Games PC MIDTOWN MADNESS 2 User Manual

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STARTING A QUICK RACE

Jumping right into a race is quick and easy:

1. Start

2. Select Quick Race from the Main Menu.

3. Choose your vehicle from the Select Vehicle screen.

4. Click Go Drive to begin the race!

For details on other racing options, including cars, camera views, and

customizing controls, see online Help. Before you start a race, you can

display Help by clicking the “?” button on any screen.

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Midtown Madness 2

by double-clicking the shortcut on your desktop.

READY TO GET WILD?

Welcome to Midtown Madness 2, the sensible cure for the crabby

commuter, and look what’s new for Version 2:

Two new highly detailed & interactive cities, London and San

Francisco, modeled for maximum maneuvers and metal

munching whether you’re tearing through Trafalgar Square or

levitating along Lombard Street.

10 new campy urban roadsters, ranging from a double-decker

bus to the Audi TT to the zippy New Beetle Dune, with more

detailed damage modeling and breakaway parts, and improved

physics and handling performance.

With the all-new Crash Course mode, you can jump in the

driver’s seat as an aspiring Hollywood stunt driver or as an

apprentice London cabbie. Whichever course you choose, you’ll

build useful Madness driving skills while unlocking cool paint

jobs, vehicles, and challenging exam races.

You’ll hear expanded gameplay commentary from an eclectic

mix of London and San Francisco personalities.

Plus all the classic race types from the original Midtown Madness

have been revved up and retooled for righteous roadway action.

Cruise, Checkpoint, Blitz, and Circuit races: they’re all back, and

they’re better than ever!

SEE THE SIGHTS OF SAN FRANCISCO

As you accelerate and slide through the City By the Bay, don’t forget to enroll in

the Golden Gate Stunt Driving School, where you can develop all the skills you

need to own the road, whether you’re grinding gears in Golden Gate Park or

soaring over SOMA. Just click the Crash Course button on the main game screen!

Whenever you race, use the city map to get an edge on your opponents. To pause

the game and display a full-screen map, press the Q key. To dismiss the map and

return to the game, press the Q key again.

You can also use the TAB key (or joystick button 4) to toggle between different map

views while you are driving. You can choose to display either a half-screen or smaller

map (which appears in the lower right corner of your screen), or no map at all.

You can also zoom your map views in and out using the E key. And, if you want

SEE THE SIGHTS OF SAN FRANCISCO

As you accelerate and slide through the City By the Bay, don’t forget to enroll in

the Golden Gate Stunt Driving School, where you can develop all the skills you

need to own the road, whether you’re grinding gears in Golden Gate Park or

soaring over SOMA. Just click the Crash Course button on the main game screen!

Whenever you race, use the city map to get an edge on your opponents. To pause

the game and display a full-screen map, press the Q key. To dismiss the map and

return to the game, press the Q key again.

You can also use the TAB key (or joystick button 4) to toggle between different map

views while you are driving. You can choose to display either a half-screen or smaller

the map to rotate to match the direction in which you’re driving, press the F key.

map (which appears in the lower right corner of your screen), or no map at all.

You can also zoom your map views in and out using the E key. And, if you want

the map to rotate to match the direction in which you’re driving, press the F key.

GET LOST IN LONDON TOWN!

You’ll love our London—with everything from subterranean tubes to the Tower of

London, we’ve got it all for the Anglophile.

Need a navigational nudge? The green compass arrow at the top of the screen in

Checkpoint and Blitz Races always points to the nearest checkpoint, and turns

yellow when that checkpoint is behind you.

While you’re driving, you can also press F1 to display a handy reminder list of

game controls. For all the scoop on playing the game and maximizing your

performance, check out online Help. Just click the “?” button in the upper right

GET LOST IN LONDON TOWN!

You’ll love our London—with everything from subterranean tubes to the Tower of

London, we’ve got it all for the Anglophile.

Need a navigational nudge? The green compass arrow at the top of the screen in

Checkpoint and Blitz Races always points to the nearest checkpoint, and turns

yellow when that checkpoint is behind you.

While you’re driving, you can also press F1 to display a handy reminder list of

corner of any game screen.

game controls. For all the scoop on playing the game and maximizing your

performance, check out online Help. Just click the “?” button in the upper right

corner of any game screen.

USING GAME CONTROLS

Driving Controls Keyboard Joystick

Toggle Automatic/Manual T —

Toggle Reverse/Drive R —

Throttle UP ARROW Push forward

Brakes DOWN ARROW Pull back

Handbrake SPACEBAR Joystick button 1

Steer left LEFT ARROW Push left

Steer right RIGHT ARROW Push right

Shift up (manual only) A —

Shift down (manual only) Z —

Honk horn ENTER Joystick button 2

Toggle rear view mirror BACKSPACE —

CD Player Controls

You can insert your own CD to listen to

favorite driving tunes while playing the game!

