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• By default the overlay starts in "mixed" mode. This means that all cars in the session are shown in their overall order. Leagues that run multi class races can also choose to have the overlay start in multi class mode by setting "startInMulticlassMode" to true.
• At the top is various information about your series. Series name, series round number, track name, track location and season name can all be filled out here. Event date is filled in automatically so can be left empty.
• In the colors section you can define a base color that is used for some of the general slides. Furthermore you can define a color per car class.
• The In the banner, the scrolling interval defines how long each "page" of drivers should stay in the banner.
• In the broll section you can define a background video that will loop in the background. This is great to show something behind the intro slides or on its own when rFactor 2 is in a loading screen. You can toggle the b-roll manually and also have it toggle automatically when enabling specific elements. The video you define here goes in the "videos" folder.
• In the countdown section you can define the length and the shown logos of the countdown slide. Additionally the countdown will also display the series logo which is setup in the "images" section further below. Additionally you can add a unique countdown video in case you want it to be different from the general broll video or default series color. The images and video you define here go in the "images" folder and video goes in the "videos" folders.
• The event slide will generate some data by default. You can also choose to override this with any data you like in the event slide section
• The extended battle box will always look forwards from the driver in focus first and when it can't find any drivers in front within the determined max gap, it will look backwards. You can limit the amount of drivers shown and the maximum gap they can have to each other here.
• The Although the standings system is a work in progress, the technical parts already work. In . The full screen version of the standings will show the top 10 for now and requires you to manually enter data. For the in race season standings portion you can define how many drivers should be shownshow customize the amount of shown driver. Also see "the standings.json file" further below.
• In the intro slide section you will be able to define the names of your broadcast crew.
• The race update box automatically shows you all sorts of data throughout the race sessions. Use the values here to define the length and interval of this box. For the "hashtags" data see the "socialMedia" further below.
• In the schedule slide you can define the title shown in the schedule slide.  Also You can also toggle the prepend round number option. Setting this to true will add "ROUND 1" text in front of your round names. To define the names and dates, see "the schedule.json file" further below.
• In the tower section you can define how many drivers should be are shown. The "multiClassRowCount" defines how many drivers are shown when using the multiclass variant of the tower. In the "scrollingListConfig" you can set the tower up to show a static amount of drivers with a further set of rows that scroll trough the field and define the interval of the scroll in milliseconds.
• The video slide can be used to show trailers and partner videos. The files defined here It will always show all videos in the defined order. Video files go in the "videos" folder.
• The pitstop timers appear automatically during a race . Here you when a driver performs a pitstop. You can define which of the two timers should be enabled during a pitstop.
• in the ads section you can define the logos to be shown in the tower and various other pages. When you need more than 2 logo's, you can add additional logo's inside the "rightCyclingAds" section and define how long each logo should stay on screen.
• In the images section you define the main series logo. This is used in slides like the event slide and the countdown slide. This image goes in the "images" folder
• In the social media section you can define the "hashtags" that appear in the race update box. These are simple text fields, so if you want to display something else than a hashtag, like a website, you can put that here too.

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The overlay can control multiple rFactor 2 clients. for when doing PIP or when a production requires rFactor 2 to be broadcast in different signals (for example having one client render at 1080p 60 fps and another at 720p 50 fps). In the "overlays-config.json" file inside the userdata/player folder in your rFactor 2 installation you can enter IP addresses and ports of the target rFactor 2 clients. You will see these IP addresses in the control penal. By clicking and ctrl-clicking them you can toggle which clients should listen to the control panel.

{
  "customConfig": "MyCoolOverlay",
  "clients": [
    {
      "ip": "192.168.1.100",
      "port": 5397
    }
  ]
}