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Hot Wheels: Stunt Track Challenge
Hot Wheels: Stunt Track Challenge cover
Developers
Climax Racing
Publishers
THQ
Release dates
Windows November 15, 2004
Taxonomy
Series Hot Wheels
Hot Wheels: Stunt Track Challenge on MobyGames
Hot Wheels Stunt Track Driver 1998
Hot Wheels: Crash! 1999
Hot Wheels: Micro Racers 2000
Hot Wheels: Stunt Track Driver 2: Get'n Dirty 2000
Hot Wheels: Slot Car Racing 2000
Hot Wheels: Mechanix 2001
Hot Wheels: Jetz 2001
Hot Wheels: Williams F1 - Team Racer 2002
Hot Wheels: Bash Arena 2002
Hot Wheels Velocity X 2002
Hot Wheels World Race 2003
Hot Wheels: Stunt Track Challenge 2004
Hot Wheels: Beat That! 2007
Hot Wheels World's Best Driver 2013
Hot Wheels Unleashed (series)

Warnings

GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).

Key points

Launcher may fail hardware check. See Issues fixed.

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
Windows

Essential improvements

Skip video intros

Delete or rename video files
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\movies\ntsc\
  2. Delete or rename climax.bik and thq.bik

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows

Save game data location

System Location
Windows C:\Users\Public\Documents\HWSTC\PROFILES.SAV

Video

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Use AuToMaNiAk005's Widescreen Tutorial
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Use AuToMaNiAk005's Widescreen Tutorial
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Can be forced on in GPU control panel
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Can be forced on in GPU control panel
High-fidelity upscaling
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
Use dgVooDoo2 and select "Force vSync" from the DirectX tab.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
Tested on a 144hz monitor.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Audio

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

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Notes
Local play
LAN play
Online play
GameSpy services have been shut down;[1] see GameSpy for workarounds.

Issues fixed

Launcher may fail hardware check

On modern systems the launcher may see the hardware as incompatible, preventing the user from changing the controls and graphics settings.
Retail version[2]
  1. Install AutoHotkey
  2. Download Hot Wheels Stunt Track Challenge - AutoHotkey Launcher Fix
  3. Copy 'Hot Wheels STC Fix.ahk' to the game folder
  4. Run AutoHotkey
  5. Run the game's launcher (check.exe)
  6. Click 'OK' if the "Hardware check failed" error box pops up
  7. Open 'Hot Wheels STC Fix.ahk' and both the 'Controls' and 'Display' buttons will be enabled now

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9 Some background artifacts may not render properly on modern operating systems. Use dgVoodoo2 to fix this out.
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Multiplayer GameSpy

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 98, ME, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU) Pentium III or Athlon 600 MHz
System memory (RAM) 120 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU) 32 MB of VRAM
Other 8x CD-ROM Drive


References