Moto Racer
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| Developers | |
|---|---|
| Delphine Software International | |
| Publishers | |
| Retail | Electronic Arts |
| Digital (original) | Nobilis |
| Digital (current) | Microids |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | August 1997 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase |
| Genres | Racing |
| Series | Moto Racer |
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| Moto Racer | |
|---|---|
| Moto Racer | 1997 |
| Moto Racer 2 | 1998 |
| Moto Racer 3 | 2001 |
| Moto Racer 15th Anniversary | 2011 |
| Moto Racer 4 | 2016 |
Key points
- Steam version triggers an "illegal version" error making championships impossible to complete (See the Steam Community Guide to fix this issue).[1]
General information
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retail | |
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| GOG.com | |
Patched for compatibility with modern systems. | |
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| Green Man Gaming | |
Moto Racer Collection. | |
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| Steam | |
Moto Racer Collection. Cannot complete championships due to "illegal version" error.[1] | |
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| ZOOM Platform | |
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Essential improvements
Patches
- The latest official patch 3.22 is available at soggi.org.
- The Moto Racer Data Disk 1 with the new tracks "Fun Fair" and "Sea of Sand" is also available at soggi.org.
- The GOG version includes the Data Disk, which can be accessed through the in-game config menu.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\data\CONFIG.BPT[Note 1] |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/324110/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\Champ*.sav[Note 1] |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/324110/pfx/[Note 2] |
- High scores are stored in
<path-to-game>\bestscor.dat
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| GOG Galaxy | ||
| Steam Cloud |
Video
General settings.
| Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | 640x480 only. 16:9 option merely letterboxes the output. | ||
| Multi-monitor | 640x480 only. | ||
| Ultra-widescreen | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | Toggle with Alt+↵ Enter. | ||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Force through graphics driver. | ||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | Use dgVoodoo2 (select ATI Radeon 8500) | ||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | On by default. Force off through graphics driver. | ||
| 60 FPS | manual settings: -FrameRateMax60. May cause visual glitches. | ||
| 120+ FPS | manual settings: -FrameRateMax0. May cause visual glitches. | ||
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 | First two axes only. | |
| Controller sensitivity | Analog control is not supported. The stick will act as a d-pad. Use the manual setting: -JN to configure deadzone where N=0 no deadzone and N=7000 is maximum deadzone. | |
| Controller Y-axis inversion |
| Additional information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Controller hotplugging | ||
| Haptic feedback | ||
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | Master, Wave and CD Audio. | |
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| Royalty free audio | ||
| Red Book CD audio | On Windows, CD music might not play correctly; see the troubleshooting guide for solutions. |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | ||||
| French | ||||
| German | ||||
| Italian | ||||
| Spanish | ||||
| Swedish |
Network
Multiplayer types
| Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Local play | ||||
| LAN play | 8 | |||
| Online play | 8 | The official multiplayer service has been shut down. | ||
Connection types
| Type | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Matchmaking | ||
| Peer-to-peer | ||
| Dedicated | ||
| Self-hosting | ||
| Direct IP |
Issues fixed
Visual Glitches
- Try disabling DirectX.
- Remove -FrameRateMax manual setting.
"Illegal version" error (Steam)
"Illegal version" error.
- The Steam version triggers an "illegal version" error making championships impossible to complete (bike cannot move).[1] See the Steam Community Guide to fix this issue.
- The GOG.com version does not have this issue.[2]
Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Direct3D | 3 |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windows |
System requirements
| Windows | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | 95 | |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 90 | Intel Pentium 133 or higher |
| System memory (RAM) | 16 MB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 5 MB | 80 MB |
| Video card (GPU) | SVGA, DirectDraw-compatible 2 MB of VRAM | Direct3D-compatible 3D accelerator |
| Sound (audio device) | Sound Blaster AWE32 | |
| Other | 2X CD-ROM | |
Notes
- ↑ 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%\VirtualStoreon Windows Vista and later (more details). - ↑ 2.0 2.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/324110/in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (324110) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Moto Racer 1 "illigal version" ? :: Moto Racer Collection General Discussions
- ↑ Illegal version?, page 2 - Forum - GOG.com - last accessed on May 2023