Difference between revisions of "TOCA 2 Touring Cars"

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TOCA
TOCA Touring Car Championship	1997
TOCA 2 Touring Cars	1998
TOCA Race Driver	2002
TOCA Race Driver 2	2004
TOCA Race Driver 3	2006
Race Driver: Grid	2008
GRID 2	2013
GRID Autosport	2014
GRID (2019)	2019
GRID Legends	2022

TOCA 2 Touring Cars, also known as TOCA 2: Touring Car Challenge in North America, is a singleplayer and multiplayer racing game developed and published by Codemasters. It is a licensed TOCA game.

It was released in Europe in December 1998, followed by the North American release on November 11, 1999.

The game has a bug where running at higher than 30 fps will breaks the car physics, so limiting the game's framerate to 30fps is recommended. (See Physics Issues.)

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail

This game is not available digitally.

Essential improvements

Patches

The latest official patch 4.1 is available at www.patches-scrolls.de and soggi.org.

SilentPatch

Adds support for widescreen and other aspect ratios including adjustable FoV

Improves compatibility with modern systems and fixes crashes

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Game\TOURCARS.CFG^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Game\loads\^{[Note 1]}

Video

Graphics settings

Advanced settings

Filtering settings

Special effects settings

Mirrors settings

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Stretched by default, Use SilentPatch
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen		Stretched by default, Use SilentPatch
4K Ultra HD		Stretched by default, Use SilentPatch
Field of view (FOV)		Use SilentPatch and adjust it in `SilentPatchTOCA2.ini`
Windowed		Use dgVoodoo 2.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Bilinear filtering only, use dgVoodoo 2.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Use dgVoodoo 2 for MSAA.
High-fidelity upscaling		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Physics are tied to the frame rate.^{[citation needed]}
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Input

Controller setup

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus		A keyboard or controller is required to play the game.
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity		Low, medium or high.
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers		^[1]
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers		Only buttons work, D-pad and sticks don't work.^[2]

Generic/other controllers		Supports steering wheels.
Button prompts

Additional information
Controller hotplugging		^[3]
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M		During local multiplayer only, for single player a controller or keyboard must be assigned.

Audio

Sounds settings

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Effects, engine, music, speech.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French				French retail release only.
Polish				Polish retail release only.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Players	Notes
Local play	4	Versus
LAN play	8	Versus
Online play	8	Versus The official multiplayer service was shut down

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Ports

Protocol	Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP	2300-2400/47624
UDP	2300-2400/47624

This game does not support Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) for automatic port configuration.

Issues fixed

Crash on loading

Use SilentPatch^[4]

Physics Issues

Limit the Framerate to 30FPS^{[citation needed]}
See Frame rate capping.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	6
DirectDraw

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	QSound	4.13 (QMixer.dll)

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	95, 98
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium II 200 MHz	Intel Pentium II 266 MHz
System memory (RAM)	32 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	55 MB	400 MB
Video card (GPU)	PCI/AGP 3D graphics card 4 MB of VRAM DirectX 6 compatible	8 MB of VRAM
Sound (audio device)	DirectX 6.0 compatible
Other	4x CD-ROM drive	8x CD-ROM drive

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 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

↑ Verified by User:AlRayes BRN on 2020-06-20
Tested the game with Microsoft's Xbox One controller connected through a USB cable
↑ Verified by User:AlRayes BRN on 2020-06-20
Tested the game with Sonys's PlayStation DualShock 4 V2 controller connected through a USB cable
↑ Verified by User:AlRayes BRN on 2020-06-20
Tested the game by hot-plugging two different controllers
↑ Verified by User:Silent on 2021-05-09

[gamedir-1] 1.0 ^1.1 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).

[2] Verified by User:AlRayes BRN on 2020-06-20
Tested the game with Microsoft's Xbox One controller connected through a USB cable

[3] Verified by User:AlRayes BRN on 2020-06-20
Tested the game with Sonys's PlayStation DualShock 4 V2 controller connected through a USB cable

[4] Verified by User:AlRayes BRN on 2020-06-20
Tested the game by hot-plugging two different controllers

[5] Verified by User:Silent on 2021-05-09

[Note 1]

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Developers

	Codemasters
Publishers
	Codemasters
Retail re-release	Sold Out Software
Release dates
Windows	December 1998
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person, Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Racing
Vehicles	Automobile, Track racing
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Europe
Series	TOCA