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Forza Racing Championship Events List



Links:
Forza Racing Championship site page - see top menu bar on forzamotorsport.net
ForzaRC Season 1 announcement - August 4, 2016
ForzaRC Registration/sign-in page at ESL
Forzamotorsport on Twitter
Forzamotorsport on Facebook
Forzamotorsport on Twitch


This thread lists events, restrictions, and deadlines for the FRC as a reference.

Registration is not required to participate in the FRC Rivals and Leagues to earn in-game gift unicorn cars.
Registration is required to earn DLC and physical prizes and to participate in tournaments.

ForzaRC Season 1 Prizes:

• 1973 Ford Escort 1600 bonus car: weekly Rivals qualifier participants
  
• 1971 Ford Falcon XY GTHO Phase III bonus car: weekly League participants
  
• FM6 Car Pass DLC: week 1 Leagues Top 50% [Edit]: of registered players
  
• FM6 Porsche DLC: week 2 Leagues Top 50% [Edit:] of registered players
  
• FM6 NASCAR DLC: week 3 Leagues Top 50% [Edit:] of registered players
  
• FH3 Ultimate Edition: weekly Elite Series Showdown places 1-4, Grand Finals participation (signed)
  
• Xbox Labs voucher: weekly Elite Series Showdown 3rd place
  
• Forza Accessories Kit: weekly Elite Series Showdown places 1-2
  
• Forza Elite Controller: weekly Elite Series Showdown places 1-2
  
• Xbox One S 2TB: weekly Elite Series Showdown 1st place, Grand Finals places 1-4
  
• Logitech G920 wheel: Elite Series Grand Finals places 1-4
  
• $10,000: Elite Series Grand Finals 3rd place
  
• $20,000: Elite Series Grand Finals 2nd place
  
• Ford Focus RS + $5,000: Elite Series Grand Finals 1st place

The bonus gift cars will be sent starting Mondays after the weekly events finish. DLC will be sent to the email address in your ESL profile, and may not arrive until the end of the month.

Edited by user Sunday, August 14, 2016 1:17:14 AM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

ForzaRC Elite Series overview

FRC Season 1 announcement - full description
ESL ForzaRC site - registration, schedule and rules overview
Season 1 Elite Cup #1 Rules/Bracket site - eligibility and prize info

Overview:

• Players can participate in both the Elite series and Open series FRC events
  
• Players must be age 16+ and residents of eligible countries (see Rules: most of Europe, China, Canada, U.S.)
  
• Players must have an Xbox Gold account
  
• Players must have an ESL account (free) to earn prizes and enter tournaments (not required for unicorn car)
  
• Rivals qualification is open 24hrs/day until it closes at 11:59pm Pacific time on Thursdays each week
  
• Players must be in the top 128 of the Rivals qualifier event global leaderboard to compete on weekends
  
• Players must sign in by Friday to each weekly cup race they qualify for in order to compete on weekends
  
• Players must Check In on Saturday before weekend races and enter their race results at the ESL site
  
• Mode: 1v1, Best of 3, 5 laps, No upgrades or tuning
  
• ESL is responsible for handling protests and support

Cup racing rules update 8/12: http://play.eslgaming.com/forza/xbox/news/266853/

Week 1 Schedule:

• 2015 Ford Mustang GT on Autodromo Internationale Monza
  
• Rivals Qualifying – August 8-11 (Top 128 advance to Elite Series Week 1 Cup)
  
• Cup Tournament (via ESL) – August 13 (Top 16 advance to Elite Series Week 1 Showdown)
  
• Showdown Tournament – August 14 (Top 4 advance to ForzaRC Elite Series Grand Finals on September 4)

Week 2 Schedule:

• 2013 Ford Formula Ford EcoBoost 200 at Catalunya
  
• Rivals Qualifying – August 15-18 (Top 128 advance to Elite Series Week 2 Cup)
  
• Cup Tournament (via ESL) – August 20 (Top 12 advance to Elite Series Week 2 Showdown)
  
• Showdown Tournament – August 21 (Top 4 advance to ForzaRC Elite Series Grand Finals on September 4)

Week 3 Schedule:

• 2016 Ford #66 Ford Racing GT Le Mans at Watkins Glen Full
  
• Rivals Qualifying – August 22-25 (Top 128 advance to Elite Series Week 3 Cup)
  
• Cup Tournament (via ESL) – August 27 (Top 12 advance to Elite Series Week 3 Showdown)
  
• Showdown Tournament – August 28 (Top 4 advance to ForzaRC Elite Series Grand Finals)

Grand Finals
"The required car will be the Ford Focus RS which must be downloaded prior to the Season 1 Finals. Finalists will be provided with a code to download the car within one week of the Season 1 Finals event."
"During the ForzaRC Elite Series Season 1 Grand Finals event on September 4, the 12 weekly winners will compete online to win the ultimate prize – a brand new 2017 Ford Focus RS. Look for the full announcement of the ForzaRC Grand Finals events as we get closer to the broadcast date."

