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RICK KOENIG

Rick Koenig became fascinated with computers while operating the computerized attendance system in high school. Needless to say, Rick’s name never showed up on the absentee list. Rick’s experience in racing games has culminated in Ferrari Formula One. He wanted to make a point-of-view racing game that would capture Formula One racing. “It’s the most exciting and sophisticated racing in the world”, Rick says, “and of course, Ferrari is a racing legend”. Rick’s hobbies are wind-surfing, water skiing, four wheeling, and getting ‘airborne’ on his off-road motorcycle.

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FERRARI FORMULA ONE

Driver’s Reference Guide - C64/C128 Cassette

To start Ferrari Formula One

1 . Remove any peripherals not used i.e. 2nd disk drive, cartridge, printer, etc.

2. Plug your joystick into Port 2.

3. Switch on your computer, ensuring that the cassette deck is connected.

4. Insert the Ferrari Formula One Tape 1 into the cassette deck either side up (both sides have the Boot program recorded onto them), and rewind to the beginning.

5. Hold down the SHIFT key and press RUN/STOP and then press PLAY on the cassette deck.

Going for a Lap

1 . To begin racing quickly, when the Ferrari Formula One theme starts playing, press the SPACE BAR and type “N” to the question ‘Practice at Fiorano?’. You will be asked to insert Tape 2 Side 2 and rewind.

2. When this has loaded, you are presented with the race control panel. Use the joystick to move the cursor to the V button, next to the chequered flag icon and press the joystick button six times. Select the green Accept button at the bottom of the race control panel. This will take you to the paddock at Rio.

3. Move the pointer to the bottom of the screen, press and hold the joystick button.

A steering wheel icon will replace your pointer.

4. Release the button and follow the on-screen instructions.

Note: Whenever the program prompts you to “rewind the tape”, always rewind the tape to the beginning.

If whilst loading, the message “load error” appears, rewind the tape to the zero position on the tape counter, or to the beginning of the tape if the section you were loading started at the beginning and press PLAY to re-try loading. If loading errors persist, try moving the tape deck further away from your monitor or TV. If you are still having problems, you may need to re-align the tape heads (your computer dealer should be able to advise on the procedure for doing this.)

You will now go to the cockpit view of the cars lined upon the grid (similar to Figure A) , ready to start the race. When the green race light appears, the race has started and you are in control of your Ferrari. Race information such as the current flag, lap and lap time appears in the upper right-hand corner of the screen. Don’t worry if you can’t seem to keep up with the other cars yet. They are experienced drivers and you are just learning the trade!

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Overhead Map — In the top left-hand corner of the cockpit view, there is an overhead map of the track you are currently driving on. The coloured dots on the track represent the other drivers on the track and the flashing dot represents your car.

Steering — You control your Ferrari with the joystick. Move the joystick to the right to steer right and to the left to steer left. The Ferrari is very responsive, so use small steering movements to avoid oversteering. Push the joystick forwards to accelerate and pull the joystick back to brake.

You can only race in one direction — you cannot make a U-turn and race in the opposite direction

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Shifting — You automatically start at the beginner driving level (F3). At this level you don’t have to worry about shifting gears — it will happen automatically. At more advanced levels, you will use the joystick and fire button to shift gears. See the “ Joystick Controls” section at the end of this guide for more information.

Curves — Take curves cautiously at first. It’s very easy to oversteer or understeer and wind up on the pilings. Let up on the accelerator going into a curve, use the brakes if you have to and accelerate out of the curve. Use the Overhead Map to determine when you are approaching a curve and brake accordingly. A useful tip is to steer left or right into the bend and then, at the apex of the bend, just push the joystick forwards (accelerate). The steering wheel will slowly straighten up on its own, steering you out of the bend.

Finishing — Your first race runs for three laps. At the end you will receive a breakdown of how you did against the other drivers. Your driver number is 28 and your initials are “SJ” (you will be able to change this of course, see “ Race Control' later). Select the green Accept button in the upper middle of the screen when you have finished reading the standings and you will go to the pit.

