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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