3 MSR UK 9/27/00 4:47 PM Page 17 Thank you for purchasing Metropolis Street Racer. Before you start playing the game, please read this instruction manual. CONTENTS Basic Controls Starting The Game Starting the game The Home Menu Options Kudos...
3 MSR UK 9/27/00 4:48 PM Page 18 Basic Controls DREAMCAST CONTROLLER Button Analog Thumb Button Button Directional Button Start Button Keys Analog Mode Analog Thumb Pad Steer (analog) Directional Pad Left or Right on (digital) Directional Pad - Horn Button Hand Brake Button...
3 MSR UK 9/27/00 4:48 PM Page 20 Starting the game Starting the Game When you start the game, you'll be asked to enter your personal details, which will be used throughout the game. Also, you'll be asked for your time zone, as MSR operates on the REALTIME CLOCK.
2. Praise conferred for status achieved 3. Honor awarded to the ultimate winner What is Kudos? Metropolis Street Racer is all about Kudos. It's Kudos that you earn from winning, from driving with style and care, and from being an impressive driver to watch.
3 MSR UK 9/27/00 4:48 PM Page 24 Kudos LOSING KUDOS There’s always going to be a catch – like real life, your Kudos can go down as well as up! A poor driver will lose Kudos by driving badly, dangerously, or inefficiently. Here’s a summary of the ways you can LOSE Kudos: Bad Driving Crashes...
3 MSR UK 9/27/00 4:48 PM Page 26 Playing the game YOUR GARAGE A new car is on offer in every Chapter of the game (see ‘Street Racing’section). If you are successful in all 10 Stages in a Chapter, you will unlock that Chapter's car in the Car Showroom, ready for you to view, test drive, or challenge to own.
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3 MSR UK 9/27/00 4:48 PM Page 28 Playing the game STREET RACING Stages that have been unlocked and are ready to challenge are colored white and can be selected and raced. If you highlight the next locked Stage, colored in grey, you will see how much Kudos is required to unlock it.
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3 MSR UK 9/27/00 4:48 PM Page 30 Playing the game STREET RACING – STAGE TYPES Timed runs are all raced against a timer. You will be given a goal time in which to finish either a single circuit race – or in later, more difficult chapters, a series of circuits, with the time being carried over from one to the next.
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3 MSR UK 9/27/00 4:48 PM Page 32 Playing the game STREET RACING – STAGE TYPES This Stage type is a mini-championship where you test your street racing skills over a number of circuits. You and your fellow drivers have to race a whole series of circuits, taking your finishing positions from one circuit to the next.
3 MSR UK 9/27/00 4:48 PM Page 34 Playing the game TIME ATTACK TIME ATTACK OPTION This option is outside the main Kudos challenge, and lets you take a drive around any of the circuits you have unlocked in the main game. It also allows you to post a personal ‘fastest lap’on any circuit, which means you can compete with others via the Internet and VMU.
3 MSR UK 9/27/00 4:48 PM Page 36 Playing the game Options The Options menu can be found on the Home Menu, and allows you to change the following options, either before you start, or during the game: SETTINGS Choose your control method, and customize the visual and text settings in the game.
3 MSR UK 9/27/00 4:48 PM Page 38 Hints and Tips JOKERS In the main Street Racing game, you'll see that you can gain Jokers which appear below your Kudos rating. These can help you gain big Kudos scores! You can play each joker only once, on one Stage –...
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Tamer Tahsin Support Engineer Sandeep Bisla Spanish Translator Roberto Párraga-Sánchez German Translator Angelika Michitsch French Translator Caroline Ruiz Sega Of America Product Development Marketing Localization Producer Howard Gipson Product Manager Supervising Producer Rob Alvarez Jason Kuo Associate Product Manager Lead Tester...
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