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Race Driver Upgrade Readme.txt 9th April 2003

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Contact info

www.codemasters.com


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About this document
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Thank you for downloading this file.

This document contains last-minute information about the upgrade for Race Driver including enhancements and fixes for known problems. It also contains information relating to general problems or questions you may have regarding the game or the set up of your computer.


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Enhancements 
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Improved LAN and internet stability.

LAN and internet game modes now allow up to twelve players. 

Improved wheel force feedback.


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Minimum system requirements
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Processor		Pentium 3 700mhz
RAM			128 MB
Graphics Card		Rage 128 32Mb
Sound Card		SoundBlaster compatible
Operating System	Windows 98, ME, 2000 or XP


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Recommended system requirements
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Processor		Pentium 4 2ghz
RAM			512 RAM
Graphics Card		GeForce 3 Ti 500 64mb
Sound Card		SoundBlaster Audigy

Please note that the Race Driver upgrade file must be installed and run from your PC hard-drive.

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Creative’s EAX Advanced HD™ in Race Driver
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Race Driver uses Creative Labs’ EAX Advanced HD™ Environmental Audio technology to accurately simulate sonic effects such as early reflections and reverberation. The EAX acoustic models are dynamically modified as your car hurtles round the track, providing the most realistic audio experience of any racing game. EAX Advanced HD™ effects sound best on systems with Creative’s SoundBlaster Audigy and Audigy2 soundcards.

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Known Issues
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Game Saving does not work when the user has only guest privileges in Windows 2000 or XP. Please ensure that there are sufficient privileges as to allow write access to the "save" folder (in the directory where Race Driver is installed).

Game frame rate may be erratic if EAX is enabled when using Creative's drivers prior to March 2003. If you experience this problem, disable EAX in the game options menu, or obtain newer drivers when they become available.

On Windows 2000 and XP, the game may lose focus when started from the "Save and Play" button in the hardware setup. If this happens the game will minimise, and you can continue to play by clicking on it in the task bar.

The hardware setup program may choose unsuitable default settings on systems that have more than one display adapter (graphics card). If this happens, the setting can be changed manually in the 'advanced settings' section.

Creative Labs EAX HD™ Advanced environmental modelling will only work when the in-game sound menu is set to Surround mode.

Enabling Antialiasing from the Windows display properties may cause problems when displaying at the game very high resolutions. It is recommended that the Race Driver Hardware Setup program is run after turning on antialiasing in this way. 

There may be intermittent stretched polygons and graphical corruption using Leadtek Winfast graphics cards. If you experience this problem, turn hardware acceleration down in display properties->advanced->troubleshooting.

