CONTENTS Installing the Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Uninstalling the Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Starting the Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Menu Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Game Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Keyboard Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Game Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Quick Race . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Time Attack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Career . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Game Display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Replay Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Vehicle Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 General Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 1 INSTALLING THE GAME To Install 4x4 EVO: 1. Start the Windows 95/98/2000 or NT 4.0 operating system. 2. Make sure all other applications on your computer are closed. 3. Insert the 4x4 EVO CD into your CD-ROM drive. The 4x4 EVO Installation Menu should appear. If the installation menu does not appear within one minute after inserting the CD, double click on the "My Computer" icon on the desktop. A window should open displaying all of your drives on your computer. Double click the CD-ROM icon into which you inserted the 4x4 EVO CD. A new window should appear showing all the files on the 4x4 EVO CD. Find the "setup" icon in the list and double click on it. The 4x4 EVO installation menu should appear. Follow the instructions in the installation menu to install 4x4 EVO to your hard drive. UNINSTALLING THE GAME To uninstall 4x4 EVO do the following: 1. Start the Windows 95/98/2000 or NT 4.0 operating system. 2. Go to the 4x4 EVO folder in the START>Programs menu and left click on the Uninstall 4x4 EVO Icon. STARTING THE GAME To start 4x4 EVO do the following: 1. Start the Windows 95/98/2000 or NT 4.0 operating system. 2. Make sure the 4x4 EVO CD is in your CD-Rom drive. 3. Go to the 4x4 EVO folder in the START>Programs menu and left click on the 4x4 Evolution Icon. 3 2 CONTROLS MENU CONTROLS Up/Down/Left/Right Up, Down, Left, Right Arrow keys Select. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ENTER key Cancel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ESC key Menu Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1 key Switch Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CTRL-TAB key combination Page Up. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAGE UP key Page Down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAGE DOWN key GAME CONTROLS Steering Left/Right . . . . . . . . . . Left Arrow, Right Arrow keys Rescue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H key Toggle Lights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L key Toggle 2WD/4WD-Hi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 key 4WD-Low . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 key Shift Up. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A key Shift Down. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Z key Change Viewpoint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . V key Handbrake. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E key 4 Brake. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Down Arrow key Accelerator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Up Arrow key Escape. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ESC key KEYBOARD CONTROLS Change Camera View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . V key On/Off Overlay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O key On/Off Tachometer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D key On/Off Map. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TAB key On/Off Finder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F key Rescue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H key Handbrake. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E key Toggle 4WD/2WD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 key Shift Up. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A key Shift Down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Z key Turn Left . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Left Cursor key Turn Right . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Right Cursor key Accelerator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Up Cursor key Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Down Cursor key Mute Sound. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CTRL-M key combination 5 GAME MODES Race Setup Options CONTINUE: Select this option to move on to the Vehicle Setup Options screen. RANDOM: Set this option to yes to have the track, weather, and time of day randomly chosen by the system. TRACK: Use this option to select what track you would like to race on. QUICK RACE Quick Race mode allows the player to choose any track and run a race up to 20 laps. Quick Race has the following setup screens: WEATHER: Use this option to select between the four different weather modes (Clear, Foggy , Dense Fog, or Rain.) TIME OF DAY: Use this option to select between the four different time of day modes (Midday, Dusk, Night, or Pitch Black.) LAPS: Use this option to select the number of laps that the race will be run (1-20). COMPUTER DRIVERS: Use this option to select the number of AI drivers to compete against (0-7). BACK: Select this option to move back to the main Select Mode screen. 