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WHAT’S IT ALL ABOUT?

Carmageddon is a free-for-all ‘race’. You can do what you like, when you like. Each race has a series

of checkpoints and a lap count. If you complete all the laps, then the race is over and you’ll receive a

time bonus. However you don’t have to take any notice of the checkpoints or laps if you don’t want to

(you’ll notice that many of your opponents don’t). There’s more fun to be had by ramming other cars

and mowing down the masses. There’s a timer at the top of the game screen, which counts down. If

the counter reaches zero then the race is over - however even this doesn’t really matter too much, as

this doesn’t mean that the game is over, as you can always go back and have another go at that race.

You will undoubtedly notice that there is no display of your position in the race. This is because you

don’t have one, and it doesn’t matter anyway. Your opponents will cheat at least as much as you will,

and it doesn’t matter one iota who gets to the ‘finish line’ first - it just matters how much damage you

did and how many internal organs you liberated on the way.

The important thing is to do whatever you want and to enjoy doing it. If your opponents are being

boring enough to go around the race circuit, racingly, then why don’t you go around the circuit the

wrong way and put a little spice into their lives. Hitting other cars and splatting pedestrians adds time

to your timer and gives you credits. Doing so in imaginative and novel ways gives you extra bonuses.

Try to think of new and humourous ways of pulping pedestrians - you’ll more than likely be rewarded

for it. When hitting other cars, remember to keep your pedal to the metal all the way until impact -

wimps are not rewarded.

Destroying all your opponents or killing all pedestrians also finishes the race - but with a juicy bonus.

Alternatively you can always finish the race yourself by hitting Control-A, or Esc then choosing Abort

Race from the main menu. Remember that you are never penalised for the race ending, whatever the

reason there was for it being over, so if you feel like a different race, just bail out of the current one

and go for it.

You start the game with an amount of credits (dependant on the skill level you chose). You build up

your stash and use it for in-race repairs and for buying better parts for your car. Should you ever run

out of cash then it really is Game Over. However if you do this during a race, nobody really minds -

you’re allowed to carry on, building up a huge debt until the race is over, at which point your bank

goes into a screaming fit and pulls the plug.Your aim in the game (other than to enjoy yourself and

cause as much damage and death as possible) is to increase your rank. You start out ranked at a

lowly 99, and will hopefully end up as number 1, at which point the game opens itself up to you....

well you’ll see.

You increase your ranking by earning enough credits during a single race. It doesn’t matter how much

you spend during the race, merely what you earn (although if you spend too much the game will be

over so going up a rank wouldn’t really achieve much).

Your rank dictates which of the 36 races you can enter. You normally have a choice of 5 or so

different races at a particular rank. As your rank improves, the group of races open to you moves

further along the list, allowing you access to more and more challenging events. The game will

automatically rotate you around the races available to you until your rank improves and you can move

on - or you can choose which race to enter manually if you like.

You can visit the parts shop to make improvements to your car, and you can also pick up temporary

power-ups during a race by driving into barrels, gas cylinders, trash cans etc. Most of these will

contain a random goody that might be just a few extra credits or a time bonus, or it might be

something quite useful like complete invulnerability for 30 seconds.

It won’t take you long to notice that all your opponents have the mentality of a sex-starved bull. If you

ram them, there’s a good chance they’ll see red and go for you (which can be great fun if you’re on

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