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Revision as of 04:54, 27 September 2021

Gas Guzzlers Extreme
Gas Guzzlers Extreme cover
Developers
Gamepires
Publishers
Iceberg Interactive
Release dates
Windows October 18, 2013
Gas Guzzlers Extreme on MobyGames
Gas Guzzlers Extreme on Wikipedia
Gas Guzzlers
Gas Guzzlers: Combat Carnage 2012
Gas Guzzlers Extreme 2013

Key points

Enhanced version of Gas Guzzlers: Combat Carnage, featuring new gameplay modes, content, and DLC.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
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Croatian release, includes DLC keys.
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Windows
Amazon.com
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Windows
GamersGate
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Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
Steam
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Windows
All versions require Steam DRM.
A demo is available.

DLC and expansion packs

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Skip intro videos[citation needed]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open GasGuzzlers.xml
  3. Find the part:
<Var
    name="SkipIntro"
    type="Bool"
    value="0" />
  1. Change the value to 1.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Gamepires\GasGuzzlersExtreme\
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/243800/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Gamepires\GasGuzzlersExtreme\
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/243800/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
OneDrive
Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud

Video

Video settings.
Video settings.
Video settings (continued).
Video settings (continued).

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Can be stretched to any window size.
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
See Field of view (FOV).
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Use Borderless Gaming with 'Auto-Maximize' disabled.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Up to 16 samples.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
FXAA and SSAA up to 200% by adjusting the Pixel Size option.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
Locks FPS to 60. See Run the game at screen refresh rate
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Field of view (FOV)

Field of view[citation needed]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open GasGuzzlers.xml
  3. Find the part:
<Var
    name="MinCameraFOV"
    type="Float"
    value="50.000000" />
<Var
    name="MaxCameraFOV"
    type="Float"
    value="65.000000" />
  1. Change both values to your desired value.
Set the MinCameraFOV value to 60.000000, and the MaxCameraFOV value to 70.000000 if you want the same FOV values as Gas Guzzlers: Combat Carnage

Input

Logitech GamePanel

Statistics can be displayed on the LCD panel or smartphone application.[1]
Display Notes
Arx Control application Native support.
G19 color screen
G15 monochrome screen

Audio

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

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Brazilian Portuguese
French
German
Hungarian
Italian
Polish
Russian
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
4 Use Nucleus Co-Op[2]
LAN play
8 Traffic will route over LAN but requires Internet connection
Online play
8

Issues fixed

Run the game at screen refresh rate

Fullscreen mode defaults to 60 Hz, even if the screen refresh rate is set higher than that.
Set refresh rate manually
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open GasGuzzlers.xml.
  3. Find the following lines.
<Var
    name="RefreshRateInHz"
    type="Int"
    value="60" />
  1. Change 60 to the screen refresh rate.
May cause stuttering if the game's FPS does not meet the refresh rate.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9, 11 Direct3D 9 available under a separate branch.[3]
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) Vista
Processor (CPU) 2.0 GHz Dual-core
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 12 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 8800 Ultra
ATI Radeon HD 4850
512 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9 compatible
Shader model 3.0 support


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References