Registration

Drivers must also sign up for the Official Bullrun 1000 mailing list. It is mandantory because all discussion as well as official notices will be sent out on that list, and while rules will be here on the main Bullrun 1000 site, last minute notices pertaining to the races and race schedules will be sent out on the mailing list.

How to run the Bullrun 1000

1. Download all the required files and insure your information on the website is correct. Insure you have the Papyrus 1201 patch installed.
2. Install the Bullrun track, and then unzip the mandantory graphics/track.ini update to the \tracks\bullrun directory
3. Install TPTCC 1.0 (you'll have to get the serial number from Race Admin)
4. Create a New driver. Use your team name as the driver's name (insure that the main part of the name goes in the "Last Name" block so other drivers can see your car name online).
5. Copy all of your "pta" setups to your new driver's \setups\bullrun folder.
6. Zip up your new driver's folders (insure the box with "include subdirectories" is checked) and email it to your teammate. If you are unsure how to do this, just zip up your N2003\players folder, and tell your teammate which one they need to extract.
7. Always insure you synchronize the folders any time you make a change to setups and so on. Do NOT change any of the driver information.
8. Paint a team car and submit it to the Bullrun 1000 Yahoo groups file area. Insure both members of the team have and select the SAME car.

Team Racing

The team drivers will need to make smooth transitions, as they will actually be swapping out during pitstops. First, both drivers need to decide on a means of communication (phone, voice-over-IP). Next, they need to decide on a strategy for when they will swap out. They MUST swap at least once during the race, and they need to write down the lap(s) that they swap over. If they swap out more than once, they need to record ALL swaps. This mandantory, as it will need to be submitted to the race administration after the race. No driver can drive more than 70% of the race (120 laps) total.

Side note to above rule: If both team drivers are in the same physical location, they CAN swap out during pitstops. That team will still need to state which driver will actually be starting the car, and both drivers may not drive another team car during the same race. They ALSO need to state what lap they swapped driver's seats.

Here is how the swapout will occur. When the 1st driver pulls into the pits, they will communicate to their other driver that they are ready to change. As soon as they get the acknowledgment, cut network communications in whatever fashion you decide on (pull the cord, use a "lockdown" firewall, whatever). Do NOT exit from the game and "retire". What you are doing is fooling the server into thinking your connection dropped momentarily. Your teammate should then immediately initiate connection to the server from their multiplayer menu. The server will think this is the same driver just resuming the connection, and the new driver takes control from there.

Race Conduct