1970 Is Calling Again
The 1970 season marked one of the most fascinating periods in Grand Prix history. Jochen Rindt and the revolutionary Lotus 72 set the pace, while aerodynamics became increasingly important and the cars grew faster, wider and more sophisticated.
Rindt would become World Champion - tragically, only after losing his life at Monza.
But Formula One never stood still.
In 1971, another revolution arrived. With increasing downforce and ever wider tyres, manufacturers were searching for more grip. The solution was simple: remove the tread and put more rubber on the road.
At the 1971 Spanish Grand Prix, Firestone introduced completely treadless tyres to the Formula One World Championship.
The age of the slick had begun.
And that is the era we are returning to.
For THR Formula 1970 Championship 2, we take these magnificent machines - running on slick tyres - to six circuits worthy of them:
Mexico · Mont-Tremblant · Jarama · Buenos Aires · Watkins Glen · Spa-Francorchamps
Six races. Three continents.
No electronics. No driver aids. Just the car, the circuit and the driver.
More than fifty years later…
1970 is calling again.
Registration
The registration logic between the Championship Main Events (Sunday) and Practice Race Events (Saturday) is the same:
- You have to renew your registration for each event of the championship
- Separate registration lists between Saturday (Practice Races) and Sunday (Championship Race after Weekday Qualifying)
- Registrations for every race weekend usually open on Monday of the same week
- After submitting your registration for this week's championship event, you can immediately join the championship qualifying server by default* **
*Usually, you will immediately be able to connect to the qualifying server successfully. Until the next automatic 2-hourly restart of the qualifying server, you might see a different skin than the booked one on your car on this server. This condition always gets corrected by the next 2-hourly autorestart of the server.
**Only in rare cases, joining will continue to fail with the message "No slots available". If this continues to happen more than 2 hours after submitting your championship event registration for the week, please inform the @Orga team in our community discord's #drivers channel.
Registration Link for Championship Qualifying & Race sessions:
http://5.75.183.156:8772/championships?server=4
Onboarding Process for New Participants
New community members need to have three ACSR races in the records to get permission to start in the Championship Races on Sundays. To achieve this, they can participate in the "WKDY" races on Wednesdays, or in the practice races on Saturday. Each of these events contains 3 ACSR sessions each (qualifying & 2 race sessions).
If you think you are experienced enough to bypass this safety gate and start in the Main Event races immediately, please go to the #thr-ticket-system in the top section of our Discord channel list and fill out the form "Fast Main Race Permission" with verifiable references to fast-track your onboarding request.
Short term upcoming events
- Sunday September 06, 2026
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Summer Cup of P&F | Support Series | Bikernieki Ring of Skill
Sunday September 06, 2026 21:00
3 days from now
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Cars
Formula RSS 1970 V8
The Formula RSS 1970 V8 brings one of Formula One’s most exciting eras to Assetto Corsa – a time when Grand Prix cars were light, powerful, increasingly dependent on aerodynamics, and still almost entirely mechanical.
Inspired by the Formula One machinery of 1970, the car is built around the concept that defined much of the era: a lightweight chassis combined with a naturally aspirated 3-litre V8, representing the legendary engine architecture that dominated Formula One throughout the late 1960s and 1970s. RSS even based the sound on recordings of the real engine, giving the car its unmistakable high-revving character.
But the Formula RSS 1970 V8 is more than simply a recreation of an old Grand Prix car. RSS equipped it with seven different aerodynamic configurations, allowing the car to be adapted to very different circuits – from high-downforce technical tracks to the fastest venues on the calendar. These configurations have a genuine effect on the car’s aerodynamic behaviour rather than being purely visual.
Behind the wheel, there are no electronics to hide behind and no modern driver aids to correct mistakes. The car rewards smooth inputs, careful throttle control and confidence – while its combination of power, low weight, slick tyres and relatively primitive aerodynamics ensures that confidence can quickly become overconfidence.
It is exactly this balance that makes the Formula RSS 1970 V8 such a fitting car for THR.
Fast enough to be intimidating, mechanical enough to feel alive, and demanding enough that finding the final tenths remains a challenge even after many laps.
A Formula One car from an era when the driver was still very much part of the machinery.
Car Downloads
- Formula RSS 1970 V8 [Download]
We race the Formula 1970 V8 cars made by RSS. (We will not use the V8S that also comes with the download). - Invisible TV Car [Download]
THR Skinpack
We have tons of beautiful custom skins from our members.
You can find the skins for the GPL Mod cars here:
https://thr.vacbot.cz/skinpacks/THR_assorted_skinpack.7z
If you want to make your own skin and race it in THR races, have a look here:
https://thracing.de/community/custom-skins/
Tracks
Mexico
At more than 2,200 metres above sea level, Mexico City was already one of the most unusual challenges on the Formula One calendar in 1970. The thin air affected both engine performance and aerodynamics, while the 5-kilometre circuit itself combined long straights, technical sections and one of the great corners of the era.
