Fourth test build of the unofficial native Windows version of Ridge Racer 6 (Xbox 360), and the third public release. Inside the zip it calls itself "test build 07".
You need your own Ridge Racer 6 disc image (USA, title ID 4E4D07D3). No game data is included.
New since v0.1.2
- Fewer antivirus warnings. The two runtime files,
bin\rexruntime.dllandbin\rexgpu-xenos.dll, are now built from our fork of the ReXGlue SDK instead of being copied out of the SDK's download. On VirusTotal the v0.1.2 zip was flagged by 20 of 67 scanners. This one was flagged by 8 of 67 on the day it was made, and all eight are the same Bitdefender-engine verdict. More below. - The game itself is unchanged. If v0.1.2 works for you and your antivirus leaves it alone, there is nothing to gain from updating.
To update, unzip this one next to the old folder and move the game folder across; the game files do not need copying again. Saves are kept (they are in Documents\rr6_recomp).
Install
- Download
RidgeRacer6-PC-v0.1.3.zipand unzip it to a normal folder. - Start
RR6 Launcher.exe. Windows may warn about it; see below. - Press Choose disc image... and pick your
.iso. The game files are copied out of it once (about 6 GB). - Press Play.
Known limitations
- Played on one PC only so far (NVIDIA RTX 3060 Ti, 3440x1440), in short sessions. This build: started, one race driven.
- Achievements: one has been earned on Windows so far ("360!"). The new pop-up and its chime have been seen on the Linux build, not yet on Windows.
- An achievement is awarded after the race, with the save, not at the moment it is earned; a race left early gives nothing. That is how the game itself works.
- AMD and Intel graphics, PlayStation controllers, most tracks and cars, long sessions and the ending videos are untested.
- Online play does not work.
- On ultrawide screens the videos and the loading screen are stretched.
If Windows warns about the download
The programs are not code-signed, and a new release is a file few people have downloaded yet, so Windows and browsers warn about it.
- Edge blocks the download: in the downloads list choose the three dots next to the file, then Keep, Show more, Keep anyway.
- Before unzipping: right-click the zip, Properties, tick Unblock, OK.
- "Windows protected your PC" on the first start: More info, then Run anyway.
More in the README.
If your antivirus flags rexruntime.dll
bin\rexruntime.dll is the runtime of the ReXGlue SDK, the toolkit this port is made with. Eight scanners on VirusTotal flag this build of it, all with one verdict, Gen:Variant.Yogi.85276: Bitdefender and seven products that use its engine. The SDK's own build of the file, which v0.1.0 and v0.1.2 contain, is flagged by 28. The launcher is not flagged. The file is not packed, and the name is a general-purpose label, not that of a known piece of malware.
The README has the results file by file with links, what the file does, and how to check that your copy is the published one. A new file's result can change during its first days.
Checking the download
SHA-256 of RidgeRacer6-PC-v0.1.3.zip:
fa3932dcb54baff57c327f4d22eff78d988cdf60eda67a3213c055b704033557
SHA256SUMS.txt also lists the programs inside the zip. In PowerShell: Get-FileHash RidgeRacer6-PC-v0.1.3.zip.