Tux Racer Guide: Starting Tux Racer and Navigation Menu

Assuming you installed the tuxracer binary to somewhere that is in your PATH, Tux Racer can be started as follows:

shell$ tuxracer

If you get a message like this:

*** tuxracer error: Can't find the tuxracer data directory.  Please check the
value of `data_dir' in ~/.tuxracer/options and set it to the location where you
installed the tuxracer-data files.

then you need to follow the instructions in this message.

The Main Menu

3.1 Navigating Menus

Below are some descriptions of the various menus you will use to navigate through Tux Racer.

Start Screen

This is the first screen you see once Tux Racer is started. You can hit any key or click the mouse to move on to the Main Menu.

3.2 Main Menu Options

Main Menu

This is the Main Menu in Tux Racer. Note that if you hit the Esc key while in this window it will exit the game.

- Clicking on this will take you to the Cup Selection Menu. You can also press the Enter or E keys.
- Clicking on this will take you to the Practice Selection Menu. You can also press the P key.
- Clicking on this will show you the Credits. You can also press the C key.
- Clicking on this will exit Tux Racer. You can also press the Esc key.

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