# Live Timing & Race Control (/docs/assetto-corsa/live-timing)



import { Callout } from "fumadocs-ui/components/callout";

The **Live Timing** page is your race-day cockpit. While a session is running it shows the field in real time, and the admin panel lets you steward the race without touching the server console.

The live timing screen [#the-live-timing-screen]

While a session runs you'll see:

* **Standings table** — running order with each driver's best and last lap, sector times, and the gap to the car ahead.
* **Status header** — current session (practice / qualifying / race), time or laps remaining, and connected driver count.
* **Weather** — ambient and road temperature, and conditions, shown as live pills.
* **Track map** — a live map with each car's position.
* **Chat** — the in-server chat stream.

The table updates continuously as drivers set laps, so you can follow the battle without being in-game.

Race Control / the admin panel [#race-control--the-admin-panel]

Admins get a control panel on the same page for stewarding the race live:

| Control                    | What it does                                                                                    |
| -------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Broadcast chat**         | Send a message to everyone on the server.                                                       |
| **Message a driver**       | Send a private message to one driver.                                                           |
| **Kick**                   | Remove a driver from the session.                                                               |
| **Ballast / restrictor**   | Apply weight or an intake restrictor to a specific car for balance-of-performance or penalties. |
| **Next / restart session** | Advance to the next session or restart the current one.                                         |
| **Broadcast countdown**    | Send a visible countdown (for example before a rolling start).                                  |

These map to Assetto Corsa's admin actions, but you trigger them with a click instead of typing console commands.

<Callout type="info">
  You can also authenticate as admin **in-game** and use chat commands — see [Admin Commands](/docs/assetto-corsa/admin-commands). The Live Timing admin panel and in-game commands do the same things; use whichever is handier mid-session.
</Callout>

Embedding streams and external timing (IFrames) [#embedding-streams-and-external-timing-iframes]

You can add **IFrames** to the Live Timing page to embed extra panels alongside the standings — a stream, an external timing service, or a map embed. This is useful for league broadcasts where you want everything on one screen.

Tips [#tips]

* Keep Live Timing open on a second monitor during league races so you can steward without alt-tabbing.
* Use **broadcast chat** for race-control messages (track limits, penalties, restart warnings) so there's a record in chat.
* Ballast and restrictor are the cleanest way to apply an in-race performance penalty without kicking a driver.

After the session, every result is saved — review it under [Results](/docs/assetto-corsa/results-and-calendar).