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NASCAR HEAT Demo Notes (version 1.0)
Table of Contents
1. Quick Tips
2. Installation Issues
3. Joystick and Steering Wheel Support
4. How to Improve Performance
5. Specific Video Card Issues
6. Game Controls
7. Compatibility Issues
8. Windows 2000 / Windows NT 4.0
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1. Quick Tips
======================
* Having trouble beating Dale Earnhart Jr. in Race The Pro? Try loading
the advanced setup in the garage to get that extra edge.
* At Daytona drafting is the only way to stay competitive. Stay right
behind the driver you are trying to pass until you see a good opportunity to pass him.
* If you are using the keyboard to race try going to the advanced controls
screen and turn your steering speed down to 1/2 or less.
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2. Installation Issues
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If you uninstall the game, your saved replays, custom paintjobs, car setups,
and other configuration information will not be deleted automatically.
You can delete these files yourself from:
"c:\Program Files\Hasbro Interactive\NASCAR Heat Demo"
after first uninstalling the program normally.
When you run the game, we may warn that your video card drivers are
out of date. This occurs when you are running the game on a machine
without the most recent video card drivers. Incorrectly installed or
old video drivers are one of the most frequent causes of game crashes.
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3. Joystick and Steering Wheel Support
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When using a joystick or wheel, the controller must be installed and
calibrated within Windows before it will work in the game.
If your input is "jerky", you should try unchecking the option to
"Poll with Interrupts Enabled" in the Windows Game Controller control
panel, under the "Advanced" tab.
Note that if there are multiple controllers, we will use the first
controller in the ID list.
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4. How to improve performance
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a. Use the benchmark in the Graphics Options Screen to test the
performance of your machine. Keep lowering your detail level and draw
distance until the benchmark is at least 35 fps.
b. Please note that the benchmark button only tests the speed of the
graphics system. The frame rate reported does not take into account
the number of cars that you are running.
c. Your choice of video card is primarily responsible for determining
which video resolutions that you can use in the game. The faster your
video card is, the higher the video resolution you can run with a good
frame rate.
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5. Specific Video Card Issues
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Most problems we have experienced while running NASCAR Heat are due
to running the game with old video drivers. Please contact your
video card manufacturer for the latest drivers.
The following video cards have experienced a problem while running
our game:
* ATI Rage Pro, ATI Rage Mobility
This video card is a first generation video card with very slow
performance and graphics artifacts.
* S3 ViRGE Series
This video card is a first generation video card with very slow
performance and graphics artifacts.
* S3 Savage 2000 (Diamond Viper II)
This video card might shift textures on the objects. If you
are having problems with the card, you can edit the options.cfg
file (located in the "c:\Program Files\Hasbro Interactive\NASCAR Heat Demo\Config")
and find the line "fix_s3_bug no" in the [GX] section. Change the line
to read "fix_s3_bug yes".
* 3D Labs Permedia 2
Video cards with this chip are missing some features that make
special effects look not as good.
* 3Dfx Voodoo 1
This card does not have enough video RAM to run the game well. The
video resolutions and the texture resolutions are severely limited.
If you want to use your primary graphics card instead of the 3Dfx card,
modify the shortcut by appending " -1" to the shortcut as described for
the Voodoo 2 below.
* 3Dfx Voodoo 2
This card cannot support large textures. Otherwise, the 8 megabyte
version looks like most 4 megabyte cards and the 12 Megabyte version
looks like an 8 megabyte card.
If you want to use your primary graphics card instead of the 3Dfx card,
modify the startmenu shortcuts by appending " -1" to the
shortcut's target. For example:
"c:\Program Files\Hasbro Interactive\NASCAR Heat Demo\NASCAR Heat Demo.exe" -1
You must launch the game using the shortcut for the change to occur.
* 3Dfx Voodoo 3
This card cannot support large textures and does not support AGP
textures.
We recommend the latest video cards from any of the manufacturers. At
our office, we run nVidia GeForce series, the 3Dfx Voodoo 5, the
Matrox G400, and the ATI Rage 128/Rage 128 Pro/Radeon.
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6. Game Controls
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a. In-Game Controls:
'P' - Pause/Resume (note: does not work in Multiplayer)
ESC - brings up the Escape Menu -- use the Up and Down keys to choose
a selection and press the enter key to select.
'T' - While in Multiplayer, press 'T' to chat -- type a message and
press ENTER to send it.
b. Camera Controls:
F1 - In-Car Views: Switches between Cockpit View and Bumper Cam
F2 - Suspension Cam
F3 - Chase Views - switches between Near, Medium, and Far
F4 - Switches between Reverse-Chase View, Overhead View, and TV Camera View
PgUp - Switch to next car
PgDn - Switch to previous car
Home - Return to player car
c. Overlay Controls:
TAB - Switch between Position, Leader Board, and Race Board
F5 - Show Leader Board
F6 - Switch between Position and Race Board
F7 - Switch between Tire Status and Damage display
F8 - Switch between Pit Adjustment views (see below)
Pit Adjustments:
Press F8 to cycle between the three Pit Adjustment displays
Primary Pit Adjustments:
F9 - Fuel Options - switches between Splash and Go and Fill Tank
F10 - Tires - switches between Four Tires, Two Tires, and No Tires
F11 - Repair - switches between Yes and No
F12 - Restore Defaults - resets all pit options to default values
Wedge - press '[' and ']' to adjust your Wedge
Tire Pressures:
Press F9, F10, F11, or F12 to select which tire to modify
Press '[' and ']' to change the pressure of the selected tire
d. Replay Keys:
Left Arrow - Rewind
Right Arrow - Fast-forward
Down Arrow - Pause/Resume playback
SHIFT+Left Arrow - Rewind to the beginning
SHIFT+Right Arrow - Advance to the end
e. Default Controls: (these keys can be reassigned in the Control Options menu)
R - Reverse
A - Upshift (if Auto-shifting is not enabled)
Z - Downshift (if Auto-shifting is not enabled)
C - Clutch
J - Look Left
K - Look Right
The default driving controls will depend on what sort of
controller you have.
Keyboard:
Left, Right - Steering
Up - Throttle
Down - Brake
Joystick:
Joystick Left/Right - Steering
Button 1 - Throttle
Button 2 - Brake
Steering Wheel:
Wheel - Steering
Pedals - Throttle and Brake
If you have your pedals on separate axes, you will have to assign them
manually in the Controls Options menu.
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7. Compatibility Issues
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a. RealJukebox - we have problems running with this
software.
b. nVidia Reference drivers v 3.68 - the screen may lock up after a
long time, requiring a hard reboot.
c. ATI Rage Pro - some versions of their drivers have clipping
problems. The mirror and the replay screen will have graphical
glitches.
d. ALT-TAB - We don't recommend alt-tabbing away from the game.
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8. Windows 2000 / Windows NT 4.0
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NASCAR Heat will not run under Windows NT. Although we don't
officially support Windows 2000, the game will run. If you
run under Windows 2000, you might experience the following issues:
1. Poor video card support. Windows 2000 shipped with spotty support
for many 3D video cards. If the game crashes or won't run, you
should contact your video card manufacturer for the latest Windows
2000 video card drivers.
2. Poor joystick/wheel support. The code to read the joystick in
Windows 2000 may produce "jerky" input. We have seen this problem
appear on some computers and is caused by how Windows 2000 reads the
joystick.
3. Multi-processor support. We have tested the game on a
multi-processor systems and the performance was great.
*** All NASCAR statistics used in the creation of NASCAR Heat are
courtesy of The Official NASCAR Press Preview Press Guide 2000.