For the unrelated 2016 game, see Revolt (2016).
General information
- Re-Volt I/O | R/C Racing Game Community
- Re-Volt Race community site
- Re-Volt Zone community modding site
- Re-Volt XTG (RVXTG) community site
- Our Re-Volt Pub forum
- RRR Racing Forum
- GOG.com Community Discussions
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
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DRM |
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Retail |
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SecuROM 1 DRM. |
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GOG.com |
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Uses GOG's custom DirectDraw wrapper. |
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Steam |
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Uses GOG's custom DirectDraw wrapper. |
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- A free demo version is available from Archive.org.
Essential improvements
Patches
- Three official patches were released: v1.0, 0916, and v1.1 (1207).
Running unmodified game on modern systems
Skip intro videos
- A cross-platform rewrite/port of Re-Volt that runs natively on both Windows and GNU/Linux, that's powered entirely by modern, open source components.
- Fixes tons of bugs and adds support for modern systems, resolutions, custom soundtracks.
- Brings console exclusive content and options to PC version.[2]
- Improved multiplayer with better netcode with active community.
- Frequently updated.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
- RVGL location:
<path-to-game>\profiles\
Save game data location
Video
Custom FOV with RVGL[1]
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- Install RVGL.
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rvgl.exe with the -aspect <width> <height> <lens> command line argument.
- Specify the display aspect ratio and FOV (default 512). Lower values give a wider FOV.
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Set windowed with RVGL[1]
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- Install RVGL.
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rvgl.exe with the -window <width> <height> command line argument.
- Specify width and height optionally. The default size is half the desktop dimensions.
- You can also toggle windowed mode by pressing F11 in game.
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Input
Audio
Audio feature |
State |
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Separate volume controls |
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CD Music and SFX. |
Surround sound |
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Use RVGL. |
Subtitles |
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Everything is text-based. |
Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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EAX support |
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A3D 1.0, DirectSound3D, EAX 2.0. |
Royalty free audio |
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Red Book CD audio |
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On Windows, CD music might not play correctly; see the troubleshooting guide for solutions. |
Localizations
Language |
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English |
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Dutch |
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French |
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German |
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Italian |
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Basque |
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Only in RVGL |
Czech |
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Only in RVGL |
Russian |
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Official localization by «Руссобит-М». |
Hungarian |
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Only in RVGL |
Lithuanian |
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Only in RVGL |
Polish |
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Only in RVGL |
Portuguese |
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Only in RVGL |
Romanian |
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Only in RVGL |
Spanish |
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Serbian |
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Only in RVGL |
Slovenian |
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Only in RVGL |
Swedish |
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Only in RVGL |
Turkish |
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Only in RVGL |
Network
Multiplayer types
Connection types
Issues fixed
Can't create DirectPlay Lobby object
Game does not start (Windows 10)
- This applies to the GOG.com version.
Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
6 |
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OpenGL |
2.0, 3.0, 4.1 |
Only when using RVGL. |
Shader Model support |
2.0, 3.0, 3.1 |
Only when using RVGL. |
Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit | ARM |
Notes |
Windows |
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RVGL is required for 64-bit support. |
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RVGL is required for native support. |
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RVGL is required for native support. ARM support was added in 21.0930a-1.[5] |
Vehicle dynamics
- This allows the user to change the top speed, acceleration, steering rate and wheel size, as well as detailed vehicle dynamics settings, effectively allowing the user to 'tune' the vehicle.
Edit vehicle parameters
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- Go to
<path-to-game>\cars\ .
- Enter any sub-folder with a car in it.
- Edit the vehicle parameters in the
parameters.txt file.
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Mods
- Adds custom cars and tracks which replaces existing Re-Volt gameplay with high speed, "ultra grav" vehicles, reaching in-game speeds of up to 100 mph. The mod currently includes seven custom tracks, and 20 unique vehicles.
- 9 content packs, that adds various new content, like new cars, tracks, soundtrack and more.
Utilities
- Allows for the creation of fully-custom tracks of comparable quality to those in the original release.
- Similar in premise to Phoenix R3, but with expanded capabilities
- Only supports patch 1207.[6]
System requirements
Windows |
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Operating system (OS) |
95, 98, ME |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel Pentium 200 MHz |
System memory (RAM) |
32 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
200 MB |
Video card (GPU) |
4 MB of VRAM DirectX 6.1 compatible |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Applications writing to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE
will be redirected to other locations based on various criterias, see the glossary page for more details.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- ↑ RVGL 19.0320a: Game animations now use a variable timestep, with an internal limit of 250 FPS.
References