Custom race events and passwords
What TornLife's research has established about Custom race events and passwords, and the questions players asked about it.
What TornLife has verified
- The Torn Wiki describes custom races as player-created racing events where no racing points are earned but driver skill is gained. Creators set race name, min/max drivers, track, laps, allowed cars/upgrades, bet amount, wait time, and an optional password field. (documented; Race Track › Custom Races, )
- Password fields for custom races were changed to simple text input by patch #55 on 07/08/18, after earlier reports (2014) that passwords were sometimes 'temperamental' and failed on entry even when copy/pasted correctly from faction mail. (documented; Race Track › Historical Notes (2/2), )
- For organized community custom-race events seen in 2026 (unrelated to Maolloween), passwords for password-protected races are typically distributed by the organizer via forum thread replies, a Discord server (e.g. 'The Pit Stop'), or 'TCP', and are often posted publicly on the event thread a set time before the race starts, sometimes only to those who liked/commented on the thread first. (player reports; Official URT prize races for everyone this Sunday!, )