Welcome racers,
This is a friendly hot lapping competition, with a new challenge every week with a fresh selection of cars on a new track.
No registration necessary, all you need to do is post your times here in a correct format (see below). You can build your car in any way you want, as long as it matches the selection and PI restriction. Then go into Rivals mode, and have fun.
We’re competing for points, which cannot be redeemed for anything, and in fact do not serve any purpose. This is all for fun, for the spirit of friendly competition, to exchange tips and tricks on tuning, cars, and all things Forza.
See below in this main post for:
- The details of the active challenge
- A poll for you to vote on to influence the next challenge
- How to submit a time
- Others questions and answers
- Previous event links and gallery
This week’s challenge
PHLS#30 - Ready to Rock
- Deadline: 2025-06-12T16:00:00Z
- Track: Road America Full
- Class: R 900
- Eligibility: see below
| Ordinal | ID | Car |
|---|---|---|
| 3916 | RTR130 | 2024 Ford #130 Mustang RTR |
| 3870 | RTR25 | 2024 Ford #25 Mustang RTR |
| 3868 | RTR88 | 2024 Ford #88 Mustang RTR |
RTR Vehicles, standing for Ready to Rock!, is a tuning company specialised in beefing up Ford Mustangs and founded by Formula Drift driver Vaughn Gittin Jr. For the 2025 season, Gittin’s team is fielding 3 S650-based Mustang RTR Spec 5-FD, with a unique, right-hand-drive version for Irish driver James Deane. These are the three cars present in-game (albeit under their 2023 liveries and presumably setup). The #88 Pennzoil Mustang driven by Chelsea Denofa won the championship in 2023, while the #130 Autozone car driven by James Deane won in 2024.
And in a cruel twist of fate, your job this week is to drive these straight.
Sidequest 30 - It’s Not Called Formula Drive Straight
- Track: Eaglerock Club
- Class: R 900
- Eligibility: same as main challenge
Psych! In addition to the regular challenge, this week includes a sidequest which, should you choose to accept it, will require you to go sideways, as intended.
This will be a little special for two reasons.
Firstly, because there is no proper drift rivals mode, so you’ll have to go into Free Play for it.
Secondly, because I felt Road America was too long, and the East Route was too boring, this sidequest will be run on the Eaglerock Club layout.
To set this up you need to start a new advanced setup Free Play game, then change the game type to Drift, put in Eaglerock Club, and in the rules set scoring to Best lap.
Then to submit a score post something like this
PHLS#30
RTR130#37195
Vote for the next events
For event 31, let’s have some racecars
- Grand Prix 1939
- Prototype Group Racing
- Some GTX
Here’s the poll for event 32
- Hayon Chaud - French Hot Hatches
- 50 Shades of V8
- Real Sport Luxury
How to submit times
To submit a time, you need to post it in the following format, before the event’s deadline:
PHLS#1
ZCar#1:08.042
Respectively:
- The challenge number you’re submitting to.
- The car and time marker. On the left side, you must enter a valid ordinal or identifier (provided in the main post as part as the event details, or in the event sheet). On the right side, you must enter a valid time (use
:and.as minute (if necessary) and decimal separators). - Some kind of proof that shows you’re on the correct track, with an eligible car, in the correct class, and of course your time. If your time is your current best, it will show up in the game’s leaderboards, this is prefered if possible.
Legacy format
This is the original format submission. It remains available for new events, but is slightly less convenient.
PHLS#1
TIME#1:08.042
CAR#343 or CAR#ZCar
Respectively:
- The challenge number you’re submitting to.
- The time you are posting. Do use
:and.as minute (if necessary) and decimal separators. - The ordinal number or identifier of the car used for your time, provided in the main post as part of the event details, or in the event sheet.
- Some kind of proof that shows you’re on the correct track, with an eligible car, in the correct class, and of course your time. If your time is your current best, it will show up in the game’s leaderboards. Otherwise, a picture such as this will suffice:
Questions?
About the magic robot
Why this format?
Submissions are collected by a magic robot, that will then process them and figure out who is the fastest. As such, it needs to code words (e.g. PHLS#, TIME#, CAR#) to know that you’re submitting a time and not simply discussing with other players.
How many times can I submit?
As many as you want. There is no limit. The bot will collect them all and figure out which is your fastest time.
You can also submit several times in a single post, as long as have the same number of TIME# and CAR# tags, and they’re in the same order.
I made a mistake in my submission, what do I do?
Mistakes happen. You can edit and update your submission all the way until the deadline. Do not edit your post after the deadline, or the magic robot will not count it.
If there’s a mistake to correct after the deadline, or if you have any other problem or question regarding submissions, tag me @AdmPatate and I’ll look into it.
How often will the magic robot work?
When I see a time is posted, provided it’s between business hours and sleeping hours, and outside vacation time. The process is automated, not automatic. So if your time doesn’t immediately appear in the leaderboard, don’t panic.
As long as you post before the deadline and is valid, your time will eventually by counted.
Does the robot verifies submissions?
