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3D Instructor
3D Instructor	2006
City Car Driving	2010

General information

Official English website (archived)

Official Russian website (archived)

It is unknown if a full English version of the game officially exists

Also known as Educational Car Simulator^[3]

Predecessor to City Car Driving^[4]

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Comes with Home Exam PDD^[5]
Official website (unavailable)		Archived site. Shareware that used to be activated by internet or SMS which is no longer available, thus, the game can only run in demo mode.

English demo

Russian demo

Essential improvements

Patches

Patch 1.4

Digital distribution version is already patched.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\data\config^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Multisoft\PDD\profiles\

Video

Video settings

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Use DgVoodoo 2. Alternatively, DXWnd can be used for a fake widescreen effect.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		Use DXWnd
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Some keys are not registered by the game
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Controller types

Input settings
Advanced input settings

Audio

Audio settings

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English				It appears to only be available in the demo version
Russian

Issues fixed

Runtime error / Unable to locate a certain file

Reinstall the game in a directory path that only contains ASCII characters (e.g. `C:\Games\3D Instructor`)

Do not install the proposed Xvid codec

Install the latest DirectX End-User Runtime or the one bundled with the game

Set regional system settings to Russian

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	7, 9	The demo seems to only have DX7

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

No middleware information; you can edit this page to add it.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP SP1	XP SP2
Processor (CPU)	1.5 GHz Pentium 4 AMD Athlon	2.5 GHz Pentium 4 AMD Athlon
System memory (RAM)	256 MB	512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	545 MB
Video card (GPU)	GeForce MX 440, Radeon 9200	GeForce 5900/6600/6800, Radeon 9800/x700

Notes

↑ 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

↑ City Car Driving :: Topic: Game Questions (51/52) - last accessed on 2022-03-19
↑ multisoft-web.ru / Новости - last accessed on 2021-07-10
↑ Учебный автосимулятор - last accessed on 2021-07-10
↑ City Car Driving - Origin and history - last accessed on 2021-07-10
↑ Учебный автосимулятор - last accessed on 2021-07-10

[gamedir-6] 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).

[1] City Car Driving :: Topic: Game Questions (51/52) - last accessed on 2022-03-19

[2] ultisoft-web.ru / Новости - last accessed on 2021-07-10

[3] Учебный автосимулятор - last accessed on 2021-07-10

[4] City Car Driving - Origin and history - last accessed on 2021-07-10

[5] Учебный автосимулятор - last accessed on 2021-07-10

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[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[Note 1]

