Difference between revisions of "Moto Racer 2"

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Moto Racer
Moto Racer	1997
Moto Racer 2	1998
Moto Racer 3	2001
Moto Racer 15th Anniversary	2011
Moto Racer 4	2016

Key points

Won't launch properly in Window 10. Requires a DirectX wrapper, such as dgVoodoo to run properly.

Frame rate is capped at 30 FPS by default; to fix see High frame rate.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
GOG.com		Patched for compatibility with modern systems.
Green Man Gaming		Moto Racer Collection.
Steam		Moto Racer Collection.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Add -skipintro parameter (non-GOG.com)^{[citation needed]}
Right-click the game's shortcut and choose Properties. Add `-skipintro` to the end of the Target. Click OK to save your changes.

Add -skipintro parameter (GOG.com)^{[citation needed]}
Go to the installation folder. Open `motoracer2.ini`. Add `-skipintro` to the end of the `Params=` line. Save your changes.

Game data

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\data\config.bin^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/324110/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

config.bin contains both game progress and in-game settings.

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Video settings.

Template:Video settings

High frame rate

Add -DontLimitFrameRate parameter (GOG.com)^{[citation needed]}
Go to the installation folder. Open `motoracer2.ini`. Add `-DontLimitFrameRate` to the end of the `Params=` line. Save your changes.

Add -DontLimitFrameRate parameter (retail)^{[citation needed]}
Right-click the game's shortcut and choose Properties. Add `-DontLimitFrameRate` to the end of the Target. Click OK to save your changes.

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Audio settings.

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Spanish
Swedish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Players	Notes
Local play	4	Split-screen.
LAN play
Online play

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	6	Can be forced with `-D3D` command line argument.
Software renderer

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	98, XP, Vista, 7, 8
Processor (CPU)	333 MHz	1.4 GHz
System memory (RAM)	64 MB	512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU)	DirectX 7 compatible	DirectX 9 compatible

Notes

↑ 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%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).
↑
Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (324110) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

[gamedir-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%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

[Proton_path_note-2] Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (324110) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[3] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[4] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[5] The app ID (324110) may differ in some cases.

[6] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[7] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[Note 1]

[Note 2]

@@ Line 71: / Line 71: @@
 {{Image|Moto Racer 2 video settings.png|Video settings.}}
 {{Video settings
-|wsgf link                  = http://www.wsgf.org/dr/moto-racer-2/en
+|wsgf link                  = https://www.wsgf.org/dr/moto-racer-2/en
 |widescreen wsgf award      = limited
 |multimonitor wsgf award    = incomplete
@@ Line 77: / Line 77: @@
 |4k ultra hd wsgf award     = limited
 |widescreen resolution      = true
-|widescreen resolution notes= Detects resolutions up to 1024x768. See the [http://www.wsgf.org/dr/moto-racer-2/en WSGF entry] for higher resolutions.
+|widescreen resolution notes= Detects resolutions up to 1024x768. See the [https://www.wsgf.org/dr/moto-racer-2/en WSGF entry] for higher resolutions.
 |multimonitor               = unknown
 |multimonitor notes         =
 |ultrawidescreen            = hackable
-|ultrawidescreen notes      = See the [http://www.wsgf.org/dr/moto-racer-2/en WSGF entry].
+|ultrawidescreen notes      = See the [https://www.wsgf.org/dr/moto-racer-2/en WSGF entry].
 |4k ultra hd                = hackable
-|4k ultra hd notes          = See the [http://www.wsgf.org/dr/moto-racer-2/en WSGF entry].
+|4k ultra hd notes          = See the [https://www.wsgf.org/dr/moto-racer-2/en WSGF entry].
 |fov                        = false
 |fov notes                  =
@@ Line 275: / Line 275: @@
 |shader model versions  =
 |shader model notes     =
-|64-bit executable      = false
+|windows 32-bit exe     = true
-|64-bit executable notes=
+|windows 64-bit exe     = false
+|windows exe notes      =
+|macos 32-bit app       =
+|macos 64-bit app       =
+|macos app notes        =
+|linux 32-bit executable=
+|linux 64-bit executable=
+|linux executable notes =
 }}

Developers

	Delphine Software International
Publishers
	Electronic Arts
Release dates
Windows	November 30, 1998