Ford Racing 2
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Developers | |
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Razorworks | |
macOS (OS X) | Feral Interactive |
Publishers | |
Empire Interactive | |
Release dates | |
Windows | October 25, 2003 |
macOS (OS X) | December 3, 2004 |
Taxonomy | |
Genres | Racing |
Series | Ford Racing |
Ford Racing | |
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Ford Racing | 2001 |
Ford Racing 2 | 2003 |
Ford Racing 3 | 2004 |
Ford Street Racing | 2006 |
Ford Racing: Off Road | 2008 |
Warnings
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected versions).
- The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.
Key points
- Has problems running on Windows XP and above. See "Game crashes on startup" and "Issues unresolved".
Availability
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
- Demo version is available here
Essential improvements
Game crashes on startup
- In order for the game to play music, the Windows Media Source Filter must be re-installed on newer versions of Windows
- Music is fully restored with this fix
Install the Windows Media Source Filter[3] |
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Notes
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Manual installation of the Windows Media Source Filter[4] |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
- Use the
syscfg.exe
located in theConfig
folder at <path-to-game> to change settings.
System | Location |
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Windows | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Emipre Interactive\Ford Racing 2[Note 2] |
macOS (OS X) |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\SAVEDATA[Note 3] |
macOS (OS X) |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | User interface stretches | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | Use D3DWindower or DxWnd. | ||
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) | |||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | Frame rate is capped at 122 FPS. |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | Mouse not used for gameplay. | |
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
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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PlayStation controllers |
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Generic/other controllers |
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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 | Menu music, race music, effects, and speech sliders. | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
German | ||||
French | ||||
Italian | ||||
Spanish | ||||
Portuguese | Also available in the Nestlé release | |||
Polish |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Notes | |
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Local play | Versus |
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LAN play | |||
Online play |
Issues fixed
Music skipping/looping issues on Windows XP and later
- The Windows Media Source Filter must be installed for this to have any effect or use.
- No system file modifications are necessary.
Install the qasf.dll [5]
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Notes
in an admin command prompt. Reboot is required for it to take effect. This allows system-wide DLL redirection via .local files or folders. |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 8.1 | Requires Windows Media Player 7.1 media features and codecs. |
Executable | PPC | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | ||||
macOS (OS X) | This 32-bit-only macOS game does not work on macOS Catalina (10.15) or later. |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 98, ME, 2000, XP | 98, ME, 2000, XP |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium III 500 MHz | Intel Pentium III 800 MHz |
System memory (RAM) | 128 MB | 128MB+ |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 150 MB | 150MB+ |
Video card (GPU) | 32 MB of VRAM | 64 MB of VRAM |
macOS (OS X) | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 10.2.3 | 10.3 |
Processor (CPU) | PowerPC 600 MHz | PowerPC 800 MHz |
System memory (RAM) | 128 MB | 256 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 500 MB | 750 MB |
Video card (GPU) | 16 MB of VRAM | 32 MB of VRAM |
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. - ↑ 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
- ↑ https://mcdebugrndmstuff.blogspot.com/2018/10/monopoly-tycoon-directsound-music-fix.html
- ↑ https://mcdebugrndmstuff.blogspot.com/2018/10/monopoly-tycoon-directsound-music-fix.html
- ↑ https://mcdebugrndmstuff.blogspot.com/2018/10/monopoly-tycoon-directsound-music-fix.html