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- CART Precision Racing Trial Version Readme
- October 1997
- (c) Copyright 1997 Microsoft Corporation.
-
- This document contains important information specific to the Trial
- Version of CART Precision Racing.
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- NOTE: To read this file in Notepad, click Word Wrap on the Edit Menu.
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- OTHER SOURCES OF INFORMATION ON THE TRIAL VERSION OF
- CART PRECISION RACING:
-
- Gameplay Help, the online Help system for CART Precision Racing,
- includes a topic called "Notes on the Trial Version of CART Precision
- Racing" that details the differences between the trial version and
- the retail version of CART Precision Racing.
-
- Printme.txt (file can be found in the location where you installed
- the Trial Version of CART Precision Racing) includes a list of
- keyboard shortcuts you can use while playing the game.
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- Table of Contents
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-
- 1. Notes on Late-Breaking Features
- 1.1. Improving frame rate
- 1.2. Adjusting forward visibility (CTRL+F and CTRL+H)
- 1.3. Turning on pit stops
- 1.4. Displaying MPH and KPH on the HUD display
- 1.5. Car setups for each track
- 1.6. Changing the font used to display text in simulation
- 2. General Notes and Troubleshooting
- 2.1. 3D accelerator card improves look and speed of game
- 2.2. Race start position is different from Qualifying results
- 2.3. Default race length is 5 percent of real-world race
- 2.4. Default number of drivers in race depends on your
- microprocessor
- 2.5. Limit length of install path
- 2.6. Printing Racing School topics
- 2.7. Formatting problems in Racing School, Track Info,
- and Driver Info
- 2.8. Windows NT 4.0 and Racing School videos
- 2.9. Windows NT 4.0: Trouble switching between full-screen and
- windowed modes
- 3. Controller Configuration Notes and Troubleshooting
- 3.1. ThrustMaster NASCAR (R) Pro Racing Wheel
- (outside U.S., ThrustMaster Formula One Racing Wheel)
- 3.2. ThrustMaster Formula T1 and T2
- 3.3. ThrustMaster Grand Prix 1
- 3.4. CH Products Pro
- 3.5. Using multiple game devices
- 3.6. "The selected control type could not be found..." message
- 4. DirectX 5.0 Notes and Troubleshooting
- 4.1. System appears to stop responding when installing
- DirectX 5.0
- 4.2. CYRIX computer installation notes
- 5. Video Adapter Notes and Troubleshooting
- 5.1. List of video adapters with known issues
- 5.2. Distorted sky when switching between full-screen and
- windowed modes
- 5.3. Top one-third of screen looks OK, other areas incorrectly
- painted
- 6. Audio Notes and Troubleshooting
- 6.1. List of sound cards with known issues
- 6.2. Windows NT 4.0 sound issues
- 6.3. Windows power saving/power management sound issues
- 7. Multiplayer Notes and Troubleshooting
- 7.1. Synchronization problems pausing a multiplayer game
- 7.2. Realism settings match host's after multiplayer session
- 7.3. Multiplayer races: Quit all other programs before starting
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- 1. Notes on Late-Breaking Features
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- 1.1. Improving frame rate.
- While you are driving, press LEFT BRACKET ([) to reduce the size of
- the simulation window and improve frame rate. Press RIGHT BRACKET (])
- to increase the size of the simulation window.
-
- 1.2. Adjusting forward visibility (CTRL+F and CTRL+H)
- While you are driving, press CTRL+F to increase the distance you can
- see in front of you. This reduces the "popping" effect, where
- billboards, flag stands, and other scenery objects in your forward
- field of view appear to suddenly "pop" into view. If the game runs
- too slowly as you increase the distance, reduce the distance by
- pressing CTRL-H.
-
- 1.3. Turning on pit stops.
- All pit stop settings are automatically turned off by default. To
- turn on pit stops, click Realism on the Options menu, and then click
- Pit Stops. With Pit Stops turned on, you can also choose to turn on
- realistic fuel consumption, tire wear, and crash damage. When you
- select these items in the Realism dialog box, you can choose to add
- fuel, replace tires, and repair damage on the Pit Stop menu whenever
- you drive into the pits. Also, with Pit Stops turned on, you can
- press X to turn Crash Damage on and off while you are driving. If you
- sustain damage on the track and then press X to turn Crash Damage off,
- your car will be repaired instantly without you having to drive into
- the pits.
