Outrun Dhaka 2.0

A new look, new sound and simpler racing.

Download OutrunDhaka.exe and run it. It is a 2 MB file with the whole game inside. It opens in its own window (using Microsoft Edge, which ships with Windows 10 and 11; Chrome works too). Nothing to install. Or play in the browser: https://hal0mg.github.io/outrun-dhaka/

Windows may show a "Windows protected your PC" notice because the file is not code-signed: choose More info, then Run anyway.

New look

• A hand-drawn, inked toon style: solid-colour buildings with lit windows, two-tone lighting, ink outlines, and each district in its own colour palette with deep, hazy distance
• New trees, people (who now actually walk), stalls, rickshaws, shop signs and billboards to match
• New Bangla lettering on the signs and plates
• No CRT scanlines or film grain by default (still in Settings)

New sound

• A new soundtrack: modern electronic music (future house, moombahton, melodic techno, UK garage, liquid drum & bass) on Bengali ragas, with tabla, bansuri and ektara; the menus have their own track
• Every car has its own engine: the Supra's twin-turbo six, the Skyline's RB26 with its blow-off flutter, the Miata's unboosted four, and more, with turbo spool, whistle and blow-off
• The streets are alive: horns, rickshaw bells, street sellers, dogs and shop radios around the road
• The car sits under the music instead of drowning it

Simpler racing

• Pick your car and colour on the race card before each race (the garage is gone)
• Fuel and coins are gone: it's about the line and the nitro
• The Run is a real race to the end: the leaders no longer wait for you
• Clickable buttons on every screen

Fixes

• The driver sits behind the steering wheel (right-hand drive, as in Bangladesh)
• Bright cars no longer glow at night
• No more engine drone on the title screen