Street Racing Syndicate

Warnings

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

Street Racing Syndicate is a singleplayer and multiplayer first-person and third-person racing game.

General information

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		StarForce 3.4.63.2 DRM^{[Note 1]}
GamersGate
GOG.com
Green Man Gaming
Steam		Can be played without Steam running.
ZOOM Platform
Amazon.com (unavailable)
Amazon.com (unavailable)

StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see above for affected versions).

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Street Racing Syndicate\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/292410/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Street Racing Syndicate\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/292410/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
OneDrive		Requires enabling backup of the Documents* folder in OneDrive on all computers.*
Steam Cloud

General settings

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Use ThirteenAG's fix.
Multi-monitor		Use ThirteenAG's fix.
Ultra-widescreen		Use ThirteenAG's fix.
4K Ultra HD		Use ThirteenAG's fix.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed	See Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed	See Windowed.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)	Low, Medium, High and Very high options.
Anti-aliasing (AA)	Off, Medium and High options.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
120+ FPS	Locked to 60 FPS.
High dynamic range display (HDR)	See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Force borderless fullscreen^{[citation needed]}
Download and run DxWnd. Click on Edit, then Add. Set the Path to `<path-to-game>\Bin\SRS.EXE`. Set Do not notify on task switch. Set the desired window position and size. Set Desktop for borderless fullscreen windowed. Click OK, then File and Save.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration		No mouse support in-game. Menus only.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		DirectInput only. Use Street Racing Syndicate Input Fix for XInput controllers.^[3]
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers		Use Street Racing Syndicate Input Fix.^[3]
Xbox button prompts		Keyboard prompts only.
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers
Button prompts		Keyboard prompts only.

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback		Use Street Racing Syndicate Input Fix for XInput controllers.^[4]
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French				Retail and Zoom Platform only.
German				Retail and Zoom Platform only.
Italian				Retail and Zoom Platform only.
Russian				Retail and Zoom Platform only. For Steam version use this patch.
Spanish				Retail and Zoom Platform only.

Type	Players	Notes
Local play	2	Versus Split-screen. Use `↵ Enter` when prompted to confirm Player 2.^[5]
LAN play	4	Versus
Online play	Versus GameSpy services have been shut down;^[6] see GameSpy for workarounds.

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9.0b

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

	Middleware	Notes
Multiplayer	GameSpy

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	98 SE, ME, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium III 1.0 GHz AMD Athlon 1.0 GHz	Intel Pentium 4 2.0 GHz AMD Athlon XP 2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)	256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2 GB
Video card (GPU)	32 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0b compatible	Nvidia GeForce 4 ATI Radeon 8500 Intel 910G 64 MB of VRAM

↑ This version of StarForce DRM does not work on Windows 8.1, Windows 10, or Windows 11.^[1]^[2] For supported versions of Windows the StarForce driver may need to be updated manually using SFUPDATE.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 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>/292410/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (292410) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.