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Guitar Hero: World Tour

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Guitar Hero: World Tour
Guitar Hero: World Tour cover
Developers
Neversoft
Publishers
Activision
Aspyr Media
Engines
GH Engine 1.0
Release dates
Windows July 26, 2009
macOS (OS X) July 26, 2009
Taxonomy
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Controls Direct control, Voice control
Genres Music/rhythm
Series Guitar Hero
Guitar Hero: World Tour guide on StrategyWiki
Guitar Hero: World Tour on MobyGames
Guitar Hero: World Tour on Wikipedia
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Key points

Based on the Xbox 360 version of the game.

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
SecuROM 7.40.0006 DRM.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
This game is not available digitally.

Essential improvements

Guitar Hero World Tour: Definitive Edition

Total overhaul mod adding fine-grain settings and debug options to customise gameplay and visuals
A huge selection of mods designed for Definitive Edition can be downloaded over at Nexus Mods
Fixes many of the crashes plaguing the base game
Backports songs from subsequent and previous entries in the Guitar Hero franchise
Adds drop-in support for custom characters, venues and song charts

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\Aspyr\Guitar Hero World Tour\AspyrConfig.xml
macOS (OS X)

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Aspyr\Guitar Hero World Tour\Save\
macOS (OS X)

Video

Graphics settings
Graphics settings

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Requires editing %LOCALAPPDATA%\Aspyr\Guitar Hero World Tour\AspyrConfig.xml
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Requires Guitar Hero: World Tour - Definitive Edition for borderless window
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
High-fidelity upscaling
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
Game FPS auto-limits to monitor's set refresh rate. or Requires Guitar Hero: World Tour - Definitive Edition for toggle vysnc on or off
60 FPS
120+ FPS
Particles and effects will break if the game runs higher than 60 FPS.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
Requires editing %LOCALAPPDATA%\Aspyr\Guitar Hero World Tour\AspyrConfig.xml
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
An instrument controller is highly recommended. Regular Xbox 360 controllers can be used in menus but not for gameplay.
Full controller support
Controller remapping
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion
Controller types
XInput-compatible controllers
All Xbox 360 instrument controllers and regular Xbox 360 controllers are supported.
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration
Not supported on all platforms.
PlayStation controllers
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Generic/other controllers
PlayStation 3 instrument controllers are supported, generic gamepads are not.
Button prompts
Additional information
Button prompts Input settings icon - Generic Controller.svg Always displays the guitar controller's button prompts.
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
No haptic feedback on all platforms.
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio settings
Audio settings

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio
The game uses licensed songs with no option to change to other songs.

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
4 Co-op, Versus
LAN play
Online play
8 Co-op, Versus

Connection types

Type Native Notes
Matchmaking

Issues Fixed

High frame rate issues

The particles and effects of the game are linked to 60fps so playing at high fps can cause problems.
Framerate can be limited using Nvidia Inspector
Set refresh rate on 60hz.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9.0c
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Physics Havok
Cutscenes Bink Video
Multiplayer Warehouse for Definitive Edition use Warehouse

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP SP3
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium Dual-Core 2.4 GHz
AMD Athlon 4400+
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 8.1 GB
Video card (GPU) ATI Radeon X1600
Nvidia GeForce 7600
Intel GMA X3000
256 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible
Controller Official Guitar Hero World Tour Guitar Controller, Guitar Hero World Tour Drum Controller, Guitar Hero World Tour USB Microphone
Other 8X DVD-ROM drive
macOS (OS X)
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10.5.6
Processor (CPU) Intel Core 2 Duo 2 GHz
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 9.1 GB
Video card (GPU) ATI Radeon X1600
Nvidia GeForce 7300
128 MB of VRAM
Controller Official Guitar Hero World Tour Guitar Controller, Guitar Hero World Tour Drum Controller, Guitar Hero World Tour USB Microphone
Other DVD-ROM drive


References