mRally2/The-Run-Tools-Research

THE RUN IS NOT OVER...

Help improve The Run to show EA how much you would like a videogame sequel. There is a lot more to be discovered. I hope all the content compiled here inspire people to keep researching into the game and hopefully get it a second life with its consequent boost in popularity.

REQUESTS

Build up a server emulator to bring multiplayer back to life
Help the speedrunning community develop a more accurate loadless timer. The most recent one is inaccurate by milliseconds and runs have to be retimed manually
Use RenderDoc to improve the visuals of the game. Higher quality motion blur, shadows, reflections and so on
Significantly decrease the loading times by disabling the hardcoded V-Sync during loading screens. The more fps, faster the loading will be
Make the UI and menus way smoother by forcing GameTime.MaxSimFps to 1kHz
Design a resilient algorithm to unlock the framerate of the Story Mode cutscenes. There is a prototype already available
Design an interface to customize the vehicles easily
Port all trainer prototypes to C++/C# and use IMGUI as the interface for easy access

PLANS FOR THE FUTURE

Full Frosty Editor and Mod Manager support for The Run
Disable all vehicle assists only for the player for a more pleasant driving experience. It crashes the game if AI has no assists during gameplay
Design an algorithm to force VisEnvs from other levels if an event has been restarted once or more in a row. Ideal for bringing variety to multiplayer
Replace low quality texture assets with higher quality ones
Add events that take place in the same Game.Level as SubLevels to avoid loading screens
Replace the background images and videos with higher quality versions
Replace the soundtrack of the game
Fix the vehicles’ model rendering to look as high detail as possible
Fix the low quality vehicle liveries when outside of the FrontEnd garage
Add VisEnv templates from other Game.Levels to be able to use them easily when instancing the events
Figure out how to spawn the unused roadblock and helicopter assets in challenge series events 10.5, 11.3 and 13.7
Create new Challenge Series events
Add manually customized vehicles to the car roster via Frosty Editor and VLT
Make the VLT data be fully readable and customizable
Extract the lua scripts embedded into the executable
Add new content and improve if possible all my trainer prototypes
Make new Story Mode versions of my mods. Play the entire career with a certain tier. From tier 1 to 6. Adapt checkpoint timer, opponent rubberband and career difficulty on the fly depending on the event or vehicle tier chosen
Change the order of the Story Mode cutscenes. Start The Run with the Chinese Restaurant meeting and insert the Car Crusher Escape in-between the New Jersey Sprint and DeLeon Rival Race of Stage 10
Fix the game crashing during gameplay and after crossing the finish line

TOOLS

Cheat Engine cheat table with a lot of useful stuff: The Run Master Table
ReClass project with a lot of parameters regarding vehicle physics and game engine data. Special thanks to Brawltendo: ReClass Project
IDA executable dump with a lot of functions regarding vehicle physics and game engine subrutines databased and disassembled. Special thanks to Brawltendo: IDA Dump
Frostbite 2 scripts to dump all assets. Special thanks to NicknineTheEagle: Frostbite Scripts
Python scripts and guide on how to dump models. Special thanks to 379Felipe: Model Dumper
Editor for initfs files: BFInitfsEditor110
Tool for calculating VLT data hashes. Special thanks to nfsu360: NFS-Hasher
Program to run the executable on a certain date ideal for launching the hidden demo mode. Special thanks to Nirsoft: RunAsDate

RESEARCH

A text file with a lot of my own research: Research Resource
Here is an excel table containing all Vehicle IDs: Vehicle Attributes Table
Files containing VLT data: VLT Data
Debug symbols from the earliest known build: Debug Symbols
Original 1.0.0.0 and 1.1.0.0 executables: The Run Executables
PC EBX dump in TXT or XML format: PC EBX Dump
X360 EBX dump in TXT format including DLC: X360 EBX Dump
Italian Pack DLC: X360 Italian Pack
The Run Demo: X360 Demo

MOD PROTOTYPES

COMMUNITY MODS

SPEEDRUNNING

IMAGE GALLERY

VIDEO GALLERY

AUDIO GALLERY

ART PORTFOLIO

REACH OUT

Talk to me directly on Discord @ _mRally2#1167
Send me an e-Mail

DISCLAMER

I am not responsible for any law infringement or damage to your system caused by the third party tools shared here. Use them at your own risk
By using any piece of code code or tools shared here you agree to credit the respective authors once your mod or tool gets released to the public

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