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 |
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.
Ford Racing | |
---|---|
Ford Racing | 1999 |
Ford Racing 2 | 2003 |
Ford Racing 3 | 2004 |
Ford Street Racing | 2006 |
Ford Racing: Off Road | 2008 |
Key points
- Music has been fully restored with the Windows Media Source Filter Installer v1.6.
- 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
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
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 settings
Input settings
Audio settings
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Notes | |
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Local play | Versus |
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LAN play | |||
Online play |
Issues fixed
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 codec[3] |
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Notes
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Alternative install of the Windows Media Source Filter codec[4] |
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Notes
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Issues unresolved
Music skipping/looping issues on Windows XP and later
- Disabling audio hardware acceleration in Windows XP makes the game's music choppy and intermittent
- The music tracks in the background skip/stutter randomly
Other information
API
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||
macOS (OS X) |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 98, ME, 2000, XP | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium III 500 MHz | Intel Pentium III 800 MHz |
System memory (RAM) | 128 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 150 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | 32 MB of VRAM | 64 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