Speed Busters: American Highways
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| Developers | |
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| Ubisoft Montreal | |
| Publishers | |
| Ubisoft | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | November 23, 1998 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase |
| Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
| Pacing | Real-time |
| Perspectives | Third-person |
| Controls | Direct control |
| Genres | Racing |
| Vehicles | Automobile |
| Art styles | Realistic |
| Themes | Contemporary, North America |
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Speed Busters: American Highways is a singleplayer and multiplayer third-person racing game.
General information
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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| Retail | |
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| GOG.com | |
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| Ubisoft Store | |
Included with Ubisoft+. | |
Optional improvements
Extra Cars
- These extra cars where made available on the official site and are available at WinRetro.com [1]
- Cortex
- Montana
- Thunder
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\SPB.ini[Note 1] <path-to-game>\UBI.ini[Note 1] <path-to-game>\PlayerData\settings.sav[Note 1] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\PlayerData\Cars\[Note 1] <path-to-game>\PlayerData\Championships\[Note 1] <path-to-game>\PlayerData\records\[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| GOG Galaxy | ||
| Ubisoft Connect |
Video
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | Static Aspect: "Widescreen" option in the game's launcher renders a widescreen sub-image letterboxed inside a 4:3 resolution. | ||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | Use dgVoodoo 2. | ||
| 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. | ||
| High-fidelity upscaling | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | Enabled by default. | ||
| 60 FPS | Above 60 FPS, there are physics issues. To avoid those, just set the refresh rate to 60 Hz. | ||
| 120+ FPS | |||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | |||
Input
Control Settings
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Advanced Control 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 | ||
| 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 |
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| Additional information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Controller hotplugging | ||
| Haptic feedback | ||
| Digital movement supported | ||
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Sound Settings
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Advanced Sound Settings
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | SFX, Music and Engine. | |
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | Can't Alt+Tab ↹ out of the game. | |
| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English |
Issues fixed
FMVs don't play on Windows 10
| Use dgVoodoo 2[1] |
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Network
Multiplayer types
| Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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| Local play | ||||
| LAN play | 6 | Versus |
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| Online play | 6 | Versus The official multiplayer service was shut down. |
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Connection types
| Type | Native | Notes |
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| Direct IP |
Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Direct3D | 5 |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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| Windows |
System requirements
| Windows | ||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | 95, 98 | |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium MMX 166 MHz | Intel Pentium II 233 MHz |
| System memory (RAM) | 32 MB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | ||
| Video card (GPU) | 4 MB of VRAM DirectX 6.0 compatible | 3dfx-compatible |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 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
- ↑ Verified by User:AlphaYellow on 2021-11-24