SCAR Squadra Corse Alfa Romeo
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| Developers | |
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| Milestone S.r.l. | |
| Publishers | |
| Europe | Black Bean Games |
| Russia | Noviy Disk |
| Engines | |
| RenderWare | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | May 2005 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase |
| Modes | Singleplayer |
| Pacing | Real-time |
| Perspectives | Third-person |
| Controls | Direct control |
| Genres | Racing |
| Vehicles | Automobile, Track racing |
| Art styles | Realistic |
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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).
SCAR Squadra Corse Alfa Romeo is a singleplayer third-person racing game.
Single-marque racing game that introduces the flashback effect later used by Codemasters in Race Driver: Grid.
General information
Availability
Demo
- A demo is available 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
Video settings.
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | Hor+ image and stretched HUD/menus. | ||
| Multi-monitor | Hor+ image and stretched HUD/menus. | ||
| Ultra-widescreen | Hor+ image and stretched HUD/menus. | ||
| 4K Ultra HD | Hor+ image and stretched HUD/menus. | ||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | |||
| 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) | |||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | Unlimited frame rate. | ||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. | ||
| Color blind mode | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Input
Input settings.
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Remapping | Driving controls only; menu navigation cannot be remapped. | |
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Keyboard and mouse prompts | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support | Full support including XInput controllers. | |
| Full controller support | ||
| Controller remapping | ||
| Controller sensitivity | ||
| Controller Y-axis inversion |
| Additional information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Controller hotplugging | ||
| Input prompt override | ||
| Haptic feedback | ||
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio settings.
In-game Audio settings.
| 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 | Native | Players | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Local play | 2 | Versus |
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| 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] |
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Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Direct3D | 9.0c |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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| Windows |
Middleware
| Middleware | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
| Multiplayer | GameSpy |
System requirements
| Windows | ||||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |||
| Operating system (OS) | 98, ME, 2000, XP | |||
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium III or AMD Athlon 800+ MHz | Intel 2.0 GHz | ||
| System memory (RAM) | 256 MB | 512 MB | ||
| Storage drive (HDD/SSD) | 580 MB | |||
| Video card (GPU) | 64 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible | 128 MB of VRAM | ||
Notes
- ↑ 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]
- ↑ 2.0 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%\VirtualStoreon Windows Vista and later (more details).
References
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Pricing | GameSpy Technology