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EXCESSIVE SPEED
Players Guide

Box & Manual Cover Design Anders Hansson, Iridon Interactive AB Manual Editors Wojciech Wylon, Ganymede Technologies Bjrn Larsson, Iridon Interactive AB

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CREDITS
CHAOS WORKS & GANYMEDE TECHNOLOGIES Game Programmer Pawel Kunstman Lead Engine Programmer Janus Pelc Engine Programmer Pawel Loj Interface Programmer Marek Sobol Additional Programming Grzegorz Kunstman Graphics & 3D Modelling Rafal Trznadel Track Graphics & Design Michal Doniec Sound Effects Janusz Pelc Produced by Marek Sobol Marketing Marek Wylon, Wojciech Wylon IRIDON INTERACTIVE Music Axel Hedfors, Kristian Heikkil, Michael Nilsson-Von der Burg Quality Assurance Bjrn Larsson, Anders Hansson Programming Consultant Mats Hjlund Post Produced by Bjrn Larsson

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CONTENTS 2 ........................................................................................................................... Credits 2 ..................................................................................................................... Demo mode 3 ......................................................................................................................... Contents 4 ................................................................................................................... Introduction 4 ............................................................................................ Installation/Autorun panel 5 .............................................................................................. Main menu/Status screen 5 .............................................................................................................. In-game display 6 ....................................................................................................... Configuration menu 6 ............................................................................................. Default keyboard controls 6 ............................................................................................................. Saving the game 7 ............................................................................................................................... Cars 8 .............................................. Power-Ups that can be carried/locked (WHITE ICONS) 9 ............................................. Power-Ups that are used automatically (GREEN ICONS) 10 ................................................................................................................... Play modes 11 .................................................................................................................. Multiplayer 12 .......................................................................................................... Trouble shooting 13 ........................................................................................................ Advanced Settings 14 ........................................................................................................... Important notice 14 ........................................................................................................ Technical support 14 .............................................................................................. Game hints & questions 14 .............................................................................................. Excessive Speed web site 15 ......................................................................................................... Limited warranty 15 ..................................................................................................................... Copyright 15 ............................................................................................................ Health warning

DEMO MODE
To start the Excessive Speed demo mode, simply select TRACK FIGHTER MODE, choose BEGIN RACE, select the track you want to demo, pick TRACK OVERVIEW and click DEMO.

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INTRODUCTION
Your objective is simple: its either finish first or get finished off. You must win, using any and every method at your disposal, fair or (usually) foul. As you violently battle your way around the tracks while bumping into walls, other cars, or make your acquaintance with landmines, your vehicle will take damage. Reach zero, and youre out of the game bigtime as your vehicle explodes into flames. During your frenzied laps, youll see various power-ups randomly strewn here and there that will help you out, if you can grab them before anyone else, that is. Welcome to Excessive Speed!

INSTALLATION/AUTORUN PANEL
The game should install automatically when the CD is inserted. If the autorun feature is disabled, nothing will happen and you must manually start the installation. Click the Start button, select Run and type D:\autorun.exe (where D: is the letter of your CD-ROM drive). Install/Start the game. After the installation is completed, this button will change to Play. Maximum installation makes the game run faster, while minimum installation takes less harddrive space. Remove the game from your harddrive. Advanced settings. See p. 13 for more info.

Excessive Speed helpfile with additional information not contained in this manual.

Connects you the Excessive Speed Internet site.

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MAIN MENU/STATUS SCREEN

When the game starts, the main menu/status screen will appear:
The car you selected to drive with.

Symbol describing selected mode. Number of stars you have won.

BEGIN RACE SELECT CAR SELECT MODE CONFIGURATION HELP CREDITS EXIT

Start the game! Select the car you want to play with. When you begin the game, only two cars are available. See p. 7 for more info. Select your preferred play mode. See p. 10-11 for more info. See p. 6. Displays help screens. Use Shows the credits screen. Exit to Windows. keys to navigate.

Hint: You can use the keys to navigate through all menus.

IN-GAME DISPLAY
Shows you and your opponents location on the racetrack.

Energy

Position (X/6)

Power-up. A red circle appears if you lock it.

Number of laps

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CONFIGURATION MENU
GRAPHICS AUDIO CENTER CAR Switch between the graphic settings HIGH/LOW detail. Turn videocard Synchronization ON/OFF. Switch between MUSIC CD AUDIO and AMBIENT SOUNDS. Adjust the volume levels for music and sound effects. When this option is enabled, the car is positioned exactly in the center of the screen. If this option is switched OFF (default), the car is positioned in such a way that a larger part of the track is shown in front of the car. Allows you customize your keys or to select a joystick/gamepad to play with. Change your drivers name. Returns you to the main menu.

CONTROLS PLAYER NAME BACK

DEFAULT KEYBOARD CONTROLS

Turn left Turn right

Accelerate

Brake Use power-up

Lock/unlock power-up

SAVING THE GAME

Excessive Speed saves your status automatically, aswell as loads it everytime you start the game.

