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Hey Cas, thanks for the updates!

Two questions:
- which car should we use on 4AM.TRK, for the calibration?
- could you add "Raw, no metadata" as a default save option?

Is there a maximum to this?
Some +10 and all others -10 would kind of unbalance it (if I understand the rules correctly.

I think we'll still have a maximum of ten point added or removed. That's in total, not for each car. So you could change two cars, +10/-10, or 3 cars, +10/-7/-3, etc.  Removing the "sums up to zero" requirement means you could add +6 to a car, -3 to another, and that's it.

Here we are: rules proposal for 2021!

I will remove the SuperKart, F40 and Audi DTM. The new custom cars would be:

• Trueno
  
• Lotus Esprit
  
• BMW DTM
  
• Mercedes DTM
  
• Melange
  

Two slow cars, two DTM cars to complete the rotation, and the Melange because we miss it.

No Pontiac, still untested, and no McLaren for this year. I think it would be interesting to bring them in at the same time next year, possibly together with the Speedgate—and with very low bonuses. It would be cool to see this set in Race 4 Kicks 2021!

I prefer not to increase the number of custom cars further, both for accessibility, and because a large number of cars would make the first days of each race more "expensive", and even more difficult to collect leading time. As a note, we do want similar cars in the active set, so that each race can have multiple viable cars.

For 2021, I'd like to test single-race car bonuses: the points assigned by the track author will only apply for that race, and then be reverted. As such, author points don't need to sum up to zero anymore. Points rotation will continue as normal.

A new rule will require replays to be replayable from Options -> Load replay; this means participants will have to test powergear replays before uploading. If the car crashes, the replay will be invalid. I expect this rule to mostly affect extreme powergear laps, so it should not be a big obstacle.

LTB calculations will remain the same.

Forgot to tell you, since 29th April 2017 (wedding anniversary), I'm Ákos Pintér-Móricz officially.

Interesting, did you both get both surnames?

I suggested swapping surnames with my wife, but she didn't like the idea   Each kept their own, which would be something quite rare in Italy. But we're not in Italy

I'll take ZCT245 if you allow me after my no-show in 2020.

Wooo, a Christmas Zak track again! Thank you

Track is ready... but where should I send it? Is there still a +10/-10 modification of car bonuses available?

To me please, @gmail.com. You can still assign custom car points, nothing has changed. I'm considering making them per race though, meaning I will reset them for the next track.

I'll update the car set tomorrow!

Well timed: https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/95041485_davids-personal-kitt-knight-rider-car

Have you been here already, Duplode? https://arxiv.org/pdf/2008.06787.pdf

14 years and counting, that's a long career in F1!

Somehow I stopped paying attention to F1 in the early 00s though, and most names I remember are probably from the 90s

I disagree, this year has been plagued with setbacks in the real world and had made it clear to me that the future is uncertain.

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In short
- at the start a team must have at least two active members
- every race has to be presented by at least one member
- at least one member has to finish the season.

I'm not sure how "the future is uncertain" goes along with stricter rules   In difficult times, I would go for more lenient rules: ZakStunts should be fun, not more responsibilities.

I think I'd like to see "cause and effect" rules, rather than "requirements". If there is more than one active pipsqueak, then we'll count the team as active. Even if they can only pipsqueak twice during the season.

My main takeaway is that I won the races with the lowest scores

So it seems I would be alone in Rolling Stunts for 2021...  I'm open to join any team that would benefit from my performances...

Maybe Daniel3D is looking for a team?

Poo announced his comeback, Looping Warriors are back.

That's great!

I have been a bit uncertain about how to treat teams that are in... hiatus? I have tried to stick to the rule "if there is only one active pipsqueak left, the team is inactive."  But I'm happy to hear other opinions on the matter.

Can I do 244?

Of course, booked!

All right, I have procrastinated this decision long enough, so please book me for ZCT243

Done, thank you!