Redline Racer

Redline Racer

Developers
	Criterion Games
Publishers
	Ubisoft
Release dates
Windows	July 31, 1998
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Racing
Art styles	Realistic

Warnings

SafeDisc DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected releases).

RenderWare games may not work on Windows 11 24H2 or later without using a DirectSound wrapper (see the engine page for details).

Redline Racer is a singleplayer and multiplayer third-person racing game.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SafeDisc DRM.
Retail		1998 FIGS retail version by UbiSoft.

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

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\menudata.ini

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\misc\datebase.ddb

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		640x480 only.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		FOV slider in game's settings.
Windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
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)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Acceleration, braking, turning rates and physics are tied to frame rate.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
Color blind mode		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

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
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Input prompt override
Haptic feedback		Disabled by default.
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		CD Music, Effects, and Speech.
Surround sound		Up to 7.0 output with DirectSound3D restoration software.
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support		A3D 1.0, EAX 1.0.
Royalty free audio
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
Czech				Fan - 1
French
German
Italian
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play
LAN play		8	Versus
Online play		8	Versus

Ports

Protocol	Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP	2300-2400, 47624
UDP	2300-2400

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

Issues Fixed

Crash at startup

Use nGlide in 3DFX mode
Download and install nGlide. Start the game using rlr_3dfx.exe.

Alternatively, use dgVoodoo 2 for either (3DFX or D3D) renderers

Music does not play or loop

Fix CD audio not looping on Windows Vista and newer operating systems

Rip your game CD-ROM's music to MP3 format and place it in a folder on your computer. Download the patched _inmm.dll, and install it. Inside <path-to-game>, patch rlr_3dfx.exe, rlr_D3d.exe, and rlr_i740.exe by dragging them onto _inmmconf.exe. Open _inmmconf.exe and set DirectShow player for default file type in the method tab, as well as the MP3 type. In the _inmm.ini tab, add the audio files you have ripped. Make sure the order is correct, and then save it in <path-to-game>.

Unable to move bikes on certain tracks

Enable Vsync or set an FPS limit[citation needed]

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	6
Glide	2

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	DirectSound3D

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)