General

Features at a Glance

  • A new renderer based on programmable shaders.
  • Support for various platforms (Windows, Linux, macOS, Android) across multiple architectures (x86, x86_64, armhf, aarch64).
  • Wide screen, Full HD, 4K resolutions and multi-monitor support.
  • Unicode support, additional languages and International Keyboard Layouts support.
  • Improved and re-designed high resolution game font.
  • Additional content from the Dreamcast version brought to PC and Android.
    • Rooftops level and additional cars from the DC version (available as a separate optional download). BigVolt and BossVolt are added to the stack of carboxes.
    • Additional Gallery pages from the DC version.
    • Dreamcast mode: Use the DC layout for the Championships and car selection screen.
  • Multi-Player lobby launching, Spectator mode and Discord Rich Presence integration.
  • Lookback button from the console versions and a new Hood View.
  • Play against up to 15 other opponents.
  • Support for 2 to 4 player Split-Screen Multi-Player mode.
  • Support for modern game controllers, mouse controls and touch controls on Android.
  • Support for 3D surround sound. Surround speakers or headphones with virtual surround capability are required.
  • Support for original soundtrack playback, ripped from PC, Dreamcast or PSX versions.
  • Improved AI: Better wall avoidance and steering correction, intelligent oversteer correction, smarter recovery from crashes, and better use of special routes.
  • Customization: Level properties, car shadows and box art, other extensive features for custom content creation. The Random Cars and Random Tracks settings take custom content into account.
  • Car skins: Choose between alternate skins when available at the car preview screen.
  • Custom cups: Create your own championship cups.
  • Custom frontends: Select between user-made frontends (i.e., menu screens) from Options -> Select Frontend.
  • Content search: Start typing the name of the content (car, track or cup) at the selection screens and jump to it.
  • Content packs: Manage custom content packs and enable/disable them individually.

Languages

Language files are placed in the game's strings folder. Text files placed in the folder are automatically detected by the game. Additional details about the language can be specified using an appropriate escape sequence.

  • Use \LN<Language Name> to specify the localized name of the language. This is the name of the language displayed in-game.
  • Use \LC<Language Locale> to specify the two-letter ISO 639-1 code for the language. The locale affects things like case mapping. For example, i is capitalized to İ in Turkish (tr) locale and I in other locales.

These details are typically added to the end of the language file, though they can occur anywhere in the file. Below is a sample taken from french.txt:

\LNFrançais
\LCfr

As of version 18.1110a, RVGL supports and uses UTF-8 encoding for the language files and other text based configuration files. For more detailed information about Unicode support, see the section on Internationalization.

The following languages are currently included: Basque, Czech, Dutch, English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish and Turkish.

You can contribute your translations to the RVGL Localization Project, or send a pull request on GitLab.

Profiles

Save files are located in the profiles folder. RVGL has a global settings file named "rvgl.ini". Profile specific settings are saved to "profile.ini" within the player's profile folder (eg., profiles\marv\profile.ini). Profile names are capitalized in-game. The player's profile folder also contains game progress.

Best times and lap records of all players are saved in the times folder. Replays are saved in the replays folder.

As of version 18.1110a, player names and profile names accept international characters through Unicode support. Because of the UTF-8 encoding used, however, this can limit the number of typeable characters.

Soundtrack

Original Soundtrack (Dreamcast version) is available along with the game assets from Re-Volt I/O.

If you have a retail Re-Volt CD, you can rip the soundtrack yourself. RVGL supports soundtrack from the PC, Dreamcast and PSX versions.

  • PC / DC version: Rip the 14 audio tracks from the CD to one of the supported formats (Ogg, Flac, MP3 or WAV). Name them sequentially from track02[.ogg] to track15[.ogg] (file extension may vary), and place them in the game's redbook folder.

  • PSX version: The soundtrack is present on the disc as TRACK1.DA. Convert it to Ogg and name the file track1.ogg, then place it in the game's redbook folder. Note that Ogg is the only format supported in this case.

The PSX soundtrack is better suited for gameplay, as it has tracks stitched together for seamless playback, and the Dreamcast soundtrack is considered the most complete version.

