Xpand Rally SP Demo (c) 2004 Techland Please notice that this is a work-in-progress demo, and does not represent the quality and content of the final product. This demo allows you to record your best replays to AVI files. Please use "Xpand Rally SP Demo Record AVI" shortcut from the start menu to run the game with record replay to AVI file option. In replay menu after the race you will have “Save replay to AVI file” icon available. CONTENTS I MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS II RECOMMENDED SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS III INSTALLATION IV DEFAULT KEY SETTINGS V XPAND RALLY SAFE MODE VI FAQ VII GAME PERFORMANCE VIII KNOWN COMPATIBILITY ISSUES IX ODE LICENSE I Minimum system requirements: Windows 98/ME/2000/XP P III/AMD Athlon processor with 1.3 GHz 256 MB RAM Video card with 64 MB, compatible with DX 8.0 (GeForce 3 or ATI Radeon 9200) Sound card DX 8.0 compatible 500 MB of free space on hard drive DirectX 9.0b II Recommended system configuration: Windows 98/ME/2000/XP P IV/AMD Athlon processor with 2.0 GHz 512 MB RAM Video card with 128 MB, compatible with DX 9.0 (GeForce 5700 or ATI Radeon 9600) Sound card DX 9.0 compatible 500 MB of free space on hard drive DirectX 9.0b III INSTALLATION To install Xpand Rally SP Demo: 1. Double mouse-click "Xpand Rally SP Demo" executable. 2. Choose destination folder and click "ok" button. IV DEFAULT KEY SETTINGS Accelerate – up Brake – down Turn left – left arrow Turn right – right arrow Gear up – A Gear down – Z Hand brake – space Camera – F1 Road lights – L Respawn - R You may also check wheel default options in controllers menu (choose options, then controllers) to configure your driving wheel (change dead zone, saturation, axis and buttons). V XPAND RALLY SAFE MODE The safe mode should be used when the game won't run on a your machine - it alters the default settings to lower settings and turns EAX off, this will then allow you to boot up the game and tweak the options for your machine. VI GAME PERFORMACE If the framerate of your game seems to be low, try lowering some of the video or audio settings to rectify the problem. Please check if turning off tapes physics will help to improve framerate on your machine. VII FAQ Frequently Asked Questions Q: Why doesn't the game start? A: Make sure there is DirectX 9.0b installed on your computer. If not, you can download it from http://www.microsoft.com. A: Check the BIOS settings if the AGP Fast Write Control is set to Disabled and the Graphics Aperture Size is set to Minimum 64MB. Q: Why is an error message displayed while executing the game? A: Make sure you have the latest video/audio/motherboard drivers on your computer. They are usually available for download from the vendor's website. Check this sites for Video card drivers: www.ati.com for ATI drivers (we recommend Catalyst 4.7 or higher) www.nvidia.com for nVidia drivers (we recommend ForceWare 61.76 or higher) VIII KNOWN COMPATIBILITY ISSUES In all cases check you have installed the latest drivers from your hardware manufacturer's website. Please note that video cards that do not support T&L in hardware do not fully meet the games minimum spec and will therefore suffer performance issues. -GeForce 4 MX 440 On some PC's with this card you may experience problems with slowdown, if this is the case try lowering the detail levels in the options to improve things. IX ODE LICENSE This product makes use of Open Dynamics Engine system This is the BSD-style license for the Open Dynamics Engine ---------------------------------------------------------- Open Dynamics Engine Copyright (c) 2001-2004, Russell L. Smith. All rights reserved. Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. Neither the names of ODE's copyright owner nor the names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission. THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.