City Car Driving
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| Developers | |
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| Forward Development | |
| Publishers | |
| Forward Global Group | |
| Retail (Russia) | Noviy Disk |
| Engines | |
| Nebula Device[1] | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | February 25, 2010 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Series | 3D Instructor |
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| 3D Instructor | |
|---|---|
| 3D Instructor | 2006 |
| City Car Driving | 2010 |
General information
- Official website and forums
- Steam Community Discussions
- Originally sold only in Russia and CIS as 3D Instructor 2 / Educational Car Simulator 2[2]
- Successor to the original 3D Driving Instructor / Educational Car Simulator[3]
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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| Retail | |
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| Official website | |
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| Steam | |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Forward Development\City Car Driving\config\ |
| Steam | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Forward Development\City Car Driving Steam\config\ |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/493490/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Forward Development\City Car Driving\ |
| Steam | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Forward Development\City Car Driving Steam\ |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/493490/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| OneDrive | Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. | |
| Steam Cloud |
Video
Video settings
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | |||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | You can use the scroll wheel to adjust it during gameplay. There is also common camera file for all cars and it changes the FOV inside the car. The file is <path-to-game>\data\gamedata\cars\cameras_common.xml. |
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| Windowed | |||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | Up to 8x | ||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. | ||
Input
Input settings
Advanced input settings
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Remapping | ||
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | Only adjustable if chosen as the vehicle control method | |
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support | ||
| Full controller support | ||
| Controller remapping | ||
| Controller sensitivity | ||
| Controller Y-axis inversion |
| Controller types |
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| XInput-compatible controllers |
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| DualShock 4 controllers |
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| Tracked motion controllers |
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| Generic/other controllers |
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| Additional information | ||
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| Controller hotplugging | ||
| Haptic feedback | ||
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio settings
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | ||
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | ||||
| Simplified Chinese | Added in versions 1.3.0 - 1.3.1[6] | |||
| Czech | Added in version 1.3.2[7] | |||
| Danish | Added in version 1.5.4[8] | |||
| Finnish | Added in version 1.5.4[9] | |||
| French | ||||
| German | ||||
| Italian | Added in version 1.2.5[10] | |||
| Japanese | Added in version 1.3.2[11] | |||
| Portuguese | Added in version 1.2.5[12] | |||
| Russian | ||||
| Spanish | Added in version 1.2.5[13] | |||
| Turkish | Added in versions 1.3.0 - 1.3.1[14] | |||
| Ukrainian |
VR support
| 3D modes | State | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nvidia 3D Vision | See Helix Mod: City Car Driving Simulator. | ||
| Headsets | |||
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| SteamVR | |||
| Oculus VR (LibOVR) | |||
| Windows Mixed Reality | This game might be playable with the Revive Compatibility Layer, or Windows Mixed Reality for SteamVR. | ||
| OSVR | |||
| Devices | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Tracked motion controllers | |||
| Traditional controller | See Input for details. | ||
| Keyboard/Mouse | |||
| TrackIR | |||
| Play area | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Seated | |||
| Standing | |||
| Room-scale | |||
Issues fixed
For common issues check the official FAQ page
Crashes on low end systems (e.g. Intel HD iGPU) on version 1.3 and newer
- This is due to PC specs. Even if the PC can run the game at 60 FPS on high settings, crashes can still occur.
- Attempting to disable DX11 on versions 1.3 and newer has no effect.
| Lower the quality settings all the way down |
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| Use versions 1.2.x (3DI 2.2.x) if possible |
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Version from official website unable to activate / keeps asking for the activation key
| Run the game as administrator |
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Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Direct3D | 9, 11 | DX11 was added in version 1.3.[15] The ability to switch back to DX9 is allegedly broken in 1.5.5 and newer. |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windows |
Middleware
| Middleware | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
| Physics | Havok | |
| Interface | Crazy Eddie's GUI System (CEGUI) |
Modifications
System requirements
| Windows | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | 7 SP1, 8, 8.1, 10 | |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium Dual Core 3.2 GHz AMD Athlon II X4 3.1 GHz |
Intel Core i3 3.2 GHz AMD FX-4xxx 3.6 GHz |
| System memory (RAM) | 4 GB | 8 GB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 10 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GT 740 AMD Radeon R7 240 DirectX 11 compatible | Nvidia GeForce GTX 750 AMD Radeon R7 250X |
| Sound (audio device) | DirectX compatible | |
- Old system requirements can be found here
Notes
- ↑ 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>/493490/in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (493490) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
References
- ↑ City Car Driving :: Topic: Game Questions (51/52) - last accessed on 2022-03-19
- "Graphical engine is deeply modified Nebula2."
- ↑ "City Car Driving" soon! - last accessed on 2021-07-10
- ↑ City Car Driving - Origin and history - last accessed on 2021-07-10
- ↑ 3D-инструктор. Учебный автосимулятор 2. Расширенная версия - last accessed on 2021-08-02
- ↑ Вышла финальная домашняя версия 3D Инструктора 2.0! - last accessed on 2022-03-23
- "Чтобы перед покупкой вы могли оценить, насколько хорошо игра будет работать на вашем компьютере, мы сделали специальную бесплатную демо-версию."
- ↑ Version 1.3 release! - last accessed on 2021-07-10
- ↑ Version 1.3.2 release! - last accessed on 2021-07-10
- ↑ Version 1.5.4! - last accessed on 2021-07-10
- ↑ Version 1.5.4! - last accessed on 2021-07-10
- ↑ Patch 1.2.5 released! - last accessed on 2021-07-10
- ↑ Version 1.3.2 release! - last accessed on 2021-07-10
- ↑ Patch 1.2.5 released! - last accessed on 2021-07-10
- ↑ Patch 1.2.5 released! - last accessed on 2021-07-10
- ↑ Version 1.3 release! - last accessed on 2021-07-10
- ↑ Version 1.3 release! - last accessed on 2021-07-10