Dreamcast Mode

Additional content from the Dreamcast version is available in RVGL as an optional download. This adds the Rooftops level and 14 additional cars to the game. The Championship cups and carboxes layout are preserved from the original PC version.

If you grew up playing Re-Volt on Dreamcast, you now have the option to enable Dreamcast layout for the Championship cups and the carboxes at the selection screen.

  • Step 1: Ensure that you've downloaded and installed the Dreamcast Pack.
  • Step 2: Enable Dreamcast mode in your profile.
    • Navigate to your profile within the profiles folder and open profile.ini.
    • Locate the key CupDC and set it to 1, then save it.
  • Step 3: Enable Dreamcast carboxes layout.
    • Navigate to levels\frontend\custom\dc in your game folder.
    • Copy the contents of the folder (i.e., the files frontend.fob and frontend.fin) to one level above it (to levels\frontend\custom).

Some of the additional cars have alternate skins based on the PSX version. These can be selected from the Car Preview screen.

Multi-Player

RVGL supports up to 16 players in Single Race or Battle Tag mode, plus 8 additional slots for spectators, resulting in a total of 24 connections in a direct Peer-to-Peer network. Spectators can join once slots free up.

RVGL utilizes UDP hole punching to connect players behind NAT. In most cases, no port forwarding is required for clients. The host is required to forward port 2310 (UDP) to be able to accept incoming connections.

Hybrid P2P: In cases where a direct connection is not possible between players, RVGL is capable of linking the affected players together through multicasting (i.e., messages between these players pass through the host). This happens automatically and ensures the best possible connection between players.

Waiting Room commands:

  • Up / Down arrow keys scroll through the player list. When there are more than 12 players, Page Up / Page Down jumps to the prev / next page.

  • Host can use Ctrl + D to kick (disconnect) a player. Ctrl + Shift + D kicks the player and blocks them from connecting again during the session. Ctrl + S puts the player in Spectator mode and Ctrl + A puts the player in Active mode.

  • Host has their Public IP address displayed at the top right corner. This can be copied to the clipboard with Ctrl + C. Ctrl + V pastes clipboard content in chat messages and when joining a game (in the Host Computer field).

In-Game commands:

  • The In-Game lobby is accessible with the TAB key.
  • Type a quick message while racing by pressing the F12 key.
  • Up / Down at the race results screen is used to spectate unfinished players.

The Back To Lobby in-game menu option can be used to go back to Frontend without quitting the online session. This allows players to change their name and car. It also allows the host to re-launch the session with new settings, such as different number of laps. This feature was added in version 18.1110a.

Discord Rich Presence:

Multi-Player games can be announced and joined directly from the Discord app. Metadata like the game cover-art and gameplay state is advertised in a Discord user's profile. To be able to launch games directly from Discord, a custom URI is registered during the RVGL setup. To manually register the URI, run RVGL with the -register command line. To customize the URI further, see the Platform specific sections. The Discord Desktop client is required. This feature was added in version 18.0731a.

Visit the community's official Discord server.

The Windows versions support DirectPlay lobby applications like GameRanger or GameSpy Arcade. Support for this is provided in dplobby_helper.dll.

Options

  • Game Settings:

    • Multiplayer CPU: Enable or disable CPU cars in Multi-Player mode.
    • Show Ghost: Enable or disable the ghost car in Time Trial.
    • Split Times: Choose between Global and Per-Rating split times in Time Trial.
    • Camera View: Choose between the available camera modes (Android only).

  • Video Settings:

    • V-Sync: Enable or disable sync to vertical blank. Supported values are On, Off and Adaptive. Adaptive V-Sync is supported on certain Windows and Linux systems.
    • Generate Mipmaps: Mipmap levels can be generated automatically at loading time. This is best used in conjunction with Anisotropic texture filtering.
    • Anisotropy: Support for enabling Anisotropic texture filtering from the Render Settings. This is only applicable when Texture Filter is set to Linear.
    • Antialias: Support for enabling Multisample anti-aliasing (MSAA) from the Render Settings.
    • Water Ripples: Enable or disable the water ripples effect in eg., Botanical Garden. This can help improve performance with some Intel cards.

