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Camera control
The keys W, A, S and D move the camera forward, left, backward, and right respectively
The mousewheel alters your camera?s height above the ground
Select a car and use the square brackets to orbit the camera around it

Press CTRL to toggle mouse pointer; when it?s off, mouse movement gives the camera free rotation. You can also drag with the mouse to rotate the camera while the pointer is on.
The numpad keys also change the camera orientation.
Right-click on the terrain to move the camera above that spot.

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Posted Mar 16, 2006, 4:07 pm

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Setting orders
If you select your own car with the mouse, you?ll see a steering wheel and speedometer. Use the arrow keys to set your target speed (grey dial arm) and to steer. The red dial arm is your current speed. You?ll see the ?ghost? in front of your car move to where your driver thinks it will be in 1 second: this is only your driver?s estimation, and the accuracy depends on his/her driving skill!

Send your next orders to the server
Click the ?move done? button or choose it from the dropdown menu at the top, or press the space bar.
Game time doesn?t advance until 30 seconds have elapsed or everyone has set their orders.

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Posted Mar 16, 2006, 4:08 pm

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Exiting the game
Press ESC to disconnect from the game server.
Use ?resign? from the top menu to remove your vehicles from the game (there is a delay before this happens to avoid using it as a cheat!)

If the game crashes on your PC or you get an unexpected connection drop, the server pre-emptively calls a timeout for you, giving you time to log in again. After your connection is down for 1 minute, your cars will have their target speeds set to zero (or you can have AI take control- use the options menu).

After a further 30 gametime seconds have passed, your vehicles and characters will be removed from the game.

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Posted Mar 16, 2006, 4:09 pm