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10 out of 10 DRIVING TEST ... MANUAL (Demo version) --------------------------------------------------- INTRODUCTION ------------ 10 out of 10 Driving Test consists of six games plus a unique test designed so that you can have fun as you learn, revise or test your knowledge on many of the essential facts of driving and road signs. You can choose the specific area(s) that you wish to work on and progress at your own speed - your progress is automatically recorded as you play the games. To add to your fun you can even choose one of the six categories of trivia questions, or test your skills on the continental levels. If you want to quiz yourself on the 1000's of questions in the suite, but without the games, that too is possible - details are in this guide. The games are both educational and fun, with many elements built in to make this the most enjoyable way to check up on many of the theoretical parts of driving. There are, for example, two ways that you see progress: * The Achievement Record: Your aim is to turn this completely green by gaining full marks at the various levels. * The High Score Tables: In addition to your mark, these take into account many other game elements like speed and bonus points. The Achievement Record shows you, at a glance, how you are progressing and you can see which topics need further practice. Once you've reached a high enough standard you can Take the Test - pass and fail certificates are issued! GETTING STARTED --------------- When you first load 10 out of 10 you'll see the Main Menu. To make a selection move the mouse pointer to the appropriate option, which will highlight, and click on it. At the bottom is the player's name - you'll see it is set to None to begin with. The first thing you should do is enter your own name by using the New Player option. Type in your name, press Enter to return to the Main Menu - your name will now be displayed at the bottom. The top six choices on the Main Menu are the games themselves. Only Patience! and Signpost are available on the demo and when you choose one of them from the Main Menu you are presented with a Game Menu. Before clicking on the top option of this menu (play game), look at the other options that allow you to customise the game to your own needs and skills. To change one of the options move the mouse pointer to it and click to cycle through the various possibilities. The options are set so that you can start playing and enjoying the games straight away. However, for the most fun, they need changing to suit your own preferences (which your computer remembers for you ready for next time on the full version). Here are the remaining options that you'll find on the Main Menu: Player Information ------------------ You choose this when you want to find out how well you are doing or to select the category or categories that you want to be quizzed on. Your Achievement Record will be shown - you should try to turn it all green by playing the games with all categories except j and k selected. The categories are selected or de-selected by moving your mouse pointer over the list at the foot of the screen and clicking on them. Return to the Main Menu by clicking anywhere else. To start with, the boxes on the chart are all grey and they each change colour and have letters put in them when you play and score in the games. The letters show the categories with which your rating was achieved. The colour each box turns to depends on how many questions you get right and not on your score - that depends how well you play the games too! Note that you will only be assessed if you have answered 10 or more questions. Here is what the colours mean: * Grey: If no letter is shown in a box you have not answered 10 questions at that level. However if letters are shown you achieved 0% on those categories - you know nothing about driving! * Red: You have played the game but achieved under 50%. Take the red as a warning, your driving knowledge is very limited. * Yellow: You have scored 50% or more so probably know the facts but need to practise them more. * Green: You know the facts and have proved it with 100% - the 10 out of 10 goal. * Blue: For the real experts, score 100% with ALL categories selected and turn the table blue. Note: If you play a game at a particular level, with the same categories selected as last time, only your better ratings are recorded. However, if you change the categories, your previous rating will be replaced by the new one regardless of whether your performance is better or poorer (for example green adf can turn to red afg). The full version allows you to print your Achievement Record either as graphic or text file. Change Player ------------- Not available in the demo (the full version allows up to 64 players per file). New Player ---------- Enter your name using this option - at least one name must be input before you can play the games. Remove Player ------------- Not available in the demo. Take Test --------- Not available in the demo. Quit ---- Always use this choice to leave the program. THE CATEGORIES -------------- You can choose to be quizzed on any one or more of the following by highlighting the appropriate boxes at the foot of the Achievement Record: Category code You and Your Car a On the Road b Signs and Markings c Roads, Bends and Junctions d Manoeuvring e Night and All Weather Driving f Other Road Users g Motorway Driving h The Law i Continental Driving j Motoring Trivia k THE LEVELS ----------- In the full version all the games have six built-in levels (shown below) which reflect the difficulty of the questions. On the demo only a sub-set of the Level 4 questions has been provided. 