 "Race The World" drew on the format of the series "The Amazing Race", with tasks and obstacles similar to Detours and Blind Detours, Yields, Intersections, and Head-to-Heads included in the show, and included themes of the Olympic Games to coincide with the 2016 Summer Olympics, airing the same year as "The Amazing Race China 3" which had a similar theme.Like "The Amazing Race", the show featured teams of two in a race around the world to win a grand prize.Teams had to complete various challenges to receive clues sealed in a relay race baton to reach an end point.