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Revision as of 04:12, 4 October 2022
Developers | |
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DMA Design | |
Publishers | |
Rockstar Games | |
Russia | Buka Entertainment |
Release dates | |
Windows | October 22, 1999 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | Freeware |
Series | Grand Theft Auto |
Warnings
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected versions).
Key points
- To play online use GTA2 Game Hunter.
General information
- Steam Community Discussions
- GTAForums Discussion.
- Grand Theft Wiki
- GTA Network - A huge network of fansites all dedicated to the Grand Theft Auto series
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | SafeDisc DRM[Note 1] on the original 1999 release. SecuROM DRM on Grand Theft Auto Classics Collection. No DRM in GTA trilogy from Cenega sold in Poland. |
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Official website (unavailable) | Was available for free via Rockstars' "Rockstar Classics" series to mailing-list subscribers.[3] | |||
Steam (unavailable) |
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
- This game is no longer officially available digitally.
- Demo is available.
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
Delete/rename Movie folder |
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Patches
- The latest official patch 1.03 is available at soggi.org.
Enhanced GTA2
- Adds Windows 10 support, windowed mode, per-user settings and slightly increase game allowed frame rates (25 FPS > 30 FPS).
Install GTA2 v11.44 |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\DMA Design Ltd\GTA2\[Note 2] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/12180/pfx/[Note 3] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\player\[Note 4] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/12180/pfx/[Note 3] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | Use ThirteenAG's fix. See more info. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | Use ThirteenAG's fix. See more info. | ||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | Might require GTA2 11.44 if it doesn't work with stock version, or see 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. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | Labelled as "Frame Rate Limiter". | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | Locked at 25 FPS (30 with Enhanced GTA2) |
Windowed
Set GTA2 exe to 16-bit color mode |
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | External menus only. | |
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | ||
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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Xbox button prompts | ||
Impulse Trigger vibration |
PlayStation controllers | ||
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PlayStation button prompts | ||
Light bar support | ||
Adaptive trigger support | ||
DualSense haptic feedback support | ||
Connection modes |
Generic/other controllers | ||
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Button prompts |
Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Music, SFX | |
Surround sound | Up to 7.0 output[4] May require DirectSound 3D restoration software. | |
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | Functions with GTA2 11.44 | |
EAX support | A3D & EAX.[5][6] |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Hungarian | Fan translation. | |||
Italian | ||||
Polish | Retail only. Fan translation available here. | |||
Russian | Retail version, download. | |||
Spanish |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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LAN play | 6 | |||
Online play | 6 | To find matches use GTA2 Game Hunter. |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
Ports
Protocol | Port(s) and/or port range(s) |
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TCP | 2300-2400, 47624 |
UDP | 2300-2400, 47624 |
- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.
Issues fixed
The application was unable to start correctly (0xc0000022)
- This is caused by missing DirectPlay
Instructions[citation needed] |
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16x16x16 Video Mode error and no resolutions available in GTA2 Manager
- If you are using ThirteenAG's WS fix then first rename the
ddraw.dll
from ThirteenAG's WS fix todinput8.dll
and removewndmode.ini
to make them work together
Use dgVoodoo 2 wrapper |
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Some Machines may still be limited to 1024x768 with DGVoodoo, you can set the resolution in the registry directly in this case at |
Set the game to run in 16-bit color mode |
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Xinput Support on Windows 8+
- If you are using ThirteenAG's WS fix then you can use Twin Stick Mod to enable Xinput support,
Use dgVoodoo 2 wrapper |
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Set the game to run in 16-bit color mode |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 6 | |
DirectDraw | ||
Glide | 2 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Audio | Miles Sound System | 5.0r |
Cutscenes | Bink Video | 0.9g |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 95, 98 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 200 MHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 32 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 65 MB | 400 MB |
Video card (GPU) | Direct3D-compatible |
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]
- ↑ Applications writing to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE
will be redirected to other locations based on various criterias, see the glossary page for more details. - ↑ 3.0 3.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (12180) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Rockstar Classics - Free Downloads - last accessed on 2022-09-22
- ↑ PC Gaming Surround Sound Round-up
- ↑ Grand Theft Auto 2 audio overview - Rockstar Games
- ↑ GRAND THEFT AUTO 2 UNOFFICIAL FAQ