Road Rash

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Key points

64-bit systems need a workaround for the 16-bit launcher; see Installing on 64-bit versions of Windows.

Availability[edit]

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail

Game data[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Electronic Arts\RoadRash 95\^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Electronic Arts\RoadRash 95\^{[Note 1]}

Video[edit]

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
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)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS
120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Input[edit]

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
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio[edit]

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Interface, Engine, Effect, Music, Others, Engines, police siren
Surround sound		stereo
Subtitles		No voicing
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Spanish
Italian

Network[edit]

Multiplayer types

Type	Players	Notes
Local play
LAN play	8	Versus Model and Null modem: 2 players max. TCP-IP and IPx: 8 players max.
Online play

Issues fixed[edit]

Installing on 64-bit versions of Windows[edit]

Manual installation

Copy the ROADRASH folder to your install drive.
Copy AWEMAN32.DLL, RASHICON.DLL and RASHDROP.DLL from the SETUP folder to your ROADRASH folder.
Create a text file with the following content:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Classes\VirtualStore\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Electronic Arts\RoadRash 95] "Path"="C:\\ROADRASH"
Change path to your install directory, rename file extension to .reg and execute it.
Start RASHME.EXE to play the game.

Use the automated Replaying.de software^{[citation needed]}

To get the software you need to register an account at Replaying.de (or PCGW should create a mirror) http://www.replaying.de/konto/registrieren/
The website is in German, Benutzername means Username, E-Mail-Adresse means Email-adress and Wähle ein Passwort/Gewähltes Passwort bitte wiederholen is where you insert your password.
After registering you can get the software here http://www.replaying.de/road-rash/road-rash-patch-windows-vista-7-x64-64bit/

Colour problems on Vista/7[edit]

Exit explorer before starting Road Rash, then restart it. Can use a batch file.
Alternatively, use cnc-ddraw- if the game is cropped off and not filling the entire screen, try an older build of cnc-ddraw like 1.4.1.0

MIDI music hangs post-race[edit]

Even when set to GS Wavetable Synth, if CoolSoft MIDIMapper is installed, it causes this issue. May not be the only cause.

Issues unresolved[edit]

Full screen viewing[edit]

"MIDI Error"[edit]

Other information[edit]

API[edit]

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements[edit]

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	95	98
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 75 MHz	Intel Pentium 120 MHz
System memory (RAM)	16 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	25 MB
Video card (GPU)	DirectDraw compatible 1 MB of VRAM	2 MB of VRAM

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 When running this game without Administrator elevation, 32-bit programs writing to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE will be redirected to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\VirtualStore\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node (more details).

References

[HKLM-1] 1.0 ^1.1 When running this game without Administrator elevation, 32-bit programs writing to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE will be redirected to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\VirtualStore\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node (more details).

[Note 1]

Developers

	Electronic Arts
	Papyrus Design Group
Publishers
	Electronic Arts
Release dates
Windows	September 27, 1996
Taxonomy
Genres	Racing