SELECTING SCREEN REGIONS

Once you are in the pit, you should go to the track’s paddock area. You do this by selecting the Ferrari placard in the top right-hand corner of the screen. The pit contains regions which you can select to perform other functions. For instance, hold down the fire button while the pointer is on a grey area of the pit floor. Continue to hold down the fire button and move the pointer around the screen with the joystick. As the pointer passes over “hot spots”, it will change into an icon that represents the function you can perform by selecting that spot — but nothing will happen until you release the fire button.The icons for the various screen regions are located in the manual. If you want a detailed explanation for a particular icon, look for the icon in the manual and read the adjacent section.

The Paddock — You can learn more about the pit by reading about it in the manual. For now, return to the track paddock by selecting the placard near the upper right-hand corner of the screen. After a moment, the track paddock appears. Move the pointer around while holding down the fire button to locate all of the hot spots identified in Figure B.

Race Control — When you locate the Race Control hot spot (a chequered flag icon), release the fire button to select it. The Race Control panel that appears is your key to controlling many aspects of Ferrari Formula One. For instance, select the track icon on the panel and a requester appears that contains all of the tracks from the 1986 Formula One World Driving Championship.

The second race in the season, Jerez, is currently highlighted. If you want to continue the season now, select the red Cancel button to leave Jerez selected. Read the following sections about entering your name as a driver and saving and loading seasons before you begin the season.

If you feel that you need more driving practice and would like to experiment with car

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configurations, select FIORANO to return to the Ferrari test track. Notice that this also resets the date and time to the beginning of the season. Select the green Accept button to confirm your track selection.

Note: When prompted to "flip tape and fully rewind" , select the green Accept button, then turn the tape over, rewind and press PLAY.

Driver’s Name — Select the driver’s helmet icon on the Race Control panel. Enter your name in the “Text Entry” box (similar to Figure C) of the requester, and select the Accept button or press Return to confirm your name as a driver. Now select the Accept button on the Race Control panel to go to the paddock of the track you have selected from the track requester in the previous section. If you’re going to begin a season, you should read “Your First Race” in the manual. If you are going to Fiorano, then read “Fiorano - Launching Your Career” in the manual for a detailed description of the Ferrari test track.

SAVING / LOADING SEASON STANDINGS

You will need a blank cassette in order to save your season standings.

SAVING

1 . Bring up the Race Control panel.

2. Remove the Ferrari Formula One tape and insert your blank tape into the cassette deck.

LOAD BUTTON CANCEL BUTTON

Figure C: The Save/Load requester

3. Select the trophy icon to open the Save/Load requester (Figure C).

4. In the Save/Load requester (Figure C), delete the text before the flashing cursor with the DEL key and then type in a name for your saved game and press RETURN.

Note: do not use extensions (e.g. GAME.1 ) as you will not be able to retrieve the file.

6. The save confirmation requester will now come up. Select the green Accept button to save the file or the red Cancel button to cancel this operation. Once this is saved replace the Ferrari Formula One tape that you removed into the cassette deck.

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You can only save race statistics. You cannot save the qualifying times and

pole positions you achieve before the actual race.

LOADING

1 . Bring up the Race Control panel.

2. Remove the Ferrari Formula One tape and insert the tape containing the saved file into the cassette deck.

3. Select the trophy icon to open the Save/Load requester.

4. In the Save/Load requester, delete the text before the flashing cursor with the DEL key and then type in the name of your file and select the LOAD button.

5. The load confirmation requester will now come up. Select the green Accept button to load the file or the red Cancel button to cancel this operation. Once the file is loaded, replace the Ferrari Formula One tape that you had removed and resume your season right where you left off.

