V-Rally 2 Expert Edition
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Developers | |
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Eden Studios | |
Publishers | |
Infogrames | |
Release dates | |
Windows | September 22, 2000 |
Taxonomy | |
Genres | Racing |
Series | V-Rally |
V-Rally | |
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V-Rally Multiplayer Championship Edition | 1999 |
V-Rally 2 Expert Edition | 2000 |
V-Rally 3 | 2003 |
V-Rally 4 | 2018 |
Key points
- Has problems running on Windows XP and above. See Issues fixed.
- The PC version is a port of the Dreamcast release.
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | Simple disc check. |
Demo
- A demo is available.
- Limited to a single Time Trial on a predefined stage with a predefined car (Peugeot 206).
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\Saves[Note 1] |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | For a custom resolution, edit the 3DCard.ini file in the installation folder. To correct the aspect ratio, go to Game Options - Display and change Screen Format to 16/9. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | Use DxWnd or dgVoodoo2 | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | Use DxWnd or dgVoodoo2 | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | FSAA | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
60 FPS | Capped 60fps | ||
120+ FPS | |||
High dynamic range display (HDR) |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | The game doesn't support mouse input. | |
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | Controller input doesn't work in menus. | |
Controller remapping | ||
Controller sensitivity | Sensitivity is only able to be changed for steering. | |
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, racing music, sound effects and speech. | |
Surround sound | Up to 2.0 output. May require DirectSound 3D restoration software. | |
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | Using Alt+Tab ↹ is not supported. |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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Local play | 4 | Time trials mode only | ||
LAN play | ||||
Online play |
Issues fixed
Installer doesn't work (hangs)
Analyze wait chain |
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Issues running the configuration utility
Set the VRally2_Setup.exe to run in Windows 95 compatibility.[1]
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Graphical issues on newer versions of Windows
Use dgVoodoo 2 |
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Broken interiors when resolution is higher than 640x480
Use dgVoodoo 2 to set the game's resolution |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 7 | DirectX 6.1 media is required. |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 95, 98 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium II 300 MHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 64 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 640 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | 8 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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).