This page is for 2011 version. For the current Steam version, see Crazy Taxi (Steam). For the original 2002 port, see Crazy Taxi.
Key points
- Lacks the classic soundtrack by The Offspring and Bad Religion from the arcade and Dreamcast versions.
- Limited to only 720p.
- Suffers from poor performance. Use DXVK to fix the performance issues.
- Configuration launcher does not save settings properly. See here for a solution.
Availability
Essential improvements
- A Vulkan-based translation layer for Direct3D 9/10/11 intended for allowing 3D applications to run on Linux.
- Compatible on all operating systems as long as the GPU supports Vulkan.
- Fixes all performance problems with Crazy Taxi, maintaining a consistent frame-rate throughout.[3]
DXVK
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- Download DXVK here.
- Extract the contents of the
dxvk-*.tar.gz file with 7zip or WinRAR.
- Copy
d3d9.dll from the x32 folder and paste it in the game's installation folder.
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
- The 2011 version's configuration tool has problems with saving settings. See here for details.
Save game data location
System |
Native |
Notes |
OneDrive |
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Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. |
Steam Cloud |
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Video
External configuration launcher.
In-game general settings.
Input
Audio
Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
Separate volume controls |
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Music, SE |
Surround sound |
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Subtitles |
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Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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Royalty free audio |
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Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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French |
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German |
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Italian |
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Spanish |
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Issues fixed
Configuration tool does not save settings
- The Steam version's configuration tool does not save settings properly, and the Dreamcast Collection version's configuration tool does not write a new configuration file if one is missing without re-installing the game.
Steam version: Add key through Registry Editor[6]
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- Go to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall
- Check if you have a folder named
SEGA on it. If you don't, right click on Uninstall, click New, then Key and name it SEGA .
- Right-click
SEGA , click New, then Key and name it Crazy Taxi .
- Right-click the newly created
Crazy Taxi and click New, then String Value, and name it Crazy Taxi .
- Double-click the
Crazy Taxi string and change the value to 1 .
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Dreamcast Collection version: create the configuration file manually[6]
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- Check if you have a series of folders from
%USERPROFILE%\Documents that goes up to SEGA\Dreamcast Collection\Crazy Taxi . If not, create a new folder in %USERPROFILE%\Documents and name it SEGA .
- Go into the
SEGA , right-click and select New → Folder, and name it Dreamcast Collection .
- Go into the
Dreamcast Collection folder, right-click and select New → Folder, and name it Crazy Taxi .
- Go into the
Crazy Taxi folder, create a new text file and name it config.ini .
- Open the
config.ini file you created with a text editor, and then paste the following into this file:
[Crazy Taxi]
COLOURMODE=1
CONTROL2P_INDEX=1
CONTROL2P_TYPE=3
CONTROL_ACCELERATE=5
CONTROL_BRAKE=4
CONTROL_DESTINATION=2
CONTROL_DOWN=33
CONTROL_DRIVE=1
CONTROL_HORN=3
CONTROL_INDEX=0
CONTROL_LEFT=34
CONTROL_REVERSE=0
CONTROL_RIGHT=35
CONTROL_START=7
CONTROL_TYPE=3
CONTROL_UP=32
DRAW_DISTANCE=1
FULL_SCREEN=0
LANGUAGE=0
RESOLUTION=4
SHADOW=1
- Save the file (File → Save or Ctrl+S) in this location. The Dreamcast Collection version's configuration tool should be able to read and write the configuration files again.
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Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
9.0c |
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Shader Model support |
3.0 |
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Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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Middleware
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Middleware |
Notes |
Audio |
Criware |
ADX format audio files. |
System requirements
Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
XP |
7 |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel Pentium 4 3 GHz
| Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz |
System memory (RAM) |
2 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
240 MB | |
Video card (GPU) |
Nvidia GeForce 7300 ATI Radeon X1600 DirectX 9.0c compatible
| Nvidia GeForce 8800 ATI Radeon X1900 |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
References