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SCAR Squadra Corse Alfa Romeo

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SCAR Squadra Corse Alfa Romeo
SCAR Squadra Corse Alfa Romeo cover
Developers
Milestone S.r.l.
Publishers
Europe Black Bean Games
Russia Noviy Disk
Engines
RenderWare
Release dates
Windows May 2005
SCAR Squadra Corse Alfa Romeo on MobyGames
SCAR Squadra Corse Alfa Romeo on Wikipedia

Warnings

SafeDisc DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected releases).
GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).
RenderWare games may not work on Windows 11 24H2 or later without using a DirectSound wrapper (see the engine page for details).

Key points

Single-marque racing game that introduces the flashback effect later used by Codemasters in Race Driver: Grid.

General information

Official Developer Page.

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
 SafeDisc v4 DRM[Note 1]
Windows
SafeDisc DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected releases).

A demo is available here here.

Essential improvements

Patches

The Version 1.1 patch fixes compatibility with Windows 2000 and later versions.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\saves[Note 2]

Video settings

Video settings
Video settings

Template:Video settings

Input settings

Input settings
Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Audio settings
Audio settings
In-game Audio settings
In-game Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Notes
Local play
LAN play
Online play
GameSpy services have been shut down;[3] see GameSpy for workarounds.

Issues fixed

Cannot load profile

The game saves your profile and settings without error but the Load Profile button remains unselectable and you cannot load your profile even after reloading the game.
Enable file contents indexing[citation needed]
  1. Right-click the game installation folder and select Properties
  2. Select Advanced...
  3. Enable Allow files in this folder to have contents indexed in addition to file properties.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Multiplayer GameSpy

System requirements

Windows
MinimumRecommended
Operating system (OS) 98, ME, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium III or AMD Athlon 800+ MHzIntel 2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM) 256 MB512 MB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD) 580 MB580 MB
Video card (GPU) 64 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible		128 MB of VRAM

Notes

  1. ↑ This version of SafeDisc DRM does not work on Windows 10[1] 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.[2]
  2. ↑ 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).

References