ANDRETTI RACING PC-CD DEMO For the latest information and updates check out the EA Sports web page at WWW.EASPORTS.COM This Andretti Racing demo contains only a handful of the features found in the full version. The complete Andretti Racing features Indy car and Stock car racing action on 16 different tracks, a Career mode that traverses as many complete seasons as you can endure, 2-8 player network action, and much more! Andretti Racing requires DirectX 5.0, available from http://www.microsoft.com. Older versions of DirectX will not work with this software. Andretti Racing is designed to run in the Windows 95 environment. You may experience difficulties when running this software under other operating systems. (Windows NT, etc.) Minimum System Requirements 133 MHz Processor 16MB RAM 2X CD-ROM DirectX 5.0 supported SVGA video card with 2MB RAM and DirectDraw compatable driver. DirectX 5.0 compatible sound card Recommended System Requirements 200 MHz Processor 32MB RAM 8X CD-ROM 4MB DirectX 5.0 supported SVGA video card with 4MB RAM and DirectDraw compatible driver. DirectX 5.0 supported sound card Gravis Gamepad Pro or Force Feedback controller One of the following supported Direct3d graphics accellerators. A 3-D Accelerator using 3Dfx Voodo Graphics or Voodo Rush chipset (Including, but not limited to: Diamond Monster 3D, Orchid Righteous 3D, Hercules Stingray 128 2D/3D, and Intergraph Intense 3D) A 3-D Accelerator using the NVIDIA Riva 128 chipset (Including, but not limited to: STB Velocity 128 and Diamond Viper 330.) GETTING STARTED * To begin the Andretti Racing Demo, open the folder where you unzipped the demo files and double-click the ANDRETTI.EXE file. (The default install folder is C:\Program Files\EA Sports\Andretti Racing Demo.) The Andretti Racing title screen appears. Press ENTER to continue to the Main menu. Main Menu * At the Main menu, click EXHIBITION RACE to continue. The Exhibition Race menu appears. Exhibition Race Menu * At the Exhibition Race menu, click SELECT TRACK to toggle between Kings Beach and Bridgeport, highlight RACE LENGTH and use the arrow keys left/right to decrease/increase the number of laps, then click TO EXHIBITION SETUP to continue. The Exhibition Setup menu appears. Exhibition Setup Menu * If you want to drive three practice laps to qualify for starting grid position, select QUALIFY. See Default Driving Controls below. Following the qualifying round, the Car Setup menu appears. * To get straight into a race, click RACE. You start at the back of the pack (in 16th position). See Default Driving Controls below. * To adjust your car before qualifying or racing, click CAR SETUPS. See Car Setup Menu below. * To view your Andretti Racing Win/Loss record, click VIEW RECORDS. * To enter your name for personalized races and records, click REGISTER. Note that in the DEMO version this information will not be saved. * To adjust game options and modify controls, click OPTIONS. See Options Menu below. Car Setup Menu * To toggle Automatic/Manual Transmission, click AUTO/MANUAL TRANS. To customize all other Car Setup options, highlight the option and use the arrow keys left/right to adjust. Options Menu * To customize sound options, click SET SOUND, then click each option's box to insert a check mark (on) or leave it blank (off). * To toggle MPH/KPH, Damage LTD/ON/OFF, Equipment Failure OFF/ON, and Pit Mistakes OFF/ON, click the appropriate option. * To calibrate your controller, click SET CONTROLS, then choose your controller, click an action, and press the button/pedal you want to assign to that action. You can save and load configurations from this screen as well. Note that you may want to turn any "Rudder On/Off" settings to the OFF position in the control panel when using a Joystick. * The release version of ANDRETTI RACING will display a photo of the detected input device in the Controller Setup screen; to save space a single image of each type of controller with the text "Generic" has replaced this custom recognition. * To customize graphic options, click SET GRAPHICS, then click the circles to choose the appropriate levels for optimum gameplay speed on your system. Hardware Acceleration is available only if you video card features a supported 3D accelerator chipset. DEFAULT DRIVING CONTROLS ACTION KEYBOARD GAMEPAD PRO THRUSTMASTER Accelerate A Button 2 Gas Pedal Brake Z Button 1 Brake Pedal Steer left/right D-Pad Steering Wheel Change view V Button 4 Button 3 Look G/J Button 5/6 - Look behind H Button 3 Button 4 Shift Up/Down W/Q Button 7/8 Button 2/1 Pause P START Keyboard "P" IN THE PITS ACTION KEYBOARD Highlight service Arrow Keys up/down Check/Cancel fuel and tires ENTER Decrease/Increase downforce Arrow Keys left/right TROUBLESHOOTING: PROBLEMS WITH HARDWARE General Video and Sound Problems If you are experiencing crashes to the desktop or lockups, check to make sure all of your drivers are up to date and DirectX certified. DirectX is the interface that Windows 95 uses to run games. In order to play a game on a system you need to have DirectX compliant drivers for your audio and video cards. If a driver is CERTIFIED, that driver has been tested and verified to work with the DirectX interface. If a driver shows NO HARDWARE SUPPORT, that driver is not a DirectX compliant driver. In this case, DirectX will deal with the device the best it can, but it is unpredictable as to whether or not the device will be stable. It is common in this situation for a game to work for a few times, and then quit working for no apparent reason. If a driver shows NO HARDWARE SUPPORT, the best course of action is to contact either the manufacturer of the computer or the device (audio or video) in regard to obtaining the latest driver. Some drivers may have a blank space in the certification column, this means that the driver has been detected as a DirectX driver, but it was not tested and certified at the time that this particular version of DirectX was released. This is common on newer systems and systems that have newer drivers than what shipped with that particular version of DirectX. A blank space is often a good thing, but you cannot verify whether or not the driver is stable. If your drivers are not certified by DirectX you may contact the manufacturer of your computer for DirectX compatible drivers. Direct 3D Problems Currently only the 3Dfx and NVIDIA chipsets are fully supported. Please be sure to download the current drivers from the vendor homepages. Although this game uses 3D acceleration for enhanced graphics and gameplay, there are some 3D cards which are not supported by Andretti Racing. (Some cards support all of the independent hardware features which Andretti Racing takes advantage of, but not all of the features at the same time.) Cards which do not support these features simultaneously will not enable the "Hardware Acceleration" portion in the Graphic Options menu. If you experience corrupted graphics with the Hardware Acceleration enabled, first try disabling the Lens Flare and Fog effects. If you experience crashes to the desktop or corrupted gauges or game text when starting a race (not in the front end menus), then try turning off the Hardware Acceleration in the Options Menu before running the race. If you experience a white screen while racing, this may be due to the lens flare feature (some cards do not fully support alpha blending; a feature necessary for the lens flare feature). Try turning it off by pressing F4 in the race or by turning it OFF in the Options Menu. Audio Problems Most audio problems we encountered resulted from uncertified DirectX drivers. Please contact your computer or sound card manufacturer for updated drivers for your sound card. Joysticks/Controllers If you experience problems with your joystick, make sure that you calibrate it in Windows first, and then again inside the game in the Controller Setup menu. Disk Compression Utilities Disk compression of any kind may result in substantially increased load times. We cannot guarantee the compatibility of Andretti Racing with disk compression utilities. Screen/Power Saving Utilities These types of utilities may interfere with your systems' performance, please disable them before playing Andretti Racing. The Andretti Racing team would like to thank the EASM Compatibility Technicians: Jesse Abney Nathan Cummins Chris Lamb