2.1 – Early practice

2.1.1 – Day prior to each race meeting

2.1.2 – Same starting conditions as the race session

2.1.3 – 125 minute practice

2.1.4 – 5 minute qualifying 

2.1.5 – 20 minute race

 

2.2 – Practice

2.2.1 – 125 minutes

2.2.2 – 30% track usage

 

2.3 – Qualifying

2.3.1 – 5 minutes

2.3.2 – Can set a maximum of 4 laps

2.3.3 – Lone qualifying (drivers on track by themselves)

 

2.4 – Race

2.4.1 – Distance set as per Section 7 in the rules

2.4.2 – Grid ordered by qualifying time

2.4.3 – Maximum race time of 80 mins

 

2.5 – General Meeting Rules 

2.5.1 – Fixed setup (using the track specific iRacing baseline set for each round)

2.5.2 – 1 fast repair per race

2.5.3 – Drive through awarded at 20 incidents, and at every 10 incidents after that

2.5.4 – Time of day is set for practice (see section 7). The other sessions will have the time of day carried over from the previous session

2.5.5 – Track usage is carried over from each session

2.5.6 – Dynamic weather

2.5.7 – Dynamic sky

2.5.8 – Automatic full course cautions as decided by iRacing at all rounds except at Road courses

2.5.9 – Maximum of 3 GWC Attempts if a race is set to end under caution

2.5.10 – Stewards may change parts of the format if they deem appropriate

 

2.6 – General Championship Rules 

2.6.1 – The first 6 meetings form the normal season, the final 3 meetings are part of the playoffs

2.6.2 – The top 8 drivers’ in the standings after the normal season has been complete are all set to 1000 points plus bonus points they have accumulated

2.6.3 – There are no drop scores