Shortcut

In order to create a custom shortcut you must setup a race event in the normal way then run and exit the server. Now open the UserData folder and create a copy of the PLAYER folder and rename it.

..\UserData\Player
 | >> Copy PLAYER —> paste rename —> COTA

Inside that new folder will be a file called player.json. You must rename this file to match the name of the folder ( COTA )

rename player.json ---> cota.json

Create a new shortcut with these params :

"C:\RACING\rfactor2-dedicated\Bin64\rFactor2 Dedicated.exe" +path=".." +profile="COTA" +trace=3 +oneclick

*** +trace=3 adds the ability to log more info about the server

The +profile=”COTA” is the folder name of the custom race settings.

Multiplayer. json

Setup the server with all the sessions and weather you need then open this file with notepad

..\rfactor2-dedicated\UserData\Player\Multiplayer.json

Then make these changes :

"Delay After Race":300,
"Enable Autodownloads":true,
"Max MP Players":104,
"Must Be Stopped":false,
"Race Rejoin":3,
"Race Client Wait":120,

Then copy paste the edited Multiplayer.json file into the COTA folder. I create this file and save it onto my Desktop. Everytime I create a custom event I just copy it.

Test Day

Create a copy of the COTA folder and rename it to COTAP Edit this line in the Multiplayer.json file.

"Test Day":true,

Then create a new shortcut with these params :

"C:\RACING\rfactor2-dedicated\Bin64\rFactor2 Dedicated.exe" +path=".." +profile="COTAP" +oneclick