V V RRRR AAA L L Y Y 333 V V R R A A L L Y Y 3 3 V V --- RRRRR AAAAA L L Y 33 V V R R A A L L Y 3 3 V R R A A LLLLL LLLLL Y 333 V-RALLY 3: EXTRA CHALLENGES GUIDE by Jamie Stafford/Wolf Feather FEATHER7@IX.NETCOM.COM Initial Version Completed: February 2, 2003 Version 1.1 Completed: February 15, 2003 ============================================== ============================================== ============================================== JOIN THE FEATHERGUIDES E-MAIL LIST: To be the first to know when my new and updated guides are released, join the FeatherGuides E-mail List. Go to http://www.coollist.com/group.cgi?l=featherguides for information about the list and to subscribe for free. ============================================== ============================================== ============================================== CONTENTS Spacing and Length Permissions Introduction Challenge Mode (General) Extra Challenges Contact Information ============================================== ============================================== ============================================== SPACING AND LENGTH For optimum readability, this driving guide should be viewed/printed using a monowidth font, such as Courier. Check for font setting by making sure the numbers and letters below line up: 1234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012 ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ============================================== PERMISSIONS Permission is hereby granted for a user to download and/or print out a copy of this driving guide for personal use. 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Remember: Plagiarism in ANY form is NOT tolerated!!!!! ============================================== ============================================== ============================================== INTRODUCTION This guide is designed to provide information on the Extra Challenges feature of Challenge Mode in V-Rally 3; this is located to the far-right of the Challenge Mode main menu screen. This information has been specifically made available in a separate guide from my V-Rally 3: Game Guide so that those who do not wish to view its details in the Game Guide will not see it. Please note that some of the information in this guide comes from my V-Rally 3: Game Guide. ============================================== ============================================== ============================================== CHALLENGE MODE (GENERAL) Here, the player must complete various challenges. Challenge Mode sets the player on three or more stages (of which only the first four sectors are used for the challenges), which must all be completed within a specified time limit. The stages are not necessarily from the same rally, meaning that the player will likely be presented with vastly different terrain types in different countries, all within the same challenge. First, the player must select a driver; at least one driver must be available in order to play V-Rally 3. Then the player can select a challenge from among those presented (by using the left and right buttons on the D-pad), and view the car used for the challenge. Next, the player is shown the times to beat for the challenge. The player can also customize the car's tuning. Then, the player heads to the first stage of the challenge. Following the first stage, the player is shown the performance (time) and given the opportunity to view a replay, and then is allowed to prepare in the same manner for the second stage; this repeats for all the stages. Upon the completion of the final stage of a challenge, the player may be shown a trophy presentation and given the name of the next challenge. Please note that some challenges must be completed with a specific vehicle, whereas other challenges will allow the player to choose from a small selection of vehicles. Also, once a challenge has been successfully passed, the next challenge in the series will become available, and all previous challenges can also be selected. ============================================== EXTRA CHALLENGES Challenge Mode comprises several vehicle-specific challenges, then a pair of tire-manufacturer challenges (in which the player can choose from a selection of permitted vehicles). Once these five default challenges have all been successfully passed, the player will unlock Extra Challenges, which allows for the creation of unique challenges using one or more vehicles selected by the player. Creating unique challenges is somewhat straightforward. First, a name can be selected on the Name screen. Permitted vehicles are then selected on the Cars screen. Damage can be toggled between Off and On. When ready, the player can select OK to move ahead. A few notes are warranted here on the selection of permitted vehicles from the Cars screen. 1.) There are four categories: All, 2.0L 4WD, 1.6L FWD, and Bonus Cars. Selecting any of these categories means that the player will only be permitted to use the vehicles in that category. This also means that if a player has not yet unlocked all the bonus cars, then she or he will be limited to those bonus cars already acquired in the game should Bonus Cars be selected. 2.) Selecting any specific vehicle means that the player will be limited to using that vehicle for the created challenge. Only those bonus cars which have already been unlocked will be available for individual selection in this manner. In the next step, the player can add stages to the created challenge. A stage in Finland is available by default, with its default time to beat listed on the far-right of the initial line; selecting this line (the first line) allows for that initial stage to be modified on a pop-up sub-screen. Here, the player can change the country (remember that the entire continent of Africa is treated as a single country in V-Rally 3), track (all forward-direction tracks for each country are listed before that country's reverse-direction tracks), and the time to beat (adjusted in 5% intervals up to a 15% differential). Adding new stages is done by selecting Add, and a new Finland-default line appears. Selecting this line allows for the player to make changes. Unfortunately, each stage has its own specified weather/lighting conditions, which cannot be changed in Extra Challenges :-( It would be quite interesting, for example, to create a challenge where ALL stages are run through Africa at nighttime, or ALL stages run in France in severe foggy conditions. Should a player later wish to edit or delete/erase a created challenge, this can be done from the Extra Challenges sub- menu. Any attempt to delete/erase a created challenge will be 'cautioned' with a verification screen. Once the player has created a challenge, it is then selectable from the Challenges: Select sub-menu. All player- created challenges will appear after the five default challenges (i.e., after the Michelin Challenge). Unfortunately, the record times for any created challenges are not shown on the Records screen, nor do they appear in a driver's Pressbook :-( ============================================== ============================================== ============================================== CONTACT INFORMATION For questions, rants, raves, comments of appreciation, etc., or to be added to my e-mail list for updates to this driving guide, please contact me at: FEATHER7@IX.NETCOM.COM; also, if you have enjoyed this guide and feel that it has been helpful to you, I would certainly appreciate a small donation via PayPal (http://www.paypal.com/) using the above e-mail address. 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