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STUNT DRIVER by Spectrum Holobyte INITIAL SCREENS: 1. When the intro appears,press any key to get into the demo. 2. At the demo screen, press any key to go to the course quiz screen. 3. The Course Quiz screen will as you to identify a certain piece associated with one of the five pre-determined courses in the game. Simply look up the course in the manual and select the appropriate track piece. This will bring you to the main menu. Pre-race set up(main menu) 1. Your first experience with Stunt Driver should be with course 1, the training oval. Use the arrow keys(up and down)and [enter] or a mouse to move around the menu. If you select PLAY from the main menu now, you will drive on the track with no opponents on the road. However, if you wish to change some of the characteristics of the race before staring, see a, b, c and d below: a. COURSES: There are five pre-designed courses on the Stunt Driver disks. Course 1(the initial default) is a training oval. The other four courses are more advanced. To select a different course other than course 1, select the option corresponding to the particular course and press [enter]. b. OPTIONS: Under this menu item is a subheading CONTROL TYPE. This subheading will allow you to choose how you want to control your car, either by keyboard, joystick or mouse. c. DIFFICULTY: There are three levels of difficulty in Stunt Driver. Trainee, Rookie, and Expert. If you want a higher level than trainee, select the appropriate option.Rookie and expert level allow you to race up to three other opponents which you will select on the following screen. The difference between rookie and expert levels is that on expert level, the opponent cars have there own "personalities". d. SOUND: Here you can choose what sounds you want to have while you are in the game. There will also be a sub-menu so you can change how these sounds are played(to play through your adlib card for example). ON The Racetrack 1. From the main menu, select PLAY. This will place you in the front (dashboard) view of the car. The Christmas tree lights on either side of the start/finish line will flash white five times; then the lights will illuminate down the tree. When the bottom set of lights turns on, the race has started. 2. If you want to drive from a view outside your car, you have three different choices.[F5] is a view from a helicopter that flies behind your vehicle. If you wish to zoom in or out on your car, press the [+] and [-] keys respectively. The other two outside views,[F6](automatic camera view) and [F8](custom camera view) are somewhat more difficult to drive in; therefore, they will be discussed later in the manual. To return to the front view, press [F1]. 3. You can look to the left,right and rear of your car by pressing the [F3],[F4] and [F2] respectively. The front view is the [F1] key. 4. The car starts out in automatic transmission, so you will not need to shift gears on your first race. You can steer the car with either the keyboard, a joystick or a mouse: KEYBOARD CONTROLS; [ESC] Main Menu NUMERIC KEYPAD; [F1] Front View [0] horn [F2] Rear View [2] brake [F3] Left View [4] left [F4] Right View [5] center wheel [F5] Heilcopter View [6] right [F6] Auto. Camera View [8] gas [F7] Xfer View Between Cars [/] reverse [F8] Custom Camera View [*] neutral [F9] Move to Next Custom Camera [.] nitrous oxide [F10] Move to Previous Custom Camera [-] downshift [1] 1st gear [+] upshift [2] 2nd gear [RET] engine starter [3] 3rd gear [4] 4th gear MOUSE CONTROLS; [-] Zoom out L BUTTON accelerate [+] Zoom in R BUTTON brake [W] Neutral [E] Engine Sound Toggle [R] Reverse JOYSTICK CONTROLS; [I][G]gas [LEFT] left [P] pause [RIGHT] right [[] Lower Camera [FORWARD] accelerate []] Elevate Camera [BACK] brake [A] Automatic Shift [S] Sound Effects toggle [D] Dashboard Toggle [H] Horn [J] Left [L] Right [RET] Engine Starter [Z] Horizon Toggle [C] Cruise Control [N] Nitrous Oxide [M][B][SPACE] Brake - The preferred method of driving is using the [4] and [6] keys on the numeric keypad to steer,[G] for gas and [SPACEBAR] for brake. 5. If you are in the Trainee mode, you will be racing against the clock. The object here is to beat the "qualify" time (located at the top of the playing screen next to the damage meters). Your current lap time is just above the fixed qualifying time. 6. Take this time to get the feel of how your car handles, what your acceleration rate is, how fast you can take the turns,etc. It may take some getting used to as with any new car, but driving your Shelby will soon become second nature. Finishing the Race 1. Beating the posted qualifying time in trainee mode gives you pole position for your next race on the same track when selecting a higher difficulty level. 