FORMULA ONE CHALLENGE V4 ======================== BY: HOT TUNA <>< WHEN THE PROGRAM HAS LOADED AND YOU HAVE GONE THORUGH THE OPTIONS TO LOAD/ SAVE THE GAM,CHOOSING THE NUMBER OF PLAYERS AND SELECTING YOUR TEAMS YOU GET TO CHOOSE THE ENGINE SCREEN.HERE YOU MUST CHOOSE YOUR ENGINE FOR THE SEASON AHEAD. ENGINE CHOICE ============= DO NOT OVER SPEND WHEN CHOOSING HERE BECAUSE YOU HAVE OTHER THINGS TO BUY LATER.(TYRES ETC) YOU START WITH 1,000,000 POUNDS BUT AS A GENERAL RULE DON`T SPEND MORE THAN 60% OF THIS ON AN ENGINE.IF YOU ATTEMPT TO SPEND TOO MUCH YOUR FINANCIAL ADVISOR WILL PREVENY YOU. MAIN MENU ========= HERE ARE THE OPTIONS ON THE MAIN MENU-: A)WEATHER B)CARS C)DRIVERS D)CHAMPIONSHIP E)TRACL DETAILS F)RECORDS G)STATS H)RACE A)WEATHER: THIS TELLS YOU THE TEMPERATURE AND THE WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT THE RACEWILL BEGIN WITH,THREN FOLLOWED ON BY A FULL WEATHER FORECAST.THIS SHOWS THE CURRENT WEATHER DETAILS TOGETHER WITH THE FORECAST DETAILS.ALSO SHOWN IS THE RACE STATE I.E WHETHER THE RACE IS A WET RACE(MORE THAN HALF THE CARS ON WET TYRES),MIXED RACE(MORE THAN HALF THE CARS ON INTERMEDIATE) OR DRY AND SO ON. B)CARS:THE SCREEN IS SPLIT INTO TWO THE TOP HALF FOR THE FIRST CAR AND THE BOTTOM HALF FOR THE SECOND.CLICKING ON THE SMALL WHITE BOXES NEXT TO THE TYRES WILL BRING YOU TO THE TYRE SECTION AS GOES FOR ENGINE,WING,CREW, ETC.IF YOU CLICK ON THE TYRE OR WING SETTINGS BOXES WITH THE RIGHT MOUSE BUTTON THE SETTING WILL ADVANCE BY ONE,SO IF YOU HAVE "A"COMPOUND TYRE SET AND YOU CLICK THE RIGHT MOUSE BUTTON ON THE WHITE TYRE SECTION BOX IT WILL CHANGE TO "B" AND SO ON. I)TYRES:THIS IS THE MOST COMPLEX TO UNDERSTAND,SO IF YOU CAN GRASP THIS PART OF THE GAME IT WILL BE MORE ENJOYABLE HERE ARE THE TYRE CONDITIONS THUNDERSTORM-RAIN HEAVY RAIN-RAIN RAIN-RAIN DRIZZLE-INT(INTERMEDIATE) OVERCAST-A MILD-A/B SUNNY-B/C HEATWAVE-C/D YOU SHOULD ONLY USE THE ABOVE AS A ROUGH GUIDE SINCE OTHER FACTORS SUCH AS THE REMAINING RACE DISTANCE ETC WILL PLAY A PART,ONLY EXPERIENCE WILL ALLOW YOU TO MAKE THE CORRCT JUDGEMENT UNDER ALL CIRCUMSTANCES.YOUR TYRE SELECTION PLAYS A LARGE PART IN THE OUTCOME OF THE RACE. TYRE SELECTIONS DEPEND ON THE TWISTYNESS OF THE TRACK,WEATHER,RACE DISTANCE AND PITSTOPS ETC! II)ENGINE POWER: THIS WILL DETERMIND THE POWER OUTPUT OF YOUR ENGINE.EACH 1% OF POWER WILL COST YOU 100.YOU ARE TOLD HOW MUCH