The Cockpit Display

Find the following on the display panel:

1. Rev Counter (Revs x 1000)
   The rev counter is the most important part of the cockpit display. It tells the driver how fast the engine is going (not the speed of the car on the track). For example, if the needle is on the '12', the engine is doing 12,000 revolutions per minute (rpm). That's 200 revolutions every second!
    
   When accelerating, change up a gear when the needle reaches 12,000rpm. You can go a little beyond this if you wish, to say 12,500. There will be some increase in power, but there will also be a fuel penalty.
    
   When braking, change down gears to keep the revs within the power band. Again, practice and experience will help here.
2. Fuel
   Standard fuel gauge.
3. Oil Temp
   This indicates the temperature of the oil in the sump. Overheating can result in mechanical problems.
4. Oil Pressure
   This shows the pressure of oil pumped into moving parts of the engine. This falls as the oil temperature increases and the oil gets thinner.
5. Water Temp
   This indicates the temperature of the engine coolant water. Overheating can result in mechanical problems.
6. Turbo Temp
   This shows the temperature of the turbo-charger unit, which will increase the revs and boost level.
7. Turbo Boost
   This indicates the boost pressure of the fuel/air mixture forced into the inlet manifold system by the turbo.
    
   However, the more you use the turbo, the greater your fuel consumption. Yet again, it's a compromise situation between acceleration and fuel consumption and only practice and experience will show you how to use the turbo to its best advantage. The turbo has four settings, from minimum to maximum.
8. Gears (bottom right of panel)
   There are six forward gears. A red dot indicates the current gear selection. If the car is in neutral, the red dot appears between gears 1 an 2.
9. Wing Mirrors (top right and top left of panel)
   These show a view of the road and any cars behind you.
10. On-board Computer And Telemetry Data From Pits' Computer
    This panel gives you the latest information on the status of your car and its race performance.

    Speed - in miles per hour
    Lap time - time for last lap completed (in seconds)
    Av. speed - for last lap completed (in mph)
    Best speed - fastest lap time completed by you (in seconds)
    Fuel reserve - very accurate fuel gauge (litres). A Grand Prix car is allowed 195 litres of high octane fuel to cover a race distance of approximately 190 miles (300 kilometers)
    Consumption - current fuel consumption rate (litres per minute)
    Range of fuel - distance you could go on fuel reserve at average fuel consumption rate of last lap completed (km)
    Km to finish - distance to finishing line (km) - updated each time a lap is completed?
    Lap times, average speed, range, etc, are calculated each time the start/finish line is crossed.

11. Radio Link (bottom of panel)
    The pit crew are able to communicate with you and vice versa via a radio link. Important race information and messages will be displayed in this panel.

Ready To Go

Push the joystick forward without touching the fire button. The engine revs. Note what happens to the rest of the panel. Ready to go? Bring the revs to 12,000rpm, with the joystick forward and press Fire. Now you're moving. Continue to accelerate then change up to second, and so on.

All you need now is lots of practice.

Hints And Tips

1. Accelerate until you need to brake for a bend.
2. Brake to the correct speed to take a bend.
3. Accelerate through the bend.
4. Whilst doing 1 to 3 above, change gear to keep your revs in the "Power Band".

This advice may not be perfect, but it will help you to get started.

Game Controls

O - Left, P - Right, A - Accelerate, Z - Brake

A plus Space - Change up a gear, Z plus Space - Change down a gear

1,2,3,4 - Turbo (min to max)
H - Hold game (Any control movement to re-start)

Loading

Press CTRL and small ENTER.

Once the game is loaded, select "Practice".

On some computers, due to memory restrictions, the data for different race circuits may have to be loaded separately from the cassette or disk whenever it is required. If this is the case, a message displayed on the screen will tell you when and how to do this.

Press 1 then ENTER to select Brazil.

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