F3 = toggles on/off the heads up display
F4 = toggles on/off the rear view mirror
F5 = toggles on/off names above cars
F6 = In replay mode, this will take away the blue buttons that clutter the screen. Press F6 again to turn them back on.
F12 = takes screenshots of the game.
They can be viewed in your C:\ folder. They will appear as snap0.tga, snap1.tga, and so on. You must have a program associated with .tga files to view them such as Paint Shop Pro, Photoshop, or Gimp.
- If you need to get back out to the desktop, say to go back to a chat room, but your games takes too long to load, you can use the alt+tab keys to escape out of the game from the main menu. This will kick you back to the desktop to do other things you need to do, while your game is still running in the background. When finished, simply close the window you're working in, or click the DTR2 tab down in the taskbar at the bottom of your screen.
- When racing in any racing game, you'll hear a lot of guys say "slower is faster", and this is absolutely true. What they mean is, when going through the corners of a race track, don't keep the throttle full bore, but rather lift slightly to hug the inside line more. What this does is keeps the car from sliding, and keeps the wheels straighter, thus lowering lap times. Practice this often! However, at some DTR2 tracks it is possible to go wide open and hit faster laps, but you have to work at it.
- When racing online remember two people don't see things quite the same way. When you see someone is next to you on your screen, sometimes they may think they are ahead of you on their screen. Give each other room to race, and give way when a car is up alongside of you. When being lapped by faster cars, the cardinal rule is to just hold your line. Don't try to get up high or low and get out of the way, just maintain the line you are driving and the faster cars will esily find a way around you. One thing you don't want to do is take out the leaders when you're running a lap down.
- Keep Racing Wheel drivers and software updated.