Insane

This page is for the racing game. For the unrelated puzzle game, see Insane (2016).

Insane

Developers
	Invictus Games
Publishers
	Codemasters
Engines
	Invictus Engine
Release dates
Windows	November 24, 2000
Taxonomy
Series	Insane

Insane
Insane	2000
Insane 2	2012

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		See Patches to remove the disc check.
GOG.com
ZOOM Platform

Essential improvements

Patches

The latest official patch 2 fixes some issues and removes the DRM disc check. It is available at soggi.org.

The Plane & Gnu vehicles patch is also available at soggi.org.

1NSANE swissknife tool avaible at 1NSANE swissknife 0.3. This tool can be used for fixing compability for cd version on modern systems, changing npc names, no intro fix and unlock cars.

Digital versions and newer retail versions are already patched.

Skip intro videos

Skip intros
Use nomovie command line argument.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Player00.chp

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy

Video

General settings.

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution			Stretched by default. See Widescreen resolution.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		Native in GOG.com version. See Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		use DxWnd
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		use dgVoodoo 2 or for Windows 8 use DDRAW FPS Fix.

Widescreen resolution

Lower vertical FOV in widescreen.

Most HUD elements are stretched.

Add 16:9 and 16:10 support
For retail versions install Game Patch 2 first if you haven't already. Download the 1nsane widescreen mod and extract its PATCH folder into the installation folder. Run the batch file for the aspect ratio you want. Repeat to change aspect ratios.

Windowed

Resolution is forced at 640x480.

Run in window
Use nofullscreen command line argument.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Limited key remapping.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		Some axes do not work correctly (such as the right analog stick).
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

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

Audio

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

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Russian

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play		8
Online play

Issues fixed

Black screen with runtime error

Compatibility mode[citation needed]
Set the game to compatibility mode for Windows XP SP3.

Unable to Alt Tab on main menu

Fix Alt+Tab
Use nomutex command line argument.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
DirectDraw	7

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	95 OSR2	98, ME, 2000
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium II 233 MHz	Intel Pentium III 500 MHz
System memory (RAM)	64 MB	128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	100 MB	250 MB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia Riva TNT ATI Rage 128 8 MB of VRAM DirectX 7 compatible	Nvidia GeForce 256 ATI Radeon SDR 16 MB of VRAM