Thank you for trying out this demo of F1 2002. Whilst this is very much a work in progress demo and there is still a lot of tweaking, polishing and even a few features yet to be worked out in full with regards to the finished game, we hope you will enjoy what you find and appreciate the efforts that have gone into providing a pre-release insight to the final game.
Please note the following major features have been ommitted intentionally in order to reduce the size of the demo:
Driving School, Championship & Multiplayer Game Modes
All circuits except Australia, Albert Park WIP.
All teams/vehicles except Ferrari, McLaren, Williams & Sauber WIP.
Music.
Speech.
Movies.
Telemetry.
Replays.
Character Animation.
Also note that for a few features, Telemetry being a good example, we have left icons visible within the UI that will have no effect when you click on them. We decided to do this rather than remove all non-functional features/icons in order that you can see better the features that will be accessible and fully functional within the finished game.
For the latest information about EA SPORTS Formula One game's check out our product website at www.easportsf1.com
James Hawkins
Producer
MINIMUM SPECIFICATION
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In the event of any problems, ensure that your PC meets the minimum specification as stated below.
Operating System Microsoft Windows 98,ME,2000 or XP Pro/Home
Processor 400 Mhz or better Intel Pentium II or 100% Compatible
Memory 128 MB or better
Hard Drive Typical install requiring 500 MB free space.
CD/DVD Drive 4x or better
3D Accelerator 16 mb or better Direct X 8.1 compliant.
Sound Card Direct X 8.1 compliant.
Game Controllers Direct X 8.1 compliant.
Video cards that use the 3DFX chip (Voodoo brand etc.) no longer have support for DirectX libraries 8.0 and above. As F1 2002 requires DirectX 8.1 or higher you will not be able to run the F1 2002 Demo or indeed the final version of F1 2002 on these cards.
RECOMMENDED SPECIFICATION
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Operating System Microsoft Windows 98,ME,2000 or XP Pro/Home
Processor 500 Mhz or better Intel Pentium III or 100% Compatible
Memory 256 MB or better
Hard Drive Full install requiring 1 GB free space.
CD/DVD Drive 4x or better
3D Accelerator ATI RADEON Series
Matrox G400, G450 & G550
NVIDIA GeForce Series
NVIDIA GeForce 2 Series
NVIDIA GeForce 3 Series
NVIDIA GEFORCE 4 Series
POWER VR KYRO 2 Series
Sound Card Creative Labs Soundblaster Series
Game Controllers Act Labs Force RS Racing System (Wheel/Pedals).
Ball Racing Interactive Speed 7 (Wheel/Pedals)
Gravis Xterminator & Eliminator (Gamepads).
Logitech Momo Force (Wheel/Pedals) & Wingman Series (Gamepads Joysticks & Wheels/Pedals).
Microsoft Sidewinder Series (Gamepads, Joysticks and Wheels/Pedals).
Saitek R440 (Wheel/Pedals), Cyborg 3D Force & X-45 (Joysticks).
Thrustmaster 360 Modena (Wheel)
INSTALLATION
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The F1 2002 Demo will only install and run on machines installed with Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows 2000 or Windows XP.
1. Start your machine and wait for the Windows 98/ME/2000/XP operating system to load.
2. Place the F1 2002 Demo CD in the CD drive.
3. Browse the F1 2002 Demo directory and run either F1 2002 Demo.exe or Autorun.exe to begin the installation program.
4. The installation program adds a program group called EA SPORTS\F1 2002 Demo to your Start\Programs menu, and a shortcut to your desktop (optional). Click on this shortcut or alternatively click on the start button on your Windows task bar. Under Programs\EA SPORTS\F1 2002 Demo select F1 2002 Demo to play.
If using Microsoft Windows 2000, XP Pro/Home, you must have administrator rights in order to install and subsequently run F1 2002 Demo. If you have administrator rights, and wish to give a "limited user" administrator rights, you can do this in "Users" section of the Windows Control Panel.
DIRECTX
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This demo requires DirectX 8.1 or higher to be installed. This is not included with the F1 2002 demo in order to reduce size. If Direct X 8.1 is not included on the disk from which you received this demo on, it can be downloaded from Microsoft at: http://www.microsoft.com/directx/
DirectX8.1 and supported hardware
We recommend that F1 2002 Demo be run with DirectX compatible sound cards and video cards. While there is a chance that the F1 2002 Demo will run with non-DirectX compatible hardware, you may find that:
i) Sound quality suffers.
ii) The game runs slower.
iii) The game does not run at all.
