Top Gear 3000 FAQ
E-mail  Kobe_5@hotmail.com
GameFAQs name  Zzyzzyxx a.k.a. Servo
Updated version 1.2

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Version History
Intro
Story
Championship Mode
Winning Credits and Bonuses
Item Descriptions
Gameplay in Championship Mode
Track Info
VS. Mode
Tips
FAQ
Ending
Credits
Legal Stuff

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VERSION HISTORY
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Version 1.0  Released version, 6-10-2001
Version 1.1  Started FAQ section and made other small changes, 10-28-2001
Version 1.2  Added detailed descriptions for each item, added onto FAQ 
section, added story section, and added ending section so I pretty much 
finished up this FAQ

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INTRO
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Well, this is my very first FAQ. Kemco made Top Gear 3000 in 1994. I found 
Top Gear 3000 much more fun than Top Gear and even Super Mario Kart. In this 
game you earn credits to upgrade your car with after you win races, which is 
one of the many things that make it such a fun game.

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Story
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(Taken from the instruction book)

It is the year 2962.

Five centuries have passed since World War XVII devastated most of the 
colonized planets of the Milky Way Star System.

The Galactic Conglomerate of Unified Planets, controlling the Bureau of 
Reasonable Entertainment, has maintained an era of calm and peaceful 
co-existence through the systematic suppression of any radical thought or 
action that may stir up the teeming masses of citizens populating the 
twelve Star Systems under their jurisdiction.

In other words, anything remotely resembling fun has been analyzed, 
sterilized, sanitized, homogenized, pasteurized, desensitized, computerized 
and commercialized for your safety.

You are bored!

And so are a number of outlaw thrill seekers that have too much money and 
not enough excitement in their lives to keep them occupied. For these 
radical elements, there is only one cure for the boredom and complacency of 
life in the 30th centuryThe Top Gear 3000 Challenge! Once every millennium, 
the richest, bravest, most skilled drivers risk it all in the ultimate car 
race.

Combining the high tech, sci-fi gadgetry of the 30th Century with the white 
knuckle, raw nerves action of 20th Century automobile racing, these bandit 
racers have set up an illegal tournament that will take you hurtling through 
the planets of the Conglomerate.

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CHAMPIONSHIP MODE
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This is the main mode. You race 20 cars here. Note that you can only play 
with 1 or 2 players in this mode.

Okay, after you click on Championship, you get a list that looks like this 
and I wrote a description after each one.

Options  Set the difficulty to easy, medium, or hard and either leave the 
music on or turn it off.

1 player full  1 player game using the full screen.

1 player split  1 player game with you racing on the top and a computer 
player racing on the bottom.

2 players  Player 1 races on the top and player 2 races on the bottom.

Password  You get a password after every few races and this is where you 
put it in to continue your game. Remember to write down your passwords!

Exit  Takes you back to the first screen where you either choose 
Championship or VS. Mode.

After you select how many players you want, a menu comes up that looks like 
this and I also put a description after each.

Name  You put in your name here.

Control  Select which buttons you want to use when you race. Here are the 
defaults.

Accelerate  X
Brake  Y
Use Weapon  A
Weapon up  R
Weapon down  L

Change them to whatever youre comfortable with. If your wondering what 
weapon up and down does, you dont use them until the jump device or others 
are invented. Then you can switch off between your boosts and your jump 
device or whatever other weapons you have.

Speed  Choose if you want your speed in MPH or KPH.

Race  Start racing!

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WINNING CREDITS AND BONUSES
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After each race you win credits if you place in the top 9. 10th place 
qualifies, but doesnt win any credits. Heres a list of how many credits 
you win for each place.

1st  100,000 credits
2nd  80,000 credits
3rd  70,000 credits
4th  60,000 credits
5th  50,000 credits
6th  40,000 credits
7th  30,000 credits
8th  20,000 credits
9th  10,000 credits
10th  Qualifies but no credits. You can collect bonuses though.

If you place worse than 10th, you lose and go back to the main menu. So make 
sure to write down passwords.

You can also get bonus credits after each race. Here are the different 
bonuses you can win.

