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===Configuration file(s) location===
 
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===Save game data location===
 
===Save game data location===
 
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|separate volume notes    = Sound FX, Music.
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==Network==
 
==Network==
 
{{Network/Multiplayer
 
{{Network/Multiplayer
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Motorhead
Motorhead cover
Developers
DICE
Publishers
Gremlin Interactive
Fox Interactive
Release dates
Windows February 28, 1999
Motorhead on Wikipedia
Motorhead
Motorhead 1998
Motorhead (2015) 2015

This page is for the original release. For the emulated PlayStation version, see Motorhead (2015).

General information

Official Page (Archived)
Official Page (Current)

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM details are not known
Windows
This game is not available digitally.

Essential improvements

Patches

Motorhead Patch 3.0 fixes some compatibility issues and other bugs. It also adds a couple of new cars.

Alternative links:

mhp30.exe (The original patch installer from official support page (Archived)

mhp30.exe (The original patch installer)

mhp30-extracted.rar (The patch extracted with unshield)

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\Game\Motorhead.cfg[Note 1]
<path-to-game>\Game\*.clo[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\HiScores\[Note 1]

Video settings

Template:Video settings

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
LAN play
8
Online play

Connection types

Type Native Notes
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
<path-to-game>\MotorSv\Motorsv.exe
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Issues fixed

Compatibility problems on modern operating systems

Newer operating systems frequently have problems with the game, but most can be fixed by running the game in Compatibility Mode and downloading the latest patches.[citation needed]

Stuttering on Nvidia Graphics cards

What the settings should look like
What the settings should look like
Enabling triple buffering and disable v-sync[citation needed]
  1. Download Nvidia Profile Inspector.
  2. Create a new profile.
  3. Click "add application to current profile".
  4. Go to where your "motor.exe" is located. Mark it and click OK.
  5. Scroll down to the group called "Common" and click on Triple Buffering. Enable it.
  6. Click "Vertical sync" and choose "force off".

Unable to run with Direct3D

Install a separate 3Dfx-renderer[citation needed]
  1. Download nGlide
  2. Install it like normal. A message saying something like "nGlide is now installed" should appear when done
  3. Open Motorhead and go into the graphics settings
  4. Under "Renderer" at the top, select "3dFx Interactive Glide Driver".

Notes

Only resolutions up to 1024x768 are available.

Other information

API

Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 95
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 90 MHz
System memory (RAM) 16 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 100 MB
Video card (GPU) PCI SVGA Graphics card with 1MB RAM capable to show "High Color" (65,535 color) and with drivers supporting DirectDraw 5.0.

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 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