Hot Wheels Velocity X

Hot Wheels Velocity X

Developers
	Beyond Games
Publishers
	THQ
Release dates
Windows	October 16, 2002
Taxonomy
Series	Hot Wheels

General information

MobyGames entry

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\VelocityX Saved Games\

Video

Launcher Video Settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		See Widescreen resolution.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Bilinear - Trilinear (Anisotropic can be forced in the GPU control panel)
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Higher antialiasing can be forced in the GPU control panel
High-fidelity upscaling		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS
120+ FPS		Above 60 FPS, cars will frequently slow down, menu animations will be much faster, and most cutscenes will advance dialogue too quickly.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Widescreen resolution

Widescreen fix

Open Hot Wheels.exe with a hex editor such as HxD. Press Ctrl+F and find the hex values 80020000E001. This is the value for 640x480. Replace the 80020000E001 values with: 800400006003 for 1152x864 00050000D002 for 1280x720 000500000003 for 1280x768 000500002003 for 1280x800 00050000C003 for 1280x960 500500000003 for 1360x768 560500000003 for 1366x768 580500000003 for 1368x768 A00500008403 for 1440x900 400600008403 for 1600x900 400600000004 for 1600x1024 900600001A04 for 1680x1050 A00500003804 for 1440x1080 800700003804 for 1920x1080 80070000B004 for 1920x1200 More values listed here Save the changes. Run the game config window and set your resolution. The selection for 640x480 will have been replaced with your chosen resolution.

Input

In-game key/controller mapping.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		Modern controllers don't work well, or may not work at all.
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Issues fixed

High frame rate issues

Framerate can be limited using RivaTuner Statistics Server (RTSS) or Nvidia Inspector
Set the framerate limit to 60 Hz Without the framerate capped to 60 Hz, cars will frequently slow down, menu animations will be much faster, and most cutscenes will advance dialogue too quickly. Your monitor refresh rate is not tied to the refresh rate the game runs at. Setting your monitor to 60 Hz does not solve this issue.

Black screen on start

Playing the game without the CD inserted (by the CD check removed) results in the FMVs not playing correctly, including the intro movies, as these are stored only on the disc. This will be evident by using Alt-Tab to go back to the desktop, and seeing a dialog box titled "File Error" and reading "The file: FMV_\[fmv_name] could not be opened or is corrupt".

Tapping the Enter key until the menu appears may work by pressing "OK" on dialog boxes that aren't visible because the game is full screen. You may also disable movies entirely in the game's launcher. Copying the CD's FMV_ folder to the game's install directory will allow the movies to play without the CD inserted or disc image mounted. Playing the game with the CD in your optical drive or with the disc image mounted will also solve the issue.

Disable CD check to play without CD

The CD check can be disabled with a hex edit. This allows you to play without the CD inserted or disc image mounted.

Make a backup copy of Hot Wheels.exe in your game directory. You can do this by right-clicking it, hitting copy, then right-clicking in the folder to paste the copy. Name this copy Hot Wheels.exe.bak. Open Hot Wheels.exe with a hex editor such as HxD. Press Ctrl+G and go to offset 55E3E. Replace 75 to EB. Save the changes. The FMVs are only on the CD by default. Copy the FMV_ folder from the CD to the game's install directory to restore the movies. Alternatively, disable the movies using the launcher option to do so; otherwise, you will have a black screen on startup when launching without the disc. Pressing the Enter key repeatedly until the menu appears may workaround this issue.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
OpenGL		Launcher mentions OpenGL driver information

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	98SE	ME, XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium II 350 MHz AMD K6-2 350 MHz	Intel Pentium III 500 MHz AMD K6-III 500 MHz
System memory (RAM)	64 MB	128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	550 MB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia Riva TNT2 ATI Radeon SDR 16 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.1b compatible	Nvidia GeForce 256 ATI Radeon 8500 32 MB of VRAM