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US Racer

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US Racer
US Racer cover
Developers
Davilex Games
Publishers
Russia 1C Company
Release dates
Windows 2002

Warnings

SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected versions).
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Key points

Also released as USA Racer in Europe and A2 Racer Goes USA! in Netherlands.

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM details are not known
Windows

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Instructions
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\Data\Video
  2. Rename, move or delete this file:
davileader.avi
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\Data\Video\Language
  2. Rename, move or delete this file:
Intro.avi
Text.avi

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\Common[Note 1]

Video settings

Template:Video settings

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
German

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
2 Splitscreen.
LAN play
Online play

Issues fixed

Game does not launch or crashes upon loading

Instructions
  1. Use dgVoodoo 2.

If the game still crashes at launch:

  1. Choose Windows 95 compatibility mode.
  2. Prevent the game from trying to play the intro movie. See #Skip intro videos.

Other information

API

Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio Miles Sound System 6.0m[1]

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 95, 98, 2000, ME
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium II 350 MHz
System memory (RAM) 64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 100 MB
Video card (GPU) 8 MB

Notes

  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).

References

  1. Verified by User:Nessy on 2019-07-26
    Version number found in Mss32.dll in the game installation folder.