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RFactor

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rFactor
rFactor cover
Developers
Image Space Incorporated
Engines
isiMotor2[1]
Release dates
Windows August 31, 2005
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives First-person, Third-person
Controls Direct control
Genres Racing
Vehicles Automobile, Track racing
Art styles Realistic
Series rFactor
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RFactor on MobyGames
RFactor on Wikipedia
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rFactor
rFactor 2005
rFactor 2 2013

Key points

Extensive modding community.

General information

Official Forums
rFactor Central - Large modding repository.
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
 SafeDisc v4.85.000 DRM[Note 1].
Windows
Steam
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Windows
SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
A demo is available.

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Drift Revolution DLC never officially completed. Also known as Ultimate Control Racing
Windows

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Instructions[4][5]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\MovieFiles\
  2. Delete all files and folders.

Install additional languages

Instructions[6]
  1. Download Spotter Plugin 2.17.
  2. Go to the \rfactor\ folder within SpotterPlugin_2.17.zip.
  3. Extract the contents of \rfactor\ to <path-to-game>.
  4. Download any additional languages you require. A list of sound packs can be found here.
  5. Extract and run the language pack installer, being sure to point it to <path-to-game> and installing only the sound pack component.
  6. Once this has installed, go to <path-to-game>\SpotterAddon and run SpotterConfig.exe
  7. Configure the plugin to your requirements. To enable the sound pack you installed, be sure to select it from the Active Soundpack drop down menu.
  8. Save and exit.
  9. Launch the game.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\Config.ini[Note 2]
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/339790/pfx/[Note 3]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\UserData\<user-id>\<user-id>.plr[Note 2]
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/339790/pfx/[Note 3]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

In-game graphics settings.
In-game graphics settings.
External display settings.
External display settings.

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
 
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)
Up to 16x.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Up to 4x MSAA.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

In-game input settings.
In-game input settings.

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
External display settings and in-game menus require a mouse.
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion
Controller types
XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration
DualShock 4 controllers
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Generic/other controllers
Button prompts
Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

In-game audio settings.
In-game audio settings.

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

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Czech
UI not fully translated.
French
German
Italian
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
UI not fully translated.
Spanish

Translations

A third-party plugin was created that enhanced the functionality of the "spotter" feature in rFactor.
This plugin also enables the user to download and install additional languages. See Install Additional Languages for more information.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
LAN play
103
Online play
103

Connection types

Type Native Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Ports

Protocol Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP 34447
UDP 34397
Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

VR support

3D modes State Notes
vorpX
G3D
Officially supported game, see official vorpx game list.
Devices
TrackIR
Supports: Yaw, Pitch, Roll, X, Y, Z.

Issues fixed

Game crash on joining multiplayer server

Patch rfactor.exe with the 4GB Patch[7]
Before starting, make a backup of rfactor.exe in case the modification goes wrong.
  1. Download the 4GB Patch.
  2. Extract and open 4gb_patch.exe.
  3. Go to <path-to-game> and select rfactor.exe.
  4. Launch the game.

Low performance with Nvidia GPUs

Install Wombat's FPS Fix[8][9]
Extract the contents of wombats_nvidia_fps_fix_0.3t.zip to <path-to-game>.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 7, 8, 9 Selectable via launcher.
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio Miles Sound System
Cutscenes Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 98 SE, ME, 2000, XP, XP 64-Bit, Vista, 7, 8 XP, XP 64-Bit, Vista, 7, 8
Processor (CPU) 1.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo E6600
System memory (RAM) 1 GB 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 2 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce4 4200
AMD Radeon 9200
DirectX 7.0 compatible 		Nvidia GeForce 7900 GT
AMD Radeon X1900 GT
4 GB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible


Notes

  1. ↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[2] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[3]
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 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%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 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>/339790/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (339790) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References