Difference between revisions of "4x4 Evo 2"

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4x4 Evo
4x4 Evo	2000
4x4 Evo 2	2001

Warnings

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

Key points

Also known as 4x4 Evolution 2.

Game is no longer sold. Made free in 2007. Community patch 4×4 Evo: Revolution adds support for modern resolution, vehicles, tracks and much more

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SafeDisc v2 DRM^{[Note 1]}.

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

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\SYSTEM^{[Note 2]}
macOS (OS X)

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\SYSTEM\metal.ini^{[Note 2]}
macOS (OS X)

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		16:9 and 16:10 aspect ratio are available with 4x4 Revolution community patch
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See Windowed.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Enable by default in OpenGL mode.
60 FPS
120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Windowed

Force windowed

Install 4x4 Revolution community patch
Open <path-to-game>\SYSTEM\render.ini with any text editor
Change WindowMode to 1
Launch the game, use OpenGl Rendering

Notes

The launcher is still be launched in full screen, 640x480.

No option to reposition window or launch the game with window borders.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity		Not used during gameplay
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support		Can not be used in menus
Controller remapping		Triggers can be assigned to throttle/brake, but do not function in-game. XInput Plus can solve the problem by remapping buttons
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
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	8
OpenGL

Executable	PPC	16-bit	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Mac OS (Classic)

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	98	2000, XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium III AMD Duron 2.0GHz	Pentium IV 2.0 GHz AMD Athlon XP 2000+
System memory (RAM)	128 MB	512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	1.5 GB
Video card (GPU)	AMD Radeon 7000 64 MB NVIDIA GeForce 2 MX 100/200 32 MB 32 MB of VRAM DirectX 8 compatible	AMD Radeon 8500 64 MB NVIDIA GeForce 2 MX 400 64 MB 64 MB of VRAM

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] 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

[Note 1]

[Note 2]

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[2]

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 {{Infobox game/row/date|Mac OS|February 28, 2002}}
 {{Infobox game/row/date|OS X|February 28, 2002}}
+|taxonomy     =
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/monetization      | }}
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+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/perspectives      | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/controls          | }}
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+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/sports            | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/vehicles          | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/art styles        | }}
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 }}
-{{Series|4x4 Evo}}
 '''Key points'''
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 {{Game data|
 {{Game data/config|Windows|{{p|game}}\SYSTEM}}
+{{Game data/config|OS X|}}
 }}
@@ Line 40: / Line 54: @@
 {{Game data|
 {{Game data/saves|Windows|{{p|game}}\SYSTEM\metal.ini}}
+{{Game data/saves|OS X|}}
 }}
-==Video settings==
+==Video==
-{{Video settings
+{{Video
 |wsgf link                  =
 |widescreen wsgf award      =
@@ Line 51: / Line 66: @@
 |widescreen resolution      = hackable
 |widescreen resolution notes= 16:9 and 16:10 aspect ratio are available with [https://www.4x4evolution.net/downloads/downloads-4x4-evo-2 4x4 Revolution community patch]
-|multimonitor               = unknown
+|multimonitor               = false
 |multimonitor notes         =
-|ultrawidescreen            = unknown
+|ultrawidescreen            = false
 |ultrawidescreen notes      =
-|4k ultra hd                = unknown
+|4k ultra hd                = false
 |4k ultra hd notes          =
-|fov                        = unknown
+|fov                        = false
 |fov notes                  =
 |windowed                   = false
@@ Line 63: / Line 78: @@
 |borderless windowed        = hackable
 |borderless windowed notes  = See [[#Windowed|Windowed]].
-|anisotropic                = unknown
+|anisotropic                = false
 |anisotropic notes          =
-|antialiasing               = unknown
+|antialiasing               = false
 |antialiasing notes         =
-|vsync                      = unknown
+|upscaling                  = unknown
-|vsync notes                =
+|upscaling tech             =
-|60 fps                     = unknown
+|upscaling notes            =
+|vsync                      = true
+|vsync notes                = Enable by default in OpenGL mode.
+|60 fps                     = true
 |60 fps notes               =
 |120 fps                    = unknown
@@ Line 91: / Line 109: @@
 }}
-==Input settings==
+==Input==
-{{Input settings
+{{Input
 |key remap                 = true
 |key remap notes           =
@@ Line 155: / Line 173: @@
 }}
-==Audio settings==
+==Audio==
-{{Audio settings
+{{Audio
-|separate volume          = unknown
+|separate volume          = true
 |separate volume notes    =
-|surround sound           = unknown
+|surround sound           = false
 |surround sound notes     =
-|subtitles                = unknown
+|subtitles                = false
 |subtitles notes          =
-|closed captions          = unknown
+|closed captions          = false
 |closed captions notes    =
 |mute on focus lost       = unknown
 |mute on focus lost notes =
 |eax support              =
-|eax support notes        =
+|eax support notes         =
+|royalty free audio        = unknown
+|royalty free audio notes  =
 }}
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 |windows 32-bit exe     = true
 |windows 64-bit exe     = unknown
+|windows arm app        = unknown
 |windows exe notes      =
-|macos 32-bit app       = unknown
-|macos 64-bit app       = unknown
 |mac os x powerpc app   = true
+|macos intel 32-bit app = unknown
+|macos intel 64-bit app = unknown
+|macos arm app          = unknown
 |macos app notes        =
 |linux 32-bit executable=
 |linux 64-bit executable=
+|linux arm app          = unknown
 |linux executable notes =
+|mac os powerpc app     = unknown
+|mac os 68k app         = unknown
+|mac os executable notes=
 }}
@@ Line 222: / Line 248: @@
 |minOS    = 98
-|minCPU   = Intel Pentium III / AMD Duron 2.0GHz
+|minCPU   = Intel Pentium III
+|minCPU2   = AMD Duron 2.0GHz
 |minRAM   = 128 MB
 |minHD    = 1.5 GB
@@ Line 231: / Line 258: @@
 |recOS    = 2000, XP
-|recCPU   = Pentium IV 2.0 GHz / AMD Athlon XP 2000+
+|recCPU   = Pentium IV 2.0 GHz
+|recCPU2  = AMD Athlon XP 2000+
 |recRAM   = 512 MB
-|recHD    = 1.5 GB
+|recHD    =
 |recGPU   = AMD Radeon 8500 64 MB
 |recGPU2  = NVIDIA GeForce 2 MX 400 64 MB
 |recVRAM  = 64 MB
-|recDX    = 8
+|recDX    =
 }}
 {{References}}

Developers

	Terminal Reality
Mac OS (Classic)	Aspyr Media
macOS (OS X)	Aspyr Media
Publishers
	Gathering of Developers
Release dates
Windows	October 30, 2001
Mac OS (Classic)	February 28, 2002
macOS (OS X)	February 28, 2002
Taxonomy
Genres	Racing
Series	4x4 Evo