Well, it's implied they received it at the same time in terms of visual representation, however it's possible that it wasn't the same time.
One thing that bugs me is the racers aren't supposed to know who each other are, but they were all (bar one) in the same room together at the beginning, and all meet up at the check points.
Didn't the subtitles say how many days ago each scene was? And they were all different.
There's a clip of two of the cast of Drive on TV this morning: [link]
It contains a big spoiler. So don't watch it unless you want to be spoilered quite badly. At the end, it goes on about Nathan's Myspace Firefly thing I mentioned the other day, and kinda explains why he changed it back. Heh.
The spoiler is for tonight's ep only. So if you want to watch it after you see tonight's ep, there isn't a problem.
thanks for taking the spoiler bullet!
By the way, if anybody is wondering, Nathan's Myspace says: "Please, don't ask if there's going to be more Firefly. If you are a reporter researching for an interview, keep moving. Don't advertise this site. It's a secret gem, to be discovered like a pearl. This is not a source for legitimate press." The linked video explains what happened. For simplification (and for those who don't want to be spoiled in advance), it's just some reporter who uses Nathan's Myspace live on air as his 'research', which leads Nathan to be all 'WTF?*'. And quite rightly so.
- He doesn't say anything, but it's all over his face.
Am I stating the obvious if I point out that the people on the Fox Drive forum are even crazier than those from the early days of the Firefly OB?