2. If you have broken any of the track records for race time, you will be asked to enter your name on the ensuing Top Ten screen for that course. Press any key to bring you back to the main menu. General Instructions 1.To select how you are going to control your car,go to the OPTIONS menu then select CONTROL TYPE to choose the driving method you want. 2.First off when you get into the race, you need to start your engine. Regardless whether you are using the keyboard, joystick or mouse, you need to press the [RET] key to start 'er up. What things do 1. The car starts out in automatic shifting, so only hit [A] if you want to turn it off. See controls above for manual shifting. 2. Cruise Control keeps your car constant, just like keeping the same pressure on the gas pedal in an actual car. Your car will keep the same speed, assuming you don't hit anything, step on the gas or hit the brake. 3.Nitrous Oxide is a gas that is fed into the car's engine giving it some extra power for a while. You've only got about 10 seconds of this juice, so use it wisely.Watch yourself since using this stuff too much can make your car explode. Difficulty levels Before your race begins, you can adjust your difficulty level by going to the main menu and selecting DIFFICULTY.You have three different levels of play here:Trainee, Rookie and Expert. Trainee-No opponents. It's just you,your car and the track. The object in the trainee mode is to beat the clock. You beat the clock, you get pole position when racing in the rookie and expert mode on that track. Rookie-Race against any or all of the three opponents. They won't have personalities,but they still drive well and are pretty tough. Expert-Pick any or all of the three other drivers, each of which will have their own personality. Again, the object is to beat the other three cars to the finish line. Select a course To choose a course, go to the main menu and select COURSES. For your first race, you should start out on the training oval, course #1. If you don't choose a course, it will automatically default to course #1. Skipping stunts If there are stunts in the course you are driving, don't skip them. You'll be docked time for each stunt you breeze by. Sounds kinda unfair, but what's the use of having stunts if you're going to skip them. Damage and repair Hitting other cars,poles,stunts,buildings or flying off a jump causes damage to your car. You can see how damaged you are by looking at the damage meter on the top of the screen. The more damage your car has the slower it goes and the worse the handling is. You can repair damage to your car by going to a garage piece (that is if the course you are on has one) and driving into an area between the building and the mehanics. Once you stop, the mechanics will start working on your car. On the screen, you'll see a bar slowly moving from right to left to indicate your damage being repaired. If you want to leave the garage before your car id totally fixed, just hit the accelerator. Recorder mode Ok, so you just finished a hot wreck or awesome jump. Wanna see it again? Check it out on the VCR. Equipped with the latest doo-dads, you can view the last few seconds of your race from any of the camera sites. Just hit [ESC] to go to the menu, then select REPLAY. There you are. Fluorescent display In the left corner of the VCR controls is a little black area. Here you've got the VCR mode indicator and the cassette status indicator. The other two things on the display are the digital counter and reset button. Track construction editor First off, from the main menu, select the option COURSES. Then at the subheading, select the option EDITOR. That's it. You will then be on the construction editor screen. Each new track requires a couple of things. First, each course must have a start/finish line. In addition, each course must be one continuous track, no loose ends. The editor will let you know if these two conditions are not met. Otherwise, go for it. Anything is possible within your imagination. Just place the different pieces anywhere and have fun with it. By the way, every piece has it's own time associated with it, which is how the computer gets its info about qualifying lap time in the rookie mode. Dustin' your buddies To play head-to-head, each player must have his or her own registered copy of stunt driver and either a null-modem serial cable or two compatible modems(at least 1200 baud each). You can purchase a null-modem cable at your local computer or electronics store. The differences between head-to-head play and regular play are quite numerous. First off, there are only two vehicles on the road, you and your competitor. In the element of fairness, both of you will be driving a Shelby Mustang; however, the color scheme on your opponent's car will be the reverse of your own. It is highly recommended to race on a track that has a garage. This way, when "friendly bumping" occours, one can make a pit stop conveniently without having to limp along for the remainder of the race. The player who selects CALL from the communication setup menu is the player that selects the track to race upon. The person who selects ANSWER will have no input on course selection. Fire 'er up To begin, go to the main menu and select OPTIONS. On the ensuing sub-menu, select HEAD TO HEAD. This will bring you to the communications setup menu. You can maneuver around this menu using either the mouse or the arrow keys and enter.