Moto Racer

Moto Racer
Moto Racer	1997
Moto Racer 2	1998
Moto Racer 3	2001
Moto Racer 15th Anniversary	2011
Moto Racer 4	2016

Moto Racer is a singleplayer and multiplayer racing game in the Moto Racer series.

The Steam version triggers an "illegal version" error, making championships impossible to complete (See the Steam Community Guide to fix this issue).^[1]

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
GOG.com		Patched for compatibility with modern systems.
Green Man Gaming		Moto Racer Collection.
Steam		Moto Racer Collection. Cannot complete championships due to "illegal version" error.^[1]
ZOOM Platform

Essential improvements

Patches

The latest official patch 3.22 is available at soggi.org.

The Moto Racer Data Disk 1 with the new tracks "Fun Fair" and "Sea of Sand" is also available at soggi.org.

The GOG version includes the Data Disk, which can be accessed through the in-game config menu.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\data\CONFIG.BPT^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/324110/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Champ*.sav^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/324110/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

High scores are stored in <path-to-game>\bestscor.dat.

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

General settings.

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution		640x480 only. 16:9 option merely letterboxes the output.
Multi-monitor		640x480 only.
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed	Toggle with `Alt`+`↵ Enter`.
Borderless fullscreen windowed	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)	Force through graphics driver.
Anti-aliasing (AA)	Use dgVoodoo 2 (select ATI Radeon 8500)
Vertical sync (Vsync)	On by default. Force off through graphics driver.
60 FPS	manual settings: -FrameRateMax60. May cause visual glitches.
120+ FPS	manual settings: -FrameRateMax0. May cause visual glitches.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		First two axes only.
Controller sensitivity		Analog control is not supported. The stick will act as a D-pad. Use the manual setting: -JN to configure deadzone where N=0 no deadzone and N=7000 is maximum deadzone.
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Master, Wave and CD Audio.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio
Red Book CD audio		On Windows, CD music might not play correctly; see the troubleshooting guide for solutions.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Spanish
Swedish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Players	Notes
Local play
LAN play	8
Online play	8	The official multiplayer service has been shut down.

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Issues fixed

Visual glitches

Disable DirectX.^{[citation needed]}

Remove -FrameRateMax manual setting.^{[citation needed]}

"Illegal version" error (Steam)

"Illegal version" error.

The Steam version triggers an "illegal version" error making championships impossible to complete (bike cannot move).^[1] See the Steam Community Guide to fix this issue.

The GOG.com version does not have this issue.^[2]

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	3

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	95
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 90	Intel Pentium 133 or higher
System memory (RAM)	16 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	5 MB	80 MB
Video card (GPU)	SVGA, DirectDraw-compatible 2 MB of VRAM	Direct3D-compatible 3D accelerator
Sound (audio device)		Sound Blaster AWE32
Other	2X CD-ROM

Notes

↑ ^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).
↑ ^2.0 ^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>/324110/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (324110) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Moto Racer 1 "illigal version" ? :: Moto Racer Collection General Discussions
↑ Illegal version?, page 2 - Forum - GOG.com - last accessed on May 2023

[gamedir-2] 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).

[Proton_path_note-3] 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>/324110/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (324110) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[Steam_illegal_version-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Moto Racer 1 "illigal version" ? :: Moto Racer Collection General Discussions

[4] Illegal version?, page 2 - Forum - GOG.com - last accessed on May 2023

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[Note 2]

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Developers

	Delphine Software International
Publishers
Retail	Electronic Arts
Digital (original)	Nobilis
Digital (current)	Microids
Release dates
Windows	August 1997
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Racing
Vehicles	Motorcycle
Series	Moto Racer