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Volvo - The Game

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    The fresh and exiting Volvo S60 Concept headlines the car line up and will be accompanied by several well known Volvo race cars. The players will be able to hammer this variety of Volvo cars around two highly detailed and realistic tracks.

    The racing game announced in April by Volvo Cars and game development company SimBin can be played with five racing legends in addition to the new Volvo S60 Concept. They are Volvo models that many people will remember from the STCC and BTCC racing series.

    Players will be able to choose between the Volvo C30 which is competing in this year's STCC , the STCC Volvo S60 that participated a few years ago, the Volvo S40 that participated with notable success in the BTCC (the British Touring Car Championship) the Volvo 850, the estate car that became a legend in the BTCC, and finally a true racing classic, the iconic Volvo 240 Turbo Group A.

    There is a choice of two tracks: Gothenburg Eco Drive Arena in Göteborg, Sweden, and Chayaka outside Kiev in the Ukraine. Volvo - The Game is the only virtual racing game in the world to include this Ukrainian track.

    The game offers a choice of skill levels: "novice with all the driver assistance technology activated such as ABS brakes, "semi-pro", and finally "pro" where there is no assistance







    FACTS & INFO



    Volvo - The Game cars:

    • Volvo C30
    • Volvo S60
    • Volvo S40
    • Volvo 850
    • Volvo 240 Turbo Group A

    Volvo - The Game tracks:

    • Gothenburg Eco Drive Arena
    • Chayaka



    The RESULTS

    • Over 1.25 million registered game activations!

    • An all-time high in terms of daily visits on Volvocars.com on the day of release, with 50% more visitors compared to the daily average.

    • Over 50 million news readers worldwide during the first two months alone.

    • 250.000 unique visitors in the 2 weeks after release.

    • 20x more volume than average in terms of bandwith.

    • Over 15.000.000 hits for ’Volvo the Game’ on Google

    • News features in various large newspapers such as The Sunday Times and Götenborgs Posten

    • Features in TV and Radio in Sweden and Argentina

    • The game used as ’Road Safety Simulation’in Portugal!

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    System requirements




    MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENT:

    - Operating Systems: Microsoft Windows XP Home/Pro, Windows Vista
    - Processor: 2.4 GHz Intel Pentium 4 or 100% compatible
    - Memory: 1GB RAM
    - Hard Drive: 1 GB free space
    - 3D Accelerator: DirectX 9 compatible graphics card with 128 MB memory
    - Sound Card:DirectX 9 compatible
    - Input: Keyboard and Mouse
    - DirectX: Version 9


    RECOMMENDED SYSTEM REQUIREMENT:

    - Operating Systems: Microsoft Windows XP Home/Pro, Windows Vista
    - Processor: 3 GHz Intel Pentium IV or 100% compatible
    - Memory: 2 GB RAM
    - Hard Drive: 1 GB free space
    - 3D Accelerator: DirectX 9 compatible graphics card with 512 MB memory
    - Sound Card: DirectX 9 compatible
    - Input: DirectX 9 compatible force feedback steering wheel
    - DirectX: Version 9


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    Q: Does Volvo the Game support DX7 and DX8 graphics cards?
    A: No, Volvo the Game only supports DX9 compatible graphics cards.

    Q: Do I have to be connected to the internet in order to play Volvo the Game?
    A: No, You are still able to play Volvo the Game without an internet connection running, if you want to compete
    or use the online functions of Volvo the Game an internet connection is required

    Q: What operating systems Volvo the Game support?
    A: Volvo the Game fully supports Windows XP Home Edition and Windows XP Professional, Volvo the Game may run under other operating systems but this is not supported and can therefore result in reduced performance and even game failures.

    Q: I am having performance issues
    A: Please make sure that the hardware used to play the game meets the minimum requirements stated, if your hardware meets the minimum requirements need to run the game and you still have performance issues you should try to lower the graphical settings.
    Go to options->Visual Settings and change the General Detail setting to low, test the game to if performance has improved, if yes, you can try to go up one level on the General Detail setting, continue to increase General Detail level until you feel performance hits.
    Important to note that a full field of cars takes more performance from your hardware than having one car on track in Practice Mode.

    Q: What Graphical setting have the greatest impact on performance
    A: Shadows and Draw Distance settings both have a great impact on how the game performs, so these two values should adjusted to a lower setting should you experience performance hits during game play.

    Q: How do I access the configuration program in Volvo the Game?
    A: The configuration tool is located in the installation root which you choose during the installation.

    Q: Why will my car not go more than 60 km/h (approximately 37 MPH)?
    A: Turn off the pit speed limiter, default mapping L on keyboard.

    Q: I have a hard time hearing my own cars engine sound while driving close to other cars?
    A: Go to options->Audio Settings and adjust other car volume to a level that suits your preference.

    Q: I can't hear when I am locking up my tires under braking ?
    A: Turn up the volume of the tire skidding sound until you reach a level that allows you to hear it easily, note that Tire Scrub, Skid and Road Noise volumes can be adjusted to values between 0 and 100%

    Q: Ghost car is good learning tool, how about the raceline?
    A: Time Attack now includes raceline besides ghost car which shows all the inputs with different colors. Additionally the raceline has brake gates to show exactly where the driven ghost applied brakes.
    What makes the improved Time Attack even more useful is the possibility to run 2 different ghosts and racelines, your own and loaded can be enabled at the same time. Ghosts and racelines can be mixed so it's possible to have own ghost and loaded raceline visible for example.

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    Please visit the Volvo Cars website for support and contact information: www.volvocars.com

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