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Motocross Madness
Motocross Madness	1998
Motocross Madness 2	2000

Warnings

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

Motocross Madness 2 is a singleplayer and multiplayer third-person racing game in the Motocross Madness 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).

Trial version

A free trial version is available from Archive.org.

Essential improvements

Modern Windows compatibility

Instructions^{[citation needed]}
Set `MCM2.EXE` to run in compatibility mode for Windows XP Service Pack 3. Add the missing d3drm.dll. Download and setup dgVoodoo 2 version 2.73 or newer. Copy `dgVoodooCpl.exe` and the contents of the `\MS\x86` subfolder to `<path-to-game>`. Start the game and choose dgVoodoo for rendering.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\UI\Profile\^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\UI\Profile\^{[Note 2]}

Video

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD		Use dgVoodoo2.
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 and 120+ FPS	No FPS cap.
High dynamic range display (HDR)

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		Two sliders for in-game sound and UI sound.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Czech				Fan - 1
French

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play		8
Online play		8	The official MSN Gaming Zone service has been discontinued.^[3]; use Voobly.

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking		MSN Gaming Zone support has been discontinued.^[3]
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	7

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	95, 98, ME, 2000
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium II 233 MHz	Intel Pentium II 300 MHz
System memory (RAM)	64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	217 MB	675 MB
Video card (GPU)	8 MB of VRAM DirectX 7.0 compatible
Other	4X CD-ROM 28.8 Kbps modem for online multiplayer

Notes

↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10^[1] 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.^[2]
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 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

↑ Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
↑ Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 CD-ROM Matchmaking Has Been Retired on MSN Games

[3] SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10^[1] 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.^[2]

[gamedir-4] 2.0 ^2.1 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).

[1] Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16

[2] Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16

[MSN-5] 3.0 ^3.1 CD-ROM Matchmaking Has Been Retired on MSN Games

[Note 1]

[Note 2]

[3]

[1]

[2]

@@ Line 8: / Line 8: @@
 |release dates=
 {{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|May 25, 2000}}
+|reception    =
+{{Infobox game/row/reception|Metacritic|motocross-madness-2|rating}}
 |taxonomy     =
 {{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/monetization      | One-time game purchase }}
@@ Line 21: / Line 23: @@
 |steam appid  =
 |gogcom id    =
+|official site= https://web.archive.org/web/20000817155649/http://microsoft.com/games/motocross2/
 |hltb         = 16985
+|igdb         = motocross-madness-2
 |lutris       = motocross-madness-2
 |strategywiki =
-|mobygames    = motocross-madness-2
+|mobygames    = 2316
 |wikipedia    = Motocross Madness 2
 |winehq       = 3679
 |license      = commercial
+}}
+{{Introduction
+|introduction      =
+|release history   =
+|current state     =
 }}
@@ Line 34: / Line 46: @@
 {{Availability/row| Retail | | disc | {{DRM|SafeDisc}}. | | Windows }}
 }}
-{{ii}} A free demo version is available from [https://archive.org/details/MotocrossMadness2Demo Archive.org].
+===Trial version===
+{{ii}} A free trial version is available from [https://archive.org/details/MotocrossMadness2Demo Archive.org].
 ==Essential improvements==
 ===Modern Windows compatibility===
-{{Fixbox|description=Instructions|ref={{cn|date=February 2017}}|fix=
+{{Fixbox|description=Instructions|ref={{cn|date=March 2024}}|fix=
-{{ii}} A No-CD patch is required to run the game.
+# Set {{file|MCM2.EXE}} to run in [[Windows Compatibility Mode|compatibility mode]] for Windows XP Service Pack 3.
-# Set {{file|MCM2.EXE}} to Windows XP Service Pack 3.
 # Add the missing [https://community.pcgamingwiki.com/files/file/3-direct3d-retained-mode-dll-d3drmdll/ d3drm.dll].
-# Set up [[DgVoodoo 2#DirectX 2-8|dgVoodoo2]].
+# Download and setup [[dgVoodoo 2]] version 2.73 or newer.
-# Start the game and choose dgvoodoo for rendering.
+# Copy {{file|dgVoodooCpl.exe}} and the contents of the {{folder|\MS\x86}} subfolder to {{folder|{{p|game}}}}.
+# Start the game and choose dgVoodoo for rendering.
 }}
@@ Line 49: / Line 63: @@
 ===Configuration file(s) location===
 {{Game data|
-{{Game data/config|Windows|{{P|game}}\UI\Profile\ }}
+{{Game data/config|Windows|{{P|game}}\UI\Profile\}}
 }}
@@ Line 68: / Line 82: @@
 |multimonitor               = unknown
 |multimonitor notes         =
-|ultrawidescreen            = unknown
+|ultrawidescreen            = true
 |ultrawidescreen notes      =
 |4k ultra hd                = hackable
@@ Line 78: / Line 92: @@
 |borderless windowed        = false
 |borderless windowed notes  =
-|anisotropic                = hackable
+|anisotropic                = false
-|anisotropic notes          = Use [[DgVoodoo 2#DirectX 2-8|dgVoodoo2]].
+|anisotropic notes          =
-|antialiasing               = hackable
+|antialiasing               = false
-|antialiasing notes         = Use [[DgVoodoo 2#DirectX 2-8|dgVoodoo2]].
+|antialiasing notes         =
 |upscaling                  = false
 |upscaling tech             =
@@ Line 90: / Line 104: @@
 |60 fps notes               =
 |120 fps                    = true
-|120 fps notes              = No fps cap
+|120 fps notes              = No FPS cap.
 |hdr                        = false
 |hdr notes                  =
@@ Line 188: / Line 202: @@
   |ref       =
   |fan       =
-}}{{L10n/switch
+}}
+{{L10n/switch
+ |language  = Czech
+ |interface = hackable
+ |audio     = false
+ |subtitles = unknown
+ |notes     = Fan - [https://www.abcgames.cz/?p=preklady_zobraz&id=2719 1]
+ |fan       = true
+}}
+{{L10n/switch
   |language  = French
   |interface = true
@@ Line 237: / Line 260: @@
 ===API===
 {{API
-|direct3d versions      =
+|direct3d versions      = 7
 |direct3d notes         =
 |directdraw versions    =
@@ Line 259: / Line 282: @@
 |windows 32-bit exe     = true
 |windows 64-bit exe     = false
-|windows arm app        = unknown
+|windows arm app        =
 |windows exe notes      =
 |macos intel 32-bit app =
 |macos intel 64-bit app =
-|macos arm app          = unknown
+|macos arm app          =
 |macos app notes        =
 |linux 32-bit executable=
 |linux 64-bit executable=
-|linux arm app          = unknown
+|linux arm app          =
 |linux executable notes =
 }}
@@ Line 277: / Line 300: @@
 |minOS    = 95, 98, ME, 2000
 |minCPU   = Intel Pentium II 233 MHz
-|minRAM   = 32 MB
+|minRAM   = 64 MB
-|minHD    = 190 MB
+|minHD    = 217 MB
+|minVRAM  = 8 MB
 |minGPU   =
 |minDX    = 7.0
+|minother = 4X CD-ROM<br>28.8 Kbps modem for online multiplayer
 |recOS    =
-|recCPU   =
+|recCPU   = Intel Pentium II 300 MHz
 |recRAM   =
 |recHD    = 675 MB

Developers

	Rainbow Studios
Publishers
	Microsoft
Release dates
Windows	May 25, 2000
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Racing
Vehicles	Motorcycle, Off-roading, Track racing
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Contemporary
Series	Motocross Madness