Bonus A  You get this bonus by using a boost when you cross the finish line 
on the last lap. Easy enough? 30,000 credits

Bonus B  Im still not sure how you get this bonus but I believe that you 
get 50,000 credits from it.

Bonus C  This is the biggest bonus and hardest to get unless we find out 
what Bonus B is. You get this bonus if you dont run into the back of any 
cars the whole race. Its harder to get the farther you get into the game. 
70,000 credits

Bonus D  You get this one if you dont crash into any objects during the 
race. This also is harder to get the farther you get into the game. 40,000 
credits

Bonus E  You get this bonus if you stay completely on the road the entire 
race. 20,000 credits

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ITEM DESCRIPTIONS
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After each race it shows you how many credits you earned, the current 
standings, a little demo of you flying in your rocket to go to your next 
race, the descriptions of the next track, and finally brings you to where 
you can buy better stuff for your car using those hard-earned credits. Next 
Ill show you a list of all the things that you can get. Note that some of 
them might only be found playing on the hardest level and that you start out 
with the cheapest everything.

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Paintshop  Choose the color of your car. Costs nothing.

Color 1  Violet
Color 2 - Ruby
Color 3 - Emerald
Color 4 - Arctic
Color 5 - Neon
Color 6 - Royal
Color 7  Ebony

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Engines  Speeds up your car.


Engine 1  50,000 credits

16c 2.3 Electric
FT8 Pulse 290 bhp
Max revs 5500 rpm
Economical to run


Engine 2  150,000 credits

21c 3.0 Electric
FT11 Pulse 320 bhp
Max revs 6500 rpm
Extra torque


Engine 3  300,000 credits

27c 3.7 Electric
FT13 Chip 350 bhp
Max revs 7200 rpm
Quick and clean


Engine 4  525,000 credits

39c 4.6 Electric
FT18 Chip 390 bhp
Max revs 8400 rpm
Fastest electric


Engine 5  787,000 credits

Series 12 Nuclear
FB Reactor 463 bhp
Max revs 9300 rpm
Hot stuff


Engine 6  984,000 credits

Series 15 Nuclear
MD Torus 579 bhp
Max revs 11000 rpm
Ultimate power

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Tires  Gives your car better grip on the track.


Tire 1  30,000 credits

Jetson XL
Light sim-rubber
Radial tread
Low grip


Tire 2  97,000 credits

Jetson XL II
Dense sim-rubber
Radial tread
Medium grip


Tire 3  194,000 credits

Modus Super
Kevlarrubber mix
Cross patch spline
Good grip


Tire 4  339,000 credits

Modus Duper
Kevlarrubber mix
Full patch spline
High grip


Tire 5  509,000 credits

Gamma Adaptive
Terbium-osmium
Hyper flex
Like glue


Tire 6  636,000 credits

Gamma Adaptive VI
Terbium-osmium
Hyper flexi-matt
Vise like

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Gearbox  Speeds up your car but not as much as engines.


Gearbox 1  60,000 credits

Four shift box
Aluminum alloy
Mechanical
Regular


Gearbox 2  140,000 credits

Five shift box
Quasi-steel
Mechanical
Low ratio


Gearbox 3  288,000 credits

Five shift box
Quasi-steel
Servo
Minimal friction


Gearbox 4  493,000 credits

Five shift box
Plasteel
Duo servo
High torque


Gearbox 5  735,000 credits

Six shift box
Plasteel
Liquid polymer
Alien technology


Gearbox 6  918,000 credits

Six shift box
Corimnibium
Ion Phase shift
Frictionless

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Armor  Gives your car better protection.


Armor 1  45,000 credits

Slatted bars
Regular
Aluminum alloy
Poor protection


Armor 2  70,000 credits

Slatted bars
Reinforced
Aluminum alloy
Average protection


Armor 3  160,000 credits

Solid plate
Regular
Titanium
Great protection


Armor 4  285,000 credits

Solid plate
Reinforced
Titanium
Good protection


Armor 5  497,000 credits

Solid plate
Hyper strength
Titanium-cobalt
Superb protection


Armor 6  612,000 credits

Force field
Ultimate strength
Electromagnetic
Impenetrable

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The rest of the items Im going to show you are weapons that you use during 
the race. Use the L and R buttons to switch through which weapons you use 
unless you changed the weapon keys.

