~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Superlicense Tests Guide for F1 Career Challenge by Jake Davis (Jesbian4Ever182@netscape.net) AKA YourWorstNightmare ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ First Version started: Thursday, August 14, 2003 Latest Version completed: Thursday, August 14, 2003 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -Table of Contents- Spacing and Length Legal Information Version Questions Controls Superlicense Tests -Basic Driving -Cornering -Racecraft Final Thanks Closing ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -Spacing and Length- To ensure that this guide may be read, printed, and downloaded (for personal use) without difficulty, please make sure that the letters below line up: 1234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012 ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz If they do not match up, your browser could be outdated. 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Only the following sites may use this guide: GameFAQs.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -Version- V.35 - All the basics are in, from Spacing and Length to Closing. V.95 - The main part is in, the Superlicense Tests section. Only some finishing touches and then I'm done. V1.0 - Finishing touches are in, first complete version of the guide. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -Questions- Simply some questions regarding this guide... Q. What's a 'Superlicense'? A. A Superlicense is a license required of a Formula One driver to have every year in which he races. The license expires at the end of the season, and a new one must be obtained if the driver desires another year in Formula One. Q. How do you get a Superlicense? A. Well, first, start a career as a Karting champion and then build your way up to Formula One. Once you're there you can get your Superlicense and race. But don't hope that you'll be given the oppurtunity otherwise :-) Q. What do you have to do during a Superlicense test? A. To be entirely honest, I'm not 100% sure. But I can assume that you have to do several tests regarding overtaking, cornering, accelerating, braking, etc. You might have to do some physical tests too. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -Controls- While I am sure that the controls should be easy for you and any other person, I am going to give a brief explanation of the controls anyways. X - Accelerate Sqaure - Brake Triangle - Nothing Circle - Reverse Left/Right - Turning Up/Down - Nothing R1 - Change View (4 different views) L1 - Look behind R2 - Shift Up (only in Quick Race mode) L2 - Shift Down (only in Quick Race mode) Do take note that the controls can be changed in the options screen. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -Superlicense Tests- Here goes, you're about to test for your Superlicense. You cannot continue Career Mode without first doing this, so be prepared! You should compare this to getting your IB license in Gran Turismo 3. Some things can be difficult, some are quite easy, it just depends on the driver. So let's go get ourselves a Superlicense! ||Basic Driving|| Basic Driving takes place in Monza, a high-speed track with little need for cornering ability. I'll post my time up too, but do be aware that I have lots of experience with this game so don't be disapointed if your time is lower. And yes, celebrate if you go faster, you truly must be good if you beat me on your first try! I'm saying that only because of experience, not bragging rights or anything :-) The first test is a test of accelerating, much like the very first test on the B License in GT3 as a matter of fact. You must wait for the five lights to go out and then accelerate all out until you reach the line. Ace - 0:09.750 Pass - 0:11.000 You fail if: -You run out of time -You take a short cut My time - 9.655 The second test involves what you did in the last test but adds a twist. You must brake and stop your car in between the lines in order to recieve a passing grade. Ace - 0:07.750 Pass - 0:10.000 You fail if: -You run out of time -You take a short cut -You enter the pit lane -You overshoot the braking zone My time - 6.273 Test number three is the first time you'll take a corner on F1 Career Challenge (assuming you started with Career Mode). You must take the Parabolica turn at Monza, which is one of the fastest corners in Formula One, at a high speed and then cross the finishing line within the time limit Ace - 0:15.000 Pass - 0:18.000 You fail if: -You run out of time -You take a short cut My time - 0:14.145 That concludes the Basic Driving part of the Superlicense tests. Now, on to.... ||Cornering|| This section of the Superlicense test is in Imola, or San Marino, a pretty much all even course that does not need more of one thing than another (at least, not by much of a margin). The first test will be a test that takes place in Imola at the Variante Alta, one of the most famous chicanes in Formula One. It is a right-left turn and is very sharp, though can be taken at full speed without