 8
- Equal Conditions Mode: On
- Time of Day: Afternoon
- Start Type: Rolling Grid
- Slipstream:
- Qualifying: Disabled
- 1st & 2nd Race: Strong
- Mechanical Damage: Light
- Tire Wear: Off
- Fuel Wear: Off
- Race Finish Delay / Qualifying Continuation Time: 120 second(s)
- PP Limit: 973
- Max. Power Output: 773 HP
- Minimum Weight: 1113 lbs.
- Tire: Racing Soft
- Minimum # of Pit Stops:
- 1st Race: 1
- 2nd Race: 0
- Traction Control: No Limit
- Points:
- All lobbies receive Group A points - no assigned/fixed lobbies this week
March 5th | Y'all Know Me, Still Same Old Me (yata)
February 26th | How many Spoons did the Pirate steal? 130R
March 5th | Y'all Know Me, Still Same Old Me (yata)
- Car: Mazda Roadster Touring Car
- Course: TBD
- Laps:
- 1st Race: TBD
- 2nd Race: TBD
- Equal Conditions Mode: On
- Time of Day: TBD
- Start Type: Grid Start
- Mechanical Damage: Light
- Tire Wear: 1x
- Fuel Wear: 1x
- Initial Fuel:
- 1st Race: 9 liters
- 2nd Race: 15 liters
- Race Finish Delay / Qualifying Continuation Time: TBD second(s)
- PP Limit: 558
- Max. Power Output: 205 HP
- Minimum Weight: 1753 lbs.
- Tire: Sports Medium
- Traction Control: No Limit
March 12th | Karts? Karts
February 26th | How many Spoons did the Pirate steal? 130R
March 5th | Y'all Know Me, Still Same Old Me (yata)
- Car: Karts
- Course:
- 1st Race: TBD
- 2nd Race: TBD
- Laps:
- 1st Race: TBD
- 2nd Race: TBD
- Time of Day: Afternoon
- Equal Conditions Mode: On
- Start Type: Grid Start
- Race Finish Delay / Qualifying Continuation Time: TBD second(s)
- Qualifier Time Limit: 5 Minute(s) each race
- PP Limit: 563
- Max. Power Output: No Limit
- Minimum Weight: No Limit
- Kart Usage: On
- Points: Both races are worth 1st race points
March 19th | Playoffs Round 1: Fight!
March 19th | Playoffs Round 1: Fight!
March 19th | Playoffs Round 1: Fight!
- Qualifications: Limited to drivers ranked 9th to 23rd in Season 8 points.
- Background: Track/Car combo will be announced the day of the race at 8pm ET, with a 15 minute qualifier beginning at 8:20pm ET. The 4 slowest qualifiers will be eliminated from the playoffs and we will move onto Round 2 (no Round 1 race, just qualifying)
- Car: Announced at 3/19 @ 8pm ET
- Course: Announced at 3/19 @ 8pm ET
- Time of Day: Announced at 3/19 @ 8pm ET
- Equal Conditions Mode: On
- Start Type: Grid Start with False Start Check
- Tire Wear: Off
- Fuel Wear: Off
- Race Finish Delay / Qualifying Continuation Time: 60 second(s)
- Qualifier Time Limit: 15 Minute(s)
- PP Limit: Announced at 3/19 @ 8pm ET
- Max. Power Output: Announced at 3/19 @ 8pm ET
- Minimum Weight: Announced at 3/19 @ 8pm ET
- Tire: Announced at 3/19 @ 8pm ET
March 19th | Playoffs Round 2: TBD
March 19th | Playoffs Round 1: Fight!
March 19th | Playoffs Round 1: Fight!
- Rounds 2 & 3 Still TBD, but will be announced prior to the week of 3/12-3/19
March 19th | Playoffs Round 3: TBD
March 19th | Playoffs Round 1: Fight!
March 26th | Ford vs Ferrari (Finale)
- Rounds 2 & 3 Still TBD, but will be announced prior to the week of 3/12-3/19
March 26th | Ford vs Ferrari (Finale)
March 26th | Ford vs Ferrari (Finale)
March 26th | Ford vs Ferrari (Finale)
- Background: Room will be reset at 8:20pm ET to allow for reset of time of day / weather - race to start after 5 minute delay.
- Car: Gr3 (Ford or Ferrari ONLY)
- Room Mode: Practice/Race
- Course: Le Mans
- Laps:
- 1st Race: 20
- Time of Day: Afternoon
- Variable Time Speed Rate: 20x
- Weather: Random All Spots
- Grid: Rolling
- Grid Order: Set by Host (based on season points)
- BOP/Tuning Prohibited: On
- Settings Options: Brake Balance [x]
- Tire Wear: 6x
- Fuel Wear: 3x
- Initial Fuel: Default
- Race Finish Delay: 180 second(s)
- Filter by Category: Gr.3
- Tire: Racing (All)
- Points: Group A Race limited to Top 8 in Season 6 points, plus the Top 8 selected from Playoffs.
