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MANUAL
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CONTENTS
INSTALLATION ..........................................2
GETTING STARTED....................................3
MENUS....................................................3
RACING ...................................................5
RACE & CHALLENGE TYPES.......................6
THE CAREER GAME ..................................9
THE TOURNAMENT GAME.......................10
MULTIPLAYER.........................................11
CREDITS ................................................12
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INSTALLING OFF ROAD
1. Please insert the OFF ROAD CD-ROM (label facing up) into your CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive. After a
few seconds the game should autorun. Select "Install" to install the game. If it does not then please refer
to point 2, otherwise skip to point 3.
2. If autorun is disabled, double click on “My Computer” on the Windows desktop. Double click on your
CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive to view the contents of the disc. Double click on the file called autorun.exe.
3. Please follow the on-screen instructions carefully to complete the installation.
Note: Please refer to the readme file during installation for the most up-to-date information.
GAME CONFIGURATION
After installation, you will be taken to the Game Configuration screen. From here you will be able to set your
controller, graphics, audio and language preferences. Select OK to save any changes you have made and
return to the Desktop. Select Run Game to save the changes you have made and run the game.
KEYBOARD CONTROLS
Player 1 Keyboard Controls
Control
Left / Right arrow
Down arrow
Up arrow
Right Shift
Right Control
Enter
Escape
P
:
;
I
In-Game
Steering
Brake / Reverse
Accelerate
Rear View
Handbrake
Switch Camera
Pause / Resume
Pause
Zoom mini map
Zoom map
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Player 2 Keyboard Controls
Control
W
A/D
S
Left Control
Q
Left Shift
Tab
2
In-Game
Accelerate
Steering (Left / Right)
Brake / Reverse
Handbrake
Change View
Rear View
Zoom map
Menus
Menu left / right
Menu down
Menu up
Accept
Back
Special Function
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GETTING STARTED
Welcome to OFF ROAD! Race 18 of Land Rover and Ford’s toughest off-road trucks, 4x4’s and SUV’s
through lush environments, stunning scenery and tricky terrain. Gain an advantage by finding and taking one
of the alternate routes. Get off the tarmac and onto the dirt!
MAIN MENU
QUICK RACE – Compete in a single race. The fastest way to get racing! Some tracks are not available in this
mode.
CAREER – Take on the challenge of the career game to collect the best vehicles and unlock new tracks and
arcade challenges.
TOURNAMENT – A series of linked races offering a shorter challenge than the career.
ARCADE – Compete in races and challenges with your unlocked vehicles and tracks.
MULTIPLAYER – Compete in two player races.
OPTIONS – Select your OFF ROAD options.
CAREER MENU
Compete in a series of competitions and challenges in order to progress through the racing environments,
earn credits and unlock new vehicles and tracks. Start in the desert lowlands and work your way through
ever more demanding environments, moving through wet and rugged woodlands and up to the snow
covered mountainsides for the most demanding off road racing experience. Success in career mode
challenges unlocks them for use in arcade mode.
CAREER MAP – Shows your position in the career game from which you can select the next challenge or
race you wish to enter.
GARAGE – Repair your vehicles that have suffered race damage.
SHOWROOM – Buy the vehicles you have unlocked.
TOURNAMENT MENU
Tournament mode is a ‘mini career game’ for players wanting a ‘pure’ racing experience.
TOURNAMENT MAP – Shows your position in the career game from which you can select the next race you
wish to enter.
GARAGE – Repair your vehicles that have suffered race damage. The tournament garage is separate from
the career mode garage.
SHOWROOM – Buy the vehicles you have unlocked playing the career game. Your tournament bank account
is separate from your career one.
Note: Additional vehicles can be unlocked by playing Career Mode.
ARCADE MENU
Compete in quick races and challenges with your unlocked vehicles and tracks. Increase the difficulty setting
for a tougher challenge.
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MULTIPLAYER MENU
Compete in 2 player standard races and 2 player expedition and damage control challenges.
Selecting Multiplayer takes you to the Race Settings screen.
OPTIONS
Adjust the settings of your game and check your progress and other information.
PROFILE
SAVE – Save your current Profile.
LOAD – Load a previously saved Profile.
GAME SUMMARY - View your progress through the game.
GAME OPTIONS
CAMERA – Select the distance of the in-game camera; Far, Chase or Bumper.
