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but anyway here are the rankings after ZCT302!

Yesterday I managed to announce the update without actually uploading the files to the site Now fixed; hopefully I'll get to post the ZCT303 update sometime this week.

I still haven't managed to get the update schedule back to normal this month, but anyway here are the rankings after ZCT302! Personal best ratings were attained by #1 and #3 on the historical ranking, Argammon and MiDiaN. Elsewhere, the gaps between positions 4-6 have become really close 👀

Are there season's champions? I mean I can't find them in the wiki or in CCC site.

There are champions for at least some of the seasons -- and yes, the situation should be better documented than it currently is now. Some words on past seasons, before any dive on the corresponding numbers:

• Seasons 3 and 4 have an officially crowned champion, @Victor Narl
• I'm not sure on how to regard what would have been Season 2, as it had no proper schedule and only one race (won by @Spoonboy ).
• Season 1 was more of a proper season, having four races clearly assigned to it. I don't think we actually got to make a season scoreboard for it yet (also, said scoreboard will likely be rather lopsided because of the changing number of cars from race to race). The NoPG car pack Christmas special event at the end of 2023 is probably best regarded as its own thing.
• Then there was Season 0, the six experimental-but-official races from 2022. @Daniel3D kept track of points scored for those races (using a point system different from the current one) on a spreadsheet. I have a copy of that spreadsheet, and so should be able to add it all up sometime later.

Round 3 of CCC Season 5 has finally started! This round's track is "Forester", by @Victor Narl ; we'll be racing on it, under the usual CCC rules, until 2026-11-07 23:59:59 UTC with the following cars:

• Audi Quattro Sport (from the original game)
• @alanrotoi 's Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor
• Alan Rotoi's Ruf CTR Yellowbird (if I'm not mistaken, a competition debut!)

(The two custom cars are attached here and available from the site as well.)

[ROT]

Round 2 results confirmed!

Note that, after reviewing the replays, there were changes to the preliminary results that showed up on the site yesterday (when I revealed the quiet laps but didn't manage to finish the check). Alan's Williams and Penske replays use the classic bug loop cut (that is, driving through the descending leg of the loop) at the first loop, which unfortunately goes against the "you may not drive through barriers" standard CCC rule.

That being so, congratulations to @Zapper for the win, to @alanrotoi for (still) having the fastest overall lap, and to @Cas for contributing the track and eventually making into what's now a four-racer podium.

Round 3 will start today; I'll complete the update in the coming hours. Meanwhile, here are the current season standings:

• ROT: 18 + 4 = 22
• ZAP: 12 + 8 = 20
• SPO: 15 + 0 = 15
• DUP: 9 + 6 = 15
• NRL: 6 + 0 = 6
• CAS: 0 + 4 = 4
• STC: 3 + 0 = 3

Really quick update of the rankings for ZCT301 before ZCT302 ends! Alain and MiDiaN further improved their personal best ratings in this round, while satanziege returned to the current ranking. Below is the updated evolution chart:

@Duplode is not on the scoreboard yet, and he's unlikely to completely miss a race!

You bet 

Round 2 will be up at the usual address in a few hours from now.

Update completed! In Round 2, we'll be racing on "Let the river run" by @Cas , until four Saturdays from now (deadline 2026-10-110 23:59:59 UTC). The car pack (attached below and available from the site) is comprised of single-seater fast cars, so expect a fast race!

• @alanrotoi 's Williams Renault FW12C
• Alan Rotoi's Penske Chervolet Indy
• @Zapper 's McLaren Honda MP4/4

The usual CCC rules apply; no extra rules or exceptions this time.

Round 1 results are confirmed! Congratulations to @alanrotoi , @Spoonboy and @Zapper on the podium, and thank you all for joining! Round 2 will be up at the usual address in a few hours from now.

Before August wraps up, here is the ZCT300 update of the rankings! We gladly saw many comebacks for #300, with afullo, Bonzai Joe, Daniel3D, Friker, KyLiE, Overdrijf, Shorty and Zak McKracken back into the current ranking. Some big swings in such a busy race, with the biggest gains being by Ryoma at +59. Personal best ratings were reached by Alain, MiDiaN (into the historical top 3!!) and RC Bandit. Below is the updated evolution chart:

And here we go: CCC Season 5 has started! We'll be racing on Triple-Tip by @stanceboyCZ for the next four weeks (deadline 2026-09-13 23:59:59 UTC; here are all the planned dates for Season 5). The car pack (attached below and available from the site) is:

• Ryoma's Mercedes 190 E (competition debut!)
• Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R
• Ryoma's Porsche 928 (competition debut!)

Dual-way switching is not allowed in this race. Other than that, the usual CCC rules apply.

I have updated the opening post with the planned schedule of Season 5. We already have several track designers on board, but no spoilers for now We still have a free slot for a guest designer, so get in touch if you'd like to take it!

(And last but not least: 05R1 is indeed confirmed to start sometime around UTC midnight!)

[next Sunday, August 16th]

CCC will now have a break, but we'll be back for the second semester, so stay tuned! Meanwhile, we're looking for guest tracks for future races, so if you'd like to see your track in CCC just get in touch!

As promised, CCC will reopen for Season 5 next Sunday, August 16th! Details about the schedule will be announced in due course. For now, I'll just note that we still have room for another guest track designer this season, so please let me know if you're interested!

Planned season schedule:

05R1: 2026-08-16 to 2026-09-12
05R2: 2026-09-13 to 2026-10-10
05R3: 2026-10-11 to 2026-11-07
05R4: 2026-11-08 to 2026-12-05
(Christmas break)
05R5: 2027-01-03 to 2027-01-30
05R6: 2027-01-31 to 2027-02-27
05R7: 2027-02-28 to 2027-03-27
05R8: 2027-03-28 to 2027-04-24

The point system will be the same as that of Season 4: linear bottom-up scoring for each car/track combination; all races count with the same weight.

When Forum attachments are available again, we probably should replace the link to BB 1.0 in the Wiki to one that points to rallyfiend's zip (see this conversation for context), which was made from the original floppies. It's worth noting that, to the best of our knowledge, HELENS.TRK wasn't included in BB 1.0, but only in later versions.

With minutes to go until the deadline, it's a good time to talk about the track map!

Sirius is the intro track of Eye In The Sky, the album by The Alan Parsons Project. It is also notable as entrance music in sports, and in particular it was used that way in the World Cup 2026 group stage first round. Accordingly, the map pictures a World Cup classic: Argentina versus Netherlands, which also happens to be a clash between great Stunts nations. Besides the flags you spotted on the southwest and northeast corners, the shore on the south half of the track is loosely shaped like the Argentina coastline (the city would be Buenos Aires, and the beach, Mar del Plata) -- except that on the other side of the Río de la Plata instead of Uruguay we have Netherlands-reminiscent lowlands.

Are the trees in the middle of the track a reference to the Custom Car Championship?

The three Cs drawn with vegetation stand for the number 300, as @Alain il professore noted. A reference to Daniel3D's competition, though, also fits very nicely to the concept!

Does the scenario south of the north-east flag represent the Canis Major constellation, to which the Sirius star belongs?

It also turns out that, in Greek mythology, Sirius is Orion's canine companion 

Oh, I thought it was Paraguay's flag like Alan suggested in the chat, and that the map took place on the border between the two nations, on the banks of the Paraná.

This is a cool idea!