Tux Racer

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Warnings

The Mac OS X release of this game does not work on Mac OS X Lion (version 10.7) or later due to the removal of support for PowerPC apps.

This page is for the original version developed by Sunspire Studios. For the updated open open-source version, see Extreme Tux Racer.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Developer website

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\config\options.txt^{[Note 1]}
Mac OS (Classic)
macOS (OS X)
Linux

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Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Modify `set x_resolution` and `set y_resolution` lines in config file.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		Modify `set fov` line in config file.
Windowed		Set `set fullscreen` in config file to `false`.
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.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Forced on by default.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Framerate capped at 1000fps.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
Color blind mode		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration		Mouse is only used for menu navigation.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Keyboard and mouse prompts
Mouse Y-axis inversion		Mouse is only used for menu navigation.
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Input prompt override
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Volume can be adjusted by changing `set sound_volume` and `set music_volume` lines in config file.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
OpenGL	1.1

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	SDL_mixer

↑ ^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).