Thursday, November 03, 2016
It's kinda funny how I came across working on this game. Just over a month ago I was set to take my IRL driving test in 2 days, and wanted to get in as much practice as possible beforehand. Not having my own car (I'm actually a motorcycle guy! ;)) left me with few options. I had the awesome Logitech Driving Force GT wheel (that I barely ever used) so I figured I could use that, but found that the racing games in my library weren't actually the best candidates for practicing real life maneuvers and scenarios, so instead I decided to search for simulators that would be more applicable, which of course led me to finding this title. I fired up the game and found it was mostly fine, although the HUD was at depth and mirror reflections were broken, so a couple quick adjustments and this was perfect in 3D. It just so happened that I had just finished building my own DIY head tracking device (intended for Elite Dangerous), and this title has TrackIR support. So with 3D in place, head tracking, and a well functioning FFB wheel I found this was a very suitable and surprisingly accurate solution for getting in some good practice for my road test. I've since gotten myself a Logitech G27 wheel, and fully intend on using this to also help me learn to drive manual.
TL;DR: I actually used this game to practice for (and pass!) my drivers test, and I recommend this for anyone else with similar hardware: 3DVision, FFB driving wheel, and (optional, but very useful) some form of head tracking device.
It should be mentioned that I made this fix from the copy that is available for download off of the dev's website, but I imagine it should probably work with the version that was just released on Steam.
Instructions
1.	 Download fix: Version 1.0
2.	 Install to location of Starter.exe file, which should be ..\City Car Driving Home Edition\bin\win32 folder
3.	 Game is not very graphically demanding, so I used all highest settings.
4.	 Set convergence to preference, and use ] key to cycle through HUD depth settings (including removing it all-together)
Posted by DJ-RK