-
- 1.4. Displaying MPH and KPH on HUD display.
- While you are in cockpit view, press D to display the HUD, and then
- press E and then C to display your current speed in MPH (miles per
- hour) above the HUD display. Press E and then C again to display
- your current speed in KPH (kilometers per hour).To turn off this
- MPH/KPH display, press E and then C again.
-
- 1.5. Car setups for each track.
- In addition to the default car setups for each track type (ovals,
- superspeedways, road courses, and street circuits), CART Precision
- Racing also includes sample car setups for each individual track.
- File names include the name of the track (i.e., Miami sample), and
- the files are included in the Current Settings list on the Garage
- screen. They are included in the Garage folder in the location where
- you installed the game.
-
- 1.6. Changing the font used to display text in simulation.
- The default font used for text display in the simulation is used for
- optimal speed. By making a change to your Cart.ini file,
- you can change the display font to Arial, which may look smoother.
- To change the font used in the simulation, open Cart.ini (file
- located in the system folder in the location where you installed
- CART Precision Racing). Search for each of the following items and
- set its value to 1: useOSFonts, useOSFontNormal, useOSFontLarge, and
- useOSFontOverlay. Save and close the file. If the game runs
- dramatically slower after making this change, reset these values to 0.
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- 2. General Notes and Troubleshooting
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- 2.1. 3D accelerator card improves look and speed of game.
- Purchasing a 3D accelerator card (3DFX or better) is the single best
- way to improve the speed and look of CART Precision Racing.
-
- 2.2. Race start position is different from Qualifying results.
- When participating in a single race weekend, you can choose to race in
- one or both of the qualifying sessions (Friday Qualifying and Saturday
- Qualifying). If you do not race in either qualifying session, your
- grid position for the Sunday race is determined by the 1997 qualifying
- time of the real-world driver whose car you are driving. If you race
- in only one qualifying session, your results are compared to the
- real-world driver's for the session you didn't drive, and the better of
- the two qualifying results determines your grid position for the Sunday
- Race. For example, if you choose participate in only the Saturday
- qualifying session and the real-world driver's recorded time for Friday
- Qualifying is better, the Friday result will be used to determine your
- Sunday Race start position. To view the 1997 real-world grid positions
- for each race, click Track Info on the Tracks screen.
-
- 2.3. Default race length is 5 percent of real-world race.
- The length of a race is set by default to be 5 percent of a real-world
- race, not 10 percent as stated in the manual. You can set a different
- default race length by the following these steps: On the Options menu,
- click Realism. Under Race Length (Default), drag the slider to the
- right to increase the default race length, or drag it to the left to
- decrease the default race length. You can also specify the exact number
- of laps for a Sunday Race at a specific track by following these steps:
- On the Tracks screen, under 1997 Tracks, click the track for which
- you want to specify the number of laps. Under Sunday Race Laps, drag
- the slider to specify the number of laps.
-
- 2.4. Default number of drivers in race depends on your microprocessor.
- The default number of drivers included in a race is determined
- according to your computer's microprocessor speed. For machines less
- powerful than P90's, your default field size is 6. For machines
- powered with P-90's through P-133's, the default field size is 8.
- For machines more powerful than P-133's, the default field size is
- 12. You can change the number of participants in a race by following
- these steps: On the Options menu, click Realism. Drag the Maximum
- Field Size slider to the left to reduce the number of drivers in a
- race, or drag it to the right to increase it.
-
- 2.5. Limit length of install path.
- When you install CART Precision Racing and enter a destination folder
- for the installation of the game, limit the path to fewer than
- 120 characters. Otherwise, you may not be able to start CART
- Precision Racing after you've installed it.
-
- 2.6. Printing Racing School topics.
- When printing a Racing School topic (Print Topic command on the
- Help menu), click in the frame that contains the topic text before
- choosing Print Topic.
