Redline Racer

by Criterion Studio's distributed by Ubisoft

GAME DESCRIPTION
Redline Racer is actually being developped by Criterion Studios and published by Ubisoft, it is a motor bike racing game similar to Moto Racer, but looks even better from the screen shots.

The game supports 3DFX accelerators and most likely most of the other major 3D cards as well. Have a look at these pictures (on a 3Dfx card)

Here is a brief excerpt from Ubisoft's Press release:

"Ubi Soft Entertainment is announcing the upcoming release of Red Line Racer, a motorcycle racing game that brings the adrenaline rush of arcade racing to the PC. Red Line Racer features arcade-quality 3D graphics, speeds of up to 60 frames per second, physics-based modeling that simulates the real-world experience of motorcycle riding, and support for force feedback joysticks to heighten the gaming experience. The game can be played solo or with up to seven other players on a local LAN or across the Internet."

DEMO

A demo is now available, you can get it from the following sites (its 9.4 Mb)

http://www.3dfxmania.com/games/redlineracer.shtml (Game Description and Demo locations)
ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/3dfxmania/games2/redline-demo.exe
ftp://mirrors.telepac.pt/pub/3dfxmania/games2/redline-demo.exe
ftp://ftp.iol.it/3dfxmania/games2/redline-demo.exe
ftp://ftp.saix.net/pub/3dfxmania/games2/redline-demo.exe
ftp://ftp.op3dfx.com/pub/game_demos/redline/redline-demo.exe

CHEATS

Redline Racer Cheats (From Lord Soth's)

This works in the full game only. Type in DISSENT as your name to get lots of goodies.

EASTER EGG
On the Devil's Canyon course go into the tunnel and veer quickly to the right off the track.

(From Operation 3DFX's cheats section)

This trainer will let you select all tracks, and all the bikes in both single and multi-player modes. Oh, and you get unlimited turbo too ;)
Redline Trainer (48k)(If this link does not work, check out Operation 3DFX's cheat section)

(From Operation 3DFX)

1 - Well the redline racer demo seems to be quite popular.. here is some more tweaks I picked up from the 3dfx newsgroups for you to get some extended gameplay out of the demo: "

This is very cool. I find that if you change you change the value of this line GraphicsFieldOfView=100 in the file menudata.ini to a higher value it speeds up the game by changing your field of view perception.

200 is cool
300 is Tough
600 Well, try it for a laugh !

2 - After looking around a bit, I found the way to get the framerate counter in Redline Racer. Goto your Criterion/RlrDemo folder and look for the Ini. file "menudata.". Look for FPS Counter=False. Change to True and you will get the framerate counter in the game.

Someothers are the Map=True. Change to False and you'll loose the overhead map during gameplay.(Incresing framerate?)

Most importantly for Force Feedback:(which I dont have:) There is an option in there to change the setting for f/f. Forcefeedback=False. Try to change this and see if you get any forcefeedback for you folks with f/f. Also, right under the f/f setting there is a f/f setting for the resistance or the amount of physical forcefeeback. The default is.000000001.

Game Play Tips

UBISoft offers the following tips for playing Redline Racer.

Turbo accumulates on checkpoint.
The color of map icons denotes team affiliation.
On the easy skill level, pressing the space bar sets you back on your bike quickly after a crash.
It's a good idea to save boost for use in the following situations - At the start of a race, for a jump start on the other riders, when the road opens up on straights, so you can use it to its fullest extent, and after taking a spill, to get yourself back up to racing speed.
Try to avoid clashes with the other bikes, as you could find yourself with a serious case of road rash, or facing the wrong way on the track.

PATCHES

Redline Racer Screen Saver (1.6 Mb)

ftp://ftp.ubisoft.com/pub/Redline/screensaver/rrssbike.zip

Patch to Turn Demo Into a Benchmark Utility Sites: (~ 400 kb)

ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/3dfxmania/games2/rlrperf1.zip
ftp://mirrors.telepac.pt/pub/3dfxmania/games2/rlrperf1.zip
ftp://ftp.iol.it/3dfxmania/games2/rlrperf1.zip
ftp://ftp.saix.net/pub/3dfxmania/games2/rlrperf1.zip

From Glen Shiver (Red Room page)

Redline Racer:
I have the newest bike and rider skin on my site for downloads. I also have the template for making custom team skins (only template on the net) and some alternate sound files.

LINKS TO OTHER REDLINE RACER PAGES

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