If your sound card or video card does not support DirectX 8.1, please contact your hardware vendor.
UNINSTALL
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To uninstall the F1 2002 Demo go to Programs\EA SPORTS\F1 2002 Demo in the Start menu. Click on Uninstall F1 2002 Demo to proceed. Alternatively, click on the Start menu, select Settings and then Control Panel. Now find Add/Remove Programs and click to run. Scroll down the list until you see F1 2002 Demo, select it and click on Add/Remove to uninstall.
Note that is normal for any files created by players such as save games, replays, and vehicle setups to be left on your hard drive in the game folder after the uninstall process. Should you not wish to keep these files, simply delete them as you would normally delete files from your PC.
3DCONFIG
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For systems equipped with 3D video accelerators, it is highly recommended that the latest versions of all video drivers be obtained and installed.
A configuration utility called "3DConfig" is installed with F1 2002 Demo. When you install and play the game for the first time, "3DConfig automatically asks you to confirm the default selection, and normally users will find this selection satisfactory.
3DConfig is provided for the following unusual cases:
i) You have installed or removed video devices
ii) You have more than one supported 3D accelerator installed
iii) The default rendering interface has failed
3DConfig will test your system for the presence of supported video devices (this may be accompanied by a black screen flash on your monitor). When 3DConfig appears, click the OK button to select the default video device, or choose an alternative 3D accelerator and/or rendering resolution by clicking on it and then clicking OK. If an unsupported video device is detected you will be informed that this is the case.
DEFAULT CONTROLS
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ACCELERATE - A
BRAKE - Z
STEER LEFT - <
STEER RIGHT - >
REQUEST/CANCEL PITSTOP - S
LCD MODE - RETURN
LCD UP - UP ARROW
LCD DOWN - DOWN ARROW
LCD INCREASE - RIGHT ARROW
LCD DECREASE - LEFT ARROW
RPM LIMITER ON/OFF - L
LAUNCH CONTROL - /
TRACTION CONTROL OVERRIDE - O
BRAKE BIAS FORWARD - [
BRAKE BIAS REARWARD - ]
STEERING ASSISTANCE (OFF/LOW/HIGH) - F1
OPPOSITE LOCK ASSISTANCE (OFF/ON) - F2
BRAKING POINT ASSISTANCE (OFF/LOW/HIGH) - F3
STABILITY ASSISTANCE (OFF/LOW/HIGH) - F4
SPIN RECOVERY (OFF/LOW/HIGH) - F5
INVULNERABILITY (OFF/ON) - F6
AUTO SHIFTING (ON/OFF/UPSHIFTS/DOWNSHIFTS) - F7
TRACTION CONTROL (OFF/LOW/HIGH) - F8
ANTI-LOCK BRAKES (OFF/LOW/HIGH) - F9
PIT LANE ASSISTANCE (OFF/ON) - F10
CLUTCH ASSISTANCE (OFF/ON) - F11
PAUSE - P
RESTART RACE û Y
LOOK LEFT - V
LOOK RIGHT - N
LOOK BEHIND - B
COCKPIT CAMERAS - INSERT
ONBOARD CAMERAS - HOME
SWINGMAN CAMERAS - PAGE UP
PAN UP - KEYPAD 8
PAN DOWN - KEYPAD 2
ROTATE LEFT - KEYPAD 4
ROTATE RIGHT - KEYPAD 6
ZOOM IN - KEYPAD 9
ZOOM OUT û KEYPAD 7
CIRCUIT CAMERAS - PAGE DOWN
TOGGLE THROUGH VEHICLES AHEAD - KEYPAD +
TOGGLE THROUGH VEHICLES BEHIND - KEYPAD -
TROUBLE SHOOTING
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Users of video cards supporting the ATI Rage or Radeon chips may notice the mouse cursor flickering in the front end of the game. This is a known issue and the game will function normally apart from this.
When running the F1 2002 Demo we recommend that your video card setting in Windows Display Properties is set to 16 bit colour depth.
If you increase the settings of your display options and experience graphical problems and/or decreased performance and have the latest drivers, we recommend setting your Display options back to their defaults.