1 Motoring General Knowledge 2 Beginners' Driving 3 Intermediate Driving 4 Test Standard 5 Experienced Motorists 6 Specialised and Advanced Knowledge There are a few exceptions to this: General ------- As there is only about one eighth of the full set of questions in the demo version, there may be insufficient questions for a few combinations of categories that you may select. In the unlikely event of this happening you will be asked to select more categories. Trivia ------ Levels 1 to 6 represent: 1 General Motoring 2 Motoring History 3 Motoring Abbreviations 4 Motoring Statistics (only this category is in the demo) 5 Motor Racing 6 Motor Mechanics Continental ----------- Levels 1 to 6 represent: 1 France 2 Germany 3 Portugal, Spain 4 Italy (only this category is in the demo) 5 Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland 6 Baltic States, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Gibraltar, Greece, Romania, Slovenia, Turkey Note: These levels only apply if either Trivia or Continental alone is your selected category. Once two or more categories are selected, general Trivia or Continental questions are used. THE SCORING SYSTEMS ------------------- All 10 out of 10 Educational Systems' programs have two scoring methods - the Achievement Record and the High Score Tables. You should try to progress in both these areas. The Achievement Record depends only on the number of questions you answer correctly (your mark). Factors like how fast the questions are answered are not taken into account. While taking into account your mark, your score is also influenced by other facts like the level it was achieved on, your speed of answering, bonuses and so on. To rise up a High Score Table you have to become proficient with the academic challenges in the package and also apply knowledge with accuracy and speed. The game element built into 10 out of 10 makes you want to keep practising until this proficiency is reached. As you play the games the on-screen display helps you monitor your progress. Along with your name and the level, a pair of numbers in the form 06 of 20 is shown. This means that you have chosen to answer 20 questions and you are on the sixth. The number of questions you have answered correctly is shown by the number of Marks - you get one mark for each correct answer. The final two numbers are your Score and your Bonus. As any question is displayed you will be given time to read it before your bonus starts to count down. The bonus starts at 25 and is reset every time you answer a question correctly. FILES ----- In the full version all players' names, achievements, game settings and the high score tables are saved to disk. PASSCODE PROTECTION ------------------- In the full version, to prevent anyone from altering any of the stored information, access to Change Player, New Player and Remove Player can be restricted by the use of an access code. THE GAMES --------- In all the games you must answer questions on your selected category or categories correctly before you can make another move. If you only want to answer questions, a feature is built into Rear Mirror to allow this (full version only). The choices that are common to all the games are: Play Game --------- Choose this to play the game once you have set all the other features. High Score Table ---------------- This lets you view the high score table. All your scores are shown in yellow and a new one is displayed in blue. Higher scores can be obtained by playing the games with options set to the more difficult alternatives. Number of Questions ------------------- Make sure you have enough questions to complete the challenge. The number of questions you select and the way you play the game will determine your score. In all games (except Patience!) you can have from 20 to 50 questions in steps of 5. In Patience! you can have from 24 to 50 in steps of 2. Level ----- When you first start, this is set to Level 1. You can choose your own preferred level and the next time you load the game, the level will automatically set to your last chosen value. In the demo version, only Level 4 is available. Volume ------ Lets you turn sound effects on or off. Player Information ------------------ This displays a small version of your Achievement Record, just giving details for that particular game. Exit to Main Menu ----------------- This takes you back to the Main Menu. Here are the rules of the games. There are also details of the numerous options that youæll find to allow you to customise the games to your own preferences: WORD PARK (Full version only) ----------------------------- This is a game of word power where answering questions will reveal letters which allows you to guess the hidden word. Every time you answer a question correctly you can uncover another square in the grid. Words can be chosen from: motoring terms, cars and bikes, car parts or motor sport. Choose ordered letters, or make the game more difficult by selecting jumbled (you solve the anagram), hidden character (decide what letter the ? covers) or bogus letter (spot and ignore the red herring). CLUNK CLICK (Full version only) ------------------------------- This old favourite memory game will keep you on your toes as you match the road signs to their meanings. After answering a question correctly you will be given the chance to uncover two cards. You must try to uncover pairs of cards that match - description to picture. You can choose between warnings signs, orders, others and continental. Other features include automatic matching (you decide whether any description and picture uncovered match), mobile cards (any covered cards will occasionally change places to add to your challenge), split deal (all picture cards will be dealt to the bottom half of the screen) and a viewing time to allow you to see the initial position of all the cards at the start of the game. PATIENCE! --------- Answer the question to turn a card. This is a new twist to the classic card game which will check your powers of observation. Rules ----- Your aim is to collect the four suits into ascending stacks, starting from the aces, at the bottom right hand corner of the screen. Valid cards can be moved onto the