Discontinued Support
SelectSoft has ended support for this discontinued product.
This means SelectSoft will no longer provide email support for this product. SelectSoft also
cannot guarantee that the patches or solutions on this page will solve all problems. We apologize
for the inconvenience.
Beat
history's greatest racing champions
With
amazing 3D graphics and an original racing
soundtrack, this racing game challenges you
to put both your driving and building skills
to the test. Build or choose a car, then
race it through exciting LEGO® worlds. The
in-depth tutorials and easy to use controls
give you help in your track battles. You’ll
need it too, if you want to take on the
fastest racer of them all—Rocket Racer!
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The video intros will not play or I get a black screen after the
LEGO Media logo |
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First you should
uninstall LEGO Racers completely from the system. Follow the
instructions below to uninstall and reinstall the software. You
should also make the other changes listed to correct the error.
1. Click on START, PROGRAMS, LEGO MEDIA, LEGO RACERS, UNINSTALL LEGO
RACERS
2. It will ask you to confirm file deletion, and you should click
YES. Once it is through uninstalling you will need to click OK to
close the uninstall shield wizard.
3. Insert the CD into the CD-Drive and the auto install should
begin.
4. Close down any open Windows and go back to the Desktop. Find the
shortcut for LEGO RACERS and right-click on it. From the drop down
menu that appears, left-click on PROPERTIES.
5. On the PROPERTIES screen find the box called TARGET, it should
read something like "C:\Program Files\LEGO Media\Games\LEGO Racers\LEGORacers.exe".
6. Add -novideo to the end of this line so that it becomes
"C:\Program Files\LEGO Media\Games\LEGO Racers\LEGORacers.exe" -novideo
7. Click on APPLY and then OK (or possibly CLOSE).
8. Use this shortcut to run LEGO Racers. |
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The game crashes to the desktop when selecting an option |
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To correct this, do the
following:
1. Click on START
2. Click on RUN
3. Type in dxdiag, and then click OK
4. On the display tab, make sure that DIRECT 3D HARDWARE
ACCELERATION ENABLED is enabled. If it is not, click the enable
button, then select OK.
5. You should then restart your computer and try the software again. |
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The
keyboard stops responding up while playing |
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some keyboards when 3 or more keys are pressed at the same time but
only effects particular groups of keys; it is a hardware issue with
the keyboard itself that can be solved by changing your keyboard
layout. Try using the Numeric keypad for the directional buttons;
this seems to resolve the issue. If not try using one of the three
different keyboard layout within the game or set up your own
combination of keys. |
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There are black
blocks on the screen. |
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out of date video card drivers. Please contact the manufacturer of
your PC's video card to obtain the latest drivers to see if this
resolves the issue. |
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Why are the graphics blocky? |
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This is a issue with
LEGO Racers not fully recognizing the graphics card in the PC. To
cure this issue, please follow these steps:
1. Close down any open Windows and go back to the Desktop. Find the
shortcut for LEGO RACERS and right-click on it. From the drop down
menu that appears, left-click on PROPERTIES.
2. On the PROPERTIES screen find the box called TARGET, it should
read something like "C:\Program Files\LEGO Media\Games\LEGO Racers\LEGORacers.exe".
3. Add -select3d to the end of this line so that it becomes
"C:\Program Files\LEGO Media\Games\LEGO Racers\LEGORacers.exe"
-select3d
4. Click on APPLY and then OK (or possibly CLOSE).
5. Use this shortcut to run LEGO Racers. After the cut-scenes a menu
will appear allowing you to choose your graphics card. Under DEVICE
choose MICROSOFT D3D HARDWARE ACCELERATION. |
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Can I
play a two player race with two joysticks/game |
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| It is possible to play
Lego Racers with multiple game pads as long as they are dasiy
chained to each other. It is also possible to have one controller
plugged into the USB, and one plugged into the game port. |
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I am getting an error message 'UNABLE TO SET MESSAGE DRAIN' |
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First we should
uninstall LEGO Racers completely from the system. Follow the
instructions below to uninstall and reinstall the software. You
should also make the other changes listed to correct the error.
1. Click on START, PROGRAMS, LEGO MEDIA, LEGO RACERS, UNINSTALL LEGO
RACERS
2. It will ask you to confirm file deletion, and you should click
YES. Once it is through uninstalling you will need to click OK to
close the uninstall shield wizard.
3. Insert the CD into the CD-Drive and the auto install should
begin.
4. Close down any open Windows and go back to the Desktop. Find the
shortcut for LEGO RACERS and right-click on it. From the drop down
menu that appears, left-click on PROPERTIES.
5. On the PROPERTIES screen find the box called TARGET, it should
read something like "C:\Program Files\LEGO Media\Games\LEGO Racers\LEGORacers.exe".
6. Add -novideo to the end of this line so that it becomes
"C:\Program Files\LEGO Media\Games\LEGO Racers\LEGORacers.exe" -novideo
7. Click on APPLY and then OK (or possibly CLOSE).
8. Use this shortcut to run LEGO Racers. |
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The graphics are very grainy in LEGO Racers. Is there anything I can
do? |
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| Some graphic cards
cannot directly support the transparent effects that Racers uses;
instead, they emulate it. The grainy graphics are the result of a
graphics card attempting to emulate the transparencies. Contact the
manufacturer of your PC's video card to obtain the latest drivers to
see if this resolves the issue. |
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My S3
Virge card is not recognized by the game. |
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This is a issue with
LEGO Racers not fully recognizing the graphics card in the PC. To
cure this issue, please follow these steps:
1. Close down any open Windows and go back to the Desktop.
2. Find the shortcut for LEGO RACERS and right-click on it. From the
drop down menu that appears, left-click on PROPERTIES.
3. On the PROPERTIES screen find the box called TARGET, it should
read something like "C:\Program Files\LEGO Media\Games\LEGO Racers\LEGORacers.exe".
4. Add -select3d to the end of this line so that it becomes
"C:\Program Files\LEGO Media\Games \LEGO Racers\LEGORacers.exe"
-select3d
5. Click on APPLY and then OK (or possibly CLOSE).
6. Use this shortcut to run LEGO Racers.
7. After the cut-scenes a menu will appear allowing you to choose
your graphics card. Under DEVICE choose MICROSOFT D3D HARDWARE
ACCELERATION. |
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Windows® 98, 2000, Me, XP |
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Pentium 166 MMX or faster |
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210 MB free hard disk space |
| RAM: |
32 MB |
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CD-ROM: |
4X CD-ROM drive |
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Monitor: |
640x480 monitor, 16-bit color |
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Sound Card: |
DirectSound-compatible sound card & speakers |
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none |
| Other: |
Mouse, Keyboard, DirectX 6.1 (supplied on CD) |
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Video: |
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4 MB Direct 3D-compatible video card |
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