Rage Racer Instruction Manual Enter the world of RAGE RACER where you must conquer four of the toughest courses ever conceived. Take a wild ride on the three challenging winding mountain tracks that take you up steep hills, around sharp turns, and into dark tunnels. When you achieve Class 3, you can challenge the fourth oval track. Win races and earn prize money on your quest for the ultimate speed machine. Set up your PlayStation according to the instructions in its Instruction Manual. Make sure the power is off before inserting or removing a compact disc. Insert the Rage Racer disc and close the Disc cover. Insert the Controller and turn on the PlayStation. Follow on-screen instructions to start a game. It is advised that you do not insert or remove peripherials or Memory cards once the power is turned on. A race cinematic will cycle. Press START button to advance to the Title Screen, then press the START button again. When the Title Screen with the Mode Menu appears, use UP/DOWN Directional butoons to make a selection, then press the START button to confirm your selection. Select Grand Prix or Time Attack and press the START button. The Course Selection Screen will come up and you can select a track by using the LEFT/RIGHT Directional buttons. Choose a variety of race options by using the Directional buttons to highlight the desired icon, then press O or X buttons to select the options. Using The Controller (Default Setting) Directional buttons Use to turn the steering wheel left and right while racing. Use for cursor movement when making selections. START button Use to confirm all menu selections. During the game, press this button to pause, unpause, or exit the race. L1/L2 buttons Use to shift down while racing, using the manual transmission. R1/R2 buttons Use to shift up while racing, using the manual transmission. T button Use to change views or to cancel when making selections. O button Use to select menu options. X button Use to accelerate and to select menu options. S button Use to brake and cancel selections. Using The neGcon Controller (Default Setting) UP Directional button Use to shift down while racing, using the manual transmission. DOWN Directional button Use to shift up while racing, using the manual transmission. TWIST the neGcon to the left and right Steers the car left or right. You can steer the car to the left or right by gently twisting the neGcon. You must practise using the neGcon to get the fastest lap times. START button Use to confirm all menu selections. During the game, press this button to pause, unpause, or exit the race. B button Use to change views or to cancel when making selections. A button Use to select menu options. I button Use to accelerate and to select menu options. II button Use to brake and cancel selections. You have two kinds of views to choose from while racing: Drivers View and Behind the Car View. You can change views by pressing the T button. (The B button when the neGcon is used). Select this icon to go to the Save & Load Screen. Select Save & Load using the Directional buttons and press the O button to confirm. Select the desired data file with the Directional buttons then press the O or the START buttons to confirm. Up to three games files can be saved on one Memory card. NOTE: Memory cards can only be used in Memory card slot 1. Make sure you have enough free blocks on your Memory card before commencing play. Save: Saves data. Load: Loads data. Exit: Returns to the title screen. Pause Menu Pause the game while racing by pressing the START button, then the Pause Menu will appear. Make a selection with the Directional button then press the START button to confirm your selection. To hide the rear view mirror, press the T button + L1 button when paused. Press the T button + R1 button to return the mirror. Cancel: Cancels pause. Retire: You lose one chance unless you retire during the starting countdown. Chance: Tells you how many chances you have left. Use either the O or X buttons to select options or the S or T buttons to go back to the previous screen. 1. COURSE SELECT The tracks will change when you repeatedly press the LEFT/RIGHT Directional buttons. Select the track you like, then choose a menu selection by moving the UP/DOWN Directional buttons. Then press the O button. There are 4 tracks. (Classes 1 & 2 consist of 3 tracks). 2. SELECT CARS Move the Directional button right or left to select the car type. Move the Directional button up or down to Race Start and press the O button. You have only one car to begin with. However, as you win more prize money from the races, you can visit the car shop to buy up to 13 cars as they become available. Each car has 2-5 grades. The higher the grade, the better overall performance the car will have. Also each car maker is grouped into 4 major categories. 