~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FAQ/Guide for F1 Career Challenge by Jake Davis (Jesbian4Ever182@netscape.net) AKA YourWorstNightmare ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ First Version started: Thursday, July 17, 2003 Latest Version completed: Monday, July 23, 2003 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Table of Contents I. Spacing and Length II. Legal Information III. Version IV. Basic Q&A V. Controls VI. F1 Calendar 1999-2002 VII. Beginning Video VIII. Main Screen IX. Career Mode A. Making your Driver B. Obtaining your Superlicense 1. Basic Driving 2. Cornering 3. Racecraft 4. License Complete C. Choosing your team D. The On-Board Screen E. Mid-Season Changes F. End-of-Season Changes X. Quick Race A. 1999 1. Team 2. Driver 3. Course B. 2000 1. Team 2. Driver 3. Course C. 2001 1. Team 2. Driver 3. Course D. 2002 1. Team 2. Driver 3. Course E. Race Options XI. Multiplayer A. Split Screen 1. 1999 a. Team b. Driver c. Course 2. 2000 a. Team b. Driver c. Course 3. 2001 a. Team b. Driver c. Course 4. 2002 a. Team b. Driver c. Course B. Time Trial 1. Season 2. Adding players 3. Team and Driver 4. Course XII. Options A. Audio Settings B. Video Settings C. Controller Configuration D. Load/Save E. Language Select F. Align Screen XIII. Final Thanks XIV. Closing ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I. Spacing and Length To ensure that this guide may be read, printed, and downloaded (for personal use) without difficulty, please make sure that the letters below line up: 1234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012 ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz If they do not match up, your browser could be outdated. Do not print this guide if that is the case, and printing it even if your browser isn't out of date is not advised for this guide's length. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ II. Legal Information This guide is not to be posted on sites other than here at CheatCC and GameFAQs, please contact me if this guide is posted anywhere else. Printing this guide is perfectly legal as long as it is used by the one who printed the guide and no other. Do not attempt to post this guide anywhere else on the internet or any other source that is broadcasted to the public without specific permission from myself. Remember, plagarism is illegal and can result in severe consequences. And hey, if you just stick by the rules, there will never be a problem. Only the following sites may use this guide: CheatCC.com GameFAQs.com faqs.ign.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ III. Version V.05 - Just started, all formatted and the table of contents is complete. Just waiting awhile before diving into the in-depth parts of the guide. V.10 - Completed the important parts in the beginning, started the F1 Calendar 1999-2002 section. V.15 - Completed the F1 Calendar 1999-2002 section and the controls. V.25 - Completed the Final Thanks, Closing, and Spacing and Length sections. V.50 - Phew, just typed the whole Obtaining your Superlicense, Choosing your Team, and part of The On-Board Screen sections. V.60 - Finished The On-Board Screen section. V.65 - Finished the remaining parts of the Career Mode section. Starting Options and Quick Race. V.75 - Finished Options, just most of the Quick Race and Multiplayer sections and I'm done. V.85 - Finished Quick Race, two more to go. V.95 - Multiplayer is done, so it's just the most tedious part left, finishing touches!!! V1.0 - Okay, after a long browse through the guide, I'm pretty sure it's at least almost mistake free. V1.05 - Small yet important update to the team name's from 1999 and 2000 and to the Final Thanks section. V1.10 - Update to the Basic Q&A section. V1.20 - Added the Race Options sub-section to the Quick Race section. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ IV. Basic Q&A Simply some questions about this guide, the FIA, or Formula One in general! Q. What IS Formula One? A. Ahhh, good question. Formula One (We'll call it F1 for simplicity purposes), is a sport in which [at least] 20 drivers compete in [at least] eight courses to win the World Championship and be put down in history. It involves some wicked looking cars that can whip up to 160 KPH in under 3.5 seconds, and can max out at around 360 KPH. It all involves strategy, wits, reflexes, luck, and sheer talent. Q. How many laps are Formula One races? A. That completely depends on the length of the track. For example, Spa-Francorchamps is 4.32 miles long and is 44 laps. While Monaco is 2.09 miles long, and is 78 laps. So it depends on how long the circuit is. Spa-Francorchamps has the least amount of laps and Monaco has the most amount of laps. Q. Has anyone died in Formula One? A. Yes, many people have died in testing accidents, races, and even free practices. One of those people includes Ayrton Senna, known as one of the greatest drivers of all time, who died in a race at Imola after his car stopped turning and went straight into a wall, resulting in part of the suspension and a tyre hitting him in the head. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ V. Controls While I am sure that the controls should be easy for you and any other person, I am going to give a brief explanation of the controls anyways. X - Accelerate Sqaure - Brake Triangle - Nothing Circle - Reverse Left/Right - Turning Up/Down - Nothing R1 - Change View (4 different views) L1 - Look behind R2 - Shift Up (only in Quick Race mode) L2 - Shift Down (only in Quick Race mode) Do take note that the controls can be changed in the options screen. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ VI. F1 Calendar 1999-2002 The following calendars follow the circuits that the FIA Formula One World Championship went to during the seasons of 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002. 1999: Round 1: Australian GP Round 2: Brazilian GP Round 3: San Marino GP Round 4: Monaco GP Round 5: Spanish GP Round 6: Canadian GP Round 7: French GP Round 8: British GP Round 9: Austrian GP Round 10: German GP Round 11: Hungarian GP Round 12: Belgian GP Round 13: Italian GP Round 14: European GP Round 15: Malaysian GP Round 16: Japanese GP 2000: Round 1: Australian GP Round 2: Brazilian GP Round 3: San Marino GP Round 4: British GP Round 5: Spanish GP Round 6: European GP Round 7: Monaco GP Round 8: Canadian GP Round 9: French GP Round 10: Austrian GP Round 11: German GP Round 12: Hungarian GP Round 13: Belgian GP Round 14: Italian GP Round 15: United States GP Round 16: Japanese GP Round 17: Malaysian GP 2001: Round 1: Australian GP Round 2: Malaysian GP Round 3: Brazilian GP Round 4: San Marino GP Round 5: Spanish GP Round 6: Austrian GP Round 7: Monaco GP Round 8: Canadian GP Round 9: European GP Round 10: French GP Round 11: British GP Round 12: German GP Round 13: Hungarian GP Round 14: Belgian GP Round 15: Italian GP Round 16: United States GP Round 17: Japanese GP 2002: Round 1: Australian GP Round 2: Malaysian GP Round 3: Brazilian GP Round 4: San Marino GP Round 5: Spanish GP Round 6: Austrian GP Round 7: Monaco GP Round 8: Canadian GP Round 9: European GP Round 10: British GP Round 11: French GP Round 12: German GP Round 13: Hungarian GP Round 14: Belgian GP Round 15: Italian GP Round 16: United States GP Round 17: Japanese GP ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ VII. Beginning Video The beginning video consists of the drivers' names from 1999-2002 that competed scrolling across the screen along with all the circuit designs in the background scrolling across (both moving to the left). In the very background of it all you see various scenes from perhaps F1 races or pitstop routines. Then, after all the drivers' names scrolling by and all the circuits as well, a silver loop appears from the foreground spinning and spins until it is perfectly a circle. Then, F1 Career Challenge appears on top of the circle. The music at which point, ends. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ VIII. Main Screen There are five choices to choose from once you are on the main screen. They are: Career Mode - Career mode allows you to participate as a driver in four full seasons of Grand Prix. Quick Race - Quick Race is an arcade race where you can jump straight into the action. Multiplayer - In multiplayer there are two game modes: Split Screen and Time Trial Options - This is where you can configure the game controls, select languages, load/save and change the audio and visual settings. Credits - Credits. If you do not press any directional button for approximately 32 seconds, then you will be brought to a demo that takes you a lap around various courses, shown one at a time. If you want to see another course, you will have to wait 32 more seconds on the main screen. Press X to exit the demo and return to the main screen. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ IX. Career Mode Career Mode allows you to participate as a driver in four full seasons of Grand Prix. A. Making your Driver You can either select "New Career" or "Continue Career", since we're assuming you don't have a career to continue yet, we'll select New Career. For this, I'll make my own driver with you, just to show an example. Go ahead, just move the cursor and select up to 9 characters for your driver's name. Pick whatever you want as long as it's 9 characters or less. My pick: John Doe Next, initials. This can be anything, three random letters, your name's initials, the driver's initials, whatever you want. My pick: JDO Nationality is the next stop on this train, pick one of the many choices as your drivers home country. My pick: Finland (white flag with the blue cross) Now, pick your driver fatigue. This face will appear when you win races so if you don't want to have to look at it ever again, then pick one you'll like. I'll pick that weird pale guy for now, looks european to me! Finally, pick a driver helmet! This is what you'll look at before races, after races, and while driving if you take the default