Difference between revisions of "Demolition Racer"

Latest revision as of 01:53, 2 June 2024

Warnings

SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected versions).

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SafeDisc 1.35.000 DRM^{[Note 1]} in US release.
Retail		Italian re-release.

SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).

Demo/free trial

A demo is available here.

Essential improvements

Patches

The US version received "patch #1" with version 1.1. European release already pre-patched.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\players\^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\players\^{[Note 2]} <path-to-game>\DR High scores^{[Note 2]} <path-to-game>\Replay.*^{[Note 2]}

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
High-fidelity upscaling		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Enabled by default.
60 FPS
120+ FPS		High FPS (+300) makes the game move at an unplayable speed and boggles the camera.
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		Buttons are unbound by default and must be mapped.
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio
Red Book CD audio		On Windows, CD music might not play correctly; see the troubleshooting guide for solutions.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Spanish

Issues fixed

Installer does not work

The installer is 16-bit, so it does not work on 64-bit operating systems.

Use Winevdm dev1461

The game asks for `wmaudsdk.dll` and `drmclien.dll`

Those are Windows Media Source Filter DLL files that the game require in order to start up
Download `wmaudsdk.dll` and `drmclien.dll`. The latter one can be downloaded through the method immediately below.

CD music doesn't work

Install the Windows Media Source Filter and DivX codecs^[3]

Download the Windows Media Source Filter Installer v1.7
Extract the contents from the .zip file into a folder.
Copy strmdll.dll and drmclien.dll into the game's installation folder.
Make a new directory in C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ called Windows-Media-Source-Filter
Copy drmclien.dll, strmdll.dll and dxmasf.dll from the .zip file to the Windows-Media-Source-Filter folder
Run DSFMgr.exe as administrator and register the dxmasf.dll in the Windows-Media-Source-Filter folder.
Download the DivX 3.11 audio codec
Extract the contents from the .zip file into a folder.
Run DivX_Register.exe as Administrator.
Launch the game

Notes

This modification does not affect Windows Media Player file playback adversely

Game doesn't start on modern systems

Use Compatibility Mode (Windows 95)

Game runs too fast

Limit the Framerate to 60FPS^{[citation needed]}
See Frame rate capping.

*Set monitor on 60hz.^{[citation needed]}

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	7
DirectDraw

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	Windows Media Source Filter

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	95
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 200Mhz
System memory (RAM)	32 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	70 MB
Video card (GPU)	4 MB Direct3D accelerated video card

Notes

↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10^[1] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.^[2]
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

References

↑ Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
↑ Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16
↑ mcdebugrndmstuff.blogspot.com - last accessed on 26 May 2023

[3] SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10^[1] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.^[2]

[gamedir-4] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

[1] Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16

[2] Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16

[5] ugrndmstuff.blogspot.com - last accessed on 26 May 2023

[Note 1]

[Note 2]

[3]

[1]

[2]

@@ Line 9: / Line 9: @@
 {{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|October 20, 1999}}
 |taxonomy     =
-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/monetization      | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/monetization      | One-time game purchase }}
 {{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/microtransactions | }}
-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/modes             | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/modes             | Singleplayer }}
-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/pacing            | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/pacing            | Real-time }}
-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/perspectives      | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/perspectives      | Third-person }}
-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/controls          | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/controls          | Direct control }}
 {{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/genres            | Racing }}
 {{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/sports            | }}
 {{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/vehicles          | }}
-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/art styles        | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/art styles        | Realistic }}
 {{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/themes            | }}
 {{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/series            | }}
@@ Line 24: / Line 24: @@
 |steam appid side  =
 |gogcom id    =
+|official site= https://web.archive.org/web/20030201125019/http://www.us.infogrames.com/games/demolitionracer_pc/
+|hltb         = 14838
+|igdb         = demolition-racer
+|lutris       =
 |strategywiki =
-|mobygames    = demolition-racer
+|mobygames    = 5681
 |wikipedia    = Demolition Racer
 |winehq       =
@@ Line 33: / Line 37: @@
 ==Availability==
 {{Availability|
-{{Availability/row| Retail | | Disc | {{DRM|SafeDisc}} | | Windows }}
+{{Availability/row| Retail | | Disc | {{DRM|SafeDisc|1.35.000}} in US release. | | Windows }}
+{{Availability/row| Retail | | DRM-free | Italian re-release. | | Windows }}
 }}
+===Demo/free trial===
+{{ii}} A demo is available [https://community.pcgamingwiki.com/files/file/2765-demolition-racer-demo/ here].
+==Essential improvements==
+===Patches===
+{{ii}} The US version received [https://community.pcgamingwiki.com/files/file/2774-demolition-racer-patch-1/ "patch #1" with version 1.1]. European release already pre-patched.
 ==Game data==
@@ Line 44: / Line 56: @@
 ===Save game data location===
 {{Game data|
-{{Game data/saves|Windows|{{p|game}}\players\|{{p|game}}\DR High scores|{{p|game}}\Replay.###}}
+{{Game data/saves|Windows|{{p|game}}\players\|{{p|game}}\DR High scores|{{p|game}}\Replay.*}}
 }}
@@ Line 54: / Line 66: @@
 |ultrawidescreen wsgf award =
 |4k ultra hd wsgf award     =
-|widescreen resolution      = true
+|widescreen resolution      = false
-|widescreen resolution notes= [http://dege.freeweb.hu/dgVoodoo2/dgVoodoo2.html dgVoodoo] may be required.
+|widescreen resolution notes=
 |multimonitor               = false
 |multimonitor notes         =
 |ultrawidescreen            = false
 |ultrawidescreen notes      =
-|4k ultra hd                = true
+|4k ultra hd                = false
-|4k ultra hd notes          = [http://dege.freeweb.hu/dgVoodoo2/dgVoodoo2.html dgVoodoo] may be required.
+|4k ultra hd notes          =
 |fov                        = false
 |fov notes                  =
@@ Line 80: / Line 92: @@
 |60 fps notes               =
 |120 fps                    = false
-|120 fps notes              = High (+300) fps makes the game move at an unplayable speed and boggles the camera
+|120 fps notes              = High FPS (+300) makes the game move at an unplayable speed and boggles the camera.
 |hdr                        = false
 |hdr notes                  =
@@ Line 99: / Line 111: @@
 |invert mouse y-axis       = unknown
 |invert mouse y-axis notes =
-|touchscreen               = unknown
+|touchscreen               = false
 |touchscreen notes         =
 |controller support        = true
@@ Line 245: / Line 257: @@
 {{Fixbox|description=Use Compatibility Mode (Windows 95)}}
-===Game runs to fast===
+===Game runs too fast===
 {{Fixbox|description=Limit the Framerate to 60FPS |ref={{cn|date=January 2022}}|fix=

Developers

	Pitbull Syndicate
Publishers
	Infogrames
Release dates
Windows	October 20, 1999
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Racing
Art styles	Realistic