Tony Hawk's American Wasteland

Tony Hawk's American Wasteland

Developers
	Neversoft
Windows	Aspyr Media
Publishers
	Activision
Release dates
Windows	February 6, 2006
Reception
Metacritic	69
IGDB	75
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Genres	Tricks
Sports	Skateboarding
Themes	Contemporary
Series	Tony Hawk's

Tony Hawk's
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2	2000
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3	2002
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4	2003
Tony Hawk's Underground	2004
Tony Hawk's Underground 2	2004
Tony Hawk's American Wasteland	2006
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD	2012
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2	2020

Warnings

GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).

Key points

Random Soundtrack options have always the same music order by default (can be fixed with the ThirteenAG's widescreen fix or PARTYMOD).

Port of the Xbox version. PC version does not include the graphical improvements from the Xbox 360 release.

Missing Collector's Edition content from the PS2 version by default, see THAW Game Launcher to restore.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SecuROM 7 DRM. Russian copies use StarForce DRM.

This game is not available digitally.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Instructions:
Go to <path-to-game>\Game\Data\movies\bik\ Delete, rename, or move: ATVI.bik, intro.bik, New_Aspyr_firelogo.bik

Patches

Patch 1.01 is the latest version.

PARTYMOD

Improves input handling and fixes bugs.

Adds support for widescreen resolutions.

The Mod 1.01 pak/pab

Makes it possible to skip the intro, change camera angle and more

THAW Game Launcher

Switch online servers from discontinued GameSpy to OpenSpy and features custom resolution (require Reloaded exe only!)

Require the exe to be set as Administrator and Windows 7 compatibility.

Can restore the Collector's Edition content from the PS2 version, but the making of video is missing due to lacking the video file.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Game\Save\

Video

Launcher - Video Settings

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Use ThirteenAG's fix or PARTYMOD.
Multi-monitor		Use ThirteenAG's fix or PARTYMOD.
Ultra-widescreen		Use ThirteenAG's fix or PARTYMOD.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		Camera angle can be possibly adjusted with The Mod
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)
High-fidelity upscaling
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS		Capped 60fps
120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Launcher - Keyboard Settings

Launcher - Controller 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

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

DualShock 4 controllers
DualShock button prompts
Light bar support
Connection modes	Wired, Bluetooth

Generic/other controllers

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

Audio

Audio Settings

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music and sound can be adjusted separately. Special sounds and music zones can either be enabled or disabled.
Surround sound		Stereo only. Unlike Dolby Pro logic II on the PlayStation 2 and GameCube, and Dolby Digital 5.1 on Xbox and Xbox 360.
Subtitles		Cutscenes only.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Polish				Download.
Russian
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play		2	Co-op, Versus "Classic Mode" can be played in co-op mode. "2-Player" is versus.
LAN play		8
Online play		8	Use reTHAWed.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9.0c

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

reTHAWed

Total conversion mod for the game which aims to improve it at its core, restore multiplayer, increase core functionality and add new features.

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Cutscenes	Bink Video
Multiplayer	GameSpy

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP
Processor (CPU)	1.2 GHz	2 GHz
System memory (RAM)	256 MB	512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	3.5 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 3 Ti series ATI Radeon 8500 series 64 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible

Intel Extreme Graphics and SiS chipsets are not supported.

References

System Requirements