2 min readUpdated Oct 11, 2026

How To Change The Practice, Qualifying And Race Sessions On Your Assetto Corsa Server

Your Assetto Corsa server runs practice, then qualifying, then the race. Each session has its own section in cfg/server_cfg.ini.

Changing Your Sessions

  1. 1
    Log in to Bropanel and select your server.
  2. 2
    In the sidebar, go to Files and open the cfg folder.
  3. 3
    Click server_cfg.ini and change the session sections, for example:
    [PRACTICE]
    NAME=Practice
    TIME=15
    IS_OPEN=1
    
    [QUALIFY]
    NAME=Qualify
    TIME=10
    IS_OPEN=1
    
    [RACE]
    NAME=Race
    LAPS=10
    WAIT_TIME=60
    IS_OPEN=2
    
  4. 4
    Click Save and restart your server.
SettingWhat it does
TIMEPractice or qualifying length in minutes. In [RACE], use TIME instead of LAPS for a timed race.
LAPSNumber of laps in the race.
WAIT_TIMESeconds before the race starts, at least 20.
IS_OPENPractice and qualifying: 1 lets players join during the session, 0 doesn't. Race: 0 nobody can join, 1 players can join at any time, 2 players can join until 20 seconds before the race starts.

To skip a session, delete its whole section, for example [QUALIFY] and the lines under it.

After the last session, your server starts again from the first one, because new servers have LOOP_MODE=1 in the [SERVER] section. Keep it at 1: with LOOP_MODE=0, your server shuts down when the last session ends.

RACE_OVER_TIME in the [SERVER] section is how many seconds the other drivers get to finish after the winner crosses the line.