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FORMULA ONE,

Contents

START YOUR ENGINES! . 1

How to Use This Manual . 1

ABOUT THE GRAND PRIX AND THIS SIMULATION . 2

FIORANO — LAUNCHING YOUR CAREER . 5

Who's Mauro? . 5

Map of Fiorano . 6

Setting Up Your Ferrari . . . 1 6

Testing Your Car . 29

Transport . 34

YOUR FIRST RACE . 3 5

Competition Track Layout . 35

The Grand Prix . 36

Returning to Fiorano . 40

WHERE TO GO FROM HERE . 4 1

APPENDIX A — 1986 SEASON SCHEDULE . 4 2

START YOUR Grand Prix/Formula One racing is one of the most exciting sports in

ENGINES! the worid To be a Grand Prix driver, you must not only have a mind

like a computer and reflexes like a mongoose, but you must also be an expert on racing technology and an excellent business manager.

Ferrari Formula One brings all of the depth and excitement of the Grand Prix race circuit to your computer. You’ll have plenty of races to run, but you’ll also have a pit crew to manage, a Ferrari Formula One 1986 (FI 86) race car to modify and test, deadlines to meet, and schedules to keep. But all of this is only for those who want to run the full simulation. If you just want to get behind the wheel of a Ferrari (the most successful Grand Prix racing team in the world), then you can do that as well.

How to Use This manualis designed so that you can use just as much of it as you

This Manual want. It covers everything about the Ferrari Formula One simulation,

from Formula One World Driving Championship rules, to travelling to and competing in your first race. However, if you want to simply drive without worrying about schedules and your season standing, then you probably dont need to read this manual.

Just take a moment to carefully read the Driver's Reference Guide. It provides everything you need to get started quickly including how to control your Ferrari, the specific features and keyboard shortcuts for your computer, and other information you’ll probably want to keep handy as you race. And because Ferrari Formula One is available on a number of different computers with differing capabilities, some of the features and functions described in this manual may be different on your computer. The Driver's Reference Guide will help you deal with those differences as well.

We’ll use this type of note to call your attention to important information

throughout this manual.

Track testing time is probably your most limited resource during a Grand

Prix. In a little over four hours you must:

• Learn the track and its layout.

• Find the fastest setting for the Qualifying sessions.

• Secure a good grid position.

• Find the best combination of speed and endurance for the race.

• Find the fuel economy that will let you complete the race.

Make sure that you spend time driving your car in race trim. The wrong time to find the right settings is after the green flag drops.

• Race, with your car tuned to the best balance of speed and endurance, this is where you'll engage in competition for the race trophy. A Grand Prix race normally lasts two-hours or about 315 kilometers, whichever comes first, but you can use the race control (described later) to select races as short as 2-5 laps (about 18 kilometers). If the race doesn't run the full distance within two hours (or the time limit for a shorter race), then the lead car is the winner. Unlike the practice, qualifying, and warmup sessions, you cant refuel your car during the actual race.

Ferrari Formula One, the simulation, operates just like the Grand Prix race circuit in the real world. The moment you boot the program the clock starts ticking. You must get yourself and your car into shape in time to transport yourself, your equipment, and your crew to the first race of the season. Car repair and travel time is accelerated, but all other aspects of Ferrari Formula One are in real-time. Furthermore, if you damage your car before, during, or after the race, you'll receive a time penalty in the amount it would really take to put your car back in working condition, or your body back in shape if you were injured in the crash (see Figure 1). A really bad crash may put you out for the rest of the season.

The Spanish Grand Prix Circuit Name: Jerez, Spain Circuit Length: 4.218 km/2.621 miles

Figure 1:

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FIORANO —

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Fiorano (pronounced FEE-OH-RON-OH) is your home base and test

track. Fiorano has all the facilities you’ll need to coax the best performance out of your Ferrari (see Figure 2 below), and to hone your own driving skills. And your crew chief is always available to help you make the setup decisions that can determine race outcome.

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# Who’s Mauro?

Mauro is your computerized crew chief who's always available when your car is in the pit or the garage.

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Select the toolbox to get Mauro's suggestions on car adjustments. When you select the toolbox, all the control panels for your Ferrari will open. Solid squares highlight Mauro's suggested settings just as if you had selected them yourself (see Figure 3).