-
- 2.7. Formatting problems in Racing School, Track Info, and Driver Info.
- If your Windows display is set to display Large Fonts, you may
- experience overlapping controls and formatting problems when
- viewing Track Info, Driver Info, or Racing School. To correct the
- problem, change your Windows font setting to Small Fonts. To do this,
- click the Start button, point to Settings, click Control Panel, and
- then double-click Display. Click the Settings tab. In the Font Size
- list, click Small Fonts. Click OK.
-
- 2.8. Windows NT 4.0 and Racing School videos.
- If you encounter an error when attempting to play movies in Racing
- School, you may need to download the latest Indeo(R) drivers. Visit
- the Intel web site to download Indeo Video 4.3.
-
- 2.9. Windows NT 4.0: Trouble switching between full-screen and
- windowed modes.
- If you are using Windows NT 4.0 and you encounter problems switching
- between full-screen and windowed modes while you are driving in CART
- Precision Racing, close the game and set your Windows resolution to
- 640 X 480. Then, restart CART Precision Racing.
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- 3. Controller Configuration Notes and Troubleshooting
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- 3.1. ThrustMaster NASCAR (R) Pro Racing Wheel
- (outside U.S., ThrustMaster Formula One Racing Wheel).
- If you are using a ThrustMaster NASCAR Pro Racing Wheel, follow
- the steps below to ensure that it is installed and configured
- properly for use with CART Precision Racing.
- (1) Click the Start button, point to Settings, click Control Panel,
- and then double-click Game Controllers.
- (2) Click Add.
- (3) In the Controllers list, click [Custom...].
- (4) Under Axes, click 2 axes.
- (5) In the Buttons list, click 4.
- (6) Click Special Characteristics, and then click Is A Race Car
- Controller.
- (7) Under Name, type a name for the racing wheel.
- (8) Click OK.
- (5) To calibrate your NASCAR Pro Racing Wheel, click Properties.
- (6) DO NOT select the Rudder/Pedals checkbox.
- (7) Click Calibrate, and then follow the directions on your screen.
- (8) When you're finished calibrating, click OK.
- (9) Start CART Precision Racing.
- (10) On the Options menu, click Controls.
- (11) In the Primary Driving Control list, click Race Car Controller.
- (12) To customize your NASCAR Pro Racing Wheel, click Customize
- Controller.
- (13) Click OK to exit the dialog box when you are finished.
-
- 3.2. ThrustMaster Formula T1 and T2.
- If you are using a ThrustMaster Formula T1 or T2 wheel and pedals/race
- car controller unit, follow the steps below to ensure that it is
- installed and configured properly for use with CART Precision Racing.
- Make sure CART Precision Racing is not running when you start this
- procedure.
- (1) Click the Start button, point to Settings, click Control Panel,
- and then double-click Game Controllers.
- (2) Click Add.
- (3) In the Controllers list, click Thrustmaster Formula T1/T2
- with adapter.
- (4) Click OK.
- (5) To calibrate your T1 or T2, click Properties.
- (6) DO NOT select the Rudder/Pedals checkbox.
- (7) Click Calibrate, and then follow the directions on your screen.
- (8) When you're finished calibrating, click OK.
- (9) Start CART Precision Racing.
- (10) On the Options menu, click Controls.
- (11) In the Primary Driving Control list, click Race Car Controller.
- (12) To customize your T1 or T2 settings, click Customize Controller.
- (13) Click OK to exit the dialog box when you are finished.
-
- 3.3. ThrustMaster Grand Prix 1.
- If you are using a ThrustMaster Grand Prix 1 wheel and pedals/race car
- controller unit, please note the following: this controller requires a
- custom setup that is explained in the documentation provided by the
- manufacturer. Also, older versions of this controller require
- an adapter: make sure you are using an adapter if the version of the
- controller you are using requires it.
-
- 3.4. CH Products Pro.
- If you are using CH Products Pro pedals/controller with CART Precision
- Racing, acceleration and braking are assigned to the same pedal unless
- you calibrate the controller using the following steps:
- (1) Set the switch on the controller to "plane." The switch can be
- found on the top of the controller between the two pedals.
