Main Menu
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CHAMPIONSHIP – Take a rider through a series of races to win the championship!
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SINGLE EVENT – Compete against three riders to come out on top.
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FREESTYLE – Pull off mad tricks to earn the highest score.
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THQ U.S. OPEN – The ultimate supercross challenge! Ride through a series of races to come out the THQ U.S. Open Champion!
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OPTIONS – Customize your game.
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RESTORE – Load a previously saved game.
Options Menu
The Options Menu allows you to customize your game with the following choices. All the default settings are in bold.
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MUSIC - Turn all the music ON or OFF.
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IN GAME MUSIC - Turn the game play music ON or OFF. The Menu Screen music will still play.
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SOUND FX - Toggle the sound effects ON or OFF.
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ENGINE FX - Toggle the engine sound effects ON or OFF. The other sound effects will remain on.
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DIFFICULTY - Choose between AMATEUR (medium), PRO (hard), or NOVICE (easy).
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WEATHER - Turn the weather conditions to VARIABLE, DRY, or WET.
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RACE LAPS - Choose between 3, 5, 7, or 9 laps needed to complete a race.
When all the options have been customized, press the B Button or START to return to the Main Menu.
Playing a Game
Select a game mode from the Main Menu. For the Championship and Single Event modes, select a class to race in - either 125 cc or 250 cc engine class.
Rider Select
Next, select a rider by using the Control Pad UP/DOWN, then press the A Button. There are 30 actual pros to choose from in Championship Motocross™ 2001 featuring Ricky Carmichael.
Track Select
The Track Select screen will appear displaying the name and length of the track, weather and track conditions, and a map of the course in action.
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Press SELECT to tune-up your bike before a race.
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To begin a race, press the A Button.
Rider Select Screen
Track Select Screen
Bike Tune-Up
There are five main parts on your bike to customize according to the track conditions. Use the Control Pad UP/DOWN to select between parts. Press LEFT/RIGHT to switch to the next main part on the motorcycle.
When all the settings have been customized, press START to return to the Track Select screen.
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Tires - Select tires that would perform best for the current track conditions - either wet, dry, loose gravel, or hard packed dirt.
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Pipes - Choose a pipe for either high top speeds or quick acceleration.
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Fork/Spring Sets - Determine a Spring Set for your style of racing. One set is for big air and controlled landing, while the other set gives more high speed control and handling through whoops and turns.
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Sprockets - Select a wide Sprocket Ratio for maximum top speed, or a tight ratio for low torque and quick acceleration.
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Power Tune - Use the Low setting for slow, wet track conditions. Use the Wide setting for high speed racing on good soil.
Pause Menu
While racing through any game mode, press START to pause the game. Once paused, you can either Continue the race or you can Quit.
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Continue - Press the A Button to resume where you left off.
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Quit - Press the B Button to quit the race. After pressing the B Button, confirm that you want to Quit by selecting YES with the A Button. You will return to the Main Menu.
Single Event
In the Single Event mode, choose your class and rider, then a course to race on. It will take 4 or 5 heats to complete the Event and come in first place.
The Heats
16 riders begin an Event, with the best 4 competing for first place. The First Heat is broken up into 4 brackets, each with 4 riders. The 4 brackets then split into 2 Semi Finals brackets, then 1 Finals bracket.
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First Heat - The winner of the First Heat advances to the Semi Finals.
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Last Chance Heat - The riders who come in 2nd or 3rd place in the First Heat must race in a Last Chance Heat to find out who advances to the Semi Finals.
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Semi Finals - Each Semi Finals bracket consists of 4 riders – the two winners of Heat 1, and the first and second place riders from the Last Chance Heat.
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Finals - The top two riders from the Semi Finals will advance to the Finals bracket to compete for first place. Once you make it to the Finals Heat, you must complete 2 races against the same three riders for a ranking.
Championship
Take a pro rider through various motocross events en route to grabbing the championship!
Each race consists of a bracket style tournament, as detailed in SINGLE EVENT. After finishing an entire event (4 or 5 races), a list of Points will show the winners of the event.
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