Sega Rally 2

Warnings

SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected versions).

Sega Rally 2 is a singleplayer and multiplayer first-person and third-person arcade and racing game in the Sega Rally series.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SafeDisc DRM^{[Note 1]}.

SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).

A demo version is available on the Internet Archive.

System	Location
Windows

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\SR2_SAVE.DAT^{[Note 2]}

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Only 640x480 and 800x600 are natively supported. See Widescreen resolution for unsupported resolutions.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen		See Widescreen resolution.
4K Ultra HD		See Widescreen resolution.
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.
High-fidelity upscaling		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS		Togglable between 30 and 60 FPS.
120+ FPS		Capped at 60 FPS.
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Use the hex fix by AuToMaNiAk005^[4]
Widescreen is Vert-.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Use the launcher to remap.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		Use the launcher to remap.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion		Y+ and Y- are separate buttons and can be set in any way.

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers

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

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound		Labeled as 3D Audio in the external launcher.
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio
Red Book CD audio		See No Music to run the music off the hard drive instead.

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Spanish				FX Interactive release

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	6

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

The game streams the music from Redbook which modern versions of Windows don't have access to anymore.

Restore BGM

Extract the *.WAV audio files from the CD2 with an audio ripping program such as Exact Audio Copy.
Save the *.WAV files in an easy to access folder, such as <path-to-game>/MUSIC. Keep the tracks as originally numbered.
Download the _inmmdll tool and install it.
Run _inmmcnf.exe.
In the first tab method, change default to DirectShow.
Go to the Patch tab and search for SEGA\Sega Rarry 2 and click patch. Confirm the action.
Go to the _inmm.ini tab. Click in Add and select all the *.WAV files. Then click on Save to save the generated list in the game's folder.
Launch the game.

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	95, 98
Processor (CPU)	AMD K6 200 Intel Pentium 200 MHz	AMD K6-2/K7 300 MHz Intel Pentium 2/3 300 MHz
System memory (RAM)	32 MB	64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	150 MB	680 MB
Video card (GPU)	4 MB of VRAM DirectX 6 compatible	6 MB of VRAM

↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10^[2] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.^[3]
↑ 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).

Developers

	Sega AM Annex
Windows	Sega PC
Publishers
	Sega
Europe	Empire Interactive
North America	Mattel Interactive^[1]
Release dates
Windows	June 25, 1999
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person, Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Arcade, Racing
Vehicles	Automobile, Off-roading, Track racing
Art styles	Realistic
Series	Sega Rally