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City Car Driving

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City Car Driving
City Car Driving cover
Developers
Forward Development
Publishers
Forward Global Group
Retail (Russia) Noviy Disk
Engines
Nebula Device[1]
Release dates
Windows February 25, 2010
Taxonomy
Series 3D Instructor
City Car Driving on MobyGames
3D Instructor
3D Instructor 2006
City Car Driving 2010

General information

Official website and forums
Steam Community Discussions
Originally sold only in Russia and CIS as 3D Instructor 2 / Educational Car Simulator 2[2]
Successor to the original 3D Driving Instructor / Educational Car Simulator[3]

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM details are not known
[4]
Windows
Official website
Always online (requires a constant internet connection to play)
Windows
Steam
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Windows
Newer versions have an integrity check on critical game files.
Demo[5] can be downloaded here

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Forward Development\City Car Driving\config\
Steam %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Forward Development\City Car Driving Steam\config\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/493490/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Forward Development\City Car Driving\
Steam %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Forward Development\City Car Driving Steam\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/493490/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
OneDrive
Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud

Video

Video settings
Video settings

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
You can use the scroll wheel to adjust it during gameplay. There is also common camera file for all cars and it changes the FOV inside the car. The file is <path-to-game>\data\gamedata\cars\cameras_common.xml.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Up to 8x
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Input settings
Input settings
Advanced input settings
Advanced input settings

Audio

Audio settings
Audio settings

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
Added in versions 1.3.0 - 1.3.1[6]
Czech
Added in version 1.3.2[7]
Danish
Added in version 1.5.4[8]
Finnish
Added in version 1.5.4[9]
French
German
Italian
Added in version 1.2.5[10]
Japanese
Added in version 1.3.2[11]
Portuguese
Added in version 1.2.5[12]
Russian
Spanish
Added in version 1.2.5[13]
Turkish
Added in versions 1.3.0 - 1.3.1[14]
Ukrainian

VR support

Issues fixed

For common issues check the official FAQ page

Crashes on low end systems (e.g. Intel HD iGPU) on version 1.3 and newer

This is due to PC specs. Even if the PC can run the game at 60 FPS on high settings, crashes can still occur.
Attempting to disable DX11 on versions 1.3 and newer has no effect.
Lower the quality settings all the way down
  1. Keep the graphics settings at the minimum
  2. Keep traffic and pedestrians around 20% at most (go higher only if the game remains stable)
  3. Use day time and dry weather (change it up only if the game remains stable)
  4. Do not install ANY car mods (just having them installed is enough to decrease the game's stability)
Use versions 1.2.x (3DI 2.2.x) if possible

Version from official website unable to activate / keeps asking for the activation key

Run the game as administrator

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9, 11 DX11 was added in version 1.3.[15] The ability to switch back to DX9 is allegedly broken in 1.5.5 and newer.
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Physics Havok
Interface Crazy Eddie's GUI System (CEGUI)

Modifications

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7 SP1, 8, 8.1, 10
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium Dual Core 3.2 GHz
AMD Athlon II X4 3.1 GHz
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 10 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GT 740
AMD Radeon R7 240
DirectX 11 compatible
Sound (audio device) DirectX compatible
Old system requirements can be found here


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 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>/493490/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (493490) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

  1. City Car Driving :: Topic: Game Questions (51/52) - last accessed on 2022-03-19
    "Graphical engine is deeply modified Nebula2."
  2. "City Car Driving" soon! - last accessed on 2021-07-10
  3. City Car Driving - Origin and history - last accessed on 2021-07-10
  4. 3D-инструктор. Учебный автосимулятор 2. Расширенная версия - last accessed on 2021-08-02
  5. Вышла финальная домашняя версия 3D Инструктора 2.0! - last accessed on 2022-03-23
    "Чтобы перед покупкой вы могли оценить, насколько хорошо игра будет работать на вашем компьютере, мы сделали специальную бесплатную демо-версию."
  6. Version 1.3 release! - last accessed on 2021-07-10
  7. Version 1.3.2 release! - last accessed on 2021-07-10
  8. Version 1.5.4! - last accessed on 2021-07-10
  9. Version 1.5.4! - last accessed on 2021-07-10
  10. Patch 1.2.5 released! - last accessed on 2021-07-10
  11. Version 1.3.2 release! - last accessed on 2021-07-10
  12. Patch 1.2.5 released! - last accessed on 2021-07-10
  13. Patch 1.2.5 released! - last accessed on 2021-07-10
  14. Version 1.3 release! - last accessed on 2021-07-10
  15. Version 1.3 release! - last accessed on 2021-07-10