1. General Notes and Troubleshooting

1.1. Miscellaneous tips for making the game run faster.

See the answer to Question #2 in FAQ.RTF (located in the folder where you installed Midtown Madness or on the Midtown Madness disc) for a comprehensive list of tips for making the game run faster.

One quick tip: while you are racing, switching to Cockpit view (press the C key) and turning off the dashboard (press the D key) or switching to Wide screen view (press the W key) can also make the game run faster.

1.2. Midtown Madness Setup progress indicator moves forward erratically

While you are setting up Midtown Madness on your computer, you may notice that the progress indicator moves forward erratically, appearing to be frozen for a few moments before making speedy progress. This occurs because many of the Midtown Madness game files are compressed on the disc. This is not an indication that there is a problem with the Midtown Madness Setup program.

1.3. If you minimize Midtown Madness and then change your display resolution setting in Windows Control Panel…

Midtown Madness may stop responding when you attempt to restore the game. To avoid this problem, do not change your display resolution setting while Midtown Madness is running or minimized.

1.4. No credit for checkpoints passed when frame rate is slow

If you are experiencing a slow frame rate while playing Midtown Madness, you may notice that the game is not recording or giving you credit for successfully passing through checkpoints, which may adversely affect your race results. For suggestions on how to alleviate this problem and improve frame rate, see the answer to Question #2 in FAQ.RTF (located in the folder where you installed Midtown Madness or on the Midtown Madness disc).

1.5. If Midtown Madness stops responding while attempting to detect a video card the first time you start the game…