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- TrAdErS DrEaM Presents
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- FuLL DocS FoR POWER DRIVE
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- Typed by FROSTY
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- SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
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- CBM AMIGA: A500,A500+,A600,A1200
- *1 MB RAM (0.5 MB CHIP MEM, 0.5 MB FAST MEM
- *JOYSTICK
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- Start your engines...
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- The power drive world championship comprises 48 individual stages in eight
- countries. Each round is characterised by varied racing conditions to test
- your driving ability to the limit.
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- ROUND 1 ROUND 5
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- Location: Monte Carlo Loaction: Arizona
- Climate : Mainly dry, some rain Climate : Hot/dry
- Track : Asphalt Track : Gravel/sand
- Terrain : Rocky mountain road Terrain : Rocky road/dessert
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- ROUND 2 ROUND 6
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- Location: Kenya Location: Finland
- Climate : Hot/dry, some rain Climate : Cool/dry
- Track : Asphalt/Sandy gravel Track : Asphult
- Terrain : Desert (Occasional Oasis) Terrain : Forest/lake regions
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- ROUND 3 ROUND 7
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- Location: Sweeden Location: Australia
- Climate : Ice/snow Climate : Hot/humid
- Track : Gravel Track : Sand/gravel
- Terrain : Forest trail Terrain : Bush/forest trail
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- ROUND 4 ROUND 8
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- Location: Corsica Location: Great Britain
- Climate : Dry Climate : Dry/cold/wet/ice
- Track : Asphalt Track : Gravel
- Terrain : Rocky Mountain road Terrain : Forest trail
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- You will race in special stages (time trials), rally cross and skill
- tests around the world to measure your versatilily behind the wheel.
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- SPECIAL STAGE
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- Race against the clock along a predertermined route from A to B
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- RALLY CROSS
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- Hazardous circuits against obstructive computer-controlled opponents
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- SKILL TEST
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- Specially designed courses to test your driving skills. Complete specified
- manoeuvres without incurring penalties.
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- THE CHALLENGE
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- Your ultimate challenge is to complete the entiree championships driving
- the most powerful group 1 car. Before starting out you will be given enough
- funds to buy a group N car. By consistently finishing events to boost your
- funds, you can trade-in for an upgraded model, but you will needd to save
- some for entry fees and vehicle mainttenance.
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- LANGUAGE SELECTION
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- Choose English, French, German, Spanish in-game txt and press any button
- to activate
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- MAIN MENU
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- Move UP/DOWN to select options and then press ACCELERATE to ativate.
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- CONTROLS
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- Directional: The car moves in the direction pressed on the controller.
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- ROTATIONAL: use LEFT/RIGHT to steer car.
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- JOYSTICK (KEYBOARD) CONTROLS
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- Button 1 BRAKE (enter)
- Button 2 ACCELERATE (insert)
- SPACE BAR
- toggles FOWARD & REVERSE gears (reverse only available from low foward gear)
- F3 PAUSE (press F3 again to continue)
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- CBM AMIGA
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- JOYSTICK CONTROLS:
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- Fire ACCELERATE
- Down BRAKE
- Space Bar toggles as above
- P PAUSE (Press p again to continue
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- PENDULUM TURN
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- On a tight bend steer away from the corner and the turn into it at the
- critical point. The back end of your car will swing out as the rear wheels
- lose grip, allowing you to keep up maximum revs. This method requires a lot
- of practice to pefect.
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- HANDBRAKE TURN
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- At a hairpin corner, brake as you turn into the curve. All four wheels will
- lose grip and you should skid around the hairpin on the best possible line.
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- POWERSLIDE
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- Skid around series of tight or fast corners by steering sharply into each
- bend (like a pendulum turn without steering out).
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- PASSWORD
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- In a one-player mode you will be given a password at the end of the stage
- in each round. If your password is illegal you will return to the MAIN MENU.
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- PRACTICE.