Prizes:

Edited by user Sunday, August 14, 2016 12:25:15 PM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

ForzaRC Open Series overview

FRC Season 1 announcement - full description
ESL ForzaRC site - registration, schedule and rules overview
Season 1 Open Series site - eligibility and prize info

Overview:

• Players can participate in both the Elite series and Open series FRC events
  
• Players must be age 14+ and residents of an Xbox One market country (Europe, Asia, North America, South America, South Africa)
  
• Players must have an Xbox Gold account
  
• Players must have an ESL account (free) for DLC prize eligiblity
  
• No sign-in required; race during League windows (3 per day)
  
• Players are grouped by Division
  
• Leaderboard position by Division, determined by cumulative session points

Schedule:
Open Series Week 1 League – August 8 - 14
ForzaRC Week 1 League starring the 2015 Ford Mustang GT and a variety of tracks

Open Series Week 2 League – August 15 - 21
ForzaRC Week 2 League starring the 2013 Ford Formula Ford EcoBoost 200 and a variety of tracks

Open Series Week 3 League – August 22 - 28
ForzaRC Week 2 League starring the 2016 Ford #66 Ford Racing GT Le Mans and a variety of tracks

Prizes:

Non-qualifying events
"Though competition doesn’t begin until August 8, you can get involved with the ForzaRC right now! In celebration,, we’ve kicked off special ForzaRC-themed multiplayer Hoppers and Rivals events. Whether you’re looking to turn some laps or just hang out with other Ford fans, these non-competitive events are locked and loaded for you."

These Rivals events are found in the Community Monthly section. "This event does not count towards placement in the ForzaRC"; look for the first qualifying rivals event on August 8.

ForzaRC: Fiesta Test

• Restrictions: Class = D400, Model = Ford Fiesta '14, Stock Only
  
• Track: Sonoma Short Day

ForzaRC: Lake Raptor

• Restrictions: Class = D400, Model = Ford Raptor '17, Stock Only
  
• Track: Laguna Seca Day

ForzaRC: Focused and Ready

• Restrictions: Class = B600, Model = Ford Focus '17, Stock Only
  
• Track: Lime Rock Full Alt Day

ForzaRC Cycled Production multiplayer hopper
"Celebrate Season 1 of the ForzaRC and race in these amazing Ford cars across a variety of tracks. This hopper includes Forza Motorsport 6 DLC cars."

Edited by user Thursday, August 4, 2016 8:15:48 PM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

Figured I should post this in here incase I was in the wrong thread earlier. Got a few questions which largely apply to the Open Series, as that uses a League structure.

Maybe it's just me, but I don't really get it.
I'm seeing Rivals and Leagues, so that's probably similar to earlier events, but I'm guessing Elite is only Leagues? And then like before, you don't have to race a specific time, just a lot?
And the prices for Open, are they Rivals, Leagues or both?
To participate in week 2, do you need to participate in week 1?
Week 4 participants get FM3. Does this mean you have to participate in all previous weeks and reach a certain level?
Week 4 viewers also get a price? I'm guessing this means you will have to qualify for this somehow? (Although given the timezones it might actually be an achievement just to watch ;-P )

For now I think I'll just go for the Rivals. I've never really enjoyed racing people I don't know in an environment where pushing others (intentional or not) gives you an advantage in stead of a penalty.

You dont have to compete each week, but only the top 4 players from each week will get fh3. Week 4 will only be for the top 4 players from the previous weeks totaling 12 players.

I would like to know how griefers are handled, like usual (via Snowowl)?
Also if there are griefers, will they be disqualified? If so, for just the race affected, or the rest of the series?

^ From MM post above I believe protests etc. are all ESL responsibility.

Edited by user Friday, August 5, 2016 5:13:07 AM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

Great selection of prizes, well done to everyone involved.

One doubt:
FM6 Car Pass DLC: week 1 Leagues Top 50% and Elite Series Grand Finals viewers
FM6 Porsche DLC: week 2 Leagues Top 50% and Elite Series Grand Finals viewers
FM6 NASCAR DLC: week 3 Leagues Top 50% and Elite Series Grand Finals viewers
FM6 VIP and Car Packs DLC: Grand Finals viewers

Does this mean everyone that views the final (streaming I guess) will get all the DLCs? This seems to good to be true! :p

[Mod Edit - the prize list has since removed the Viewers mention - MM]

Edited by user Sunday, August 14, 2016 1:18:11 AM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

No where does it say leagues for elite. ManteoMax post is pretty clear.

Step 1. Qualify for Elite via rivals
Step 2. Once qualified, you'll battle it out 1v1 style until the top 4 emerge. It'll be a massive bracket. Imagine NCAA basketball tournament with 1 more round.

It's basically a more refined version of the MLG tournament in terms of seeding.

