» Game Guide - Getting started Help!
So, you want to get this show on the road... its simple. The main tasks we will perform during this little tutorial are: Learning the basics, renting an office for your new staff, signing a new driver that will race for you, buying a car, do some racing, signing sponsor contracts and do jobs!
 
Step 1 - The Basics
- Once you logon you get to the home page. The left part of the web site is the main menu, you can click the menu options and they will slide to show you the submenu.
- You can always check who is online by clicking the Players Online number.
- On the top right side you will always find your money, your record points and the town you live in.
- If you ever have any troubles use the chat button on top and you can ask the other players any game related questions.

home page
 
Step 2 - Renting Facilities
- You will need facilities for all sorts of things like hiring staff, stock parts, park cars, etc.
- For now you will only need an Office so we can hire a driver. Go to "My Office" and click "Facilities".
- Go ahead and rent the cheapest office available, The Small Office.
- Use the image on the right if you get lost.

facilities
 
Step 3 - Hiring a Driver

- Now that we have an Office we can start hiring staff! For now we only need a driver.
- Go to "My Office" and click "Drivers".
- You will have to name your new driver, think of something catchy and cool and you also need to select his specialty. Whenever you enter a race the performance of your driver will change depending on what type of race it is. So for example if you plan on doing allot of off road, pick Off road.
- Hit the button and that's it, we have a new driver!

drivers
 
Step 4 - Buying a car
- The only thing you need now is some wheels!
- Go to "Garage" and click "Buy cars".
- You only have money for a class 1 car so lets select Class 1 only and hit search!
- Like in real life, buying a car can be tricky... depends on what you want to do with it. If for example you just got an off road driver and really like off road you should probably go for the Subaru Justy, if you want a Drag car, get the one with most horsepower, and so on.
- Select your car but be carefull, don't spend all the money yet!

buy car
 
Step 5 - Racing
Well, that's it, you are ready to race!
- Go to "Racing" and click "Challenge List".
- Normally there will always be open challenges, made by other players looking for someone to race with. Look for one that is for 2 players only, if possible... Join it by clicking "Sign up" on the right side.

- You can also create your own challenges on the "Start a Challenge" option.

challenges
 
Step 6 - Signing Up for races
- You are now on the challenge information page, ready to sign up for this challenge!
- Pick your car and driver, don't worry about your setup yet.
- If this is a 2 player challenge the race should start in about 3 minutes!

challenge signup
 
Step 7 - Waiting for a race
- Once you signup and the challenge is closed, the race does not start automatically. You will notice the challenge moved from "Open Challenges" to "Challenges starting". This allows time for betting, other players or you can bet on any challenge that is about to start.
- We wont cover betting on this tutorial but if you want to try, click the challenge name to go to the Challenge information page, again.

race started
 
 
Step 8 - Race Result
- The race should be over by now, lets check the results!
- After every challenge you participate you will receive a Fax message with some details about that race. That is one way to check the result of a race.
- You can also check it by going to the "Challenge List" one more time, your race should be listed under "Finished Challenges". Click on your challenge for more details.

race finished
 
Step 9 - Sponsors
- Assuming you did not crash, which would have been bad luck... you now have earned some "Most Points" which enables you to sign sponsor contracts and do jobs!
- Go to "My Office" and click "Sponsors".
- You can now select 2 types os sponsors to boost your incomes, Racing Sponsors that will pay you for every race you do and Financial Sponsors that will pay you a sum every hour.
- Because your car is stock and your driver skills are low your "Most points" is low so you can only sign BulletDrive.com and Sombrero Hotels sponsors.

sponsors
 
Step 10 - Jobs

- Another important sources of income and reputation are jobs!
- Go to "Work" and click "Jobs Available".
- This is the list of jobs that are available to players at the time, most of them you cant even do because your "Most Points" is too low.
- Jobs are good if you are going away, sleeping, dinner, etc. You make your driver take on a job and make some money...
- Select a job that you think is suitable of the time you are away from keyboard and click "Accept". Pick your driver and car and off they go!

taking jobs
 
Hopefully this quick guide will get you started with BulletDrive, there is so much you can do, you cant even imagine! Remember, if you need help, use the chat icon on the top right corner to chat with other players. After you finish 5 challenges you can accept an invite from club owners and they will help you out evolving your cars and drivers.