1. PRESENTATION OF THE COMPETITION:
As every year after the summer holidays… A new season of SCNEF1 is back! We are delighted and excited to be able to present you this new season, which as usual comes with some new features and changes that will seek to be to everyone’s liking. We start with this presentation the Season XIX, which we hope all the teams will have fun and enjoy it, as our only goal is to have fun and enjoy together with the community of the common hobby that unites us… The Formula 1!
For those who don’t know us, we are F1 Friends Cup, organisers and creators of SCNEF1, an F1 Codemasters team competition. The history of SCNEF1 goes back to February 2016, when the first edition took place, and which has lasted until today, during this time more than 130 races and 18 seasons have been played, making it the longest running F1 Codemasters team competition, gather your drivers, get together with your teammates, Season XIX is here!
2. SEASON XVIII FORMAT:
- This has been the regulations approved by the organization and stewards of F1 Friends Cup for this new season:
SEASON 19 REGULATIONS (Remember that these regulations may change before the start of the season and during it)
- The SCNEF1 will be held with the Crossplay function activated, therefore, the teams may be made up of drivers from all the platforms where a copy of Codemasters F1 24 has been released
- Season XIX will have ten qualifying rounds, in addition to the traditional PreQ to decide which teams qualify for the finals.
- SCNEF1 T.XIX will be held between September 2024 and February 2025. The PR will be held on 11 September and will conclude on 5 February with the last race.
- The competition will be held on Wednesdays at 21:00 (Madrid time, Spain).
- As in all editions, the current champions have a reserved place in SCNEF1 without having to pass the PR, for this occasion this team will be F1 Friends Cup (SCNEF1 Season 18 Champion).
- Regarding the configuration of the host, no driving assistance will be allowed, the classifications will last 18 minutes and races will last 50%.
- All races will be streaming on our Twitch channel.
- As always in our competitions we are committed to all the participants in carrying out a fair, honest and quality competition.
3. NEWS FOR THIS SEASON:
- The admins have decided that from this season onwards there will be one season per simulator, so this will be the only SCNEF1 season we will have with F1 24.
- The SCNEF1 is again free of charge, only the teams will pay the commitment deposit, which will be returned at the end of the season if the teams have fulfilled the required commitment (see regulations).
- When the entry fee is withdrawn, no prize money will be awarded to the champion team this season. The traditional SCNEF1 champion trophy will continue to be awarded.
- We have better structured the competition rules and corrected some small errors in the previous season’s rules.
- As there is only one season per simulator, we have increased the number of qualifying races in the championship from eight to ten.
- Last season we removed the race limitation for each driver, this year we have kept this rule. In addition, we have increased the transfer window from two to four, in order to allow teams to register new drivers for a longer period of time.
- You will note that nowhere do we mention SCNEF2 any more, the admin has decided not to contemplate making this division, at least in the short term.
- This season we will not have sprint races due to the length of time that such races would take, which makes them unfeasible.
4. PREQ:
The PreQ or abbreviated PR is the moment where the teams play their qualification to the final phase of the competition. If the champion team from the previous season is entered, the 9 best teams from this event will qualify for the finals.
The current champion of the competition is exempt from participating in this test, since their status as champion automatically classifies them to the final phase. We remind once again that this team is: F1 Friends Cup (SCNEF1 Champion).
This season the PR will be held at the Red Bull Ring, Austria (dry) and Monza, Italia (intermediate rain) tracks. The two sessions will take place in a 30-minute practice session.
We recommend that you fully inform yourself about how the PR works in the competition regulations, consulting Point 10 and annexes.
5. CALENDAR
- The races take place at 9 pm (Madrid time) / 8 pm (UK time).
6. HOST CONFIGURATION:
LOBBY OPTIONS:
Maximum players: 22.
Session privacy: Invite Only. Waiting host etiquette: N/A. Vehicle category: F1 2024. Car setting: Full. Minimum license level: Off.ASSISTS RESTRICTIONS:
Steering assist: Off. Braking assist: Off. Anti-lock brakes: Off. Traction control: Off. Dynamic racing line: Off. Gearbox: Manual. Pit assist: Off. Pit release assist: Off. ERS assist: Off. DRS assist: Off. Force cockpit camera: Off.
DIFFICULTY IA:
Difficulty: 70.
WEEKEND STRUCTURE:
Grand Prix format: Standard.
Practice format: off. Qualifiying format: Short. Session length: Long.WEATHER AND TIME OF DAY:
Quick weather: Dynamic. Session start time: Realistic. Forecast Accuracy: Approximate.
RULES & FLAGS:
Rules and flags: On. Corner cutting stringency: Strict. Parc Fermé rules: On. Pit experience: Immersive. Safety car: Standard. Safety car experience: Immersive. Formation lap: On. Formation lap experience: Immersive. Red Flags: Standard. Affects license level: Off.
SIMULATION SETTINGS:
Equal car performance: On.
Recovery mode: None. Surface type: Realistic. Low fuel Mode: Hard. Race starts: Manual. Tyre temperatura: Surface and carcass. Pit lane tyre sim: On. Unsafe pit release: Off. Car damage: Standard. Car damage rate: Standard. Collisions: On. Off for griefing: Enabled.7. REGISTER YOUR TEAM:
Before registering your team you must take into account:
- In order to participate in the PR your team must have paid 10€ to the organisation as a commitment deposit, which will be refunded at the end of the season (if the requirements are met). In case of failure to qualify the money will be refunded in full the day after the results are announced by the PR officials. Teams that do not make the payment by the deadline will not participate in the PR and will be eliminated.
- Payments will be made by PayPal preferably, if any team has problems to make it by this means should contact the organization to assess other means.
- Payment by PayPal must be made as «Family or friends» to avoid commissions, in the event that any commission is charged to FFC, the payment will be returned minus the commission charged by the platform. Of course, it will not be counted as paid if this happens.
- Payment must be made before Tuesday, September 10 at 11:59 p.m. FFC’s PayPal account is: f1friendscup@gmail.com
- The registration period will close on Monday, September 9 at 8:00 p.m. In the following hours we will confirm if there will finally be SCNEF2 or not.
- The teams agree to submit their squads before Tuesday, September 9 at 8:00 p.m. After registering, all teams will receive an email from the organization providing them with an Excel link in Google Drive so that they can fill it in with their data and those of their drivers.
- The entire team accepts the rules of the competition and the rules of use of our Discord server.
Do you agree with all of the above? Perfect! It’s time to sign up your team. Team registrations are made using the Google Forms form, which you can access by clicking on the following link:
