Motor City Online

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Key points

The game contains hidden debug mode, which makes it possible to play offline single races against AI. See Issues fixed.

Servers were shut down on August 29, 2003. Due to that, many functions aren't available.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\SaveData\options.ini^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Stretched.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		Open <path-to-game>\SaveData\options.ini, find windowed=0 and change it to windowed=1.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
High-fidelity upscaling		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)

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		Menu can be navigated with mouse only.
Controller remapping
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
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Players	Notes
Local play
LAN play
Online play	6	Official servers were shut down in 29 August 2003.

Connection types

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

Issues unresolved

Resolution limited to 800x600

Resolution is limited to 800x600.^{[citation needed]}

Issues fixed

Run in offline mode

Running the game in offline mode^{[citation needed]}

Download Motor City update files. Extract content of the archive and launcher into the installation folder.
Go to <path-to-game>\3dSetup, open 3dSetup.ini and change Hide_Resolutions=1 to Hide_Resolutions=0.
Open 3dSetup.exe and set the resolution to 800x600 (1024x768 is also available, but it doesn't seem to work).
Play the game by launching MCity_Launcher.exe. If you want to race against AI drivers, set Mode to 16.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	8

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	95, 98, 2000, ME, XP
Processor (CPU)	350 MHz Intel Pentium II or AMD K6
System memory (RAM)	64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	800 MB
Video card (GPU)	DirectX 8 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).

References

[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).

[Note 1]

Developers

	EA Seattle
Publishers
	Electronic Arts
Release dates
Windows	October 29, 2001
Taxonomy
Modes	Multiplayer
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Racing
Vehicles	Street racing
Art styles	Realistic