YOU CAN AFFORD FOR THIS CAR AND HOW MUCH YOU CAN AFFORD IF YOU SPLIT YOUR MONEY FOR ENGINE POWER BETWEEN BOTH OF YOUR CARS. AUTO-FILL UP WILL INCREASE YOUR ENGINE POWER TO 100% IF YOU CAN AFFORDD IT ELSE IT WILL GOTO TO ENTER AMOUNT: YOU ENTER THE PERCENTAGE YOU WANT INCREASE YOUR POWER BY.THE EXACT ENGINE POWER IS SHOWN TO THE LEFT OF THE BAR. III)WING SETTING:FOR THIS YOU HAVE TO EXAMINE THE TRACK DIAGRAM AND ITS STATISTICS.YOU HAVE TO DETERMIND HOW TWISTY THE TRACK IS. TWISTY:LARGE (LOT OF DOWNFORCE) AVERAGE:MEDIUM(MED DOWN FORCE) STRAIGHT:LITTLE (LITTLE OR NO DOWNFORCE) THERE IS ALSO A FOURTH CALLED "EXTRA".PROVIDING IT IS NOT RAINING THEN YOU DO NOT NEED THE EXTRA WING.THE IDEA IS IF IT DTARS TO RAIN THEN YOU WILL NEED MORE WING (DOWNFORCE)SO IF IT IS RAINING OR OR YOU PREDICT IT WILL RAIN THEN INCREASE THE DOWNFORCE BY ONE. IF IN DRY CONDITIONS YOU WOULD CHOOSE THE MEDIUM SETTING WHEM IT IS RAINING CHOOSE THE LARGE WING SETTING FOR MORE DOWNFORCE IF THE WEATHER IS REALLY BAD(HEAVY RAIN OR THUNDER STORM)THEN IDEALLY YOU SHOULD INCREASE THE DOWNFORCE SETTINGS BY 1 OR 2.SO FROM MEDIUM WING IN THE DRY TO EXTRA WING IF THE WEATHER IS BAD. SINCE YOU CAN`T CHANGE THE WING DURING A RACE YOU WILL HAVE TO PREDIDCT THE WEATHER FOR THE RACE. IV)THIS OPTION IS SIMULAR TO ENGINE POWER,BUT IT IS FOR THE PIT CREW OF YOUR WHOLE TEAM SO THIS OPTION WORKS FOR BOTH DRIVERS.1%INCREASE COSTS 200.THE PIT CREWS SKILLS DETERMINDS HOW QUICKLY YOU WILL BE ABLE TO COMPLETE A PIT STOP.THE LOWER YOUR CREW THE LOWER YOUR CHANCE OF A QUICK PITSTOP. OPTIONS I,II,III MUST BE CHOSEN FOR BOTH YOUR CARS IF YOU HAVE TWO DRIVERS AND YOU WISH TO ENTER BTH CARS C)DRIVERS:HERE YOU CAN LOOK AT THE SKILL RECORDS OF BOTH DRIVERS,THE OTHER DRIVERS,AND YOU CAN BUY A NEW DRIVER OR REPLACE ONE.ON THIS SCREN YOU CAN SEE POINTS,SKILL,RACE WINS AND POLE A DRIVER HAS HAS. SELECTING A NEW DRIVER,CLICK THE RIGHT MOUSE BUTTON WILL BRING UP A SEPARATE SCREEN SHOWING 4 TOP TEN TABLES INCLUDING THE THE TOP TEN BEST PITSTOP TIMES WITH ARE SAVED TO DISK,SO YOU SHOULD KEEP YOU DISK WRITE ENABLED CLICK THE UP ARROW ON THE FIRST DRIVER AND THE DOWN ARROW TO CHANGE THE SECOND DRIVER.YOU WILL BE PRESENTED WITH A LIST OF 50 DRIVERS.YOUR CURRENT ONES WILL BE HIGHLIGHTED.IF YOU CLICK ON THE RIGHT MOUSE BUTTON ON THE DRIVER YOU ARE HIGHLIGHTING YOU WILL BRING UP INFORMATION OF HIS CAREER AND RECORDS.YOU