view. I'll just pick that navy blue one with the flame sort of things. There you have it! You've just made yourself a driver! Get ready for some real racing, things are about to get interesting. B. Obtaining your Superlicense Here goes, you're about to test for your Superlicense. You cannot continue Career Mode without first doing this, so be prepared! You should compare this to getting your IB license in Gran Turismo 3. Some things can be difficult, some are quite easy, it just depends on the driver. So let's go get ourselves a Superlicense! B1. Basic Driving Basic Driving takes place in Monza, a high-speed track with little need for cornering ability. I'll post my time up too, but do be aware that I have lots of experience with this game so don't be disapointed if your time is lower. And yes, celebrate if you go faster, you truly must be good if you beat me on your first try! I'm saying that only because of experience, not bragging rights or anything :-) The first test is a test of accelerating, much like the very first test on the B License in GT3 as a matter of fact. You must wait for the five lights to go out and then accelerate all out until you reach the line. Ace - 0:09.750 Pass - 0:11.000 You fail if: -You run out of time -You take a short cut My time - 9.655 The second test involves what you did in the last test but adds a twist. You must brake and stop your car in between the lines in order to recieve a passing grade. Ace - 0:07.750 Pass - 0:10.000 You fail if: -You run out of time -You take a short cut -You enter the pit lane -You overshoot the braking zone My time - 6.273 Test number three is the first time you'll take a corner on F1 Career Challenge (assuming you started with Career Mode). You must take the Parabolica turn at Monza, which is one of the fastest corners in Formula One, at a high speed and then cross the finishing line within the time limit Ace - 0:15.000 Pass - 0:18.000 You fail if: -You run out of time -You take a short cut My time - 0:14.145 That concludes the Basic Driving part of the Superlicense tests. Now, on to.... B2. Cornering This section of the Superlicense test is in Imola, or San Marino, a pretty much all even course that does not need more of one thing than another (at least, not by much of a margin). The first test will be a test that takes place in Imola at the Variante Alta, one of the most famous chicanes in Formula One. It is a right-left turn and is very sharp, though can be taken at full speed without leaving the track if you take it at the right angle. Ace - 0:12.000 Pass - 0:15.000 You fail if: -You run out of time -You take a short cut -All four of your wheels are off the track My time - 0:11.685 The next test is a hairpin, or turn that is or is almost 180 degrees. This is the sharpest turn in Imola, so be ready. Brake early and ride your left tyres right on the rumble strips, and accelerate all out about halfway through the turn to achieve an Ace. Ace - 0:12.250 Pass - 0:14.000 You fail if: -You run out of time -You take a short cut -All four of your wheels are off the track My time - Well, I didn't even get to restart and I would have, but I got 0:12.344 That concludes the Cornering section of the Superlicense test, let's go on to... B3. Racecraft This section takes place in Silverstone and works on your ability to overtake, along with pit stops and driving in wet weather. Let's get started, this is the final, and hardest part of the Superlicense tests. Test one is the wet weather test. This can be a doozy especially on your first try. You will need to get used to going a tiny bit slower on each corner or else you will never pass. Just take it slow, brake early and accelerate out of corners early to get the best time. If you can't pass this one, watch the demonstration. Ace - 0:23.500 Pass - 0:27.000 You fail if: -You run out of time -You take a short cut -You enter the pit lane -All four of your wheels are off the track My time - 0:22.468 The next test involves overtaking. This can be challenging, or easy, depending on the aggresion/conservativeness of the one driving. You must watch out to not hit the other cars but also to pass them in the quickest way possible, make sure you stay on the track though! Time limit - 0:30.000 Ace - Overtake 3 cars Pass - Overtake 1 car You fail if: -You run out of time -You take a short cut -All four of your wheels are off the track -Not enough cars are overtaken Cars passed - 2 Time - 0:21.689 This is your final test, and then it's all over. This test is also the most frustrating. You must go into the pits and then complete the pit stop in an appropriate amount of time. Oh and one catch, you have 5 jobs to do. So let's take this step-by-step. First there is 'Brake to Limit', you must press Square until your car is going 50 MPH or slower. If you go below about 45, then you might consider starting over, though above 40 is still possible to make it. Then, we have 'Brake to Pits', you must brake to 12 MPH or slower, it doesn't really matter if you brake really low