Race the Sun

Race the Sun

Developers
	Flippfly
Engines
	Unity 5
Release dates
Windows	August 19, 2013
macOS (OS X)	August 19, 2013
Linux	August 19, 2013
Reception
Metacritic	79
OpenCritic	79
IGDB	86
Taxonomy
Perspectives	Third-person
Genres	Endless runner

Race the Sun is a third-person endless runner game.

General information

Official forum

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Developer website		Purchase via Humble Widget.
GOG.com		Use included key at Redeem Flippfly Key to get a Steam key.
Humble Store
Steam

DRM-free versions require a Flippfly Account to access online features.

There is a demo version available here which can be played in the browser.

Version differences

The Steam version now includes the Labyrinthia mode that was previously exclusive to the PlayStation Network version.

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Sunrise
Original Soundtrack

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Flippfly\RaceTheSun\
macOS (OS X)	$HOME/Library/Preferences/unity.Flippfly.RaceTheSun.plist
Linux	$HOME/.config/unity3d/Flippfly/RaceTheSun/

This game does not follow the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Flippfly\RaceTheSun\
macOS (OS X)	$HOME/Library/Preferences/unity.Flippfly.RaceTheSun.plist
Linux	$HOME/.config/unity3d/Flippfly/RaceTheSun/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Video settings.

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor			HUD positioned at the edges of displayed resolution.
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		Set in Options, Visuals or toggle with Alt+↵ Enter.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Enable windowed mode and use the -popupwindow parameter (or see the glossary page).
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Surfaces are untextured.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Determined by Quality. No separate option.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Enabled by default.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Fastest and Simple presets are locked at 60 FPS. Higher are uncapped but forced vsync.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
Color blind mode		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unity page for more details.

Input

Input settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse acceleration
Mouse input in menus
Keyboard and mouse prompts
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		Brass Monkey is no longer supported. mobile controller app.
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger support

DirectInput-compatible controllers

Nintendo controllers

Tracked motion controllers

Other controller(s)
Additional button prompts

Audio

Audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music and effects.
Surround sound
Subtitles		No speech.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

VR support

3D modes	State	GG3D	Notes
Native 3D			Dual-View Rendering Install VRto3D OpenVR Driver. Use SBS or TAB by default. For Interleaved or Anaglyph use with ReShade running 3DToElse. For Frame Sequential use with WibbleWobble. For Eye-Tracked Lightfield displays use with 3D Game Bridge GUI.
Nvidia 3D Vision			For better support, see Native 3D for Frame Sequential or Interleaved.
TriDef 3D

Headsets
SteamVR
Oculus VR (LibOVR)
Windows Mixed Reality		This game might be playable with the Revive Compatibility Layer, or Windows Mixed Reality for SteamVR.
OSVR

Devices
Tracked motion controllers
Traditional controller		See Input for details.
Keyboard/Mouse

Play area
Seated
Standing
Room-scale

Issues fixed

Game progress not saving (Windows)

Reset the game in the options
If resetting the game doesn't work, you may want to download Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Package.

Game doesn't start (Steam)

Restart Steam
Restart Steam and if that doesn't work, check solutions here.

Retry button doesn't show up after an aircraft crash

Reset the game in the options

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9
OpenGL	2.0	OS X and Linux only.

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows			A 64-bit build was only available for patch 1.02, but later releases dropped this.
macOS (OS X)			Despite Steam suggesting that this game is 32-bit only, since patch 1.453 it is 64-bit only.
Linux			A 64-bit build was available from patch 1.01, but was removed in some later version.

System requirements

Windows

macOS (OS X)

Linux

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	XP, Vista, 7, 8
Processor (CPU)	Dual Core
System memory (RAM)	2 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	150 MB
Video card (GPU)	Shader model 2.0 support

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	10.5, 10.6, 10.7, 10.8, 10.9
Processor (CPU)	Dual Core
System memory (RAM)	2 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	150 MB
Video card (GPU)	Shader model 2.0 support

A 64-bit operating system is required.

Linux
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	Ubuntu 10.04
Processor (CPU)	Dual Core
System memory (RAM)	2 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	150 MB
Video card (GPU)	Shader model 2.0 support