CAN ONLY BUY A TEAM DRIVER THAT DOEN`T HAVE A TEAM BUY HIS NAME AND IF YOU CAN AFFORD HIM. NOTE:THE DRIVERS ARE ROUGHLY SORTED INTO SKILL ORDER.BEST AT TOP LEFT AND AND THE WORST AT THE BOTTOM RIGHT. D)CHAMPIONSHIP:THIS IS A RUN DOWN OF BOTH DRIVERS AND CONSTRUCTION TABLES E)TREACK DETAILS:GIVES A RUN DOWN OF TRACK INFORMATION AS WELL AS TRACK RECORD HOLDER F)RECORDS:CAN ONLY BE SELECTED IF YOU HAVE COMPLETED A RACE SEASON.ONLY THE TOP 6 FINISHERS IN EACH RACE. G)STATS:FOUR TABLES SHOWING THE NUMBER OF CAREER POINTS OF THE DRIVERS,THE CAREER RACE WINS,POLE POSITIONS,AND THE BEST PITSTOP TIMES BY HUMAN OPPONENTS WHICH ARE SAVED TO DISK. H)THE RACE:ONLY CLICK ON THIS WHEN YOU HAVE YOUR CAR(S) SET UP AND READY TO COMPETE.IF THERE IS MORE THAN ONE PLAYING,THIS WILL MOVE ONTO THE OTHER PERSONS TEAM.THEN IT WILL GOTO RACE AFTER THE F1 NEWS NEWS SECTION ============ VARIOUS THINGS WILL APPEAR,JUST WAIT AND SEE!!!!!! QUALIFYING ========== THE CARDS ARE DISPLAYED ON THE SCREEN IN THE THEIR QUALIFYING POSITIONS,THE TOP LEFT CAR BEING THE POLE POSTION. IF YOUR CAR IS NOT ON THE GRID BY CAR 26 THEN YOU HAVE NOT QUALIFIED THE RACE ======== CLICK THE LEFT BUTTON AFTER SEEING THE TRACK INFORMATION AND YOU WILL SEE THE ACRS LINED UP ON THE GRID.AFTER A FEW SECONDS THE LIGHTS WILL TURN TO GREEN AND THE RACE IS ON **IF AFTER 1 LAP THE YOU HOLD THE LEFT BUTON FOR ABOUT 1 SECOND WHEN THE INFORMATION BOARD IS BEING UPDATED OR THE CARS GOING PAST,YOU WILL BE TACKEN TO THE OPTIONS SCREEN.TO GET THE OPTION SCREEN THE PITS INDICATOR IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT HAND CORNER MUST BE RED,IF THE BOX NEXT TO THE PITS WORD IS GREEN THEN HOLD THE BUTON DOWN AGAIN,ONCE THE INDICATOR TURNS RED YOU WILL HAVE TO WAIT FOR THAT LAP TO FINISH AND THEN THE OPTION SCREEN WILL BE DISPLAYED THE OPTIONS SCREEN ================== CLICKING ON THE RACE HIGHLIGHTS WORD WILL TOGGLE THE RACE HIGHLIGHTS ON/OFF WITH RACE HIGHLIGHTS ON YOU WILL NOT SEE THE CARS ZOOM PAST UNLESS 1 OF THE CARS IS RETIREING FROM THE RACE FOR SOME REASON THE CAR THAT IS RETIREING WILL TRAVEL SLOWLY ALLONG THE BOTTOM OF THE TRACK,NEAR THE TOP OF THE OPTIONS SCREEN WILL BE ALL THE DRIVERS FOR THE HUMAN CONTROLL TEAMS THAT ARE IN THE RACE.NEXT TO EACH DRIVER ARE 2 COLOURED BARS.THE TOP GREEN BAR BEING TYRE WEAR AND THE LOWER RED BAR BEING THE TYRE GRIP.THE GRIP BAR IS THE IMPORTANT