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 |
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Key points
- Originally titled Next Car Game during development.[2]
General information
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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| Epic Games Store | |
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| GOG.com | |
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| Green Man Gaming | |
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| Humble Store | |
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| Microsoft Store | |
Included with Xbox Game Pass for PC. | |
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| Steam | |
Complete Edition also available. | |
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| Origin (unavailable) | |
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Monetization
DLC and expansion packs
| Name | Notes | |
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| 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 | |
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| Season Pass 2 | |
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| 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
Launcher options
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) | <Steam-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) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/228380/pfx/[Note 1] |
- The save game is in binary.
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
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| 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
-setupcommand 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.
Display settings.
Graphics settings.
Gameplay settings.
| Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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| 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
Controls settings.
Advanced controls settings.
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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| 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 |
| DualShock 4 controllers |
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| Generic/other controllers |
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| Additional information | ||
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| Controller hotplugging | ||
| Haptic feedback | ||
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio settings.
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
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| 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 |
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| 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).
Network settings.
Multiplayer types
| Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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| 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 |
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| Matchmaking | ||
| Peer-to-peer | ||
| Dedicated | ||
| Self-hosting | ||
| Direct IP |
Ports
| Protocol | Port(s) and/or port range(s) |
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| 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 | Native | Notes | |
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| Nvidia 3D Vision | See Helix Mod: Wreckfest. | ||
Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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| 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 |
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| 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 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>/228380/in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (228380) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
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...