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Ford Racing

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Ford Racing
Ford Racing cover
Developers
MotiveTime
Publishers
Empire Interactive
Poland Play Publishing
Release dates
Windows November 2, 2000
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Third-person
Controls Direct control
Genres Racing
Vehicles Automobile, Track racing
Art styles Realistic
Themes Contemporary
Series Ford Racing
Ford Racing on MobyGames
Ford Racing on Wikipedia
Ford Racing
Ford Racing 2001
Ford Racing 2 2003
Ford Racing 3 2004
Ford Street Racing 2006
Ford Racing: Off Road 2008

Warnings

GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).

Key points

Also known as Ford Racing 2001.

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
Windows

Version differences

European release called Ford Racing (Version 1.02) is the initial release.
Spanish release called Ford Racing (Version 1.02) is notable for being the only one to include local split-screen and online multiplayer.[1]
American release called Ford Racing (Version 1.10) contains significant improvements.
Ford Racing 2001 (Version 1.10) is an European re-release including all improvements from the American release.
Known changes include:[2][3]
  • Different main menu fonts
  • More menu options, such as the Qualifying option and additional information in the Career mode
  • Dynamic weather and time of day
  • Modified, more realistic handling
  • Multiple camera views (including an interior camera)
  • Refined car engine sounds

Game data

External configuration window.
External configuration window.

Configuration file(s) location

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

Save game data location

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

Video

In-Game display settings.
In-Game display settings.

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS
120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Input

Keyboard input settings.
Keyboard input settings.
Controller input settings.
Controller input settings.

Audio

In-Game audio settings.
In-Game audio settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support
EAX 1
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Track selection uses metric and imperial simultaneously. Speedometer most likely uses MpH.
Spanish
Spanish retail release only.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
4 Versus
Spanish version 1.02 only.[1]
LAN play
Online play
Versus
Spanish version 1.02 only.[1]

Issues fixed

FORD RACING has not been successfully installed. Please reinstall FORD RACING.

Run FordRace.exe in Windows XP Service Pack 2 compatibility mode.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 6
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio Miles Sound System
Multiplayer GameSpy Spanish version 1.02 only.[1]

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 95/98
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium II 200 MHz
AMD K6-2 3DNow!
System memory (RAM) 32 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 250 MB
Video card (GPU) 3dfx based Voodoo chipset
Nvidia TnT based chipset
4 MB of VRAM
DirectX 6 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).

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Ford Racing - Multiplayer in Spanish release (gallery) - last accessed on 2024-01-09
  2. Ford Racing (1999) Trivia - MobyGames - last accessed on 2022-09-03
  3. Ford Racing - Porównanie dwóch różnych wersji gry - YouTube - last accessed on 2022-09-03
    "Change log sourced from this video, translated from Polish."