CART Racing for Windows95 Papyrus Design Group, 1996. ************************************************************************ CD Contents : There are three versions of CART Racing on the CD : Rendition, Windows95, and DOS. The minimum requirements for the DOS version are a 486-33 with 8 mb of RAM and MS-DOS version 5 or higher. The Windows95 version requires a Pentium-60 or higher with 16 mb or RAM . Owners of slower machines may consider installing and running the DOS version. ************************************************************************ Contents : * Controls * Microsoft DirectX * Replay * Printing * Paintshop * Cross Platform Compatibility * Shift R while Qualifying * Improving Performance * A Driving Hint from our Lead Test Driver * Two Player Information * End User License Agreement ************************************************************************ Controls: CART Racing supports driving with keyboard, mouse, joystick, and wheel/pedal. We highly recommend the use of a joystick or wheel, especially on oval tracks. You should calibrate your joystick in the Windows95 calibration menu before running CR. If the controls seem to pull unevenly or not respond smoothly on the track, you may calibrate using the CR calibration menu. CART Racing supports only those joysticks recognized by Windows95 (thus, one axis steering devices will not work). Users with pedal and wheel systems may encounter some difficulty getting Window95 to recognize your setup. Many such controllers come with a terminator that attaches to the cables before they enter the controller card in your computer. For example, the Thrustmaster Formulat T2 wheel and pedals come with a terminator that connects them to one joystick port on your computer. The T2 can then be calibrated as a 2 axis - 4 button joystick. Direct X: DirectDraw and DirectSound are included in this build and are installed if you request it. DirectDraw and DirectSound provide improved performance for the Windows95 version of CART Racing. Note : Some video cards require Direct X drivers specific to the card. It is recommended that any such drivers be backed up in a secure place. Additionally, some other applications shipped with earlier versions of DirectX. The DirectXsetup used by CART Racing will not replace/update these drivers, and may not run with the older drivers. If the installer does not install these drivers, you may manually install them at any time by removing any previous DirectX drivers from your Windows\System folder (these may include ddraw.dll, ddraw16.dll, dsound.dll, dsound.vxd, and dplay.dll) and then running DirectXsetup from the DirectX folder on the CD. The newer versions of DirectSound will interfere with the sounds in the menus. It will not affect the sound while you are driving. The Replay: If you attempt to load a saved replay that is larger than the memory allocated to replay in the Options/Graphics/Advanced dialog, CR will chop off the replay at the end to make it fall within the allocated memory constraints. Also, you must select the proper track before loading a replay. Replays do not perform properly when loaded at a track different from where the replay was created. Printing: You may encounter a printer error if you try to print two items rapidly one after another from the CR print menu. If this happens, just wait ten seconds or so then try printing again. Paintshop: CART Racing comes with a custom paintshop that allows you to personalize your cars appearance. The paintshop can be launched from the Driver Info menu but will only run in 256 color mode. In addition to painting, the paintshop allows you to import images to place on your car as decals. Decals of authentic CART sponsors and various other images can be found in the DECALS folder in the root directory of the CART CD. You might notice a problem loading the Paintshop from the Driver Info with certain videocards. If you do have this problem load the Paintkit from the taskbar. You can Load in the new car using the Driver Info Load button. Memory considerations The memory Requirements for two player racing with CART Racing for Windows 95 is a minimum of 16MB.With this minimum requirement you will see a memory page (a pause while windows write data to the hard drive). This usually happens about a minute into most two player connections and lasts about a second. Although this page is brief it can be unnerving. Unfortunately this is related to normal windows operations and the pause can only be reduced by adding more memory to your system. As you play two player the replay is recorded live while you race. 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