The Celebration Races

[TheNormsk]

I’m a bit confused over the new Celebration Races on how exactly they work.

I did the manufacturers cup and won, but got $1m cr where as it says the prize is $500k cr. How did I get double?

Then in the nations cup I came in 3rd which should be $300k cr

But instead it gave me $500k cr.

In addition, if I look at friends leader board, I came in much faster that the guy above me (who won) but I was 3rd, so my race was harder.

This account is a mid DR A rating and as I race single player on hard level so does one of those change the competition level?

In hindsight, I’m getting it’s my difficulty level, right?

EDIT

I went back and had another go, in VR this time. VR was definitely easier than flat screen mode. Anyway, this time I won, and I’m now top of my friends leaderboard.

I also got another half 1 million credits, which made the nations cup a total of 1 million as well. So again, double what it says on the race notes.

?

 

[AerodyManiac]

You get the prize credits for the position you achieved as well as for the positions lower than yours, but you get them once only. It’s like that for the Celebration Races of past years.

 

[TheNormsk]

You get the prize credits for the position you achieved as well as for the positions lower than yours, but you get them once only. It’s like that for the Celebration Races of past years.

Thank you. That makes sense now.

 

[jrbabbitt]

I gave the Nations cup a go, and the RB2019X is not a car i would normally drive on the Ring but I was mildly surprised on how the aero and ground effects on this car are very good and I was hugging the line as best I could. Finished in P3 and will try again to get P1

 

[imChris]

Is it possible to get a clean race bonus from the celebration races? I'm trying to have a clean race but it's impossible since the AI cars are apparently driven by drunk toddlers

Edit: This is is what I'm talking about...

 

[Famine]

Is it possible to get a clean race bonus from the celebration races?

No.

They are mission-style events, with a one-off reward for each level achieved and cumulative (gold gets you silver and bronze rewards too, and silver gets you the bronze reward too, if you haven't already received them).

 

[shadow0460]

What's the secret to this race!? I've got a reasonable knowledge of the Nord and GP circuits, am very familiar with the car, and even on Easy difficulty I can't do squat with this race. I make it to P3 by the first time we get to Karussel but P1 and P2 just flat run off.
It also says car settings are allowed but for me they're locked.
If I wanted it to be impossible I'd set it on hard and fill the car with ballast. The Manufacturer's Cup was a breeze.
This is crazy!

 

[Meythia]

What's the secret to this race!?

As always: practice.
As a reasonably out-of-practice player this event doesnt seem impossible on difficult to me, and I dont like both that car nor that track, but my gap to p1 wasnt bigger than 2 seconds. That still is quite huge, but I still know I did oh-so many mistakes on that 2 laps that could improve my laptime more than required - though as "I dont like both" I have no motivation to do "hard work for no fun".