on this one, because you turn in immediately after, so don't sweat it if you are going 6 MPH. As I said above, next is turn in, so you must press right (do take note that Interlagos [Brazil] and Montreal [Canada] both turn to the left, not right) as soon as possible so as to actually turn into your pit stall. Once you do this, the guys will move around a bit, and then you will see an overhead view of your car. When you are about directly over the driver, it will say "Gear up Now", you must press R2 the INSTANT it says that, but not before, or it will take about 10 seconds extra, which is an automatic fail. Finally, you will see the guy with the jack move to the side and the lollipop man (man with the pole that has the circle on the end) will lift up the lollipop. Shortly after that happens (about a quarter of a second), it will say "Accelerate", press X and you will leave the pit stall. Yet again, make sure you don't press it too early or your car will stall. You will watch your car drive out of the pits automatically, and the test will end. If you have less than a second of time lost in the pits, then you have passed. Above that could quite possibly be a failure. But don't give up until you read your final time. Ace - 0:28.000 Pass - 0:37.000 You fail if: -You run out of time -You miss the pit lane -You do not complete all the tasks My time - Almost had it, I hit 50 MPH on the dot, but the game claimed I didn't brake to 12 MPH, so I ended up getting 0:29.318 Congratulations! You have obtained your Superlicense, and now can move on to actual racing against other drivers! B4. License Complete License complete, that simple! Congratulations! You can now compete in the FIA Formula One World Championship, starting in 1999! C. Choosing your Team Now, I've recieved offers from different teams both times I've completed my Superlicense. My first time, Benetton, Prost Grand Prix, and Sauber all gave me an offer, and I took Benetton. This time however, Williams F1, Benetton, and Prost Grand Prix gave me offers. While Williams is probably the best out of those, I'd rather pick a team that's lower class. So I'll go with Prost since I picked Benetton last time. D. The On-Board Screen At this point there are several choices. You can either check your driver's career information, which right now probably has no information. You can also spend points on pit babes, helmets, or car upgrades that are gained through completing race objectives. Another option is to do the test scenario, which is almost like doing a Superlicense test, but can get you lots of help for when the race comes. Finally, you can move on to the next race weekend. You can edit the options by pressing L1 and an easier way to view your driver statistics is by pressing R1. Well, that's all there is to the On-Board Screen. E. Mid-Season Changes Throughout the season, you may think all there is to doing good is winning the championship. Well, you're wrong. By doing better during the season you can get yourself a better ride. Though I have not been given an offer by McLaren or Ferrari at halfway, Stewart and Williams have given me offers and I took Stewart (I don't know what it is, I just always liked them). And by continuing to do good you can get better rides. F. End-of-Season Changes At the end of each season, you can choose your team for next year. The teams could be better or worse depending on your overall performance through the year (particularily the second half). If you drive well and take a couple wins home then you could very well land yourself in a McLaren or Ferrari. Otherwise, strap up and get ready to go again because it'll take a couple wins to get yourself in a Ferrari or McLaren. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ X. Quick Race Quick Race is an arcade race where you can jump straight into the action. First you need to select your season.... A. 1999 A1. Team Select your team, I will put a number between 1-10 representing how good the team is in my opinion. Your choices are: Ferrari (10) McLaren Mercedes (10) Williams (9) Sauber Petronas (7) Jordan Honda (7) BAR Honda (6) Stewart (9) Benetton (7) Arrows (6) European Minardi (5) Prost Grand Prix (5) A2. Driver Next, you must pick your driver, I won't be putting numbers since the driver is just personal preference and no driver is "more skilled" than another on this game. Your choices are: Ferrari: Michael Schumacher (Ger) Eddie Irvine (UK) McLaren Mercedes: Mika Hakkinen (Fin) David Coulthard (Sco) Williams: Alessandro Zanardi (Bra) Ralf Schumacher (Ger) Sauber Petronas: Jean Alesi (Fra) Pedro Diniz (Esp) Jordan Mugen-Honda: Damon Hill (UK) Heinz-Harald Frentzen (Ger) BAR Supertec: Jacques Villeneuve (Can) Ricardo Zonta (Bra) Stewart: Rubens Barrichello (Bra) Johnny Herbert (UK) Benetton: Giancarlo Fisichella (Ita) Alexander Wurz (Aut) Arrows: Pedro de la Rosa (Esp) Toranosuke Takagi (Jap) Minardi: Luca Badoer (Ita) Marc Gene (Esp) Prost Grand Prix: Olivier Panis (Fra) Jarno Trulli (Ita) A3. Course Finally, you must