London Racer: World Challenge

London Racer: World Challenge

Developers
	Davilex Games
Publishers
Russia	Noviy Disk
Engines
	Gamebryo
Release dates
Windows	September 15, 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, Street racing
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Contemporary, Europe, North America
Series	London Racer, A2 Racer, Autobahn Raser, Paris-Marseille Racing, Davilex Racer Series

London Racer
Subseries of Davilex Racer Series
London Racer	1999
London Racer II	2002
London Racer: World Challenge	2003
London Racer: Destruction Madness	2005
London Racer: Police Madness	2005

Warnings

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

London Racer World Challenge received various localized names for other regions, however all versions are identical in content.

The game was released as Paris-Marseille Racing: Edition Tour du Monde in France, Autobahn Raser: World Challenge in Germany and A2 Racer: World Challenge in the Netherlands.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SafeDisc 2 DRM

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

Monetization

Type	Notes
One-time game purchase	The game requires an upfront purchase to access.

Microtransactions

Type	Notes
No microtransactions	None

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
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		Capped at 25 FPS. See Custom FPS
120+ FPS		Capped at 25 FPS. See Custom FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)
Color blind mode		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Custom FPS

TnG Patcher
Use TnG Patcher to set custom FPS values.

Modify the game executable manually
Use a Hex-Editor like HxD. Make a backup of WR.exe and open it up in the hex editor. Find the offset: Either find the last occurence of string Version 4.2.2.0 and look 5 bytes further. Or look for pattern 56 65 72 73 69 6F 6E 20 34 2E 32 2E 32 2E 30 00 01 00 00 00 C8 41 Change bytes C8 41 into 70 42 for 60 FPS and save the file.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Presets to choose from.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse acceleration
Mouse input in menus
Keyboard and mouse prompts
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music & Effects.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
Dutch
English
French
German

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Notes
Local play
LAN play
Online play
Asynchronous multiplayer

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Issues fixed

Game does not launch or crashes upon loading

Instructions
Use dgVoodoo 2. Check "Fast video memory access" in the DgVoodoo DirectX settings, as the game will suffer from notable FPS drops without it.

Other information

API

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	Miles Sound System	6.0m

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum		Recommended
Operating system (OS)	98, ME, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium III		Intel Pentium III 800 MHz
System memory (RAM)	64 MB		128 MB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	200 MB		400 MB
Video card (GPU)	16 MB of VRAM DirectX 8 compatible		32 MB of VRAM