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- ║ GRAND PRIX MANAGEMENT GAME (c) HOLE IN THE WALL 1989 ║
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- ****a shareware release****
- The aim of the game is to win the constructors' championship.
- This can be achieved by observing the following axioms:
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- 1: Get a good driver
- 2: Make a good car
- 3: Treat your staff well
- 4: Notice what other teams are doing
- 5: Heed your chief mechanic and designer
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- THE CLOSE SEASON
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- This is the time when you attend to your finances to enable you to construct a
- competetive car. You will not be allowed to exit the close season until your
- available funds are sufficient to cover basic costs for construction and races.
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- LOANS are available from the bank, but if this isn't enough then visit the
- MONEY LENDERS, who will give you just enough to see you through (at a 100%
- interest). Be reasonable. Spending too much money will result in bankrupcy.
- Money can also be collected from your SPONSORS. Normally they will pay you on
- the basis of your previous season's achievements.
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- SALARIES: These can be fixed according to how much money you have and how
- generous you are feeling.Salaries paid to "general staff" are paid as a lump
- sum (it is assumed that they are required only for a short period of time),
- whereas salaries paid to your mechanics are paid 16 times (once per race). Try
- to remember that money is a great incentive for making people work hard.
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- RESEARCH: This covers minimum transportation costs and various testing costs.
- The more you spend the more testing can be executed on your new car, which
- should make it more reliable.
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- DRIVERS: Obviously you need a driver. You can, if you can afford it, have two.
- You cannot purchase a driver who is already attatched to another team, but any
- of the others (you can choose from 50) are available for whatever their asking
- price.
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- HIRE AND FIRE STAFF: More general staff will create better opportunities for,
- among other things, finding a quality Chief mechanic or Chief designer, helping
- in the actual construction of the car(s), various forms of financing and
- maketing.More mechanics simply means less time in the pits. The Chief mechanic
- will be responsible for acquiring new parts and ensuring that all is well with
- the existing ones. The Chief Designer does a similar job, but his concern is
- with the bodywork.
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- ENGINE: The various engines are: Judd, Ford Cosworth, Honda, Renault and
- Ferrari. Ferrari engines are used exclusively by the Ferrari team, but any of
- the others can be bought at the prices listed. It is up to you to discover
- whether cost has anything to do with efficiency.
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- CAR: You can make either one or two. If you have two drivers you must make two
- cars, otherwise be satisfied with one.
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- MATERIALS: It is wise to spend extravagently on materials since they will
- partly determine the final quality of your car. If you spend too little you may
- find yourself making all sorts of repairs just to maintain the car's level of
- performance, rather than readjustments to improve it.
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- QUALIFYING
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- Qualifying occurs before every race. It determines the grid positions and the
- unfortunate handful who are too slow to get into the race itself. To qualify
- you must finish in the top 26.
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- Qualifying takes place in four groups, starting fifteen minutes apart, each of
- which drives as fast as possible for an hour. Their best individual lap time is
- their qualifying time. It is often necessary to go into the pits to have slight
- readjustments made. Any time in the pits is deducted from your hour of qualify-
- ing time.
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- Press F8 to dramatically speed up the display time.
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- THE RACE
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- The top six cars are constantly visible in the top left of the screen. The top
- right contains a lap counter and a few race statistics. The middle of the
- screen is reserved for important information received during the course of the
- race: e.g. weather conditions, pit stops, cars pulling out of the race. The
- bottom of the screen contains uptodate information on your driver(s).
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- To review the grid position press F1. F2 gives current times for all 26
- starters for the previous lap. F3 will show both driver and team rankings as
- they currently stood before the race began. F4 shows how much prize money is on
- offer and any sponsorship bonuses.
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- It is possible to toggle between the graphics display and the text display at
- any time during the race. Choose whichever you prefer.
-
- To QUIT the game at any time press F10.
- Load and save options are only available in the full version (only £10!)
-
- A FEW TIPS:
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- When you are accosted by your designer or mechanic to change something,
- consider carefully what may result. If your car is obviously inferior to the
- top teams then you don't have much to lose. If your car is performing well,
- however, your interference could actually make it worse.
-
- Research is the single most important thing to spend lots of money on.
- The number of mechanics you have is not particularly important. All they can do
- is make your pit stops shorter, but 70% of pit stops herald your car going out
- the race, anyway.
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- Remember to collect your sponsorship money by selecting the appropriate
- function key. It's assumed you have none until you do so!
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- Good chief designers and chief mechanics are as important as good drivers.
- Getting one is dependent on your previous season's score and salaries paid to
- your staff.
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- If your sponsorship money for the new season is insufficient to cover any debts
- then it's curtains for you. Best to avoid big loans or any loan from a money
- lender.
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- You may find it easier to move from race to race by pressing the spacebar.
-
- In this version you can only play 3 seasons. The full version offers play for
- unlimited seasons.
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- ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
- ║ GRAND PRIX MANAGEMENT GAME (c) HOLE IN THE WALL 1989 ║
- ╚═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