SPEED UNITS - Select the speed readout units; Kilometers per Hour or Miles per Hour.
AUTOSAVE - We recommend that AUTOSAVE is turned ON to ensure your progress and records are
automatically saved.
AUDIO
EFFECTS VOLUME – Adjust the volume of the special effects.
MUSIC VOLUME – Adjust the volume of the music.
CONTROLS
Select control devices for Player 1 and Player 2.
NOTE: Controllers are configured using the Game Configuration program which can be launched via the
Windows Start menu (Start > Programs > Empire Interactive >Off Road).
CREDITS
Select this option to view the game credits.
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RACING
RACING DISPLAYS
Position Indicator
Lap Indicator Top Right
Current Lap Time
Lap Record
Track Map
(Mini Map)
Speedo &
Damage Indicator
POSITION INDICATOR
The position indicator shows the current position of your vehicle and the total number of vehicles in the
race.
TRACK MAP
The track map shows the layout of the track ahead with coloured dots indicating the positions of all vehicles
in the race. Your vehicle is displayed as a red triangle and your opponents as yellow dots.
The alternate routes and short cuts are shown as darker sections of track.
The start/finish line is indicated by a chequered marker across the track.
Checkpoints are displayed on the track map during the checkpoint challenges.
In a race or challenge where there are repair pods present these are displayed on the track map.
TIP: Use the colon key (:) to zoom the Track Map in and out. Zooming in gives you a close up look at the
track immediately in front of you, zooming out gives a less detailed overview of the entire circuit.
TIP: Alternate Routes
There are a number of different paths you can take on the OFF ROAD tracks as alternate routes branch off
the main racing circuit. These will split and return from the main track and may offer the potential for
gaining positions or time within a race or challenge.
Note that ‘pick ups’ can often be found on alternate routes.
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LAP INDICATOR
The lap indicator shows your current lap and the total number of laps in the race.
LAP TIMERS
The lap timers show your current lap time and your best lap time.
SPEED INDICATOR
The speed indicator shows the current speed of your vehicle.
TIP: When racing use the different camera views to help choose the best tactics.
Use the ‘Far Chase’ camera to increase your field of view, especially useful when driving one of the larger
vehicles in the game or if trying to find hidden pick ups.
Use the Rear View camera to see a reverse view of the track and all of the vehicles behind you.
DAMAGE INDICATOR
The damage indicator is the arc inside the speedometer which is scaled from 0% (no damage) to 100%.
The damage indicator is only ‘active’ when playing career and tournament games or during a damage
control challenge. In other modes it will always read zero.
PICK-UPS
A number of the challenges and races in OFF ROAD feature ‘pick ups’ placed around the track. To take
advantage of these simply drive over the pick up whilst racing.
Pick Ups include
‘Repair Pods’ (repair your vehicle whilst racing)
Money
Time Bonus Modifiers
Time Penalty Modifiers
Artefacts
RACE & CHALLENGE TYPES
There are 12 types of races and challenges types in OFF ROAD:
RACE
A 3 lap race with the player’s vehicle versus 5 opponents. Points are awarded according to finishing
positions at the end of the third lap.
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Points are awarded as follows:
Position
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
Points
10
8
6
4
2
1
ELIMINATION
A 3 lap race where the last 2 vehicles at the end of each lap are eliminated from the contest and removed
from the track. The race ends if the player is eliminated at the end of a lap or at the end of the third lap if
the player makes it that far! Points are awarded according to finishing position.
Points are awarded as follows:
Position
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
Points
10
8
6
4
2
1
EXPEDITION
This is a 3 lap solo challenge where you must collect the target number of artifacts to succeed.
TIME ATTACK
This is a race against the clock. You have to beat the target lap time within 9 laps.
GAUNTLET
This is a 3 lap challenge against an increasing number of opponents who are given a head start. At the end
of every lap the player must be in first position for the challenge to continue. To win the player must be in
first position at the end of the final lap.
OVERTAKE
For this challenge you have to overtake the target number of opposing vehicles within the time limit to win
the challenge. Bonus time is awarded for every vehicle you overtake without colliding.
POINT TO POINT
A challenge where the player must pass through a target number of checkpoints before time runs out. If a
checkpoint is reached bonus seconds are added to the time remaining and a new checkpoint is positioned
on the track.
TIP: check the mini map to see where the next checkpoint is – it might be behind you in which case a quick
180’ turn with the handbrake might be the fastest way to get there!
