Difference between revisions of "Moto Racer 2"

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Moto Racer
Moto Racer	1997
Moto Racer 2	1998
Moto Racer 3	2001
Moto Racer 15th Anniversary	2011
Moto Racer 4	2016

Key points

Won't launch properly in Window 10. Requires a DirectX wrapper, such as dgVoodoo to run properly.

Frame rate is capped at 30 FPS by default; to fix see High frame rate.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
GOG.com		Patched for compatibility with modern systems.
Green Man Gaming		Moto Racer Collection.
Steam		Moto Racer Collection.
ZOOM Platform

Essential improvements

Patches

The latest official patch 1.34 is available at soggi.org.
An unofficial Windows XP patch (1.36.3) is also available at soggi.org.

Skip intro videos

Add -skipintro parameter (non-GOG.com)^{[citation needed]}
Right-click the game's shortcut and choose Properties. Add `-skipintro` to the end of the Target. Click OK to save your changes.

Add -skipintro parameter (GOG.com)^{[citation needed]}
Go to the installation folder. Open `motoracer2.ini`. Add `-skipintro` to the end of the `Params=` line. Save your changes.

Game data

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\data\config.bin^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/324110/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

config.bin contains both game progress and in-game settings.

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Video settings.

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Detects resolutions up to 1024x768. See the WSGF entry for higher resolutions.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen		See the WSGF entry.
4K Ultra HD		See the WSGF entry.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed	Toggle with `Alt`+`↵ Enter`. Requires 16-bit screen mode.
Borderless fullscreen windowed	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)	Cannot be forced from the Nvidia Control Panel.
Anti-aliasing (AA)	Cannot be forced from the Nvidia Control Panel.
Vertical sync (Vsync)	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS	Frame rate is capped at 30 FPS by default; see High frame rate.
120+ FPS	See High frame rate.

High frame rate

Add -DontLimitFrameRate parameter (GOG.com)^{[citation needed]}
Go to the installation folder. Open `motoracer2.ini`. Add `-DontLimitFrameRate` to the end of the `Params=` line. Save your changes.

Add -DontLimitFrameRate parameter (retail)^{[citation needed]}
Right-click the game's shortcut and choose Properties. Add `-DontLimitFrameRate` to the end of the Target. Click OK to save your changes.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support		Navigating some menus may require mouse/keyboard.
Controller remapping		Only recognizes first two axes.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

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

Audio

Audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Master, Wave, Voice and CD Audio.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support		EAX 1.^[1]
Red Book CD audio		On Windows, CD music might not play correctly; see the troubleshooting guide for solutions.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Spanish
Swedish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Players	Notes
Local play	4	Split-screen.
LAN play
Online play

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Issues fixed

(Steam version)Superbike Stuck on 4th gear and dirtbike stuck 3rd gear

Caused because the Steam version of the Moto Racer 2 game has incorrectly removed the DRM which causes the game to think "it is not licensed" and because of that limits the speed of the bike.^[2]
Download [1] this executable fixed. Copy the contents of the folder into the game's installation directory. Run the game from Motoracer2.exe

Game not launching on Windows 10

This issue is caused because the game does not detect modern hardware and modern systems well.^[2]
Download [2] dgvoodoo2. Copy D3D9.dll,D3D8.DLL,DDRAW.DLL from the \MS\x86\ folder to the game install directory. Run the game

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	6	Can be forced with `-D3D` command line argument.
Software renderer

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	95, 98
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 166 MHz	Intel Pentium II 233 MHz
System memory (RAM)	64 MB	512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)		200 MB
Video card (GPU)	4 MB of VRAM DirectX 6 compatible

Notes

↑ 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).
↑
Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (324110) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

↑ Daily 3D Sound News - 3DGaming.com
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Verified by User:Diegoelcapo1231 on 2020-07-27

[gamedir-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).

[Proton_path_note-2] Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (324110) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[3] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[4] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[5] The app ID (324110) may differ in some cases.

[6] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[7] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[3] Daily 3D Sound News - 3DGaming.com

[Diegoelcapo1231-4] 2.0 ^2.1 Verified by User:Diegoelcapo1231 on 2020-07-27

[Note 1]

[Note 2]

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 |OSfamily = Windows
-|minOS    = 98, XP, Vista, 7, 8
+|minOS    = 95, 98
-|minCPU   = 333 MHz
+|minCPU   = Intel Pentium 166 MHz
 |minRAM   = 64 MB
+|minHD    =
 |minGPU   =
-|minDX    = 7
+|minVRAM  = 4 MB
+|minDX    = 6
-|recCPU   = 1.4 GHz
+|recCPU   = Intel Pentium II 233 MHz
 |recRAM   = 512 MB
+|recHD    = 200 MB
 |recGPU   =
-|recDX    = 9
+|recDX    =
 }}
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Developers

	Delphine Software International
Publishers
	Electronic Arts
Release dates
Windows	November 30, 1998
Taxonomy
Genres	Racing
Series	Moto Racer