To disable pre-flight animations:

1. Open Notepad (click Start on the Windows taskbar, click Programs, click Accessories, and then click Notepad).
2. On the File menu, click Open.
3. In the Open dialog box, navigate to game.xml and open the file.

Note: The location of this file depends on where you've installed CFS3. The default location is C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\CFS3\game.xml.


4. In game.xml, change "ShowUIWorld=true" to "ShowUIWorld=false".
5. Save game.xml, and then run CFS3.