CART Precision Racing
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Developers | |
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Terminal Reality | |
Publishers | |
Microsoft | |
Engines | |
Photex | |
Release dates | |
Windows | November 20, 1997 |
Taxonomy | |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | First-person, Bird's-eye view, Cinematic camera |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Racing, Simulation |
Vehicles | Automobile, Track racing |
Art styles | Realistic |
Themes | Contemporary, North America, Oceania, South America |
- Installer needs to be run on compatibility mode on modern Windows versions, see below.
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | Racing School and Driver Info / Track Info data is read from the disc, even if performing a complete installation.[1] |
- Trial version available.
Essential improvements
Patches
- The latest official patch 1.01 brings several improvements to gameplay, rendering, AI and documentation, plus bugfixes. It is available here and at soggi.org.
- The unofficial 3dfx patch Triglide.dll which is also avaiable at soggi.org adds a 3dfx Glide renderer to the graphics options,[2] which in turn allows using the nGlide wrapper to increase the render resolution.
Skip intro videos
Skip intro videos[1] |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\system[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\Saved Races[Note 1] |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | Automatically forces Software renderer. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Can be added using your GPU's control panel when using hardware rendering. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | Can be added using your GPU's control panel when using hardware rendering. | ||
High-fidelity upscaling | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | Can be added using your GPU's control panel when using hardware rendering. | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | Copy dll's from MS folder in DGVoodoo to game exe folder and use the DGV configutator for resolution/framerate etc Same as above, just remember to tick "Enumerate Refresh Rates" and set resolution/refresh rate in DGV control panel |
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High dynamic range display (HDR) |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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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 | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | Speaker options include Dolby Surround | |
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 |
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English |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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LAN play | 8 | |||
Online play | 8 |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking | MSN Gaming Zone is no longer available. | |
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
Ports
Protocol | Port(s) and/or port range(s) |
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TCP | 2300-2400, 47624 |
UDP | 2300-2400 |
- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.
Issues fixed
Installer not running on modern Windows versions
Run installer in compatibility mode[1] |
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"Feature not included" or "Help not supported" error when trying to open help files
- Windows Vista and later need an update to open legacy Help files.
Install Windows Help program[3] |
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CD music not available
- CD music requires the disc in the first drive (CD-ROM 0).
- Some virtual drive software might not support CD music.
Check drive is CD-ROM 0[citation needed] |
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Check that the drive is set to CD-ROM 0. |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 5 | |
Glide | See TRIGLIDE.DLL | |
Software renderer |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Cutscenes | Smacker Video Technology | |
Multiplayer | MSN Gaming Zone | Shut down June 16, 2006. |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 95 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 60 (60 MHz) | Intel Pentium 166 (166 MHz) |
System memory (RAM) | 16 MB | 32 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 35 MB | 100 MB recommended, 200 MB for full install |
Video card (GPU) | SVGA-compatible DirectX 5.0 compatible | Direct3D-compatible |
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).
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Verified by User:Brownd on 2020-08-29
- ↑ GameSpot: Secret Drivers for CART Appear on the Web - last accessed on 17 May 2023
- ↑ Microsoft Support KB #917607 - last accessed on 9 June 2023