Games PC TEST DRIVE 6 User Manual

CONTENTS

FACTORY STANDARD DRIVING CONTROLS 2
POWER UP 4
MAIN MENU 5
PRACTICE 5
TOURNAMENT WAGERING SYSTEM 6
RACE MENU 7
OPTIONS 9
HIGH SCORES 12
VISUAL DISPLAYS 12
ACCESSING CARS & TRACKS 13
CREDITS 14
CUSTOMER AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT 16

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HORN

FACTORY STANDARD DRIVING CONTROLS

PAUSE

GEAR UP

GEAR D

OWN

REAR VIEW

PARKING BRAKE

CAMERA VIEW

ACCELERATE

LEFT

BRAKE/REVERSE

RIGHT

POWER UP

1. Microsoft Windows® 95 or Windows 98 is required.

2. Microsoft DirectX™ 7.0 is required. Test Drive 6 will install it
if it is not found on your computer.

3. Test Drive 6 requires up to 330 megabytes of hard disk
space.

4. Insert the Test Drive 6 CD into your CD-ROM drive.

5. If you have the Autorun feature enabled, follow the on­screen instructions for installation. If you do not have Autorun
enabled, click on START, then click on RUN and type into the
dialog box “D:\SETUP” (where D: is your CD-ROM drive) and
then click the OK button. Follow the on-screen instructions.

WELCOME TO TEST DRIVE 6

Did you ever want to challenge a dream supercar against a
flexing muscle car? Slip behind the wheel of your street rod off
the lot, or a high tech concept car right out of the R&D garage.
Race all over the world, win your races and upgrade your ride.
Are you the best? Find out...in the ultimate thrill ride!

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SELECT PLAYER

Click on CREATE NEW PLAYER to create a racing identity under
which you can acquire and maintain a collection of vehicles, a
a series of high scores, and record entry into hidden elements
of the game. Backspace over “Player 1” and type in the name

under which you wish to race and press RETURN.

MAIN MENU

The Main Menu offers the following options. Use the arrow
keys or your mouse to select an option and then press the
ENTER or left-click . To back up one menu, press ESC.

IMPORTT

IMPOR

You must learn to powerslide to get through sharp turns

at high speed. Use the Handbrake during a turn to

powerslide. Tap the button to get the most slide with the least

• PRACTICE
SELECT TRACK: Use your mouse or the arrow keys to choose
from the linear or circuit tracks available. Win Tournaments to
unlock more Practice tracks. Left-click or press ENTER to make
your choice.

SELECT CAR: Use your mouse or the arrow keys to choose

ANT DRIVING TIP

ANT DRIVING TIP

slow-down.

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from the vehicles available.Left-click or press ENTER to make
your choice

TRANSMISSION: Use your mouse or the arrow keys to toggle
between automatic and manual transmission. Left-click or
press ENTER to make your choice.

RACE: After you’ve chosen a car and a track, you’re ready to
hit the streets and leave the competition behind.

EXIT: Leave this screen.

TOURNAMENT WAGERING SYSTEM

Make a wager on your race, and the other five racers will

match your bet. There are maximum and minimum limits to the

amount you are allowed to wager. If you cannot meet the min-

imum wager, you must go out and earn more credits through

Single Races, Cop Chases or Challenges.

If the listed bet is not one you want to make, use BACKSPACE

or DELETE to erase the default bet, and then type in the wager

you wish to make.

Half of the credits ponied up for each race in a tournament is

paid out to the top three finishers, and the other half goes

into the Tournament pot. The pot is paid to the driver with the

lowest cumulative racing time at the end of that Tournament.

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• RACE MENU
SINGLE RACE: You may only choose this option after you
have purchased a vehicle in the Garage. Select a track, as in
Practice. Place your wager, and beat your opponents.

TOURNAMENT RACE: You may only choose this option after
you have purchased a vehicle. Choose the class in which you
want to race, and which tour of that class in which you will
race. You can upgrade your vehicle before each race.

