List: Racing Championships Within ABN Universe

ABN's Offline Universe is an alternate, strangereal universe running alongside reality in terms of time. However, it runs in a dimension where none of reality's racing aspects exist in the same way. This article lists out what racing championships are, and are not, canon, and what ABN's participating players can use when making backstories for their drivers, if they make backstories at all. Championships in this article are sorted first by continental region, then by priority, or grading. International championships, which are sanctioned solely by FICA, will begin the list.

## Coding Definitions

The tables presented in this article will categorize championships on multiple levels. Understanding the meaning of these definitions will greatly help understand their place within the ABN Universe and how regulated those championships are.

### Series Grading

Each championship is given a grade, which indicates where it sits on a ladder system. An open wheel, or a touring car ladder system will have multiple series, but each series is on a different level of the ladder. The grading scale below is what is frequently used.

* Grade 1 | Grade 1 Championships are considered the pinnacle of their discipline. Typically, only one series of a given racing discipline is granted Grade 1 status, but exceptions can be made if the series are different enough to warrant it.
* Grade 2 | Grade 2 Championships, if they apply, act as the final step before reaching a Grade 1 championship. Some championships have a requirement stating that participation in a Grade 2 championship is required before moving up.
* Grade 3 | Grade 3 Championships, for touring cars, and open wheel racing, can frequently have championships use the same car formula on a national, continental, and international level.
* Grade 4-5 | Grade 4 and Grade 5 Championships are considered entry level, with Grade 5 championships being common only on national levels.

### Production Ability

* Each canonical championship will have a rating as to if it can or can't be produced as community content. If it can, the platform it would be permitted to run through will be added into parentheses beside the word yes.
* If a series is determined to not be able to be produced, it could mean that there isn't a game able to handle the demands of the series, or that there isn't a qualified mod within a game for it to be realistically viable.

### Referencing Limitations

For players looking to create backstories for their drivers or characters, each championship listed on this page is rated on a scale of exclusivity.

* Restricted status means a championship is regulated and can only be referenced in character backstories in approved circumstances.
* Limited status indicates that a driver can be fit within the championship's lore, but there is a limit as too how many characters can share this championship as part of their backstory.
* Open status indicates that there is little regulation enforced regarding a driver's past participation in the series.

Additionally, drivers can only claim backstory championships in a case by case approved circumstance. Unapproved championship claims will be ignored and/or deleted from the wiki.

## Championships Sanctioned by FICA

The Federation International Course d'Artificielle, or FICA, is the international motorsports authority. FICA determines guidelines into how cars should be made to be safe for racing, the types of safety measures needed for tracks, and sanctions championships within these rules. FICA only sanctions championships that host events in multiple countries across more than one continent, and sometimes co-sanctions series where a majority of a season takes place in one region, but also has special events elsewhere. The table below only takes into account championships largely sanctioned by FICA.

## Championships Sanctioned by NAMRA

The North American Motor Racing Association, or NAMRA, is the continental racing authority for the continent of North America. It also acts as the de facto national racing authority for the United States, as well as Canada. All championships listed are considered to be largely or wholly sanctioned by NAMRA.

## Championships Sanctioned by RFAO

The Racing Federation of Asia and Oceania, or RFAO, is the regional motorsports authority for the continents of Asia, and Oceania, and covers regions such as the Middle East, Australia, Japan, China, and Eastern Asia.