Qualifying consists of a short (10 laps or less) session prior to any official racing. Anywhere from 1 to 3 groups of drivers will be gridded based on their qualifying time. On a Grand Prix night, the fastest lap times in the first race will determine your starting position for the next race. On a Triple GP night, the fastest lap times in race 1 will determine race 2's grid. The fastest lap times in race 2 will determine race 3's grid. In Heat Racing format, there is no qualifying.
Heat Racing Format
Each race is a short 10-lap sprint race. Groupings and starting position are random except that each driver is guaranteed five to seven races with one start from pole and one start from last place. Each finishing position is assigned a point value, and the drivers' points are totaled for the night. A maximum of 90 points is awarded based on the finishing position of each driver in each race. Ties are broken based on fastest lap times. See Scoring section below for more detail.
Grand Prix Format
Drivers will qualify for race 1 in a qualifying session prior to the race. A GP race is usually 40 - 50 laps in length. The fastest lap times from the race will determine the grid for race 2. Race 2 is also usually 40 - 50 laps in length. It is possible for drivers to move from one group to another from race to race. A maximum of 45 points for each Grand Prix race is awarded based on the finishing position of each driver in each race. Bonus points are awarded for the fastest lap. See the Scoring section below for more detail.
Triple GP Format
Drivers will qualify for race 1 in a qualifying session prior to the race. The first race is usually 20-30 laps in length. The fastest lap times from the race will determine the grid for race 2. Race 2 is usually 20 - 30 laps in length. The fastest lap times from race 2 will determine the grid for race 3. Race 3 is usually 30-40 laps in length, and may be run reverse grid. It is possible for drivers to move from one group to another from race to race. A maximum of 30 points for each Grand Prix race is awarded based on the finishing position of each driver in each race. Bonus points are awarded for the fastest lap. See the Scoring section below for more detail.
Scoring
Heat Racing Format
Grand Prix Format
1st
90
11th
80
21st
70
2nd
89
12th
79
22nd
69
3rd
88
13th
78
23rd
68
4th
87
14th
77
24th
67
5th
86
15th
76
25th
66
6th
85
16th
75
26th
65
7th
84
17th
74
27th
64
8th
83
18th
73
28th
63
9th
82
19th
72
29th
62
10th
81
20th
71
30th
61
Fast Lap
1
Group
A
Group
B
Group
C
1st
45
11th
37
21st
27
2nd
44
12th
36
22nd
26
3rd
43
13th
35
23rd
25
4th
42
14th
34
24th
24
5th
41
15th
33
25th
23
6th
40
16th
32
26th
22
7th
39
17th
31
27th
21
8th
38
18th
30
28th
20
9th
37
19th
29
29th
19
10th
36
20th
28
30th
18
Fast Lap
1
Triple GP Format
Group
A
Group
B
Group
C
1st
30
11th
20
21st
10
2nd
29
12th
19
22nd
9
3rd
28
13th
18
23rd
8
4th
27
14th
17
24th
7
5th
26
15th
16
25th
6
6th
25
16th
15
26th
5
7th
24
17th
14
27th
4
8th
23
18th
13
28th
3
9th
22
19th
12
29th
2
10th
21
20th
11
30th
1
Fast Lap
1
Drops
For 2012 you will be able to drop your two worst race nights. Since each night carries a maximum of 90 points (plus bonus), this allows a driver to drop a single race night, or a 3 race night, whichever ends up being the 2 lowest scores overall.