[PS4/XB1/PC] MCEC Season 3 Initial Sign Up Stage

Awesome, I'd like to sign up for the PC version!

Sign me up for any GT on PS4 please. Will be the first time for me and I am so looking forward to it?.
Thanks for giving me the oportunitie
The Hype is real!

Sign me up for PC please!

Okay so since there has been increasing talk about tracks for this I might as well make the decision I've been leaning towards for a while: The circuits used for MCEC 3 will be LSGP, NL, OGP, BC24 & RONR.

There will be two rounds on each with variations in a number of aspects between each round. More details on that in future but basically both races on LSGP won't be the same, and it won't just be the cars separating them.

This championship has always been more about the different vehicles used than the tracks and I really don't have the energy to go through another selection process of different circuits after BV (even if BV tracks were the basis of the initial selection). The history of the championship has been on my circuits and everyone knows them, meaning those who don't have as much time to put in won't be at as much of a disadvantage. If anyone has a problem with the track selections speak up now so I can remove you from the signup list before the main thread starts.


I can also announce that there will be 10 different classes used. We're basically cutting out the repeated sports classes from MCEC 2 and replacing them with sports classics and vans. If anyone has any opinions on car selections together with class+track combinations again speak up now before the main thread is up. I'm not going to get in a big discussion about it but I will use any thoughts to better make my own decisions on this aspect.


Finally I expect that the championship will be starting a little later than initially advertised. Possibly early march rather than early feb. What I intend to do is in early jan I'll create the main thread and tag all the signups. This thread will be used to organise all 3 platforms and will contain the full race calendar with dates, tracks, cars, and any extra information. I'll then go through the process of choosing the drivers and assigning them to a GT, finally culminating in the usual live team draw on a live stream for all three platforms. Then we'll be in full swing to get the championship sorted. As I said though I'll tag everyone who has signed up when that main thread goes up.

At the moment we have about 70 signups for PS4 with 40 for XB1 and PC. It's very possible there will be a secondary championship on PS4 to allow those who don't get in the main championship to participate in something. I expect this would be a bit smaller at 5 rounds with GT4 & GT5 so to speak (possibly 1hr races too instead of 1hr30), and take place before the regular PS4 race on alternating weeks. Details will follow in the new year though.

I'll put the "preferred GT" question to people on the main thread when it goes up in the new year and if this is the case I'll make sure to include GT4&5 in that.


Just a reminder to everyone that you won't be able to freely choose your car class like in other MCECs, but there will be 3 classes in the main championship like MCEC 2.

Broughy1322 What about the idea I suggested for season 2? To recap, basically each GT would consist of a selection of cars, not just a single choice, to promote variety, accessibility and tactics. As an example, a GT1 in Sports would be made of the RCs, Elegy, Massacro, Jester, Feltzer, GT 2 of cars comprable to say the Comet and GT3 with performance standard set by a Schwartzer or something.

Dunno if that's something you guys want to do. I think it would freshen up the old MCEC formula a lot, thus making it more interesting for both the racers and the viewers.

Just my 2 cents on the logical choices for classes:

BC24h - Sports Classics & Off-Road

It's the track that makes the most sense for the Off-Road class, same reason you picked it last year. And as for Sports Classics its well known this is your favourite class on the track, so it would only make sense for you to be using those classes there. I suspect you might've already had this thought yourself too.

LSGP - Sedans & Coupes

Considering that our most succesful round here last season was in compacts, using more high-traction based classes would make sense. Based on car size and manouverability I think Sedans and Coupes would make the most sense, cancelling out the high kerb-boosting factor we had with compacts somewhat as well as the general pace will be a little quicker.

OGP - SUVs & Vans

Considering past events and stream races, I think most people would agree that the SUV round was the best OGP round last season, and that in general in streams and what not SUVs and Vans have led to the least chaotic and most enjoyable races on this track.  They just generally handle the bumpy nature in some of the areas better.  Even though it might be better to use a variant with the hospital section pulled back to where it is on the new CCGP, just to reduce the risk of getting a massive pileup if someone crashes there.

NL - Sports & Muscle

Not particular reasoning here, mainly a result from my reasoning behind the other choices. Plus these classes are generally nice to race on North Loop as well.

RONR - Supers & Compacts

I think one of the best selections we could see this season would be the compacts round being done on the short variation of Ron Raceway. You've already done this on stream a couple of times, and its worked out really well every time. In my opinion that one is a no-brainer.
As for supers, I think thats the class most people would be most familiar with on this track ever since it was released, so using the super class here would just generally make for better, cleaner racing.