World of Outlaws: Dirt Racing 24 Career Mode – Getting Started

Welcome to our weekly series of tips and tricks on World of Outlaws: Dirt Racing 24 Career Mode! Each week, we’re going to share with you some expert strategies and how-tos that will help you get the most out of your gameplay experience.

Beginning the Journey

Career Mode is the heart of World of Outlaws: Dirt Racing. You’ll start from the bottom and work your way up to the upper echelons of the sport in hopes of becoming a World of Outlaws champion. But before you can reach the summit, you’ll begin at the bottom of the mountain as a Local—and how much you succeed at this level, and how quickly, is crucial to helping you get there.

To kick things off, you’ll choose your team name and customize your driver. From there, your investors will give you the choice of either the Micro Sprint Car or Midget to get your career started at the Local level. (If you’re more interested in running closed-wheel cars, never fear—your opportunity will come soon.)

Before you turn your first lap, you may also want to go to Career Options and run through options like Gameplay, AI, and more. If you’ve never driven anything on dirt before, or just want to make as much money as possible as fast as you can to get to the highest levels quickly, you may want to select a lower difficulty level; likewise, if you’re experienced or purposely looking for a greater challenge, you can turn the difficulty up!

Season and Team Management

The length of your first Local season is up to you—you can choose from either a full-length campaign, 1/2 regulation, 1/3 regulation, or a short season of only licensed tracks. You’ll have these same choices in all subsequent seasons—and balancing them is a good way to keep racing as many cars as you’d like and progressing through seasons without overloading your schedule.

As you progress, you’ll have to manage your budget to repair damage and buy part upgrades. You’ll start your career off with a little money in hand to upgrade your initial ride. Just don’t put yourself in a hole early with reckless spending!

You’ll also unlock staff to work on your team as the season carries on. They come in three types: Sponsor Agent (gets you paid more on sponsor deals), Mechanic (lowers your repair bills and part costs), and Crew Chief (ups your Proficiency bonus). Each staff member costs a little money to hire upfront, but they quickly pay for themselves with savings! As you unlock further staff and vehicles, you can replace them on each of your cars as you please.

Skill Points

As we’ve mentioned, cash is what keeps your car in competitive form and allows you to upgrade your staff. Skill Points, on the other hand, are how you’ll impress your investors enough to unlock new cars to expand your team. The good news is that this frees up your money to focus on upgrades on every car.

But that means you’ll need to earn your next rides through on-track performance. In each race, you’ll have practice and qualifying goals to try and hit, and between those and your race finish, you’ll earn SP to match your performance. Once you crack 2,500 SP, you’ll have your first choice of a new car: the one you turned down earlier, the 305 Sprint Car, or the Street Stock.

The more Skill Points you earn, the higher levels you’ll be able to race at. Once you crack the 15,000 SP threshold, the Regional level opens up—but you’ll have up to six Local cars to unlock to get you there, so don’t lose focus.

Tips and Tricks

• Seasons operate independently of one another for each car. If you decide you’re going to pull double duty, you won’t be entering the second championship late—Season 1 in your second car will still begin with the first race of whichever season length you choose.
• Choosing a shorter schedule when setting up a season will allow you to tick off the seasons faster, but it may also take you more seasons to earn enough money to upgrade your car. If you want a real shot at winning a title in Season 1, you may want to run a full-length campaign.
• If you plan on running multiple cars, be strategic about which staff you assign to which car. The more prestigious the series and vehicle, or the higher priority it is to you, the more valuable of staff members you may want to assign to it to pick up the largest bonuses in bigger-money races.
• Struggling to pass cars and lay down hot laps? Consider making Tires your first upgrade as a Local rookie. They’re one of the cheapest upgrades out there, and they can make all the difference. Remember that all the horsepower in the world won’t do you any good if you can’t get that power to the ground effectively!
• Remember, if you’re switching back and forth from sprint cars to street stocks or late models, the cars drive completely differently! You may want to focus on completing the season in one car before diving into another, so you’re not adjusting your driving habits from race to race.
• The other benefit of finishing up your season in one car before jumping into another: once you’ve upgraded the first car to where you’re always competitive, you can start saving money to put into the second car and hit the ground running.