Wave Race: Blue Storm

Wave Race: Blue Storm
Developer(s)	Nintendo Software Technology
Publisher(s)	Nintendo
Series	Wave Race
Platform(s)	GameCube
Release date(s)	JP September 14, 2001 NA November 18, 2001 EU May 3, 2002
Genre(s)	Racing
Mode(s)	Single-player, Multiplayer (4)
Input methods	GameCube Controller
Compatibility	4 Playable
GameIDs	GWRE01, GWRP01, GWRJ01
See also...	Dolphin Forum thread Open Issues Search Google Search Wikipedia

Wave Race: Blue Storm is a wave runner racing game released as a launch title for the Nintendo GameCube. A sequel to the 1996 Nintendo 64 game Wave Race 64.

Emulation Information

Vertical Artifacts in FMVs

Videos include a visual anomaly, as seen in the screenshot below. Though it's hard to see, they display on console in the same way.

Visual Anomalies in the opening cutscene

Problems

Menu Freeze Ups

This title may freeze during menu interactions when running in Dual-core mode.

Configuration

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

General

Config	Setting	Notes
Enable Dual Core	Off	Avoid menu freeze up

Enhancements

16:9 Widescreen Gecko Code

Outputs 3D graphics to 16:9 aspect ratio (set Dolphin to force 16:9 display). Please enter these under the Gecko code section under the game properties.

NA

$16:9 Widescreen
04005000 FD002090
04005004 C042920C
04005008 48095998
0409A99C 4BF6A664
0469360C 3FE38E39

EU

$16:9 Widescreen
04005000 FD002090
04005004 C0429214
04005008 48095944
0409A948 4BF6A6B8
04696434 3FE38E39

Force 60Hz Action Reply Code

Forces the internal display refresh rate to 60Hz.

PAL

040000CC 00000000
04007074 38600000

Pixel Aspect Gecko code

Stretches the image horizontally by 10% to compensate for the game's incorrect pixel aspect ratio.

NA

$Pixel aspect by pneumatic
28002408 00000000
00002408 00000001
0034142f 000000c0
0034142b 00000008
0034146b 000000c0
00341467 00000008
C0000000 00000003
3D808000 618C3100
7D8803A6 4E800020
60000000 00000000

Notes
* Only for NA game version & Dolphin newer than July 2015 supporting viWidth emulation
* Appears incompatible with 16:9 widescreen code -- use the following code instead:

$16:9 widescreen + pixel aspect by pneumatic
28002408 00000000
00002408 00000001
0034142f 000000c0
0034142b 00000008
0034146b 000000c0
00341467 00000008
C0000000 00000003
3D808000 618C3100
7D8803A6 4E800020
60000000 00000000
E0000000 00000000
0034142f 000000c0
0034142b 00000008
0034146b 000000c0
00341467 00000008
04005000 FD002090
04005004 C042920C
04005008 48095998
0409A99C 4BF6A664
0469360C 3FE38E39
E0000000 80008000

Version Compatibility

The graph below charts the compatibility with Wave Race: Blue Storm since Dolphin's 2.0 release, listing revisions only where a compatibility change occurred.

r5457

3.5

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5.0-20495 (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
r7690	Windows Vista	Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 @ 2.5 GHz	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250	Playable, graphical glitch where racer's head is visible through torso. Incompatible with JITIL Experimental Recompiler	Anonymous
3.0-124	Mac OS X 10.7.2	Intel Core i5-2435M @ 2.4 GHz	Intel HD Graphics 3000	Playable, graphical glitch where racer's head is visible through the torso	jedivulcan
3.0-373	Mac OS X 10.7.2	Intel Core i7-2675QM @ 2.2 GHz	AMD Radeon HD 6750M	Runs at a constant 30FPS. Perfect. No odd jittering, strange textures from the racer (when playing in the free roam mode).	jedivulcan
3.5	Windows XP	Intel Core i3-2100 @ 3.1 GHz	NVIDIA GeForce GT 9600	Game Runs fine with no known problems. No slowdown and no graphical glitches.	Yugix
3.5-395	Windows 8	Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.4 GHz	Intel HD 3000	Crashes after menu /w Direct3D9/11	jarupxx
3.5-413	Windows 8	Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.4 GHz	Intel HD 3000	Playable /w OpenGL	jarupxx
4.0.2	Windows 7	Intel Celeron G1610 @ 2.6 GHz	Intel HD Graphics	Couldn't get past the save menu, no matter the backend	hivaoa
4.0.2	Windows 7	Intel Core i7-2600 @ 3.4 GHz	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580	Game doesn't load, perpetual black screen from the start no matter the configuration. May be an OS problem.	Anonymous
4.0-828	Windows 7	Intel Core i7-3820 @ 4.3 GHz	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680	Perfect, no slowdown whatsoever on both back ends, this should be stared 5 stars now	phil6891
4.0-5472	Windows 7	Intel Core i5-3570K @ 3.4 GHz	AMD Radeon R9 270	Perpetual black screen. Runs at 2FPS with no change. Recompiler	Anonymous
5.0-29	Windows 7	Intel Core i3-3220 @ 3.3 GHz	NVIDIA GeForce GT 640	Black screen issue I've been hearing about is gone. Playable with no visible problems. I didn't really test OpenGL, but it does boot and play well.	Yugix

Gameplay Videos

Dolphin Emulator 4.0 - Wave Race: Blue Storm (1080p HD) - Nintendo GameCube

Wave Race - Blue Storm (Dolphin 3.0-307)

Wave Race: Blue Storm on NVIDIA SHIELD Android TV running on the Dolphin Emulator (Nintendo GameCube)