Display/Hide CD Player 2 —

Start/Stop CD 3 —

Previous CD track 4 —

Next CD track 5 —

Default View Controls Keyboard Joystick

Toggle city map TAB Joystick button 4

Toggle rotating map F —

Toggle full-screen map Q —

Zoom map view E —

Change camera views C Joystick button 3

Toggle wide angle view W —

Toggle HUD (Heads-Up Display) H —

Toggle opponent indicators I —

Cockpit view only

Toggle dashboard instruments D —

Look left 4 (numeric keypad) POV Hat left

Look right 6 (numeric keypad) POV Hat right

Look back 2 (numeric keypad) POV Hat back

Look forward 8 (numeric keypad) POV Hat forward

Other Default Controls

Display Quick Key Reference F1 —

Pause game ESC —

MICROSOFT PRODUCT SUPPORT SERVICES

Support Online: To easily diagnose and answer technical questions

yourself, visit http://support.microsoft.com/support. Or you can browse

support information about your product, conveniently consolidated at

http://support.microsoft.com/support/games.

Standard No-Charge Support: Monday-Friday, excluding holidays,

Microsoft offers unlimited no-charge support for this product. In the

U.S., call (425) 637-9308, 5:00 A.M. to 9:00 P.M. Pacific time. In Canada,

call (905) 568-3503, Monday-Friday, 8:00 A.M. to 11:00 P.M., and

Saturday, 10:00 A.M-6:00 P.M. Eastern time, excluding holidays.

Toll-charges may apply.

Pay-Per-Incident Support: In the U.S., for $35US per incident, call

(800) 936-5700, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. In Canada, for

$45CDN plus tax per incident, call (800) 668-7975, 8:00 A.M. to 8:00

P.M. Eastern time, Monday-Friday, excluding holidays. Fees are billed to

your VISA, MasterCard, or American Express card.

Text Telephone (TTY/TDD): Available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week

including holidays. In the United States call (425) 635-4948. In Canada,

(905) 568-9641, 8:00 A.M. to 8:00 P.M. Eastern time.

Additional Support Information: See the support topics in Help for more

information or support outside the U.S. or Canada.

Support services and prices listed here are available in the United States

and Canada only and are subject to Microsoft’s then-current prices,

terms, and conditions, which are subject to change without notice.

ANGEL STUDIOS CREDITS

Producer Jay Panek

Lead Designer Frederic Markus

Director of Production Clinton Keith

Business Support Diego Angel

Lead Programmer Gabriel Valencia

Technical Director Dave Etherton

Programmer Ryan Camoras

Tool Programmer Jeremy Jessup

Audio Programmer Jim Laurino

Vehicle/Pedestrian

AI Programmer Joe Adzima

Vehicle Dynamics Jeffrey Roorda

Lead Artist Andrea Elam

Art Director Marshall Ross

3D Artist - City Ron Suverkrop

3D Artist - Vehicles Kouros Moghaddam

3D Artist - City Ryan Broley

3D Artist - City Mike Carnick

2D Artists Bonnie Bright

Animator Dianna Davies

Sound Designer

/Composer Paul Lackey

City Layout Marc Fredrickson

Game Analyst/

Production Assistant Steve Patton

Tester David Becerra

City Level Editor Brad Hunt

Physics Consultant Sam Buss

Physics R&D Nathan Brown

Physics R&D Daniel Blumenthal

Simulation R&D Santiago Becerra

Ryan Trenhaile

MICROSOFT CREDITS

Lead Program Manager Shannon Loftis

Program Manager Christina Chen

Test Lead Brian Bennink

Art Lead Kiki Wolfkill

Content Lead Kiki McMillan

Product Manager John Rodman

Lead Product Planner Andy Carothers

Product Planner Tom Youtsey

Localization Manager Jennifer Bixler

Content Coordinator Kirsten Andrews

Print Designer Jennie Chan

Print Production Jeannie Davison

Content Writers Fred Northup, Jr.

Testers Dustan Gourlie

Configuration Testers Jason Mangold

Setup Developer Mitch Bate

Audio Jeff Stone

SPECIAL THANKS

Park Place Motors Ltd., 898th Engineer

Battalion, U.S. Army National Guard, Bellevue

Oldsmobile Cadillac, Inc., Hale’s Brewery, Kevin

Hyder, City of Redmond, WA, Fire Dept. Engine

Co. #12, Raman Sarin, David Stow, Enrico

Vingerelli, Kiki Wolfkill, Jon Zimmerman, Joel

Robinson, Chris Fodor, Bill Purvis, Kahn Jekari,

Scott Sekol, Mauro Fiore.

David McLean

Dylan Eddy

Jay Adams

James Sweet

Glenn Barfield

John Bartkiw

Harold Ryan

Jerry Schroeder

Gordon Hempton

David Henry

Installing Midtown Madness™ 2

Automatic Installation

1. Insert the Midtown Madness 2 CD into the CD-ROM drive.

Allow 20 seconds for the instructions to appear on your screen.

2. Follow the instructions on your screen.

Manual Installation

1. Click Start on the Windows

2. Point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.

3. Double-click Add/Remove Programs.

4. On the Install/Uninstall tab, click Install.

5. Follow the instructions on your screen.

Visit the Microsoft Midtown Madness 2 Web site at:

www.microsoft.com/games/midtown2

www.microsoft.com/games/midtownmadness2/

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