Difference between revisions of "Ducati World Championship"

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Ducati World Championship is a singleplayer and multiplayer third-person racing game.

Newer versions of Windows require the game to be run in compatibility mode for XP Service Pack 3 to work properly (see Issues fixed).

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
Green Man Gaming
Steam
ZOOM Platform

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/6270/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Save^{[Note 2]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/6270/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Supports 4:3 and 16:9, cutscenes are stretched when in 16:9.
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)
60 FPS
120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

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

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers

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

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music, SFX and Voice
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
Italian				Retail and ZOOM Platform only.
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play		2
LAN play
Online play

Issues fixed

"AVIStreamGetFrameOpen failed!" crash error

The game crashes with the AVIStreamGetFrameOpen failed! error message on modern systems.

Run the game in Compaibility mode for Windows XP Service Pack 3.^[1]

Issues unresolved

Settings are not stored between sessions

Certain settings might not get saved when quitting the game. Keyboard bindings and video settings work fine, others (such as audio) do not.

Other information

API

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	2000	XP, Vista
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 4 1.6 GHz
System memory (RAM)	512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	4 GB
Video card (GPU)	ATI 8500, 9000, X series Nvidia GeForce 4/FX/6/7 series Video Card 128 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1
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 (6270) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
↑ 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).

References

↑ Steam Community - last accessed on 26 May 2023

[Proton_path_note-1] 1.0 ^1.1 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 (6270) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

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

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

[4] The app ID (6270) may differ in some cases.

[5] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

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

[gamedir-2] 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).

[3] Steam Community - last accessed on 26 May 2023

[Note 1]

[Note 2]

[1]

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Developers

	Artematica Entertainment
Publishers
	Strategy First
Release dates
Windows	September 21, 2007
Reception
Metacritic	35
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Racing
Vehicles	Motorcycle