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Extreme-G 2

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Extreme-G 2
Extreme-G 2 cover
Developers
Probe Entertainment
Publishers
Retail Acclaim Entertainment
Digital Throwback Entertainment
Release dates
Windows April 22, 1999[citation needed]
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Third-person
Controls Direct control
Genres Racing, Vehicle combat
Themes Sci-fi
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Extreme-G 2 is a singleplayer third-person racing and vehicle combat game.

The PC version does not include any multiplayer modes.

General information

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Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM-free
Windows
Steam
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Modified for compatibility with newer systems. Includes dgVoodoo 2, a launcher with settings, and music tracks from all games in the Extreme-G series.
Windows

Version differences

The North American release has the Pantheon bike replaced with Velofire. The Steam release is the European version.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\newfile.dat[Note 1]
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/582260/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\newfile.dat[Note 1]
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/582260/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

Game options menu.
Game options menu.

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
See Widescreen resolution.
Multi-monitor
See Widescreen resolution.
Ultra-widescreen
See Widescreen resolution.
4K Ultra HD
See Widescreen resolution.
Field of view (FOV)
See Widescreen resolution. Camera position can be changed using in-game controls.
Windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Can be forced using dgVoodoo 2.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Can be forced using dgVoodoo 2.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
On by default, no option to disable.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
Capped at 33 FPS.

Widescreen resolution

The game is made for 4:3 aspect ratio and by default runs at 640x480 and is stretched on widescreen resolutions.
Instructions[1][2]
  1. Visit the WSGF page, download the attachment and extract the files.
  2. Open the folder with the desired aspect ratio, then copy xg2pc.exe to the game installation folder and replace the existing file.
  3. Use -w and -h parameters to set resolution:
  • Example: -w1920 -h1080.

Notes

The executables in the attachment are based on the retail US version which was already hex edited to prevent crashing on Windows XP and later.

FOV, draw distance and fog distance settings

These offsets and values are for the retail US version and were not tested on other versions.
Instructions[1]
  1. Open xg2pc.exe with a hex editor such as HxD.
  2. Press Ctrl+G and go to one of the following offsets and change the values:
    • 000CA480 - FOV (default value is 60 or 00 00 70 42)
    • 000CA487 - draw distance (default value is 1 or 00 00 80 3F)
    • 000C3D3D - fog distance (default value is 0.2 or CD CC 4C 3E)
    • Example:
      • Increase FOV value from 60 to 120:
      • 00 00 70 42 => 00 00 F0 42
      • Increase draw distance value from 1 to 3:
      • 00 00 80 3F => 00 00 40 40
      • Decrease fog distance value from 0.2 to 0.1:
      • CD CC 4C 3E => CD CC CC 3D
  3. Save the file.

Notes

Floating Point to Hex Converter can be used to easily convert the values.

Input

Controls configuration menu.
Controls configuration menu.

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
Press Space in the bike selection screen to enter controls configuration menu.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
No mouse support.
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Triggers on XInput controllers are not recognized.
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Press Space in the bike selection screen to enter controls configuration menu (only buttons can be remapped).
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion
Controller types
XInput-compatible controllers
PlayStation controllers
Generic/other controllers
Button prompts
Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Music, SFX and speech.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio
Red Book CD audio
Original retail version uses redbook CD audio. Soundtrack is included in the Steam release.

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Spanish

Issues fixed

Game crashes on launch on Windows XP and later

OutputDebugString calls cause the game to crash, removing the calls fixes the issue.
Instructions[3]
  1. Open xg2pc.exe with a hex editor such as HxD.
  2. Press Ctrl+R and set Datatype to Hex-values.
  3. Search for all instances of FF 15 E4 56 B1 01 and replace them with 90 90 90 90 90 90.
  4. Save the file.

Rendering glitches

On modern GPUs font and texture rendering is glitched.
Fix # 1: Use dgVoodoo 2[4]
  1. Download the latest version of dgVoodoo 2.
  2. Extract dgVoodooCpl.exe and the files from the MS\x86 subfolder into the game installation folder.
  3. Run dgVoodooCpl.exe and open the DirectX tab.
  4. Under Videocard select ATI Radeon 8500.
  5. Click Apply and OK to save the settings.
Fix # 2: Use WineD3D
  1. Download WineD3D

Low framerate

Because of the way the game uses timers, the framerate will be very low if Windows has been running for more than three days.
Restart Windows[5]

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 5
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements (retail)

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 95
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 200 MHz
System memory (RAM) 16 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 30 MB
Video card (GPU) 4 MB of VRAM
DirectX 5 compatible

System requirements (Steam)

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i3
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 2 GB
Video card (GPU) 1 GB of VRAM
DirectX 11 compatible


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 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).
  2. 2.0 2.1 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>/582260/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (582260) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References