Star Wars: Episode I - Racer
Developers | |
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LucasArts | |
Release dates | |
Windows | May 1999 |
Mac OS (Classic) | 2000 |
Key points
- Installing the retail version on 64-bit versions of Windows requires a workaround. See Installing on 64-bit versions of Windows.
General information
- Wookieepedia - A huge wiki dedicated to the Star Wars universe
- Star Wars Racer at Play Old PC Games - general information and tweaks about the game
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | ||||
GOG.com |
Essential improvements
Patches
- SWEP1RCR.EXE updates the retail game to the latest version. Needed to run the game on Windows NT-based systems.
IPX Multiplayer LAN support on Modern Windows
- Download Download IPXWRAPPER, drag & drop the files, run 32 or 64bit reg and enable automatic windows firewall exception in ipxconfig.exe, any internet connection will link 2 computers
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\LucasArts Entertainment Company LLC\Star Wars: Episode I Racer\v1.0\[Note 1] |
Mac OS (Classic) |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\data\player\[Note 2] |
Mac OS (Classic) |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy |
Video settings
Widescreen resolution
Hex edit executable files[1] |
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Notes
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Input settings
Audio settings
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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Local play | Console versions only. | |||
LAN play | 8 | Use IPXWrapper for modern systems. | ||
Online play | Use IPXWrapper and LogIn Hamachi |
Issues fixed
Graphical issues
- e.g., low frame rate, black screen, white screen, green screen, artifacts, crash on startup, etc.
Use dgVoodoo 2 for proper emulated old DirectX support[citation needed] |
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Notes
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Installing retail version on 64-bit versions of Windows
Alternative installer for modern systems[2] |
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German website with the installers: website An alternative Inno Setup installer can be downloaded from MediaFire for CD-Version and DVD-Collection Version. This alternative installer includes many fixes listed below. It's the ultimate installer for English, German and French version for this game.
This custom installer uses old dgVoodoo2 version. If you still have issues with graphics (like greenish screen), then download latest version, unpack it and copy everything from MS folder to your install dir replacing files. Update: Launcher 2.0 for CD, DVD or HDD versions of this Setup. Contain VB6-runtimes. Optional for DirectX-9 User: Wine3D Emulation Files D3D8.dll D3DImm.dll DDraw.dll 2. Copy the correct Wine3D patch files for your Star Wars Racer Version in the installation folder and overwrite the existing files. |
Alternative installer[3] |
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An alternative MSI installer can be downloaded from his website. A guide on how to create a CD image with a new installer can be found here. |
Manual installation[4] |
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1. Copy the gnome folder from Racer's CD to your hard disk and rename it to RACER C:\Games\RACER\data\ *files* C:\Games\RACER\a3dapi.dll C:\Games\RACER\DSETUP.DLL C:\Games\RACER\DSETUP16.DLL C:\Games\RACER\DSETUP32.DLL C:\Games\RACER\IFORCE2.dll C:\Games\RACER\Racer.exe C:\Games\RACER\Smush.dll C:\Games\RACER\SWEP1RCR.exe C:\Games\RACER\SYSCHECK.EXE C:\Games\RACER\syscheck.ini C:\Games\RACER\WEBSITE.EXE< 5. Now for the registry entries. Copy the following text into Notepad Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\LucasArts Entertainment Company LLC\Star Wars: Episode I Racer\v1.0] "3D Device"="Microsoft Direct3D Hardware acceleration through Direct3D HAL" "Analyze Path"="D:\\INSTALL\\SysCheck.exe" "CD Path"="D:" "DevMode"=dword:00000000 "Display Height"=dword:00000300 "Display Width"=dword:00000400 "Display"="Primary Display Driver" "Executable"="C:\\Games\\RACER\\SWEP1RCR.EXE" "Fix Flicker"=dword:00000000 "FullScreen"=dword:00000000 "GUID"="{00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}" "Install Path"="C:\\Games\\RACER" "InstallType"=dword:00000009 "JoystickID"="1" "Source Dir"="D:\\" "Source Path"="D:" "UseFett"=dword:00000000 6. You need to edit drive letters in this entries Analyze Path, CD Path, Source Dir and Source Path so they point to your CD/DVD drive. After that edit entries Executable and Install Path so they point to folders/files where you copied your game. 7. Now save that file as racer.reg and run it to import settings to registry. 8. You should be able to start the game. Notes
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Other information
API
Executable | PPC | 16-bit | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||||
Mac OS (Classic) |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 95, 98 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 233 MHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 32 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 400 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | Direct3D compatible graphics card 2 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ Applications writing to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE
will be redirected to other locations based on various criterias, see the glossary page for more details. - ↑ 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).
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