RC Cars
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| Developers | |
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| Creat Studios | |
| Publishers | |
| 2002-2018 | 1C Company |
| 2018-2022 | 1C Entertainment |
| 2022-present | Fulqrum Publishing |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | December 15, 2002 |
| Reception | |
| Metacritic | 65 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase |
| Microtransactions | None |
| Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
| Pacing | Real-time |
| Perspectives | Third-person |
| Controls | Direct control |
| Genres | Racing |
| Vehicles | Automobile |
| Art styles | Stylized |
| Themes | Contemporary |
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RC Cars is a singleplayer and multiplayer third-person racing game.
General information
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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| Publisher website | |
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| GamersGate | |
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| GOG.com | |
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| Green Man Gaming | |
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| Steam | |
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| ZOOM Platform | |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | <path-to-game>\[Note 1] |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/289460/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | <path-to-game>\Players\[Note 1] |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/289460/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
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| GOG Galaxy | ||
| Steam Cloud |
Video
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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| Widescreen resolution | Widescreen resolutions are available in the settings and when selected, the game menu is displayed with proper aspect ratio, however in-game display and HUD are stretched. | ||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | |||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Use dgVoodoo | ||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | Use dgVoodoo | ||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
| 60 FPS | |||
| 120+ FPS | Above 70FPS the game (including menu animations) will run in slow motion. Use built-in frame limiter. | ||
Input
| 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 |
| Controller types |
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Audio
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
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| Separate volume controls | SFX and music (music slider titled 'Background sound') | |
| Surround sound | Up to 5.1 with Creative ALchemy. | |
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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| English | ||||
| Russian |
Network
Multiplayer types
| Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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| Local play | 2 | Versus Split-screen |
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| LAN play | 6 | Versus |
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| Online play | 6 | Versus |
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Issues fixed
CD version won't install on modern systems
| CD version won't install on modern systems[citation needed] |
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Game crash when loading a race (hardware exception)
- You might get a different error telling about something graphics card related.
| Use dgVoodoo 2. |
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Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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| Direct3D | 8 |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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| Windows |
System requirements
| Windows | ||
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| Operating system (OS) | 98, ME, 2000, XP XP, 7, 8 (Steam) |
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| Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium III 600 MHz | |
| System memory (RAM) | 64 MB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 800 MB 300 MB (Steam) |
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| Video card (GPU) | 16 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.1 compatible |
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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 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>/289460/. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (289460) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.