  • Controller Settings:

    • Controller Slot: Select the player for which controls are to be configured (1-4).
    • Button Opacity: When touch controls are used, change the visibility level of the virtual buttons (Android only).
    • Force Feedback: Enable or disable Force Feedback or Haptic support for each controller.

  • In-Game Options:

    • Next Track: Start a different track without quitting to Frontend.
    • Save Replay: Save the race replay. View saved replays from Options -> View Replay.

Advanced Options

These options are accessible only by editing the game configuration files.

Log files: The game log is generated at profiles\re-volt.log. Running the alsoft_log script generates an OpenAL info log at profiles\alsoft.log.

These options can be changed in rvgl.ini and apply to all profiles:

  • Video section:

    • Profile to set the OpenGL profile to be used. For more information, check the Renderer section.
    • Shaders to enable / disable the shader-based rendering engine. For more information, check the Renderer section.
    • ShaderLights, ShaderShadows, ShaderEffects to configure the number of lights, shadow boxes and mesh effects that affect each mesh (0-16). Only applicable in shader mode.
    • SortLevel to switch between complex and minimal translucency sorting schemes. Only applicable in shader mode.
    • Threaded to enable / disable multithreaded OpenGL support for loading.
    • Orientation to set the device orientation (0-5, or -1). Supported values are: Auto (-1), Landscape (0), Portrait (1), Sensor Landscape (2), Sensor Portrait (3), Reverse Landscape (4), Reverse Portrait (5).
    • EffectFlag to enable / disable certain visual effects like mesh deformation and the bomb scorch effect that can be taxing on low end systems or mobiles.
    • CompressTextures to enable / disable texture compression if available.
    • LimitFPS to limit the frame rate with vsync off. Set the preferred frame rate or set it to zero to disable limiting. The minimum supported limit is 15.
    • LimitLatency to reduce input lag (low latency mode). This can have a negative impact on performance. Set to 1 to use standard latency control mechanism, or 2 to use Fence Sync Object when available.
    • Compositor to enable / disable Desktop compositing on Linux. Enabling this allows smoother transition between RVGL and other windows, at the cost of slightly reduced performance.
    • HighDPI to enable / disable high DPI rendering on macOS.

  • Network section:

    • LocalPort forces a specific port to be used when connecting to an online session. If you have trouble seeing other players online, you should forward a specific port (UDP) to your system and then set LocalPort accordingly. In most cases, it's safe and recommended to leave this at 0.
    • DiscordRPC toggles Discord Rich Presence support, allowing you to completely disable it by setting it to 0.

  • Editor section:

    • LegacyCameraControls to switch camera controls between modern and legacy modes. See the Modern Editor section.
    • LegacyEditorControls to switch between modern and legacy editor workflow. See the Modern Editor section.

  • Misc section:

    • UseProfiles to enable / disable multiple profiles support. When disabled, the DefaultProfile is loaded automatically, or if none exists, a profile is created automatically.

These options are changed in profile.ini and are specific to a player profile:

  • Game section:
    • CatchUp to enable / disable CPU cars "rubberbanding".
    • CupDC to enable / disable Dreamcast mode for the Championship cups. Requires the DC Pack to be installed.
    • Difficulty to adjust the AI difficulty level in single races (0-3).
    • FinalLapMsg to enable / disable the Final Lap! message.
    • AnimateRearView to enable / disable the rear view transition animation.
    • RearViewType to choose between dynamic (0) and classic (1) rear view.
    • FinalCam to enable / disable the special finish camera at race end.
    • WeaponCam to enable / disable the weapon in-set camera used for fireworks.
    • RandomSkins to enable / disable the randomization of CPU and Random Cars skins.
    • NLaps to change the number of laps (goes up to 255).
    • NCars to change the number of cars (can be set to 1 to race alone; in this case, race wins are not counted as progress).

Keyboard Commands

In-set Cameras: F1 changes camera view (can be configured from Controller Settings). In Replay and Spectator modes, it can be used to disable the dynamic view changes and lock the camera to a specific view. F2 and F3 toggle rear view and follow view cameras. F4 cycles between players in the follow view.

Toggle Fullscreen: F11 toggles between Fullscreen and Windowed mode.

Screenshot: F8 automatically saves a screenshot. The screenshots are timestamped and saved in the profiles folder as PNG files.

