User manual GAMES PC LE MANS 24 HOURS

[. . . ] LeMans PC Manual GB 8/04/02 11:45 Page 1 LeMans PC Manual GB 8/04/02 11:45 Page 2 CONTENTS > > > > > > > > > > > > 2 LE MANS 24 HOURS GETTING STARTED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 BASIC CONTROLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 MAIN MENU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 THE CARS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 THE CIRCUITS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 GAME MODES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 PRE-RACE OPTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 THE RACE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 PIT STOPS AND ADVICE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 SAVING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 CREDITS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 GOT A PROBLEM?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 3 LeMans PC Manual GB 8/04/02 11:45 Page 4 GETTING STARTED Le Mans 24 Hours takes you into the heart of the world motor sport legend. A mythical challenge made for true heroes. >SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS MINIMUN Operating System Windows 98/ME/2000/XP CPU Pentium II 333 minimum or equivalent Imagine a victory so coveted that the best drivers dream about it. Imagine the greatest cars and the greatest drivers RAM 64 MB Free disk space 670MB competing year after year. [. . . ] You have to take part in a number of races in Championship mode, Time Trial and Le Mans before you can drive the fastest prototypes in the game. The cars from the Le Mans 2000 race are only available in the mode Le Mans 2000. · BRNO Country: Czech Republic Length: 5. 403 kms The tracks of Brno, Donington National and Donington Grand Prix are also available as reverse tracks in Quick Race, Time Trial and Multiplayer game modes. . 14 LE MANS 24 HOURS 15 LeMans PC Manual GB 8/04/02 11:45 Page 16 THE CIRCUITS GAME MODES >QUICK RACE MODE Quick Race mode allows you to unlock new circuits. You have to participate in Championship and Time Trial modes to win new cars. In this mode, you can use all the cars that you have unlocked in Championship and Time Trial modes. There are four circuits immediately accessible in Quick Race mode: · CATALUNYA NATIONAL The birthplace of the Spanish Grand Prix. Country: Spain Length: 3. 06 kms · SUZUKA WEST Country: Japan Length: 3. 2 kms · LE MANS · SUZUKA EAST · DONINGTON NATIONAL · ROAD ATLANTA NATIONAL You will race against up to 20 other cars in each race. The other cars will always be in the same category as the one you have chosen. All of your open and closed prototypes are able to take part in this championship. However, at 15 laps, these races will tax even the most skilled player. · PRO GT Congratulations, you have won the Rookie championship!You now have a choice of new cars to race over the championship's three circuits (Suzuka West, Catalunya Nat. , Road Atlanta ). Each of these races is 5 laps long. · SUPER ENDURO This is the most complete championship in the game. Here, you will have to race against all types of car at the same time, paying particular attention to the wide variation in speed of the other cars. This championship takes place over five circuits (Suzuka G. P. , Brno, Catalunya G. P. , Bugatti, Donington G. P. ). · GT ENDURO The GT Enduro is the first of the endurance championships. Although you will have to take part in only two races (Donington G. P, Bugatti), each of these races is 10 laps long and you will be required to make a pit stop at least once. · OPEN PROTOTYPE After three GT championships you now reach the first prototype championship. The Open Prototype championship is raced across three circuits (Brno, Catalunya G. P. , Suzuka G. P. ). All of the cars available in this championship are LM open prototype cars. Each of these races is 10 laps long. · WINTER CHALLENGE The final championship in Le Mans 24 Hours will test all the skills and techniques you have learnt in the previous championships. In addition to tyre wear, fuel usage, long races and a mixed field of competitors, you will also have to deal with a new challenge ­ constant rain. The Winter Enduro takes place on three tracks in the rain (Road Atlanta, Brno, Suzuka G. P. ). 18 LE MANS 24 HOURS 19 LeMans PC Manual GB 8/04/02 11:45 Page 20 GAME MODES >LE MANS, TIME TRIAL & MULTIPLAYER MODES · LE MANS MODE Le Mans mode lets you live the legend of Le Mans. Driving over the actual Le Mans 2000 and Petit Le Mans (Road Atlanta) circuits, you will have to race against all car categories simultaneously. Unlike the other races, the Le Mans race is about the number of laps covered, rather than best time. The winner is the car having covered the most laps once the race time limit has been reached. [. . . ] It's up to you to adapt your strategy to the race. · DOWNFORCE: lowering the ailerons increases the speed of your car (at the cost of reduced handling); raising the ailerons gives your car better road holding but also makes it slower. · TYRES: hard tyres are more resistant, but less rapid in the corners than soft tyres. Soft tyres hold the road better but wear more quickly. Intermediate tyres are slower than `slicks' but offer better performance in wet conditions. [. . . ]