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- It is recommended that tou fine tune your driving skills on the practice
- track before starting the first race.
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- Move left/right to pick a course (day, night, or snow/ice) and a car and
- press ACCELERATATE to confirm. When you feel good enough to go on (there is
- no time limit) stop the car in the exit box at the bottom of the right hand
- track or press ESC.
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- OPTIONS
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- Music ON/OFF
- Sound Fx ON/OFF
- Guides ON/OFF
- Players 1-8
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- ONE PLAYER GAME
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- During the standard one player game, if you fail to make the quilification
- time for the event you will not proceed to the next stage. If you dont
- qualify, keep trying intil you either make the grade or run out of funds.
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- MULTI PLAYER GAME
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- Complete against your friends for the championship title. Unlike the one
- player game, failure to quilify doesent stop you racing in the next round,
- but you will not pick up any points or prize money for that stage.
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- POINTS ARE AWARDED AS FOLLOWS
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- 1ST 5
- 2ND 4
- 3RD 3
- 4TH 2
- 5TH 1
- 6TH 0
- FAIL 0
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- Note: the password option is not availible in muti-player node.
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- THE CARS
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- Six cars are availible, from three competion classes. Each handles
- differently cornering road holding ect and higher class vehicles are more
- expensive to maintain.
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- GROUP N
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- Mini cooper s
- Fiat Cinquecento turbo
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- GROUP 2
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- Vauxhall Astra 16V GTI
- Renault Clio Williams
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- GROUP 1
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- Ford Escort Cosworth
- Toyota Celica
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- SELECTING YOUR FIRST CAR
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- You start off with 28,000 enough to buy a group N car. Move left/right to
- toggle between the mini and the fiat, and up/down to change the body colour.
- When you are satisfied, press ACCELERATE to purchase your car.
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- DAMAGE
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- Rally cars are tough but rally tracks are tougher. Damage is sustained when
- you crash or drive recklessly, causing of your car to deteriorate. You can
- make repairs at the end of each stage if you have enough funds
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- DAMAGE REPAIRS
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- To maintain your car , move up/down to choose a component and press
- ACCELERATE to parttially repair. To repair in full press SPACE BAR. When you
- are happy with the condition of your car or you are out of funds move the
- repair indicator to complete your component check.
- Note: the state of your vehicle will affect its perfomance, so it is
- advisable to keep your car in prime condition if funds are avalible.
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- UPGRADING YOUR CAR
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- If you save enough funds you can upgrade your car: Group 2 cars can be brough
- from round 3, group 1 cars can be brough from round 6. When you have
- sufficent funds select/purchase new car will apear on the damage repair
- screen. If you wish to buy a new car move to this option and press fire.
- Choose your new car by the same procedure used to select your first and
- press ACCELERATE to continue.
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- LOCATION
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- Before each race you are presented with a location screen, displaying
- weather conditions, day/night and the enterance fee. If you dont have
- enough funds to cover the fee, your game is over and you will return to
- the main menu. If you do have sufficent funds, press ACCELERATE to start
- the race.
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- PICK UPS
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- Pick ups are randomly placed around each course, to be collected by
- driving over them.
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- MONEY
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- Increase your funds by 250
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- NITROUS
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- Temporary speed boost
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- TIME
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- Five second clock freeze
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- PENALTIES
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- Hitting a cone incures a time penalty you have been warned
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- WEATHER AND VISIBILLITY
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- Climatic conditions and the time of day vary dramatically from race to race
- affecting car handling and speed. You will need to take note of these
- conditions and adjust your driving accordingly.
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- STAGE RESULTS
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- At the end of each course the stage results screen will be displayed.
- Prize money is awarded when you qualify, plus bonuses if you break the
- course record or beat the computer-controlled car on rally cross sections.
- When you have revelled in the glory for a while press ACCELERATE to move on
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- THE CHEQUERED FLAG
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- If you go all the way and win all the 48 stages you will be crowned power
- drive world champion.
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- END.
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