Moto Racer
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Moto Racer was one of the first Direct3D games, and should be playable on most Windows 98 systems. It is one of the few games known to run well on the 3DLabs Permedia 2, an early 3D chip noted for good image quality but extremely poor performance. Patch 3.22 is recommended for optimal performance and compatibility on all systems.
The two most common problems in Moto Racer are Z-fighting (polygons popping in and out of view) and a rendering error where all opponent bikes have blank white textures. These can be fixed with the following command line arguments:
-ZBuffer
-NoDuplicateSurfaces
Running the game with the -Help argument prints a full list of command line options.
Moto Racer is capped at 30 FPS by default. The -FrameRateMax0 argument removes this cap, but partially breaks the game's physics.
Moto Racer is also limited to 640x480x16 resolution. The Windows desktop must be set to 16-bit color before Moto Racer is launched. When the desktop is set to 32-bit color, the game fails to launch. There is no known fix for this problem.
Moto Racer is known to have serious performance problems on some Windows XP systems, running either too fast or too slow. These problems can sometimes be fixed with a combination of command line arguments, display driver settings, and compatibility shims. Unfortunately, there is no one-size-fits-all Windows XP patch for Moto Racer.
The two most common problems in Moto Racer are Z-fighting (polygons popping in and out of view) and a rendering error where all opponent bikes have blank white textures. These can be fixed with the following command line arguments:
-ZBuffer
-NoDuplicateSurfaces
Running the game with the -Help argument prints a full list of command line options.
Moto Racer is capped at 30 FPS by default. The -FrameRateMax0 argument removes this cap, but partially breaks the game's physics.
Moto Racer is also limited to 640x480x16 resolution. The Windows desktop must be set to 16-bit color before Moto Racer is launched. When the desktop is set to 32-bit color, the game fails to launch. There is no known fix for this problem.
Moto Racer is known to have serious performance problems on some Windows XP systems, running either too fast or too slow. These problems can sometimes be fixed with a combination of command line arguments, display driver settings, and compatibility shims. Unfortunately, there is no one-size-fits-all Windows XP patch for Moto Racer.