Downtown Run

Downtown Run

Developers
	Ubisoft Bucharest
Publishers
	Ubisoft
Release dates
Windows	March 27, 2003

Warnings

SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected versions).

Key points

Released as City Racer in North America.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SafeDisc v2 DRM.

SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Delete/rename Intro.bik
Go to <path-to-game>\data\Movies\intro\ Delete or rename Intro.bik.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\data\save\Main.cfg

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\data\save\players.cfg

Video

Video settings.

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution			Some resolutions not listed; for unlisted resolutions see the WSGF entry.
Multi-monitor			FOV is too low.
Ultra-widescreen			See the WSGF entry.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Up to 16x.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Input settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		General, Music, Main car, Opponents, Voice, Power-ups, Ambiance, Menu, CD music.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		Mutes but does not pause gameplay.
EAX support

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play		2	Versus Splitscreen (choice of horizontal or vertical).
LAN play
Online play

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
Native 3D		Anaglyph.
Nvidia 3D Vision

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	8.1
OpenGL

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Cutscenes	Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	98SE, ME, 2000, XP	98SE, ME, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU)	500 MHz Intel Pentium III or similar	1 GHz Intel Pentium III or similar
System memory (RAM)	128 MB	256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	650 MB	650 MB
Video card (GPU)	3D AGP accelerated, hardware T&L, OpenGL or DirectX compatible 32 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.1 compatible	3D AGP accelerated, hardware T&L, OpenGL or DirectX compatible 64 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.1 compatible