CHECKPOINT RACE
A race against 5 opponents and the clock! You must reach a series of checkpoints before time expires AND
finish the race in first position in order to win.
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SLALOM
Complete the target number of laps before time runs out and without missing too many of the slalom gates
along the route. The number of remaining gates that can be missed is displayed on the screen together
with the time remaining. If time runs out or too many gates are missed the challenge is lost.
SECONDS OUT!
You must complete the target number of laps before time runs out. Two types of ‘pick up’ are placed around
the track – green ‘egg timers’ add to the time remaining if driven through whilst red ones reduce it.
TIP: the time available at the start is not enough to complete the challenge so make sure you drive through
as many green ‘egg timers’ as you can!
GOLD RUSH
A three lap race that you must both win and cross the finishing line with the target amount of cash or
more.
Cash pick ups are positioned around the track for you to find and pick up.
TIP: Pick ups are often found on the alternate routes or short cuts rather than on the main racing track.
DAMAGE CONTROL
A three lap race that you must both win and ensure that you cross the finishing line with less damage to
your vehicle than the target amount. To assist you ‘repair pod’ pick ups are positioned around the track –
drive through these to reduce the level of damage that your vehicle has.
TIP: To maintain high speeds around tight corners (important in several challenges), you can power slide
the vehicles. The more powerful the vehicle, the better the power slide! To power slide, simply hit the
handbrake and turn the vehicle into the bend or corner.
MULTIPLAYER RACE TYPES
STANDARD RACE MULTIPLAYER
A 3 lap race for two players and up to four AI vehicles where winner takes all!
EXPEDITION MULTIPLAYER
Whoever collects the most artifacts before time expires wins the event. Note that artifacts that have been
collected do not reappear!
If two players or more have collected the same number of artifacts when time expires then ‘sudden death’
will be played until one player has more artifacts than his rivals.
DAMAGE CONTROL MULTIPLAYER
A 3 lap race for two players and up to four AI vehicles where the winner is the first to cross the finish line
within the specified damage limit.
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THE CAREER GAME
EVENTS
The career game comprises of a series of events, all of which are shown on the career map as circles.
The selected event is indicated by a larger circle.
An event is completed when you have finished 1st in the competition and succeeded with the challenges.
To complete the career you must make your way across the map and win the final grand event.
On the map the colour of the event circle is interpreted as follows
BLUE – The event is unlocked
WHITE – The event is locked
GREEN – The event is complete
To reach (and win) the final event it is not necessary to successfully complete every event, although failing
to do so might mean that you have not unlocked a sufficiently high powered vehicle to compete successfully
in the final competition!
In addition successfully completing events earns you money to buy new vehicles from the showroom, repair
your damaged vehicles and unlocks additional tracks and vehicles for use in other game modes.
Be aware that as you progress through the career game you will encounter more skilful opponents (in more
powerful vehicles), face tougher challenges and race on more treacherous surfaces!
COMPETITIONS
The roads connecting the events indicate how you can progress across the career map. There is no set
order in which you progress across the map, however, the events become more challenging towards the
right-hand side of the map.
Competitions comprise a series of races which enable you to earn credits and unlock new events.You can
repeat competitions in order to earn more credits. You can only be entered in one competition at a time.
If you start a new competition when one is already in progress, your progress in the first competition will
be lost.
TIP: As you move across the map you should buy faster vehicles in order to be competitive as the events
get tougher.
TIP: Power sliding the heavier vehicles can be key to achieving fast lap times.
CHALLENGES
Successfully complete challenges to unlock vehicles and tracks.
SHOWROOM
Any vehicles you have unlocked are available to purchase from the showroom. You can purchase the same
vehicle more than once.
WARNING: Your garage can only hold a maximum of 36 vehicles so don’t buy too many of the same one
otherwise you will run out of room before you unlock the more powerful ones towards the end of the game!
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GARAGE
Any vehicle you have purchased from the showroom is stored in your garage and is available to race in
either Career or Tournament games. Providing you have the cash available you can repair your damaged
vehicles in the garage screen.
Repairing damaged vehicles will restore their performance. If you have run out of money remember you can
repair your vehicles by finding repair pods when racing.
DAMAGE
Vehicle performance loss due to damage only occurs in the Career and Tournament games.
