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1NSANE: Recompiled 0.1.1 alpha (Linux and Windows)
Alpha: an early test version. It has only been tested on the author's own two computers (below). Expect problems on others, and please report them in Issues.
New in 0.1.1
- Fewer stutters. When the game rewrites a texture during a race (in many races it does so every frame for stretches), it no longer waits for the graphics side to catch up; and the pattern the smoke (and the VOLUMETRIC headlights' beams) are drawn with is made in the background while the game starts, not in the frame the first exhaust puff appears. In a 16-car race on the Linux laptop below, the slowest frame went from 40-72 ms to 24-32 ms, with the average unchanged.
- The setup window shows the version.
If you have 0.1.0: the new download opens its setup window once, finds your game copy, and with Use the copy found here builds the game again (about a minute). Your saves and options are kept.
Downloads
Linux (1NSANE_Recompiled-0.1.1-alpha-x86_64.AppImage) and Windows (1NSANE_Recompiled-0.1.1-alpha-windows-x86_64.zip). The other files are the source code of three parts of the Windows download (see Licences below); players don't need them.
What it is
1NSANE (Invictus / Codemasters, 2000) rebuilt as a native Linux and Windows program from your own GOG copy of the game. No part of the game is in these downloads.
When you open it, it:
- asks for your GOG copy: the GOG installer (
setup_1nsane_1.0_(18948).exe) or the folder the game was installed in. The installer is only unpacked, never run. - checks every file against the GOG release.
- translates Game.exe and builds the game on your computer. This happens once and takes about a minute.
- plays it. After the first time it opens straight into the game.
It can also download the fan cars and maps (1.9 GB, from 1nsane-recompiled-fan-pack).
All the new features are options in the game's menus. With them all off, the game plays exactly as shipped. See the README for the list.
Linux
Download 1NSANE_Recompiled-0.1.1-alpha-x86_64.AppImage, make it executable (in your file manager's Properties, or with chmod +x), and open it.
Requirements:
- 64-bit Linux from 2020 or later (glibc 2.31)
- a graphics driver with Vulkan 1.3
- FUSE, as for any AppImage
- about 1.5 GB of free space
- optional: ffmpeg, to play the game's intro videos (without it they're skipped)
Your game copy, the built game, saves and options all go in ~/.local/share/1nsane-native.
Windows
Download 1NSANE_Recompiled-0.1.1-alpha-windows-x86_64.zip, unzip it anywhere (it makes one folder), and open 1nsane-recompiled.exe in that folder. The program isn't signed, so Windows may say it "protected your PC": choose More info, then Run anyway.
Requirements:
- 64-bit Windows 10 or 11
- a graphics driver with Vulkan 1.3
- about 2 GB of free space
The intro videos play (a small ffmpeg is included). DLSS is offered on NVIDIA RTX cards. Your game copy, the built game, saves and options all go in %APPDATA%\1nsane-native.
On either system, start the program with --setup to see the setup window again.
Tested on
Only these two computers so far.
Linux (the AppImage):
- GPD Win Max 2 (2025) handheld laptop
- AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 with Radeon 890M graphics, 32 GB RAM
- Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS, Linux 7.0, KDE Plasma 6.6 (Wayland)
- Mesa 26.2.3 (RADV)
- played at 2560x1440
Windows (the zip):
- desktop PC: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 (driver 617.14), 4K HDR display
- Windows 11 Pro 25H2 (build 26200)
On both, the game the download builds plays a full test race exactly as our reference build does.
Checksums
SHA-256:
1NSANE_Recompiled-0.1.1-alpha-x86_64.AppImage:67839bfe0a680a444c96ea251ae3e024c37da55254eba3cf300acf31fffd69ff1NSANE_Recompiled-0.1.1-alpha-windows-x86_64.zip:415982a4083a1c9365099511e351c8628b087bfc724c9cb27fadc764f0fbc653
SHA256SUMS-windows.txt lists the Windows zip and the source files.
Licences
Each download's licenses folder holds the licence of every part it carries. The Windows download includes three parts under the GNU LGPL: FFmpeg (its ffmpeg.exe), GNU libiconv and 7-Zip. Their exact source code is attached here: ffmpeg-9.0.2.tar.xz, mingw-w64-libiconv-1.19-1.src.tar.zst and mingw-w64-7zip-26.04-1.src.tar.zst, the last two as MSYS2 publishes them, with MSYS2's signatures (.sig).