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Boost  Makes your car go really fast for a short period of time. You get 
four every race.


Boost 1  71,000 credits

Abenny IX
9.51VL  54.3ts
Current amplifier
Regular spec.


Boost 2  115,000 credits

Abenny IX plus
10.1VL  67.8ts
Current amplifier
Sustained power


Boost 3  230,000 credits

Mi-ki 2.1
12.3VL  78.0ts
Watt bumper
Initial speed good


Boost 4  402,000 credits

G-max quantum
14.3VL  83.2ts
Particle shifter
Good all round


Boost 5  603,000 credits

Turillian Beta
15.7VL  89.9ts
Nano-technology
Very fast


Boost 6  754,000 credits

Turillian Gamma
18.4VL  97.1ts
Alien technology
Out of this world

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Jump  Allows you to jump as much as you want when racing. You can use it to 
jump for extra credits in the air or to jump over cars that are in the way.

Only one  159,000 credits

Palnatronics MK1
VV34.2  670N
Big spring theory
Get high bonuses

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Attractor  It looks like a green target and it attracts you to cars in 
front of you to give you more speed.

Only one  280,000 credits

Magnattract PL3
2.3Kr per Int.
Long string theory
Use wisely

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Warp  Allows you to make four short warps every race.

Only one  370,000 credits

Cyber Space III
K29646m  0.00235
Phase shift system
Great in traffic

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Infra-red  Allows you to see much better when racing at night.

Only one  160,000 credits

ICU2 517765
56Cd
Retina persistence
See in the dark

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When I beat the game on the hardest level, I had a #6 engine, #6 gearbox, #6 
tire #6 armor, #6 boost, the jump, attractor, warp and infra-red at the end 
along with a bunch of left over credits.

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GAMEPLAY IN CHAMPIONSHIP MODE
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Heres some stuff that youll encounter when you play this game.

Speed arrow  Its a yellow arrow on the road. If you run over it, it boosts 
your speed by about 20 MPH.

Warp  It looks like a green diamond on the road. When you hit it, it zaps 
you underground and back up farther away in hardly any time. You come back 
out a yellow diamond on the road. Some are longer than others.

Bonus credits  Theyre shaped like orange circles and you get 4000 bonus 
credits for each one you hit. Sometimes you hit a jump to get them, and 
sometimes theyre just lying on the road.

Turnoff  When you come to a turnoff, you either turn left or right. Usually 
one ways longer than the other and they always meet later. But the long way 
usually has bonus credits on it or other good stuff you can get.

On your screen youll see a bunch of different things like a speedometer, 
tachometer, where you are on the track, what lap youre on, what place 
youre in, your racing time, what weapon you have selected, your gas meter, 
and your armor meter. When your gas gets down into the red part of the 
meter, it will start to beep to let you know that youre almost out of gas. 
If your armor meter is green it means that your armor is good. When its red 
it is bad. When you run over blue strips on the track your armor will turn 
greener. The greener your armor the less chance that youll slow way down to 
around 25 MPH when you crash with no gas.

When you run out of gas your car slows down. If your armor is real bad and 
you crash with no gas, your car will slow way down to around 25 MPH. So its 
always good to stop or slow down in the gas zones so you dont run out.

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TRACK INFO
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Here are all of the tracks with a few things about each one. Note that these 
are all the tracks on the hardest level. On the easier levels, you wont see 
all of these tracks. I listed the length, conditions, system, name, and how 
many laps each track has.

