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rFactor
rFactor	2005
rFactor 2	2013

Key points

Extensive modding community.

General information

Official Forums

rFactor Central - Large modding repository.

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SafeDisc v4.85.000 DRM^{[Note 1]}.
Steam

SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).

A demo is available.

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Drift Revolution	DLC never officially completed. Also known as Ultimate Control Racing

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Instructions^[4]^[5]
Go to `<path-to-game>\MovieFiles\` Delete all files and folders.

Install additional languages

Instructions^[6]

Download Spotter Plugin 2.17.
Go to the \rfactor\ folder within SpotterPlugin_2.17.zip.
Extract the contents of \rfactor\ to <path-to-game>.
Download any additional languages you require. A list of sound packs can be found here.
Extract and run the language pack installer, being sure to point it to <path-to-game> and installing only the sound pack component.
Once this has installed, go to <path-to-game>\SpotterAddon and run SpotterConfig.exe
Configure the plugin to your requirements. To enable the sound pack you installed, be sure to select it from the Active Soundpack drop down menu.
Save and exit.
Launch the game.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Config.ini^{[Note 2]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/339790/pfx/^{[Note 3]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\UserData\<user-id>\<user-id>.plr^{[Note 2]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/339790/pfx/^{[Note 3]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

In-game graphics settings.

External display settings.

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Up to 16x.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Up to 4x MSAA.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

In-game input settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support		External display settings and in-game menus require a mouse.
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Generic/other controllers
Button prompts

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

Audio

In-game audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Czech				UI not fully translated.
French
German
Italian
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese				UI not fully translated.
Spanish

Translations

A third-party plugin was created that enhanced the functionality of the "spotter" feature in rFactor.
This plugin also enables the user to download and install additional languages. See Install Additional Languages for more information.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play
LAN play		103
Online play		103

Connection types

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

Ports

Protocol	Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP	34447
UDP	34397

Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
vorpX		G3D Officially supported game, see official vorpx game list.

Devices
TrackIR		Supports: Yaw, Pitch, Roll, X, Y, Z.

Issues fixed

Game crash on joining multiplayer server

Patch rfactor.exe with the 4GB Patch^[7]

Before starting, make a backup of rfactor.exe in case the modification goes wrong.

Download the 4GB Patch.
Extract and open 4gb_patch.exe.
Go to <path-to-game> and select rfactor.exe.
Launch the game.

Low performance with Nvidia GPUs

Install Wombat's FPS Fix^[8]^[9]
Extract the contents of `wombats_nvidia_fps_fix_0.3t.zip` to `<path-to-game>`.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	7, 8, 9	Selectable via launcher.

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	Miles Sound System
Cutscenes	Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	98 SE, ME, 2000, XP, XP 64-Bit, Vista, 7, 8	XP, XP 64-Bit, Vista, 7, 8
Processor (CPU)	1.4 GHz	Intel Core 2 Duo E6600
System memory (RAM)	1 GB	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce4 4200 AMD Radeon 9200 DirectX 7.0 compatible	Nvidia GeForce 7900 GT AMD Radeon X1900 GT 4 GB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible

Notes

↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10^[2] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.^[3]
↑ ^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).
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1
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 (339790) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

↑ web.archive.org - last accessed on 26 May 2023
↑ Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
↑ Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16
↑ web.archive.org - last accessed on 26 May 2023
↑ http://www.racingforjesus.com/joomla_15/index.php?option=com_kunena&func=view&catid=13&id=25&Itemid=71#25
↑ http://www.racingontheweb.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=332&Itemid=238
↑ web.archive.org - last accessed on 26 May 2023
↑ virtualr.net - last accessed on 26 May 2023
↑ web.archive.org - last accessed on 26 May 2023

[4] SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10^[2] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.^[3]

[gamedir-8] 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).

[Proton_path_note-9] 3.0 ^3.1 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 (339790) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

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

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

[6] The app ID (339790) may differ in some cases.

