•
Sandy Bay: Taxi Service
. The local taxi driver has asked you to stand in for him. Use the
on-screen Map to pick up passengers and take them to their destinations.
•
Dino Island: Fuel Hunt
. The Research Outpost is almost out of fuel, and soon they won’t
be able to run their vehicles and protect the dinosaurs. Help the Adventurers by collecting
fuel barrels from around the island, using the on-screen Map. You can only carry 5 barrels
at a time, though, so you’ll need to drop them off at the Research Outpost every so often
before collecting more.
•
Mars: Power Crystals
. Doc is trying to re-power the crashed Shuttle, and needs a few
Martian power crystals to do so. Help collect them, but drop them off at the Shuttle every
so often so that you’ve got room for more.
•
The Arctic: Weather Balloons
. There’s a storm coming into the Arctic Base. Help the
scientists collect their missing weather balloons, but drop them off every now and again,
otherwise your car will become lighter, and harder to control, until eventually you’ll float
away!
•
Xalax: Drones
. Intercept moving drones, and drop them off every so often at the Drop
Point, so that you’ve got room in your car for more.
You must complete each challenge before the time limit runs out. To collect objects, just
drive over them. Some are guarded; if a guard catches you, you’ll drop all of the items
you’re carrying, and you’ll have to pick them all up. If some of the items fall into water or
lava, they will be lost; if the number of items that you can collect becomes less than the
number needed to complete the game, then the game is over.
When you first complete each Bonus Game, at both difficulty levels, you will be awarded a
Car Bonus point. These are small improvements that can be added to either the Engine,
Shield or Wheels prizes. You must decide where you would like to allocate the points, but
each has a maximum of 10. You don’t have to have won an item in order to allocate points
to it, and the Car Bonus points will still help you, even without the item.
Foyers
When you travel to a new LEGO
®
world, you will start in the Foyer – a large room that
allows you to go to each of the tracks and the
Bonus Games
(if you’ve found them!).
Sparky will also be here too, and he can save the game for you. There’s also a doorway
that will take you back to Sandy Bay.
Each world has four tracks, and you can race them in any order you like. Each track has its
own doorway – just drive through it to go to the start of the race. If you win a Golden Brick
on a track, a picture of the Brick will appear above the appropriate Foyer doorway – that
way, you’ll know which tracks you’ve completed. When all four Golden Bricks have been
collected, another door will open in the Foyer which leads to the Boss Track.
There’s no Foyer on Sandy Bay, so you must use the
1 Player Menu
to access the
Bonus
Games
, or find the hidden vortices again.
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Bosses
There are three Boss drivers in LEGO
®
Racers 2, and, if beaten, each will give you a car part
that will help you in your quest to beat Rocket Racer.
On Dino Island, you’ll meet Sam Sanister. He will drop treacherous oil slicks behind
his car to try and slow you down. He’ll use all the Power-ups too, but he can be
hurt by your Power-ups! If you beat him, he’ll give you a much better engine that
will increase your speed.
On Mars, you’ll race against Riegel, the head Martian. He drives a Giant Mech with
amazing shields. That means he can’t be hurt by Power-ups, but he can’t pick them
up either – this race is about pure speed! If you beat him, Riegel will give you a
Martian shield generator to make your car tougher.
In the Arctic, you’ll be challenged by The Berg, a large ice-monster who doesn’t
even need a car! Like Riegel, he can’t pick up weapons, nor is he affected by them.
The Berg can create giant ice stalagmites behind him, though, so drive carefully! If
you beat him, he’ll give you super-grip wheels.
In order for Rocket Racer to invite you to Xalax, you must beat all three Bosses.
Xalax
Like Rocket Racer, you’ll need to travel to Xalax via the intergalactic portal on Sandy Bay.
When you’re invited to go, the Direction Arrow will show you how to find it. On Xalax you
will first race against the very best Ramas racers on four qualifying tracks; only after
completing these will you be worthy to take on Rocket Racer, the greatest driver in the
galaxy!
Pause Mode/Options Menu
Even when you’re not racing, you can
Pause
the game and access the
Options Menu
by
pressing the Esc key. It works in much the same way as the menu that appears when you press
the same key when racing. You can adjust the volume of the game through this menu.
You can also save your progress in the
Adventure
- use the
Save Game
option, and next time
you play the
Adventure
, select
Continue Game
from the
Adventure
menu. Each time you
choose
Save
, you will over-write your last saved game.
Select
Resume
and press Enter to return to the game. To leave
Adventure
mode and return
to the
Main Menu
, select
Quit Adventure
and press Enter.
After a race, you are given four choices
• Continue
• Play Again
• Action Replay - see page 18
• Explore - In every world except Sandy Bay, you can choose to explore off-road.
• Quit Adventure
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1 Player Mode
1 Player Mode