Races and Tour

How a championship works

Your car races automatically; to drive it yourself, outside the championships, there is Driving Mode.

Between races, you can prepare your next setup. Once a race has been formed, it keeps the car, parts, stats, and Condition it started with.

Matchmaking can take up to 60 seconds and may finish sooner when the required player quota is met. The Tour groups players on the same stage. Any remaining slots are filled with racers of a matching level; the lineup stays together for the championship's rounds.

Follow the race on the Radar

The Radar draws the circuit as an asphalt track, with a checkered start line and kerbs on the tight corners. Your car is the yellow marker with its position next to it; opponents are the white markers.

Hover over a racer on the Radar to see their name and country flag, plus their car from the side and the rear, with its paint, neon and plate. In the championship Standings, the flag appears before each racer's name. The country comes from each racer's Steam connection; racers with no country on record appear without a flag.

Daily weather

Each real-world day has one weather type, the same for every player. It changes at midnight UTC. The rotation goes through every weather type before repeating and never uses the same one two days in a row.

Weather increases the favored stat's weight in the race calculations it already takes part in: performance on straights and in corners, braking and control. The other stats still count. In Cold weather, Acceleration also has a bigger effect on launches and on regaining speed.

What weather doesn't change:

• The reference length of races: a balanced car keeps the same pace in any weather. Weather changes who has the edge over whom, not how long the race takes.
• The Power and stats shown in the Garage.
• Championship points, Credit, Mastery and crate chance.

A race keeps the weather it was formed with: if the day rolls over mid-race, it finishes in the weather it started in. The weather applies to every racer in the race.

The icon in the top-right corner of the racing strip shows the current weather. Hover over it to see the weather's name and the favored stat.

How do I advance?

Finish in the top three overall across the ten races. Winning a race helps, but your championship total determines whether you advance.

If you miss the podium, you stay on the current stage and start another championship with the points reset. You keep your parts, upgrades, Mastery, and Collections. You cannot go back and select an earlier stage.

Points and tiebreakers

Ties are broken by points, wins, second places, third places, best finish, and lowest valid time. If players are still tied, the system uses a stable final tiebreaker.

The 32 destinations

The map permanently records completed stages. Stage 27 is displayed as Vietnam.

The time required varies with car performance, incidents, and whether you need to repeat championships. There is no guaranteed fixed completion time for the Tour.

The tracks in each country

Explore all 32 layouts in Tour order. These images use the game's own minimap; the checkered marker shows the start/finish line. Click a track to enlarge it.

How is the starting grid decided?

For each race, the 20 participants are ranked by Power and split into groups of 5. The five strongest occupy positions 1–5, the next group takes 6–10, followed by 11–15 and 16–20. The order within each group is randomized for that race.

Every racer follows the same rule. MMR determines your League room, but does not directly set your grid position. Power includes Speed, Acceleration, Braking, Stability and Aerodynamics, excluding Durability and Condition. Upgrades confirmed before formation may move you into another group in the next round.

What if I close the game during a race?

You keep the progress you've already earned. If you return before the race ends, you can resume that same race. If it ends while you're away, you cannot claim its reward later.

The offline reward is calculated separately and does not replace race participation.

Being away and the race result are separate matters: your car may record a finishing position, but being absent removes the reward and eligible points for that participation. This does not affect the offline Credit and Mastery benefits you have unlocked in the tree.

After New Zealand

Completing the final stage unlocks the League. You keep your Garage, resources, Mastery, Collection, and completed map. From then on, every championship has a randomly selected country and a new room.