Crusin USA Driving FAQ v1.80 by Poln (psu19257@odin.cc.pdx.edu)
What's New
v1.71 -Added new fast times
v1.77 -Fix Washington DC, Death Valley, others.. -Added 2 Player Link Section
v1.78 -Fix GGP, SF, 101, and others.
v1.80 -Minor Fixes
============================================================================== Hi there, I don't know how to title this...since I broke a lot of records in a couple of arcades. I had a tendency to get bored so I may share some of ways to improve a bit. If this FAQ take so much criticism from it, then it will be asked for removal. The records broken is Fastest times. Of course, I did not broke every record around.
I did not list all the Fastest times here. You may have to figure that out yourself. If you have a better explanation about the stage, or have better times, e-mail me. Avg times is usually people who play well and usually get within that time. Also, the Avg. time is just an estimate based on experience and obervations.
My writing sucks in this one... If you can give me a better description of the race, techniques, etc. that would be great.
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |NOTICE: I will NOT going to post any fastest times if machine malfunctions | |(reset itself). [i.e. machine resets itself, then you choose the race, race | |it extremely fast (few cars, etc.) then get a faster time like 5-20 sec. | |faster than the usual fastest time]. It's an unfair advantage to others. | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ I know what to expect the fastest time in each of the 14 races in Crusin USA.
Crusin World is little different. If you do stunts, it will take 1-2 seconds off per stunt performed. Harder stunts may take 2 or 3 seconds off the elapsed time when completed the race. Ex. New York 1:38:12. You did two stunts which takes a total of 2 sec. off the elapsed time (1+1) so your time would be 1:36:12. but this is another story. Just for your FYI.
Note... If stunt setting is turned off.. don't attempt to do any stunts. It's not worth your time.
Settings are different...in my area..It costs 50 cents. Simulator costs $1.00 Nickel Arcades $0.10, and Free Play ones. Some are 2 player link. I'm kind of surprised if it costs $0.75 if it is on a standard machine.
The sensitivity in steering vary. The default is 1-5 where 5 is most sensitive. The default is 3.
If you are in first place, you get to play again. Some arcades, set that you pay per play. If you are in 1st place and earned a free race, you cannot choose another car and/or choose what type of engine used. You are stuck with what you got for a while until you finished 2nd, then you can choose again (similar to any Capcom fighting game).
After you press start, you can choose your race, you have ~10 seconds. to choose. Otherwise, it will choose the one that you highlighted.
You can choose a stage that is not listed.
1+3 Indiana [Medium] Do this replaces Beverly Hills 1+2 Golden Gate Park [Easy] Do this replaces US 101 2+3 San Francisco [Expert] Do this replaces Grand Canyon
You cannot choose Washington DC...you can only race it if you choose SF to DC option and you went all the way...
Next, select your transmission -- Automatic or Manual 4 Speed. This is self explanatory.
Last, choose your car. Hold any view button to choose a different vehicle other then the ones shown. You can drive a school bus, police car, jeep, or a regular vehicle.
There is a way that you can have weird color on your vehicle. I can't explain it well on paper. Maybe you can help me out here.
2 Player Link -------------
On a 2 player link, after choosing you vehicle, the other player has 20 seconds to insert coins and start playing. You can speed up by pressing RADIO or View 3 to cancel and start solo. In a 2 player link, there is advantage that there are NO slow moving vehicle(s) ahead of you other than vehicles that you race with. First player that passes through the checkpoints adds 20 seconds to both players. Race ends when the 1st person crosses the finish line first or when time expires, whichever comes first.
Winner will get to put thier initials if it is one of the top 10 fastest times for the race.
There are dead heats and close 2nd, (if it is within .1 of a sec from the actual finish time), then you can put your initials as well if your time is one of the top 10.
Views -----
There are 3 Views. 1. Lo-Rider. This view is like when you are driving the car..
2. Crisin' This view is like a car behind a car.
3. Sky-hi. This is a view like what you see from a helicopter's view.
The Maximum speed for driving is about 147 MPH. When downhill about 150 MPH.
Radio Under the start button, there is a Radio Button where you can change the music during the race. Below are types of music that you can choose if you don't like the default music for any reason.
ROADKILL JAM DREDWOOD RIDE CRUSIN SHUFFLE BLUEGRASS BOOGIE TUBLER SURF HOUSE SPECIAL SAFARI MONSTER
Taunting/Crash When a car comes towards you..here are voices..
"We're going to Crash!" "Go for it" "Hurry it up!"
Car may honk at you when you approach it. If you hit a school bus or a coach bus that says Crusin' USA on it (similar to Greyhound), bus will go off course (flip for example), people will scream that they are involved in an accident. Panic..Panic...
Be careful the cars that swerve around from lane to lane.. You can get clipped and get into an accident.
Finish the Race --------------- When you finish the race, it will show you your race time (elapsed time), and the record time for the race. It will also show you what place you finish, and the avg. speed you drove.
As you begin the race, you will cross the Golden Gate Bridge. Try to be as smooth as possible especially the turns (no smoke coming out). You will see street lamps, as you drove by. You speed may drop down by a few miles when you ram through the drums and/or barricades. There are dips and turns so watch out as an oncoming car may come from nowhere. You may have to be careful on cars that swerve. When you see the Nintendo Sign, then you need to do a hard left towards the finish. If steer too hard, you may got off the road and may hit a pole..yuk... this stage may give you a feel for what's more to come [if you wanted to do cross-country].
Best time: 1:46:94 Avg. time: 1:47:xx
San Francisco When race begins, CPU cars always had a tendency of bunching up and hitting each other.. don't know why... Anyway.. try to avoid a pileup when starting this race. This is a 2 lane road w/ a four lane in the tunnel. I don't know why a tunnel is there. You see houses on either side of the road (victorian houses). Before you enter them, you will do a jump from top and bottom, then you will go up and down the hill and go through a hilly, cruvey road.
If you hit any metal object (Mail Box, lamp post), it will slow you down. You will also pass a number of signal lights. They don't mean anything, but it's there. On a turn before you enter the tunnel, you will need to be careful on a S-cruve. You may be airboune and hit a tree, or the wall, Ouch!..
In real life, the tunnels in Bay area are The Broadway Tunnel, Geary Tunnel (Geary Expressway), Cadecut (misspelling) in Easy Bay through Berkeley Hills. Bay bridge. Any others??
Try to have control of your steering. As you get into the tunnel, try to minimize the hard steering. And try to stay on the right side of the road.
Avg. time: 1:40:xx
U.S. 101 [Easy]
Try to stay on the right side of the road if possible. 2) If you know that the turn is going to be smooth, use it. You will do 2 jumps along the road. Sometimes, when jumped, you may be in "nowhere area" like you're airborne before you land.. could cost you time, but what are you doing to do? Towards the end of the straightaway, you will do a hard right (try to stay in the right lane). Then you're on your way to finish the race.
Towards the middle of the race, will see a Police Helicopter fly by..if you are currently in 1st place and he comes, it will be with you for a while before it leaves.. Avg Time: 1:47:xx
Redwood Forest [Expert] Nothing Available If you want to contribute, let me know. This is for Experts. For now, look at the FAQ by crusin12. This is a 2 lane road with lots of turns and trees. You may need to plan ahead on a turn before you excute the turn.
Mid-way through, it will be a four lane road. On the side, you will see a sand and palm trees. As you first start the race, you will go into Redwood forest. "You'll hear the lady say "Redwood." Towards the end, you will do 3 hard lefts before you reach the finish line. Avg. time if you are good at it..1:45:xx
Beverly Hills [Medium] This one is a toughie. The level if difficulty is medium, but I think that this one is hard. There are several turns that you have to maneuver. One of the turns is that you will need to do a hard right before you enter the tunnel (this happens after the 2nd checkpoint). Once you're in the tunnel, the turns are little tighter than San Francisco. If you hit the wall of the tunnel, you may be in for a disaster. Try to keep control of the turns.
Try to stay on your side of the road if possible. If you accidentally hit a palm tree (when you hit it, a coconut will fall from it.) or a metal object (ex. fire hydrant), your speed drops down towards zero so try to avoid those. There are landmarks in which they sometimes distract you...like the "HOLLYWOOD" sign or houses ahead of you.
When you enter the tunnel, yep, you guessed it, more turns. Turns are tighter than San Francisco so be careful. You could end up upside down and could cost you big time.
Avg time: 1:38:xx Best time (NO BS): 1:34:99
LA Freeway [Easy] Similar to Golden Gate Park, but this time, you are driving on a freeway. Try to be as smooth as possible, even when passing. You will also see a highway sign, and sign "Speed 65." You are driving in a freeway going through the overpasses. This is one of the easiest stages in this game. When you see the curve sign at the very end, you will need to do a hard left towards the finish line. Most of the time, the final turn separates the winners and losers of this race unless in a 2 player link, both of you are good, trying to be first. Avg time: 1:50:xx
Death Valley [Medium] This is a two lane road with a 4 lanes at the end. Basicly, you are going up and down a hill a little bit. Try to pass all the cars before the first checkpoint. Always stay on the right side of the road if possible (except when passing) Please be careful when you pass. 2) There is NO oncoming traffic once you are on a 4 lane road so you can try to beat the other player (if you have a 2P link). Otherwise (in a 1P game, you need to beat the train before you cross the track. Otherwise, you are screwed. Plan ahead on the tightness of the turn.
1P Solo only (this applies to Iowa, Indiana as well)--At times, when you see an oncoming vehicle which at the same time a slow moving vehicle ahead closing the gap. You have 3 options: 1) try to squeeze through the middle hoping you can get by. 2) swerve around the vehicle to your left or right and try to pass them or 3) "Go for it" and crash into them. Sometimes, you may get in a wreck with whatever option you may choose. Hope you choose the right one.
You'll hear the voice "wooaah..Death Valley." You also see the elevation of Death Valley as well as the Speed Limit which is 65. (Don't worry about that sign).
U.S. Congress approved the lifting of the 55 Speed Limit across the USA and each state can have it's own rules on each speed limit.. Ex. in CAlif. Max speed limit is 70MPH in rural areas..Urban area vary from 50-60. Some at 65. In MT, NO speed limit.. as long as you follow the basic driving rules. (you need to set yourself the right speed for different conditions (night, wet weather, etc.) Sorry if this bore you out, this is just FYI. You will also see the green highway sign that says "Death Valley Elevation: below sea level."
Avg Time: 1:39:xx or 1:40:xx Best time: 1:37:90
Grand Canyon [Expert] This has turns and hills. Extremely hot there. I don't think this is expert..Of course, there are a lot of turns and hills that you need to go through. You don't need to steer very hard as you might think. Towards Mt. Rushmore, try to be smooth as possible, heck..I did 150 MPH in that turn as I head downhill...At the very end...you may need to do a hard left to finish cause there are small dips and bumps there. This is one of those Southwestern look. I believe that this is hard partly of the turns, but you'll like be in position 7 with other cars and all of the sudden, the cars are in a collision and you may by-pass it, or get involved in it. Avg time: 1:43:xx Best Time: 1:40:36
Arizona [Easy] This one has a couple of "S" curves that you have to maneuver. And a few sharp turns (Not as sharp as Iowa or Indiana). When you see one, you go left, right. That's it. Best time (NO JOKE): 1:27:98.. Avg.. 1:32:xx You see caves in "S" curves.
Iowa [Medium] and Indiana [Medium] Both of them are similar to each other. There are 2 lane roads throughout the course. Try to pass all the cars before you hit the toll booth. Here are the differences..
Iowa has 2 toll booths. If you screwed up on the 2nd toll booth, other cars will follow you and you are in trouble. There are animals in the middle of the road. Iowa has a deer, Indiana has a cow. Both of them are there at random. Try to steer clear of it. If you have to, you can go off road (on the left side to avoid the crash). There are telephone poles on the right side of the road, if you hit one of them, it will slow you down considerably towards 80-90 MPH.
At times you will see a fly hit on your windshield or when birds fly by, they'll put bird waste on the windshield (just keep going). You get to see this if you choose View 1.
But, (IOWA) if the deer is at the bridge and the oncoming car comes, you have NO choice but to go at it. Indiana has a hard turn, ahead. Don't turn and go hard all the time. Instead turn, let go, turn, let go til you are in the straightaway. If you hold the turn, you'll end up in the bushes or you may hit by an oncoming car. Stay on the right side of the road if possible at the end to avoid a last minute crash. Don't steer too hard unless absolutely necessary or you know that you have to do it.. Steering hard is when you turn the steering wheel as far as possible. Indiana does not have a bridge. You will do a final left turn for the finish.
Best time: 1:37:98 Iowa Avg. 1:40:xx 1:28:23 Indiana Avg. 1:32:xx
Chicago [Expert]
This is one of the hardest races other than Redwood Forest. I usually choose it in a 2 player link.
As you start the race, you will see an airplane fly by...indicates that you're near Chicago O'Hare Airport. Anyway...First, try to pass all the other cars before you are in the tunnel. (Before the tunnel on the right side, you see a car that got into an accident and caught on fire. If you hit that, mercy!) This is very important to pass all cars if you can... 2nd, once you are in the tunnel, don't steer too hard, if you do this, you will hit walls, pillars, etc., (unless you know that you will need to do this) and it's a mess..Once you got into an accident, you are screwed for the rest of the game.
Anyway...steer, but NOT too hard. In other words, try to maintain control of the car. At times, there is an accident in progress. Try to steer clear of it.. You will need a good grip on your car. Use IDPE process if needed (You should know this term if you took driving classes). You may need to plan ahead of a turn before you excute it. Too hard or too light of a steering may cause your car to be out of control.
After you are in the tunnel, you are under the bridge which is the "L" train. Same rules apply as in the tunnel. If you hit the medal part, you don't look that good. At times, the oncoming traffic will hit the pillar or swerve from one side or the other. That one is risky. Best time (NO JOKE): 1:37:03 Avg. 1:39:xx (If you did well)
Appaliacha [Medium] This one has hills and sharp turns. There are a few jumps as well.. After a jump, you may be airborne for a bit so keep control of the wheel. Try to stay on the right side of the road if possible. Before the first bump, get to the right side of the road, hit the bump, then try to steer right. You may have to go to the grass on the right to avoid a major disaster which is ending up through the bushes and that will cost you time. There are different turns, strightaway, etc. There are also dips along the road, watch for it. When you hear water running (waterfall on your right), you are almost to the finish line. Avg time: 1:40:xx Best time: 1:38:69
Washington DC [Unknown] {probably Medium/Expert} This is the last stage.. Only available if you have chosen SF to DC option and you went all the way. You see some landmarks as you drive through. There are 2 very hard turns (you do a hard right), then left. I don't know what the best way to steer them. If you went through the final checkpoint in the time of 1 min. or less, you are in the hunt for a new record time (hope you don't make mistakes at the last second). After the final checkpoint, you will go through the money tunnel, and one last hard right for the finish.. Here's a little trivia..whose picture on the bill in the money tunnel? Hillary Clinton.
Best time for this one: (NO JOKE) 1:21:43 Avg time: ?? 1:25:xx ??
Ending... When completing all 14 races from SF to DC, you'll see the president and his wife in a hot tub. You also see a cow, secret service agents, and other things. The wife looks very similar to Hillary Rodom Clinton, but the president doesn't look like Bill Clinton.
End. Hope you like driving games.
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