Rally Championship Xtreme
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| Developers | |
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| Warthog Games | |
| Publishers | |
| Actualize[1] | |
| Sold Out Software | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | November 2, 2001 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Modes | Multiplayer |
| Genres | Racing |
| Series | Rally Championship |
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Warnings
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected versions).
Key points
- Install Microsoft DirectInput Mapper to fix remapping issues on Windows Vista and later.
- Install "TSP Codec Install.exe" to prevent crashing.
General information
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retail | |
Simple disc check. Sold Out Software release uses SafeDisc 2 DRM[Note 1]. Disc check removed in a patch. | |
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
- A demo is available here
Essential improvements
Patches
- An official patch removes the disc check.
- Applying the patch enables Windows 98/Me compatibility mode on
Rally.exe.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\Data\xtreme.cfg[Note 2] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\Data\SavedGames\[Note 2] |
Video
Video settings.
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | Stretched by default. See Widescreen resolution. | ||
| Multi-monitor | Stretched by default. See Widescreen resolution. | ||
| Ultra-widescreen | Stretched by default. See Widescreen resolution. | ||
| 4K Ultra HD | Stretched by default. See Widescreen resolution. | ||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Use dgVoodoo 2. | ||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | Use dgVoodoo 2. | ||
| High-fidelity upscaling | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | Use dgVoodoo 2. | ||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | |||
Widescreen resolution
| Fix aspect ratio[4] |
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Input
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Remapping | Requires the DirectInput Mapper to remember bindings between sessions. | |
| 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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| PlayStation controllers |
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| Generic/other controllers |
|---|
| Additional information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Controller hotplugging | ||
| Haptic feedback | ||
| Digital movement supported | ||
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio settings.
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | ||
| Surround sound | With Creative Alchemy | |
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| EAX support | With Creative Alchemy | |
| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | ||||
| Czech | Czech retail release only. | |||
| French | ||||
| German | ||||
| Italian | ||||
| Polish | Polish retail release only. | |||
| Spanish |
Network
Multiplayer types
| Type | Native | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local play | |||
| LAN play | |||
| Online play | |||
Other information
API
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windows |
System requirements
| Windows | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | 98, Me, 2000 | |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium II 450 MHz | Intel Pentium III 500 MHz |
| System memory (RAM) | 64 MB | 128 MB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | ||
| Video card (GPU) | 16 MB of VRAM | 32 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ 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]
- ↑ 2.0 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%\VirtualStoreon Windows Vista and later (more details).
References
- ↑ Rally Championship Xtreme - PC CDROM - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
- ↑ Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16
- ↑ Rally Championship Xtreme - Widescreen Tutorial - YouTube - last accessed on May 2023