Hello,
Been awhile since I had anything new to post here but thought I would share.. Broke down and built a new PC last week, Intel i5 13600, RTX 4060, fast m.2 ssd, Asus Tuf Gaming Wifi MB, 32gb Ram. Got Windows 11 Pro setup and fully updated then got a fully updated Mame .261 set, of which I have installed a total of 3 games of. Rush 2049 Special Edition was one of them, got it all working pretty well using an Xbox controller. I decided it was time for my son and I to give Linked racing a shot again. the 2nd PC is a AMD 3900x, with a 1080Ti video card, Windows 11 Pro and it has my Thrustmaster TMX Wheel attached. I followed the instructions about how to set Rush games up on a Lan with 2 separate machines with the exception of I got the latest tap drivers, tap-windows-9.24.7-I601-Win10. My son and I just finished playing for a good 20 minutes or so, playing like 5 different tracks and things worked perfectly, like exactly how you would hope they would. Wanted to share, mostly because I am so excited I can hardly stand it. While this is of course not a super long test, previously we had never been able to finish 3 races without things crashing, and that was the record, it was normally much less. I was even using force feedback with the wheel, working well, as long as you do not have the game setup for Freeplay, I have NO CLUE why that makes a difference, but for me, I have to have the driving cab setup where you add coins manually and then play or the Force Feedback stuff goes crazy in game.
Quick shout out to the guys who posted the instructions many years ago, they have held up well!!
- Zeosstud