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Downtown Run

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Downtown Run
Downtown Run cover
Developers
Ubisoft Bucharest
Publishers
Ubisoft
Release dates
Windows March 27, 2003
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Third-person
Controls Direct control
Genres Racing
Vehicles Automobile, Track racing
Art styles Realistic
Themes Contemporary
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Warnings

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

Downtown Run is a singleplayer and multiplayer third-person racing game.

It was released as City Racer in North America.

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
 SafeDisc 2.80.011 DRM[Note 1]
Windows
SafeDisc DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected releases).

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Delete/rename Intro.bik[3]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\data\Movies\intro\.
  2. Delete or rename Intro.bik.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\data\save\Main.cfg[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\data\save\players.cfg[Note 2]

Video

Video settings.
Video settings.

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
 
 Vert-, some resolutions not listed. For unlisted resolutions, see Widescreen resolution.
Multi-monitor
 
 See Widescreen resolution.
Ultra-widescreen
 
 See Widescreen resolution.
4K Ultra HD
 
 See Widescreen resolution.
Field of view (FOV)
Use the FOV fix to set a custom FOV value.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Up to 16x.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
High-fidelity upscaling
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
Uncapped framerate.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
Color blind mode
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Widescreen resolution

Edit Main.cfg and hex-edit Main.pro[4]
  1. Open <path-to-game>\data\save\Main.cfg with a text editor.
  2. Under [VIDEO], change the Resolution= line to the desired resolution.
  3. To fix the main menu resolution, open Main.pro with a hex editor such as HxD.
  4. Press Ctrl+F and set datatype to Hex-values.
  5. Search for C7 44 24 2C 20 03 00 00 C7 44 24 30 58 02 00 00 and BA 20 03 00 00 B9 58 02 00 00.
  6. Highlight 20 03 00 00 and replace the value in the UInt32 row with the desired width (it's on the Data inspector tab in the right side).
  7. Highlight 58 02 00 00 and repeat the same as the previous step, but this time for height.
  8. Save the file.

Notes

Vert- 3D image compared to 4:3. Use the FOV fix to address it.
Going in the options menu reverts the change done in <path-to-game>\data\save\Main.cfg.

Input

Input settings.
Input settings.

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
Controller Y-axis inversion
Controller types
XInput-compatible controllers
DirectInput-compatible controllers
PlayStation controllers
Nintendo controllers
Other controller(s)
Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Input prompt override
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio settings.
Audio settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
General, Music, Main car, Opponents, Voice, Power-ups, Ambiance, Menu, CD music.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Mutes but does not pause gameplay.
EAX support
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
2 Versus
Splitscreen (choice of horizontal or vertical).
LAN play
Online play

VR support

3D modes State Notes
Native 3D
Anaglyph.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 8
OpenGL
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Cutscenes Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
MinimumRecommended
Operating system (OS) 98SE, ME, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU) 500 MHz Intel Pentium III or similar1 GHz Intel Pentium III or similar
System memory (RAM) 128 MB256 MB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD) 650 MB
Video card (GPU) 3D AGP accelerated, hardware T&L, OpenGL or DirectX compatible
32 MB of VRAM
DirectX 8.1 compatible		64 MB of VRAM


Notes

  1. ↑ This version of SafeDisc DRM does not work on Windows 10[1] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[2]
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 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