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Grand Theft Auto 2

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Grand Theft Auto 2
Grand Theft Auto 2 cover
Developers
DMA Design
Publishers
Rockstar Games
Release dates
Windows September 30, 1999
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Grand Theft Auto 2 guide on StrategyWiki
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⤏ Go to series page
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Key points

Downloadable and Steam versions removed for unknown reasons.[1]
To play online use GTA2 Game Hunter.

General information

Rockstar Games's Official site
Rockstar Games's Official Grand Theft Auto site
Steam Community Discussions
GTAForums Discussion.
Grand Theft Wiki
GTA Network - A huge network of fansites all dedicated to the Grand Theft Auto series

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
 SafeDisc DRM[Note 1] on the original 1999 release.
SecuROM DRM on Grand Theft Auto Classics Collection.
Windows
SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Delete/rename Movie folder[citation needed]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\data\
  2. Delete or rename the Movie folder.

Enhanced GTA2

Add Windows 8 support, windowed mode, per-user settings and slightly increase game allowed frame rates.
Install GTA2 v11.44[citation needed]

Game data

External general settings.
External general settings.

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\DMA Design Ltd\GTA2\[Note 2]
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/12180/pfx/[Note 3]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\player\[Note 4]
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/12180/pfx/[Note 3]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

External graphics settings.
External graphics settings.

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Input settings

External key map settings.
External key map settings.

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Audio settings

External audio settings.
External audio settings.

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Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Polish
Spanish
Russian
Retail only. Patch for digital release here.

Network

External network settings.
External network settings.

Multiplayer types

Type Native Notes
LAN play
Online play
To find matches use GTA2 Game Hunter.

Connection types

Type Native Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Ports

Protocol Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP 2300-2400, 47624
UDP 2300-2400, 47624
Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

Issues fixed

The application was unable to start correctly (0xc0000022)

This is caused by missing DirectPlay
Instructions[citation needed]
  1. Enable DirectPlay in Start->Control Panel->Programs and Features->Turn Windows Features On or Off->Legacy Components->DirectPlay

16x16x16 Video Mode error and no resolutions available in GTA2 Manager

This bug seems to be caused by faulty registry settings
Instructions[citation needed]
  1. Launching both gta2.exe and gta2 manager.exe in Windows XP SP3 compatibility mode seems to resolve this issue
  2. After successfuly launching both EXEs the compatibility mode can be removed

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D
DirectDraw
Glide 2
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio Miles Sound System 5.0r
Cutscenes Bink Video 0.9g

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 95, 98
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 200 MHz
System memory (RAM) 32 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 65 MB 400 MB
Video card (GPU) Direct3D-compatible

Notes

  1. ↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[2] 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.[3]
  2. ↑ Applications writing to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE will be redirected to other locations based on various criterias, see the glossary page for more details.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/12180/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (12180) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
  4. ↑ 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