Mercedes-Benz World Racing
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Developers | |
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Synetic | |
Publishers | |
TDK Mediactive | |
Engines | |
3D Landscape Engine | |
Release dates | |
Windows | September 15, 2003 |
Taxonomy | |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | First-person, Third-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Racing |
Vehicles | Automobile |
Art styles | Realistic |
Themes | Contemporary, Europe, North America, Japan, Oceania |
Series | World Racing |
World Racing | |
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Mercedes-Benz World Racing | 2003 |
World Racing 2 | 2005 |
World Racing 2: Champion Edition | 2022 |
Warnings
- StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see Availability for affected versions).
Mercedes-Benz World Racing is a singleplayer and multiplayer first-person and third-person racing game in the World Racing series.
Key points
- Easily moddable, the modding community is still active.
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | SecuROM 5.03.04 DRM disc check. StarForce 3.03.032.005 DRM[Note 1] disc check (Russian and Spanish versions). |
- StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see above for affected versions).
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\Config.ini[Note 2] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\WR-SavesSinglePM\[Note 2] |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | Widescreen can be selected in the launcher but aspect ratio is limited to 16:9 | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | HUD gets very small | ||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | "Dynamic" or "Full". | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | Up to 4x | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | No limit observed. At FPS over about 80, chase camera side-to-side-movement progressively gets quicker and increases in range when steering. | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | ||
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers |
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PlayStation controllers |
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Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Button prompts | Keyboard key prompts only. Could be edited as they are *.tga files at <path-to-game> \FrontEnd\Daten\PCSystem\ |
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | Can be enabled or disabled separately for all 4 controller ports. | |
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | FX, Engine and Ambient volume level can be changed | |
Surround sound | 4 channels surround sound | |
Subtitles | No speech | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | No speech | |||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Russian | Only available in Russian retail copy | |||
Spanish |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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Local play | 2 | Versus There are 4 controller ports configurable but only 2 player slots. Screen can be horizontal or vertical split. |
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LAN play | Requires patch 1.6.6 | |||
Online play | GameSpy services have been shut down;[5] see GameSpy for workarounds. |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 8.1 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Multiplayer | GameSpy |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 98, 98 SE, ME, 2000, XP | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium III 800 MHz or Intel Celeron 1.2 GHz AMD Athlon 800 MHz or AMD Duron 1.2 GHz |
Intel Pentium IV 1.6 GHz AMD Athlon XP 1600 MHz |
System memory (RAM) | 256 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 1.55 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | AGP 3D 32 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.1 compatible | 64 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ This version of StarForce DRM does not work on Windows Vista or later.[1][2][3][4] For supported versions of Windows the StarForce driver may need to be updated manually using SFUPDATE.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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).