[Moto Racer 2 PC Game Free Download
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Moto Racer, mislabeled as Moto Racer Gold,[5] is an arcade style[6] motorcycle racing game developed by Delphine Software International and published by Electronic Arts for Microsoft Windows and PlayStation. The game was originally to be published by BMG Interactive, but after BMG closed down its U.S. operations[7] it sold the publication rights to Electronic Arts.[8] Critics hailed the game as the first outstanding arcade-style racer to appear on PC, and the PlayStation version in turn was called a strong conversion in reviews.
Players race on either a motocross bike or street bike, depending on the track.[9] The PC version features a total of eight tracks, four of which are unlockable, while the PlayStation version adds two tracks for a total of ten.[10] A multiplayer option is also available, allowing two players to compete over a LAN or Internet on the PC[9] or split screen on the PlayStation version.[10] The single player modes include "Time Attack" and "Championship". The most laps a player can do is eight on the Practice Race.
Next Generation said in an early review of the PC version that it "fills the vacant niche of the PC motorcycle racing genre admirably. With luck, more titles will use Direct3D as this one does."[25] PC Gamer similarly said that the game does an exceptional job of satisfying PC gamers' previously unfulfilled desire for an arcade racer, summarizing that it "blends together all the great aspects of the genre into an experience that redefines fun. From ultra-fast graphics to heavenly control, this game delivers on all counts." He added that the game's visuals are impressive even without the use of a 3D accelerator card, and the multiplayer options and unlockables give it a higher replay value than most of the competition.[28]
Critics widely praised the PlayStation version for its sharp graphics[10][23][24][26][29] and strong sense of speed.[10][23][26][29] Tim Soete of GameSpot remarked that "the gut-turning velocities achieved during parts of the game - and the requirement that your reflexes one-up this pace - is definitely where the challenge lies in Moto Racer."[23] The vast majority also applauded the controls, particularly when using analog joypads.[10][23][26][29] Jay Boor of IGN disagreed, saying the realism and precision of the bike's handling frustrated him.[24] Crispin Boyer of Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM) acknowledged that while the game is too easy on easy difficulty, medium difficulty is rather unforgiving, but he and co-reviewers John Ricciardi and Kelly Rickards found this outweighed by the strong controls and overall fun of the game. EGM guest reviewer David Siller gave Moto Racer one of its few negative reviews, citing poor track design.[10] GamePro gave it a 4.5 out of 5 in both control and sound and a perfect 5 in graphics and fun factor, citing the exhilarating sense of speed, "instant onscreen responsiveness" of the controls, low-key musical score, and variety of tracks and options.[29]
Reviewers for IGN and Next Generation agreed that the PlayStation port, while clearly inferior to the PC version in terms of graphics, is an exemplary conversion given the PlayStation's limitations and provides the same essential gaming experience as the PC original.[24][26] Next Generation said, "Although perhaps not quite as technically proficient as the PC version, Moto Racer for PlayStation loses nothing in the essence of the gaming experience it offers. A remarkable achievement."[26]
During the inaugural Interactive Achievement Awards, the PlayStation version of Moto Racer received a nomination for "Console Racing Game of the Year" by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences.[30]
Hello,
I tried for several months to run Moto Racer on Linux and it finally runs with DxWnd, nice piece of software!
Only one thing could be better: Moto Racer runs only in software mode, no direct3D is detected.
You can see on this picture direct3d is not detected.
But you can see in the info window it could detect the direct 3D hal.
Does the game run with D3D enable on Windows with DxWnd?
For your information I used the Moto Racer demo config you joined with DxWnd.
I believe not all versions of moto racer support D3D, I could be wrong or confused by another game, but maybe there was a v1.2 patch enabling that renderer.
Later I'll check on my files and tell you for sure.
More I know your app, more I like it. This software is what is missed to WIne: a way to play Windows 95 games. During the last week I tried differents WIndows 95 games with DxWnd on Linux with WIne and the results are very encouraging. I hope you preseerve the Linux/WIne compatibility in the future release, we absolutely need your software.
I finally find a way with DxWnd to obtain direct3d accelleration with Moto Racer 1 on Linux with Wine:
in the DirectX tab, I obtain direct3d acceleration only with "none, primary buffer, locked surface" renderer.
