Rules of the Season 1 — The Beginning

GoldZoneWeb Racing championship for TrackMania Nations Forever, free and open to everyone. The standings are computed automatically from the times recorded by the server only: no manual entry, no made-up result.

1. Free registration

• Taking part is free. A GoldZoneWeb account is enough: no hosting plan is needed, and nothing to buy. TrackMania Nations Forever itself is free.
• Register on the season page, with the “Register for free” button. One registration per account and per TrackMania login.
• Only registered drivers appear in the official standings, in the season’s weekly challenges and in the rewards. Without registering you can race freely: your records, history and XP do not change.

2. Account and TrackMania login

• To register: an active GoldZoneWeb account, a confirmed e-mail address and a verified TrackMania login.
• Verification happens in the game: from “My driver profile” you get a code to type in the server chat with your TrackMania account. A login can only belong to one GoldZoneWeb account: nobody can race in your place.
• New here? Every step is on the Join GoldZoneWeb Racing page.

3. Championship dates

From Monday, November 2, 2026 at 20:00 to Sunday, December 13, 2026 at 22:00, Paris time (UTC+1), on the GoldZoneWeb Racing server in TimeAttack mode. A time set before the start or after the end does not count.

4. The 10 tracks

1. A02-Race
2. A05-Race
3. A11-Race
4. A12-Speed
5. A09-Race
6. A06-Obstacle
7. B03-Race
8. B13-Obstacle
9. B10-Speed
10. B15-Race

The track list is fixed when the season is published. Free practice is possible at any time on the server.

5. Eligible times and best time

• For each driver and each track, only one time is kept: their best eligible time. A track therefore never awards points more than once.
• A time is eligible if it is set during the season and after you register.
• Every finished race counts, recorded one by one by the server: you do not need to beat a record set before the season or before you registered.
• With equal times on a track, the time set first wins.

6. Points and standings

On each track, drivers are ranked by time and then receive the points of the scale:

1^st: 25 pts2^nd: 18 pts3^rd: 15 pts4^th: 12 pts5^th: 10 pts6^th: 8 pts7^th: 6 pts8^th: 4 pts9^th: 2 pts10^th: 1 pts

The season standings are the total of points earned on the 10 tracks. They are recomputed live with every new time. Championship points are separate from XP and from weekly challenge points: they never mix.

7. Tie-breakers

1. Total points.
2. If tied: the highest number of 1st places, then 2nd places, and so on down to 10th.
3. Then the highest number of tracks with a time.
4. Then the driver who reached their total first (date of their last time that scored points).
5. As a last resort: the TrackMania login, in alphabetical order.

8. Late registration, withdrawal and re-registration

• Registration stays open until the end of the season. A late registration gives no retroactive points: only times set after registering count.
• You can withdraw at any time before the end of the season, and register again. A new registration starts from its new date: times set before (including during a previous registration) are never recovered.

9. Weekly challenges

Every week there is a challenge on one of the season’s tracks: your best time of the week counts, with its own standings and points (they are not added to the championship). The season’s challenges follow the same registration rules.

• Challenge #1 — A02-Race: from Monday, November 2 at 20:00 to Sunday, November 8 at 22:00
• Challenge #2 — A12-Speed: from Monday, November 9 at 20:00 to Sunday, November 15 at 22:00
• Challenge #3 — B13-Obstacle: from Monday, November 16 at 20:00 to Sunday, November 22 at 22:00
• Challenge #4 — A09-Race: from Monday, November 23 at 20:00 to Sunday, November 29 at 22:00
• Challenge #5 — B10-Speed: from Monday, November 30 at 20:00 to Sunday, December 6 at 22:00
• Challenge #6 — B15-Race: from Monday, December 7 at 20:00 to Sunday, December 13 at 22:00

10. Teams

Drivers’ championship points also count for their team if they have been a member for at least 7 days at the end of the season (qualification period: joining a team at the last minute brings nothing). Team standings and team trophies are on the season page.

11. Trophies and rewards

Experience (XP) awarded at the end of the season: champion 500, podium 250, participation 60; challenges: win 150, podium 80, participation 30. Trophies stay on your profile permanently. No paid rewards.

12. Fair play

• Respect the other drivers in the chat and on the forum; no cheating (software, exploiting bugs, sharing an account, racing for someone else).
• If cheating is proven, the GoldZoneWeb team removes the login from the rankings (a justified, logged decision); decisions can be discussed on the GoldZoneWeb Racing forum.

13. End of season and final standings

At the end of the season the standings are frozen: they no longer change, even with new times. Trophies and XP are awarded at that moment; results are announced on the website and the forum.

Notes from the team (original text in French)

GoldZoneWeb Racing is an independent community project, not affiliated with Ubisoft or Nadeo.