Users should also be aware that at resolutions above 800x600 the frame-rate may drop significantly, as such we do not recommend running the F1 2002 Demo in resolutions above 800x600 and/or with hardware features such as 4x anti-aliasing enabled (only really feasible on fast 64mb+ cards, eg NVIDIA GeForce 3) unless you have 256 MB of ram and your AGP aperture size set up correctly (a good place to start would be to set it to 128MB and then experiment to find the optimum setting for your PC).
Note: If your system has less memory than that specified for the aperture, AGP applications will run in available memory.
If you are unfamiliar with this terminology or are not confident in your ability to modify your AGP aperture size, we do not recommend you attempt this process. Due to the potential harm possible from incorrectly modifying settings in your BIOS, Electronic Arts Customer Support cannot be held responsible for any problems encountered from doing this and are unable to assist you in modifying this setting on your system.
While the F1 2002 demo has been tested on an extensive range of sound cards, and should work without problems - we have noticed issue's on some low end PC's (P2-400) and/or in some cases high end machines with V-Sync enabled where the intro and subsequent movies may slow down and/or stutter. This does not affect game play and can be bypassed by pressing <Escape> while the movie is playing.
Certain game controllers may not be detected consistently by your operating system. In any case that you are unable to get a certain game controller to function first check that the controller is reported to be OK under your operating system. If the controller is reported as OK then ensure that you have it selected under Options. If the controller still fails to respond once selected, enter the Controls page from Options and remap the controls for your device as described in the manual.
Not all visual or audio events are saved when replays are recording. Furthermore, viewing the same replay multiple times may lead to visual inaccuracies particularly with regards to damage.
If you have problems with saving and recording replays, it's possible that you will need to free up some hard drive space to accommodate the data saved as you play the game. For best performance, it is recommended that there is at least 500Mb free hard drive space available.
Regardless of the active player, all replay files (.VCR) are saved into the VCR directory where you have installed the game. If multiple players are playing on one machine, in order to avoid having a players replay files overwritten by other users you should ensure that you rename any files you wish to keep using the functionality provided from the Replays screen.
On some video cards, you may encounter problems using Windows multi-task keys (Alt-Tab etc.) to switch between the F1 2002 Demo and other active applications. This is because the F1 2002 Demo is highly demanding on video memory, therefore we strongly recommend against any form of Windows multi-tasking.
LEGALESE
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THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED AS IS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE WHICH ARE HEREBY DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT WILL ELECTRONIC ARTS BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES RESULTING FROM POSSESSION, USE, OR MALFUNCTION OF THIS ELECTRONIC ARTS SOFTWARE PRODUCT.
SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS AS TO HOW LONG AN IMPLIED WARRANTY LASTS AND/OR EXCLUSIONS OR LIMITATIONS OF INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES SO THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS AND/OR EXCLUSIONS OF LIABILITY MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. THIS WARRANTY GIVES YOU SPECIFIC RIGHTS, AND YOU MAY ALSO HAVE OTHER RIGHTS WHICH VARY FROM STATE TO STATE.
ELECTRONIC ARTS RESERVES THE RIGHT TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS IN THIS FILE AND TO THE SOFTWARE AT ANY TIME AND WITHOUT NOTICE.
THIS FILE AND THE SOFTWARE HEREWITH IS COPYRIGHTED. ALL RIGHTS ARE RESERVED. NO PART OF THIS FILE OR THE SOFTWARE MAY BE COPIED, REPRODUCED, TRANSLATED, OR REDUCED TO ANY ELECTRONIC MEDIUM OR MACHINE-READABLE FORM WITHOUT THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF ELECTRONIC ARTS, P.O. BOX 9025, REDWOOD CITY, CALIFORNIA 94063-9025, ATTN: CUSTOMER SUPPORT.
Software and documentation (c) 2002 Electronic Arts Inc. All rights reserved. Electronic Arts, the stylised "EA" design, EA SPORTS and the EA SPORTS logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Electronic Arts Inc. in the US and/or other countries. EA SPORTS(tm) is an Electronic Arts(tm) brand. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
"Formula One", "Formula 1", "F1" and "FIA Formula One World Championship" (together with their foreign translations and permutations) are trademarks of the Formula One group of companies. An official product of the FIA Formula One World Championship licensed by Formula One Administration Limited.
Uses Bink Video. Copyright (C) 1997-2002 by RAD Game Tools, Inc.
Uses Miles Sound System. Copyright (c) 1991-2002 by RAD Game Tools, Inc.