At first, only the Class 1 Tournament is available. Cars in
Classes 2 through 4 have higher performance and greater
costs. When you have acquired enough credits and purchase
a car in Class 2, 3 or 4, the respective tournaments are also
opened to you.

COP CHASE: You may choose this feature only after you have
purchased a vehicle in the Garage. Choose a police vehicle to
drive in pursuit of the other drivers. Choose your course, and
choose your mission. For the event, “Stop the Racers,” every
racer has a “morale” bar shown above his car. Knock the
morale bar down to zero by bumping into him to pull him
over. Or, block him off, using your car as a barricade to stop
his forward progress. For every racer you manage to cite, you
will be rewarded with credits.

HOT TIP

HOT TIP

If you are the cop, go after the fastest racer first, otherwise,

the others may slip past you.

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CHALLENGES: You may only choose this option after you

have purchased a vehicle in the Garage. These races are out­side the tournament structure, and may be outside of “accept­able” public behavior. Each is a test of your driving skills and
measurement of the competitiveness of your vehicle. While
the rewards are high, you may encounter difficulties in com­pleting each Challenge.

GARAGE: Enter the Garage to select a car to race, purchase a
new car, modify cars you own, or sell cars.

Change Car: Choose from the vehicles in your garage for
your next race or tournament.

Upgrade: Once you have at least one vehicle in your
garage and some credits in your account, you can begin
upgrading your vehicle(s). There are four categories of
upgrades, and each category has a number of levels of supe­riority to make the vehicles better, faster, and more competi­tive. The categories are Engine, Brakes, Tires and
Suspension. Each upgrade can be adjusted in the garage,
making it possible to fine-tune your vehicle for the tracks on
which you will race.

Buy: Choose the vehicle class (1-4) which also determines
base price and base performance. Use your mouse or the
arrow keys to choose from the vehicles in that class. Left-

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click or press ENTER to view that vehicle’s performance sta­tistics. Use your mouse or the arrow keys to go to the
Paintshop, where you can customize the color of the vehicle.

Left-click and hold on the red pointers on COLOR and
SHADE to alter the paint color and color brightness of
your prospective vehicle.

After you have accepted the paint job, click on PURCHASE
and ACCEPT to buy the vehicle. Once you have, appropriate
funds will be deducted from your account and the vehicle
will be yours.

Sell: Do you need money? Are you unsatisfied with a vehi­cle? Sell a car back – for less than you bought it for,
naturally.

• OPTIONS
VIDEO OPTIONS: Use your mouse or the arrow keys to
adjust the settings for the following options:

ESOLUTION: from 512x384 to 1024x768.

R
TEXTURE QUALITY: Choose Best Quality for the best look, or

Best Performance for faster processing. “Recommended” bal­ances the two choices.

DETAIL: Choose between low, medium and high.

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USE FOGGING: “On” reduces the distractions off in the dis-

tance and allows you to concentrate on what is immediately
around you.

VIEW DISTANCE: How far ahead do you want the game to
resolve the track?

AUDIO OPTIONS: Use your mouse or the arrow keys to alter
the following options:

EFFECT VOLUME: Sound effects in the game -- engine noise,
tires spinning, sirens screaming, etc.

MUSIC VOLUME: Background music volume.
CD TRACK: If you’d rather hear a different song, choose the

one you want to hear.

GAME OPTIONS: Use your mouse or the arrow keys to tog­gle any of the in-game options:

PEED READOUT: Use your mouse or the arrow keys to toggle

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between kilometers per hour (KPH) and miles per hour
(MPH).

CHECKPOINT TIMERS: Use your mouse or the arrow keys to tog­gle the Checkpoint Timers on or off in Single Race and
Practice modes only.

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TRAFFIC: Use your mouse or the arrow keys to toggle Traffic

to Off, Avoid or Classic – affects Practice and Cop Chase
only.

Off: No traffic – just you and the other racers.
Avoid: Traffic will actively attempt to get out of your way.
Classic: Traffic will ignore you.

