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- FAST LANE
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- PLAYING "FAST LANE"
- The object of the game is ultimately to win the C1 racing driver's World
- Championship Title, by competing in races at nine different circuits around the
- world.
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- HOW TO PLAY
- When the game is started you can choose whether to enter a Championship
- race,or just to practice first on the appropriate circuit. If you choose to
- PRACTICE on a circuit you can choose which circuit to practice on, how long to
- practice for and which driver from Spice Engineering's team you want to put
- behind the wheel.
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- If you choose to "Start Championship" you will first choose a driver and
- then race on the first circuit in the championship and thereafter on all the
- other circuits in a set order. (See VENUES").
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- Before entering each race in the championship or practicing a circuit, you
- will enter the pits to set up your car. Note that this is just the initial set
- up and that you will be able to pull into the pits at any time during the game,
- except when qualilfying, to re-adjust any of the set up parameters. (See
- "PITS").
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- If you are competing in the championship, before each race you will have to
- qualify in order to get a good position on the starting grid. You do this by
- completing three laps of the current circuit. The quickest lap time of these
- three laps will then be used to as your qualifying time, and you will be placed
- on the starting grid accordingly. Each circuit has its own set of best
- qualifying times. (See "CHAMPIONSHIP OPTIONS").
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- VENUES
- At the start of the championship a list of circuits will be displayed. The
- order in which they appear on the screen will be the order in which you compete
- on them. Pressing "SPACE" will cycle through the circuit maps and dates and
- pressing "FIRE" will set the championship.
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- CHAMPIONSHIP OPTIONS
- Before each championship race begins, and options page with the following
- options will appear:
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- 1.Race information-choosing this option will give you information on the race
- about to begin. Details such as circuit length, number of entrants, etc ,will
- be shown.
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- 2.Driver Data-choosing this option will give you information on the driver you
- have chosen to sit behind the wheel.
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- 3.Enter race-Choose this option to actually enter the race!
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- 4.C1 car specs-choosing this option will give you the car specification for the
- C1 Spice car you are driving.
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- 5.Drivers championship table-this option gives you the current drivers placings
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- in the championship. Note that this table is only for races already run and
- does not include the one about to begin.
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- PITS
- When the "PITS" icon starts flashing on the screen (not in the qualifying
- section), it means that the pit lane and pits will soon appear on the left hand
- side of the track. To pull into the pits turn onto the black pit lane, stop the
- car and turn off the engine. You will then be in the pits.
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- While you are in the pits, you can choose whether to adjust/repair a part
- of a system (each having a damage status underneath),by choosing one of the
- icons at the bottom of the screen, these icons represent:
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- 1. Tires-replace a wheel or select a tire type.
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- 2. Gearbox-replace the gearbox/clutch etc.(this option is not available on
- initial set up).
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- 3. Suspension-replace a strut or change the suspension setting.
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- 4. Brakes-replace the disc or change the brake bias-front/rear.
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- 5. Bodywork-replace a body panel or adjust the spoiler angles.
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- 6. Engine-tune up the engine or replace the battery etc. (this option is not
- available on initial set up).
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- Each menu system is made up of three or more sub-systems, and each will
- have its own individual damage factor. It is advisable to replace any
- sub-system if it is more than 65% damaged.
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- Pressing "ESC" from any part of the sub-menus will return you to the
- main icon screen. Pressing "space" on this screen will give you a "Current
- System Set Up", which is a list of which tires you have got on the car, spoiler
- angles etc. Press "space to return to the icon screen.
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- Pressing "ESC" while on the icon screen will let you fill up the car
- with fuel etc and "ESC" will take you out of the pits.
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- Note that the race is run in real time and so if you come in for repairs
- or fuel etc during the race you may lose one or more positions if you take too
- long on your pit stop. So quick pit stops may be essential depending upon your
- position in the race.
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- GAME CONTROLS (ON CIRCUIT)
- You will need a Joystick connected.
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- The car has five gears ( + neutral ) and has a maximum speed of 182 mph.
- Pressing "fire" when speeding up will change you up a gear, whilst pressing
- "fire" when slowing down will change you down a gear.
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- ACCELERATE
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- STEER LEFT _ _ _ _ _ | _ _ _ _ _ STEER RIGHT
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- BRAKE
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- KEYBOARD CONTROLS (ON CIRCUIT)
- P - Electrics on/off
- Q - Main fuel tank select
- A - Reserve fuel tank select
- I - Ignition on/off
- S - Starter motor on/off
- R - Request systems report
- L - Lights on/off
- SPACE - show current positions (in race only)
- F1 - pause mode
- HELP - display these keys with status on screen
- ESC - quit race / qualify / practice session
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- NOTE:
- At the start of a practice session you will have to go through a
- start up sequence, as in the real race cars, to get the car going. The
- correct sequence is as follows:
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- 1 . Electrics on (P)
- 2 . Fuel select (Q or A)
- 3 . Ignition on (I)
- 4 . Starter motor on (S)
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- This sequence is done automatically in the main race.
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- STALLING
- If you stall the car ("STALL" appears near the steering wheel),
- by going too slow in too high a gear, you can re-start the car by turning
- the starter back on provided all other systems are set correctly.
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- CRASHING
- Going too far off the side of the circuit will cause a crash. This
- does a lot of damage to the car and it is advised you request a systems
- report after the crash to determine whether attention is needed in the pits.
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