Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam

Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam
Developer(s)	Toys for Bob
Publisher(s)	Activision
Series	Tony Hawk
Platform(s)	Wii
Release date(s)	NA November 14, 2006 EU December 8, 2006 AUS December 13, 2006
Genre(s)	Sports, Skateboarding, Racing
Mode(s)	Single-player, Multiplayer (4)
Input methods	Wii Remote
Compatibility	4 Playable
GameIDs	RTHE52, RTHP52
See also...	Dolphin Forum thread Open Issues Search Google Search Wikipedia Debug Symbol Files

Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam is a video game in the Tony Hawk series made by Toys For Bob and published by Activision as a launch title for Wii. As a departure from Neversoft's Tony Hawk games, Downhill Jam emphasizes gaining speed and racing opponents, as well as competing for high scores and completing goals. Tricks can still be performed and there is a mode dedicated to high scores, but the main focus of the game is racing. The game is played with the Wii Remote in the horizontal position.

Emulation Information

Hard Coded Blur

The game uses a hard coded blur pass that softens the look at native resolution. When using higher internal resolutions, Dolphin currently has no way to apply the blur proportionally, so everything looks like it's vibrating. Since 5.0-20443 Dolphin comes with a game patch to disable the relevant code path. The patch has to be enabled manually: right click → Properties → Patches → [x] Disable blur.

Problems

Video Issues

Videos require "Safe Texture Cache" to render correctly. Otherwise they will show severe artifacts. Fixed since 5.0-12123.

Missing Load/Game Hint Screens

Various static screens require "Skip EFB Access to CPU" disabled to display at all. Otherwise they will be a black screen. Fixed since 5.0-12123.

Configuration

No configuration changes are known to affect compatibility for this title.

Version Compatibility

The graph below charts the compatibility with Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam since Dolphin's 2.0 release, listing revisions only where a compatibility change occurred.

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5.0-21401 (current)

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2.0 (r5384)

Compatibility can be assumed to align with the indicated revisions. However, compatibility may extend to prior revisions or compatibility gaps may exist within ranges indicated as compatible due to limited testing. Please update as appropriate.

Testing

This title has been tested on the environments listed below:

Test Entries
Revision	OS	CPU	GPU	Result	Tester
4.0-9366	Windows 10	Intel Core i5-3570K @ 3.4 GHz	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760	Needs EFB Access to CPU for loading screens + game hints. Needs safe-texture setting for videos to play correctly.	JMC4789

Gameplay Videos

(60FPS Playable via YouTube) Dolphin Emulator 4.0-4798 - Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam (1080p HD) - Nintendo Wii

Dolphin Emulator 4.0 - Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam (1080p HD) - Nintendo Wii