B:MIX Code of Conduct

This Code applies to conduct connected to B:MIX, its events, participants and community.

It applies during qualifying and races, through B:MIX systems and communications, and in external community spaces where conduct has a clear connection to B:MIX or its participants.

B:MIX does not seek to regulate a participant's unrelated online or private activity.

B:MIX participants must treat Drivers, Hosts, Deputies, Stewards, Race Control and community members with reasonable respect.

Disagreement, frustration and criticism are allowed.

Personal abuse, harassment, threats, discriminatory behaviour, targeted intimidation or sustained hostility towards another participant are not acceptable.

Drivers must not use B:MIX channels, streams, Discord or other community spaces to organise harassment or publicly pressure Stewards over an active incident.

Criticism of a stewarding decision is permitted, but the official review process — not personal attacks — is the route for challenging a decision.

Drivers are expected to race fairly, predictably and with reasonable awareness of the cars around them.

Every Driver shares responsibility for avoiding unnecessary contact.

Aggressive racing is permitted. Deliberately dangerous, retaliatory or unfair driving is not.

The fact that GT7 does not issue an in-game penalty does not prevent B:MIX Stewards from reviewing an incident.

The attacking Driver is responsible for attempting an overtake that can reasonably be completed without avoidable contact.

Neither Driver has an automatic right to a corner simply because they are alongside.

Where a meaningful overlap is established before the turn-in point, both Drivers should leave sufficient racing room.

A late dive from significantly behind that only creates overlap because the defending Driver has already begun turning does not create an entitlement to space.

Likewise, the defending Driver must not simply turn across a car that has already established a legitimate overlap.

One defensive move is permitted on a straight.

Once committed, a Driver must not make a further move in reaction to the attacking car.

A return towards the normal racing line before the braking zone is permitted only when sufficient space is left for a car that has established an overlap.

Weaving and reactive blocking are prohibited.

A Driver who gains a position after causing avoidable contact should safely restore that position at the earliest reasonable opportunity.

Restoring the position does not automatically erase the incident or prevent a penalty, but may be considered by the Stewards.

Drivers should not create an additional hazard while attempting to restore a position.

A Driver who leaves the circuit, spins or becomes stationary must rejoin only when it is safe to do so.

The Driver rejoining has responsibility for avoiding cars already on the racing surface and must not force another Driver to take evasive action.

Where necessary, the Driver must remain stationary or off the racing line until a safe opportunity exists.

Reversing onto the circuit or driving across the racing line into approaching traffic is prohibited.

A Driver recovering from a spin while still on the circuit should behave predictably and avoid moving across the track until approaching traffic has passed where practicable.

An unsafe rejoin that causes a significant collision may be treated more seriously by the Stewards.

Where a Driver is temporarily slowed by damage, an incident or another loss of normal racing pace, they should remain predictable and take reasonable care not to create an avoidable hazard for approaching Drivers.

A Driver is not required to leave the racing line or surrender positions simply because their car is temporarily impaired.

Other Drivers remain responsible for overtaking safely.

Sudden or unpredictable movements intended to obstruct approaching traffic while significantly below normal racing speed may be considered by the Stewards.

Drivers must respect the circuit boundaries and any penalties enforced by GT7.

Deliberately exploiting track limits, wall contact, penalty-system behaviour, reset mechanics, ghosting or any other game mechanic to gain an unfair sporting advantage is prohibited.

Where GT7 does not penalise behaviour that clearly creates an unfair advantage, B:MIX Stewards may still review it.

Accidental or isolated occurrences should be judged in context. This rule is particularly concerned with deliberate or repeated exploitation.

Drivers must not deliberately rely on GT7's ghosting system to make a move that would otherwise result in contact.

A Driver should approach another car on the assumption that it will remain solid.

Deliberately driving through, into or through the expected path of another car because the Driver expects GT7 to ghost either vehicle may be considered an exploit.

Unexpected ghosting, or passing through a car that GT7 has automatically ghosted during normal racing, is not itself an offence.

Drivers on an out-lap, in-lap or otherwise not on a representative qualifying lap must make reasonable efforts not to impede a Driver on a flying lap.

A Driver on a flying lap does not gain an absolute right to the circuit. Both Drivers remain responsible for avoiding unnecessary contact.

Deliberate blocking or avoidable interference is prohibited.

Drivers must not deliberately create contact, obstruct the circuit or manipulate qualifying to disadvantage another Driver.

Where practical, Drivers should create sufficient space before beginning a flying lap rather than compromising another Driver's lap while trying to establish their own gap.

Drivers being lapped should remain predictable and must not deliberately defend against, obstruct or interfere with a Driver who is lapping them.

The lapping Driver remains responsible for approaching and completing the pass safely where physical interaction between the cars is possible.

Where GT7's event settings cause a lapped car to ghost, Drivers may make normal use of that game behaviour.

Drivers entering or leaving the pits must do so predictably and must respect any pit-entry and pit-exit boundaries enforced by GT7.

A Driver entering the pits should avoid making a sudden or dangerously late move across another car to reach pit entry.

