Speed Busters: American Highways
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Developers | |
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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 |
Speed Busters: American Highways is a singleplayer and multiplayer third-person racing game.
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | ||||
GOG.com | ||||
Ubisoft Store | Included with Ubisoft+. |
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Ubisoft Connect |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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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
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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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 |
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XInput-compatible controllers |
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PlayStation controllers |
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Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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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 |
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English |
Issues fixed
FMVs don't play on Windows 10
Use dgVoodoo 2[1] |
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Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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Local play | ||||
LAN play | 6 | Versus |
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Online play | 6 | Versus The official multiplayer service was shut down. |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Direct IP |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
---|---|---|
Direct3D | 5 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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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
- ↑ 1.0 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
- ↑ Verified by User:AlphaYellow on 2021-11-24