Track 1    2.85 M,   4.56 KM, Clear,      Merak,     Misk,      4 laps
Track 2    4.64 M,   7.43 KM, Very hot,   Merak,     Measia,    5 laps
Track 3    4.28 M,   6.85 KM, Low oxygen, Merak,     Nonet,     4 laps
Track 4    4.28 M,   6.85 KM, Hot,        Zosmar,    Haahe,     4 laps
Track 5    4.57 M,   7.32 KM, Hazy,       Zosmar,    Terbis,    4 laps
Track 6    4.30 M,   6.89 KM, Bright,     Zosmar,    Kruw,      3 laps
Track 7    5.42 M,   8.68 KM, Night,      Zosmar,    Malstgad,  4 laps
Track 8    4.50 M,   7.21 KM, Sunny,      Sarin,     Ttelo,     3 laps
Track 9    5.35 M,   8.57 KM, Humid,      Sarin,     Yon,       3 laps
Track 10 -  4.50 M,   7.21 KM, Icy,        Sarin,     Khinsm,    3 laps
Track 11   5.57 M,   8.92 KM, Cold,       Sarin,     Seima,     3 laps
Track 12   8.00 M,  12.81 KM, Clear,      Alderam,   Enton,     4 laps
Track 13   6.00 M,   9.61 KM, Sunny,      Alderam,   Maltep,    3 laps
Track 14   5.40 M,   8.65 KM, Dry,        Alderam,   Baahem,    3 laps
Track 15   6.40 M,  10.25 KM, Acidic,     Alderam,   Brites,    3 laps
Track 16   6.80 M,  10.89 KM, Very hot,   Kajam,     Wruth,     3 laps
Track 17   6.00 M,   9.61 KM, Humid,      Kajam,     Glimt,     4 laps
Track 18   4.07 M,   6.52 KM, Gaseous,    Kajam,     Ti,        1 lap
Track 19   1.35 M,   2.16 KM, Hot,        Kajam,     Jyco,      3 laps
Track 10   6.64 M,  10.63 KM, Very dry,   Kajam,     Matis,     3 laps
Track 21   6.00 M,   9.61 KM, Foggy,      Lesath,    Thebe,     3 laps
Track 22   5.71 M,   9.14 KM, Clear,      Lesath,    Leda,      2 laps
Track 23   8.14 M,  13.04 KM, Bright,     Lesath,    Lysither,  3 laps
Track 24   7.71 M,  12.35 KM, Very hot,   Lesath,    Elara,     3 laps
Track 25   7.28 M,  11.66 KM, Clear,      Miram,     Carme,     3 laps
Track 26   7.21 M,  11.55 KM, Icy,        Miram,     Sinope,    4 laps
Track 27   7.07 M,  11.32 KM, Night,      Miram,     Tethys,    3 laps
Track 28   4.85 M,   7.77 KM, Damp,       Miram,     Dione,     1 lap
Track 29   7.71 M,  12.35 KM, Night,      Subrat,    Rhea,      3 laps
Track 30   6.42 M,  10.28 KM, Hazy,       Subrat,    Catena,    3 laps
Track 31   6.85 M,  10.97 KM, Clear,      Subrat,    Dorsum,    3 laps
Track 32   6.64 M,  10.63 KM, Cold,       Subrat,    Fossa,     3 laps
Track 33   6.41 M,  10.27 KM, Polluted,   Toygeta,   Lacus,     2 laps
Track 34   7.28 M,  11.66 KM, Humid,      Toygeta,   Paludes,   3 laps
Track 35   8.14 M,  13.04 KM, Polluted,   Toygeta,   Rima,      3 laps
Track 36   8.00 M,  12.81 KM, Hot,        Vega 5,    Tholus,    3 laps
Track 37   8.85 M,  14.17 KM, Clear,      Vega 5,    Adara,     3 laps
Track 38   9.42 M,  15.09 KM, Very cold,  Vega 5,    Deneb,     3 laps
Track 39   9.00 M,  14.41 KM, Dry,        Vega 5,    Gredhi,    3 laps
Track 40  10.28 M,  16.46 KM, Dusty,      Naosphein, Karem,     3 laps
Track 41  10.85 M,  17.38 KM, Icy,        Naosphein, Arime,     4 laps
Track 42   7.71 M,  12.35 KM, Foggy,      Naosphein, Ratanev,   3 laps
Track 43  10.57 M,  16.93 KM, Foggy,      Kraz,      Sheliak,   3 laps
Track 44   9.64 M,  15.44 KM, Dull,       Kraz,      Vega,      3 laps
Track 45   8.14 M,  13.04 KM, Night,      Kraz,      Zosma,     3 laps
Track 46   8.78 M,  14.06 KM, Sunny,      Kraz,      Tirion,    2 laps
Track 47  10.57 M,  16.93 KM, Night,      Kraz,      Mechau,    4 laps

In the instruction manual it said there are 48 tracks. Also on the front of 
the box it says something about a Hyper Space Race and I have no clue what 
that is. If you know anything about the Hyper Space Race, E-mail me and 
you'll get credit.

