Boss Rally
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| Developers | |
|---|---|
| Boss Game Studios[1] | |
| Publishers | |
| SouthPeak Interactive[1] | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | April 30, 1999[1] |
| Taxonomy | |
| Genres | Racing |
Key points
- Port of Top Gear Rally.
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retail | Game disc is required for Championship mode |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>[Note 1] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>[Note 1] |
Video
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | Widescreen resolutions work, but the FOV is not correct. | ||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | Widescreen resolutions work, but the FOV is not correct. | ||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | Use dgVoodoo 2 | ||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | Use dgVoodoo 2 | ||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Use dgVoodoo 2 | ||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | Use dgVoodoo 2 | ||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | |||
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 | ||
| Controller sensitivity | ||
| Controller Y-axis inversion |
| Additional information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Controller hotplugging | ||
| Haptic feedback | ||
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | ||
| 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 |
Network
Multiplayer types
| Type | Native | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local play | |||
| LAN play | |||
| Online play | |||
Issues fixed
Game refuses to start on Windows 8 and later
| Install DirectPlay |
|---|
Note: Normally Windows 8+ automatically detects if an application needs DirectPlay or other legacy components when it launches and prompts the user to install DirectPlay, but this requires a certain combination of services to be active such as the Diagnostic Policy Service which are sometimes disabled by the user. |
Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Direct3D | 6 | |
| Glide | 2 | Use dgVoodoo 2 or nGlide |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windows |
System requirements
| Windows | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | 95, 98 | |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 160 MHz | Intel Pentium 233 MHz |
| System memory (RAM) | 32 MB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 60 MB | |
| Video card (GPU) | Hardware-accelerated video card (Glide or Direct3D) 4 MB of VRAM DirectX 6 compatible | 3dfx Voodoo Nvidia RIVA ATI RAGE Pro, S3 Savage, Matrox G200 and other Direct3D compatible hardware |
| Sound (audio device) | 16-bit Windows compatible sound card | |
| Controller | Gamepads and joysticks | |
| Other | Microsoft compatible mouse or other pointing device 8x CD-ROM drive | |
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%\VirtualStoreon Windows Vista and later (more details).