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V-RALLY 3: EXTRA CHALLENGES GUIDE

by
Jamie Stafford/Wolf Feather
[email protected]






Initial Version Completed: February 2, 2003
FINAL VERSION Completed:   April 12, 2003

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CONTENTS
Spacing and Length
Permissions
Introduction
Challenge Mode (General)
Extra Challenges
Contact Information

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SPACING AND LENGTH
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PERMISSIONS
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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.

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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.

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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 :-(

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CONTACT INFORMATION
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