Splashdown: Rides Gone Wild
Developer(s): Rainbow Studios
Publisher(s): THQ
Genre: Racing
Wikipedia: Link
Game review links: Metacritic: 80/100
Game description: Get ready for the big waves, swift currents, and treacherous downhill rivers of watercraft racing. Inspired by theme parks and thrill rides, Splashdown: Rides Gone Wild offers an even wilder experience than the original with imaginative locales, surprising events, and a stylized look. The Splashdown series evolves with indoor stadium courses, a freestyle stunt mode, and a new technical time-trials mode. The game combines realistic physics and controls with arcade fun, creating a watercraft experience for all types of racers.
Inspired by theme parks and thrill rides, Splashdown: Rides Gone Wild offers an even wilder experience than the original with imaginative locales, surprising events, and a stylized look.
Test configurations on Windows:
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NTSC-U | Windows 7 64bit, 4GB ram |
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0.9.8 | GSdx 4600 (MSVC 15.00, SSE2) 0.1.16 |
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BIOS: USA v2.20 (10/02/2006), HACKS: "Aggressive" preset | Extradessert |
NTSC-U | Windows |
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1.3 Git 5 of June | GSDX |
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USA v02.20(10/02/2006), EE/VU Clamp: Standard, EE/VU Rounding: Standard, Hardware mode have a lot of lines(blacks),software mode its fine. | |
NTSC-U | Windows 10 64-bit |
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v1.7.2520 | GSdx 1.2.0-AVX2 |
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No noticeable bugs. Plays fine, framerate is solid. | Hemporus01 |
NTSC-U | Windows 10 64-bit |
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v2.3.100 | N/A | N/A | Significant slowdowns when racing. Can be fixed with mild/moderate cycle skipping, basic blending accuracy and lower internal resolution. | Darkholme |
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Trivia
- Also known as Splashdown 2: Rides Gone Wild (EU)
Known Issues
Polygons glitch
- Status: Fixed
- Type: Major
- Description: Gets into menus, but any races will display black screen, crap FPS speed (5 or less) and fail to run.
- Workaround: Update to the latest nightly version of PCSX2.
Gallery
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Splashdown: Rides Gone Wild (SLUS 20686)
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