Content Search

Find / filter cars and tracks at the selection screens using the Keyboard. The search is automatically activated on typing.

Search Starts with... Type eg., "TOY", and it selects the first car whose name starts by TOY (likely the TOYECA). As long as this search is active you can navigate with the Left / Right keys amongst all cars whose name starts with TOY. To cancel search, press Esc. If navigation is impossible or the search has no match, it produces a blocking sound.

Search Contains... If you want to search for a word included in the name but not necessarily at the beginning, just press the "*" key, and now if you type SLUG it will find all occurrences that match the wildcard search "*SLUG*", for example Phat Slug.

Commands

  • Home: Jump to the first available car. A second press jumps to the first user car.
  • End: Jump to the last stock car. A second press jumps to the last user car.
  • Page Up / Page Down: Jump 10 cars at a time.

Controllers

  • Controller hot-plugging is supported.
  • The D-Pad is used for menu navigation when supported.
  • Menu forward and back are set to buttons A and B by default on supported controllers.
  • Controller axes and buttons are properly supported for menu navigation.

The SDL2 GameController API is used to provide support for modern game controllers like the Xbox 360 and PS3 Controllers. This means Triggers can be selected along with other axes. Axis and Button names are displayed in the Controller Config menu for these devices. A GameController mapping database is included that supports various controllers "out of the box".

Controller GUIDs and mappings are logged at game start. This can be useful for adding your own GameController mapping in case one is not available for your controller. Custom mappings are sourced from profiles\gamecontrollerdb.txt.

GameController mappings can be generated interactively. For Windows / Linux, use the SDL2 Gamepad Tool by General Arcade. For Android, use the RVGL Controller Map app (see the Android section).

Renderer

As of version 18.0428a, there is support for a new rendering engine based on programmable shaders, targeting OpenGL / OpenGL ES 2.0 and above. This shader-based renderer is expected to have significantly improved performance on modern GPUs and better power efficiency on laptops and mobile devices.

As of version 18.1020a, the shader-based render is used by default. To switch back to the fixed pipeline renderer, edit rvgl.ini and set Shaders = 0. This is applicable to both Desktop and Mobile versions.

OpenGL Functionality:

RVGL has optional support for new OpenGL functionality that takes advantage of newer hardware. Some of these options are only applicable when the shader-based renderer is active. Support for these features can be verified from the "Video Info" section in profiles\re-volt.log.

  • Uniform Buffer Objects: Buffer-backed uniform blocks are used to store and update shader state which can provide better stability and improved performance when rendering scenes with large number of meshes. Requires OpenGL 3.0, GLES 3.0 or extensions. The feature can be toggled with EnableUBO in rvgl.ini.
  • Separate Shader Objects: Shader programs for the vertex and fragment shading stages are generated separately, enabling better reuse of shader code. Requires OpenGL 4.1, GLES 3.1 or extensions. The feature can be toggled with EnableSSO in rvgl.ini.
  • Frame Buffer Objects: Antialias support is implemented through Frame Buffer Objects (i.e., the application maintains its own frame buffers rather than rendering directly to the window buffers). To use a native multisampled window, set EnableFBO to 0 in rvgl.ini. This is particularly useful for embedded GPUs (see the Android section).

OpenGL Profiles:

Advanced users can select one of the supported OpenGL Profiles through the Profile key in rvgl.ini. Some of these profiles are only applicable when the shader-based renderer is active. The following values are supported:

  1. Default profile: Initialize a backwards compatible OpenGL profile.
  2. Core profile: Initialize a 3.2+ Core profile. Only applicable in shader mode. In some cases, driver support might be better with a core profile.
  3. ES profile: Initialize an OpenGL for Embedded Systems profile. Requires a mobile GPU or driver support for ES emulation. Depending on whether shader mode is active, this will initialize either GLES 1.1 or GLES 2.0+.
  4. D3D profile: On Windows, initialize an OpenGL ES 2.0+ profile using the bundled ANGLE implementation, based on the Direct3D backend. Only applicable in shader mode.

Internationalization

As of version 18.1110a, RVGL uses Unicode (UTF-8) encoding for the game internals and all text content. The game is also capable of reading Unicode filenames through UTF-8 on Linux and Android, and Wide Character support on Windows.

