Tsujigiri global drift challenge - season 1
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Tsujigiri Global Drift Challenge
Pro Series
Season 1 - 2021
Tsujigiri Collective are pleased to announce the inaugural season of Tsujigiri Global Drift Challenge. TGDC Pro will be the sole official feeder series for the premiere drift championship in Assetto Corsa, the Virtual Drift Championship
The 16 highest ranked drivers from TGDC Pro at the completion of the 2021 season will be issued licenses to drive in VDC Season 6.
Dates
Round 1 - 16th to 18th July Round 2 - 30th July to 1st August
Round 3 - 13th to 15th August Round 4 - 27th to 29th August
Costs
€25 – Full Season
€7.50 – Individual Rounds
Sign Up
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n order to give back to the community that has supported Tsujigiri so far through the last 2 years we will be offering our legacy Patreons priority sign up.
This means Patreons who were already subscribed to Tsujigiri Collective before 2100UTC on the 28th of June, 2021 (the time of the TGDC announcement) will have first access to the sign up process.
General public sign up will be made available on Thursday 8th of July. Please keep an eye on the social media, Discord, or website to see when this will be.
General Summary
Tsujigiri Global Drift Challenge, Pro Series will have the maximum number of drivers capped at 96 entries for Season 1 (2021).
To fulfil the strict requirement VDC have for their drivers in terms of competition experience and demonstration of required driving standard, and to give all drivers who receive licenses the best chance of being competitive upon stepping up to VDC, we have taken the decision to run TGDC as a 4-round championship with emphasis placed heavily on driver consistency.
Qualifying runs will be judged based upon:
Line – 50 Points
Angle – 20 Points
Speed – 20 Points
Style – 10 Points
All 3 judges will submit their score for each run, there is no separation of judges into separate categories. The average of the 3 scores will generate the run’s overall score. After both runs have been completed the average score of both runs will decide a driver’s qualifying score, and thereby their placement for battles.
This means that a driver who scores a 100 and a 0 (zero) would only receive a 50-point score for qualifying. A driver who scores an 80 and an 86 would score an 83.
Furthermore, the scoring of points for qualifying and event positions throughout the season means that a single good event is not necessarily guarantee of placing highly in the final part of the series. A driver who both qualifies 16th and finishes 16th at all events would out-score a driver who qualifies and places first at a single event but then fails to qualify at all other rounds.
Promotion, Relegation, and License Retention
As TGDC Pro is a feeder series to the highest level of drifting we must abide by the existing format for promotion to the Virtual Drift Championship.
In future TGDC will also be running a Street category. This will be the only route to enter TGDC Pro from season 2 onwards.
The progression route is expected to be:
TGDC Street – TGDC Pro – VDC
Due to the staggered nature of the championships throughout the year (TGDC Pro June to August, VDC and TGDC Street early in the year) it would be possible for a driver to progress through to the highest level within a single year if they are of the required standard.
To make the movement between each tier work correctly there will continue to be 16 licenses offered for VDC every season. The 48 middle-ranked TGDC Pro drivers will retain their licenses for the next season. For season 1 the lowest-ranked 32 drivers will have to re-earn their licenses for season 2 of TGDC Pro via the Street category. These drivers will be given highest priority sign-up for the Street series.
From Season 2 onwards TGDC Pro will only have 80 slots available. The relegation to Street will be the lowest-ranked 16, rather than 32, drivers.
There will always be 32 TGDC Pro licenses issued to the highest ranked 32 TGDC Street drivers.
Prizes
In addition to the 16 VDC licenses available on offer for our top 16 drivers we are thrilled to announce partnership with Grip Royal for a fantastic first place prize for the winner.
Grip Royal will be supplying a customised GR Brute 350mm wheel as part of the prize package for the first place driver. This will include the TGDC logo on one spoke and “2021 Champion” on another. The first placed driver will also receive a Tsujigiri Merchandise Package.
Second Place will receive a Customised SHH Shifter and a Tsujigiri Merchandise Package.
Third Place will receive a Tsujigiri Merchandise Package and another mystery prize.
Fourth Place will have their entry fee for the season refunded and receive a Tsujigiri Merchandise Package.
Rules
Contact
Frequently Asked Questions and further information will be available primarily via the Discord, as this is the best method of communication for immediate response. All the social media sections are also monitored for questions, but less often than the Discord. Please use any of the methods opposite.