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FORMULA ONE

PUBLISHER
CRL

AUTHORS
G.B. Munday & B.P. Wheelhouse

YEAR

CATEGORY
Management, Simulation

CONTROLS
P - call for Pitstop
G - go to Gambling mode
H - toggle between Highlight and full race action

While in the pits:-
Q - Up
Z - Down
I - Left
P - Right
N - Change Chassis etc...

INSTRUCTIONS
A Formula One mangagement game for 1-6 players, were you get to
be the manager of a Formula One racing team. Choose team,
sponsors and drivers.  Buy engines, chassis and crew. Choose
tires, depending on the weather and watch your drivers battle it
out from the stand. If one of your cars comes in for a pitstop
you control the pitstop crew. Change tires, fix gearbox problems
or repair the chassis as quickly as possible. After the race you
earn money and championship points depending on your cars
performance. The money can then be used to improve engine,
chassis, crew or even to buy a new driver. The aim of the game
is to amass more championship points than any other team at the
end of the season making your team the winning formula one team.

Controls: Kempston joystick/keys 
Race mode: As far as I know there is only one thing you can do
in race mode and this calling in your cars for a pitstop. You do
this by pressing "p". If you have got more than one car in the
race you are then promted for car number.  Pitstop mode: When
controlling your crew during pitstops "q" is up, "z" down,
"i" left, "p" right and "n" is one of the following actions:
change tire, fix gearbox, repair chaissis. It can be quite tricky
to get the computer to perform an action. You have to be facing
and exactly inline with the thing you're trying to change/repair.
When using a joystick the fire button is change/repair.


HINTS/CHEATS
Its worth spending at least 150 when buying a new engine or
chassis. Sometimes you can get more for your money by improving
rather than buying. If the weather gets worse, starts to rain etc
it is often better to call your car to a pitstop and change to
rain tires than letting your cars continue racing on slicks (they
often crash).

URL
ftp://ftp.nvg.unit.no/pub/sinclair/snaps/games/by-letter/f/for
mula1.zip

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