Race Driver Readme.txt 12th Feb 2003

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Contact info

www.codemasters.com


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About this demo
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Current code is only 80% complete and in no way reflects the quality of the final product.

This document contains information relating to general problems or questions you may have regarding the demo or the set up of your computer.

The demo includes one test drive at Brands Hatch in the Proton Satria and a race at Adelaide in a Ford Falcon agaist a full field of V8 Supercars.


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Minimum system requirements
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Processor Pentium 3 700mhz / Athlon 700mhz
RAM 128Mb
Graphics Card Rage 128 32Mb / TNT2 32Mb / G400 32Mb
Sound Card SoundBlaster compatible
Operating System Windows 98, ME, 2000 or XP
DirectX DirectX 8.1b


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Recommended system requirements
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Processor Pentium 4 2ghz / AthlonXP 2000+
RAM 512Mb
Graphics Card GeForce 3 Ti 500 64mb
Sound Card SoundBlaster Audigy
Operating System Windows XP
DirectX DirectX 8.1b


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Installation
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Place the Race Driver disc in your CD drive and close the disc tray. Wait a few seconds for the drive to initialise. If you have Autorun enabled on your PC, Race Driver will automatically begin to install.

If you don’t have Autorun enabled, go to the Start Menu and select RUN. Type D:\setup (replace ‘D’ with the drive letter of your CD) and hit [ENTER]. The installation program will initialise; follow the on-screen instructions to progress through the Installation.

Race Driver requires the presence of DirectX 8.1b on your system. You will be given an option to set up DirectX 8.1b during installation.

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Creative’s EAX Advanced HD™ in Race Driver

Race Driver uses Creative Labs’ EAX Advanced HD™ Environmental Audio technology to accurately simulate sonic effects such as early reflections and reverberation. The EAX acoustic models are dynamically modified as your car hurtles round the track, providing the most realistic audio experience of any racing game. EAX Advanced HD™ effects sound best on systems with Creative’s SoundBlaster Audigy and Audigy2 soundcards.

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Game options

1) Simulation mode controls

Simulation mode provides a more physically accurate mechanics model. This can be enabled by entering the bonus code 'SIM' on the bonus screen. This is not recommended for digital controllers, for example the keyboard, as they do not provide the subtlety required to be able to control the car well.

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Configuration

1) Controls

Controls for Race Driver can be set in the front end. The default controls are:

Steer Left Left arrow
Steer Right Right arrow
Accelerate Up arrow
Brake Down arrow
Gear Up A
Gear Down Z
Handbrake Space
Show damage Right CTRL
Look Left ,
Look Right .
Look behind Right Shift
Change camera C


2) 5.1 Surround sound balancing

We have found some surround sound cards to be overly quiet in the central
speaker. Race Driver can be set up to adjust the relative sound balance of the centre speaker by modifying the following parameter in the
pchardwareconfig.ini, which is located in the same directory as the RaceDriver exe file.

CenterSpeakerVolumeBoost=0.000000

This parameter can range from 0.000000 (normal) through to 1.000000 (no sound from any speaker other than the centre). We found a value of 0.8719 worked for our problem soundcard.


3) Surround Gaming on Matrox Parhelia

Race Driver supports the Surround Gaming resolutions on the Matrox Parhelia card. Simply select your desired resolution from the Hardware Setup program and save the settings before running the game.


4) Flickering display on Matrox Parhelia

If you run the game in 32-bit on the Matrox Parhelia, you may experience a
rapid flickering caused by the sun specular highlight on the road. In order to stop this happening, edit your pchardwareconfig.ini and ensure that alpha effects are disabled with the line:

EnableAlphaEffects=0

(by default this value will be set to 1)




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Supported Graphics Cards
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3dfx Voodoo4 4500 AGP 32mb
3dfx Voodoo5 5500 AGP 64mb
ATI Radeon 32mb AGP
ATI Radeon 32mb DDR AGP
ATI Radeon 64mb DDR AGP
ATI Radeon 7500 64mb DDR
ATI Radeon 8500 64mb DDR
ATI Radeon 9500 DDR
ATI Radeon 9700 128mb DDR
ATI Rage 128 32mb AGP
Matrox G400 32mb AGP
Matrox G400 DualHead 32mb AGP
Matrox G450 DualHead 32mb AGP
Matrox G550 DualHead 32mb DDR AGP
Matrox Parhelia 128Mb DDR AGP
Nvidia GeForce 256 32mb AGP
Nvidia GeForce DDR 32mb AGP
Nvidia GeForce2 GTS 32mb AGP
Nvidia GeForce2 MX 32mb AGP
Nvidia GeForce2 Ultra 64mb
Nvidia GeForce3 64mb DDR
Nvidia GeForce3 TI200 64MB DDR
Nvidia GeForce3 TI500 64MB DDR
Nvidia GeForce4 MX 420
Nvidia GeForce4 MX 440
Nvidia GeForce4 MX 460
Nvidia GeForce4 TI4200 64Mb
Nvidia GeForce4 TI4200 128Mb
Nvidia GeForce4 TI4400 128Mb
Nvidia GeForce4 TI4600 128Mb
Nvidia nForce
Nvidia Quadro 64mb AGP
Nvidia Riva TNT II 32mb AGP
Nvidia Riva TNT II m64 32mb AGP
Nvidia Riva TNT II Ultra 32mb AGP
SiS Xabre 64mb AGP


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Known Issues

Game Saving does not work when user has only guest privileges in Windows 2000 or XP Please ensure that there are sufficient privileges as to allow write access to the "save" folder (in the directory where Race Driver is installed).

Game frame rate may be erratic if EAX is enabled when using Creative's drivers prior to March 2003. If you experience this problem, disable EAX in the game options menu, or obtain newer drivers when they become available.

On Windows 2000 and XP, the game may lose focus when started from the "Save and Play" button in the hardware setup. If this happens the game will minimise, and you can continue to play by clicking on it in the task bar.

The hardware setup program may choose unsuitable default settings on systems that have more than one display adapter (graphics card). If this happens, the setting can be changed manually in the 'advanced settings' section.

Very low frame rates will reduce the controller responsiveness, reduce detail settings to remedy this.

Stuttering frame rate when a controller is unplugged.
If you normally have a controller plugged in to your pc, but have recently
unplugged it then you may experience bad stuttering of the frame rate in the game. This may be caused by Windows trying to find the unplugged controller. If you experience this problem, please ensure that you also remove the drivers of any unplugged controllers prior to running the game.

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