pick a course, select one of the following: A1-Ring, Austria Albert Park (AKA Melbourne), Australia Catalunya (AKA Barcelona), Spain Gilles Villeneuve (AKA Montreal), Canada Hockenheim, Germany Hungaroring, Hungary Imola, San Marino Interlagos (AKA Sao Paulo), Brazil Magny-Cours, France Monte Carlo (AKA Cote d' Azur, Monaco), Monaco Monza, Italy Nurburgring, Europe (Germany) Sepang, Malaysia Silverstone, UK Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium Suzuka, Japan Take note that the courses are in alphabetical order, not the order they take place in during the actual season. B. 2000 B1. Team Select your team, I will put a number between 1-10 representing how good the team is in my opinion. Your choices are: Ferrari (10) McLaren Mercedes (10) BMW Williams (10) Sauber Petronas (8) Jordan Honda (8) BAR Honda (6) Jaguar Racing (7) Benetton (7) Orange Arrows (5) European Minardi (5) Prost Grand Prix (6) B2. Driver Next, you must pick your driver, I won't be putting numbers since the driver is just personal preference and no driver is "more skilled" than another on this game. Your choices are: Ferrari: Michael Schumacher (Ger) Rubens Barrichello (Bra) McLaren Mercedes: Mika Hakkinen (Fin) David Coulthard (Sco) BMW Williams: Ralf Schumacher (Ger) Jenson Button (UK) Sauber Petronas: Mika Salo (Fin) Pedro Diniz (Bra) Jordan Honda: Heinz-Harald Frentzen (Ger) Jarno Trulli (Ita) BAR Honda: Jacques Villeneuve (Fra) Ricardo Zonta (Bra) Jaguar Racing: Eddie Irvine (UK) Johnny Herbert (UK) Benetton: Giancarlo Fisichella (Ita) Alexander Wurz (Aut) Orange Arrows: Pedro de la Rosa (Esp) Jos Verstappen (Ned) Minardi: Mazzacane (Arg) Marc Gene (Esp) Prost Grand Prix: Jean Alesi (Fra) Nick Heidfeld (Ger) B3. Course Finally, you must pick a course, select one of the following: A1-Ring, Austria Albert Park (AKA Melbourne), Australia Catalunya (AKA Barcelona), Spain Gilles Villeneuve (AKA Montreal), Canada Hockenheim, Germany Hungaroring, Hungary Imola, San Marino Indianapolis, United States Interlagos (AKA Sao Paulo), Brazil Magny-Cours, France Monte Carlo (AKA Cote d' Azur, Monaco), Monaco Monza, Italy Nurburgring, Europe (Germany) Sepang, Malaysia Silverstone, UK Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium Suzuka, Japan Take note that the courses are in alphabetical order, not the order they take place in during the actual season. C. 2001 C1. Team Select your team, I will put a number between 1-10 representing how good the team is in my opinion. Your choices are: Ferrari (10) McLaren Mercedes (10) BMW Williams (10) Sauber Petronas (8) Jordan Honda (8) BAR Honda (6) Jaguar Racing (7) Benetton (7) Orange Arrows (5) European Minardi (5) Prost Grand Prix (6) C2. Driver Next, you must pick your driver, I won't be putting numbers since the driver is just personal preference and no driver is "more skilled" than another on this game. Your choices are: Ferrari: Michael Schumacher (Ger) Rubens Barrichello (Bra) McLaren Mercedes: Mika Hakkinen (Fin) David Coulthard (Sco) BMW Williams: Ralf Schumacher (Ger) Juan-Pablo Montoya (Col) Sauber Petronas: Nick Heidfeld (Ger) Kimi Raikkonen (Fin) Jordan Honda: Heinz-Harald Frentzen (Ger) Jarno Trulli (Ita) BAR Honda: Olivier Panis (Fra) Jacques Villeneuve (Can) Jaguar Racing: Eddie Irvine (UK) Luciano Burti (Bra) Benetton: Giancarlo Fisichella (Ita) Jenson Button (UK) Orange Arrows: Jos Verstappen (Ned) Enrique Bernoldi (Bra) European Minardi: Fernando Alonso (Esp) Tarso Marques (Bra) Prost Grand Prix: Jean Alesi (Fra) Gaston Mazzacane (Arg) C3. Course Finally, you must pick a course, select one of the following: A1-Ring, Austria Albert Park (AKA Melbourne), Australia Catalunya (AKA Barcelona), Spain Gilles Villeneuve (AKA Montreal), Canada Hockenheim, Germany Hungaroring, Hungary Imola, San Marino Indianapolis, United States Interlagos (AKA Sao Paulo), Brazil Magny-Cours, France Monte Carlo (AKA Cote d' Azur, Monaco), Monaco Monza, Italy Nurburgring, Europe (Germany) Sepang, Malaysia Silverstone, UK Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium Suzuka, Japan Take note that the courses are in alphabetical order, not the order they take place in during the actual season. D. 2002 D1. Team Select your team, I will put a number between 1-10 representing how good the team is in my opinion. Your choices are: Ferrari (10) McLaren Mercedes (10) BMW Williams (10) Sauber Petronas (8) Jordan Honda (7) BAR Honda (6) Jaguar Racing (7) Renault (8) Orange Arrows (5) Minardi (5) Toyota (6) D2. Driver Next, you must pick your driver, I won't be putting numbers since the driver is just personal preference and no driver is "more skilled" than another on this game. Your choices are: Ferrari: Michael Schumacher (Ger) Rubens Barrichello (Bra) McLaren Mercedes: David Coulthard (Sco) Kimi Raikkonen (Fin) BMW Williams: Ralf Schumacher (Ger) Juan-Pablo Montoya (Col) Sauber Petronas: Nick Heidfeld (Ger) Felipe Massa (Bra) Jordan Honda: Giancarlo Fisichella (Ita) Takuma Sato (Jap) BAR Honda: Jacques Villeneuve (Can) Olivier Panis (Fra) Jaguar Racing: Eddie Irvine (UK) Pedro de la Rosa (Esp) Renault: Jarno Trulli (Ita) Jenson Button (UK) Orange Arrows: Heinz-Harald Frentzen (Ger) Enrique Bernoldi (Bra) Minardi: Alex Yoong (Mal) Mark Webber (Aus) Toyota: Mika Salo (Fin) Allan McNish (Sco) D3. Course Finally, you must pick a course, select one of the following: A1-Ring, Austria Albert Park (AKA Melbourne), Australia Catalunya (AKA Barcelona), Spain Gilles Villeneuve (AKA Montreal), Canada Hockenheim, Germany Hungaroring, Hungary Imola, San Marino Interlagos (AKA Sao Paulo), Brazil Magny-Cours, France Monte Carlo (AKA Cote d' Azur, Monaco), Monaco Monza, Italy Nurburgring, Europe (Germany) Sepang, Malaysia Silverstone, UK Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium Suzuka, Japan Take note that the courses are in alphabetical order, not the order they take place in during the actual season. E. Race Options After all of that, you still have some more to do. You can select a variety of options for during the race. Which I will explain below: Note: The options in all capitals are the defaults. Opposition Difficulty - Choose either EASY, Medium, or Hard. The meaning of these is obvious so I won't explain. Race Length - Choose FOUR, 8, 16, Half, or Full. Half and Full are referring to the distance (e.g. half of Indy would be 36 because it is half of 73 as 73 would be full). Interactive Pit Stops - Your choices are ON or Off as most of the other options will be. Saying ON will make it so that you have to do the 5 tasks in the pits when you go in. Weather - Choose either DRY, Wet, or Variable. These options are also obvious so I will not explain this either. Damage - Choose either OFF, Forgiving, or Realistic. With it on Forgiving, only several things (losing wings) can happen. Otherwise, failures and such can happen as well. Unless of course you have it on OFF. Gears - AUTOMATIC or Semi-Automatic are the options. Automatic means that the car will shift gears for you. Semi-Automatic means that you need to shift gears. Tyre Wear - Options are On or OFF, your tyres will slowly grain away if this option is On. This is only an option if you are doing 16 laps or more. Fuel Use - Options are On or OFF, you will need to come into the pits for fuel if it is On. This is only an option if you are doing 16 laps or more. FIA Rules - Choices are OFF, Forgiving, or Realistic. On Forgiving, you will be able to get away with the small stuff. But once it's on Realistic, every illegal action will land you a stop/go or drive through penalty. Slipstreaming - Choices are ON or Off, with this on, you can get behind other cars and gain speed through their air vacumm. Once you have done this, you pull to the side and with the extra speed carried on through the slipstream, you will slingshot past the driver. Gamebreakers - Ahhh Gamebreakers, isn't the first game I've heard this term used in (cough *NBA Street* cough). Seems EA has a thing for it, anyways, the choices are On or OFF. With it on, you will see a slow mo action replay of your car in action when you have a major crash. One of the coolest parts of Quick Race (in my opinion). Qualifying - Simply, ON or Off. This allows you to have a qualifying session before you go and race. Very helpful indeed. Now you're ready. Race on! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ XI. Multiplayer In Multiplayer there are two game modes: Split Screen and Time Trial. I'll explain them both below: A. Split Screen: Go Head-to-Head or Full Grid with your friends at the same time on a split screen. You can see it says 2 Player at the top. By clicking that you just go Head-to-Head with a friend. By moving down to Head-to-Head and moving left or right, you can select Full Grid or Head-to-Head. Full Grid means that all the drivers from that season will race, while Head-to-Head is just you and your friend. First you need to select your season.... 1. 1999 A1a. Team Select your team, I will put a number between 1-10 representing how good the team is in my opinion. Your choices are: Ferrari (10) McLaren Mercedes (10) Williams (9) Sauber Petronas (7) Jordan Mugen-Honda (7) BAR Supertec (6) Stewart (9) Benetton (7) Arrows (6) Minardi (5) Prost Grand Prix (5) A1b. Driver Next, you must pick your driver, I won't be putting numbers since the driver is just personal preference and no driver is "more skilled" than another on this game. Your choices are: Ferrari: Michael Schumacher (Ger) Eddie Irvine (UK) McLaren Mercedes: Mika Hakkinen (Fin) David Coulthard (Sco) Williams: Alessandro Zanardi (Bra) Ralf Schumacher (Ger) Sauber Petronas: Jean Alesi (Fra) Pedro Diniz (Esp) Jordan Mugen-Honda: Damon Hill (UK) Heinz-Harald Frentzen (Ger) BAR Supertec: Jacques Villeneuve (Can) Ricardo Zonta (Bra) Stewart: Rubens Barrichello (Bra) Johnny Herbert (UK) Benetton: Giancarlo Fisichella (Ita) Alexander Wurz (Aut) Arrows: Pedro de la Rosa (Esp) Toranosuke Takagi (Jap) Minardi: Luca Badoer (Ita) Marc Gene (Esp) Prost Grand Prix: Olivier Panis (Fra) Jarno Trulli (Ita) A1c. Course Finally, you must pick a course, select one of the following: A1-Ring, Austria Albert Park (AKA Melbourne), Australia Catalunya (AKA Barcelona), Spain Gilles Villeneuve (AKA Montreal), Canada Hockenheim, Germany Hungaroring, Hungary Imola, San Marino Interlagos (AKA Sao Paulo), Brazil Magny-Cours, France Monte Carlo (AKA Cote d' Azur, Monaco), Monaco Monza, Italy Nurburgring, Europe (Germany) Sepang, Malaysia Silverstone, UK Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium Suzuka, Japan Take note that the courses are in alphabetical order, not the order they take place in during the actual season. 