Wreckfest
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Developers | |
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Bugbear Entertainment | |
Publishers | |
THQ Nordic | |
Engines | |
ROMU Engine | |
Release dates | |
Windows | June 14, 2018[1] |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 81 |
OpenCritic | 80 |
IGDB | 78 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase, DLC |
Microtransactions | None |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | First-person, Third-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Racing |
Vehicles | Automobile |
Art styles | Realistic |
Themes | Contemporary |
Wreckfest is a singleplayer and multiplayer first-person and third-person racing game.
General information
- Originally titled Next Car Game during development.[2]
- Developer forum
- GOG.com Community Discussions
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
---|---|---|---|---|
Retail | Europe only. | |||
Epic Games Store | ||||
GamersGate | ||||
GOG.com | ||||
Green Man Gaming | ||||
Humble Store | ||||
Microsoft Store | Included with Xbox Game Pass for PC. | |||
Steam | Complete Edition also available. | |||
Origin (unavailable) |
Monetization
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
---|---|---|
American All-Stars Car Pack | Included in Season Pass 1 | |
Backwoods Bangers Car Pack | Included in Season Pass 1 | |
Banger Racing Car Pack | Included in Season Pass 1 | |
Exclusive Car | Was only available through the Full Time Wrecker pre-order and higher | |
Getaway Car Pack | Included in Season Pass 2 | |
Goofy Roofs Pack | Included in Season Pass 1 | |
Modified Monsters Car Pack | Included in Season Pass 1 | |
Off-Road Car Pack | Included in Season Pass 2 | |
Racing Heroes Car Pack | Included in Season Pass 2 | |
Reckless Car Pack | Included in Season Pass 2 | |
Retro Rammers Car Pack | Included in Season Pass 1 | |
Season Pass 1 | ||
Season Pass 2 | ||
Season Pass Car | Only available in Season Pass 1 | |
Steel & Wheels Pack | Included in Season Pass 1 | |
Team Bugbear Paint Job | Was only available through the Team Bugbear Member pre-order and higher | |
Wallpaper | Was only available through the Weekend Smasher pre-order and higher |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\wreckfest\ |
Microsoft Store | %USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\THQNordic\Wreckfest\ |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/228380/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\wreckfest\ |
Microsoft Store | %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\NordicGames.631082A550AE7_46xc33nm0q0f8\SystemAppData\wgs |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/228380/pfx/[Note 1] |
- The save game is in binary.
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
---|---|---|
Epic Games Launcher | ||
GOG Galaxy | ||
Origin | ||
OneDrive | Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. | |
Steam Cloud | ||
Xbox Cloud |
Video
- The game does not show the launcher by default when starting the game. Use
-setup
command line argument to force the game to show the launcher before starting the game to be able to change general quality presets, language and display settings.
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Widescreen resolution | Loading screens are designed for 16:10. | ||
Multi-monitor | See Ultra-widescreen. | ||
Ultra-widescreen | Hor+ gameplay with spanned HUD. | ||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | The field of view can be offset with values from -30° to +30°. | ||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | Named Fullscreen | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | FXAA and up to 8x MSAA available. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. | ||
Ray tracing (RT) |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | ||
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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Xbox button prompts | ||
Impulse Trigger vibration |
PlayStation controllers |
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Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Separate volume controls | Master, music, effects, car engine, AI car engine. | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English | ||||
Simplified Chinese | ||||
Finnish | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Japanese | ||||
Korean | ||||
Polish | ||||
Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
Russian | ||||
Spanish |
Network
- Server update frequency can be adjusted (20, 30 and 60 Hz).
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Local play | Use Nucleus Co-op. | |||
LAN play | ||||
Online play | 24 | Crossplay between all PC versions is supported since an update on November 16, 2022.[3] |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
---|---|---|
Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
Ports
Protocol | Port(s) and/or port range(s) |
---|---|
TCP | 27015 (for Steam). |
UDP | 27015 (for Steam) and 33540 (for the game).[4] |
- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.
VR support
3D modes | State | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|
Nvidia 3D Vision | See Helix Mod: Wreckfest. |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
---|---|---|
Direct3D | 11 | DX11 renderer was added in a post-launch update[5] DX9 renderer was seemingly removed some time after that.[6] |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Audio | Wwise | |
Interface | Qt | Qt 5, used for BagEdit only |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | Vista | 7, 8, 10 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core 2 Duo 2.7 GHz AMD equivalent |
Intel Core i5 3.0 GHz AMD equivalent |
System memory (RAM) | 4 GB | 8 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 15 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 AMD Radeon HD 6850 DirectX 11 compatible | Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 AMD Radeon R9 380X |
Sound (audio device) | DirectX compatible |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/228380/
. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (228380) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Wreckfest :: Wreckfest leaves Early Access! - Steam Community - last accessed on 2018-06-01
- ↑ Bugbear Entertainment presents Next Car Game | Build #6 Live! Official Name Revealed, Multiplayer Introduced
- ↑ Minor Update - Steam - last accessed on 2023-02-14
- ↑ Steam Community - last accessed on 28 May 2023
- ↑ Wreckfest update coming soon with DX11 rendering engine - last accessed on 2022-08-16
- ↑ Verified by User:Mrtnptrs on 2022-08-16
- No options to enable it anywhere, not in-game, launcher or through "-dx9" command line option...