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CARS
Each car has its own unique set of capabilities, aswell as each track has its own unique surface properties. For some tracks it may be a good idea to choose the car that best fits the track conditions. Cars vary in five different statistical categories: MAX SPEED HANDLING ACCELERATION ACCELERATION WEIGHT The faster you drive, the more damage youll take if you collide. A car with limited handling tends to understeer and skid very easily. Vital at the start, this determines how long it takes you to reach max speed. A heavier car has a slower max speed, but is less likely to slide or be knocked around by other cars. This determines how much punishment your car can take before it explodes.

STRENGTH

In addition to the six vehicles available to you during the game, a seventh secret car can also be found.

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POWER-UPS THAT CAN BE CARRIED/LOCKED (WHITE ICONS)

HEAT-SEEKING MISSILE Chases the car in front of you and explodes, causing some damage.

REAR SHOT Fires backwards and hopefully hits the opponent behind you. Non heatseeking.

ROCKETS Too many cars ahead of you? These four rockets will do the work!

HEAT-SEEKING MINE Leave a nice surprise for your followers! Mines cause severe damage, but takes a few moments to activate after theyre dropped. CHAINGUN Turns your car into a weapon. Your can fire five rounds before youre out of ammo. FREEZE Turns its victim into a block of ice. Frozen cars are very sensitive and tends to break down very easily.

TURBO Increases your speed dramatically for a few seconds.

DOUBLE TURBO Same as turbo, but it can be used twice.

JUMP Gives your car jumping ability. Useful if you want to avoid oilslicks or mines. OIL Drop this while turning, and the cars behind you will drive all sorts of funny directions. TWISTER In fact a small tornado that captures a car and sets it down facing the wrong direction.

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POWER-UPS THAT ARE USED AUTOMATICALLY (GREEN ICONS)

EARTHQUAKE Makes the screen wobble for a few seconds, giving you a hard time trying to stay on the road.

ERASER Removes all power-ups currently on the road.

FULL REPAIR Completely repairs your car and gives you maximum energy.

REPAIR Restores some energy.

GHOST Makes your car invisible. You can drive through other cars without colliding.

SHIELD Protects you from damage until something hits you, or until it wears off.

Hint:If you want to save a power-up for later use, you can use the lock feature. When youve locked a power-up, a red circle appears around it. While the powerup is locked, you cant collect other power-ups.

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PLAY MODES
TRACK FIGHTER You need three stars before you can access a new track. For example, after youve won SINGLE RACE on the Junkyard and Spacestation tracks, you should also play the TIME TRIAL and DYNAMITE TRIAL modes on each of the tracks before youll have enough stars to carry on. In SINGLE RACE, you battle your way against five other cars. You must win the race to get a star. In TIME TRIAL, you must beat the ghost car. If you can do this, youll get another star.

DYNAMITE TRIAL is similar to TIME TRIAL, except for one little detail: your car is loaded with explosives! If you hit anything there is a great chance your car will explode, and the race will finish the very same moment.
GRAND PRIX Before you can play the GRAND PRIX mode, you must have access to the first five tracks by playing the TRACK FIGHTER mode. In the GRAND PRIX mode, you race for money on five randomly chosen tracks. Your objective: to win enough cash, so that youll get access to a new car. The rules are clear - when GRAND PRIX results are presented, the one with the most cash will get a new car. CHAMPIONSHIP This is a tough one! Race on all 14 tracks, win them one-by-one, and carry on to the next. If you loose a race, you will loose one life. If you win a race, you will get one extra life. You start out with two lives.

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MULTIPLAYER
SOME MODES ARE DIFFERENT IN MULTIPL AYER MODE MULTIPL TIPLA In MULTIPLAYER mode, the TRACK FIGHTER modes differs a little bit: You dont win any stars in the SINGLE RACE mode, since all cars are available. In TIME TRIAL, cars dont collide with each other (they appear as ghosts). DYNAMITE TRIAL is similar to TIME TRIAL, but you still carry explosives. To start a new multiplayer game, choose SELECT MODE from the main menu and MULTIPL TIPLA select the MULTIPL AYER option. A window will appear where you can Add or Remove players. There has to be 2 players or more before you can continue. When youre done here, click the Next button. CHOOSE A SCREEN LAYOUT A new window will appear where you can organize the screen layout. Four different screen layouts are available: 4 4 2 2 player player player player scaled split screen (best overview) cut split screen (faster for slow computers, but smaller overview) vertical split horizontal split

If 4 player split screen mode is selected in a 2 or 3 player game, additional screen(s) will be controlled by computer. MULTIPLAYER CONTROLS When you have selected your preferred screen layout, click the Next button. A controls setup window will appear. Players can control their cars using keyboard, joysticks, gamepads, or a combination of all. The mousebuttons can also be used, which could come in handy if all players use keys and there is little room left at the keyboard. SWITCH OFF, MANAGE, OR CREATE NEW MULTIPLAYER GAME Select MULTIPL AYER from the SELECT MODE menu again. A window appears and you MULTIPL TIPLA can choose if you want to switch to single player game, reconfigure your current multiplayer game, or create a new multiplayer game. Note: Best times (track records) are not saved in multiplayer mode.