Points
- Summary
- Scores from both races, plus any fast lap or qualifying points are added up for a total weekly score
- The formula for drop weeks is based on the number of weeks completed, with the number of drops being less than (but not equal to) half of the number of weeks completed. So for example points calculated after completion of Week 1 would have 0 drops, Week 2 = 0 drops, Week 3 = 1 drop, Week 4 = 1 drop, Week 5 = 2 drops, Week 6 = 2 drops, etc.
- Prior to the finale, points are calculated as 100% points of your non-drop weeks, 50% of your next best drop week, and 25% of your 2nd best drop best week.
- The Finale will add on to any points from prior weeks without impacting any "drop weeks".
- If you do not select a car which complies with the rules for the race, or join the incorrect lobby, you will not receive points and anyone finishing behind you will move up in position
- 25 points awarded for Overall fastest qualifier time between all lobbies
- 25 points awarded to the person with the fastest lap for each lobby for each race
- 15 points awarded for the person whose fastest lap is ranked 2nd of all fast lap times for each lobby for each race
- 5 points awarded for the person whose fastest lap is ranked 3rd of all fast lap times for each lobby for each race
- See chart for points per position
Other series details
What Lobby/Room am I in?
What Lobby/Room am I in?
What Lobby/Room am I in?
Week 1
- For the first week, please join whichever lobby has the fewest number of participants. We will have 2 lobbies (or a 3rd if more than 32 people).
- Week 1 will use Group A points, but Group B ruleset
- If there are 2 lobbies, the top 2 from the prior season should split into separate lobbies. If there are 3 lobbies, the top 3 from the prior season should split between the 3 lobbies.
Weeks 2 through 6
- For Weeks 2 through 6, anyone in the Top 12 in points will join 1 dedicated lobby (Group A)
- Anyone outside of the top 12 (including new people or people who missed the first week) will join whichever Group B lobby has the fewest number of participants and/or are encouraged to split evenly between the 2 lobbies. There are typically 2 Group B lobbies, but this might shrink to 1 if attendance is low - any announcements made in Discord will be official.
- Tiebreakers:
- If there is a tie in points for any position going beyond the top 12 (example, 2 people tied for 12th, 3 people tied for 11th, etc.), they will still stay in Group A assuming we don't have a tie which exceeds the room cap (16).
- Any tie beyond 16th impacting room seedings will dictate that participants would run in Group B for that week.
Finale Rules
- Group A for the Season 7 Finale will be the top 12 in points (factoring drops). Positions 13-20 will participate in a 10 minute qualifier at 8pm ET, with the 4 fastest joining the Group A finale, gridded in order of qualifying time and not points. The rest will join Group B lobbies.
- Group A for the Season 8 Finale will be the top in points (factoring drops) and 7 people from the Playoffs.
- Group B and Group C will self-select lobbies. We used to divide it up, but it's a pain so everyone gets to run on Group B points for season 6.
- Tiebreaking procedure:
- If there is a tie leading up to the Finale for who makes Group A, it will be based on whoever has more total points (not factoring drops).
- If there is still a tie and it creates a challenge to the number of people able to enter a lobby (example, 2 people tied for 16th place, therefore exceeding the limits of the A room), both people will move to the B room.
- For starting position in the race if there is still a tie, it will be done by whoever had the most points in the prior week. If there's still a tie, it will be from the week prior, with the process repeating for any subsequent ties. If there is still a tie going all the way back to the start of the season for each race, both people owe Alex Piehl a beer and they'll do a 1 lap qualifying challenge at a track/car combo announced by Alex Piehl 1 hour before the start of the Finale race, with the fastest person getting the higher seeding.
- Room reseeding:
- This is too much work and Alex isn't doing it anymore. Sorry not sorry.
Room Settings
What Lobby/Room am I in?
What Lobby/Room am I in?
