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Ford Racing 2

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Ford Racing 2
Ford Racing 2 cover
Developers
Razorworks
macOS (OS X) Feral Interactive
Publishers
Empire Interactive
Release dates
Windows October 25, 2003
macOS (OS X) December 3, 2004
Ford Racing 2 on Wikipedia
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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.
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Key points

Has problems running on Windows XP and above. See "Game crashes on startup" and "Issues unresolved".

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
 SafeDisc 2 DRM[Note 1]
Windows
macOS (OS X)
SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
Demo version is available here

Essential improvements

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[3]
  1. Download the Windows Media Source Filter Installer v1.7
  2. Extract the contents from the .zip file into a folder.
  3. Right-click the ApplyPatch.bat and run it as Administrator.
  4. Copy strmdll.dll and drmclien.dll into the game's installation folder.
  5. Make sure to use an un-patched version of the original .exe for the music to work in the game. (or at least one that works).
  6. Launch the game.

Notes

If the text in the console window is red, then you need to run the ApplyPatch.bat as Administrator
Windows Defender may appear with a warning when running the file. Select "More info" and then "Run anyway"
Manual installation of the Windows Media Source Filter[4]
  1. Download the Windows Media Source Filter Installer v1.7
  2. Extract the contents from the .zip file into a folder.
  3. Make a new folder in %WINDIR%\SysWOW64\ called Windows-Media-Source-Filter
  4. Copy drmclien.dll, strmdll.dll, dxmasf.dll and msadds32.ax from the .zip file to the Windows-Media-Source-Filter folder.
  5. Run DSFMgr.exe as administrator and register the dxmasf.dll and msadds32.ax files.
  6. Copy strmdll.dll and drmclien.dll into the game's installation folder.
  7. Launch the game.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

Use the syscfg.exe located in the Config folder at <path-to-game> to change settings.
System Location
Windows HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Emipre Interactive\Ford Racing 2[Note 2]
macOS (OS X)

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\SAVEDATA[Note 3]
macOS (OS X)

Video settings

Display configuration
Display configuration
Detail level configuration
Detail level configuration

Template:Video settings

Input settings

Input bindings
Input bindings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Audio settings
Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Polish
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Notes
Local play
Versus
LAN play
Online play

Issues fixed

Music skipping/looping issues on Windows XP and later

The Windows Media Source Filter must be installed for this to have any effect or use.
No system file modifications are necessary.
Install the qasf.dll[5]
  1. Download the music fix: DirectShow - Windows Media Source Filter Installer v1.7
  2. Extract the contents of the downloaded .zip file into a folder.
  3. Copy the qasf 6.03.dll from the .zip file, to the where the game is located at (<path-to-game>).
  4. Move the game from its original installation folder. Or else the qasf.dll won't load.
  5. The qasf 6.03.dll that was copied to <path-to-game>, must be renamed to qasf.dll.
  6. Create a new .txt file in <path-to-game>, then rename the file extension from .txt to fr2.exe.local.
  7. Launch the game.

Notes

The game MUST NOT be located where it was originally installed to (<path-to-game>), or else the right qasf.dll won't load.
File extensions must be visible in Windows' File Explorer, in order for the .local file to be created.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 8.1 Requires Windows Media Player 7.1 media features and codecs.
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
This 32-bit-only macOS game does not work on macOS Catalina (10.15) or later.

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 98, ME, 2000, XP 98, ME, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium III 500 MHz Intel Pentium III 800 MHz
System memory (RAM) 128 MB 128MB+
Hard disk drive (HDD) 150 MB 150MB+
Video card (GPU) 32 MB of VRAM 64 MB of VRAM

Notes

  1. ↑ 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]
  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.
  3. ↑ 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