1. Grade. 2. Transmisson: Although you can select your transmisson with the Customize option, there are certain cars that can only use manual transmisson (MT). 3. Performance Graph: The longer the bar, the better the performance. CAR PERFORMANCE TRAITS Although cars a categorized into 4 different types, their performance can greatly differ depending on their grades. To determine the performance of your car, check the following points on the screen. ACCELERATION Gives you more power for going up hills and more power to increase the speed of your car. MAXIMUM SPEED The higher the maximum speed, the more advantage you have of winning tracks with many straight-aways. HANDLING A car with high handling will have an easier time cornering. Handling performance will be an important factor in tracks with many sharp turns. GRIP: Cars with strong grip have better traction in the turns, but are not good for drifting. Less grip means less stability but makes drifting easier. 3. CUSTOMIZE You can design your own car by selecting Customize on the Car Select Menu. Make your selection with the Directional button then press the O button. Exit: Returns to car select screen. Tire: You can increase the traction up to 5 grades. Transmission: Select either AT or MT. ATis automatic and MTis manual. There are some cars that only have manual transmission and their gears differ from 4-6 gears. Design: Design your own car. Make your selection with the Directional button then press the O button. Team Logo: You can make an original team logo. Team Name: Name your team. Select the letters with the Directional button and press the O button to enter. BS is backspace. Select ED when finished making your selection then press the O button. Paint Colour: Colour your car. Make your selection from the menu by using the UP/DOWN Directional buttons then press the O button to confirm. Pick the colour you like by using the LEFT/RIGHT Directional buttons then press the O button. Both body colour and line colour (the colour of the stripe) have 18 different colours. Select exit to go back to the previous screen. 18 x 18 = 324 different colour patterns ! Select Exit to return to the Customize Menu. TEAM LOGO You can create your own team logo by slecting team logo in the Customize Menu. Exit: Returns to customize screen. Sample: Create you own logo with the combinations of sample patterns. The different backgrounds give the same logo brand new looks. You can even draw on the sample patterns. Just follow the chart on the right, and create a cool-looking logo of your own. In this mode, section time appears instead of rank and total record appears on the right hand side of the screen. The rear-view mirror is not available. Only those cars obtained in the Grand Prix mode can be used. 1. Section Time: Courses are divied into sections. This indicates how long it took you to run the section. 2. Total Record HOW TO PLAY TIME ATTACK SELECT COURSE Use the LEFT/RIGHT DIrectional buttons to select a course. Next, make your selection from the menu by using the UP/DOWN Directional button, then press the O button to confirm your selection. There are 3-4 different courses. Car Select: Takes you to the Car Select Screen. Ranking: Indicates the ranking lists for Fastest Lap Time & Total Time of each course. Exit Time Attack: Exit the Time Attack and go back to the Title Screen. Use the LEFT/RIGHT Directional buttons to select the car type. Next, use the UP/DOWN Directional buttons to Race Start, then press the O button. 1. The number of cars you have. Race Start: Starts the race. Customize: Customize your own car. Course Select: Returns to the Course Select Screen. Note: The Customize option haslimited functions in this mode You can choose the following 5 options in the Option Mode. Use the Directional buttons to highlight Option and press the O button to confirm your selection. TROPHIES You will get a gold, silver or bronze trophy for each class depending on your finishing position. Gold is for finishing in first place for all the tracks of that class. If you finish second once, you will receive Silver. With one third place finish on any track or two second, you will receive bronze. No trophies when your car has more the the normal grade for the class. KEY CONFIGURATION: Controller: You can choose from eight type of Key Configurations. Use the LEFT/RIGHT Directional buttons and use the X button to make your selection. neGcon: You can choose eight types of Key Configurations. Use the LEFT/RIGHT Directional buttons and either A button or I button to make your selection. Also adjust the Steering Play and Maximum Twist by pressing the START button. 