Text files that are not in valid UTF-8 encoding are assumed to be ASCII (Windows-1252) and converted internally to UTF-8.

The re-designed game font provides support for various commonly used Latin alphabet sets and diacritics. The following Latin alphabets are considered fully supported: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish, Estonian, Hungarian, Basque, Romanian, Polish, Lithuanian, Latvian, Czech, Slovak, Slovenian, Croatian, Bavarian, Welsh, Livonian, Turkish and Vietnamese.

Further, the following alphabets are supported through standard romanization schemes: Indic (IAST, NLK and ISO 15919), Cyrillic (ISO 9 and language-specific standards), Greek (ISO 843), Georgian (ISO 9984), Armenian (ISO 9985), Arabic (ISO 233) and Hebrew (ISO 259).

Below is a complete list of international characters supported by the game:

  • Grave: à À c̀ C̀ è È f̀ F̀ g̀ G̀ ì Ì k̀ K̀ ǹ Ǹ ò Ò p̀ P̀ s̀ S̀ t̀ T̀ ù Ù ẁ Ẁ ỳ Ỳ
  • Acute: á Á ć Ć é É ǵ Ǵ í Í j́ J́ ḱ Ḱ ĺ Ĺ ń Ń ó Ó ṕ Ṕ ŕ Ŕ ś Ś ú Ú ẃ Ẃ ý Ý ź Ź
  • Circumflex: â Â ĉ Ĉ ê Ê î Î k̂ K̂ l̂ L̂ n̂ N̂ ô Ô ŝ Ŝ û Û ŵ Ŵ ŷ Ŷ ẑ Ẑ
  • Circumflex + Grave: ầ Ầ ề Ề ồ Ồ
  • Circumflex + Acute: ấ Ấ ế Ế ố Ố
  • Circumflex + Tilde: ẫ Ẫ ễ Ễ ỗ Ỗ
  • Circumflex + Macron: û̄ Û̄
  • Circumflex + Dot Below: ậ Ậ ệ Ệ ộ Ộ
  • Circumflex + Hook Above: ẩ Ẩ ể Ể ổ Ổ
  • Trema: ä Ä c̈ C̈ ë Ë ï Ï ö Ö ẗ T̈ ü Ü ẅ Ẅ ÿ Ÿ z̈ Z̈
  • Trema + Acute: ḯ Ḯ ÿ́ Ÿ́
  • Trema + Macron: ǟ Ǟ
  • Tilde: ã Ã ẽ Ẽ ĩ Ĩ ñ Ñ õ Õ ũ Ũ ỹ Ỹ
  • Tilde + Macron: ȭ Ȭ
  • Cedilla: ç Ç ḑ Ḑ ȩ Ȩ ģ Ģ ḩ Ḩ ķ Ķ ļ Ļ ņ Ņ ş Ş ţ Ţ
  • Cedilla + Breve: ḝ Ḝ
  • Ring: å Å ů Ů
  • Ring Below: l̥ L̥ r̥ R̥
  • Ring Below + Macron: l̥̄ L̥̄ r̥̄ R̥̄
  • Caron: ǎ Ǎ č Č ď Ď ě Ě ǧ Ǧ ǐ Ǐ ǰ J̌ ǩ Ǩ ľ Ľ ň Ň ř Ř š Š ť Ť ž Ž
  • Caron + Cedilla: ž̧ Ž̧
  • Caron + Comma: ž̦ Ž̦
  • Caron + Comma Above: č̕ Č̕
  • Double Acute: a̋ A̋ ő Ő ű Ű
  • Breve: ă Ă c̆ C̆ ĕ Ĕ ğ Ğ ĭ Ĭ m̆ M̆ n̆ N̆ ŏ Ŏ r̆ R̆ ŭ Ŭ z̆ Z̆
  • Breve Below: ḫ Ḫ
  • Breve + Grave: ằ Ằ
  • Breve + Acute: ắ Ắ
  • Breve + Tilde: ẵ Ẵ
  • Breve + Dot: m̐ M̐
  • Breve + Dot Below: ặ Ặ
  • Breve + Hook Above: ẳ Ẳ
  • Comma: c̦ C̦ h̦ H̦ k̦ K̦ l̦ L̦ n̦ N̦ ș Ș ț Ț
  • Comma Above: c̕ C̕ k̕ K̕ p̕ P̕ t̕ T̕
  • Ogonek: ą Ą ę Ę į Į ų Ų
  • Ogonek + Breve: c̨̆ C̨̆
  • Hook Above: ả Ả ẻ Ẻ ỉ Ỉ ỏ Ỏ ủ Ủ ỷ Ỷ
  • Dot: ḃ Ḃ Ċ ċ ė Ė Ḟ ḟ ġ Ġ ḣ Ḣ i İ ṁ Ṁ ṅ Ṅ ȯ Ȯ ṗ Ṗ ṙ Ṙ u̇ U̇ ẇ Ẇ Ẋ ẋ ẏ Ẏ ż Ż
  • Dot Below: ạ Ạ c̣ C̣ ḍ Ḍ ẹ Ẹ ḥ Ḥ ị Ị ḳ Ḳ ḷ Ḷ ṃ Ṃ ṇ Ṇ ọ Ọ ṛ Ṛ ṣ Ṣ ṭ Ṭ ụ Ụ x̣ X̣ ỵ Ỵ ẓ Ẓ
  • Dot + Macron: ȱ Ȱ
  • Dot Below + Trema: ạ̈ Ạ̈ ọ̈ Ọ̈ ụ̈ Ụ̈
  • Dot Below + Macron: ḹ Ḹ ṝ Ṝ ụ̄ Ụ̄
  • Stroke: đ Đ ł Ł ƶ Ƶ
  • Macron: ā Ā c̄ C̄ ē Ē ḡ Ḡ ī Ī k̄ K̄ n̄ N̄ ō Ō ū Ū ȳ Ȳ z̄ Z̄ ǣ Ǣ
  • Macron Below: ḏ Ḏ ẖ H̱ ḵ Ḵ ḻ Ḻ ṉ Ṉ ṟ Ṟ ṯ Ṯ
  • Macron + Acute: ī́ Ī́
  • Horn: ơ Ơ ư Ư
  • Horn + Grave: ờ Ờ ừ Ừ
  • Horn + Acute: ớ Ớ ứ Ứ
  • Horn + Tilde: ỡ Ỡ ữ Ữ
  • Horn + Dot Below: ợ Ợ ự Ự
  • Horn + Hook Above: ở Ở ử Ử
  • Vowels: œ Œ æ Æ ø Ø ə Ə ı I
  • Eszett: ß ẞ
  • Eth: ð Ð
  • Thorn: þ Þ
  • Symbols: º ° ¡ ¿ § « » … © ® ™ ‡ • ʹ ʺ ʼ ˮ ¨ ʾ ʿ
  • Currency: £ € ¥ ₹ ¢

