Virtual Racing League (VRL)

– #sendingit in Turn 1, since 2016 –

  • Points will be awarded for 1st - 8th place (using 2009 Formula-1 based scoring) and tallied throughout the season. 
  • 10pts for 1st, 8pts for 2nd, 6pts for 3rd, 5pts for 4th, 4pts for 5th, 3pts for 6th, 2pts for 7th, 1pt for 8th-Nth, 0pts for DNF/DNS. 
  • Specific details on scoring, bonuses, PITs and race types can be found in the RULE BOOK.  

  • Practice: (aka Test & Tune) Practice event, ad-hoc, not scheduled and no points are awarded.
  • Exhibition: (aka Scrimmage) is a scheduled event for about 1 to 1.5 hrs, where participation is voluntary. It is designed as an advanced Test/Tune where races are chosen randomly by the participants and are to be run like a regular competitive round with all settings matching an actual race. A flat +2 pts to each driver that participates in an Exhibition night.
  • Regular : Any car modified/tuned up to PI maximum of the series (ie: B-600)
  • IROC : "International Race of Champions" -- All drivers must participate with the SAME vehicle, these cars will be left complete OEM/Stock. 
  • Showcase : Drivers can use any vehicle modified/tune to the SERIES max; however there is a bonus for using either a specific vehicle or set of vehicles.
  • Challenge : All drivers must use a modified / tuned vehicle for the specific race
  • Drift : All drivers must prepare their vehicles for DRIFT MODE! 
  • Drag : Go as fast as you can in a straight line, it's just that simple. Best of 3 or Best of 5 style
  • Black Rose: A fox/hound style race where a select type of car is singled out to be chased by another group of like vehicles; bonus points are awarded for catching/passing the "Black Rose"
  • Championship : Final Race of the Series

For FM7: We will be defaulting to “Party Chat” during a race as Microsoft/Turn-10 continues to fix issues with the Game Chat system in the software. Please try to keep the "in race chatter" down to a minimum so that passes (aka "blue flags") can be announced quickly.

Since our rules list has become longer and longer to account for different scenarios, you can download the GTM Virtual Racing League Rule Book: 2021/CURRENT. People joke "the GTM Forza rulebook is longer than some club racing rule books..." - Well, the video below is an example of why having rules in a VRL are important. Take a look.

and if that's not enough to convince you... well, then the next one should.

We try hard to avoid this type of behavior by setting up rules that help keep the driving civilized and offset the fact that we don't have any flaggers telling us what to do! Be kind, call out your passes!

Note: Keep Up-to-Date on patches to FM7 using this link - which also includes Rules changes made by Turn 10.

  • 1953 Chevrolet Corvette [B-585], 1954 Jaguar XK120 SE [B-600], 1969 Datsun 2000 Roadster [B-596], 1987 Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500 [B-600], 1997 BMW E36 M3 [B-600] builds have all been consolidated down into one set of tuning notes.