The Dukes of Hazzard: Racing for Home

The Dukes of Hazzard: Racing for Home is a singleplayer and multiplayer third-person racing game.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail

Monetization

Type	Notes
One-time game purchase	The game requires an upfront purchase to access.

Microtransactions

Type	Notes
No microtransactions	None

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\WOW6432Node\SouthPeak Interactive\Dukes of Hazzard^{[Note 1]}^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\WOW6432Node\SouthPeak Interactive\Dukes of Hazzard\SavedGames^{[Note 3]}^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing

No save game cloud syncing information; you can edit this page to add it.

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD		Force-locked to 800x600, changing it in the options menu doesn't result in any changes.^[3]
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)
60 FPS		Game locked to 62 FPS with no option to change it.^[4]
120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)
Ray tracing (RT)

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Keys can be remapped in the in-game menu, but also remapped manually through `remap.txt` in `<path-to-game>`
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Controller types

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music and SFX options available in pause and options screen.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio		Licensed songs from the Dukes of Hazzard series are used.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Players	Notes
Local play
LAN play	2	Time trial, race, and run the jug modes.^[5]^[6]
Online play

Issues Unresolved

Game crashes to desktop or hangs

The game is quite unstable and can often crash to desktop or hang. This happens sometimes when browsing through the main menu, consistently when attempting to start a multiplayer game and sporadically when starting a race.^[7]

Screen is black or crashes after alt-tab

When alt-tabbing out and then into the game, either it results in a black screen with the background music still playing or a crash to desktop. It is not an issue exclusive to modern systems as it was already mentioned as a known issue in the game's readme.txt file.^[8]

Choppy cutscenes

Sometimes, seemingly at random, some cutscenes can play back very choppy. Often then the disc drive is also very loud. There is no consistent fix for this issue.^[8]

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
DirectDraw

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Multiplayer	DirectPlay

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	95/98
Processor (CPU)	233 MHz Pentium II processor
System memory (RAM)	32 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	130 MB
Video card (GPU)	8 MB of VRAM

Notes

↑ For US version. Contains mostly all settings that can also be found in-game in the main folder. Game Resolution registry gets reset to 1 on boot and High Detail Tracks is ignored by the game. Every registry key in the Dev folder gets ignored by the game; the name suggests they were developer entries that were never removed after development and are unused by the game itself.^[2]
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Applications writing to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE will be redirected to other locations based on various criterias, see the glossary page for more details.
↑ Stored in different subfolders for every player name.

References

↑ Verified by User:Mrtnptrs on 2022-11-21
Engine developed by SouthPeak Games between 1997 and 2000. The game's SOFTMO32.DLL, SOFTM565.DLL, SOFTM555.DLL and XVIDEOIO.DLL files all have "Video Reality" in their file details, confirming that this engine was used for the game.
↑ Verified by User:Mrtnptrs on 2022-11-21
Checked by changing registry entries and see if it has any effect.
↑ Verified by User:Mrtnptrs on 2022-11-21
Options menu contains options for 640x480, 800x600 and 1024x768, but they don't affect the game when setting these changes and go back to the main menu. It also gets reset to 800x600 in the options menu on restart of the game. Game Resolution registry key is set to 1 by default. <path-to-game>\video.exp mentions that 0 = 640x480, 1 = 800x600 and 2 = 1024x768. Game Resolution registry key gets reset to 1 on boot of the game when set to 0 or 2, making it impossible to adjust the game's resolution combined with the non-functioning options in the main menu. Also Dev\Screen Height and Dev\Screen Width don't affect the game at all and seem to be developer entries unused by the game itself. Thus game most likely runs at locked 800x600.
↑ Verified by User:Mrtnptrs on 2022-11-21
Game consistently caps at 62 FPS in the menus as well as during races, checked with RTSS.
↑ Dukes of Hazzard: Racing for Home - IGN - last accessed on 2022-11-21
↑ The Dukes of Hazzard: Racing for Home Wiki Guide - IGN - last accessed on 2022-11-21
↑ Verified by User:Mrtnptrs on 2022-11-21
Nothing really solves this issue Ddrawcompat makes the crashes happen significantly less often, but can still happen. Also Ddrawcompat causes music to cut out and get distorted during racing. dgVoodoo makes the game consistently crash after a few seconds in the main menu.
↑ ^8.0 ^8.1 Verified by User:Mrtnptrs on 2022-11-21
Nothing helps. Even different compatibility mode, Ddrawcompat etc. didn't resolve this issue.

[Note-3] For US version. Contains mostly all settings that can also be found in-game in the main folder. Game Resolution registry gets reset to 1 on boot and High Detail Tracks is ignored by the game. Every registry key in the Dev folder gets ignored by the game; the name suggests they were developer entries that were never removed after development and are unused by the game itself.^[2]

[HKLM-4] 2.0 ^2.1 Applications writing to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE will be redirected to other locations based on various criterias, see the glossary page for more details.

[Note1-5] Stored in different subfolders for every player name.

[1] Verified by User:Mrtnptrs on 2022-11-21
Engine developed by SouthPeak Games between 1997 and 2000. The game's SOFTMO32.DLL, SOFTM565.DLL, SOFTM555.DLL and XVIDEOIO.DLL files all have "Video Reality" in their file details, confirming that this engine was used for the game.

[2] Verified by User:Mrtnptrs on 2022-11-21
Checked by changing registry entries and see if it has any effect.

[6] Verified by User:Mrtnptrs on 2022-11-21
Options menu contains options for 640x480, 800x600 and 1024x768, but they don't affect the game when setting these changes and go back to the main menu. It also gets reset to 800x600 in the options menu on restart of the game. Game Resolution registry key is set to 1 by default. <path-to-game>\video.exp mentions that 0 = 640x480, 1 = 800x600 and 2 = 1024x768. Game Resolution registry key gets reset to 1 on boot of the game when set to 0 or 2, making it impossible to adjust the game's resolution combined with the non-functioning options in the main menu. Also Dev\Screen Height and Dev\Screen Width don't affect the game at all and seem to be developer entries unused by the game itself. Thus game most likely runs at locked 800x600.

[7] Verified by User:Mrtnptrs on 2022-11-21
Game consistently caps at 62 FPS in the menus as well as during races, checked with RTSS.

[8] Dukes of Hazzard: Racing for Home - IGN - last accessed on 2022-11-21

[9] The Dukes of Hazzard: Racing for Home Wiki Guide - IGN - last accessed on 2022-11-21

[10] Verified by User:Mrtnptrs on 2022-11-21
Nothing really solves this issue Ddrawcompat makes the crashes happen significantly less often, but can still happen. Also Ddrawcompat causes music to cut out and get distorted during racing. dgVoodoo makes the game consistently crash after a few seconds in the main menu.

[mrtnptrs_ref-11] 8.0 ^8.1 Verified by User:Mrtnptrs on 2022-11-21
Nothing helps. Even different compatibility mode, Ddrawcompat etc. didn't resolve this issue.

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Developers

	Sinister Games
	4-Elements Studios
	Front Door
Publishers
EU	Ubi Soft
US	SouthPeak Interactive
Engines
	Video Reality^[1]
Release dates
Windows	June 9, 2000
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Racing
Vehicles	Automobile
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	North America