Exception Regulation
Due to ambiguous fine print in the race regulations, multiple racers have hit 'Launch' in ship 2 at the start of lap 2 before returning to the surface. As this doesn't provide major time benefits but negatively affects the total calculated time by around 20s in most cases, there will be an exception:
For racers who provide both
- the station dashboard screenshot in ship 2 (official start of lap 2 according to the updated full regulations) and
- a screenshot in the same ship just before taking off with the cockpit clock clearly visible and the 'leave station' message above the radar showing 4:59 or more
an exception will be made, so that the time of the second screenshot counts as start of lap 2.
A
3-second penalty will be applied in these cases.
Please note that this exception regulation is intended to compensate for mistakes in existing runs caused by misunderstandings with the original rules and their description.
This will only have a minor effect on the times currently on the leaderboard, as it was already taken into account with the last board update.
For new runs: Please make sure that you return to the surface in ship 2 before hitting 'launch' at the start of lap 2.
I hope this is a suitable compromise, tell me if there are any further questions.
Next board update coming soon.