Here are some common key-presses to keep information at your fingertips.
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CTRL-2 -
View your truck from the outside. (Hold
down the CTRL key while pressing 2 at the top of keyboard). Rotate your view using the joystick hat or INSERT,
DELETE, + (numeric keypad), and - (numeric keypad). CTRL-1 or HOME returns you to cockpit view.
CTRL-3
- View your truck from the outside (at a distance). (Hold down the CTRL key while pressing 3 at the top of the keyboard). CTRL-1 or HOME returns you
to cockpit view.
CTRL-1
- Return to cockpit view. (Hold
down the CTRL key while pressing 1).
HOME
- Return to cockpit view.
D - Display
toggle. Go from cockpit view with instruments, to no cockpit, to no cockpit with a heads-up instrument display.
F - Finder
toggle. Turns on and off a "compass" that points to the next waypoint.
TAB -
Map toggle. Turns on and off a map overlay that shows the course and the other trucks.
L - Toggles
your lights on and off.
T - Brings
up the in-game chat window. You can direct a message to a specific player by using the arrow keys to scroll through
a list of names.
H - Calls
for the helicopter to rescue you and put you back on course during a race. Pressing H a second time sends it away.
(You can use this to "brake" quickly if you're going over a ledge. Punch
H
twice in rapid succession and you will "freeze" in
midair then drop to the ground.)
O - Toggles
the "overboard" (scoreboard/pitboard).
F11
- Previous CD track.
F12 -
Next CD track.