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This page is for the 2002 Dreamcast/PlayStation 2 port,^[3] originally released as Test Drive Le Mans. For the 2000 game by Eutechnyx that was released for the PlayStation and PC, see Test Drive Le Mans.

General information

Official website (retrieved)

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		The game comes with 2 executables, running `Lemans2000_Win32_rel.exe` bypasses the CD check

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\save^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\save^{[Note 1]}

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		See Widescreen resolution.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		From 640x480 to 1600x1200
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 and 120+ FPS		Game locked at 30FPS, no way to change it in the settings

Widescreen resolution

Widescreen fix^[4]

Run Lemans.exe but don't launch the game.
Open Lemans.exe with a hex editor such as HxD.
Press Ctrl+⇧ Shift+R and select Lemans.exe.
Press Ctrl+F and set Datatype to Hex-values.
Search for 80020000E001 and click OK.
Keep pressing F3 until there's a 200300005802 value on the next line.
Replace the 80020000E001 value with:
- 00050000D002 for 1280x720
- 000500000003 for 1280x768
- 000500002003 for 1280x800
- 000500000004 for 1280x1024
- 560500000003 for 1366x768
- A00500008403 for 1440x900
- 400600008403 for 1600x900
- 900600001A04 for 1680x1050
- 800700003804 for 1920x1080
- 80070000B004 for 1920x1200
- More values available here
Save the file.
Go to the resolution selection window and select 640x480x32@60.

Notes

This change isn't permanent, so performing this edit is required before every launch.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		Controller support is disabled by default, remapping the keys to controller buttons is necessary
Full controller support
Controller remapping		Controller settings are not saved, it is needed to reconfigure them each time the game is started
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Game music, Sound effects, Menu music.
Surround sound		Mono and stereo only.
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Players	Notes
Local play	2	Versus Horizontal split screen.
LAN play
Online play

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	8.1

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	98, Me, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium II 333 MHz	Intel Pentium III 600 MHz
System memory (RAM)	64 MB	128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	670 MB
Video card (GPU)	16 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.1 compatible	32 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

[gamedir-4] 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).

[1] s24hours - Melbourne House

[2] s - lemans

[3] Le Mans 24 Hours coming to the PC - GameSpot

[5] Le Mans 24 Hours (2002) - Widescreen Tutorial - YouTube

[1]

[2]

[3]

[Note 1]

[4]

@@ Line 265: / Line 265: @@
 |minCPU   = Intel Pentium II 333 MHz
 |minRAM   = 64 MB
-|minHD    =
+|minHD    = 670 MB
 |minVRAM  = 16 MB
 |minGPU   =
@@ Line 272: / Line 272: @@
 |recCPU   = Intel Pentium III 600 MHz
 |recRAM   = 128 MB
-|recHD    = 670 MB
 |recVRAM  = 32 MB

Developers

	Melbourne House^[1]^[2]
Publishers
	Infogrames
Release dates
Windows	May 24, 2002
Taxonomy
Series	Test Drive