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Insane

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This page is for the racing game. For the unrelated puzzle game, see Insane (2016).

Insane
Insane cover
Developers
Invictus Games
Publishers
Codemasters
Retail re-release Sold Out Software
Engines
Invictus Engine
Release dates
Windows November 24, 2000
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Third-person
Controls Direct control
Genres Racing
Vehicles Automobile
Art styles Realistic
Series Insane
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Insane
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Insane 2 2012

Insane is a singleplayer and multiplayer third-person racing game in the Insane series.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
CD key
 See Patches to remove the disc check.
Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
ZOOM Platform (unavailable)
DRM-free
 Delisted on March 31, 2023.[1]
Windows
A free demo version is available from Archive.org.

Essential improvements

Patches

The latest official patch 2 fixes some issues and removes the DRM disc check. It is available at soggi.org.
The Plane & Gnu vehicles patch is also available at soggi.org.
1NSANE swissknife tool avaible at 1NSANE swissknife 0.3. This tool can be used for fixing compability for cd version on modern systems, changing npc names, no intro fix and unlock cars.
Digital versions and newer retail versions are already patched.

Skip intro videos

Skip intros[2]

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Codemasters\Insane\[Note 1]
<path-to-game>\Data\*.ctl[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\Player*.chp[Note 2]
<path-to-game>\Data\Replays\[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy

Video

General settings.
General settings.

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
 
 Stretched by default. See Widescreen resolution.
Multi-monitor
 
Ultra-widescreen
 
4K Ultra HD
 
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Native in GOG.com version. See Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Use DxWnd
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
Use dgVoodoo 2 or for Windows 8 use DDRAW FPS Fix.
Color blind mode
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Widescreen resolution

Lower vertical FOV in widescreen.
Most HUD elements are stretched.
Add 16:9 and 16:10 support[3]
  1. For retail versions install Game Patch 2 first if you haven't already.
  2. Download the 1nsane widescreen mod and extract its PATCH folder into the installation folder.
  3. Run the batch file for the aspect ratio you want. Repeat to change aspect ratios.

Windowed

Resolution is forced at 640x480.[2][4]
Run in window[5]
Full ALT+TAB support
Any 16:9 resolution supported
Using dgVoodoo 2 and 1nsane patcher[6]

Exact steps and settings can be found in the speedrun.com guide.

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
Limited key remapping.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse acceleration
Mouse input in menus
Keyboard and mouse prompts
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Some axes do not work correctly (such as the right analog stick).[7]
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion
Controller types
XInput-compatible controllers
DirectInput-compatible controllers
PlayStation controllers
Nintendo controllers
Other controller(s)
Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Input prompt override
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Russian
Spanish
Retail

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
8
Online play

Issues fixed

Black screen with runtime error

Run the game in compatibility mode for Windows XP SP3.[citation needed]

Unable to Alt-Tab on main menu

Run the game with thenomutex command line argument.[5]

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DirectDraw 7
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
MinimumRecommended
Operating system (OS) 95 OSR298, ME, 2000
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium II 233 MHzIntel Pentium III 500 MHz
System memory (RAM) 64 MB128 MB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD) 100 MB250 MB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia Riva TNT
ATI Rage 128
8 MB of VRAM
DirectX 7 compatible		Nvidia GeForce 256
ATI Radeon SDR
16 MB of VRAM


Notes

  1. ↑ Applications writing to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE will be redirected to other locations based on various criterias, see the glossary page for more details.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

References