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2. FIRST Licenses

2.1. Principles

2.1.1.

In an effort to provide the best possible racing experience for all competitors, iRacing.com™ has instituted a licensing process for all members.

2.1.2.

Members start at Rookie and progress. Higher-level licenses are awarded based on on-track safety record and experience. Each racing series is restricted to certain license levels, grouping drivers with similar safety records. iRatings, which measure driver skills based on competitive results, do not impact FIRST licenses.

2.1.3.

FIRST licenses are awarded (or lost) during the season and at the completion of iRacing.com™ Season. Members earn licenses sequentially within a particular iRacing.com™ Category, Road Racing or Oval Track Racing. (See Section 2.8)

2.2. Earing a FIRST License

2.2.1.

Each new iRacing.com™ member starts with a Rookie License for each racing Category, Road and Oval. Thereafter, FIRST licenses must be earned.

2.2.2.

License advancement is based on two factors:

2.2.3.

Completion of a minimum participation requirement.

2.2.4.

Achievement of a minimum safety record.

2.2.5.

Licenses can be earned or lost during the season as well as upon the completion of a season. (See Section 2.8)

2.2.6.

Licenses must be obtained in sequential order, and although a member’s safety record in one racing Category does have some influence on his or her safety record in another racing Category, the minimum requirements and license progression are Category-specific.

2.3. License Levels

2.3.1.

Rookie License (including Rookie and Advanced Rookie) - Indicated by Red Stripe on Car and License

2.3.2.

Class D FIRST License - indicated by Orange Stripe on Car and License

2.3.3.

Class C FIRST License - indicated by Yellow Stripe on Car and License

2.3.4.

Class B FIRST License - indicated by Green Stripe on Car and License

2.3.5.

Class A FIRST License - indicated by Blue Stripe on Car and License

2.3.6.

iRacing.com™ Pro Series License (limited to the top rated drivers in the world) - indicated by Black Stripe on Car and License

2.4. Minimum Participation Requirements(MPR)

2.4.1.

Rookies are required to participate in at least four official Time Trial sessions OR two official Race Sessions during the current 12-week racing season in order to earn a Class D license (provided their safety record meets the minimum standard) in a particular category.

2.4.2.

All non-rookies are required to participate in at least four official Time Trial sessions OR four official Race sessions during the current 12-week racing season in the series in which they are licensed in order to be promoted (provided their safety record meets the minimum standard) in a particular category.

2.4.3.

For a race to be official, the race must meet the official minimum field size requirements. For a driver to be credited with an official race start, the driver must complete at least one lap in an official race session and receive championship points.

2.4.4.

A Time Trial is only official if a driver completes the required number of consecutive incident free laps and receives a Fastest “X” Lap Avg. time in the session.

2.4.5.

Drivers must participate in a series with minimum license eligibility requirements that match the driver’s current license level in a given category. Sessions in a series with minimum license eligibility requirements below the driver’s current license level (see section 2.9.3, “racing down”) will not count.

Example: a driver with a Class D road racing license may complete the minimum participation requirements for the current season by competing in four Time Trials or four Race sessions in the Class D Skip Barber Race Series. But if the same driver runs sessions in the Advanced Rookie Solstice series (racing down), the sessions will not count towards his/her minimum participation requirement.

2.5. Incidents

2.5.1.

The iRacing.com software monitors all official on-track sessions (not including Testing) and any incidents that occur therein. Each incident type is given a certain value (see list below), and the software automatically tallies each driver’s incidents for each session. (See Table 2.5)

Table: 2.5

Light contact with another driver =	0x
wheels off the racing surface =	1x
Loss of control =	2x
Contact with other objects =	2x
Heavy contact with another driver =	4x

2.5.2.

Non-additive nature of incidents - In the event of multiple concurrent incidents, only the most serious (e.g., 4x vs. 1x) is counted.

2.5.3.

The iRacing.com™ software does not attempt to determine fault. Incidents are assessed to all involved drivers individually on a no-fault basis - no matter the circumstances.

2.6. Safety Rating

2.6.1.

Safety Rating is a measure of a driver’s overall safety record and is calculated using a formula that takes into account the number of corners a driver passes through and the number and severity of incidents that driver accumulates in the process. These factors are averaged over a set number of laps and updated as each new session is finished.

Safety Ratingはドライバーの総合的な安全記録の基準であり、ドライバーが通貨したコーナー数と発生したインシデント(事象/事故)の重大さからなる公式によって求められます。これらの因子は走行セッションをフィニッシュするごとに自動計算されて平均化されます。

2.6.2.

