SSX Blur

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SSX Blur
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Developer(s) EA Montreal
Publisher(s) EA Sports
Series SSX
Platform(s) Wii
Release date(s) NA February 27, 2007
AUS March 15, 2007
EU March 16, 2007
JP September 13, 2007
KO July 25, 2008
Genre(s) Sports, Snowboarding
Mode(s) Single-player, Multiplayer (4)
Input methods Wii Remote + Nunchuk
Compatibility 4Stars4.pngEdit rating: SSX Blur
Playable
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SSX Blur is a snowboarding and skiing video game. It is the fifth installment in the SSX series. The soundtrack was created by Junkie XL and is played through the in-game radio station, "Radio BIG".

Problems

IOS WAD Install

SSX Blur requires an IOS update WAD to be installed. You can download it here, or extract it from image via the instructions below:

  • Right click SSX Blur in your game list and go to 'Properties'
  • Switch to the 'Filesystem' tab
  • Browse to Disc->Partition 0->_sys
  • Right click 'IOS17-64-v512.wad' and choose 'Extract File...'

To install WAD file you need go to the main menu on the path Tools -> Install WAD.

You may still get errors about a missing WAD when running the game. Clicking OK or disabling "Panic Handlers" in "Interface" tab in "Settings" to bypass them will allow the game to load.

Intro Videos

Intro videos display only garbage and/or a blank screen, but does not crash Dolphin. These can be skipped through after the initial EA Sports BIG intro.

Loading Screens

Loading screens can suffer from some graphics corruption in the lower half when scaling above native is used.

Configuration

Only configuration options for the best compatibility where they deviate from defaults are listed.

Graphics

Config Setting Notes
Skip EFB Access from CPU Off Enabled bloom effects and prevents the screen from being washed out at the cost of significant performance

Audio

Config Setting Notes
DSP Emulator Engine LLE Allows all sounds to play

Version Compatibility

The graph below charts the compatibility with SSX Blur since Dolphin's 2.0 release, listing revisions only where a compatibility change occurred.

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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
r7719 Windows 7 x64 Intel Core 2 Duo E7500 @ 3GHz ATI Radeon FireGL 5600 Working with two bugs: sometimes the fog is much thicker and I do not see anything. Sometimes the character disappears completely, so that can only be seen ski or snowboard. Denissx Rus
^3.0 Windows 7 x64 AMD Athlon II X4 645 @ 3.1GHz ATI Radeon HD 4250 Unplayable! The game seems to have a lot of graphics issues. I can't even get to make a save so I can at least have a banner for this one.
3.0-370 Windows 7 x64 Intel Core 2 Duo E7500 @ 3GHz ATI Radeon FireGL 5600 Working without bugs because 3.0-370 has "Scaled EFB Copy" option, but speed is 80-90% Denissx Rus

Gameplay Videos