Ford Racing
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Developers | |
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MotiveTime | |
Publishers | |
Empire Interactive | |
Poland | Play Publishing |
Release dates | |
Windows | November 2, 2000 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Microtransactions | None |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Third-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Racing |
Vehicles | Automobile, Track racing |
Art styles | Realistic |
Themes | Contemporary |
Series | Ford Racing |
Ford Racing | |
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Ford Racing | 2001 |
Ford Racing 2 | 2003 |
Ford Racing 3 | 2004 |
Ford Street Racing | 2006 |
Ford Racing: Off Road | 2008 |
Warnings
Key points
- Also known as Ford Racing 2001.
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail |
Version differences
- European release called Ford Racing (Version 1.02) is the initial release.
- Spanish release called Ford Racing (Version 1.02) is notable for being the only one to include local split-screen and online multiplayer.[1]
- American release called Ford Racing (Version 1.10) contains significant improvements.
- Ford Racing 2001 (Version 1.10) is an European re-release including all improvements from the American release.
- Known changes include:[2][3]
- Different main menu fonts
- More menu options, such as the Qualifying option and additional information in the Career mode
- Dynamic weather and time of day
- Modified, more realistic handling
- Multiple camera views (including an interior camera)
- Refined car engine sounds
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>\Save\[Note 1] |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
60 FPS | |||
120+ FPS | |||
High dynamic range display (HDR) |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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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 |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. |
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PlayStation controllers | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. |
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Generic/other controllers | ||
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Button prompts |
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 | ||
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
EAX support | EAX 1 | |
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | Track selection uses metric and imperial simultaneously. Speedometer most likely uses MpH. | |||
Spanish | Spanish retail release only. |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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Local play | 4 | Versus Spanish version 1.02 only.[1] |
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LAN play | ||||
Online play | Versus Spanish version 1.02 only.[1] |
Issues fixed
FORD RACING has not been successfully installed. Please reinstall FORD RACING.
Run FordRace.exe in Windows XP Service Pack 2 compatibility mode.
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 6 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 95/98 | 98 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium II 200 MHz AMD K6-2 3DNow! |
Intel Pentium II 266 MHz AMD K6-3 3DNow! |
System memory (RAM) | 32 MB | 64 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 250 MB | 300 MB |
Video card (GPU) | 3dfx based Voodoo chipset Nvidia TnT based chipset 4 MB of VRAM DirectX 6 compatible | 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).
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Ford Racing - Multiplayer in Spanish release (gallery) - last accessed on 2024-01-09
- ↑ Ford Racing (1999) Trivia - MobyGames - last accessed on 2022-09-03
- ↑ Ford Racing - Porównanie dwóch różnych wersji gry - YouTube - last accessed on 2022-09-03
- "Change log sourced from this video, translated from Polish."