appropriate stack of a matching suit and once a card is placed on one of the stacks it cannot be moved. In the other piles of cards, any exposed card can be moved (along with any cards below it) when it can be placed on a card of the opposite colour with a value which is one pip higher. If, by doing this, you are left with a card that is face down it can be turned over by clicking on it. Only kings can be moved to vacant columns. To reveal the top card of the pile at the bottom left of the screen you must click on it, but you will have to answer a question correctly before it is uncovered. If it is suitable it can be placed under one of the exposed cards or on a stack, but if the card cannot be used it will remain in the pile of viewed cards. When all the cards have been revealed, clicking on the empty pile lets you run through them again. Once you have answered 24 questions correctly you can keep going through the pack until the game is over without answering any more questions. Thereafter, if you cannot complete the game, press Escape if you want to give up and discover how well you performed. Options ------- Select your preferences from the Game Menu: Number of Questions ------------------- The default here is 24 questions. Note that if you opt for 24 questions you must get them all correct to finish the game! Increasing the number of questions increases your margin for error and this is reflected by a lower score per correct answer. REAR MIRROR (Full version only) ------------------------------- Gamble your bonus and go for more as your mental agility is really put to the test in this unique game. Each time you answer three questions correctly you can have a go at playing Rear Mirror. Memorise the sequence of numbers that you see appearing in the mirror and then enter them in the correct order. Other options include setting the length of time that each number is displayed in the mirror, how many numbers you will have to remember, the length of each number and whether the number is reflected. You can also select BROKEN if you want to answer questions without playing the game. SIGNPOST -------- Reflexes and recognition are put to the test as you discover the hidden signs in the shortest number of tries. Rules ----- Every time you answer a question correctly, you can uncover another square in the grid. Do this by clicking your mouse when the moving pointers are in line with the square you wish to reveal. If you think you know the sign, choose your guess from the list displayed, otherwise click on the Next Question box. To scroll through the list click on the up and down arrows located to the right of the window. The single arrow scrolls the window a line at a time, while the double arrows scroll the whole window. When you have answered the selected number of questions, if part of the latest sign is uncovered or you have answered the last question correctly, the sign will be revealed and you will be given a final chance to try to name it. Options ------- Select your preferences from the Game Menu: Road Sign Group --------------- Select between GB (for British signs) and GB plus Continental (for a selection). Both groups are available on the demo version, but the number of signposts in each has been reduced. Pointer speed ------------- Determines the speed of the pointers. Higher speeds make selecting a chosen square more difficult and so give you the chance of a higher score. Grid Size --------- Determines the number of squares into which the sign is divided. Select from 4 by 4, 6 by 6 or 8 by 8. The more squares that you select on the grid, the higher the possible maximum score. Sign Orientation ---------------- Select between normal and upside down. Have fun recognising the upside down signs while at the same time aiming for higher scores. SPEED TRAP (full version only) ------------------------------ How fast can you answer the questions? Accuracy and speed are the key elements in this exciting race to the line. Four cars are racing towards the finish line. Your aim is to answer all the questions before they reach it. Slow their progress by answering questions correctly - every right answer gives you the chance to move one of the cars back a distance that is proportional to the remaining bonus. TAKE TEST (full version only) ----------------------------- If you're up to it you can take the test and print a certificate (pass or fail). The categories of the The 10 out of 10 Driving Test are: * Eyesight test * Signposts and stopping distances * Starting the car * Use of controls * Starting off * Emergency stop * Reversing into a limited opening * Turn in the road * Reverse park * Use of mirrors * Giving signals * Obeying signs and markings * Speed discipline * Following vehicles * Awareness of road and traffic conditions * Junctions * Awareness of other vehicles * Lane positioning * Passing stationary objects * Pedestrian crossings * Stopping and parking * Anticipating other road users' actions HINTS AND TIPS -------------- * If you want to practise your signs, select Signs and Markings from the Player Information chart and then play Clunk Click (only in full version) or Signpost. * To add to your fun and interest, some bogus signs have been included in the package - watch out for them! * Read the question and answers carefully before making your choice. * Unless otherwise stated, all questions refer to British motoring. * Some picture questions show cars displaying arrows. These arrows show that the car is moving and its direction of movement. Cars without arrows are stationary. 10 out of 10 Driving Test is supplied in formats suitable for: IBM PC and compatibles (Including CD ROM) Acorn 32-bit computers (Including Archimedes and RISC PC) Commodore Amiga Apple Macintosh 10 out of 10 Driving test is available from most good computer software stockists or by mail order. To obtain further details about this and other 10 out of 10 products ring 01142 780370/769950, Fax 01142 781091