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==Optional improvements==
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===Extra Cars===
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{{ii}} These extra cars where made available on the official site and are available at WinRetro.com [https://winretro.com/details.php?select=games&choice=speed_busters%3A_american_highways]
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* Cortex
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* Montana
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* Thunder
  
 
==Game data==
 
==Game data==
 
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{{Game data/config|Windows|{{p|game}}\SPB.ini|{{p|game}}\UBI.ini|{{p|game}}\PlayerData\settings.sav}}|
 
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|antialiasing notes        = Use [http://dege.freeweb.hu/dgVoodoo2/dgVoodoo2/ dgVoodoo2].
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==Issues fixed==
 
==Issues fixed==
 
===FMVs don't play on Windows 10===
 
===FMVs don't play on Windows 10===
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{{References}}
 
{{References}}
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{{GOG.com Enhancement Project}}

Latest revision as of 00:49, 4 March 2024

Speed Busters: American Highways
Speed Busters: American Highways cover
Developers
Ubisoft Montreal
Publishers
Ubisoft
Release dates
Windows November 23, 1998
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Third-person
Controls Direct control
Genres Racing
Vehicles Automobile
Art styles Realistic
Themes Contemporary, North America
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Speed Busters: American Highways on MobyGames
Speed Busters: American Highways on Wikipedia
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Speed Busters: American Highways is a singleplayer and multiplayer third-person racing game.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM details are not known
Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
Ubisoft Store
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 Included with Ubisoft+.
Windows

Optional improvements

Extra Cars

These extra cars where made available on the official site and are available at WinRetro.com [1]
  • Cortex
  • Montana
  • Thunder

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\SPB.ini[Note 1]
<path-to-game>\UBI.ini[Note 1]
<path-to-game>\PlayerData\settings.sav[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\PlayerData\Cars\[Note 1]
<path-to-game>\PlayerData\Championships\[Note 1]
<path-to-game>\PlayerData\records\[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Ubisoft Connect

Video

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Static Aspect: "Widescreen" option in the game's launcher renders a widescreen sub-image letterboxed inside a 4:3 resolution.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Use dgVoodoo 2.
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)
Enabled by default.
60 FPS
Above 60 FPS, there are physics issues. To avoid those, just set the refresh rate to 60 Hz.
120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Input

Control Settings
Control Settings
Advanced Control Settings
Advanced Control 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
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

Sound Settings
Sound Settings
Advanced Sound Settings
Advanced Sound Settings

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
SFX, Music and Engine.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Can't Alt+Tab ↹ out of the game.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Issues fixed

FMVs don't play on Windows 10

Use dgVoodoo 2[1]

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
LAN play
6 Versus
Online play
6 Versus
The official multiplayer service was shut down.

Connection types

Type Native Notes
Direct IP

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 5
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 95, 98
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium MMX 166 MHz Intel Pentium II 233 MHz
System memory (RAM) 32 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU) 4 MB of VRAM
DirectX 6.0 compatible 		3dfx-compatible


Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 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

  1. ↑ Verified by User:AlphaYellow on 2021-11-24