ICR2 widescreen 21:9 now working and 16:9 cockpit view has changed:

https://youtu.be/2uN8J1d7cvw

- The cockpit is working at 21:9, 32:9 and has been revised for 16:9.
- Dosbox-staging-Rendition should run with displaced sprites with the patched ICR2. This error will be fixed in another test build.
- The exterior of the car while driving won't change colour to match the current car. This will be fixed in a later build.

Dosbox-Rendition is the preferred version of dosbox, at least for the moment.

Test build:
https://nirvtek.com/downloads/RReady.Alpha.20260607.001.7z
MD5: 699e13175998d6c37397f4e9097cfe59

Patched build of ICR2:
https://nirvtek.com/downloads/ICR2.Widescreen … .20260605.01.7z
MD5: cb259749e20003e9adace6696ca2bdad

Does Team Apache still have startup lockup issues?

BEEN_Nath_58 wrote on 2026-06-07, 17:26:

Does Team Apache still have startup lockup issues?

No, I fixed that the way you suggested. I last tested it in March and the game started up OK.

BEEN_Nath_58 wrote on 2026-06-07, 17:26:

Does Team Apache still have startup lockup issues?

I still haven't figured out why the menu screens don't update. The game uses front buffer rendering but for some reason, updates don't render something. It can sometimes be triggered by sending a spurious WM_TIMER command but even that's not entirely reliable. It's almost like the device context is locked, though I don't entirely know how that's done.

sharangad wrote on 2026-06-08, 04:57:

BEEN_Nath_58 wrote on 2026-06-07, 17:26:

Does Team Apache still have startup lockup issues?

I still haven't figured out why the menu screens don't update. The game uses front buffer rendering but for some reason, updates don't render something. It can sometimes be triggered by sending a spurious WM_TIMER command but even that's not entirely reliable. It's almost like the device context is locked, though I don't entirely know how that's done.

DxWnd had two techniques to refresh a not refreshing screen: 1. automatically force refresh on every primary surface blit, 2. something I don't understand but it required using the Time Stretching settings, and helped the game Die by the Sword which refresh on only mouse movement

BEEN_Nath_58 wrote on 2026-06-08, 06:12:

sharangad wrote on 2026-06-08, 04:57:

BEEN_Nath_58 wrote on 2026-06-07, 17:26:

Does Team Apache still have startup lockup issues?

I still haven't figured out why the menu screens don't update. The game uses front buffer rendering but for some reason, updates don't render something. It can sometimes be triggered by sending a spurious WM_TIMER command but even that's not entirely reliable. It's almost like the device context is locked, though I don't entirely know how that's done.

DxWnd had two techniques to refresh a not refreshing screen: 1. automatically force refresh on every primary surface blit, 2. something I don't understand but it required using the Time Stretching settings, and helped the game Die by the Sword which refresh on only mouse movement

I'll try those in a bit. Bit busy with ICR2 widescreen:

Here's the state of play in 32:9:
https://youtu.be/LTtDS2SbNhU
OR
https://www.patreon.com/posts/indycar-racing- … ntent=join_link

https://nirvtek.com/downloads/RReady.Alpha.20260609.003.7z
MD5: 3be6297e068997a9cb1bdd806afaa01b

You will need this patched version of ICR2:
https://nirvtek.com/downloads/ICR2.Widescreen … .20260605.01.7z
MD5: cb259749e20003e9adace6696ca2bdad

21st Century Digitial Boy now rendering correctly:
https://youtu.be/azHjzdkgvBs
(Also on my Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/posts/21st-century-bo … ntent=join_link)

21st Century Digital Boy now has 3D sections rendering badly:
https://youtu.be/ON-PtEXEWck

Toshinden now has working perspective correction:
https://youtu.be/o-kPyBEktB4

RReady Alpha (with ICR2 widescreen alpha and CGL support):
https://nirvtek.com/downloads/RReady.Alpha.20260612.001.7z
MD5: e9d4a5b3bf3105e279076aae366069ff
https://nirvtek.com/downloads/RReady.Alpha.20260610.001.7z
MD5: 3f454c39660fa1f2539ef124e834a518

CGL Drivers:
https://nirvtek.com/downloads/RReady.CGLDrive … 20260610.001.7z
MD5: bcd5b7a7104fbd71877b077b07527575

Update: More misadventures in 32:9 widescreen - https://youtu.be/ac4qwA6dv5Q

ICR2 mirror offsets. I'm hoping the player car offsets are also in there somewhere. It's Patreon only, youtube is losing my upload:
https://www.patreon.com/Rready/posts/icr2-wid … ntent=join_link

I'll try reuploading it later.
(Later after third upload :
https://youtu.be/ck2Pm8ZUtVw)
3D Blaster VLB more progress:
https://youtu.be/aAB5G5Bb_Zk

Camera offset for icr2:
https://youtu.be/9MISlUK3g1U

Also on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Rready/posts/indycar- … ntent=join_link

Free look during a race in ICR2:
https://youtu.be/g4CLKAVSP20
and at 1080p:
https://www.patreon.com/Rready/posts/indycar- … ntent=join_link

Here's my latest attempt at 32:9. The cockpit/HUD is messed up, but I *think* the aspect ratio is correct here:
https://youtu.be/ogi2mlfzGoI

A diff looks like this:

So a vertical displacement should be all that's needed.

Freelook in icr2 again with a slightly more demonstrative video:
https://youtube.com/shorts/hj7t1-lE1B4?feature=share

Here's the best bet at getting everything right by simply expanding the viewport to the left and right. It has a few issues, but if it works, would be fantastic:
https://youtu.be/IzTpsD1ZP3A

Actua Soccer with missing HUD:
https://youtu.be/PHel3m9beTE

Update: Euro '96 seems to be the same game and seems to work. I'll post a build tomorrow.

Spectator mode for replays (21:9):
https://youtu.be/qbcY3OvQz28

Once again the cam-car rotates with the camera. If I can fix this I think I can get the cockpit view working perfectly by applying a world offset to both the player car and the rest of the world. The rest of the word works ok, the player/POV car not so much:

This is the first test build with mouse freelook support. It can be disabled by adding the following line, if it doesn't already exist:
[Rendition]
freelook=false
to the dosbox-rendition.conf settings file (dosbox settings button in RLauncher).

RReady Alpha:
https://nirvtek.com/downloads/RReady.Alpha.20260623.003.7z
713018cc80137addfe82935999787bf0
https://nirvtek.com/downloads/RReady.Alpha.20260623.001.7z
MD5: 7b97564d4fc22479a4a31e5e823e46ea

It requires this new patched game binary:
https://nirvtek.com/downloads/ICR2.Wide2.20260619.001
MD5: 5138939b1dd618cef66305112fbb3b3a

The build also supports CGL for the 3D Blaster PCI for the following apps: Battle Arena Toshinden, 21st Century Digitial Boy, Actua Soccer and Euro 96. Virtua Soccer probably works as well. The 3 football games are probably rebadged versions of the same game.

This is a non-final test build for feedback only.

Actua soccer with working overlays and Euro '96:
https://youtu.be/XD8GwNpGuGs