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DiRT Rally 2.0 World Series Season Two Starts This Month

by Gary Bailey on August 18, 2020

Good news for fans of DiRT Rally 2.0 and eSports, as Codemasters and Motorsport Games have announced the second season of the World Series. You won’t have to wait long for it to start either, as it begins with the first qualification rounds going live on August 25th.

The season will culminate in a live showpiece final at the Autosport International Show at the Birmingham NEC on 16th January 2021 where 12 drivers will race for a share of $20,000 prize pool – double the amount from the first season. It has also been announced that the winner of the rallycross championship will earn a test drive in the QEV electric rallycross car that will power the new FIA eRX2 Championship.

Available to all DiRT Rally 2.0 players on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (via Steam), the qualification round will be found by navigating to the in-game World Championship tab on the main menu, before selecting Qualifiers.

The DiRT Rally World Series has been divided into three qualifying stages, each consisting of three events. The fastest time on each event from each platform will earn a place in the Qualifying Final. In rally these winners will be joined the three fastest runners up, based cumulative times and in rallycross, it will be the two fastest cumulative runners up. The top two in each Qualifying Final will earn a place in the Semi Final before the live Final at Autosport International in January 2021.

Rally:

Round 1 – New Zealand

25 Aug Elsthorpe Sprint Forward R2

01 Sep Waimarama Sprint Forward Group A

08 Sep Ocean Beach Sprint Forward H2 RWD

26 Sep Qualifying Final 1 (Live Streamed)

Round 2 – Spain

29 Sep Centenera R5

06 Oct Ascenso por valle el Gualet Rally GT

13 Oct Viñedos Dardenyà H2 FWD

31 Oct Qualifying Final 2 (Live Streamed)

Round 3 – Australia