Hint: The key is your predicted ET (Elapsed Time). You'll find this
oh-so-critical figure hidden in the Delay Box section, and you must practice,
over and over again, to set it correctly for your car and environment.
Hint: Try as hard as you can to stage in precisely the same position and start
at exactly the same moment each time you race.
Hint: Don't worry if you can't fathom some of the highly technical jargon and
information found in the manual or in the garage. Remember, driving
consistently is far more important than mechanical aptitude, unless of course
your goal is to construct the fastest possible car.
Hint: Those warmed tires that come from the prerace "burnout" really do help
stick the car to the track instead of bouncing or veering off course. I seemed
to get the best burnout from slowly rolling forward then popping it in reverse
and gunning it. Lots of tire smoke this way.
Hint:
Experiment with the game. There are an almost unlimited amount of set-ups.
Once you get your car built, test it thoroughly to get familiar with it. This
allows you to cut good lights and run close on your dial-in. Depending on your
preference, you may want to try deep staging, which is going farther down to
where the pre-stage light goes off. This will make your reaction time better,
but will give your car less roll out time (less time to start accelerating
before the elapsed time clock begins).
When the game is paused, pushing F11 will set your time back to 20.00 which
makes all tracks a LOT easer.
Also try typing "INVADERS" while the game is playing!