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VS. MODE
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In this mode, you can have up to 4 players with the Multi Player Adapter. 
First, it asks you your name. Then you get to choose one of four cars to 
race with. Each car is different. Heres a list of them.

Car A  The Cheetah, high acceleration, low max speed, medium boost.
Car B  The Demon, high acceleration, medium max speed, low boost
Car C  The Phantom, medium acceleration, low max speed, high boost
Car D  The Pegasus, low acceleration, high max speed, medium boost

You get four boosts each race just like in Championship Mode. The player 
with the highest score after eight races wins. Heres how they score you.

1st place  10 points
2nd place  6 points
3rd place  3 points
4th place  0 points

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TIPS
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Always save a boost for the last lap. Use it just before you cross the 
finish line to get that 30,000 credit bonus.

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Try to stop or slow down in the gas zones to make sure you dont run out 
later in the race.

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Try not to use your boosts around sharp corners because youll crash
most of the time. Its best to use them on straight-aways.

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Save your credits to buy good things for your car. Dont spend your credits 
on #2 items that dont do much to your car.

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Try to buy some items at the same time. For example, if you have a really 
fast engine and no good tires to go with it, youll be crashing all the 
time. So its good if you buy your engine and tires at or close to the same 
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Try to avoid running into other cars and objects off the road. The jump 
device works well for jumping over other cars so you dont run into them and 
better tires work well for staying on the track. You can get more bonus 
credits from doing those things than you can from placing higher in a race.

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FAQ
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Q. Do you lose the race when you run out of gas like in Top Gear?

A. No, you just slow down when you run out of gas.

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Q. Do you switch gears in this game?

A. There are no gears in this game.

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Q. Do you pit for gas in this game?

A. No, to get more gas you just run over the red strips on the track.

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Q. How do you get Bonus B?

A. I dont know!

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Q. Whats the fastest speed youve got?

A. The fastest that Ive got up to is 452 MPH.

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Q. Where can I get codes for this game?

A. Go to www.gamesages.com to get codes. I wont copy them onto this FAQ.

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Q. My car slowed down to about 25 MPH and a boost wont even get me going! 
Whats going on?

A. You had bad armor and you crashed when you were out of gas. The only ways 
you can speed up are if you get more gas, if another car runs into the back 
of you, or if you run over a yellow speed arrow. The more you crash, the 
worse your armor gets. If you run over blue strips on the road it will make 
your armor better. Buying better armor for your car would also help. Try to 
drive extra careful when youre out of gas.

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Q. I accidentally bought something that I didnt want! Can I sell it back 
somehow?

A. Yes, just buy whatever you want in the category that you accidentally 
bought something in and it will sell what you bought by accident and then 
pay for whatever you just bought. This only works if you do it before you 
start the next race.

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Q. Whats best to upgrade first?

A. The first things that I upgrade are the engine, tires, and gearbox in the 
order that I put them. The other things arent as important to have right 
away.

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Q. What happens when you beat the game on the hardest level?

A. See the next section

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ENDING
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Heres what it says when you beat the game on the hardest level.

Superb

You are a true champion of the ultimate challenge in the galaxy.

As you enter the alien craft you are filled with the sense of awe

You sense a presence

After that it shows a picture of an alien and then the credits.

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CREDITS
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Jas for the Bonus B info

Kemco for making this wonderful racing game

CJayC for making this wonderful site

Me for writing this FAQ

You for reading this FAQ

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LEGAL STUFF
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If you see any errors or if you just think that Im missing something, send 
me an E-mail at Kobe_5@hotmail.com. If you want this FAQ on your website, 
E-mail me along with the address of your website and Ill most likely let 
you post it. Be sure to put something about Top Gear 3000 in the topic of 
any E-mails. The latest version of this FAQ can always be found at 
www.GameFAQs.com. This FAQ is copyright 2001 by Zzyzzyxx.