Each class of license (in each category, Oval or Road) has a related range of Safety Ratings: 0.00 - 4.99.

各カテゴリーの各クラスそれぞれで関連付けられるSafety Ratingは0.00～4.99の範囲とされています。

2.7. Corner & Incident Multipliers

2.7.1.

iRacing.com™ places a high priority on safe driving at all times, but races, and other sessions when incidents can directly affect more than one competitor, are more important than Time Trials and single-car Qualifying. Accordingly, Corner & Incident Multipliers are applied when averaging a recent session into a driver’s Safety Rating.

2.7.2.

Current Corner & Incident Multipliers are shown below in Table 2.7. Note that incidents are counted throughout each session, including during the cool-down period after the checkered flag has been shown.

Table: 2.7

Session Type	Sim Session	Weight
Practice	Lone Practice	0.0
Practice	Open Practice	0.0
Qualify	Lone Qualifying (Oval)	0.35
Qualify	Open Qualifying (Road)	0.5
Time Trial	Time Trial	0.35
Race	Warm Up	0.5
Race	Race	1
Unofficial Race	Warm Up	0.35
Unofficial Race	Race	0.35

2.8. Minimum Safety Requirements

2.8.1.

A driver must achieve and maintain a Safety Rating within a certain range to advance to the next license level. A driver can track his or her safety record by the Safety Rating number on each category-specific license.

2.8.2.

Drivers will start out with a Rookie License with a Safety Rating of 2.50 in each category. As they complete sessions safely, their Safety Rating will rise. Conversely, multiple incidents will cause their safety rating to fall.

2.8.3.

Promotion

2.8.3.1.

Fast Track: Drivers having earned a 4.00 Safety Rating at any point during the season and having met the MPR will be promoted to the next higher license level.

2.8.3.2.

|End of Season: Drivers having earned a 3.00 Safety Rating during the course of a season will be promoted to the next higher license level at the conclusion of that season (provided the minimum participation requirement is met).

2.8.4.

Demotion

2.8.4.1.

During the Season: Drivers whose safety ratings drop below 1.0 at any point during a season, including participants in the Pro Series, will be demoted to a lower license level.

2.8.4.1.1.

Pro-License holders will have to improve their A level license to a 4.0 safety rating and only then will be automatically reinstated.” Moreover, if they drop below an A level license, they will have to meet the requirements to work their way back up to an A level and the 4.0 safety rating.

2.8.4.2.

Rookie and Class D License holders are not subject to in‐season or end‐ of‐season demotions.

2.8.4.3.

Class A drivers are subject to only demotions during the season unless said driver was demoted from a Pro‐License.

2.8.4.4.

End of Season: Drivers with a 2.00 - 2.99 Safety Rating will remain at the same license level, and drivers with a Safety Rating below 2.00 will be demoted to the next-lower license level at the conclusion of the season.

2.9. Series Eligibility

2.9.1.

In order to be eligible to compete in a given iRacing.com™ racing series, a driver must possess a category-specific license meeting the minimum series eligibility requirement.

2.9.2.

In all cases, drivers may “race down,” participating in series primarily intended for drivers at lower license levels.

2.9.3.

Rookie Series are open to all iRacing members, rookie competition license or higher.

2.9.4.

Advanced Rookie Series are open to Rookie license holders who have achieved a Safety Rating of 3.00 or higher and to drivers holding a Class D or above license.

2.9.5.

Class D Series are open to drivers holding a Class D, Rookie License holders with a 4.00 Safety Rating who've not yet completed the MPR for promotion, and all licenses above D..

2.9.6.

Class C Series are open to drivers holding Class C, D License holders with a 4.00 Safety Rating who've not yet completed the MPR for promotion, and all licenses above C.

2.9.7.

Class B Series are open to drivers holding Class B, C License holders with a 4.00 Safety Rating who've not yet completed the MPR for promotion, and all licenses above B.

2.9.8.

Class A Series are open to drivers holding Class A, B License holders with a 4.00 Safety Rating who've not yet completed the MPR for promotion, and Pro-License holders

2.9.9.

iRacing.com™ Pro Series are open only to the top Pro License holders for a specific category.

2.10. Vehicle Classes

2.10.1.

FIRST classifies all competition vehicles based on weight-to-power ratio and other factors. There are six classes of vehicles: Rookie, Advanced Rookie, Class D, Class C, Class B and Class A.