1. Hold neGcon in the untwisted position and press the START button. 2. Choose the Steering Play by using the LEFT/RIGHT Directional buttons and press the START button to select. 3. Choose the Maximum Twist by using the LEFT/RIGHT Directional buttons and press the START button to select. VOLUME BALANCE You can change the Volume Balance of the Background Music (BGM) and the Sound Effects (SE). Adjust the volume by using the LEFT/RIGHT Directional buttons. The larger the guage, the louder the volume. Also change the sound output from stereo to monaural with the OUTPUT selection. MUSIC PLAYER Listen to the background music during the race. To select the music, use the Directional buttons to highlight >> or <<, then press the O button. Press the S button to go back to the Menu Screen. ADJUST SCREEN You can adjust the screen using the Directional buttons. GNADE(Germany) Standard Performance. A powerful car that can handle the narrow streets to the Autobahn. Nicely balanced in all performance traits (Acceleration, maximum speed and handling). LIZARD (U.S.A) Best Acceleration Performance. An American manufactuer that specializes in Stock Car Racing. This car is good on tracks with long straight-aways. No other model can beat its high performance when accelerating up steep hills. AGE (France) Best Handling Performance. A stylish sports car. You can drive like a professional driver with its awesome handling. With this little beauty you can conquer the winding mountain roads. ASSOLUTO (Italy) Highest Maximum Speed. When you're ready to experience some real speed, then it's time to purchase an Assoluto-made sports car. Blow away your competition on the oval track with one of these speed demons. Mythical Coast: 2.88 miles The track runs along the coast, past Mediterranean style villas and a chapel. A standard concourse with some hills. Standard Performance cars like the Gnade are recommended. Over Pass City: 4.13 miles The longest circuit is also the most spectacular. Just like the City of San Francisco, the city with a lot of hills. Cars with high acceleration are recommended for this track. Lakeside Gate: 3.88 miles This road has some beautiful scenery to admire. One of the attractions is where the route opens up by a lake, which reflects the surronding scenery. But the main attraction is its very tricky and challenging turns. Beware of the cars that fly through this trach at high speed. Cars with good handling are recommended for this track. The Extreme Oval: 1.9 miles This track consists of two very long straight-aways that are connected by two giant turns. Don't even try to win races here until you buy one of the Assoluto cars. This section is an introduction to the basic techniques of Rage Racer. Playing Rage Racer without learning the basic techniques is possible. However, to set new records and truly savor evety aspect of Rage Racer, it is recommended that you master some of these powerful driving techniques. Drifting This is a technique used to slide gracefully through tight corners. Although drifting is actually slower than Grip Driving, there are many sharp turns where drifting allows the smoothest cornering. There are two types of drifting: Acceleration Drifting: As you approach the corner, release the accelerator. After you start to turn, begin accelerating. As you begin to drift, steer your car towards the opposite side of the corner's direction. Finally, when the body of your car becomes aligned with the road again, straighten and accelerate. Brake Drifting: As you approach the corner, trun before entering the corner. Press the brake button once. (Do not press the acceleration button at the same time). Accelerate again to drift. Apply this technique at low speeds. Grip Driving: Take turns without drifting. Just use your brake. As you get close to a turn, brake and accelerate at the same time. Then let the brake go slowly as you exit finish the turn. Grip Driving is easier than drifting when it comes to taking turns. Eventually you will learn which techniques to use on each turn. Don't try to do unnecessary drifting in turns. Shifting Gears: For smooth acceleration, it is necessary to keep the engine running fairly fast. Try to shift gears often, checking the RPM meter and the sound of the engine. Right before drifting, shift down to the right gear for smooth acceleration. Manual cars have less power loss and should run faster than automatic cars. If you want to break records, you've got to try manual cars. Shift down to a lower gear when you drive up hills, or when the RPM meter goes down after drifting, and when you slow down by hitting other cars. Shift up when the RPM meter reaches the end of the red zone.