If Mauro's settings are the same as the current settings, only Mauro’s settings will show on the control panel. When you are playing at F3 level, Mauro's settings automatically take effect each time you go to a new track.

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After you have driven the car, some of the current setting squares may be partially blacked-out, indicating wear. A solid black square means that component is no longer operational.

laJ Map of Fiorano

The Fiorano paddock is made up of seven different areas. You can

get to the different areas of Fiorano by selecting one from the paddock screen (shown in Figure 2 above). See the Driver's Reference Guide to learn how to select screen areas on your computer. Fiorano paddock is very similar to the paddocks of the competition tracks, except that it has some additional facilities that you won't find at the competition tracks (see "Competition Track Layout" under Your First Race for more information on competition tracks). The following sections describe each of Fiorano's areas in detail.

The San Marino Grand Prix Circuit Name: Imola, Italy Circuit Length: 5.040 km/3.132 miles

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This is where you pick the race settings such as track, session, race length, and driver name. The race control panel appears when you select the second floor race control building. Figure 4 below shows the race control panel and each of its controls.

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You can use the date and time controls, or the track and session controls to quickly advance a race season if you are trying to run a season from start to finish. When you choose the track control, a list of the various race tracks appears for you to choose from. Choosing a track resets the clock, calendar, and session control to the first session of that face.

The session control changes the selected session and resets the clock and calendar for that session. You'll notice that once you pass the last session of a race, the session control also switches the track control to the next race in the season.

Unlike the transport trucks, selecting a new track or session from the race

control panel sets the clock and calendar ahead to the day of the current track session. This means that you can use it to skip races. But if you are keeping a record of your season standings, you wont have scores for the races you've skipped. Also, if you use the race control to go back and repeat a session, you'll forfeit your accumulated season standings.

The Monaco Grand Prix

Circuit Name: Monte Carlo, Monaco Circuit Length: 3.324 km/2.065 miles

The skill level control lets you set Ferrari Formula One's difficulty from Formula One (FI — the hardest) to Formula Three (F3 — the easiest). The harder the skill level, the more skillfully your opponents will drive and the more likely that wear and tear will cause a mechanical failure in your car. At the FI level, you must also shift gears manually (see the Driver's Reference Guide for information on manual shifting). The P in the skill level area of the control panel lets you leave the driving to us so you can view the race as a passenger. (But you still call the shots when it comes to car repairs, even though you're only a passenger during the race.)

The driver control lets you enter your own name as a driver for the season. The name you enter here will appear before your score on the season standings screen. The trophy control lets you save your current season to disk, or load another season from disk. You’ll need a formatted/initialized, blank disk in order to save your seasons. See the Driver's Reference Guide for more information on saving your season statistics, and see your computer’s users' manual for instructions on formatting or initializing blank disks.

Select the garage building to enter the garage. Figure 5 (above) shows the inside of the garage and the eight screen areas you can select for garage functions. See the Setting Up Your Ferrari section below for more detailed information on using the garage. The dyno room is also located in the garage (at Fiorano only). See "Dyno Room" in the Testing Your Car section below for a description of, and information on using the dyno room.

S Wind Tunnel The Fiorano wind tunnel is where you'll learn to make adjustments to your Ferrari's wings, and then test to make sure your adjustments are aerodynamically sound.

Figure 6:

The Wind Tunnel

The adjustments you make to your Ferrari's wings affects the way the car handles on the track, so the wind tunnel plays an important part in developing a winning Ferrari. Select the wind tunnel building to put your Ferrari in the wind tunnel. Figure 6 (above) shows the inside of the wind tunnel and the controls you can use. See "Wind Tunnel" in the Testing Your Car section below for detailed information on using the wind tunnel.

The Canadian Grand Prix

Circuit Name: Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal, Canada Circuit Length: 4.410 km/2.74 miles

You can select the pit building to put your car directly into the pit from the paddock, or if you have a problem on the track, just pull off the right side of the track after the start/finish line (the area without a curb) into the pit and ask Mauro’s advice. The pit has most of the features of the garage except for the dyno room, the engine crane for changing engines, and the ability to change gear ratios. The dyno room is available only at Fiorano.

