Difference between revisions of "Hot Wheels Velocity X"
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{{ii}} Playing the game with the CD in your optical drive or with the disc image mounted will also solve the issue. | {{ii}} Playing the game with the CD in your optical drive or with the disc image mounted will also solve the issue. | ||
+ | ===Disable CD check=== | ||
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+ | {{Fixbox|description=The CD check can be disabled with a hex edit.|ref=|fix= | ||
+ | # Make a backup copy of <code>Hot Wheels.exe</code> in your game directory. You can do this by right-clicking it, hitting copy, then right-clicking in the folder to paste the copy. Name this copy <code>Hot Wheels.exe.bak</code>. | ||
+ | # Open <code>Hot Wheels.exe</code> with a hex editor such as [https://mh-nexus.de/en/downloads.php?product=HxD HxD]. | ||
+ | # Press {{key|Ctrl|G}} and go to offset <code>55E3E</code>. | ||
+ | # Replace <code>75</code> to <code>EB</code>. | ||
+ | # Save the changes. | ||
Revision as of 22:57, 22 March 2022
Developers | |
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Beyond Games | |
Publishers | |
THQ | |
Release dates | |
Windows | October 16, 2002 |
Taxonomy | |
Series | Hot Wheels |
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\VelocityX Saved Games\ |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
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) | Bilinear - Trilinear (Anisotropic can be forced in the GPU control panel) | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | Higher antialiasing can be forced in the GPU control panel | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
60 FPS | |||
120+ FPS | At high fps the menu animations run very fast and the car moves very slow | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Widescreen resolution
Widescreen fix[1] |
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | Modern controllers don't work well, or may not work at all. | |
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 | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English |
Issues fixed
High frame rate issues
Framerate can be limited using RivaTuner Statistics Server (RTSS) or Nvidia Inspector |
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Black screen on start
{{Fixbox|description=Playing the game without the CD inserted (by the CD check removed) results in the FMVs not playing correctly, including the intro movies, as these are stored only on the disc. This will be evident by using Alt-Tab to go back to the desktop, and seeing a dialog box titled "File Error" and reading "The file: FMV_\[fmv_name] could not be opened or is corrupt".|ref=|fix=
- Tapping the Enter key until the menu appears may work by pressing "OK" on dialog boxes that aren't visible because the game is full screen.
- You may also disable movies entirely in the game's launcher.
- Copying the CD's
FMV_
folder to the game's install directory will allow the movies to play without the CD inserted or disc image mounted. - Playing the game with the CD in your optical drive or with the disc image mounted will also solve the issue.
Disable CD check
The CD check can be disabled with a hex edit. |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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OpenGL | Launcher mentions OpenGL driver information |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 98SE | ME, XP |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium II 350 MHz AMD K6-2 350 MHz |
Intel Pentium III 500 MHz AMD K6-III 500 MHz |
System memory (RAM) | 64 MB | 128 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 550 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia Riva TNT2 ATI Radeon SDR 16 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.1b compatible | Nvidia GeForce 256 ATI Radeon 8500 32 MB of VRAM |
References
- ↑ Hot Wheels Velocity X - Widescreen Tutorial - YouTube - last accessed on 2017-03-30