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Key points
- Extensive modding community.
- Official online servers have been shut down.
- The Steam version is missing Ferrari and Porsche cars due to licensing issues, see Restore removed content.
General information
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
Instructions[citation needed]
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- Go to
<path-to-game>\MovieFiles .
- Delete or rename
Intro.bik , GameIntro.bik , and SimBin.bik .
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Restore removed content
- It is advised you backup any files before modification.
Patch the EXE file
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- Open
GTR2.exe with a hex editor such as HxD.
- Navigate to offset
0026CFC0 or press Ctrl+F and search for the text string ferrari .
- Replace the
50 4F 52 53 43 48 45 and 46 45 52 52 41 52 49 strings with FF FF FF FF FF FF FF .
- Save and launch the game through Steam.
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- This fix relocates the configuration file to
%USERPROFILE%\GTR2\Config.ini
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
Video
In-game graphics settings.
In-game advanced graphics settings.
External display settings.
Input
In-game advanced input settings.
- The game can send telemetry data to supported software and devices like motion platforms, bass shakers and telemetry displays through shared memory protocol (any game version) and UDP protocol (Steam version only).
Audio
Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
Separate volume controls |
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Surround sound |
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Subtitles |
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Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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Royalty free audio |
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Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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Polish |
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Retail only. |
Russian |
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Retail only. |
Network
Multiplayer types
Connection types
Issues fixed
Game failing to start
Reconfigure the game's Graphics options again.[2]
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Limited performance on multi core CPUs
- This fix must be re-performed on game boot.
Enable multi-core support
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- Open Task Manager and navigate to the Details tab.
- Locate
GTR2.exe and set affinity to all cores.
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VR support
3D modes |
State |
Notes |
vorpX |
| G3D User created game profile, see vorpx forum profile introduction. |
Devices |
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TrackIR |
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Supports: Yaw, Pitch, Roll, X, Y, Z. |
Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
7, 8.1, 9.0c |
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Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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Middleware
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Middleware |
Notes |
Audio |
Miles Sound System |
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Cutscenes |
Bink Video |
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System requirements
Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
2000, XP XP, Vista, 7 (Steam) |
XP |
Processor (CPU) |
1.8 GHz Intel P-IV or 100% compatible processor 1.3 GHz Intel Pentium III or AMD (Steam) |
3 GHz Intel P-IV or 100% compatible processor 2 GHz Intel Pentium IV or AMD (Steam) |
System memory (RAM) |
512 MB |
1 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
1.7 GB 3 GB (Steam) | |
Video card (GPU) |
64 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.1 compatible
| 256 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible |
Sound (audio device) |
DX8.1 comp. sound card |
DX9.0 comp. sound card |
Notes
References
- ↑ Image Space Inc. | Ann Arbor, MI based Software Developer. (retrieved) - last accessed on 2023-05-17
- ↑ Verified by User:Silent on 2022-04-24
- This issue is caused by a mismatch of a DWM compatibility shim between the time the config is first saved (with the shim), and when it's read by the game (without the shim). By reconfiguring the game again, configs will be re-saved from a configurator running without that compatibility shim.