In the pit, however, you can also adjust your car's wings, refuel (except when Formula One rules prohibit it), and see your current lap times and the weather conditions on the scoring monitor. During competition, you can also use the scoring monitor to see the overall race scoring. When you're done in the pit you can return to the track by selecting the Ferrari’s cockpit.

The Belgian Grand Prix

Circuit Name: Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium

Circuit Length: 6.942 km/4.313 miles

Figure 7 shows the inside of the pit and the nine screen areas you can select to use its various functions. See the Setting Up Your Ferrari section below for more detailed information on using the pit.

Your pit crew's accuracy the garage or the pit, and or racing.

and speed will vary depending on whether you’re in

depending on whether you're practicing, qualifying,

Test Track

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When you have your Ferrari set up in what you think will be a winning configuration, it's time to take to the test track to see how she performs. There are no other cars on the test track except for yours, so this makes it a good place for you to learn to drive at high speeds. Select the car that’s lined up on the track at the bottom of the paddock screen, or the cockpit of the Ferrari in the pit to move onto the track. See the Going for a Lap section of the Driver’s Reference Guide for more information on getting behind the wheel of your car.

Season standings is housed in the building directly below race control and shows your overall season standing.

Figure 8:

Score Box

Figure 8 shows the season standings. You can save your season standings screen to disk and view them again later using this screen (see your Driver's Reference Guide).

Table 1:

Points for Finish Position

During the 1986 season, the season score for a driver was calculated by using the 11 best scores out of all 16 races. The driver gets a certain number of points per race, based .upon his finishing position. Table 1 shows the correlation between points and finishing position.

ff=l Transport The transport trucks take you to the competition track of your choice,

and advances the clock for the amount of time it takes to travel there.

The transport trucks let you travel to tracks early or between races during the season so you can log extra test time. For instance, if you select the transport trucks in January at Fiorano and choose Rio, then you'll arrive at Rio two months before the race, which begins on March 19th (see "Appendix A — 1986 Season Schedule"). You can still do practice laps even though the track is closed.

The Detroit Grand Prix

Circuit Name: Detroit, United States Circuit Length: 4.020 km/2.497 miles

When you select the transport trucks, a world map appears that shows your current location and all the other track locations (see Figure 9 above). Weather icons appear near each track location to show you the weather conditions there. If you're just testing your car or practicing between races, you can use the weather icons to select the weather conditions of your choice.

The French Grand Prix

Circuit Name: Paul Ricard, France Circuit Length: 3.816 km/2.371 miles

Select a track and you’ll see the route marker appear as you travel. The weather conditions you see on the map are for that current day, and may change in the time it takes you to travel to your destination.

Setting Up Your Ferrari

Figure 10:

System Wear and Tear

Now that you've seen how to navigate through Ferrari Formula One, it's time for you to start thinking about getting your car ready for competition. Your Ferrari is basically composed of five major systems: engine, gearbox, tires, suspension, and wings. You should look at track conditions to determine the best way to adjust your car's systems. For instance, you'll pick rain tires for a wet track, and slicks for a dry track. You'll also need to adjust the gearing and wings differently if a track has a lot of curves, or a lot of straights.

You can tell when a system is worn, damaged, or completely destroyed by the amount of filling in the system's control box. A brand new system has a solid, completely filled control box, while a destroyed system has an empty control box (see Figure 10). The amount of time it takes you to repair one of your car's systems will be subtracted from your game time. The following sections explain how you adjust, repair, or replace these systems, and the theories and concepts you should be aware of as you work with them.