7 6 Ve h i c l e S e t u p O p t i o n s RACE: Select this option to start the race with the settings you have chosen. VEHICLE SELECT: Use this option to select what vehicle you would like to compete with. You can choose from one of the vehicles in the list or use your career truck that you have saved. Class 1 vehicles are stock, Class 2 vehicles are lightly modified, and Class 3 vehicles are heavily modified. VEHICLE SETTINGS: Use this option to select the vehicle settings screen. See the Vehicle Settings section for more information. BACK: Select this option to move back to the Race Setup options screen. collided into. While the player is driving the track trying to set their fastest time they can watch the ghost vehicle and visually tell if they are faster or slower. If the player is ahead of the ghost vehicle they are turning a faster lap time than that ghost laps time. If the player is behind the ghost vehi cle then they are turning a slower time than that ghost vehicle. Race Selection Options START A NEW HOT LAP: Select this option if you want to create a brand new hot lap. After your first lap a ghost truck will appear which is an exact copy of your fastest lap. If you go faster the ghost lap will be replaced with the faster one. T I M E A T TA C K Time Attack mode allows the player to race for the fastest time on any track. Time Attack races are done with just the player's vehi cle on the track and no AI vehicles. The player has the choice of running the Time Attack mode without a ghost truck, with the play ers ghost truck, or with someone else's ghost truck. A ghost vehi cle is a fast lap replay with a transparent vehicle that cannot be 8 RACE AGAINST AN EXISTING HOT LAP: Select this option if you would like to run against one of your old hot laps or if you would like to compete against someone else's hot lap. You will be given a list of Hot Laps on your system and you can choose which one that you would like to compete against. VIEW AN EXISTING HOT LAP: Select this option if you would like to watch one of your old hot laps or someone else's hot lap like a replay. By selecting this option you will not be racing you will only be watching the ghost trucks hot lap. 9 View Selection Options CONTINUE: Select this option to continue on to the Vehicle Selection screen. TRACK: With this option you can choose which track you would like to run your hot lap session on. LAPS: Select the number of laps in which you would like to attempt to do your hot lap (1-20). CAREER In this mode you start off with asmall amount of money and no vehicle. You must first buy a stock vehicle and then compete in races to earn more cash. With your winnings you can upgrade your vehicle with a variety of performance parts. Race Selection Options GO HOME: Home is where you can see the vehicles that you own, what races you have completed, and install/remove parts from your vehicles. GO SHOPPING: This is where you buy a new vehicle and where you can purchase parts to upgrade your vehicles performance. GO RACING: This is where you choose a race or races to compete in and earn money. 11 Ve h i c l e S e l e c t i o n O p t i o n s RACE: Select this option to start the race with the settings you have chosen. VEHICLE SELECT: Use this option to select what vehicle you would like to compete with. You can choose from one of the vehicles in the list or use your career truck that you have saved. VEHICLE SETTINGS: Use this option to select the vehicle settings screen. See the Vehicle Settings section for more information. 10 NETWORK Network mode allows you to compete online against other 4x4 EVO owners. The network mode has extensive help files built into the game. For network mode you must have a connection to the Internet. S c re e n D i s p l a y s O p t i o n s SPEED CONVERSION: Use this option to toggle between metric or English units of speed in the display. FINDER: Use this option to toggle on/off the checkpoint finder arrow. RACE INFORMATION: Use this option to toggle on/off the race information overlay. MAP: Use this option to toggle on/off the racetrack map. OPTIONS Sound Options MUTE: Select this option to turn all sound off. MAP ORIENTATION: Use this option to toggle how the map is drawn. SPEEDOMETER: Use this option to toggle on/off the speedometer. SOUND EFFECTS: Use the slider to adjust the volume of the sound effects in the game. BACKGROUND MUSIC: Use the slider to adjust the volume of the music in the game. SOUND MODE: Select this option to toggle between stereo and mono sound. OUTPUT RATE: Select this option to select the output rate of the sound. OUTPUT QUALITY: Select this option to select the output quality level of the sound. OUTPUT DEVICE: Use this option to select what hardware device is used for sound output. HARDWARE: Select this option to toggle the level of hardware use in the sound. SCENERY COMPLEXITY: Use this option to cycle through the different levels of scenery complexity. Less scenery will improve frame rate. 12 13 CONTROLLER SETUP: This is where you can setup your controller. Graphics Options VISIBLE DISTANCE: Use this option to control how far ahead the scene is drawn. Smaller view distances will improve frame rate. GAME DISPLAY GROUND SHADOWS: Toggle On/Off the drawing of ground shadows. If your video card does not have a lot of texture memory or AGP you should turn ground shadows off. VEHICLE SHADOWS: Use this option to toggle the different levels of truck shadows. If you have a slower machine you should run low or no truck shadows. TIRE TRACKS: This option toggles On/Off the drawing of tire tracks. VEHICLE DETAIL: This option can be used to set the detail to automatic or to low detail. Use low detail for better performance. TRUCK REFLECTIONS: This option toggles On/Off the drawing of reflections on the truck body. Turn this option off for better performance. SUN GLARE: This option toggles On/Off the drawing of sun glare. Turn this option to improve performance. The Game Display includes all information that is available while racing. In the upper left of the screen is the Overlay. The overlay shows such information as your current lap time, your fastest lap time, the current lap, the total number of laps, your current position, the total number of racers, and the total race time. In the upper center of the screen is the Checkpoint finder. The checkpoint finder points to the next checkpoint that you must cross. Checkpoints are directional so make sure that you drive through the side that displays the checkpoint number on the checkpoint. On the Checkpoint finder will be a number. The number corresponds to the next checkpoint that you must drive through. If the checkpoint finder arrow turns red you are headed in the wrong direction. If the checkpoint finder is green you are heading in the right direction. In the upper right of the scre ...