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This game incorporates technology of Massive Incorporated (“Massive”) that enables certain in-game objects(eg advertising) to be temporarily uploaded to your pc or console and replaced in-game while connected online. As part of that process, no personally identifiable information about you is collected and only select non-personally identifiable information is temporarily logged. No logged information is used to determine any personally identifiable information about you. For more details see http://www.massiveincorporated.com/privacy.htm. (C) 2006 Electronic Arts Inc. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. WHAT THIS FILE IS ================= This file is help text for the demo. If you are experiencing problems not covered in this README, please contact EA Customer Support. NOTE: Content of Web Links within this document may not be under the control of Electronic Arts. ************************************************************ TABLE OF CONTENTS ************************************************************ 1. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS 2. BASIC KEYBOARD CONTROLS 3. MANUAL ADDENDUM 4. TROUBLESHOOTING ************************************************************ 1. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ************************************************************ MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS =========================== Windows XP Service Pack 2 (32Bit Edition only), Windows 2000 Professional Service Pack 4 operating system Intel Pentium 4 (or equivalent) CPU running at 1.7GHz or higher 64MB DirectX 9.0c compatible video card (NVIDIA Geforce4 Ti/ATI Radeon 8500 or higher) using a supported chipset (see below) 512MB RAM DirectX compatible sound card NOTE: Do not install the Need for Speed Carbon DEMO in the same windows directory as the retail Need for Speed Carbon game. Use separate directories for each of the versions. ************************************************************ 2. BASIC KEYBOARD CONTROLS ************************************************************ The basic keyboard controls required to play the game are: In Game Controls: Steering Left/Right Arrow Throttle Up Arrow/A Brake/Reverse Down Arrow/Z E-brake Spacebar Nitrous Boost Right Shift Speedbreaker X/G Look Back L Shift Up Left Shift Shift Down Left Ctrl Camera Change C Reset Car R Pause Game Esc Activate Crewmember Right Ctrl Read SMS Tab World Map M Enter Race/Shop Return Menu Controls Highlight Menu Items Up, Down, Left and Right Arrows Cycle Choices / Move sliders Up, Down, Left and Right Arrows Select / Go to next Screen ENTER or left mouse click on selection Return to previous screen ESC ************************************************************ 3. MANUAL ADDENDUM ************************************************************ VIDEO CARD SUPPORT ================== Although Direct3D is supported, this support is only officially extended to certain 3D accelerator devices. The following major D3D chipsets are supported. NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti-4200 NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti-4400 NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti-4600 NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti-4800 NVIDIA GeForce FX Series NVIDIA GeForce 6200 NVIDIA GeForce 6600 NVIDIA GeForce 6800 NVIDIA GeForce 7300 NVIDIA GeForce 7600 NVIDIA GeForce 7800 NVIDIA GeForce 7900 ATI Radeon 8500 ATI Radeon 9000 ATI Radeon 9100 ATI Radeon 9200 ATI Radeon 9500 ATI Radeon 9550 ATI Radeon 9600 ATI Radeon 9700 ATI Radeon 9800 ATI Radeon X300 ATI Radeon X550 ATI Radeon X600 ATI Radeon X700 ATI Radeon X800 ATI Radeon X850 ATI Radeon X1300 ATI Radeon X1600 ATI Radeon X1800 ATI Radeon X1900 ***NOTE: Laptop versions of these chipsets may work, but are not officially supported. NVIDIA GeForce MX series not supported. While Direct3D supports a wider variety of 3D accelerator devices, the behavior of Need for Speed Carbon DEMO cannot be predicted in these situations. In extreme cases, running Need for Speed Carbon DEMO with a Direct3D device that is not officially supported can lead to an unstable PC environment. SOUND CARD SUPPORT ================== Need for Speed Carbon DEMO supports DirectSound. If your sound card driver does not support DirectSound you may experience choppy or stuttering sound or sound that cuts in and out. If your sound card driver does not support DirectSound, we recommend obtaining updated drivers from your sound card manufacturer. DEFAULT GRAPHICS SETTINGS ============================== The first time Need for Speed Carbon DEMO is run, a system check is performed and default levels are set for the various graphics settings. These default levels are set to provide the best game play experience possible based on the hardware detected in your system. These settings can be adjusted in the Options menu. Resolution: Use the arrows to increase or decrease the game resolution. Increasing the game’s resolution may slow down system performance. Level of Detail: Use the arrows beside the Level of Detail bar to increase or decrease global graphics setting. Increasing the Detail setting to high will improve the game’s graphics but may slow down system performance. Anti-Aliasing: Adjust this setting to increase/decrease pixel smoothing. Texture Filtering: Adjust this setting to increase/decrease the Quality of the textures. Shader Detail: Adjust this setting to increase/decrease the shader detail. Vsync: Updates the screen based on the refresh rate of your monitor. World Detail: Increase the amount of detail visible in world geometry. Decreasing world geometry detail may increase overall system performance. Road Reflection Detail: Increase or decrease reflections visible in the road. Car Detail: Setting this to High increases geometry details on the car. Motion Blur: Enable/disable motion blur effect on supported video cards. Particle System: Enable/disable particle