2. 2000 A2a. Team Select your team, I will put a number between 1-10 representing how good the team is in my opinion. Your choices are: Ferrari (10) McLaren Mercedes (10) BMW Williams (10) Sauber Petronas (8) Jordan Honda (8) BAR Honda (6) Jaguar Racing (7) Benetton (7) Orange Arrows (5) European Minardi (5) Prost Grand Prix (6) A2b. Driver Next, you must pick your driver, I won't be putting numbers since the driver is just personal preference and no driver is "more skilled" than another on this game. Your choices are: Ferrari: Michael Schumacher (Ger) Rubens Barrichello (Bra) McLaren Mercedes: Mika Hakkinen (Fin) David Coulthard (Sco) BMW Williams: Ralf Schumacher (Ger) Jenson Button (UK) Sauber Petronas: Mika Salo (Fin) Pedro Diniz (Bra) Jordan Honda: Heinz-Harald Frentzen (Ger) Jarno Trulli (Ita) BAR Honda: Jacques Villeneuve (Fra) Ricardo Zonta (Bra) Jaguar Racing: Eddie Irvine (UK) Johnny Herbert (UK) Benetton: Giancarlo Fisichella (Ita) Alexander Wurz (Aut) Orange Arrows: Pedro de la Rosa (Esp) Jos Verstappen (Ned) Minardi: Mazzacane (Arg) Marc Gene (Esp) Prost Grand Prix: Jean Alesi (Fra) Nick Heidfeld (Ger) A2c. Course Finally, you must pick a course, select one of the following: A1-Ring, Austria Albert Park (AKA Melbourne), Australia Catalunya (AKA Barcelona), Spain Gilles Villeneuve (AKA Montreal), Canada Hockenheim, Germany Hungaroring, Hungary Imola, San Marino Indianapolis, United States Interlagos (AKA Sao Paulo), Brazil Magny-Cours, France Monte Carlo (AKA Cote d' Azur, Monaco), Monaco Monza, Italy Nurburgring, Europe (Germany) Sepang, Malaysia Silverstone, UK Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium Suzuka, Japan Take note that the courses are in alphabetical order, not the order they take place in during the actual season. 3. 2001 A3a. Team Select your team, I will put a number between 1-10 representing how good the team is in my opinion. Your choices are: Ferrari (10) McLaren Mercedes (10) BMW Williams (10) Sauber Petronas (8) Jordan Honda (8) BAR Honda (6) Jaguar Racing (7) Benetton (7) Orange Arrows (5) European Minardi (5) Prost Grand Prix (6) A3b. Driver Next, you must pick your driver, I won't be putting numbers since the driver is just personal preference and no driver is "more skilled" than another on this game. Your choices are: Ferrari: Michael Schumacher (Ger) Rubens Barrichello (Bra) McLaren Mercedes: Mika Hakkinen (Fin) David Coulthard (Sco) BMW Williams: Ralf Schumacher (Ger) Juan-Pablo Montoya (Col) Sauber Petronas: Nick Heidfeld (Ger) Kimi Raikkonen (Fin) Jordan Honda: Heinz-Harald Frentzen (Ger) Jarno Trulli (Ita) BAR Honda: Olivier Panis (Fra) Jacques Villeneuve (Can) Jaguar Racing: Eddie Irvine (UK) Luciano Burti (Bra) Benetton: Giancarlo Fisichella (Ita) Jenson Button (UK) Orange Arrows: Jos Verstappen (Ned) Enrique Bernoldi (Bra) European Minardi: Fernando Alonso (Esp) Tarso Marques (Bra) Prost Grand Prix: Jean Alesi (Fra) Gaston Mazzacane (Arg) A3c. Course Finally, you must pick a course, select one of the following: A1-Ring, Austria Albert Park (AKA Melbourne), Australia Catalunya (AKA Barcelona), Spain Gilles Villeneuve (AKA Montreal), Canada Hockenheim, Germany Hungaroring, Hungary Imola, San Marino Indianapolis, United States Interlagos (AKA Sao Paulo), Brazil Magny-Cours, France Monte Carlo (AKA Cote d' Azur, Monaco), Monaco Monza, Italy Nurburgring, Europe (Germany) Sepang, Malaysia Silverstone, UK Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium Suzuka, Japan Take note that the courses are in alphabetical order, not the order they take place in during the actual season. 4. 2002 A4a. Team Select your team, I will put a number between 1-10 representing how good the team is in my opinion. Your choices are: Ferrari (10) McLaren Mercedes (10) BMW Williams (10) Sauber Petronas (8) Jordan Honda (7) BAR Honda (6) Jaguar Racing (7) Renault (8) Orange Arrows (5) Minardi (5) Toyota (6) A4b. Driver Next, you must pick your driver, I won't be putting numbers since the driver is just personal preference and no driver is "more skilled" than another on this game. Your choices are: Ferrari: Michael Schumacher (Ger) Rubens Barrichello (Bra) McLaren Mercedes: David Coulthard (Sco) Kimi Raikkonen (Fin) BMW Williams: Ralf Schumacher (Ger) Juan-Pablo Montoya (Col) Sauber Petronas: Nick Heidfeld (Ger) Felipe Massa (Bra) Jordan Honda: Giancarlo Fisichella (Ita) Takuma Sato (Jap) BAR Honda: Jacques Villeneuve (Can) Olivier Panis (Fra) Jaguar Racing: Eddie Irvine (UK) Pedro de la Rosa (Esp) Renault: Jarno Trulli (Ita) Jenson Button (UK) Orange Arrows: Heinz-Harald Frentzen (Ger) Enrique Bernoldi (Bra) Minardi: Alex Yoong (Mal) Mark Webber (Aus) Toyota: Mika Salo (Fin) Allan McNish (Sco) A4c. Course Finally, you must pick a course, select one of the following: A1-Ring, Austria Albert Park (AKA Melbourne), Australia Catalunya (AKA Barcelona), Spain Gilles Villeneuve (AKA Montreal), Canada Hockenheim, Germany Hungaroring, Hungary Imola, San Marino Interlagos (AKA Sao Paulo), Brazil Magny-Cours, France Monte Carlo (AKA Cote d' Azur, Monaco), Monaco Monza, Italy Nurburgring, Europe (Germany) Sepang, Malaysia Silverstone, UK Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium Suzuka, Japan Take note that the courses are in alphabetical order, not the order they take place in during the actual season. B. Time Trial: One by one, face your friends to see who can pull off the quickest lap time! B1. Season You can choose between either: 1999 2000 2001 2002 B2. Add Players This is fairly simple. You click "Add Player __" until you have the number of players you need. You then move on once you have added the appropriate number of players. B3. Team and Driver This is also simple, pick a driver from a team that will be used by all players. Once you have selected a driver, you have only one thing left to do. If you need a list of the drivers and teams, visit the Split Screen section so that I do not need to waste more space. Go to 'Edit' then 'Find Text (on this page)'. Type in 'A1a' for 1999, 'A2a' for 2000, 'A3a' for 2001, and 'A4a' for 2002. B4. Course Yet again, visit the section above for the courses. You have to pick a course that was in the season you chose in the beginning. If it isn't on there you're out of luck. Continue on to start racing! Have fun! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ XII. Options This is where you can configure the game controls, select languages, load/save and change the audio and visual settings. Note - The words in all capitals are the default settings. A. Audio Settings Mode - Toggle between STEREO and Mono Sound Effects - A 1-8 scale of how loud you want sound effects to be. Commentary - A 1-8 scale of how loud you want the commentary to be. Music - A 1-8 scale of how loud you want the music to be. B. Video Settings HUD - Heads up Display, toggle between ON and Off, shows everything from the speed to your position. TV Panels - Toggle between ON and Off, shows the panels at the bottom of the screen during racing that show your car make and your position, etc. Screen Format - Toggle between NORMAL and Wide, is used to configure the best graphics for your TV. Circuit Map - Toggle between PARTIAL, Full, or Off. Shows either part of the courses map, all of the courses map, or shows no part of the map at all. Speed - Decide between MPH and KPH (MPH is default). MPH is the english system of speed while KPH is everywhere else in the world's way of showing speed. C. Controller Configuration Fix the controls to your liking, not much more to say. D. Load/Save Load and/or save your game. This is the only way to save if you have Autosave disabled. E. Language Select I don't think I need to do any explaining here. Pick between English, Francais (French), or Deutsch (German). F. Align Screen Allows you to move the screen around so that it fits your TV. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ XIII. Final Thanks Thank you to the following people, websites, and organizations: CJayC - Well, he is the owner of this awesome site, so doesn't he deserve some credit? hondaf1 - For the info on several teams and their names. ViperMask - For info on the Senna accident. GameFAQs in general - For being the best site on gaming. Dark Ice - For encouraging me to write this guide. EA Sports - Well, this IS the best F1 game I've ever played (Okay, so Indy Heat might be better), so doesn't EA deserve some thanks as well? The FIA - Well you know, F1 wouldn't exist without the FIA making the rulebook and all, so they gotta get some credit. Formula One - The greatest sport, a sport of champions, they must be eating lots of Wheaties. Myself - This is by far the biggest guide I've ever typed, and I typed it in a blazing hot room that wasn't blazing hot once I turned the fan on.... You - For reading this guide, or at least, part of it. Thanks again to everyone above and even people I didn't mention, hope you enjoyed! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ XIV. Closing If you want to contact me, simply e-mail me at the address at the top. I truly hope you found this guide either helpful, interesting, or some nice thing like that. Please tell me if a site other than CheatCC and GameFAQs is using this guide for whatever purpose because at the moment, CheatCC and GameFAQs are the only sites that should be using it. I thank you again for reading this and I hope you enjoyed it! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~