The defining feature was Peraltada - a fearsome, banked 180-degree right-hander leading onto the start and finish straight. Taken at enormous speed and with very little room for error, it was a corner that demanded commitment.
The 1970 Mexican Grand Prix was the final World Championship race held here for sixteen years. Jacky Ickx won for Ferrari, bringing an extraordinary Formula One season to its conclusion.
For our Formula 1970 cars, Mexico offers exactly the contrast that made the original circuit so special: slow corners, long acceleration zones and the daunting final charge through Peraltada.
Mont Tremblant
Set among the forests and hills of Quebec, Mont-Tremblant - or St. Jovite as it was commonly known - was one of the most beautiful and demanding circuits of its time.
The 4.265-kilometre course was narrow, bumpy and constantly changing elevation. Rather than relying on long straights, Mont-Tremblant challenged drivers with rhythm, blind crests and corners that flowed naturally through the landscape.
One of its most notorious features was the hump on the fast back section, capable of making the cars extremely light at speed. Contemporary drivers described a circuit where understanding the bumps was almost as important as learning the corners.
Formula One visited Mont-Tremblant for the second and final time in 1970. Jackie Stewart put the new Tyrrell 001 on pole, but after his retirement Jacky Ickx led Clay Regazzoni home for a Ferrari one-two.
It is a circuit that rewards confidence and rhythm - and punishes anyone who loses either.
Jarama
Compared with the great high-speed circuits of the period, Jarama represented a different kind of Formula One challenge.
The 3.404-kilometre circuit outside Madrid was relatively short, narrow and technical, with very little time for the driver to relax. Its succession of corners placed the emphasis on precision, balance and acceleration rather than outright top speed.
Jarama hosted the Spanish Grand Prix in 1970, when Jack Brabham took pole position ahead of Denny Hulme and Jackie Stewart. Stewart went on to dominate the race in his March 701, winning by a full lap.
For the powerful but mechanically simple Formula One cars of the period, Jarama demanded patience. Getting the car positioned correctly through one corner was often essential to making the next one work.
It may not have the spectacular speeds of Spa or Mexico – but over a race distance, Jarama can be every bit as demanding.
Buenos Aires
Argentina had a long Grand Prix tradition, and at the beginning of the 1970s international Formula One returned to the Autódromo Municipal de Buenos Aires.
The layout most closely associated with this moment was Circuit No. 9, a 3.4-kilometre configuration characterised by fast, sweeping sections interrupted by a more technical infield. It was a relatively short lap, but one that allowed the powerful Formula One cars of the period to stretch their legs.
In January 1971, Formula One machinery returned here for the non-championship Argentine Grand Prix. The field included cars such as the Lotus 72, March 701 and Surtees TS7 – exactly the generation represented by our Formula RSS 1970 V8.
Chris Amon won the event for Matra, while a young Argentine named Carlos Reutemann finished third in his first race against established Formula One opposition.
Buenos Aires therefore gives our championship a direct connection to the very beginning of the 1971 season – and to a country whose passion for Grand Prix racing was about to return to the world stage.
Watkins Glen
By 1970, Watkins Glen had become the established home of the United States Grand Prix.
But the circuit the Formula One drivers faced was very different from the longer Watkins Glen that would appear from 1971 onwards. The 1970 layout measured only around 3.78 kilometres and was a compact, fast and flowing road course.
Its character came from elevation changes, fast direction changes and corners that rewarded commitment. With relatively short lap times, traffic and consistency could become important factors over the unusually long 108-lap Grand Prix distance.
The 1970 race also became one of the most significant in Formula One history. Emerson Fittipaldi took his first Grand Prix victory for Lotus – a result that mathematically secured the World Championship for the late Jochen Rindt.
For our championship, we return to the original Glen: before the major 1971 extension, before the Boot, and before the circuit evolved into the layout better known today.
Short, fast and wonderfully old-school.
Spa Francorchamps
Few circuits represent 1970 Formula One better than the original Spa-Francorchamps.
This was not the modern circuit. The 1970 Grand Prix used the legendary 14.1-kilometre road course, formed largely from public roads running between Francorchamps, Malmedy and Stavelot.
It was breathtakingly fast.
Eau Rouge was only the beginning. From there came kilometre after kilometre of flat-out or near-flat-out running through sweeping bends, crests and villages, with houses, trees, embankments and barriers never far away.
Safety concerns had already caused the cancellation of the 1969 Belgian Grand Prix. Armco and other improvements allowed Formula One to return in 1970 – but it would prove to be the final World Championship Grand Prix on the original circuit.
Jackie Stewart's pole lap averaged more than 244 km/h. Chris Amon's fastest race lap was even quicker.
Pedro Rodríguez eventually won for BRM after an extraordinary high-speed battle with Amon, averaging more than 241 km/h across the entire race.
For the Formula RSS 1970 V8, there could hardly be a more appropriate finale.