COPS: Use your mouse or the arrow keys to toggle the Cops
on or off – affects Practice and Cop Chase only.

DIFFICULTY: Use your mouse or the arrow keys to choose from
the Difficulty levels of Easy, Normal and Hard.

TRANSMISSION: Toggle between manual transmission and
automatic transmission.

CONTROLLER OPTIONS: Use your mouse or the arrow keys
to choose a controller. If you choose keyboard, you may also
re-map the keys to suit your preferences.

CREDITS: Take a look at all of the individuals responsible for
this latest foray into ‘round-the-world racing.

FEAR FACTORY VIDEO: View the Fear Factory music video
for the song “Cars”.

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• HIGH SCORES

Take a look and see how well you’re doing compared to your
past race times.

NOTE

NOTE

As you play through the game, your progress is automatically

saved for you.

VISUAL DISPLAYS

TIME: On any course, the timer in the upper right corner dis­plays your elapsed time in the current race.

LAP(*): The upper left of the screen lists, in the form of a
fraction, the lap you are racing over the total number of laps
for your race, as well as the time elapsed on your current lap.

* Only on circuit tracks

SPEEDOMETER/TACHOMETER: The large dial in the lower

right hand corner shows current engine RPM. The green digi­tal readout under the tachometer shows your speed. The
black digit in the white circle represents the gear you are cur­rently using.

CHECKPOINT TIMER: The large white number on the top

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center of the screen is the amount of time you have to get to
the next checkpoint (on a linear track). Time is added when
you pass a checkpoint.

MAP: There is a bird’s-eye-view map on the lower left corner
of the screen. The number next to the map is your current
place in the race.

CAMERA: You have a choice of several camera positions in
and behind the car. Find an angle that you are comfortable
with at the beginning of the race, and stick with it as you
drive. Some practice will tell you what works best for you.
Press C to alter the camera view of your vehicle; press X for a
view of what is behind your vehicle.

ACCESSING CARS & TRACKS

The first time you play Test Drive 6, about half of the tracks
and vehicles are inaccessible. As you play and accomplish
goals, cars and tracks will be made available to you.

You can access all the car and Tournament Classes by earning
enough credits to advance from Class 1 through Class 4. You
can gain access to tracks and cars for use in Practice by win­ning Tournaments.

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CREDITS

Development and Additional Design
by The Pitbull Syndicate, Ltd.

Produced and Published by Infogrames

PITBULL SYNDICATE LTD.

PROGRAMMED BY
John Blackburne
Gareth Briggs
Graham Blenkinsop
Neil Crossley
Chris Kirby
Chris McClure
Jimmy Parr
Bob Troughton
Mike Troughton
Darren Tunniclif

ART BY
Darren Abbott
Steve Dietz
Mike Pirso
Kevin Preston
Tony Pringle
Gareth Pugh
Stuart Neal
John Steele
David Taylor
Katherine Wilson

QA /DESIGN
Tony Charlton
Daz Kelly

STUDIO MANAGER
David Burton

INFOGRAMES NORTH AMERICA

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Chris Downend

PRODUCERS
Matthew Guzenda
Slade Anderson

ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS
Gerald “Smuv” DeYoung
Sean Michael Fish

QA CZAR
Sam Newman

QA LEAD ANALYSTS
Ted Tomasko
Erik Johnson

QA ANALYSTS
Eric Alberson
Bill Fitts
Chuck Nunez
Rick Fish

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Jason Cote
Shawn Shinn
Greg Akatiff
Jason Cordero
Casey Anderson
Jeff Loney
Steve Zupan
Clayton Wolfe

SOUND EFFECTS
Tommy Tallarico Studios

USA MASTERING SUPERVISOR
Luis Rivas

DIRECTOR OF MARKETING, SPORTS & RACING
Steve Allison

PRODUCT MARKETING MANAGERS
Craig Howe
Laddie Ervin

DOCUMENTATION
W.D. Robinson

CREATIVE SERVICES
Jill Dos Santos
Matt Abrams
Mark Glover
Eric Larson

CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS
Erica Krishnamurthy
Tom Richardson
Mika Kelly
Rhoda Wawrzynski