No, the robot doesn’t do any verification, humans do. Submissions require some kind of proof so that everybody can audit the results. If you see a post that doesn’t check out, you can challenge it by tagging me @AdmPatate and whomever you’re challenging, replying or linking to the post you are challenging, and a short message like “this time is incorrect” or “this car is not eligible”.
Always be nice to each other, and don’t attribute to malice what is probably a simple error.
Is the magic robot bugged?
There are no bugs, only unintended features.
About drift challenges
Wait, I thought this was time attack, do you do drift stuff often?
No.
How do I even play a drift challenge?
You will need to start a Free play game, choose Advanced Setup, then change Game Type to “Drift”, input the correct track, then in Rules set Drift Score Comparison Type to “Best Lap”.
You can change other parameters as you like, it shouldn’t change much anyways.
How to submit a score for a drift challenge?
Generally, like you would submit a time, just with your drift score. Your post should look something like this.
PHLS#30
RTR130#37195
Event formats
Regular
Most events are regular events. Players can submit as many times as they want, use as many cars as they want, and their best time goes on the leaderboard. Points are awarded based on how many people you beat, with 5 base points for everybody, plus 5 points for each person slower than you. One extra point is awarded for submitting times with two different cars. Extra points are awarded for the top 5 (if at least 8 players) or top 3 (if at least 5 players).
Sidequest
These are event runs like a regular event, with an additional, optional challenge: the Sidequest. Sidequests may award points provided they do not rely on paywalled or otherwise unobtainable content.
Sidequest are an alternative to banning cars too OP for the category, or unobtainable for new players, or for other creative challenges as they may arise.
Versus
In Versus events, cars are split in two (or more) teams of comparable performance. Players can set a time for each team, with their best time for each team going up on the leaderboard. That’s right, you can play on both teams.
Points are still awarded based on how many people you beat. One base point for all, plus one point for each time you beat (this includes your own times in a different team), plus extra points for the top 3. Players who submit times for multiple teams will receive points for their best time only.
The winning team is the team with the best combined first three times. Extra points will be awarded to all players who submitted a time for the winning group.
Group
In a Group event, cars are split in two (or more) groups of comparable performance. Players can set a time for each group, and their best time for each group will be put on the leaderboard. You can indeed play for both groups.
Unlike Versus events, each group is scored individually, using the standard rules of regular events. Players who submit times in multiple groups will be awarded their combined score in both groups.
Other questions
Why can’t I access the event sheet?
The event sheet is public to anyone with the link. The sheet is taken offline when the event rolls over to update final results and such. It might also be taken offline from time to time, for tests and fixes. Just check again later and you should have access again.
Can I make suggestions for future events?
You can. If you have an idea for a theme, for a group of cars to play with, for a particular track of challenge, don’t hesitate to post it.
Which car should I use?
Any car that is eligible for the active challenge. If you want to narrow the choice down, you have a few options.
- Look at the leaderboard on the Current tab of the event sheet to see which cars the top players are using.
- Explore the Car Details tab of the event sheet to sort and filter cars according to your preferences.
- Test them all. You can submit as many times as you want, using as many cars as you want after all.
How do I sort and filter cars on the Car Details tab?
First, get yourself an editable filter view.
Option A
Open this link to the Car Details tab. You can save it in your favorites for quick access.
Then to the left of the page, click the three dots, then Duplicate view (alternatively, navigate to Data/View options/Duplicate view)
This will unlock the sort and filter options.
Option B
If you open the Car Details tab without an active view, you can simply select one in Data/Change view
You can then duplicate the view as shown in option A, or through Data/View options/Duplicate view.
Whichever option you pick, from there, you should be able to click on a column header down arrow
and access the full range of sorting and filtering options available. You can filter on as many columns as you want. The filters you apply are unique to you, and won’t be seen by other users, so you don’t risk breaking anything.
Previous event results and gallery
All previous event results in detail
Season 1 event results posts
- #1 A Nice Challenge
- #2 Racecars With Licence Plates
- #3 Sports Car Trinity
- #4 Race Like It’s 1976
- #5 Block Party
- #6 Touring Test
- #7 Feel the Need
- #8 Ring My Belge
- #9 First Annual Holiday Extravaganza
- #10 Junior v Mini
- #11 M.A.S.K. (Modern Affordable Sports Kars)
- #13 GT3 in Barcelona
- #14 Downgrade Challenge
- #15 Players in a Reasonably Priced Car
- #16 Vintage LMP
- #17 GTI Origins
- #18 Queen of Speed
- #19 The Unofficial Official GTX2 Division
- #20 Europe vs Japan (90s Edition)
- #21 Lexus LFA Challenge
- #22 The Origins of Speed, Part 1
- #23 The Origins of Speed, Part 2
- #24 Totally Radical
- #25 1964 Triathlon
Season 2 event results posts
Want to be featured in the gallery? Post a picture that illustrates the current challenge, tag me, and it might end up here.
#11 picture by pooshedpork
#12 #14 #24 #26 pictures by Operator1
#27 by opudalo1337