Vehicles can be damaged whilst racing in any race or challenge in either the ‘career’ or ‘tournament’ modes.
Damaged vehicles will suffer from reduced acceleration and top speed which in turn might also adversely
affect the handling. The damage indicator is the arc inside the speedometer which is scaled from 0% (no
damage) to 100%. Damage is only ‘active’ when playing career and tournament games or during a damage
control challenge. In other modes it will always read zero.
The final damage level at the end of every race or challenge in either career or tournament mode is carried
over throughout the entire mode. So if a vehicle ends a race with 50% damage, this is how much damage
is shown in the garage repair screen and is also how much damage it will begin the next race with if it is
not repaired.
Damage is exclusive between the two modes so any damage done to any vehicle in one mode does not
affect the other.
TIP: Check the damage indicator (the ‘inner wheel’ on your speedometer) to see how much damage your
vehicle has when racing.
REPAIRS
When in the Garage screen, the player can spend money on repairing the damage done to the vehicle by
percentage. This allows players who are short of cash to at least repair some of the damage caused
during racing.
TIP: If you have run out of money you can still repair your vehicle by finding a ‘repair pod’ pickup
when racing.
THE TOURNAMENT GAME
Tournaments work as an abbreviated version of the career game and much of the above applies. However
events in Tournament mode only feature races, there are no challenge type contests.
Tournaments get steadily harder as you progress through them.
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GAME DIFFICULTY
Difficulty settings only apply to arcade mode.
Choose the difficulty setting on the Arcade: Select Race screen.
Difficulty levels affect a number of areas in the game, including the following:
- Opponents skill levels and the vehicles they drive.
- Target lap times for the time attack challenge. Each vehicle has a unique target lap time for each track
and difficulty setting.
- Time limits (for time based challenges).
- More pick ups are needed to win challenges.
MULTIPLAYER
Play against an opponent in a two player split screen mode.
RACE SETTINGS:
RACE TYPE – Choose your preferred race type; Race, Expedition and Damage Control
CAR – Select the car you would like to race with.
LOCATION – Select the area you like to race in. Once you have selected a location, you will be asked to
select a TRACK in that location.
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CREDITS
RAZORWORKS
EMPIRE
INTERACTIVE
PRODUCTION
INTERNAL QA
Steve Hart
Kevin Bezant
Lisa Hill
Stuart Bayliss
David Wallen
ART
Chris Payton
James Morris
Marco Segers
Damien Murphy
Simon Richards
Abelardo Polonio
Martin Kirkley
DESIGN
Luigi Fusco
Steve Kirby
PROGRAMMING
Jeff Sheard
Matt Lewis
Callum Hope
Dan Clarke
Kaz Wanelik
Jason Turner
Nicola Salmoria
David Hunt
Neal Tringham
HEAD OF
DEVELOPMENT
OPERATIONS
MANAGER
Steve Metcalf
Tony Bond
ADDITIONAL ART PRODUCER
& PROGRAMMING Benedict Wilkins
Infusion Games Ltd
VEHICLE MODELS
V Being
Angelo Bod
Shafeq Rahman
Kunal Jain
Tarun Khanna
Ricky Kapur
Steve Oldacre
ASSISTANT
PRODUCER
SOUND & MUSIC
Pitstop Productions
John Sanderson
Nadeem Daya
LOCALIZATION
MSM
ARTWORK
QA MANAGER
Andrew Philp, Rob
Cubbon, Nicole Smith
Dave Cleaveley
QA LEAD
James Davis
Kyle Brewer
Nithiyan Thiruudaian
Oliver Pareja
Paul Lopez
Peter Leung
Phil Octave
Paul Jackson
Simon Collins
TECHNICAL
SERVICES
Haydon Farrar
GENERAL
MANAGER
James Spice
MARKETING
Sean Walsh
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Andrew Philp
Simon Davis
QA TEAM
ThinkPlay.TV
Bob Plested
Aled Lloyd
STUDIO &
LOCALISATIONS
MANAGER
SPECIAL
THANKS TO
The Ford Motor
Company
Land Rover
The Beanstalk Group
Mark Bentley
Patrick Mulligan
Lindsay Weaver
David Brisbourne
Roger Crathorne
Anthony Bradbury
Peter Keeling
Laura McNicholas
Rick Nath
Simon Davies
Tadasu Hasegawa
DISCLAIMER
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set out below.
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