xracer(6)

📦 version 0.96.9.1, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 xracer(6) — the Games Manual glow-up 💖

okay bestie, gather round, because we're talking about xracer(6) — yes that's the section 6 (Games Manual) one, the fun section, the one where the man pages actually slay. 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

xracer — a racing game in the style of Psygnosis' WipeOut 🏎️💨

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

xracer [ -h | --help ] [ -V | --version ] [ -v | --verbose ] [ [ -s |
--size ] WIDTHxHEIGHT ] [ [ -p | --position ] LEFTxTOP ] [ -f |
--fullscreen ] [ [ -j | --joystick ] DEVICE ] [ -L | --nomipmap ]

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so xracer is a 3D arcade game in the style of the Psygnosis game WipeOut. the whole vibe? you fly around the track without crashing, you shoot opposing craft where necessary, and you arrive in first place. that's it. that's the dream. 🏁👑

and like, it's not gonna run on your grandma's laptop, ngl — xracer requires a supported 3D hardware accelerator card and OpenGL, or a compatible library such as Brian Paul's Mesa. no hardware, no vibes. 💅

✨ OPTIONS ✨

  • -h, --help — displays the options and then exits. the "hey what does this do" button 🫶
  • -V, --version — prints the current version number and exits. iykyk 📌
  • -v, --verbose — prints verbose messages to stdout about the progress of the game. lowkey a super useful debugging aid, fr fr 🔍
  • -s, --size WIDTHxHEIGHT — sets the initial screen size. pick your dimensions, main character 📐
  • -p, --position LEFTxTOP — sets the position for the initial window placement. yes, LEFTxTOP, exactly like that 🌸
  • -f, --fullscreen — puts the game into full screen mode. in this mode the game takes over the screen and keyboard. it's giving "this is mine now" 😤
  • -j, --joystick DEVICE — sets the joystick device name. 🎮
  • -L, --nomipmap — disables mipmapping. bye mipmaps 🦋

✨ FILES ✨

  • /usr/share/games/xracer

✨ BUGS ✨

okay so the fullscreen option is currently broken on 3Dfx Voodoo Graphics and Voodoo2 accelerator cards 😭 the workaround: set the MESA_FX_GLX environment to get fullscreen on those boards. not me giving you the fix though 💅

✨ AUTHOR ✨

maintainer: Richard W. M. Jones <rich@annexia.org>. and please, bestie, go look at the AUTHORS file for a full list of people who have contributed to the game — they all ate 🫶✨

✨ SEE ALSO ✨

✨ VERSION ✨

this manual page documents xracer version 0.96.9. periodt. 💅

XRacer is copyright (C) 1999-2000 Richard W. M. Jones and the other authors who have contributed to the game. 👑

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.

✨ WEBSITE ✨

http://xracer.annexia.org/ 🌈

and that's the whole thing bestie 🎀 this page is from the Dec 21, 1999 era of the xracer(6) Games Manual — vintage but make it iconic. go fly a ship, don't crash, and remember: first place or it didn't happen. 🏆💖🦋

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