Read the track
Check the distance, surface and four performance requirements. The track’s smaller ratings tell you more about the challenge ahead.
RACES · READ THE ROAD
TWO CARS. ONE FINISH LINE.
Read the track, uncover the conditions and choose your contender. Every race unfolds over five segments, with the lowest combined time deciding the winner.
HOW IT WORKS
Read the conditions
One factor card is open free. Reveal more with tokens to learn how the conditions adjust the known requirements.
Choose your contender
Compare a garage card’s four characteristics with the known minimums. Choose for the whole route, not just its fastest section.
Follow five segments
Watch the lead change as each part of the route tests a different balance of strengths. The five times add up to one final result.
READ THE CARD
Difficulty stars
The stars summarise the track’s difficulty. Autodromo Nazionale Monza has three stars.
Track name & country
Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Italy: the identity and setting of this race.
Distance
Monza is 5.8 km long. The length in kilometres tells you how much ground the race covers. Sustaining performance matters alongside outright pace.
Surface
Asphalt describes the road beneath your wheels. Other tracks use salt, cobble, gravel, sand or snow, creating different demands.
Maneuver
The turning and control demands of the route, on a scale of 1–5. Monza is rated 2.
Traffic
The track’s traffic load, on a scale of 1–5. Monza is rated 2. More traffic makes maintaining a clean run harder.
Racing Grade
How suited the route is to racing, on a scale of 1–5. Monza’s grade 5 reflects a racing-oriented setting.
Top Speed minimum
The track’s pace requirement. Monza starts at 4.6 before revealed conditions adjust it.
Handling minimum
The control requirement. Monza starts at 2.6; more demanding turns and conditions call for greater handling.
Off-Road minimum
The requirement for difficult surfaces and grip. Monza’s asphalt baseline is 0.0, but conditions can change the known minimum.
Durability minimum
The resilience requirement. Monza starts at 3.9 before condition adjustments.
Four conditions. One free reveal.
Weather, Visibility, Surface Damage and Obstacles shape the race. One factor card is revealed free; each additional reveal costs 5 tokens. Opening a card uncovers a condition already shared by both cars. It does not change the weather or give your car a bonus.
READ THE CONDITIONS
Condition name
Heavy Rain is a Weather factor. The name tells you which condition has been revealed for both cars.
What it feels like
“The racing line has become a waterslide.” The flavour text describes the scene; the requirement adjustments below it carry the gameplay effect.
Top Speed adjustment
−0.1 to the track’s Top Speed requirement. Monza’s 4.6 becomes 4.5 with this factor alone.
Handling adjustment
+0.1 to the Handling requirement. Monza’s 2.6 becomes 2.7: keeping control matters more.
Off-Road adjustment
+0.1 to the Off-Road requirement. Monza’s 0.0 becomes 0.1 as wet conditions challenge grip.
Durability adjustment
+0.1 to the Durability requirement. Monza’s 3.9 becomes 4.0. These values change the race requirements, not your car’s printed stats.
Read the changes on the card
A positive number raises that known minimum; a negative number lowers it. Heavy Rain shows Top Speed −0.1, Handling +0.1, Off-Road +0.1 and Durability +0.1. The example below applies only this factor to Monza’s starting requirements.
Illustrative briefing · one revealed factor
MONZA + HEAVY RAIN
| Track minimum | Heavy Rain | Known minimum | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Top Speed | 4.6 | −0.1 | 4.5 |
| Handling | 2.6 | +0.1 | 2.7 |
| Off-Road | 0.0 | +0.1 | 0.1 |
| Durability | 3.9 | +0.1 | 4.0 |
What does ‘does not meet’ mean?
One or more of your car’s characteristics is below the known requirements. The picker shows the gaps so you can choose a better fit. You can still start with that car: the warning describes its suitability, not an automatic retirement. Unrevealed conditions leave you with less information.
The whole car matters
All four characteristics contribute in every segment. Pace, Adaptability, Control, Traction and Endurance describe the changing emphasis along the route, not five separate single-stat contests.
Illustrative race · times in seconds
The clock decides
Add each car’s five segment times. The lower total wins; equal totals draw. Winning more individual segments does not replace this rule: the amount of time gained or lost matters.
Pace
Establish your rhythm as the race gets moving.
- You
- 24.80s
- Rival
- 25.10s
Adaptability
Find a balance that suits the route and its conditions.
- You
- 25.20s
- Rival
- 25.00s
Control
Keep the car composed through the more technical demands.
- You
- 26.10s
- Rival
- 26.50s
Traction
Maintain grip as the surface and conditions test your choice.
- You
- 27.00s
- Rival
- 26.70s
Endurance
Sustain performance through the final part of the race.
- You
- 28.00s
- Rival
- 28.40s
131.10 s beats 131.70 s. You win by 0.60 s.
These example times explain how a result is read; they are not a prediction for a particular car or track.
READ THE ROAD. TRUST YOUR PICK.
Give the right car the right challenge and follow it all the way to the line.
Start your garage