Roadbook reference

The filled ball marks the approach side of the diagram. Read from ball to arrow. It is a fixed symbol, not a live marker of your current position.

Identify the precise feature to which the printed distance refers. Standardized examples use a measuring-reference mark or specified feature; do not treat the approach ball or the edge of a GPS validation circle as that point.

The line with the arrowhead is the way you must go. Its angle shows the turn: straight up is ahead, right is a right turn, left is a left turn.

Neutral side lines show other tracks at the junction. Follow the blue/cyan arrowed route; do not assume every unused branch will be crossed out.

This app may explicitly strike a branch in a teaching example. Treat that as extra coaching, not as a universal official-roadbook rule.

A broken (dashed) line means off-piste / open terrain rather than a made track. When the exit goes dashed you leave the trail and navigate by CAP.

The big number: distance from the start of the current Road or Selective Section to this diagram.

The smaller printed number is the fixed distance from the preceding diagram to this one. It does not count up or reset when an instrument changes.

The instrument partial counts distance since its last reset. If it was reset at the preceding reference and remains aligned, subtract it from the printed interval to estimate distance remaining. A printed interval of 0.60 km and live partial of 0.42 km mean about 0.18 km remains.

Authored beginner lessons and automatic-trip exercises provide partial resets. Rally School’s rider-operated trip leaves resets to you. The printed interval never changes when you reset the instrument.

At a positively identified diagram reference, adjust a rider-operated TOTAL to the book: add with + if short, or trim with − if ahead. This does not reset PARTIAL or validate a waypoint.

A wheel-sensor trip counts the measured wheel’s rotation; circumference error, slip or loss of contact can affect it. Rear-wheel spin does not directly add front-wheel pulses. A detour adds real distance; GPS samples have different measurement errors.

Calibrate an independent tripmeter as its manufacturer and the event require. The 2026 FIM NAV-GPS odometer recalibrates at each validated waypoint. Reading format, distance sensor and correction policy are separate choices in Rally School.

A mismatch is a warning. Confirm the feature with CAP, tulip, surface and landmarks before adjusting a manual trip at a point you know.

CAP is a compass direction in degrees, written like C.090. COG is your actual direction of travel; CTW is the direction to an opened waypoint.

North. Straight up on the compass.

East, a quarter turn clockwise from North.

South, the opposite of North.

West, three quarters clockwise from North.

Use the diagram to identify the departure, then use CAP to confirm its direction. A new CAP does not by itself tell you where to turn. Off-piste, combine the instructed CAP with distance, ground and event route constraints.

Exit CAP describes departure; average CAP gives the overall direction of a winding feature; calculated CAP is the bearing between references; changing CAP develops along a curve. An average does not require the same instantaneous course at every bend.

GPS course over ground comes from movement. Turning a stationary bike does not establish a new COG; a retained reading is not a fresh heading measurement.

You are on a defined track or trail, drawn as a solid line. Follow the road and the tulip arrows.

Hors-Piste: open terrain without a defined track, drawn as a broken line. Use the stated CAP instruction with distance, terrain and required controls.

Start of a speed-controlled zone. Be at or below the posted limit before this point.

End of this speed zone. Other event, category and traffic restrictions continue to apply.

Between DZ and FZ the organiser evaluates recorded GPS speed under the rule-defined limit, tolerance and penalty procedure.

A controlled stop ordered by race direction under parc-fermé conditions. Waiting beyond the assigned restart time remains in the timed result; arriving or leaving late does not extend the excluded stop.

The dated 2026 FIM Rally2 profile limits speed to 160 km/h on both Road and Selective Sections. Its category check is independent of posted DZ–FZ zones.

A link run to an allotted time rather than competitive Selective-Section time. Obey traffic law and event timing.

A staffed physical passage control. A miss receives the penalty defined by the applicable event table.

Time added to your result for over-speeding, a missed waypoint or CP, or a rule breach.