- (2) Click the Start button, point to settings, click Control Panel,
- and then double-click Game Controllers. Click Add. In the
- Controllers list, click Thrustmaster T1/T2 without adapter, and
- then click OK.
- (3) In CART Precision Racing, on the Options menu, click Controls,
- confirm that the race car controller is listed under Primary
- Driving Control, and then click Customize Controller.
- (4) Click the Swap Pedals check box, and then click OK.
-
- 3.5. Working with multiple game devices.
- When connecting and installing multiple game devices (i.e., a
- gamepad and a joystick) while playing CART Precision Racing,
- you may need to exit and restart the game in order to make
- the control you specified the active one.
-
- 3.6. "The selected control type could not be found..." message.
- You may see the following message when configuring your controllers:
- "The selected control type could not be found. The primary controller
- has been set to keyboard." This message is displayed when there is no
- controller assigned to controller ID 1. To fix this problem, follow
- the steps below, and be sure that CART Precision Racing is
- not running when you start the procedure.
- (1) Click the Start button, point to Settings, click Control Panel,
- and then double-click Game Controllers.
- (2) Remove all installed game controllers
- (3) Add the controller you want to use with CART Precision Racing, and then click OK.
- (4) Click OK again to exit the Game Controllers dialog box.
- (5) Start CART Precision Racing.
- (6) On the Options menu, click Controls.
- (7) In the Primary Driving Control list, click the control that you
- just assigned Controller ID 1 to in Control Panel.
- (8) Click OK.
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- 4. DirectX 5.0 Notes and Troubleshooting
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- 4.1. System appears to stop responding when installing DirectX 5.0.
- When DirectX 5.0 is being installed on your computer as a part of the
- setup process for CART Precision Racing, a dialog box that asks you to
- insert your Windows 95 CD-ROM may be obscured by other dialog boxes,
- which makes it appear that your system has stopped responding. To
- switch to the DirectX prompt and continue setup, press ALT + TAB.
-
- 4.2. CYRIX computer installation notes.
- When you install CART Precision Racing on CYRIX MediaGX 133MHz 30 MB
- computers, do not install the DirectX 5.0 drivers that Setup
- recommends. Otherwise, sound may be disabled when you start CART
- Precision Racing.
-
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- 5. Video Adapter Notes and Troubleshooting
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- 5.1. List of video adapters with known issues. If you are using any of
- the video adapters listed below, you may experience problems playing
- CART Precision Racing. Known workarounds, when available, are included
- below. If you experience problems when playing CART Precision Racing,
- contact your video adapter's hardware manufacturer for the latest
- drivers for your video adapter. Many manufacturers maintain World Wide
- Web sites that offer updated drivers and troubleshooting advice for
- their products.
-
- Video adapters with known issues when running CART Precision Racing:
-
- --Alliance Semiconductor AT3D video adapter. Workaround: use drivers
- supplied by the hardware vendor for this video adapter. You may
- experience problems with drivers supplied by Alliance.
- --ATI 3D Rage II (ATI Mach 64) video adapter
- --Cirrus Logic Laguna video adapter
- --Creative Labs Graphics Blaster 3D video adapter
- --Diamond Stealth 3D 2000XL video adapter (S3 Virge chipset).
- Workaround: turn off Use Hardware Acceleration (Graphics option).
- --Diamond Stealth II video adapter (Rendition V2100 chipset with
- driver V2KSIIXL.DRV ver.# 4.10.01.0100)
- --Diamond Stealth SE video adapter (Weitek 9100 chipset with driver
- ver.# 4.03.00.2030)
- --Diamond Viper 330 video adapter
- --Divine 3D video adapter with GLINT (R) Delta
- --Hercules Stingray 128/3D video adapter
- --Jaton Corporation Video-70P video adapter
- --Matrox Millenium video adapter with the original drivers that
- shipped with it. Workaround: choose a Simulation Resolution
- (Graphics option) other than 320 X 200.
