What are Online Championships?

Online Championships is a live service for RaceControl Pro and Pro+ members. In this game mode, seasons of races are run to find champions with additional and more immediate stewarding from driver reports. The subscription helps pay for the additional servers and administration required for Online Championships this on-going service and is completely optional.

What is the structure of an Online Championship season?

Initially seasons will last 6 weeks but future seasons may be longer. There will feature an “off week” between seasons to allow players to test the new championship combinations and allow sign ups to determine the Driver Rank (DR) League.

Each “round” of a championship starts and ends on a Tuesday at 12pm UTC.

Selecting a Car

Online Championships require you choose a car when you sign up that you have to stick with all the way through so that it reflects how a "real world" championship would be organised.

Cars across classes do have per-track BoP applied but of course some cars will often be stronger at certain circuits.

If you do want to change your car mid-season, go to "options" in the top right and select "unregister"

You can then re-register for the championship with a new car (but you will lose all of the points you've accumulated).

What are "attempts"?

In Online Championships, players have a limited number of attempts to score points towards that round of a championship. This is because Online Championships is designed to have higher pressure rather than throwaway online races.

The number available to you depends on the championship that you've signed up for and is clearly displayed on the registration page.

Once you've run out of attempts, you won't be able to sign up any more races in that championship until the next round begins.

How do points work in Online Championships?

Points are scored based on the Strength of Field (SoF) of your opponents – the higher quality of drivers you race, the more points you will score.

Dropped rounds are in effect for some series – you’ll see a 🚫 in the series calendar and if you hover over it you can see how many races are “dropped” (your lowest scores) from the final championship standings.

For Online Championship races, 5 drivers in a class are required to make it “official” and score points towards the championship.

If a race is not official, it does not count towards your "attempts". 

For more information about online championships - click here.