Launch Parameters

You can start RVGL via command-line or shortcuts with the following parameters:

-aspect <width> <height> <lens>
Changes the display aspect ratio and fov (default 512).

-autokick
Automatically kicks players who use altered cars (parameters.txt) or track files. Cars and tracks are compared with the ones used by the host. (Added in version 17.1009a.)

-basepath <path>
Set the base data path. If <path> is not provided, use the system default (if available) or the current directory. (Added in version 20.0902a.)

-blocklist
Enable the use of a global blocklist to block players from joining your session. The entries are loaded from profiles\blocklist.txt with one IP address per line. (Added in version 21.0905a.)

-chdir <path>
Set the working directory to <path>. (Added in version 19.0301a.)

-cubevisi
Performs simpler visibox computations for rendering.

-gamegauge
Launches game gauge benchmarking mode.

-gogodemo
Launches the game in demo mode.

-hidechat
Set to hide in-game chat messages. These can be seen later by pressing TAB or F12. (Added in version 19.0320a.)

-largereplays
Enable saving of large replays (up to 1GB), with a dynamically expanding replay buffer size. (Added in version 23.0501a.)

-lobby <ip address>
Launch the game and directly connect to a lobby. <ip address> can be the host's IP, 0 (to search for local sessions), or entirely omitted (for launching the host).

As of version 23.0501a, clients can specify the server port directly using a colon syntax (eg., 192.168.1.4:6666 or b.rv.gl:4444).

