Custom Teams in F1CRL: How it Works

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As announced recently in F1CRL’s Discord, the upcoming 2024 (Summer) season will feature Custom Teams. I’ve discussed the Custom Teams concept briefly in previous posts and on the Discord as well, but the intent of this post is to summarize how Custom Teams will work and how drivers can submit Custom Teams.

The Grid

The grid for the 2024 (Summer) season will be made up full-time drivers (each assigned to a Custom Team, two drivers per team), who are each guaranteed a seat for every race. Any open spots will be filled by reserve drivers (not assigned to a team), up to a maximum of 22 drivers (an increase from our previous maximum of 20 when using F1 cars).

Team Submission

The goal is for teams to be submitted by full-time drivers, though I (Jeff) will create teams if needed to ensure we have the requisite team spots to support the number of full-time drivers that have signed up. Submitters should strive to be creative and propose teams that are interesting, cool, and attractive to other league members. Low-effort, joke, and/or meme teams will not be accepted. To submit a team, DM me (Jeff) on Discord with the following info for your proposed team (with some guidance/rules provided inline):

  • Team Logo: Logo MUST be high-quality (comparable in quality to an IRL F1 team’s logo), must have a transparent background, and can be sourced from anywhere you’d like (online, made yourself, purchased) as long as it’s high quality
  • Team Name (Long): Your team’s official name including any title sponsors, likely only referenced on the website or in formal communications. E.g., Oracle Red Bull Racing
  • Team Name (Short): The way your team will be referenced most often, such as in race results and standings. E.g., Red Bull
  • Primary Color: The only required color submission, this color should have some sort of connection/relation to the team’s logo (e.g., if your logo is red and white, your primary color should not be purple) and should be the dominant color on your car’s livery. Ultimately we will settle on a specific RGB/hex code for this color so you should have a specific color in mind.
  • (Optional) Other Colors (Secondary, Tertiary, Quaternary): It’s encouraged to include these so team members know exactly what colors to use for liveries, race wear, helmets, etc. Similar to the primary color, we will use specific RGB/hex codes for these colors, to the extent a team has them.
  • (Optional) Suggested Livery/Badge: Not required but could add value if you have something specific in mind.

Using Real Manufacturers/Teams

Real manufacturers are allowed (Audi would be a good Custom Team given they are joining F1 in the future, manufacturers who compete in other racing series would also be good additions). Drivers are allowed to (but discouraged from) using IRL F1 teams in situations where drivers could use an IRL F1 team livery (e.g., Codemasters gave out free Williams liveries for usage on F1 World Cars during the F1 23 lifecycle in conjunction with certain challenges).

Q&A

I will add answers to questions received here to clarify anything that needs to be clarified.

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