[7] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

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

[1] web.archive.org - last accessed on 26 May 2023

[2] Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16

[3] Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16

[5] web.archive.org - last accessed on 26 May 2023

[6] ttp://www.racingforjesus.com/joomla_15/index.php?option=com_kunena&func=view&catid=13&id=25&Itemid=71#25

[7] ttp://www.racingontheweb.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=332&Itemid=238

[10] web.archive.org - last accessed on 26 May 2023

[11] virtualr.net - last accessed on 26 May 2023

[12] web.archive.org - last accessed on 26 May 2023

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[Note 2]

[Note 3]

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+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/pacing            | Real-time }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/perspectives      | First-person, Third-person }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/controls          | Direct control }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/genres            | Racing }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/sports            | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/vehicles          | Automobile, Track racing }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/art styles        | Realistic }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/themes            | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/series            | rFactor }}
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 |license      = commercial
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 '''Key points'''
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 # Delete all files and folders.
@@ Line 73: / Line 85: @@
 ===[[Glossary:Save game cloud syncing|Save game cloud syncing]]===
 {{Save game cloud syncing
-|discord                =
+|discord                   =
-|discord notes          =
+|discord notes             =
-|epic games store       =
+|epic games launcher       =
-|epic games store notes =
+|epic games launcher notes =
-|gog galaxy             =
+|gog galaxy                =
-|gog galaxy notes       =
+|gog galaxy notes          =
-|origin                 =
+|origin                    =
-|origin notes           =
+|origin notes              =
-|steam cloud            = false
+|steam cloud               = false
-|steam cloud notes      =
+|steam cloud notes         =
-|uplay                  =
+|ubisoft connect           =
-|uplay notes            =
+|ubisoft connect notes     =
-|xbox cloud             =
+|xbox cloud                =
-|xbox cloud notes       =
+|xbox cloud notes          =
 }}
-==Video settings==
+==Video==
 {{Image|Rfactor_display.png|In-game graphics settings.}}
 {{Image|Rfactor_external_display.png|External display settings.}}
-{{Video settings
+{{Video
 |wsgf link                  = https://www.wsgf.org/dr/rfactor
 |widescreen wsgf award      = gold
@@ Line 128: / Line 140: @@
 }}
-==Input settings==
+==Input==
 {{Image|Rfactor_controls1.png|In-game input settings.}}
-{{Input settings
+{{Input
 |key remap                 = true
 |key remap notes           =
@@ Line 175: / Line 187: @@
 |other button prompts      = false
 |other button prompts notes=
-|button prompts            = false
-|button prompts notes      =
 |controller hotplug        = false
 |controller hotplug notes  =
@@ Line 185: / Line 195: @@
 }}
-==Audio settings==
+==Audio==
 {{Image|Rfactor_audio.png|In-game audio settings.}}
-{{Audio settings
+{{Audio
 |separate volume          = true
 |separate volume notes    =
@@ Line 211: / Line 221: @@
 {{L10n/switch
   |language  = Czech
-  |interface = true
+  |interface = limited
   |audio     = false
   |subtitles = false
@@ Line 238: / Line 248: @@
 }}
 {{L10n/switch
-  |language  = Brazilian Portuguese
+  |language  = Polish
   |interface = true
   |audio     = false
   |subtitles = false
-  |notes = UI not fully translated.
+  |notes     =
 }}
 {{L10n/switch
-  |language  = Polish
+  |language  = Brazilian Portuguese
-  |interface = true
+  |interface = limited
   |audio     = false
   |subtitles = false
-  |notes     =
+  |notes = UI not fully translated.
 }}
 {{L10n/switch
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 ==Issues fixed==
 ===Game crash on joining multiplayer server===
-{{Fixbox|description=Patch rfactor.exe with the 4GB Patch|ref=<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20170703171943/http://isiforums.net/f/showthread.php/184-Performance-tweaks</ref>|fix=
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 {{ii}} Before starting, make a backup of <code>rfactor.exe</code> in case the modification goes wrong.
 # Download the [http://www.ntcore.com/4gb_patch.php 4GB Patch].
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 ===Low performance with Nvidia GPUs===
-{{Fixbox|description=Install [http://www.mediafire.com/file/ltb443kb5bs9v4a/wombats_nvidia_fps_fix_0.3t.zip Wombat's FPS Fix]|ref=<ref>http://www.virtualr.net/nvidia-fps-fix-03-released</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20170703171943/http://isiforums.net/f/showthread.php/184-Performance-tweaks</ref>|fix=
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 |windows 32-bit exe     = true
 |windows 64-bit exe     = false
+|windows arm app        = false
 |windows exe notes      =
-|macos 32-bit app       =
+|macos intel 32-bit app =
-|macos 64-bit app       =
+|macos intel 64-bit app =
 |macos app notes        =
 |linux 32-bit executable=
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 |recCPU2  =
 |recRAM   = 4 GB
-|recHD    = 2 GB
+|recHD    =
 |recGPU   = Nvidia GeForce 7900 GT
 |recGPU2  = AMD Radeon X1900 GT

Developers

	Image Space Incorporated
Engines
	isiMotor2^[1]
Release dates
Windows	August 31, 2005
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person, Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Racing
Vehicles	Automobile, Track racing
Art styles	Realistic
Series	rFactor