ONE KEEPING THE GRIP HIGH IS VITAL TO KEEP YOU CAR GOING AT A FAST RATE.THE CLOSER THE RED GRIP BAR IS TO THE GREEN THE BETTER THE CHOICE OF TYRES YOU HAVE. IF BOTH BARS ARE EQUAL THEN YOU HAVE A TOO SOFTER TYRE ON AND WILL WEAR QUICKLY.YOU SHOULD AIM TO KEEP IT BETWEEN 70% AND 90% OF THE GREEN WEAR BAR FOR MAXIMIUM PERFORMANCE OUT OF THE TYRES.A PITSTOP SHOULD BE CONSIDERED WHEN YOUR GRIP BAR FALLS BELOW 50%,UNLESS YOU ARE NEARLY AT THE END OF A RACE. NEXT TO EACH DRIVER IS A REQUEST PITSTOP BOX.CLICK ON THIS WILL CALL THE INTO THE PITS.YOU CAN ONLY BRING 1 CAR INTO THE PITS PER TEAM PER LAP SKIP RACE ========= WHEN SELECTED YOU WILL RETURN TO THE USUAL RACE SCREEN WITH THE SCOREBOARD THE CARS WILL NOT GO PAST AT ALL.ONLY WEATHER CHANGES WILL BE REPORTED AND THE POSITIONS WILL NOT BE UPDATED.THE RACE IS STILL BEING COMPUTED BEHIND THE SCENES BUT AT A MUCH FASTER RATE,THIS OPTION SHOULD BE CONSIDERED WHEN ALL HUMAN CONTROLLED CARS ARE OUT OF THE RACE.HOLDING DOWN THE LEFT BUTTON WIL EXIT FROM THIS MODE. NOTE: WHEN ON THE OPTIONS SCREEN THE GAME IS PAUSED PITSTOPS ======== IT IS USUALLY ADVISEABLE TO MAKE A PIT STOP WHEN EITHER THE WAETHER CHANGES OR JUST BEFORE HALF RACE DISTANCE ONCE YOU HAVE REQUSETED A PITSTOP YOU WILL BE TOLD WHO`S COMING INTO THE PITS AND YOU WILL GIVEN A CHOICE OF TYRE TO FIT. AFTER SEEING YOUR CAR COME INTO THE PITS YOU WILL SEE A HUGE PICTURE OF A WHEEL.YOU MUST CLICK AT THE CENTRE OF THE WHEEL AS QUICKLY AS YOU CAN.IF YOU MISS THE TIME IT WILL CONTINUE TO TICK BY AND YOU WILL HAVE TO CLICK ONCE MORE TO REVERSE THE DRILL,BEFORE CLICKING AT THE CENTRE AGAIN.THE TIME TICKS AWAY AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN IN SECONDS. A GOOD PITSTOP WILL BE ABOUT 6 SECS.YOU DON`T ONLY LOSE 6 SECONDS THOUGH YOU MAY LOSE ABOUT 16 SECS FOR A 6 SECOND STOP DUE TO SLOWING DOWN AND SPEEDING UP IN THE PIT LANE. RACE OVER ========= YOU WILL BE TOLD THE WINNER AND THE PIONTS AWARDED ARE-: 1st=10 pts 2nd=6 pts 3rd=4 pts 4th= 3 pts 5th=2 pts 6th=1 pt SEASON OVER =========== YOU WILL HAVE TO GET A NEW TYRE,ENGINE CONTRACT AND PICK YOU DRIVERS AGAIN THE DRIVERS ARE SELECTED BY EACH TEAM DEPENDING ON POINTS IN CONSTRUCTORS CHAMPIONSHIP SO THE FIRST TEAM HAS FIRST CHOICE. IF YOU HAVEN`T MADE ENOUGH MONEY 1,000,000 THEN YOU`RE SPONSORS MAY HELP YOU OUT.THEY WILL ONLY HELP YOU OUT 3 TIMES AFTER THAT YOU COULD BR FIRED!!!!