@@ Line 7: / Line 7: @@
 {{Infobox game/row/publisher|Noviy Disk|Retail}}
 |engines      =
+{{Infobox game/row/engine|Nebula Device|ref=<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://citycardriving.com/forum?view=topic&catid=5&id=15189&start=500#115609|title=City Car Driving :: Topic: Game Questions (51/52)|date=2022-03-19}}</ref>}}
 |release dates=
-{{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|December 28, 2006<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070109044950/http://www.multisoft-web.ru/news|title=www.multisoft-web.ru / Новости|date=2021-07-10}}</ref>}}
+{{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|December 28, 2006|ref=<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070109044950/http://www.multisoft-web.ru/news|title=multisoft-web.ru / Новости|date=2021-07-10}}</ref>}}
 |reception    =
 {{Infobox game/row/reception|Metacritic|link|rating}}
@@ Line 45: / Line 46: @@
 {{ii}} It is unknown if a full English version of the game officially exists
 {{ii}} Also known as '''Educational Car Simulator'''<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090610212309/http://3dinstructor.ru/home/version1_4|title=Учебный автосимулятор|date=2021-07-10}}</ref>
-{{ii}} Predecessor to '''[https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/City_Car_Driving City Car Driving]'''<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://citycardriving.com/history|title=City Car Driving - Origin and history|date=2021-07-10}}</ref>
+{{ii}} Predecessor to '''[[City Car Driving]]'''<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://citycardriving.com/history|title=City Car Driving - Origin and history|date=2021-07-10}}</ref>
 ==Availability==
 {{Availability|
-{{Availability/row| retail | | unknown | Comes with '''Home Exam PDD'''<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090610212309/http://3dinstructor.ru/home/version1_4|title=Учебный автосимулятор|date=2021-07-10}}</ref> |  | Windows }}
+{{Availability/row| retail | | drm-free | Comes with '''Home Exam PDD'''<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090610212309/http://3dinstructor.ru/home/version1_4|title=Учебный автосимулятор|date=2021-07-10}}</ref> |  | Windows }}
-{{Availability/row| official | https://web.archive.org/web/20110101133539/http://www.3dinstructor.ru/distrib/3di_14 | key, Activation | Archived site. Shareware that used to be activated by internet or SMS which is no longer available, thus, the game can only run in demo mode. |  | Windows | unavailable }}
+{{Availability/row| official | https://web.archive.org/web/20110101133539/http://www.3dinstructor.ru/distrib/3di_14 | Activation | Archived site. Shareware that used to be activated by internet or SMS which is no longer available, thus, the game can only run in demo mode. |  | Windows | unavailable }}
 }}
 {{ii}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20100917064919if_/http://3dinstructor.com/upload/files/3d.driving.instructor.v1.4.demo.eng.zip English demo]
@@ Line 69: / Line 70: @@
 {{Game data|
 {{Game data/saves|Windows|{{P|userprofile\Documents}}\Multisoft\PDD\profiles\}}
-}}
-===[[Glossary:Save game cloud syncing|Save game cloud syncing]]===
-{{Save game cloud syncing
-|discord                =
-|discord notes          =
-|epic games store       =
-|epic games store notes =
-|gog galaxy             =
-|gog galaxy notes       =
-|origin                 =
-|origin notes           =
-|steam cloud            =
-|steam cloud notes      =
-|ubisoft connect        =
-|ubisoft connect notes  =
-|xbox cloud             =
-|xbox cloud notes       =
 }}
@@ Line 98: / Line 81: @@
 |4k ultra hd wsgf award     =
 |widescreen resolution      = hackable
-|widescreen resolution notes= Use [https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/DgVoodoo_2 DgVoodoo 2]. Alternatively, [https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Glossary:Windowed#DxWnd DXWnd] can be used for a fake widescreen effect.
+|widescreen resolution notes= Use [[DgVoodoo 2]]. Alternatively, [[Glossary:Windowed#DxWnd|DXWnd]] can be used for a fake widescreen effect.
 |multimonitor               = false
 |multimonitor notes         =
@@ Line 108: / Line 91: @@
 |fov notes                  =
 |windowed                   = hackable
-|windowed notes             = Use [https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Glossary:Windowed#DxWnd DXWnd]
+|windowed notes             = Use [[Glossary:Windowed#DxWnd|DXWnd]]
 |borderless windowed        = unknown
 |borderless windowed notes  =
@@ Line 115: / Line 98: @@
 |antialiasing               = unknown
 |antialiasing notes         =
+|upscaling                  = unknown
+|upscaling tech             =
+|upscaling notes            =
 |vsync                      = unknown
 |vsync notes                =
@@ Line 204: / Line 190: @@
 |surround sound            = unknown
 |surround sound notes      =
-|subtitles                 = unknown
+|subtitles                 = n/a
 |subtitles notes           =
-|closed captions           = unknown
+|closed captions           = n/a
 |closed captions notes     =
-|mute on focus lost        = unknown
+|mute on focus lost        = false
 |mute on focus lost notes  =
 |eax support               =
 |eax support notes         =
+|royalty free audio        = unknown
+|royalty free audio notes  =
 |red book cd audio         =
 |red book cd audio notes   =
@@ Line 222: / Line 210: @@
   |language  = English
   |interface = true
-  |audio     = unknown
+  |audio     = n/a
-  |subtitles = false
+  |subtitles = n/a
-  |notes     = It appears to only be available in the [https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/3D_Instructor#Availability demo] version
+  |notes     = It appears to only be available in the [[3D Instructor#Availability|demo]] version
   |fan       =
   |ref       =
@@ Line 231: / Line 219: @@
   |language  = Russian
   |interface = true
-  |audio     = unknown
+  |audio     = n/a
-  |subtitles = false
+  |subtitles = n/a
   |notes     =
   |fan       =
@@ Line 250: / Line 238: @@
 {{API
 |direct3d versions      = 7, 9
-|direct3d notes         = The [https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/3D_Instructor#Availability demo] seems to only have DX7
+|direct3d notes         = The [[3D Instructor#Availability|demo]] seems to only have DX7
 |directdraw versions    =
 |directdraw notes       =
@@ Line 309: / Line 297: @@
 |OSfamily = Windows
-|minOS    = Windows XP SP1
+|minOS    = XP SP1
-|minCPU   = 1.5 GHz Pentium 4 / AMD Athlon
+|minCPU   = 1.5 GHz Pentium 4
+|minCPU2  = AMD Athlon
 |minRAM   = 256 MB
 |minHD    = 545 MB
 |minGPU   = GeForce MX 440, Radeon 9200
-|recOS    = Windows XP SP2
+|recOS    = XP SP2
-|recCPU   = 2.5 GHz Pentium 4 / AMD Athlon
+|recCPU   = 2.5 GHz Pentium 4
+|recCPU2  = AMD Athlon
 |recRAM   = 512 MB
-|recHD    = 545 MB
+|recHD    =
 |recGPU   = GeForce 5900/6600/6800, Radeon 9800/x700
 |notes    =

Developers

	Forward Development
Publishers
	Forward Development
Retail	Noviy Disk
Engines
	Nebula Device^[1]
Release dates
Windows	December 28, 2006^[2]
Taxonomy
Modes	Singleplayer
Series	3D Instructor