bdr is a sim racing platform for communities. Communities run races on their own servers; bdr handles the calendar, signups, splits, results, ratings and stewarding. This page shows the first steps for drivers and for organisers.
How it works
- Communities publish seasons and one-off events. Each race appears in one shared race calendar.
- You sign up for a race with the car you want to drive. When signups close, the field is split by ELO into groups of similar pace.
- The community's server lets in only the drivers who have a seat. When the race ends, the server uploads the results.
- Results update your ELO (pace) and Safety Rating (clean driving). You keep one rating across every community that hosts on bdr.
Note
A community is either a Ranked host or an Unranked host. Races run by an unranked host show results, but they do not change anyone's ELO or Safety Rating. New communities start as unranked. See Ratings.
If you want to race
- Sign in through Steam. Your SteamID links you to your entry on the game server and to your results. See Signing in.
- Find a race. Select Go racing in the top bar, or Find a race on your dashboard. The dashboard's Open to you list shows only races you are eligible for. See Go racing.
- Sign up. On the race page, choose your car and select Sign up. See A race page.
- Join the server. When signups close, the race page shows your split, your car number and the server password.
- Check your results. Results show on the race page shortly after the chequered flag. Your rating updates on your dashboard.
If something went wrong on track, you can report it after the race. See Reports.
If you want to organise
- Sign in, then select Start hosting on your dashboard, or Host an event on the Communities page.
- Fill in Start a community (name, URL slug, description) and select Create.
- Set up your community. Add your machine and game servers, then create a season with its series, or create a single event. Use these topics:
- Select Generate races, then Publish season. From then on, bdr runs each race on schedule: it opens and closes signups, splits the field, assigns your servers and collects the results.
For the organiser's view as a whole, see Organising.
Finding your way around
| Where |
What is there |
| Dashboard |
Your ratings, next races, suggested races and latest results. Shown when you are signed in. See Dashboard. |
| Go racing |
Open lobbies to join now and the next races, with Full calendar for all of them. See Go racing and The race calendar. |
| Seasons |
Championship standings. See Standings. |
| Leaderboards |
Drivers, Teams and Best times. See Ratings, Teams and Best times. |
| Communities |
Who hosts races here, each with its own page. See Communities. |
| Help |
This help, opened at the topic for the page you are on. |
| Organise |
Your communities' organiser pages. Only shown when you are on a community's staff. See Organising. |
| Orange numbers |
What waits for you: on Dashboard the invitations to answer, on Organise the reports your communities have to decide, on Stewarding the platform's reports and appeals. |
| Your name (top right) |
Your profile, Account & reports and Sign out. See Your account. |