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TROUBLE SHOOTING
CD-ROM access error A blue screen CD-ROM access error might be a sympton of one of these problems: Dirty or scratched CD Removal of the CD from the computer while the game was running A CD-ROM drive having trouble reading the disc CD detection error If you get Insert CD errors, it is probably because you recently installed a new harddrive, CD-ROM drive, ZIP drive or similar. In this case, you must UNINSTALL Excessive Speed and then INSTALL it again from the CD drive you are using when playing games. The game is slow If you have a slower computer (133 MHz) you must set graphic detail to low, which you can easily do by pressing F4. Also try to switch of videocard synchronization by pressing F6 (this particularly applies to Matrox cards). You ofcourse also set these options from the CONFIGURATION menu. The game is jerky Make sure you have closed all running programs such as Microsoft Office Toolbar, printer drivers, ICQ, antivirus software or any other type of software which may be running in the background. The game pauses occasionally This is due to the fact that Windows simulates memory on the hard drive when not enough RAM is available. The only way to get around this problem is to have atleast 32MB of RAM installed in your computer.

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ADVANCED SETTINGS
Excessive Speed advanced settings application allows players to change settings that affects low level display and sound routines. The application allows players to resolve certain compatibility problems. If the game works properly, leave all options unchanged (Automatic state). Excessive Speed autodetects most hardware and software related problems and always tries to behave properly. Display Mode This option is valid for DirectDraw driver only. By default game tries to use 640x400 High Color mode unless its not available. Some videocards may report this mode to be available when it is not. In such a case you should select 640x480 High Color. Display Method This option is valid for DirectDraw driver only. It determines how many buffers DirectDraw can use to increase Excessive Speed performance. Automatic option is strongly recommended. Color Format If you experience strange colors while playing, change this setting. Audio Format If youre having problem with distorted sound effects in the game, change this option. MMX Technology Excessive Speed autodetects MMX support by default. However, it is theoretically possible that MMX code does not work even if MMX support is detected, then you must manually turn off MMX support by setting this option to Disabled.

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IMPORTANT NOTICE
There are millions of different hardware and software configurations, which makes it very difficult to ensure that a piece of software (or hardware) will work on every computer. You MUST include the following information in your e-mail BEFORE we will be able to resolve any difficulties that you may have encountered with our product. 1. A detailed description of the problem/error. 2. Error message displayed when the problem occurred (if any). 3. Your computers hardware specification, which should include: MHz speed of your CPU and manufacturer (Intel, AMD, Cyrix) Amount of RAM (Excessive Speed requires 16MB of RAM) CD-ROM speed and manufacturers name Name and manufacturer of your soundcard Name, manufacturer, and amount of video RAM of your graphics card Network card (if you have one) Hard disk size and amount of free space Name and manufacturer of your joystick/gamepad Names and manufacturers of other peripherals, such as printers (if any)

TECHNICAL SUPPORT
If you have technically related problems and have access to e-mail, you can use our e-mail tech support service. Send your problem or question to the following email address: [email protected] Tech support is only available in English. Your national distributor may also offer technical support services.

GAME HINTS & QUESTIONS

Game hints and questions regarding the gameplay may be requested by e-mail. Send your question to the following e-mail address: [email protected] Game hints are only available in English. Your national distributor may also offer game hints.

EXCESSIVE SPEED WEB SITE

Possible updates & patches, technical support information, and other info is available on the Excessive Speed website: www.excessivespeed.com

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LIMITED WARRANTY
The disc(s) included with this product are guaranteed to be in correct working condition. Iridon Interactive AB will replace any disc(s) which have manufacturing or duplication defects. Defective disc(s) should be returned by postal mail directly to Iridon Interactive AB (in Sweden) for immediate replacement. This warranty does not apply to the software program itself, which is provided as is, nor does it apply to disc(s) which has been subject to misuse, damage, or excessive wear. Iridon Interactive AB will in no way assume responsibilty or liability for damage cause by computer virus(es).

COPYRIGHT
Please do not make copies of this game. If you know somebody who has obtained or copied this game illegally, please tell him/her to buy the original. Remember that copying games reduces the investment available for producing new groundbreaking and original games, and that copying games is also a criminal offence. Excessive Speed & 1999 Iridon Interactive AB. All rights reserved. Published and post produced by Iridon Interactive AB. Developed and by Chaos Works and Ganymede Technologies. Produced and manufactured under license from Ganymede Technologies.

HEALTH WARNING
For your health, rest about 15 minutes for each hour of play. Avoid playing when tired or suffering from lack of sleep. Always play in a brightly lighted room, and stay as far from the monitor screen as possible. Some people experience epileptic seizures when viewing flashing lights or patterns in our daily environment. These persons may experience seizures while watching TV pictures or playing video games. Even players who have never had any seizures may nonetheless have an undetected epileptic condition. Consult your doctor before playing videogames if you have an epileptic condition or immediately should you experience any of the following symptons during play: dizziness, altered vision, muscle twitching, other involuntary movements, loss of awareness of your surroundings, mental confusion, and / or convulsions.

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