What's new
Crash in big races at 4K and wide resolutions fixed (#112, #96). Above 2560 pixels wide (3440x1440, 4K, ...) the game ran out of its own video memory while a big race loaded (2048 Unity Square, for example) and crashed in the loading screen. The game sized that memory for a PS4; at 2880x1800, 3440x1440, 3840x1600, 4K, 5120x1440 and 5120x2160 it now gets 1 GB more (outside PS4 Pro mode).
Crash while a race loads fixed (#100). Two threads could free the same texture at once while a race loaded ("Trying to unregister an already unregistered image").
2880x1800 (#110). A new 16:10 render resolution, for 14" gaming laptops. Graphics → Aspect ratio 16:10.
Menu and race songs (#104). When you go from the menus to a race (or back), your song now fades out with the game's music before the loading screen, and a song of the new scene starts after it. A new song now needs a loading screen: a pause keeps the song.
From v0.2.47: 144 and 165 FPS limits, Eliminator target limit. From v0.2.46: Upscaling, motion controls, Racer button layout, menu songs.
All features
New here? This is everything the port can do, from every version so far.
The game
- A native PC port: the game's own code runs on your processor, with no emulator. WipEout HD, HD Fury and 2048 are all in.
- Works with the US (CUSA07671, update 01.07) and EU (CUSA05670) versions. You need your own dump of the game from your own PS4. No game files are included.
- Correct game speed at any frame rate, and the shield, effects and camera shakes behave above 60 FPS as they do at 60.
- Saves work, and the launcher makes a backup of them at every start (Game → Save backups → Restore). The saves can have a folder of their own, for example a network share for two PCs (Game → Save data folder).
- Eliminator target up to 2000 points in Racebox, or up to 10000 with Game → Eliminator target limit.
Picture
- Render resolutions: 720p, 900p, Native (1080p), 1440p, 4K, 1920x1200, 2560x1600 and 2880x1800 (16:10), 2560x1080, 3440x1440, 3840x1600, 5120x1440 (32:9, beta) and 5120x2160. On wide and 16:10 screens the HUD and menus stay 16:9 in the middle. 4K and the 5120-wide sizes need more than 8 GB of video memory.
- Windowed, Borderless or Fullscreen; VSync; HDR (when Windows has HDR on for your screen).
- Anisotropic filtering, sharpening (RCAS), and a switch for the game's multisampling.
- Texture quality (Full, Medium or Low): Low loads the largest textures smaller, about 1 GB less video memory in a race, for 4 GB graphics cards.
- Temporal anti-aliasing (experimental): FSR 3.1 on every GPU, and DLAA (NVIDIA DLSS) on RTX cards with one download in the launcher. Switch it live in the game: Insert → Image.
- Upscaling: the race drawn at a lower resolution and scaled up by FSR 3.1 or DLSS (Quality, Balanced, Performance), for more FPS. The HUD stays sharp.
- PS4 Pro mode (experimental): Graphics → PS4 Pro mode.
- F12 saves a screenshot. F8 hides the HUD and menus for clean pictures (also Insert → Game → Hide HUD).
Performance
- Up to 240 FPS. Frame rate limit 30, 40, 60, 100, 120, 144, 165, 240 or Unlimited, also changed live in the game. With VSync on and a limit that matches the monitor, frames follow its refresh.
- Performance overlay: FPS, frame time, GPU, CPU, RAM and video memory.
- Options for frames queued, shader loading in the background, the graphics card to use, and stream buffer memory.
Sound and music
- The game's music and its 3D sound effects. Game music volume goes up to 300% (launcher Music page, or Insert → Music).
- Your own music: MP3, OGG, FLAC, WAV or M4A files (subfolders too) replace the game's music. Launcher Music page, and Insert → Music in the game: pick a song, skip, shuffle, volume. Each song is leveled, and the songs follow the game: they wait during loading, fade out with the game's music, and a new song starts with each race (or the same song goes on, with Keep the song between races). Songs in a menu subfolder play only in the menus. Turn Play my music off for the original music.
Controls
- Gamepad, or keyboard and mouse. Every button can be remapped. Vibration strength and stick deadzone. With several gamepads, choose which one plays.
- Split-screen: a second gamepad plays as player 2.
- Motion controls: the game's own tilt steering works with a gamepad that has a gyro (DualShock 4, DualSense).
- Racer button layout, as WipEout 2048 on the PS Vita: R2 accelerates, L2 brakes.
Cheats (launcher → Cheats page)
- Unlock all HD and HD Fury events.
- Top rank in 2048 (rank 50).
- Unlock all ships: every HD and HD Fury ship and livery (Tigron too), and all 20 WipEout 2048 ships.
- Van Über team: the Van Über team in WipEout HD and HD Fury.
- VR ships outside VR: the VR HD and VR Fury liveries can be picked on a normal screen, once they are unlocked.
- The cheats only work while they are on; your save keeps your own progress.
Launcher and menus
- In the game, Insert (or R3 + L2) opens the port's menu: Game, Image, Performance, Overlay and Music tabs, and Quit game.
- The launcher in 13 languages. The game language list matches your game version.
- Mods: change textures, sounds and text without touching your game files, with a load order and presets.
- After a crash, the launcher shows where the log file is, for a bug report.
- Updates itself: a pop-up at start shows a new version and installs it with one click, and Check for updates sits next to PLAY.
- Desktop shortcut and Add to Steam (with pictures).
Not yet
- Linux: build from source (no package yet). No VR. No online play yet. Not every event is tested.
Download
New here: download wipeout-windows.zip, extract it and open WipEout.exe.
Already have the port: a pop-up at start shows the new version; click UPDATE NOW. Or click Check for updates (next to PLAY; on versions before v0.2.32 it is on the Advanced page) → Update. Your saves and settings stay.
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