TOCA Race Driver 2

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TOCA Race Driver 2

Developers
	Codemasters
Publishers
	Codemasters
Czechia, Poland	CD Projekt
Italy, Spain (re-release)	FX Interactive
Retail re-release	Sold Out Software
Release dates
Windows	April 21, 2004
Reception
Metacritic	81
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
Series	TOCA

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

Warnings

StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see Availability for affected versions).

GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).

TOCA Race Driver 2, also known as V8 Supercars 2 and DTM Race Driver 2 in Australia and Germany respectively, is a singleplayer and multiplayer racing game developed and published by Codemasters. It is a licensed TOCA game in most regions except in Germany where it is a licensed DTM game.

The game was released in North America on April 21, 2004, followed by the European release two days later on April 23, 2004.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		StarForce 3.3.36.01 DRM
Retail		Re-releases from CD Projekt. Can run without a disc in drive, see Run without a DVD.
Retail		Re-releases from FX Interactive.

StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see above for affected versions).

Essential improvements

Patches

Patch 1.2 is the latest version. Releases from CD Projekt and FX Interactive are pre-patched to that version.

Run without a DVD

Copy files from the DVD to the game directory
Only works with re-releases from CD Projekt. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\codemasters\Race Driver 2. Set PATH_CD to <path-to-game>\GameData. Ensure that HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VirtualStore\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\codemasters\Race Driver 2 does not exist. If it does, delete it. Copy rd2_* from the DVD to <path-to-game>\GameData.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\pchardwareconfig.ini

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\SaveData_*_*.rd2

Video

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution			See Widescreen resolution.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen			See Widescreen resolution.
4K Ultra HD			Use dgVoodoo 2.
Field of view (FOV)		Use Racer_S's Camera Hack
Windowed		See Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		ON or OFF. The option is greyed out on modern computers.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
120+ FPS		The higher the FPS, the stronger the AI gets.
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Widescreen resolution

Fix aspect ratio
Launch the game at least once. Edit pchardwareconfig.ini in the installation folder. Change FullscreenHeight and FullscreenWidth values to match your resolution. Download AuToMaNiAk005's widescreen. Copy the desired RD2.exe to the installation folder. Notes 16:10 is the widest aspect ratio which doesn't crop menus.

Windowed

Enable windowed mode
Ignores a selected resolution, locking the window to half of the desktop resolution and aspect ratio. Open pchardwareconfig.ini in <path-to-game>. Change StartWindowed=0 to StartWindowed=1. Save your changes.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration		No mouse support.
Mouse sensitivity		No mouse support.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion		No mouse support.
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support		Controllers are only supported during races.
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion		Possible by using remapping.

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging		Supported for XInput Controllers.
Haptic feedback		Not supported for XInput Controllers.
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M		e.g. Controller for races, keyboard for menus.

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Effects, Engine, Voices and Music.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Czech				Czech retail release only.
French
German
Italian
Polish				Polish retail release only. Only the co-driver and pit crew are dubbed in Polish.
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play		2	Versus
LAN play		12	Versus
Online play		12	Versus GameSpy services have been shut down; see GameSpy for workarounds.

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

VR support

Devices	State	Notes
TrackIR		Supports: Yaw, Pitch, Roll, X, Y, Z.

Issues fixed

Vsync option in Hardware Setup not working on Windows 10

Instructions
Download dgVoodoo2. Copy D3D8.DLL from the \MS\x86\ folder to <path-to-game>.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	8.1

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Cutscenes	Bink Video
Multiplayer	GameSpy

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	98, 2000, ME, XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium III or AMD Athlon 800 MHz or equivalent	Intel Pentium 4 1.4 GHz or equivalent
System memory (RAM)	256 MB	512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	1.2 GB	3.75 GB
Video card (GPU)	32 MB of VRAM	ATI Radeon 8xxx and above Nvidia GeForce 3 and above DirectX 9 compatible