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Street Racing Syndicate

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Street Racing Syndicate
Street Racing Syndicate cover
Developers
Eutechnyx
Publishers
Retail, United States Namco Hometek
Retail, Europe Hip Interactive
Retail, Russia Russobit-M
Digital Funbox Media
Release dates
Windows September 27, 2004
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives First-person, Third-person
Controls Direct control
Genres Racing
Vehicles Automobile, Street racing
Art styles Realistic
Themes Contemporary
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Street Racing Syndicate on Wikipedia

Warnings

GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).

Street Racing Syndicate is a singleplayer and multiplayer first-person and third-person racing game.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
StarForce 3.4.63.2 DRM[Note 1]
Windows
GamersGate
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Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
Steam
DRM-free after installation through Steam client (notes may include more details)
Can be played without Steam running.
Windows
ZOOM Platform
DRM-free
Windows
Amazon.com (unavailable)
DRM-free
Windows
Amazon.com (unavailable)
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Windows
StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see above for affected releases).

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Street Racing Syndicate\
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/292410/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Street Racing Syndicate\
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/292410/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
OneDrive
Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud

Video

General settings
General settings

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
Use ThirteenAG's fix.
Multi-monitor
Use ThirteenAG's fix.
Ultra-widescreen
Use ThirteenAG's fix.
4K Ultra HD
Use ThirteenAG's fix.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
See Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See Windowed.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Low, Medium, High and Very high options.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Off, Medium and High options.
High-fidelity upscaling
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Frame generation
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
120+ FPS
Locked to 60 FPS.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
Color blind mode
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Windowed

Force borderless fullscreen[citation needed]
  1. Download and run DxWnd.
  2. Click on Edit, then Add.
  3. Set the Path to <path-to-game>\Bin\SRS.EXE.
  4. Set Do not notify on task switch.
  5. Set the desired window position and size.
  6. Set Desktop for borderless fullscreen windowed.
  7. Click OK, then File and Save.

Input

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Music, Speech and SFX sliders.
Surround sound
Up to 7.1[6]
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support
EAX 4.0
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Czech
Fan translation; download.
French
Retail and Zoom Platform only. Use this Patch for other version; [1].
German
Retail and Zoom Platform only. Use this Patch for other version; [2].
Italian
Retail and Zoom Platform only. Use this Patch for other version; [3].
Russian
Retail and Zoom Platform only; download for Steam version.
Spanish
Retail and Zoom Platform only. Use this Patch for other version; [4].

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
2 Versus
Split-screen. Use Enter when prompted to confirm Player 2.[7]
LAN play
4 Versus
Online play
Versus
GameSpy services have been shut down;[8] see GameSpy for workarounds.
Asynchronous multiplayer
Crossplay

Issues fixed

Blinding sun bug

Use Radzerg's Sun Fix
  • English version:
  1. Download the mod from this link.
  2. Replace the original archive.ar in the Data folder.
  • Multi-5 European version:
  1. Download the mod from this link.
  2. Replace SRS.exe inside <path-to-game>\Bin and archive.ar in <path-to-game>\Data.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9.0b
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Multiplayer GameSpy

System requirements

Windows
MinimumRecommended
Operating system (OS) 98 SE, ME, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium III 1.0 GHz
AMD Athlon 1.0 GHz
System memory (RAM) 256 MB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD) 2 GB
Video card (GPU) 32 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0b compatible


Notes

  1. Version 3.4.63.2 of StarForce DRM does not work on Windows 7 or later.[1][2][3] For supported versions of Windows the StarForce driver may need to be updated manually using SFUPDATE.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References

  1. Windows 7 support - StarForce Support
  2. Windows 8.1 support - StarForce Support
  3. Windows 10 support - StarForce Support
  4. 4.0 4.1 XInput Plus - 0dd14 lab
  5. Exit Game and Vibration? :: Street Racing Syndicate General Discussions - last accessed on May 2023
  6. Verified by User:Epicgames4 on 2025-04-20
    When the game runs without Creative Alchemy, the subwoofer doesn’t work. However, when Creative Alchemy is enabled, the subwoofer is activated. Verified with Creative ALchemy, Orban Loudness Meter, DxWnd for windowed mode and a 7.1 surround receiver with HDMI on Windows 11 Insider Preview 26120.3863 (ni_release).
  7. Here's the method to play the game splitscreen with two controllers :: Street Racing Syndicate General Discussions - last accessed on May 2023
  8. Pricing | GameSpy Technology