EA GAMES(tm) presents Need for Speed(tm) Carbon README WHAT THIS FILE IS ================= This file contains information that supplements the Manual. 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. INSTALLATION 2. BASIC KEYBOARD CONTROLS 3. MANUAL ADDENDUM 4. ONLINE PLAY 5. TROUBLESHOOTING 6. CONTROLLER INFORMATION ************************************************************ 1. INSTALLATION ************************************************************ Thank you for purchasing Need for Speed Carbon. 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 5.3 GB of HD space 8X or faster DVD Drive To play online a network card is required for broadband connectivity Installation Instructions: Exit all applications. It is recommended that you do not run unnecessary background applications when installing the game. Insert DVD Disc into your computer's DVD drive. The Autorun menu will appear as soon as your disk drive recognizes the disk. Select Install to Install the game. A prompt will appear to enter your install code. Enter the install code and click on the Next button. You will then get a menu asking to choose either a default install or the advanced install (which allows you to specify an install directory). Select Next and you will be prompted to register the game through Electronic Registration. Select Register Now to register the game, or select Register Later to continue with the installation. ************************************************************ 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 Take Screenshot F12 (Screenshots are saved in the installation directory) ************************************************************ 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 cannot be predicted in these situations. In extreme cases, running Need for Speed Carbon with a Direct3D device that is not officially supported can lead to an unstable PC environment. SOUND CARD SUPPORT ================== Need for Speed Carbon 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. DVD DRIVES ==================================== Need for Speed Carbon requires at minimum an 8x DVD drive. The game Disc must be in the DVD drive when you start the game. If your system has more than one DVD drive, be sure the game disc is in the same drive from which you installed the game. DEFAULT GRAPHICS SETTINGS ============================== The first time Need for Speed Carbon 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 Video menu of the Options. 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. Advanced Display Settings: Tweak individual graphics settings. (See below.) Default Settings: Reset your graphics settings to the default for your hardware configuration. Selecting Advanced Display Settings in the Video menu takes you to the Advanced Display Settings menu. The following individual settings are available to tweak to change the game?s graphics output and game performance. Turning all the settings to on may slow down system performance. Full Screen Anti-Aliasing: Adjust this setting to increase/decrease pixel smoothing. Motion Blur: Enable/disable motion blur effect on supported video cards. Particle System: Enable/disable particle effects in the game. Texture Filtering: Adjust this setting to increase/decrease the Quality of the textures. 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. Car Reflection Update Rate: Increase or decrease how quickly reflections are visible on the car update. Rain Effect: Rain splatter effect on/off. Visual Treatment: Increase or decrease the effect of the visual treatment in the game. Not all graphic details are available for all video cards due to hardware limitations. ALIAS AND SAVE LOAD ============================ When you start a new Alias, you will not have any of the progress (unlocked cars, parts, or progress through Career Mode) that you had in your old Alias (You can always log back in under your original Alias if you want to go back). Manual Saves: Your game can be manually saved by accessing the Career Menu and selecting Save. NOTE: Saving your Alias saves your game progress. When you make a save game, you are saving your progress in Career Mode, the number of cars, car upgrades, and tracks you have unlocked, and any modifications you have made to your cars. The final game save directory is located at: \Documents and Settings\PC Login ID\My Documents\NFS Carbon Substitute your actual Login ID for the PC Login ID mentioned above. ************************************************************ 4. ONLINE PLAY ************************************************************ To avoid poor performance during Internet play, be sure that you close any file sharing, streaming audio, or chat programs prior to entering gameplay. These applications can monopolize your connection?s bandwidth, causing lag or other undesirable effects. Need for Speed Carbon uses the following TCP and UDP port(s) for Internet play: TCP: TCP 18210 TCP 18215 TCP 13505 UDP: Outgoing: 18215, 20000 to 22000 Incoming: 3658, 1042 Please consult your router or personal firewall documentation for information on how to allow game related traffic on these ports. If you are attempting to play on a corporate Internet connection, contact your network administrator. NOTE: Need for Speed Carbon supports only broadband connections for online play. When logging in to play Online you are logging into the EA servers. If you already have one, you may use your existing EA Online account to play or you can create a new one. Setting up an account: An EA online account is required for online play. At the account log-in screen choose Create New EA online account. You will be taken to menus where you enter account information and choose your online user name. You can otherwise create an account at EA.com and use that to enter the game. PLAYING ONLINE ================= Starting up an online race is as simple as set...
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