Fourteen kilometres. Enormous speeds. Almost no margin for error.
This is Spa as the Formula One drivers of 1970 knew it.
Track Downloads:
The track downloads will be linked in the event server when the selected track is hosted on it, but you can also find them here: http://5.75.183.156:8772/tracks?server=4
Note: Pescara is a payware track and can be purchased here:
https://italotracks.sellfy.store/p/pescara-1957-pack-ac-csp-rf2-and-ams1-versions-included/
Special Settings
Until 1982, they had no real pitstops in Formula 1 therefore we use the following settings.
- Fuel Rate: 100%
- Tyre Wear Rate: 100%
- Damage Multiplier: 75%
- no mandatory pitstop
- Pit Speed: no pit speed limit & disabled autolimiter
- CSP Minimum Version: 0.1.77
Schedule
The current THR schedule with detailed information on the individual events can be found here.
https://thracing.de/thr-schedule/
We recommend subscribing to this calendar.
We try to stick to the dates given, but it may be that we postpone individual dates for various reasons.
Race Week Schedule
Practice Server / Testing
Server THR |1| THRacing | discord.me/THRacing hosts a looped Open Practice during the championship.
These sessions are meant to provide and test the different cars on the upcoming tracks.
You can choose any available car and get a random skin after joining.
Qualifying
After registering for one week's Championship race, you can race qualifying laps from Monday (sometimes Tuesday) to Sunday during the Race Week at any time.
THR |5| THRacing | discord.me/THRacing
(We will close the Qualifying when we have time on Sunday evening. The exact timing of the end of qualifying may vary. Please take this in account and don't wait until the very end.)
Only the best lap per driver from the qualifying server will be used to create the starting grid.
An overview of the latest laptimes per driver can be found here:
http://5.75.183.156:8772/live-timing?server=4
An overview of the laptimes per driver can be found here:
http://5.75.183.156:8772/live-timing?server=4
Races
Saturday - Practice Races
Will be hosted on Server:
THR |4| THRacing | discord.me/THRacing
The starting grid for the practice races will be based on the qualifying which takes place just before these races.
| Time of Day (CEST/CET*) | Session Title | Session Duration | Notes |
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| 21:30 | Practice Qualifying | 30 minutes | |
| 22:05 | Practice Race 1 | 30 minutes | |
| 22:40 | Practice Race 2 | 30 minutes | Top 10 Reversed Grid |
*CET (Berlin winter time) until March 29 2026, then switching to CEST.
You can stay on the server between these three sessions.
Sunday - Main Race
Will be hosted on Server:
THR |5| THRacing | discord.me/THRacing
Championship race based on the qualifying laptimes driven on the same server during the week.
| Time of Day (CEST/CET*) | Session Title | Session Duration |
|---|---|---|
| 21:30 | Warmup | 30 minutes |
| 22:05 | Race | 60 minutes |
*CET (Berlin winter time) until March 29 2026, then switching to CEST.
You can stay on the server between these two sessions.
Point System
Races 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 (Monza, Pescara, Monaco, Bremgarten, Spa Franchorchamps, Nürburgring)
P1 40, P2 37, P3 34, P4 31, P5 30, P5 29, P7 28, … , P25 10, P26 9, P27 8, … P29 6
Drivers Championship
To take in account that not every racer is able to race on every weekend, the worst result will be deleted.
So only 5 out of 6 weekends count for the championship.
They did similar back in the good old days.
You must use the same car for the entire season. As soon as you have driven your first qualifying lap on the championship qualifying server, you are tied to that car. If you can't get to grips with your car at all, you can apply for exceptional permission to change cars once, but please note that there is no guarantee for an approval of this request. This will be an individual decision by the THR Organization team.
This does not apply for the PROLOGUE Race at Kyalami. You can choose any car you want and you are allowed to switch the car before the first Championship Race at Monza.
After your first qualifying lap for Monza the above rule applies.
Team Championship
If you like, you can form a team of maximum 2 drivers for the Team Championship.
Both you and your team mate need to enter the same string into the "Team" field of the registration form at each of the championship races that you participate in.
Rules
The Championship follows the basic ruleset framework of the THR community.
Please read our rules page here and follow them: https://thracing.de/rules/
Participants can protest championship race incidents that they were involved in through the first 3 weekdays of the following week. The protested incidents will then be reviewed and decided upon by THR's Race Control team. You can find the incident protest form in the THR Discord server's #thr-ticket-system channel, which can be found in the "General" group of channels at the top of the channel list.
Communication
Our main communication channel is our Discord Server.
Please follow:
https://discord.me/THRacing
Or just click the button in the right menu.
It is highly recommended but not mandatory to join Voice Chat (Push to Talk) during Qualifying and Races. The primary purpose of this is to exchange important information, such as informing following drivers about accidents.
Best wishes
We wish you some really good, intense and exciting races over the next weeks!
[THR] ORGA