This project's own code is released into the public domain (Unlicense). The libraries and tools inside the downloads keep their own licences (CREDITS.md).
1NSANE is a trademark of its owners. This project is not made, endorsed or supported by Invictus Games, Codemasters or the game's current owners.
1NSANE: Recompiled 0.1.0 alpha (Linux and Windows)
There is a newer version: 0.1.1, with fewer stutters.
Alpha: an early test version. It has only been tested on the author's own two computers (below). Expect problems on others, and please report them in Issues.
Downloads: Linux (1NSANE_Recompiled-x86_64.AppImage) and Windows (1NSANE_Recompiled-windows-x86_64.zip). The other files are the source code of three parts of the Windows download (see Licences below); players don't need them.
What it is
1NSANE (Invictus / Codemasters, 2000) rebuilt as a native Linux and Windows program from your own GOG copy of the game. No part of the game is in these downloads.
When you open it, it:
- asks for your GOG copy: the GOG installer (
setup_1nsane_1.0_(18948).exe) or the folder the game was installed in. The installer is only unpacked, never run. - checks every file against the GOG release.
- translates Game.exe and builds the game on your computer. This happens once and takes about a minute.
- plays it. After the first time it opens straight into the game.
It can also download the fan cars and maps (1.9 GB, from 1nsane-recompiled-fan-pack).
All the new features are options in the game's menus. With them all off, the game plays exactly as shipped. See the README for the list.
Linux
Download 1NSANE_Recompiled-x86_64.AppImage, make it executable (in your file manager's Properties, or with chmod +x), and open it.
Requirements:
- 64-bit Linux from 2020 or later (glibc 2.31)
- a graphics driver with Vulkan 1.3
- FUSE, as for any AppImage
- about 1.5 GB of free space
- optional: ffmpeg, to play the game's intro videos (without it they're skipped)
Your game copy, the built game, saves and options all go in ~/.local/share/1nsane-native.
Windows
Download 1NSANE_Recompiled-windows-x86_64.zip, unzip it anywhere (it makes one folder), and open 1nsane-recompiled.exe in that folder. The program isn't signed, so Windows may say it "protected your PC": choose More info, then Run anyway.
Requirements:
- 64-bit Windows 10 or 11
- a graphics driver with Vulkan 1.3
- about 2 GB of free space
The intro videos play (a small ffmpeg is included). DLSS is offered on NVIDIA RTX cards. Your game copy, the built game, saves and options all go in %APPDATA%\1nsane-native.
On either system, start the program with --setup to see the setup window again.
Tested on
Only these two computers so far.
Linux (the AppImage):
- GPD Win Max 2 (2025) handheld laptop
- AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 with Radeon 890M graphics, 32 GB RAM
- Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS, Linux 7.0, KDE Plasma 6.6 (Wayland)
- Mesa 26.2.3 (RADV)
- played at 2560x1440
Windows (the zip):
- desktop PC: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 (driver 617.14), 4K HDR display
- Windows 11 Pro 25H2 (build 26200)
On both, the game the download builds plays a full test race exactly as our reference build does.
Checksums
SHA-256:
1NSANE_Recompiled-x86_64.AppImage:51257096bf82ac2dab8f0001447ec00e7b383327d9eee4b723775a2429de6a391NSANE_Recompiled-windows-x86_64.zip:ff05ddd2e2c0922e7a46f0e5432cc2b5fa0fc8c52e5c439c205988fb43b80cf6
SHA256SUMS-windows.txt lists the Windows zip and the source files.
Licences
Each download's licenses folder holds the licence of every part it carries. The Windows download includes three parts under the GNU LGPL: FFmpeg (its ffmpeg.exe), GNU libiconv and 7-Zip. Their exact source code is attached here: ffmpeg-9.0.2.tar.xz, mingw-w64-libiconv-1.19-1.src.tar.zst and mingw-w64-7zip-26.04-1.src.tar.zst, the last two as MSYS2 publishes them, with MSYS2's signatures (.sig).
This project's own code is released into the public domain (Unlicense). The libraries and tools inside the downloads keep their own licences (CREDITS.md).
1NSANE is a trademark of its owners. This project is not made, endorsed or supported by Invictus Games, Codemasters or the game's current owners.