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Lotus: The Ultimate Challenge

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Lotus: The Ultimate Challenge
Lotus: The Ultimate Challenge cover
Developers
Gremlin Interactive
Publishers
Magnetic Fields
Release dates
DOS 1993
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Third-person
Controls Direct control
Genres Racing
Vehicles Automobile, Street racing
Art styles Realistic
Themes Contemporary
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Lotus: The Ultimate Challenge is a singleplayer and multiplayer third-person racing game.

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM details are not known
DOS

Monetization

Type Notes
One-time game purchase The game requires an upfront purchase to access.

Microtransactions

Type Notes
No microtransactions None

Essential improvements

Fix invalid opcode error (divide overflow) on fast CPUs

  1. Open the LOTUS.DAT in a hex editor.
  2. Search for the hex sequence FB F7 F1 and change it to FB 90 90.
  3. Save the changes.

Explanation: The command F7 F1 is a div cx instruction, which on fast CPUs might be zero and trigger a divide error. Replacing it with a pair of nop instructions (90 90) avoids the error without affecting gameplay, since that value was apparently never used in-game. As there are several instances of the divide instruction in the file, including the preceding FB in the search guarantees that the correct location is modified.[1]

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
DOS <path-to-game>\LOTUS.CFG

Save game data location

System Location
DOS

Video

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
For DOSBox toggle with Alt+↵ Enter (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Keyboard and mouse prompts
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio
General MIDI audio
Supports Roland MT-32-compatible MIDI.

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DOS video modes VGA

System requirements

DOS
MinimumRecommended
Operating system (OS) 2.0
Processor (CPU) Intel 286 20 MHzIntel 386
System memory (RAM) 640 KB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)
Sound (audio device) Roland MT-32, Creative SoundBlaster, AdLib, or internal speaker

References

  1. ↑ VOGONS forum thread - last accessed on 2024-09-27