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Re #947: update text of chapter 'Racing' 

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<p>
Select one of the race types : "Quick Race" is the one, if you want to be able
configure everything for the race.
to configure everything for the race.
</p>
<p>
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</p>
<p>
Configure you race (note you have here a shortcut to the "Player Configuration" menu) :
Configure your race (note, you have here a shortcut to the "Player Configuration" menu) :
</p>
<p>
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<li><b>Dirt Tracks</b>: All terrain tracks</li>
<li><b>Speedways</b>: American "oval" tracks or alike</li>
</ul>
Note the screen background gives you an overview of the currently selected track,
while the track outline is displayed on the left.
Note, that the screen background gives you an overview of the currently selected track,
while the track outline is displayed on the left. The base package contains only one track (Espie), for more tracks you need to install other packages.
</p>
<p>
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</p>
<p>
Once you found the track you want, click on the "Accept" button :
Once you found the track you want, click on the "Next" button :
you've reached the drivers selection menu (AI and also human ones).
</p>
<p>
On the right, the list of the available drivers : you can filter the drivers list
by car category and by driver type (human, AI USR and AI Simplix)
you've reached the drivers selection menu (AI and also human ones).
On the left is the list of the available drivers ("Candidates"), you can filter the drivers list
by car category and by driver type (human or various AI robot types).
</p>
<p>
On the left, the list of the selected drivers : to select a driver for the race,
click on him on the right list, and then click on the "(De)Select" button (or hit the space bar).
To unselect him, click on him on the left list, and do the same.
You can also change the starting grid order with the "Move Up" and "Move Down" buttons :
they change the position of the selected driver in the left list.
On the right is the list of the selected drivers : to select a driver for the race,
click on him on the left list, and then click on the '+' button, or hit the space bar.
To unselect him, click on him on the right list, and then click on the 'X' button, or hit the space bar.
You can also change the starting grid order with the up and down arrow buttons :
they change the position of the selected driver in the right list.
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<p>
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</p>
<p>
When happy with the selected drivers, save it with the "Accept" button.
By pressing the "Garage" button, you can select your (the human players) car in the "Garage" menu.
<li>First select the car's category you want:
<ul>
<li><b>1936 Grand Prix</b>: These terrible Grand-Prix cars of the thirties</li>
<li><b>Long Day Series GT1</b>: The awesome Speed Dreams GT1 series</li>
<li><b>Monoposto America 1</b>: American single seater cars from the early 2000's</li>
<li><b>Supercars</b>: The ones you dream of, in their unmodified version</li>
<li><b>TORCS Racing Board 1</b>: The Speed Dreams setups of the well known GTs from Torcs</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Then select your car model within the category.</li>
<li>Finally select your cars skin (that is painting).</li>
Note: the base package contains only Supercars, for other cars you need to install more packages.
On the left you can see a preview of the car, while on the right you can watch its performance numbers and most important technical data.
When happy with the selected car, save it with the "Apply" button.
</p>
<p>
<img src="images/selectdrivers-accept.jpg">
<img src="images/garage-apply.jpg">
</p>
<p>
Finally, configure the race length (as a number of laps or a distance) :
Finally, configure the race length (as a number of laps or a distance) and the weather (note: with most of the robots chosen as participant the weather cannot be configured) :
</p>
<p>
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</p>
<p>
<img src="images/race-f2cam1.jpg">
<img src="images/race-f2cam0.jpg">
</p>
<p>
You might need to hit "Enter" to start the race, if you have enabled "Pause before race start" (it is enabled by default).
Press <b>F2</b> to cycle through the driver views:
</p>
<p>
<img src="images/race-f2cam1.jpg">
</p>
<p>
<img src="images/race-f2cam2.jpg">
</p>
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</p>
<p>
<img src="images/race-f2cam0.jpg">
</p>
<p>
At any time during the race, press <b>F1</b> to get help about all the commands (and pause the game).
At any time during the race, press <b>F1</b> to get help about all the commands.
Beware, most views, cameras and the map keys are "modal", so if you hit them multiple times,
you will get different variants of the view / camera / map.
</p>
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<img src="images/race-help.jpg">
</p>
<p>Now drive as fast as you can ... and try being faster that the robots !</p>
<p>
Now drive as fast as you can ... and try being faster than the robots !
At the end of each race, you get the board, and know what's still to improve ;-)
</p>
<p>
<img src="images/race-results.jpg">
</p>
<p>(at the end of each race, you get the board, and know what's still to improve ;-)</p>
<p>
Press the "Continue" button to go back to the race menu or to go to the next session in multi-session events.
</p>
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