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Hotshot Racing

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Hotshot Racing
Hotshot Racing cover
Developers
Lucky Mountain Games
Sumo Digital
Publishers
Curve Digital
Engines
Sumo Engine
Release dates
Windows September 10, 2020
Reception
Metacritic 71
OpenCritic 75
IGDB 68
Taxonomy
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Third-person
Controls Direct control
Genres Racing
Vehicles Automobile, Street racing
Art styles Stylized
Hotshot Racing on HowLongToBeat
Hotshot Racing on IGDB
Hotshot Racing guide on StrategyWiki
Hotshot Racing on MobyGames

Hotshot Racing is a singleplayer and multiplayer third-person racing game.

Key points

Despite the uncapped frame rate, the update rate of the gameplay sections are arbitrarily capped at 60 FPS, frame rates higher than that will cause the engine to duplicate the frames. See High frame rate and Game uses incorrect refresh rate.[1]
Despite the very simplified visuals, the game still suffers from pop-in and shadows appearing at a distance as the player gets closer to them and can even look blurry even at the highest settings. See Poor LOD and pop-in and Poor image quality[2]

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
GamersGate
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Windows
Gamesplanet logo.svg
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Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
Humble Store
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Windows
Steam
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Always online (requires a constant internet connection to play)
Windows

Essential improvements

Skip intros

Modify game files[citation needed]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\data\movie\.
  2. Delete, rename or move logo_summit.mp4 and logo_sumo.mp4.
  3. Go to <path-to-game>\data\UI\.
  4. Delete, rename or move the directory bootlogos.
The screen will stay black until the loading screen.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\Sumo Digital Ltd\<user-id>\Summit\Config
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/609920/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\Sumo Digital Ltd\<user-id>\Summit\Profiles
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/609920/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

In-game video settings.
In-game video settings.

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
Non 16:9 resolutions stretch the image.[3]
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
If experiencing inconsistent frame pacing and stuttering, disable and force externally.
60 FPS
120+ FPS
Uncapped 2D and 3D animations inside menus and during race intros. Gameplay update rate/tick rate is arbitrarily capped at 60 FPS, meaning the game will duplicate previous frames when it's running above that which may cause micro-stuttering. See High frame rate and Game uses incorrect refresh rate for a fix.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

High frame rate

This fix has only been tested during offline sessions. It may cause issues online.
Modify with Cheat Engine[4]
  1. Install Cheat Engine and attach the game process.
  2. While All is selected in the memory search range, search for the following in rounded (extreme) mode, while Executable, Writable and CopyOnWrite is set to Don't Care and the Fast Scan option disabled: 0.016666666666 as a float.
  3. Change every value to 1/FPS (e.g. 0.006944444444 for 144 FPS or to 0.003333333333 for 300 FPS).
  4. Save the cheat table.
Temporary solution. The saved cheat table must be used and its values changed with each launch.
Modify with hex editor[5]
  1. Open HotshotRacing.exe with a hex editor such as HxD.
  2. Replace all instances of 89 88 88 3C (60 FPS) with one of the following,
    • 39 8E E3 3B for 144 FPS.
    • 89 88 88 3B for 240 FPS.
    • 0E 74 5A 3B for 300 FPS.
    • 61 0B 36 3B for 360 FPS.
Permanent solution. Only needs to be applied once.
If the desired value is not listed above, apply it using the Cheat Engine method above. Right-Click one the changed values and select "Browse this memory region" to view the hex values.

Disable motion blur

Disable motion blur
  1. Go to configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open options.ini.
  3. Change MotionBlur=1 to MotionBlur=0.

Increase internal resolution

Increase internal resolution
  1. Go to configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open options.ini.
  3. Change SelectedResolutionWidth and SelectedResolutionHeight to your desired resolution. SelectedDisplayMode may need to bet set to 0.

Input

In-game keyboard remapping menu.
In-game keyboard remapping menu.
In-game controller screen.
In-game controller screen.

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
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
French
German
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
4 Co-op, Versus
Split-Screen
LAN play
Online play
8 Co-op, Versus
Split Screen

Issues unresolved

Poor LOD and pop-in

Since shadow quality (including resolution, detail and render distance) and asset LOD is generally low even at the highest preset, this will cause missing shadows and detail in far distances. There's currently no known fixes for this.[6]

Issues fixed

Game uses incorrect refresh rate

The game may default to the lowest supported refresh rate of the monitor.
Override refresh rate with 3Dmigoto[7]
  1. Download the latest release of 3Dmigoto.
  2. Open x64 and copy the files to <path-to-game>.
  3. Open d3dx.ini.
  4. Change ;refresh_rate=60 to desired hertz, and remove the semicolon (e.g. refresh_rate=120).
  5. Change hunting=1 to ;hunting=1 by adding a semicolon.

Poor image quality

Game is not dpi aware.
Change high dpi settings[8]
  1. Make sure the current desktop is running with the desired resolution, then navigate to the game's installation directory.
  2. Right-click on HotshotRacing.exe and select Properties.
  3. Select Change high dpi settings under the Compatibility tab and check both options.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 11
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio Wwise
Interface NoesisGUI

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i3-4130T 2.9 GHz
AMD FX-6300 3.5 GHz
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 8 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX 770
AMD Radeon HD 7870
1 GB of VRAM
DirectX 11 compatible
Other Broadband Internet connection
A 64-bit operating system is required.


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>/609920/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (609920) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

  1. Verified by User:Radmaxx on 2024-03-01
  2. Verified by User:Radmaxx on 2024-03-01
  3. Verified by User:Bob Page on 2020-09-11
  4. Verified by User:Radmaxx on 2024-03-01
  5. Verified by User:Radmaxx on 2024-03-01
  6. Verified by User:Radmaxx on 2024-03-01
  7. Verified by User:Keith on 2020-11-28
  8. Verified by User:Radmaxx on 2024-03-01