-multisample <num_samples>
Initializes a multisampled opengl window without framebuffer objects.

-nodemo
Disables screensaver activation at main menu. (Added in version 19.0120a.)

-noforce
Disables force feedback of controllers.

-nogamma
Disables gamma correction.

-nointro
Disables the intro.

-nojoy
Disables the joystick and controller subsystem.

-nolatejoin
Set by the host to prevent new players from spectating an ongoing race. Helps conserve bandwidth. (Added in version 19.0414a.)

-nomip
Disables mipmaps.

-nomulticast
Set by the host to disable multicasting in P2P mode. Helps conserve bandwidth. (Added in version 19.0414a.)

-nop2p
Set by the host to disable P2P and use centralized connection mode.

-nopause
Keeps the game running even when it's in the background.

-nores
Disables display mode change in fullscreen. (Added in version 20.0325a.)

-noshader
Force the legacy fixed pipeline renderer. (Added in version 18.0428a.)

-nosound
Launches the game without sound and music.

-nostars
Disables stars in Museum 2's planetarium.

-nouser
Disables custom content.

-nousercars
Disables custom cars. (Added in version 20.0210a.)

-nousercups
Disables custom cups. (Added in version 20.1230a.)

-nouserlevels
Disables custom levels. (Added in version 20.0210a.)

-nousersfx
Disables custom car sounds. (Added in version 20.0210a.)

-nouserskins
Disables custom car skins. (Added in version 20.0210a.)

-packlist <name>
Enable packs listed in the specified packlist. The game looks for the packlist at packs\<name>.txt. (Added in version 12.1230a.)

-pass <phrase>
Protects the session with a password. The passphrase can be up to 255 characters in length and cannot contain spaces. (Added in version 18.0310a.)

-port <port>
Overrides the LocalPort setting in rvgl.ini. (Added in version 17.1009a.)

-prefpath <path>
Set the preferences path. Game saves and configuration files belong here. If <path> is not provided, use the system default. This is usually:

  • C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\RVGL (Windows)
  • ~/.local/share/RVGL (Linux)

(Added in version 20.0902a.)

-printlog
Print the contents of the re-volt.log file to the terminal or console.

-profile <name>
Skip the profile selection menu and directly load the profile supplied. If <name> is omitted, load the last used profile.

-register <path>
Register the game for lobby launching support. It's currently used for registering a custom URI for the Discord client. (Added in version 18.0731a.).

As of version 23.0501a, an optional path to the executable that must be registered for lobby launching (Discord rich presence) can be passed after -register.

-res <width> <height> <bpp>
Forces a fullscreen resolution.

-savereplays
Automatically save replays in select game modes. (Added in version 19.0210a.)

-serverport <port>
Overrides the port that the server listens to (default 2310). When the host uses a custom server port, all clients will need to use the same server port to be able to connect to that host. (Added in version 18.0310a.).

As of version 23.0501a, clients can specify the server port directly using a colon syntax (eg., 192.168.1.4:6666 or b.rv.gl:4444).

-sessionlog
Saves race results and event logs (such as chat messages) to the profiles folder as timestamped .csv and .log files. (Added in version 17.1012a.)

-showping
Access ping display in Multi-Player mode with Ctrl + P. (Added in version 19.0210a.)

-sload
Disables the loading screen.

-window <width> <height>
Launches the game in window mode. Specify width and height optionally. The default size is half the desktop dimensions.

Dev

-alpharef <0 to 255>
Reference value for alpha testing (default 128).

-dev
Launches the game in developer mode and enables edit modes and debug features.

-editscale <s>
-editoffset <x, y, z>
Changes scale and offset of the in-game editor, all floating point values

-gazzasaicar
Gazza's AI car. Have the player's car driven by AI and control AI cars with Up / Down and Right Ctrl. To be used in conjunction with -dev.

-gazzasaiinfo
Gazza's AI info draw. Display debug info related to AI nodes and car AI computations. To be used in conjunction with -dev.

-gazzasroute
Gazza's AI route choice. Additional debug options to force the route decisions taken by AI cars. To be used in conjunction with -dev.

-texinfo
Shows the maximum texture size supported by the GPU.