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Revision as of 13:30, 26 July 2022
For the unrelated 2016 game, see Revolt (2016).
Developers | |
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Acclaim Studios London | |
Publishers | |
Acclaim Entertainment | |
Throwback Entertainment | |
H2 Interactive | |
Release dates | |
Windows | August 18, 1999 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Third-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Racing |
Key points
- It's necessary to enable DirectPlay to run this game on modern systems.
General information
- Re-Volt I/O | R/C Racing Game Community
- Re-Volt Race community site
- Re-Volt Zone community modding site
- Re-Volt XTG (RVXTG) community site
- Our Re-Volt Pub forum
- RRR Racing Forum
- GOG.com Community Discussions
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | SecuROM 1 DRM. | |||
GOG.com | ||||
Steam (unavailable) | Scheduled for July 29, 2022. |
Essential improvements
Patches
- Three official patches were released: v1.0, 0916, and v1.1 (1207).
RVGL
- A cross-platform rewrite/port of Re-Volt that runs natively on both Windows and GNU/Linux, that's powered entirely by modern, open source components.
- Fixes tons of bugs and adds support for modern systems, resolutions, custom soundtracks.
- Brings console exclusive content and options to PC version.[1]
- Improved multiplayer with better netcode with active community.
- Frequently updated.
Skip intro videos
Skip intro with RVGL[2] |
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Utilities
Phoenix R3
- Allows for the creation of fully-custom tracks of comparable quality to those in the original release.
WolfR4
- Similar in premise to Phoenix R3, but with expanded capabilities
- Only supports patch 1207.[3]
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Acclaim\Re-Volt\1.0\[Note 1] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/287310/pfx/[Note 2] |
- RVGL location:
<path-to-game>\profiles\
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Acclaim\Re-Volt\1.0\[Note 1] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/287310/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | HUD and Menus stretched by default. For Better Widescreen Support use RVGL. | ||
Multi-monitor | Use RVGL. | ||
Ultra-widescreen | Use RVGL. | ||
4K Ultra HD | Use RVGL. | ||
Field of view (FOV) | See Field of view (FOV). | ||
Windowed | See Windowed. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | Use RVGL and SRWE. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | For better anisotropic use RVGL. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | For better antialiasing use RVGL for MSAA. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS | Capped at 60 FPS. | ||
120+ FPS | For High FrameRate use RVGL to avoid issues.[Note 3] | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Field of view (FOV)
Custom FOV with RVGL[2] |
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Windowed
Set windowed with RVGL[2] |
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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 | Use RVGL to add support for modern controllers. | |
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | Can't map POV hat. | |
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | Use RVGL. | |
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | CD Music and SFX. | |
Surround sound | Use RVGL. | |
Subtitles | Everything is text-based. | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
EAX support | A3D 1.0, DirectSound3D, EAX 2.0. | |
Red Book CD audio | On Windows, CD music might not play correctly; see the troubleshooting guide for solutions. |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Dutch | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Spanish | ||||
Russian | Official localization by «Руссобит-М». | |||
Basque | Only in RVGL | |||
Czech | Only in RVGL | |||
Hungarian | Only in RVGL | |||
Lithuanian | Only in RVGL | |||
Polish | Only in RVGL | |||
Portuguese | Only in RVGL | |||
Romanian | Only in RVGL | |||
Serbian | Only in RVGL | |||
Slovenian | Only in RVGL | |||
Swedish | Only in RVGL | |||
Turkish | Only in RVGL |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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Local play | 4 | Versus Use RVGL. |
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LAN play | 24 | Versus Use RVGL. 16 Cars and 8 spectators.[4] |
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Online play | 24 | Versus Use RVGL. 16 Cars and 8 spectators.[4] |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | Use RVGL. | |
Direct IP |
Issues fixed
Can't create DirectPlay Lobby object
Enable DirectPlay |
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Game does not start (Windows 10)
- This applies to the GOG.com version.
Delete or rename winmm.dll in the <path-to-game>.[5]
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 6 | |
OpenGL | 2.0, 3.0, 4.1 | Only when using RVGL. |
Shader Model support | 2.0, 3.0, 3.1 | Only when using RVGL. |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | ARM | Notes |
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Windows | RVGL is required for 64-bit support. | |||
macOS (OS X) | RVGL is required for native support. | |||
Linux | RVGL is required for native support. ARM support was added in 21.0930a-1.[6] |
Vehicle dynamics
- This allows the user to change the top speed, acceleration, steering rate and wheel size, as well as detailed vehicle dynamics settings, effectively allowing the user to 'tune' the vehicle.
Edit vehicle parameters |
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Mods
FutureCars
- Adds custom cars and tracks which replaces existing Re-Volt gameplay with high speed, "ultra grav" vehicles, reaching in-game speeds of up to 100 mph. The mod currently includes seven custom tracks, and 20 unique vehicles.
Content Packs
- 9 content packs, that adds various new content, like new cars, tracks, soundtrack and more.
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 95, 98, ME | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 200 MHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 32 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 200 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | 4 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Applications writing to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE
will be redirected to other locations based on various criterias, see the glossary page for more details. - ↑ 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/287310/
. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (287310) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
- ↑ RVGL 19.0320a: Game animations now use a variable timestep, with an internal limit of 250 FPS.
References
- ↑ RVGL Documentation - Dreamcast Mode - last accessed on 2021-09-04
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 RVGL Documentation - Launch Parameters
- ↑ Re-Volt Wiki - WolfR4 - last accessed on 2021-09-02
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Online parameters - last accessed on 2021-09-02
- ↑ Re-Volt not loading on Windows 10., page 1 - Forum - GOG.com
- ↑ RVGL Changelog - last accessed on 18 June 2022