effects in the game. Default Settings: Reset your graphics settings to the default for your hardware configuration. Not all graphic details are available for all video cards due to hardware limitations. ************************************************************ 4. TROUBLESHOOTING ************************************************************ FAST USER SWITCHING =================== You will not be able to run two versions of the game using two different windows accounts via the fast user switching (windows key + L). DEVICE DRIVERS ============== It is highly recommended that the latest versions of all device drivers (i.e. video and sound card drivers) be obtained and installed. Please consult your card manufacturer for their newest drivers. Also, keep in mind that video chip manufacturers sometimes provide drivers in addition to the card manufacturer. If you are experiencing issues with an unstable PC environment please make sure your Motherboard drivers (AGP, miniport) are up to date. For further information please contact your Motherboard manufacturer. VIDEO & GRAPHICS PROBLEMS ========================= If you are experiencing performance problems on the default graphics settings, try lowering some of the settings or the game resolution. This game requires DirectX 9.0c It is available for download by going to: www.microsoft.com/windows/directx/ Graphic Cards: Graphical settings and features available in-game are dependant on Graphics Card capabilities. Settings not supported by your Graphics Card hardware are disabled in the Options Menu to prevent adverse effects on the game and your computer. NVIDIA Cards: All supported NVIDIA cards were tested using ForceWare driver version 91.47 (Win2k/XP). It is highly recommended this driver or a more recent version be used when running Need for Speed Carbon DEMO. Known Issues: ATI Cards: All supported ATI cards were tested using Catalyst driver version 6.8 (Win2k/XP). It is highly recommended this driver or a more recent version be used when running Need for Speed Carbon DEMO. BACKGROUND PROGRAMS =================== Avoid running other programs in the background. Programs starting up automatically can cause Need for Speed Carbon DEMO to lose control of the screen and keyboard, possibly causing an unstable PC environment. We strongly recommend that you shut down or suspend applications that start up automatically or programs that automatically run other applications at specified times before running Need for Speed Carbon DEMO. These include, but are not limited to: - Windows System Agent - Windows Task Scheduler - Windows "Disk Cleanup" utilities Similarly, message boxes and dialog boxes from other programs or from Windows itself can also cause Need for Speed Carbon DEMO to lose control of the screen and keyboard, possibly causing an unstable PC environment. We strongly recommend that you shut down all other applications before running Need for Speed Carbon DEMO. These include, but are not limited to: - Email programs - Calendar, appointment, or contact applications - Network or Internet chat programs Also, connections to/from non-dedicated servers can be disrupted when background programs or screen-savers launch. We recommend that you shut down other applications and run Need for Speed Carbon DEMO by itself whenever possible. POWER MANAGEMENT SUSPEND/SLEEP MODES ============================================ Systems (i.e. laptops or other portables) that automatically power down into "sleep" or "suspended" modes can cause Need for Speed Carbon DEMO to lose control of the screen and keyboard, possibly causing an unstable PC environment. We strongly recommend that you disable these features before running Need for Speed Carbon DEMO. WINDOWS VIRTUAL MEMORY ISSUES WITH 512 MB RAM ================================================== If you experience any Virtual Memory issues while running the game, try increasing the page file size on your hard drive. Please consult the Microsoft Windows help pages to determine how to tweak your virtual memory settings. CHOPPY PLAYBACK DURING VIDEO SEQUENCES ================================================== If you experience choppy playback during video sequences, try increasing the page file size on your hard drive. Please consult the Microsoft Windows help pages to determine how to tweak your virtual memory settings. WINDOWS VISTA ============================================== While Windows Vista is not officially supported, users running the Need for Speed Carbon DEMO under Windows Vista should run the game as an Administrator. To do this Right Click on the Need for Speed Carbon Demo shortcut on your desktop and select PROPERTIES. In the PROPERTIES window select the COMPATIBILITY tab. Under PRIVILEGE LEVEL select RUN THIS PROGRAM AS AN ADMINISTRATOR, and then click OK. Running the game without administrative credentials may cause online related problems. KEYBOARD PROBLEMS ======================= To adjust the feeling\sensitivity of the steering in gameplay when using the keyboard, enter the Keyboard option in the Windows Control Panel (Start - Settings - Control Panel). By adjusting the Repeat Delay and Repeat Rate the user can adjust the controls to feel more analog or digital depending on their preference. Some newer keyboards do not allow certain combinations of more than two keys to be depressed simultaneously. For example, if you were pressing both the up arrow key to accelerate and the left arrow key to turn, and you pressed the key to change your view, the view may not change. Unfortunately, this problem is due to a limitation of the hardware. While it is possible to bind game controls to the F12, Print Screen and Windows keys, these keys will also retain their original function and can interfere with gameplay. The Windows key is not locked out during gameplay and it will bring up the start menu during gameplay. This may interfere with gameplay. (C) 2006 Electronic Arts Inc. All rights reserved. END OF Need for Speed Carbon DEMO README