LICENSING
Melanie Sherk
Gabrielle Benham
Dianthe Harris

ONLINE MARKETING
Jonathan Tagle
Ray Massa
Daniel Grove

SPECIAL THANKS
Jay Stevens, Nathan Leon, John Gillan,
Kevin Keenan, Mondo Media, Deb
Charlton, Wiebke Vallentin, Jessilyn
Guzenda, Nancy Downend, Alex
Knastab, Stan Thurgood, Jackie
Thurgood, Brian Webber, Rich and
John, Kris Anderson, Summer
Anderson, Jan Wilkinson, Benn, Adam
and Katharine, William Travis, Simon
Dixon, Ferris Kawar, Joe Gallegos, Arra
Yerganian

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CUSTOMER AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT

Infogrames North America provides customer service, news, demos

and technical support on these on-line services:

PHONE: Infogrames North America has some of the friendliest and

most knowledgeable Technical Support Representatives in the industry.

We can help you by phone between the following hours:

Monday-Thursday 8:00am-5:00pm Pacific time and Friday 9:00am-

5:00pm Pacific time at [phone]

FAX: Faxes may be sent anytime to: [phone]

ONLINE: http://www.infogrames.net

Email: [e-mail]

Postal Contact: Infogrames Tech Support

5300 Stevens Creek Blvd., Ste. #500

San Jose, CA 95129

INFOGRAMES HINT LINE

1-900-454-HINT: $.99/minute. If you're under 18, please get a parent's

permission before calling.

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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 screen as possible. Some people experience epileptic seizures when viewing flash­ing lights or patterns in our daily environment. These persons may experience seizures
while playing video games. Even players who have never had any seizures may
nonetheless have an undetected epileptic condition. Consult your doctor before playing
video games if you have an epileptic condition or immediately should you experience any
of the following symptoms during play: dizziness, altered vision, muscle twitching,
other involuntary movements, loss of awareness of your surroundings, mental
confusion, and / or convulsions.

PIRACY

The unauthorized reproduction of all or any game part of this product and the
unauthorized use of registered trademarks are likely to constitute a criminal offense.
PIRACY harms consumers as well as legitimate developers, publishers and retailers. If
you suspect this game product is an unauthorized copy, or have any other information
about pirate product, please call the customer service number given at the back of this
manual.

SOFTWARE WARRANTY
Infogrames North America warrants for a period of 90 days from the date of purchase by the original purchaser of this software that the
medium on which it is recorded will be free from defects in materials and workmanship.Defective media which has not been subjected to
misuse, excessive wear or damage due to carelessness may be returned during the 90 day period without charge.To receive warranty
service:

1. DO NOT return your defective compact disc to the retailer.

2. Notify Infogrames North America Customer Service of the problem by calling [phone] between the hours of 8am and 5pm (Pacific

Time) Monday through Friday. Please do not send your compact disc to Infogrames North America before calling.Infogrames North
America can also be reached 24 hours a day by FAX at [phone], or by email at [e-mail] us out on the World
Wide Web at http://www.infogrames.net.

3. If a Customer Service Technician is unable to solve the problem by phone, you will be given a Return Authorization number.Record this

number on the outside packaging of your compact disc (be sure your packaging is at least 4"x6", as many shipping companies will not ship
anything smaller). Send the compact disc and your sales slip or similar proof-of-purchase within the 90-day warranty period to: Customer
Service, Infogrames North America, 5300 Stevens Creek Blvd., Suite 500, San Jose, CA 95129.After the 90-day period, defective media
may be replaced in the United States for $10 (U.S.dollars; plus 8.25% sales tax if the purchaser resides in California). Make checks
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COPYRIGHT NOTICE
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