FM6 FAQ: Rivals and Leaderboards
Leaderboards
Leaderboards can be seen after race events and in the Time Attack sections of the Rivals menu. Every lap you complete in Free Play, Career (including practice laps), Rivals, and Multiplayer is compared to the leaderboard for that track and class and recorded to the leaderboard if it is your first lap or your fastest lap ever for that combo. The leaderboards rank clean laps above dirty laps, which are marked with a /!\ symbol. The crown icon next to a gamertag indicates ownership of the VIP DLC. Selecting a leaderboard time will allow you to watch a replay of that lap (from Rivals only), and you can download the design and tuning setup used by the player if they are available (“Tuned by”).
/!\ Why is my lap marked dirty if I did nothing wrong?
Reasons for a lap being marked with the /!\ dirty lap symbol include: contact with a car or wall, heavy bottoming out (ride height too low/suspension too soft), driving outside the track boundary, drafting (either ahead or behind a close car), driving the wrong way on a track, using Rewind, or using Mods that affect car performance. Triggering a dirty indicator in the final sector of a lap will also cause the next lap to be dirty (due to the possibility of gaining an advantage entering that lap); rewind back beyond where the last split time pops up in order to keep the next lap clean. You may find it difficult to get a clean lap with other cars on the track; to improve your leaderboard rank, use Rivals to race alone on the track. See discussion thread.
Leaderboard Sorting Options
- Global
- Region
- Friends
- Division - If the car you used does not have a Division assigned by the game (as used in Stories of Motorsport) then this box will show a blank.
- Hardcore - Laps must be clean, with no Mods and no assists: Line, ABS, TCS, STM must be off and you must use Manual with Clutch. See discussion.
- There is no overall rank that combines all leaderboards.
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Rivals
Rivals mode is found under the Go Race tab in the main menu. Rivals is a solo mode that allows you to compete against the ghosts of other players on the leaderboards for specific events and for each class/track. The next Rival listed will be pulled from your Friends list or the next nearest Regional or Global leaderboard time if no Friends are ahead of you. These Rivals will also appear in "Congratulations you beat: " and “Next Rival” alerts on your HUD when you race in Career. You can change your target rival to any listed on that leaderboard; higher ranked targets award more credits and XP if you beat them. Players may choose their assists and use tuning setups (unless an event is restricted to Stock Only) which can be adjusted or loaded from the pre-race menu. Photo Mode is available from the pause menu, and you can view and save the replay from the post-race menu. Mods are not available in Rivals mode. Forums: discussion thread
- VIP - These events are accessible to VIP owners only (Deluxe/Ultimate Edition or VIP DLC). The events are typically similar to the events in Community Monthly.
- Community Monthly - These events change monthly and typically include a mix of hotlap, track day, autocross modes etc.
- Spec Challenge - The car is provided in stock form free for use in these hotlap events to remove the competitive edge of a tuning setup and instead compare players’ driving skill under the same circumstances. Some events are single lap (making a good launch important) and some allow you to take as many laps as needed to beat your rival’s time.
- Track Days - Hotlaps with traffic cars on the track. Contact with other cars dirties your lap time.
- Autocross - Slalom through cone gates on the track. Knocking over a cone or missing a gate adds 5 seconds to your lap time per instance.
- Drift Zone - Scored by points rather than lap time. Points strings are banked when the car stops drifting. Contact with a wall or leaving the track will forfeit the current points string.
- Time Attack - Hotlapping for each circuit track (including night and rain variants) in each car class.
How do I know which cars are eligible for an event restricted by Division?
See car spreadsheets at www.ManteoMax.com and www.KudosPrime.com for sorting by Division. Alternately you can create a private multiplayer lobby and change the restrictions to a specific division to see its eligible cars, and you can enter the Stories of Motorsport volumes you have unlocked to see eligible cars for each series by division.
Rental car availability
For each VIP and Community Monthly rivals event, Rental cars will be offered for free for cars matching the event restrictions. Because rental cars cannot be upgraded, some cars may not appear here if the event class requirement is higher than the the car’s stock class. Rental cars do not earn XP or credits from racing.