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Engine Control

Your Ferrari's engine is a V6 Turbo that delivers up to 1,100 horsepower at 11,000 rpm; it’s one of the highest revving turbo¬ charged engines available. The engine itself is made up of five sub¬ systems that you repair or replace with the engine control shown in Figure 11. Just select the system you want to repair. The time it takes to repair the engine sub-system varies according to the amount of damage it has taken, and when and where you make the repair. The engine life and fuel level indicators display engine age and the amount of fuel only — you can't adjust their status with the engine control.

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Engine life is a strong determining factor in engine performance. An average time for engine life in the Grand Prix circuit is roughly six hours, with a maximum life of 12 hours. This is when you’ll get the optimum performance out of the engine. Luckily, no race will ever last that long, but you’ll use up some engine life by burning it in during a pre-race warm-up. You'll see how engine life affects performance when you learn to use the dyno room in the next section, Testing Your Car.

Formula One racing is one of the most expensive forms of motor racing in the world. Car chassis are constructed from exotic materials such as carbon fiber, and front line drivers can make more than three million dollars a year. Engines can cost in excess of $60,000.00 dollars apiece, and drivers will generally use three engines during a Grand Prix (one for each Practice/Qualifying day, and a third in race configuration).

The time on the engine increases the longer you run the engine. Using the engine crane in the garage (see Figure 5) resets your engine’s life to 0 — the equivalent of replacing your old engine with a new one. The only time you can replace your engine is when your car is in the garage. This means that you cant replace an engine once a race has begun, because leaving the pit to return to the garage is the same as dropping out of the race. If you lose an engine during a race, you may as well head for the next race in the season.

Fuel level shows the amount of fuel left in your tank, in liters (195 maximum, according to 1986 rules). Your Ferrari’s fuel consumption is affected by other factors such as engine life, engine ROMs, turboboost, and wing settings. For instance, the older an engine gets, the less efficiently it will use fuel. Read the section on engine ROMs and turboboost below for more information on those systems, see the .’’Tires" section for more information on tire compounds. Using the fuel can in the pit during testing, practice, or before qualifying fills your Ferrari's tank. The amount of fuel will usually be less during qualifying runs so your car will be lighter and faster.

The British Grand Prix Circuit Name: Brands Hatch, Britain Circuit Length: 4.206 km/2.6136 miles

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The amount of fuel will also be less if you are running a race that is shorter than a regulation race. Because Grand Prix rules don’t allow refueling during a race, the fuel can is removed from the pit during an actual race.

' Oil System is affected by engine life, temperature, ROMs, and

turboboost. Oil pressure is measured in bars (a bar is approximately 14.7 psi — pounds per square inch), and has a maximum level of 9.0. Pull into the pit and fix your oil system immediately if the oil or temperature indicators drop below half during a race (see the Driver's

< Reference Guide for cockpit controls and indicators). High oil

pressure is good, low oil pressure is bad.

Cooling System and the oil system are closely interlinked. The lower you let your oil pressure get, the higher the water temperature will go. Engine temperature will also rise if you've been racing hard with a high turboboost setting, or running a very lean mixture (see "Engine ROMs System" below).

Electrical System provides the power which is essential to your Ferrari’s ignition and fuel injection systems. Because these systems are drawing full current during a race, there is a continual drain on your electrical system. If your electrical system fails during a race, so will your engine.

Fuel Injection/Ignition Computer ROM System regulates your engine’s fuel-air mixture and ignition timing. ROMs (Read Only Memory) are computer chips that are installed in the engine to tell it how to regulate the fuel to air ratio. The program contained in a ROM chip, and your turbocharger setting, determines the horsepower output, power curve, fuel economy, and wear characteristics of your engine. The ratio of fuel to air affects the temperature at which the fuel bums, and the energy it provides. A rich fuel to air ratio burns more fuel than a lean mixture.

The German Grand Prix

Circuit Name: Hockenheim, West Germany Circuit Length: 6.798 km/4.224 miles

A leaner mixture provides more horse power, but makes the engine run hotter, work harder, and makes it more sensitive to excess turboboost. A richer mixture is more conservative on the engine, and lets you use more boost from the turbocharger, but consumes fuel more rapidly.