Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-26521061-20160922100710/@comment-28176594-20161026155407

RR3-AG wrote: I think a lot of racers got the Elite status maybe on merrit, but it would not supprise me if it was just a bug/glitch or bad programming. I heard users with level 77 even got Elite. Level 150 seems to be the trigger now. Indeed, I think that too.

I don't know why people keep posting "but I know someone who got it at lvl X". Nobody is ignoring those facts, the thesis is "Initial elite awarding was bugged. A few days later they fixed it and now you get Elite status when you get to lvl 150".