Rules below unless otherwise listed in the table above
- Two “structured” points races, followed by “open” races (except for the Finale week)
- Room names will be Rust Belt GT7 X.Y
- X = Season Number
- Y = Event Number
- Room names will be Rust Belt GT7 X.Y
- Room Mode*:
- 1st Race: Practice/Qualifier/Race
- 2nd Race: Practice/Race
- Room Privacy: Friends Only
- Race Type: Race for Real
- Max # of Participants: 16
- Auto-Start: Off
Time/Weather Settings
- Weather Selection Method: Preset Weather*
- Preset Weather: S01 Dry, Cloudless and Pleasant *
- Equal Conditions Mode: On*
- Time of the Day: See Weekly Schedule
- Variable Time Speed Rate: See Weekly Schedule
Race Settings
- Start Type: Grid Start *
- Grid Order:
- 1st Race: Fastest First*
- 2nd Race: Set by Host (Results of prior race)
- BoP/Tuning Forbidden: On*
- Settings Options: None*
- Boost: None
- Slipstream Strength: Real*
- Visible Damage: Off (to help bandwidth)
- Mechanical Damage: None*
- Tire Wear / Fuel Consumption: See Weekly Schedule
- Refueling Speed: 5L/sec
- Initial Fuel: Default*
- Grip Reduction Off Track: Real
- Race Finish Delay: See Weekly Table
- Nitro/Overtaking System Usage Time Multiplier: Default*
Qualifier Settings
- Time Limit: 10 Minute(s)*
- Qualifying Continuation Time: Same as During Race
- Tire Wear (Qualifying): Same as During the Race
- Fuel Consumption (Qualifying): Same as During the Race
- Initial Fuel: (Same as During the Race)
- Slipstream: None/Disabled
Regulation Settings
- Filter by Category: See Weekly Schedule
- PP Limit: See Weekly Schedule
- Max. Power Output: See Weekly Schedule
- Minimum Weight: See Weekly Schedule
- Usable Tires: See Weekly Schedule
- Usable Tire & Types: See Weekly Schedule
- Required Tire Type Change: None
- Nitrous: Cannot be Installed*
- Kart Usage: Off*
- Engine Swap: Prohibited
- Tuning Parts: Extreme and Lower
Penalty Settings
- Shortcut Penalty: Weak*
- Wall Collision Penalty: Off*
- Correct Vehicle Course After Wall Collision: Off
- Car Collision Penalty: On
- Pit Lane Line-Cutting Penalty: On
- Ghosting During Race: Off
- Flag Rules: Off
Driving Options Limitations
- Countersteering Assist: No Limit (Prohibited in Group A)
- Active Stability Management: No Limit (Prohibited in Group A)
- Driving Line Assist: No Limit
- Traction Control: No Limit (Prohibited in Group A unless otherwise specified)
- ABS: No Limit
- Auto-Drive: No Limit
*Subject to change based on weekly schedule
Season Awards
Overall Points Winners
Nominations for Most Improved
Overall Points Winners
GT7 Season 1 Winner
Riley Heaton (KartRacerRT)
GT7 Season 2 Winner
Brayden Knickerbocker (SlowandSTeady29)
GT7 Season 3 Winner
Riley Heaton (KartRacerRT)
GT7 Season 4 Winner
Alex Piehl (Volktron)
GT7 Season 5 Winner
Brayden Knickerbocker (SlowandSTeady29)
GT7 Season 6 Winner
Chris Chatfield (SaveTheE30s)
GT7 Season 7 Winner
Chris Chatfield (SaveTheE30s)
Best Livery
Nominations for Most Improved
Overall Points Winners
GT7 Season 3 Winner
Week 7 - Mustangs
Riley Heaton (KartRacerRT)
GT7 Season 4 Winner
Week 3 - Corvette
Chris Chatfield (SaveTheE30s)
GT7 Season 5 Winner
Week 2 - Pontiac Grand Prix & Jason's S13
Alex Piehl (Volktron) & Kris Pete (Big-Asss-Ham)
GT7 Season 6 Winner
Week 1 - Jack and Coke
Alex Nash (SuckCreek86)
GT7 Season 7 Winner
Week 5 - Eye Up Here
Chris Chatfield (SaveTheE30s)
Nominations for Most Improved
Nominations for Most Improved
Nominations for Most Improved
GT7 Season 3 Winner(s)
1. Logan Davis (OMG_I_Suck)
2. Matthew Petree (Concrete Shoes)
3. Brian Knickerbocker (STay Focused)
GT7 Season 4 Winner(s)
1. Cethiel Gabriel (closedcoke)
2. Mr_Meeseeks_1991 (John Pisciotta)
3. TGreg104 (TJ Gregory)
GT7 Season 5 Winner(s)
1. Ryan ??? (textbook)
2. Tim Lewman (TimedTim)
3. Adam Olah (atoml3omb)
GT7 Season 6 Winner(s)
1. Adam K (shecterman)
2. Chris Perry (DertyDeluxe)
3. Emanuel Martin (Sir-Ele-373)
GT7 Season 8 Winner(s)
1. El Carnicero (mayo_132)
2. Aaron Costillo (spcmafia)
3. Alex Vallat (Veebs776)