Standard Driving Controls You can play through most of Kinect Joy Ride standard driving controls, but be sure to read thewith other these activity instructions because some can change and the differences may surprise you! Turn the “wheel” to steer. Don’t worry about accelerating or braking — the game will handle those for you. Lean into your turns to drift. Pull both arms back to charge your boost, then push them forward to activate it. The more you charge, the longer your boost. X16-99070-01 WARNING Before playing this game, read the Xbox 360® console Introduction to Kinect instructions, Kinect sensor manual, and any other peripheral manuals for important safety and health information. Keep all manuals for future reference. For replacement hardware manuals, go to www.xbox.com/support or call Xbox Customer Support. Kinect Guide Gesture For additional safety information, see the inside back cover. To activate the Kinect™ Guide, hold your left hand out to your lower left. If you are in the middle of playing the game, select Kinect Guide on the Pause menu. Important Health Warning About Playing Video Games Photosensitive seizures Setting Up Your Play Space A very small percentage of people may experience a seizure when exposed to The most important things to remember when you set up your certain visual images, including fl ashing lights or patterns that may appear in video games. Even people who have no history of seizures or epilepsy may have play space are: an undiagnosed condition that can cause these “photosensitive epileptic seizures” while watching video games. • Put the Xbox 360 Kinect™ Sensor in a place where it can These seizures may have a variety of symptoms, including lightheadedness, altered see you clearly. vision, eye or face twitching, jerking or shaking of arms or legs, disorientation, confusion, or momentary loss of awareness. Seizures may also cause loss of • Don’t stand too close to the sensor or too far away. consciousness or convulsions that can lead to injury from falling down or striking nearby objects. • Get stuff out of your way. Don’t stand on furniture or bend Immediately stop playing and consult a doctor if you experience any of these backward over your couch to play! symptoms. Parents should watch for or ask their children about the above symptoms—children and teenagers are more likely than adults to experience these To play with one player at a time, start out standing at least 7 feet seizures. The risk of photosensitive epileptic seizures may be reduced by taking the following precautions: Sit farther from the screen; use a smaller screen; play in a from the sensor. The best distance for one or two players is 9 feet. well-lit room; do not play when you are drowsy or fatigued. If you or any of your relatives have a history of seizures or epilepsy, consult a Kinect Tuner doctor before playing. If you think the Kinect Sensor is having trouble seeing you, activate the Kinect Guide and select Kinect Tuner. The tuner will walk you through some tests to make sure the sensor can see you. PEGI ratings and guidance applicable within PEGI markets only. Alternatively, press the Xbox® Guide button on your Xbox 360® What is the PEGI System? Controller, select Settings (right tab), and then select Kinect Tuner. The PEGI age-rating system protects minors from games unsuitable for their particular For more help, go to http://www.xbox.com/support. age group. PLEASE NOTE it is not a guide to gaming diffi culty. Comprising two parts, PEGI allows parents and those purchasing games for children to make an informed choice appropriate to the age of the intended player. The fi rst part is an age rating: Tips for Playing Kinect • Face the sensor. • Try to wear clothes that fi t the shape of your body. Skirts or fl oppy sleeves may Kiinect Joy Ridde is The second is icons indicating the type of content in the game. Depending on the cause Kinect to misread your movements. game, there may be a number of such icons. The age-rating of the game refl ects the KiK nenectt excxcluusiveve andn intensity of this content. The icons are: • Direct sunlight might interfere with ccaannnnot be plplayede the sensor. wwithh thee Xboox 3660 CContror llere . HHelpful elpfu For further information visit http://www.pegi.info and pegionline.eu l HHintint 1 Getting into the Game Welcome to Kinect Joy Ride Itching to play? Here’s how! 11.. Choose to play. Welcome to the world of Kinect Joy Ride, where you ARE the car! • Hover over the Play button to Experience a wide variety of fun activities, tracks, and vehicles in start playing. a compelling and fresh way. Immerse yourself in a revolutionary new style of driving as your body movements translate into 22.. Choose which activity to play. in-game actions! • Hover over a button to select your activity. Navigating Menus • Select How to Play if you want to Navigating the menus is easy! Just follow these simple steps. know more about the activities. • Extend your hand toward the screen, and move it around until you see the cursor move. 33.. Choose a track. • To select a button, move the cursor to it, and then hold your hand • Hover over the left or right arrow to still, allowing the cursor to hover over the button. When the circle cycle through all available tracks. fi lls, the button is selected. • When you see the track you want, hover over the image to select it. 44.. Choose who you want to be. • If you’ve played on this console before, Kinect will attempt to recognise you. • You can play as any signed-in player. • Or you can choose to play as one of four pre-made avatars. • If you need a refresher on the controls, When the cursor When hovering over a select How to Play. looks like this, button, wait for the inner nothing is selected. circle to fi ll to select it. 55.. Raise your arms and grab the steering wheel. • Get ready to steer! 2 3 Activities Destroy as many itemms as possiible tbto score bigig! Experience theh thrill of pure racing!c ReR ach ever-more dizzzying heights and show off your best stunts! Race with weapons! Put the pedal to thee mettal and leave your oppoonentts in the dust! Tryy tot matchc crazy poses as yyoou go fl ying through thhe air! 4 5 Activities Standard Driving Controls You can play through most of Kinect Joy Ride with these Pull both arms back to standard driving controls, but be sure to read the other charge your boost, then activity instructions because some can change and the push them forward to differences may surprise you! activate it. The more you charge, the longer You can use standard driving controls in the Pro Race, your boost. Battle Race, Stunt, Dash, and Smash activities. Use the Guide Gesture (hold your Turn the “wheel” to steer. Don’t hand out to your lower left) to worry about accelerating or pause the game. You can access braking — the game will handle the Dashboard by selecting it on those for you. the Pause menu. HHelpfulelp ful HHintint Lean into your turns You can view the controls to drift. at any time by bringing up the Pause menu while playing an activity. 6 7 Stunts Ways to Play All Kinect Joy Ride activities can be played alone or with friends. Lean forward or Pro Race & Battle Race: Take on seven backward while in the computer-controlled drivers on your own, air to perform a fl ip. or compete against a friend side-by-side. Stunt and Dash: Play alone or compete with a friend side-by-side. Twist your torso while in the air to spin. Smash and Trick: Play alone or play cooperatively with a friend side-by-side. Lean to the side while in the air to do a barrel roll. 8 9 Calibration Pro Race It’s you against seven other racers. Floor it as soon as the race starts and try to beat them to the fi nish line! During gameplay, if you are not positioned optimally within the play space, the game will help you fi nd the perfect spot. Pro Race HUD If the game loses track of you completely, the Come Back screen appears and guides you into the play space. All active players must position themselves within the red area for the game to resume. 10 11 Battle Race Race Items Item Box: This is what an item Just focusing on driving isn’t going to cut it in the Battle Race box looks like. Smash it to receive activities. You will fi nd item boxes scattered across the track. one of the following items. Smash one to receive a powerful advantage, then use it to blast your way to victory! Battle Race HUD Hover Mine: Drops behind your car and explodes when hit! Rockets: Shoots forward and explodes on impact! Super Speed: Speeds your car up and makes you invincible! Blast: Shoots a blast of air to push other cars away! Deep Freeze: Freezes the wheels of all other cars ahead of you. When you’ve picked up an item, stick your hand out toward the item to use it. Teleport: Sends you to a better position in the race! 12 13 Stunt Dash Drive off the side of the half-pipe, and get some sick air. Spin, fl ip, or roll your car to score big as you reach Focus on fi nishing fast and don’t worry about steering — just switch amazing heights.