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.
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.”
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.”
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.
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?
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 )
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.
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.
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!
[Mod Edit - the prize list has since removed the Viewers mention - MM]
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]
So currently there are 6954 registered Open Series players. There are 1938 Grassroots players. I don’t like making assumptions, but let’s say 80% of the players are registered, and those that are registered are more committed than those who aren’t, then I would say you should be aiming for at least position 800 out of 1938. I don’t think getting to position 969 (1938/2) is going to cut it.
‘The top 50% of registered ESL Open Series players in each League will qualify for a weekly prize. Only qualified players who have registered for ESL and have registered for the ForzaRC Open are eligible to receive a prize.’
‘If you are in the top 50% of your Division’s leaderboard then you will earn the DLC prize of that week, sent to the email address in your ESL account profile. You can win each of the three weekly League DLC prizes. If you do not end up in the top 50% you will still earn that week’s unicorn car and livery just for participating.’
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.
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…
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