GP500

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GP500

Developers
	Melbourne House
Publishers
	MicroProse
	Hasbro Interactive
Release dates
Windows	October 13, 1999
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Racing
Vehicles	Motorcycle
Art styles	Realistic

Warnings

SafeDisc DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected releases).

GP500 is a singleplayer and multiplayer third-person racing game.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SafeDisc DRM.

SafeDisc DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected releases).

Monetization

No monetization information; you can edit this page to add it.

Microtransactions

Type	Notes
No microtransactions	None

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows

Save game cloud syncing

No save game cloud syncing information; you can edit this page to add it.

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
High-fidelity upscaling		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS
120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)
Ray tracing (RT)
Color blind mode		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse acceleration
Mouse input in menus
Keyboard and mouse prompts
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity		Sensitivity and deadzone adjustments are for steering only.
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers		Can be assigned as gamepad or joystick.

DirectInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Nintendo controllers

Other controller(s)

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Input prompt override
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

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Issues unresolved

Game framedrops/speedups/freeze

Due to an issue with clockspeed, the game will begin losing frames within minutes of startup regardless of compatibility mode settings. It can regain frames at an exceedingly accelerated rate shortly after but it will always lead to a freeze.

Issues fixed

Game doesn't load on 32/64bit Windows OS

Use dgVoodoo2 + gp500_win2k.exe

Install game and update1 to bring game to version 1.0.1185a Download gp500_win2k.exe and place it in GP500's installation folder Set gp500_win2k.exe to Windows 98/ME compatibility and 16-bit color mode Download and setup dgVoodoo 2 Unzip dgvoodoo_2.xx and copy dgVoodooCpl or dgVoodoosetup.exe from main folder, then D3D9.dll, which will allow 1920x1440 32bit, D3D8.dll, D3DImm.dll , and DDraw.dll files from the MS/x86 subfolder into GP500's installation folder Run dgvoodoo.exe, configure General tab to have Full Screen with Stretched, Keep Aspect Ratio On DirectX tab, set dgvoodoo virtual 3D card, 512mb, 1920x1440 resolution, Application Controlled State, and Fast Memory Access. Apply. Run the game through gp500_win2k.exe

Notes:

It is possible you may need to set gp500_win2k.exe to Windows XP SP3 compatibility if the game crashes

dgvoodoo is not mandatory but it provides a smoother experience, though frame slowdown still takes place

There have been two .exe modifications made to allow the game to run on Vista or later operating systems. One is GP500Core2.exe and it can be run with Compatibility Mode to Windows 7 without further adjustments or dgvoodoo

Not necessary but replacing GP500.exe with a "noCD" .exe has no negative repercussion

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	6
Glide

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

No middleware information; you can edit this page to add it.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)