- --Matrox Mystique 220 video adapter
- --Number Nine Imagine 128 video adapter. Workaround: do not use
- DirectX 5.0 drivers.
- --Number Nine Motion 531 video adapter (S3 Vision 868 chipset).
- Workaround: run CART Precision Racing in 320 X 200 or 320 X 400
- resolution (Graphics options).
- --PowerVR video adapter. Workaround: do not turn on Use Hardware
- Acceleration (Graphics option).
- --STB Horizon 64-V video adapter
- --STB Lightspeed 128 video adapter
- --STB Velocity 3D 4MB video adapter (S3 Virge VX chipset).
- Workaround: turn off Use Hardware Acceleration (Graphics option).
- --TechWorks Ultimate 3D video adapter
- --Trident cyber9385 chipset (designed for notebook computers)
- --Video Logic Grafixstart 550 video adapter
-
- 5.2. Distorted sky when switching between full-screen and
- windowed modes.
- If you experience distorted sky when switching between
- full-screen and windowed modes while playing CART Precision Racing,
- set your Windows color palette to High Color (16-bit). To do this,
- click the Start button, point to Settings, click Control Panel, and
- then double-click Display. Click the Settings tab. In the Color
- Palette list, click High Color (16-bit).
-
- 5.3. Top one-third of screen looks OK, other areas incorrectly painted.
- If you experience this, making a change to your Cart.ini file may
- fix the problem. To change your syncRetrace setting, open Cart.ini
- (file located in the system folder in the location where you installed
- CART Precision Racing). Search for syncRetrace and set its value to 1.
- Save and close the file.
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- 6. Audio Notes and Troubleshooting
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- 6.1. List of sound cards with known issues.
- If you are using any of the sound cards or computers listed below, you
- may experience problems with audio when playing CART Precision Racing.
- Known workarounds, when available, are included below.
-
- If you experience problems with audio when playing CART Precision
- Racing, contact your audio card's hardware manufacturer for the
- latest drivers for your sound card. Many manufacturers maintain
- World Wide Web sites that offer updated drivers and troubleshooting
- advice for their products.
-
- Sound cards and computers with known audio issues when running CART
- Precision Racing:
-
- --Creative Labs Sound Blaster Pro 2 (chipset 1600) sound card.
- Workaround: do not choose the High (16-bit) Quality option in the
- Sound Options dialog box (Options menu).
- --Creative Labs AWE 64 16-bit sound card. Workaround: install the
- DirectX 5.0 display and audio drivers (available on the CART
- Precision Racing CD-ROM disc).
- --CYRIX MediaGX 133MHz 30MB computer. Workaround: Do not install
- the DirectX 5.0 drivers that the Setup program recommends.
-
- 6.2. Windows NT 4.0 sound issues.
- If you experience sound problems while playing CART Precision Racing
- on Windows NT 4.0, try muting sound (CTRL+M) or downloading the latest
- audio drivers for Windows NT 4.0 from the Microsoft Web site
- (http://www.microsoft.com).
-
- 6.3. Windows power saving/power management sound issues.
- Windows power management can cause CART Precision Racing to disable
- sound. If you experience this problem, disable power saving/power
- management while you are running CART Precision Racing.
-
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- 7. Multiplayer Notes and Troubleshooting
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- 7.1. Synchronization problems pausing a multiplayer game.
- A multiplayer game can get out of sync if one of the players pauses
- the game. Although the pause keys (P and ESC) are disabled in
- multiplayer mode, it is still possible to pause the game by pressing
- ALT to activate the menu bar. It is strongly recommended that you do
- not do this. If you do activate the menu bar during a multiplayer
- session, your race positions and results may not match other
- participants in the race.
-
- 7.2. Realism settings match host's after multiplayer session.
- After finishing or exiting a multiplayer race that you have joined,
- your Realism settings are set to match those of the host of the race
- you just left. To retain your single-player Realism settings, create
- a new driver profile for use when you're racing multiplayer sessions.
-
- 7.3. Multiplayer races: Quit all other programs before starting.
- It is highly recommended that you close all other programs when
- participating in multiplayer races. Otherwise, session results
- may be unreliable.
-
-