3D STOCK CAR CHAMPIONSHIP (Firebird Silver - titled "3D Stock Cars" on inlay and cassette) LOADING 1. Connect a suitable cassette player to your Spectrum according to the User Manual, THEN FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS 3, 4 AND 5 BELOW. SPECTRUM 48/128 and PLUS 2 OWNERS 2. Put the 48/128 and Plus 2 systems into 48K mode. 3. Place the rewound cassette into the cassette player. 4. Type LOAD "" on your Spectrum and press ENTER. 5. Press PLAY on the cassette player. NOTE: Full loading instructions can be found in your Spectrum Manual. PLAYING THE GAME Up to four players can compete (Interface II only) in the championship, racing cars around 24 different circuits. On each circuit the players must first compete for grid position in the qualifying period before competing in the actual race. When the lights turn green the race is on. The player with the most points after the 24th race is the stock car champion. Select the method of control for each of the four cars by using keys A and Q to choose the car number (1-4) and W and S to select the controls from the following options. Keyboard Controls Left Right Accelerate Brake 1 player only Keys ERIK E R I K 2 players Keys QSDX Q S D X 2 players Keys NKPEn N K P Enter Joystick Controls Options - Interface II (left and right ports), Kempston and Cursor joysticks. Left Right Accelerate Brake Stick left Stick right Fire button Stick down Each car has eight forward gears; you may only accelerate to the top level of speed for the gear you are in. A quick on/off of the acceler- ator changes gear up or down depending, respectively, upon whether you are accelerating or braking. You start to reverse when continuing to brake after your speed has reached zero. Computer Control: Use E and D to select level (1-15). Unwanted: Select this option for each car that is not required. Sound Simulation (car 1 only): Press T for on and G for off. Number of Laps: Use R and F to select (1-99) for each race. Instruction Summary: Press I. Start: Press P. NOTES Options are indicated by inverse type. Use SYMBOL SHIFT and SPACE to cut short the qualifying period of the race. Use SYMBOL SHIFT, SPACE and M to quite the game and return to the title page.