A Driver leaving the pits must take reasonable care when rejoining normal racing traffic and must not deliberately force an approaching Driver to take evasive action.

Drivers already on the circuit must also take reasonable account of cars legitimately exiting the pits.

A car leaving the pits does not automatically have to stop or surrender its position simply because another Driver is approaching.

Deliberately exploiting pit-lane behaviour, resets or other GT7 pit mechanics to gain an unfair advantage is prohibited.

Drivers must not deliberately use GT7's pause or menu auto-drive behaviour to gain a sporting advantage, obstruct another Driver or circumvent normal racing requirements.

Brief use of the pause menu for a genuine need is not itself an offence.

While the game is controlling the car, the Driver remains responsible for having chosen to activate that behaviour.

Any advantage or interference resulting from deliberate exploitation of auto-drive may be considered by the Stewards.

Deliberate contact, retaliation and intentional wrecking are prohibited.

A Driver must never use their car to retaliate for an earlier incident, regardless of who they believe was responsible.

Brake-checking, deliberately forcing another Driver off the circuit, intentionally causing a collision or waiting for another Driver in order to retaliate may be treated as serious misconduct.

Drivers should finish the race and use the B:MIX incident process afterwards.

Stewards decide incidents; Drivers do not administer their own penalties on track.

Drivers must compete on their own sporting merits and must not deliberately manipulate a B:MIX race or championship for the benefit or disadvantage of another Driver.

Deliberately slowing, blocking, sacrificing one's own race, coordinating interference, exchanging positions or otherwise manipulating the competition for an improper sporting purpose may be investigated by the Stewards.

Normal racing decisions — including choosing not to defend aggressively, allowing a faster Driver through, fuel or tyre conservation, strategic cooperation that does not improperly manipulate the competition, or voluntarily restoring a position after an incident — are not automatically prohibited.

Suspected manipulation should be judged from the circumstances and available evidence rather than simply from an unusual tactical decision.

Drivers must follow reasonable operational instructions issued by their assigned Host, Deputy or B:MIX Race Control during an event.

This includes instructions relating to lobby joining, session starts, qualifying, restarts, technical recovery and other race-night procedures.

Drivers must not deliberately disrupt the operation of a B:MIX lobby or ignore an instruction in a way that compromises the event.

An instruction can be questioned or challenged afterwards through the appropriate B:MIX process, but Drivers should not create further disruption by arguing the matter during a live session.

Hosts and Deputies have operational authority. Sporting penalties and stewarding decisions remain within the appropriate B:MIX processes.

Drivers are responsible for making reasonable efforts to ensure their equipment, internet connection and game setup are suitable for participation.

Technical problems, disconnections and equipment failures can happen and are not misconduct in themselves.

A Driver who is aware that their connection or equipment is repeatedly causing significant disruption should take reasonable steps to resolve the problem before continuing to participate.

Where a Driver's connection creates persistent severe instability that materially affects other competitors, Race Control may ask the Driver to leave the affected event or resolve the issue before participating again.

Drivers should submit incidents through the official B:MIX incident process within the published incident window and provide relevant evidence where available.

Incident reports must be made in good faith.

The incident system must not be used to harass another Driver or repeatedly pursue trivial complaints.

Drivers must act honestly when dealing with B:MIX Race Control, Hosts and Stewards.

Knowingly providing false information, falsifying or manipulating evidence, impersonating another Driver, deliberately concealing relevant information during an investigation, or attempting to mislead B:MIX about a result or incident is prohibited.

Deliberately fabricated or manipulated evidence may be treated as serious misconduct.

A Driver will not be penalised simply because their genuine recollection differs from another Driver's or is later shown to be mistaken. This rule concerns knowing or deliberate deception.

Stewards assess the available evidence and may determine that an incident warrants a penalty, constitutes a racing incident, or requires no further action.

A decided incident may receive one formal review through the B:MIX review process.

Once that review has been completed, the sporting decision is final.

New evidence may be considered through that review where permitted by the process.

Public disagreement or repeated messages to individual Stewards do not constitute an additional appeal.

B:MIX may take stronger action where misconduct is serious, deliberate or repeated, or where a Driver demonstrates a continuing disregard for the Sporting Regulations or Code of Conduct.

Depending on the circumstances, action may include a warning, sporting penalty, exclusion from an event, exclusion from the championship, temporary suspension from B:MIX, or removal from B:MIX.

The appropriate action should consider the seriousness of the behaviour, its consequences, whether it was deliberate, the Driver's relevant previous conduct and any aggravating or mitigating circumstances.

B:MIX is not required to apply progressively stronger sanctions in every case.

Serious misconduct may justify a significant sanction on a first occurrence.

Participation in B:MIX requires acceptance of the current applicable B:MIX Sporting Regulations and Code of Conduct.

A Driver does not need to accept the same documents again for every weekly event.

B:MIX records the applicable document revisions accepted by the Driver.

Where a subsequent published revision requires renewed acceptance, the Driver must accept the new applicable version before entering a subsequent affected event.

B:MIX may amend this Code where required for sporting, technical, operational or community reasons. Superseded published revisions remain available through the B:MIX publication history.