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v0.3.0 — keyboard driving, faster renderer, Add to Steam

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@Mortify7612 Mortify7612 released this 16 Oct 08:05
v0.3.0
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Keyboard driving controls, a much faster renderer, Alt+Enter fullscreen and an "Add to Steam" button.

No game data is included. You need your own copy of RalliSport Challenge 2 (Xbox, NTSC). Put its files (the folder with default.xbe, Layer0, Layer1, Media, Movies, …) in a game folder next to the program.

Package Start with Needs
rsc2-v0.3.0-linux-x86_64.tar.gz ./run.sh Up-to-date Arch-based distribution (built on CachyOS): glibc 2.43+, SDL2, vulkan-icd-loader, glslang 16, spirv-tools, libepoxy, openssl 3; a Vulkan 1.3 GPU
rsc2-v0.3.0-windows-x64.zip rsc2.exe Windows 10/11 x64 with a Vulkan 1.3 GPU driver; nothing else

The binaries contain the code translated from the game's executable, built in. They are meant for owners of the game. On other Linux distributions, or to build it yourself, see the README.

New since v0.2.1

  • Keyboard driving. The keyboard is now laid out for driving, following the game's default controller preset:

    Key In a race In menus
    ← / → Steer, eased in rather than full lock at once Left / right
    ↑ / ↓ Accelerate / brake Up / down
    Space E-brake Accept
    A / Z Gear up / down
    C · V · R · H Camera · look back · car reset · horn
    Esc Pause Back
    Enter Accept

    Every key can be changed in the launcher (Controls → Key bindings), with up to two keys per action. Keyboard steering sets how fast the steering keys reach full lock.

  • Faster rendering. The GPU now draws one frame while the next is being prepared, instead of the two taking turns, and several per-draw costs are gone. On the same stretch of the first stage:

    • RTX 5070 Ti, 3× 16:9 with MSAA and ambient occlusion: 65–83 → 80–109 fps
    • RTX 5070 Ti, 1×: 108 → 140 fps
    • Ryzen 9950X integrated graphics, 1×: 117 → 171 fps; 2× 16:9: 101 → 145 fps

    RECOMP_VK_PIPELINE=0 switches the new frame overlap off if it ever causes trouble.

  • Alt+Enter toggles fullscreen, as F11 does.

  • Add to Steam. A launcher button that adds the game to your Steam library as a non-Steam game, so it starts from Steam and Big Picture. Quit Steam first: Steam rewrites its list of games when it closes. Your previous list is kept as shortcuts.vdf.bak.

Known issues

  • The Windows build has been tested under Wine only so far; reports from real Windows are welcome.
  • A profile saved by the Linux build may show as "Unable to load" on Windows.
  • The Xbox audio DSP is not emulated. The reverb uses the game's parameters but is not the original DSP program (#5).
  • All open issues

Checksums are in SHA256SUMS.txt.

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