For those of you that love what we are doing, here's where you can have a monetary contribution.
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Here's our list of expenses for 2017:
Dedicated Server:
As some of you know, I run the server from my home connection but was looking to have a dedicated one setup for official events, to keep costs down like we did in 2015. The server costs the following:
$0.404 per hour
We have 20 races for this season, each event consists of two official days which are Tuesday for Practice and Thursday for Quali and the Race. I also need about 30 minutes to setup the server for an event. Assuming I turn on the server for the first Official Practice to test the system from 9:20pm till 11:30pm after the mini-races are over, and then I turn on the server for every Quali and Race from 9:20pm till 11:45pm on Thursdays. If we calculate the time each event requires, we end up with:
2.1667 hours (first Practice) + [2.4167 hours (each Race) * 20 events] + [0.5 hours (setup time) * 20 events] = 60.5007 hours for the entire season.
Therefore, 60.5007 hours * $0.404 per hour =Â $24.44 per year.
Not bad for a 1 Gbps up/down server!
TeamSpeak:
Our TeamSpeak server has a 30 user capacity and is running the entire year. The cost for it is $5.57 per month.
Therefore, $5.57 * 12 months =Â $66.84 per year.
Website:
Here's where it gets expensive.
Domain renewal (simracinghub.com) is $14.95 per year
Domain protection (simracinghub.com) is $24.00 per year
Hosting (simracinghub.com) is $323.40 per year
In total, the website costs $362.35 per year.
If we add Server + TeamSpeak + Website it ends up being $453.63 per year.
I'm not including how much I pay for tools such as Photoshop and Premier, which I use for our website and our videos. That alone is $50 per month. And of course, the precious time that I put into the league is also not being added to the equation.
There you go guys, now you know what I'm facing and what's necessary to keep the league running 
Donations are welcome!!!
SRH Founder and Director
I will be soon posting our budget for the season and start accepting donations!
SRH Founder and Director
SRH Founder and Director
Dedicated Server:
As some of you know, I run the server from my home connection but was looking to have a dedicated one setup for official events, to keep costs down like we did in 2015. The server costs the following:
$0.404 per hour
We have 20 races for this season, each event consists of two official days which are Tuesday for Practice and Thursday for Quali and the Race. I also need about 30 minutes to setup the server for an event. Assuming I turn on the server for the first Official Practice to test the system from 9:20pm till 11:30pm after the mini-races are over, and then I turn on the server for every Quali and Race from 9:20pm till 11:45pm on Thursdays. If we calculate the time each event requires, we end up with:
2.1667 hours (first Practice) + [2.4167 hours (each Race) * 20 events] + [0.5 hours (setup time) * 20 events] = 60.5007 hours for the entire season.
Therefore, 60.5007 hours * $0.404 per hour = $24.44 per year.
Not bad for a 1 Gbps up/down server!
TeamSpeak:
Our TeamSpeak server has a 30 user capacity and is running the entire year. The cost for it is $5.57 per month.
Therefore, $5.57 * 12 months = $66.84 per year.
Website:
Here's where it gets expensive.
Domain renewal (simracinghub.com) is $14.95 per year
Domain protection (simracinghub.com) is $24.00 per year
Hosting (simracinghub.com) is $323.40 per year
In total, the website costs $362.35 per year.
If we add Server + TeamSpeak + Website it ends up being $453.63 per year.
I'm not including how much I pay for tools such as Photoshop and Premier, which I use for our website and our videos. That alone is $50 per month. And of course, the precious time that I put into the league is also not being added to the equation.
There you go guys, now you know what I'm facing and what's necessary to keep the league running
SRH Founder and Director
$22.70 if there are only 20 drivers. Sounds reasonable and affordable!
Sign me up!
any amount is helpful to those who pay the way for us to race here.
I wish we could charge $22.70 but knowing how that would go, we wouldn't have any new drivers
SRH Founder and Director
I put in $30 which was $42 of our monopoly money but I can donate some more during the season just my last Months CC bill was $3500 and I pay it off every month so I don't pay interest.