Live for Speed
From PCGamingWiki, the wiki about fixing PC games
The printable version is no longer supported and may have rendering errors. Please update your browser bookmarks and please use the default browser print function instead.
Developers | |
---|---|
Scawen Roberts | |
Eric Bailey | |
Victor van Vlaardingen | |
Release dates | |
Windows | August 18, 2002 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | DLC |
Microtransactions | None |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | First-person, Third-person, Cinematic camera, Top-down view |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Racing, Simulation |
Vehicles | Automobile, Track racing |
Art styles | Realistic |
Themes | Contemporary |
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
---|---|---|---|---|
Developer website |
- Without activation, game works in demo mode, which is limited to 3 cars, 1 track and 12 multiplayer racers.[1]
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
---|---|---|
S1 | 6 cars and 3 tracks | |
S2 | S1 + 11 cars and 3 tracks | |
S3 | S1 + S2 + 2 tracks + Official Modding Support |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
---|---|
Windows | <path-to-game>\cfg.txt[Note 1] <path-to-game>\interface_cfg.txt[Note 1] |
- Does not have save/load feature.
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | Special settings for multi-monitor setup. | ||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | Located in View settings. 30-160 |
||
Windowed | Alt+↵ Enter also works. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Up to 16x. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | Up to 8x. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | Located in Misc settings. |
||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Input
- The game can send telemetry data to supported software like SimHub and devices like motion platforms, bass shakers and telemetry displays through the UDP protocol.
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Remapping | Partial, some keyboard keys cannot be remapped. | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | For mouse look set Options /View /Look function to mouse XY . |
|
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | Menu is mouse-only. | |
Controller remapping | ||
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
---|
XInput-compatible controllers | Works via DirectInput. LT & RT are linked, can't throttle and brake simultaneously. |
---|
PlayStation controllers |
---|
Tracked motion controllers |
---|
Generic/other controllers | ||
---|---|---|
Button prompts |
Additional information | ||
---|---|---|
Controller hotplugging | Requires manual refresh in Options/Controls. | |
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Separate volume controls | Car, Music, Interface | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | No speech | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English | ||||
Belarusian | ||||
Bulgarian | ||||
Catalan | ||||
Simplified Chinese | ||||
Traditional Chinese | ||||
Croatian | ||||
Czech | ||||
Danish | ||||
Dutch | ||||
Estonian | ||||
Finnish | ||||
French | ||||
Galician | ||||
German | ||||
Greek | ||||
Hungarian | ||||
Indonesian | ||||
Italian | ||||
Japanese | ||||
Korean | ||||
Latvian | ||||
Lithuanian | ||||
Norwegian | ||||
Polish | ||||
Portuguese | ||||
Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
Romanian | ||||
Russian | ||||
Serbian | ||||
Slovak | ||||
Slovenian | ||||
Spanish | ||||
Latin American Spanish | ||||
Swedish | ||||
Turkish | ||||
Ukrainian |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|
LAN play | Removed as of version 0.7a.[2] | |||
Online play | 40 |
Connection types
VR support
3D modes | State | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|
Native 3D | Red-cyan anaglyph, Top/bottom half/full, Side-by-side half/full, cross-eyed. |
Headsets | |||
---|---|---|---|
SteamVR | [4] | ||
Oculus VR (LibOVR) | DK2, CV1[5] | ||
Windows Mixed Reality | This game might be playable with the Revive Compatibility Layer, or Windows Mixed Reality for SteamVR. |
Devices | |||
---|---|---|---|
Tracked motion controllers | |||
Traditional controller | See Input for details. | ||
Keyboard/Mouse | |||
TrackIR | Supports: Yaw, Pitch, Roll, X, Y, Z. |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
---|---|---|
Direct3D | 9 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Windows |
System requirements
Windows | ||
---|---|---|
Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | XP | Vista, 7, 8, 10 |
Processor (CPU) | 2.0 GHz | 3.0 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 256 MB | 1 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 2 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | DirectX 9 compatible | 512 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).