There's no point in trying to qualify for top 128 in elite if you don't plan on racing in the 1v1 races. All it'll do is create frustration from those wanting to compete because they'll have to do various tasks just to confirm that you forfeited.

Raceboy should be happy that everyone is on an even playing field. He suggested it after all. :)

Edited by user Friday, August 5, 2016 7:30:14 AM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

And it'll mean I'll be selling or giving away my codes because top 50% ain't hard. Lol.

Already gave away one nascar dlc. Lol.

Do i understand this correct ?

If I Participate in open league week 3 and finish in top 50 i will recive for free the Nascar expansion pack ?

With the questions I posted above, I was hoping that the introduction of this series would have some side benefits for general Hopper/League racing, but from what I've read of the rules & recent patch notes it looks to be a self-contained thing. So basically, the Hoppers will remain the frustrating experience they always have been, and Leagues will run the same way they always have, contentious scoring system included.

I was hoping to get back in to Forza Motorsport 6 if I saw some efforts to make the day-to-day Hopper experience less frustrating for those that want to race clean. As it stands I don't see it changing any time soon. I lost interest in Leagues after Christmas as I'd rather race "what I want, when I want", and the FRC Leagues don't entice me all that much as I already own NASCAR/Porsche (gifts from friends) and Unicorns mean nothing if I'm not playing the game already. I'm nowhere near good enough to do well in the Elite Series so I won't bother coning back for that either.

The Forza Racing Championship itself is a good idea and I am sure that those who still enjoy Forza Motorsport 6 will have a great time over the next few weeks, but it's just not for me and the side-benefits I was hoping to see will not come to fruition. Maybe I was a little naive to think that new Multiplayer tools/features would be added to a game that's been out for 10 months.

I've already made my thoughts known in a Forza Motorsport 7 wishlist as regards what I would like to see done to Multiplayer, I guess I'll just have to wait a year to see if any of it comes to pass. Until then, good bye and good luck in the FRC to those that compete.

-PJ

I don't have any details on how the viewers in Week 4 will win DLC, maybe through livestream chat, but I summarized the prizes based on the white charts, which are found at the ESL site.



Top 50% of your Division, yes.
[Edit - the rules state that it's top 50% of registered players]

Edited by user Sunday, August 14, 2016 1:18:55 AM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

Ok cool thanks, looks like a somewhat easy way of getting that pack :-)

Apologies if I missed something, but are the rivals events taking place right now the ones that will get you the Escort RS1600? If so, do you need to compete in all 3 events to get it? I don't have the Hot Wheels pack, so I don't have the Focus RS needed for one of the events.

Edit: seems one of my friends confirmed that the week 1 rivals hasn't started yet...

Edited by user Friday, August 5, 2016 11:30:40 AM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

And yet it took me your and im2fast4u711's help to fully figure it out. But now that I know, I see it standing there as well :-)
Thanks to the both of you

Good Morning All im new to this whole rival and league thing but i was accepted into the ESL so im hoping to be able to finish at least in the top 50% my question is what cars do i need to buy in order to compete?

Good question, Bob. I've listed the required cars in posts #2 and #3 as part of the schedules:
2015 Ford Mustang GT for week 1 (Rivals and Leagues) is a regular roster car
2013 Ford Formula Ford EcoBoost 200 for week 2 (Rivals and Leagues) is a regular roster car
2016 Ford #66 Ford Racing GT Le Mans is a DLC car that many players received as a free code, but if you didn't you can install it for $2.99 from the Xbox Store (check the in-game Marketplace first to see if the price applies):
https://store.xbox.com/e...3-4ae9-8613-f2f79bc0b3d1
2017 Ford Focus RS for the Finals (week 4) is a DLC car as part of the Hot Wheels car pack, but the ESL rules state that the Finalists will receive a code to download it prior to the Finals race.

Based on your comment it sounds like you're lumping Rivals and Leagues together for the 50% but that only applies to Leagues; to win something more than the unicorn in Rivals, players must be in the top 128 *and* rank in the top 16 of your Saturday bracket races *and* place in the top 4 of the Sunday race that week. Only 12 players worldwide (4 from 3 weeks) will win prizes from the Season 1 Elite Series (if I'm reading the prize chart correctly)

Thanks for the response and for being very clear and concise so the only car i need to spend cash on is the 66 Lemans winner Thanks again and have an awesome weekend and good luck to all the drivers

What kind of time are we looking at for the Ford gt ??

Do you mean Ford Mustang GT or Ford GT LM?
What do you mean by "what kind of time"?

Whats the difference between the Ford Falcon given for playing the league and the one given in the photo/livery contest? They come with different liveries?

Based on the Photo/Livery contest description Special ForzaRC Livery and Photo Competitions in FM6 thread at the top of this forum, it's the same livery for both those contests and League participants.

Edited by user Sunday, August 7, 2016 3:03:39 PM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified