THE SIMPSONS - ROAD RAGE
OFFICIAL TITLE  The Simpsons - Road Rage
COMMON TITLE  The Simpsons - Road Rage
SERIAL NUMBER(S)  SLES-50540
REGION  PAL
GENRE / STYLE  Action / Driving.

DEVELOPER  Radical Entertainment.
PUBLISHER  Electronic Arts.
DATE RELEASED  20 November 2001
DISC NUMBER &
PRINTED SERIAL NUMBER
DISC 1

SLES-50540
SERIAL NUMBER IN DISC SLES-50540
MEDIA DVD-5
NUMBER OF TRACKS 1
( 1 Data Track )
BARCODE NUMBER(S)
( UPC / EAN )

From the back cover.
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English
Menus and gameplay are in English.

The Simpsons Road Rage brings the lighthearted mission-based driving of Crazy Taxi to the characters, settings, and amusing sense of ennui cultured in the popular animated television series. Play as one of over 20 Simpsons characters to run driving errands and deliveries at breakneck speeds through a dozen Springfield neighborhoods featuring over 100 recognizable landmarks. The world and its characters are rendered in full 3D for a sense of space and speed, yet the familiar people and places of Springfield are designed to match the 2D essence of their television counterparts. The physics model is purposefully exaggerated to allow impossible trick maneuvers and arcade-style control.

Homer's boss Mr. Burns lives up to his reputation as a true capitalist pig when he buys the local transit system and raises all the fares to outrageous rates. The resourceful citizens of Springfield begin to drive themselves around instead of paying the ridiculous mass transit fees, so the streets soon become crowded with frustrated motorists. Only by running errands and making deliveries can the downtrodden masses of Springfield earn enough money to buy back the transit system and return the roadways to their former state of relative efficiency. The game's Story Mode offers at least 40 different challenges that can help earn money for the cause. The more open-ended Sunday Driving mode lets players make deliveries and cruise virtual Springfield at their own pace.

Features
* Encounter and explore 100 recognizable landmarks from the town of Springfield
* Play through 40 different challenges in "Story" mode, or irritate motorists at your own pace in "Sunday Driving" mode
* Run errands, make deliveries, and cause general mayhem with 20 different Simpsons characters



  MANUFACTURER'S DESCRIPTION:

"MOVE YOUR KEISTER, MEISTER!"


MR. BURNS is up to his greedy ways, purchasing the Springfield buses and jacking up the fares. Now Springfieldians must turn their cars into cabs and make enough money to buy back the buses before the clock runs out. No time for donuts, Homer.

Over 30 hilarious Characters

2-Player Split-Screen

6 HUGE Worlds

Cruise and Crash

Real Character Voices



  FEATURES:
  • Third person perspective.
  • 3D graphics
  • Cartoon graphics
  • Driving and Humour themes.
NUMBER OF PLAYERS  1 or 2 Players
NUMBER OF MEMORY CARD BLOCKS  256 KB Minimum
COMPATIBLE CONTROLLERS TESTED
( OFFICIAL GAMEPADS ONLY )
 Standard Controller / Analog Controller ( Dual Shock Controller compatible )
COMPATIBLE LIGHT GUNS
( OFFICIAL LIGHT GUNS ONLY )
 None
OTHER COMPATIBLE CONTROLLERS
( OFFICIAL CONTROLLERS ONLY )
 None
SPECIAL CONTROLLERS INCLUDED OR
SUPPORTED ( OFFICIAL ONLY )
 None
VIBRATION FUNCTION COMPATIBLE  Yes
VIDEO MODES  50 Hz = Yes / 60 Hz = No / Progressive Scan = No / 16:9 Option = No
AUDIO MODES  Stereo = Yes / Mono = Yes / Dolby Surround = No / Dolby Digital = No; Dolby Pro logic II = No
MULTI-TAP FUNCTION COMPATIBLE  No
LANGUAGE SELECTOR  No
NETWORK ADAPTOR (ETHERNET) COMPATIBLE  No
EMULATOR  PCSX 2 v.0.1.4.0 (Software)
SPEED HACKS USED  EE Cyclerate = 0; VU Cycle Stealing = 0; Enable INTC Spin detection = Yes; Enable Wait Loop Detection = Yes; Enable fast CDVD = No; mVU Flag Hack = Yes; MTVU (Multi-Threaded Micro VU1) = No
SPECIAL GAME FIXES USED  None
VIDEO PLUGIN  GSDX v.1.1.1 ( Allow 8-bit textures = Yes; Alpha Hack = No; Offset Hack = No; Skipdraw Hack = 0 )
AUDIO PLUGIN  SPU2-X v.2.0.0 ( Interpolation = 4; Disable Effects Processing = No; Use the de-alias filter = No; Enable Dubug options = No; Module = 1; Synchronizing Mode = TimeStretch Mix; Audio Expansion Mode = Stereo )
CD-ROM PLUGIN  CDVDolio Cdrom plugin v.0.1.0
GAME PAD PLUGIN  LilyPad svn (r3993) 0.10.0
VIBRATION COMPATIBLE  Yes.

  NOTE:   This is not the only possible combination of plugins. There are others that will work (better or worse) for your particular hardware. We provide you with one working set-up so that you may get the game up and running, hassle-free. Testing other emulators/plugins is up to you.
 

 BASIC CONTROLS:

L2 Button look back
D-Pad steering
Left Analog Stick steering
Select Button reset vehicle
Start Button pause game
Square Button hand brake
X Button accelerate
Circle Button stop; reverse
Triangle Button horn
L1 Button horn
Right Analog Stick accelerate; stop reverse



 

MISC CODES:

Go into Options menu and hold L1 + R1 and press:
Code Effect
circle four times. 2D Characters
Triangle, Triangle, Square, X Burn's transit bus
triangle, triangle, circle, triangle. Christmas Apu
Triangle twice, and X twice Collision lines
Start four times. Disable All Cheats
triangle, triangle, square, X. Drive as nuclear bus.
triangle, triangle, square, circle. Drive as red box
O, O, O, O Flat people
Triangle, Triangle, Circle, X Halloween Bart
Square, square, square, square horizontal split screen in two-player mode instead of the standard vertical split screen.
Triangle, Triangle, Triangle, Triangle More camera angles
Square, Square, Square, Square More money
Triangle, Triangle, Circle, Square New Year's Krusty
X, X, X, X Night Time
X four times. Night Time on next level
square, triangle, triangle, circle to get rid of the map. No Map
circle, circle. circle, square. Overhead View
Triangle twice and Square twice. Play as Smithers
X, circle, triangle, square. Slow Motion
Circle, Triangle, Square, X. Press Triangle to start the timer, 2nd time to stop, 3rd time to reset Stop The Time
triangle, triangle, circle, circle Thanksgiving Marge
X, triangle, triangle, X Turbo Mode
triangle, triangle, X, X Wire-frame pictures



 - JEWEL CASE COVERS
FRONT
CLICK THE IMAGE
Dim. - 3217 x 2145 pix.
Res. - 300 dpi
File Size - 3'5 MB
 - ADVERT COVERS
USA ADVERT PAGE 1 USA ADVERT PAGE 2 SPANISH ADVERT
CLICK THE IMAGE
Dim. - 953 x 1252 pix.
Res. - 300 dpi
File Size - 395 KB
CLICK THE IMAGE
Dim. - 966 x 1252 pix.
Res. - 300 dpi
File Size - 371 KB
CLICK THE IMAGE
Dim. - 1350 x 1675 pix.
Res. - 300 dpi
File Size - 694 KB
 - DISC COVER
DISC
CLICK THE IMAGE
Dim. - 800 x 809 pix.
Res. - 300 dpi
File Size - 149 KB

 NTSC-U:
  • The Simpsons - Road Rage [SLUS-20305]   
     
 PAL:
  • The Simpsons - Road Rage [SLES-50628]   
     

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