leaving the track if you take it at the right angle. Ace - 0:12.000 Pass - 0:15.000 You fail if: -You run out of time -You take a short cut -All four of your wheels are off the track My time - 0:11.685 The next test is a hairpin, or turn that is or is almost 180 degrees. This is the sharpest turn in Imola, so be ready. Brake early and ride your left tyres right on the rumble strips, and accelerate all out about halfway through the turn to achieve an Ace. Ace - 0:12.250 Pass - 0:14.000 You fail if: -You run out of time -You take a short cut -All four of your wheels are off the track My time - Well, I didn't even get to restart and I would have, but I got 0:12.344 That concludes the Cornering section of the Superlicense test, let's go on to... ||Racecraft|| This section takes place in Silverstone and works on your ability to overtake, along with pit stops and driving in wet weather. Let's get started, this is the final, and hardest part of the Superlicense tests. Test one is the wet weather test. This can be a doozy especially on your first try. You will need to get used to going a tiny bit slower on each corner or else you will never pass. Just take it slow, brake early and accelerate out of corners early to get the best time. If you can't pass this one, watch the demonstration. Ace - 0:23.500 Pass - 0:27.000 You fail if: -You run out of time -You take a short cut -You enter the pit lane -All four of your wheels are off the track My time - 0:22.468 The next test involves overtaking. This can be challenging, or easy, depending on the aggresion/conservativeness of the one driving. You must watch out to not hit the other cars but also to pass them in the quickest way possible, make sure you stay on the track though! Time limit - 0:30.000 Ace - Overtake 3 cars Pass - Overtake 1 car You fail if: -You run out of time -You take a short cut -All four of your wheels are off the track -Not enough cars are overtaken Cars passed - 2 Time - 0:21.689 This is your final test, and then it's all over. This test is also the most frustrating. You must go into the pits and then complete the pit stop in an appropriate amount of time. Oh and one catch, you have 5 jobs to do. So let's take this step-by-step. First there is 'Brake to Limit', you must press Square until your car is going 50 MPH or slower. If you go below about 45, then you might consider starting over, though above 40 is still possible to make it. Then, we have 'Brake to Pits', you must brake to 12 MPH or slower, it doesn't really matter if you brake really low on this one, because you turn in immediately after, so don't sweat it if you are going 6 MPH. As I said above, next is turn in, so you must press right (do take note that Interlagos [Brazil] and Montreal [Canada] both turn to the left, not right) as soon as possible so as to actually turn into your pit stall. Once you do this, the guys will move around a bit, and then you will see an overhead view of your car. When you are about directly over the driver, it will say "Gear up Now", you must press R2 the INSTANT it says that, but not before, or it will take about 10 seconds extra, which is an automatic fail. Finally, you will see the guy with the jack move to the side and the lollipop man (man with the pole that has the circle on the end) will lift up the lollipop. Shortly after that happens (about a quarter of a second), it will say "Accelerate", press X and you will leave the pit stall. Yet again, make sure you don't press it too early or your car will stall. You will watch your car drive out of the pits automatically, and the test will end. If you have less than a second of time lost in the pits, then you have passed. Above that could quite possibly be a failure. But don't give up until you read your final time. Ace - 0:28.000 Pass - 0:37.000 You fail if: -You run out of time -You miss the pit lane -You do not complete all the tasks My time - Almost had it, I hit 50 MPH on the dot, but the game claimed I didn't brake to 12 MPH, so I ended up getting 0:29.318 Congratulations! You have obtained your Superlicense, and now can move on to actual racing against other drivers! ||License Complete|| License complete, that simple! Congratulations! You can now compete in the FIA Formula One World Championship, starting in 1999! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -Final Thanks- My deepest thanks go to the following: GameFAQs - For posting this guide CJayC - For maintaining the site that's posting this guide EA Sports - For making this game Myself - For writing the guide You - For reading the guide ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -Closing- If you want to contact me, simply e-mail me at the address at the top. I truly hope you found this guide either helpful, interesting, or some nice thing like that. Please tell me if a site other than GameFAQs is using this guide for whatever purpose because at the moment, GameFAQs is the only site that should be using it. I thank you again for reading this and I hope you enjoyed it! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~