Guides

Documentation and walkthroughs for setting up championships, points rules, and rosters on SimStandings.

How to Create a Championship

Setting up a new championship using pre-filled grids or custom drivers.

Open the Creation Modal

Enter Championship Details

Enter your championship name and choose your sim (e.g. F1 25, Assetto Corsa Competizione, Le Mans Ultimate, or iRacing). Selecting a game automatically sets available classes and year options.

Select a Grid Preset

Use the Grid dropdown to pick a roster preset:

Official grids (F1 2026, 2025, 2024): Automatically fills in official teams, drivers, car numbers, and team colors.
Empty Grid: Starts with a blank roster so you can add drivers and teams manually in the editor.

You can edit, add, or remove drivers anytime later in the Roster tab.

Choose Scoring & Theme

Select an initial scoring preset (such as standard F1 25-18-15, MotoGP, or custom) and choose a theme color. Click Create Championship to open the editor.

Setting Up a Multi-Class Championship

Configuring separate competing classes with independent standings and podiums.

Enable Multi-Class Divisions

You can enable multi-class when creating a championship, or later in the editor under Scoring & Settings:

In the creation modal or settings, check the classes that will compete (e.g. Hypercar and LMGT3, or GT3 and GT4).
To add a custom class (like Pro, Am, or Cup), type it into the + Add Class input and press Enter.

Assign Drivers to Classes

Open the Roster tab in the editor. Each driver card has a class dropdown where you can assign them to their category. Their assigned class badge will appear next to their name in standings and results tables.

Entering Race Results

Enter finishing positions in the Results Entry tab. SimStandings calculates points, rankings, and podiums for each class independently. In the public standings and round details modal, viewers can use the class filter buttons to switch between overall standings and individual classes.

Customising Themes, Branding & Identity

Setting championship accent colors, team livery stripes, and driver nationalities.

Championship Accent Color

In the editor under Scoring & Settings, select a preset color (Red, Cyan, Yellow, Orange, Purple) or enter any hex code (e.g. #00D2BE or #FF8000). This changes the accent color for banners, active tabs, buttons, and highlights across the championship.

Team Livery Colors

In the Roster tab, click the color swatch next to each team to set their color. This color appears as a stripe next to driver numbers and in the constructors standings. Points scored by drivers on the same team automatically combine in the team standings.

Driver Nationalities

Enter a 2-letter country code (e.g. GB, US, NL, DE, AU, BR, JP) in the driver's country field. SimStandings renders the matching flag icon next to their name in standings and round results.

Driver Avatars & Podium Graphics

In the Roster tab, paste a web image link (such as a Discord avatar, Imgur, or direct picture URL) into a driver's Avatar field. When that driver finishes on the podium, their avatar appears on the broadcast podium graphic.

Points Systems, Drop Rounds & Stewarding Penalties

Configuring points allocations, bonus points, drop weeks, and steward penalties.

Points Matrix

In the Scoring & Settings tab, select a preset (F1, MotoGP, IndyCar) or enter custom points for each position from 1st down to 30th+. If your calendar includes sprint races, you can configure a separate sprint points matrix.

Bonus Points

Check the options to award bonus points for Fastest Lap or Pole Position. For fastest lap, you can enable Require Top 10 Finish so only drivers finishing inside the top 10 receive the point.

Drop Rounds

Set the Drop Rounds count (e.g. 1 or 2) to discard each driver's lowest scores over the season. The standings table automatically strikes through dropped scores and shows the net championship total.

Steward Penalties

When entering results, you can apply penalties:

Penalty Points: Points subtracted directly from the driver's championship tally, displayed with a -p badge.
Time Penalties: Seconds added to a driver's finishing time (e.g. +5s or +10s) to record post-race steward decisions.

Calendar Management & Results Entry

Adding rounds, configuring sprint weekends, and entering race results.

Managing the Calendar

In the Calendar tab, add circuits, scheduled dates, and lap counts. Toggle Sprint Weekend for rounds that include a sprint race before the feature race. You can reorder rounds using the up and down arrows.

Entering Results

In the Results Entry tab, pick a round and enter finishing positions. For drivers who did not finish, select DNF, DNS, or DSQ. Check FL and Pole for bonus points, then click Save Round Results. Standings update immediately.

Ties in the standings are resolved automatically using countback (most 1st place finishes, then 2nd places, 3rd places, etc.).

Ready to get started?

Create a championship in your dashboard or check out the public demo to see how standings look.