If I import your "motoracer 1 demo" config file, I just have to change the default renderer "primary surface" by one of this other renderer to obtain D3D acceleration.
Yes, Win95 compatibility is one of the more challenging parts of DxWnd functionalities, in those days there were very few rules for games developers and the poor Win95 support encouraged everybody to play the wildest tricks to build a new game.
I'm now busy with the completion of a few other functionalities (I hate to leave things unfinished ...) but soon I should be able to recover the D3D support in surface emulation mode.
I'm sorry for having you wait for a while.
In effect, I never tries the game D3D option that with default settings doesn't work. Looking at the logs I guessed the problem and found that (at least on genuine Windows platform) it is necessary to set the DxWnd "DirectX / Support offscreen 3D" option to fix the problem.
Here in attach the updated configuration (the one already in the export folder in effect was valid for the demo only) tested successfully on my pc. At naked eye it is maybe difficult to tell the difference, but the logs show that D3D is effectively used.
In attach (to be forgiven for the waiting) also the texture pack that you can get by the texture dump function ;)
Please, let me know how it works in Linux.
Hello,
I just test your Moto Racer config file, the D3D option is still greyed in the options menu and can not be activated.
I try to launch a race but the game crashed when I clicked "Start" after choosing the bike model.
You can find the debug log here:
Another test: If I change your config render as primary buffer or locked surface or none, Motoracer Direct3D is active and I can start a race with hardware acceleration. When I loose the race and select "continue" "No", the game sometimes crashed. I joined you the screen and log when the game crashed.
I finally found optimal dxwnd parameters for Moto Racer 1 on Linux/Wine, I joined you an export of the parameters.
I use this option to avoid crash: limit affinity to one processor.
I limit fps too to 9/msec or the animation menu look weird, too fast.
I think I now obtained a gaming experience very similar to original one on old PC.
Last two bugs: the movie did not play and if you try to activate networking it crashed the game, but it is not dxwnd related.
I didnt follow the thread completely. But recently i thought about trying out Linux over Windows.
I know DxWnd is of much more capable then running a Game in a Window. But wasnt DxWnd not even needed for Linux in the first place? I heard that Linux plays all Games in a Window anyway regardless of internal Fullscreen or not.
By the way, when im already on that topic of DxWnd and Linux. How do you actually start a Game on Linux with a Game injected into DxWnd? Would you have to start it directly from within DxWnd which is started via WINE?
That sounds interesting. DxWnd has some options that may map (or may not!) the parameters of the patched exe, it would be interesting to see how they work on the game. I can make some tests, but maybe I'll need later a platform that shows the problem to see the effect of some changes.
If I enter the parameters I mentioned in my previous post with my old moto.exe no change will happen (except that Settings is in French).
If I do not specify parameters with patched moto.exe the game complains (see image.)
Wow, quite a lot of stuff, I didn't expect such a level of configurability.
Of course, not everything could be if DxWnd interest, but something for sure. For a certain number of flags it could be interesting to see their effect and verify if they can be replicated in DxWnd for other games.
Unfortunately, in old moto.exe there is no mention of the TextureVideoMem parameter which fixes the d3d error detection in patched exe.
So the graphics error in the race screen may be other error than in patched exe.
But if I ever find enough time, I'll try with other parameters.
That is possible. But since, that parameter -TextureVideoMem doesn't exist in old moto.exe,
gog version is probably patched version (3.20p or 3.21 or 3.22 - I don't know if there is an older patch than 3.20p - I didn't find it). I think the bug in the old version of moto.exe (blue screen in race) cannot be corrected via the parameters simply because more than half of them there is missing. Fortunately the patched version works in D3D (with parameters), at least for me (nvidia graphic).
-CorrectRatioTextures
Description: ...If problems with fonts
Without this parameter, the text is difficult to read in window mode.
DxWnd Equivalent: I did not find a flag that could correct the font in the same way
Update2:
DxWnd Equivalent: Seems, that the flag ddraw:AllowSysMemoryOn3DDevice or ddraw:ForcesHEL fixes graphical errors as well as -DoRealLock, but with these flags D3D was not available in the game. With the -DoRealLock parameter, D3D is available, so has to do something more.