---
name: "xracer"
section: "6"
platform: "linux"
package: "xracer"
version: "0.96.9.1-13"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/xracer"
---

# xracer(6)

A racing game in the style of Psygnosis' WipeOut

## 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

*xracer* is a 3D arcade game in the style of the Psygnosis game WipeOut. You have to fly around the track without crashing, shooting opposing craft where necessary, and arriving in first place.

*xracer* requires a supported 3D hardware accelerator card and OpenGL or a compatible library such as Brian Paul's Mesa.

## OPTIONS

- **-h**, **--help**

  Display the options and exit.

- **-V**, **--version**

  Print the current version number and exit.

- **-v**, **--verbose**

  Print verbose messages to *stdout* about the progress of the game. This can be a useful aid to debugging.

- **-s**, **--size** WIDTHxHEIGHT

  Set the initial screen size.

- **-p**, **--position** LEFTxTOP

  Set the position for the initial window placement.

- **-f**, **--fullscreen**

  This option puts the game into full screen mode. In this mode, the game takes over the screen and keyboard.

- **-j**, **--joystick** DEVICE

  Set joystick device name.

- **-L**, **--nomipmap**

  Disable mipmapping.

## FILES

/usr/share/games/xracer

## BUGS

The fullscreen option is currently broken on 3Dfx Voodoo Graphics and Voodoo2 accelerator cards. Set the MESA\_FX\_GLX environment to get fullscreen on those boards.

## AUTHOR

Maintainer: Richard W. M. Jones \<rich@annexia.org\>. Please see the AUTHORS file for a full list of people who have contributed to the game.

## SEE ALSO

[**rain**(6)](/rain/6.md)

## VERSION

This manual page documents xracer version 0.96.9.

## COPYRIGHT

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/