I've run into a few issues while playing DethKarz, so I thought I'd post how I managed to fix those.

1. Track and cars disappear on a certain section of Red Planet when using Vulkan backend with nglide.
Solution: Don't use Vulkan. Run nglide_config and set "Video backend" to "DirectX".

2. Monitor connected via DisplayPort goes "Out of range" shortly after the start of the race.
Solution: Run nglide_config and set both "Screen resolution" and "Refresh rate" to "By desktop".

Some more graphics related tips:
* In nglide config, set "Aspect ratio" to "Preserve original" if you don't like the image stretched, or leave it at "Fit to screen" if you can't stand the black bars. It doesn't seem like a proper widescreen patch exists for this game.
* In the in-game options menu, go to "Graphic" and set target FPS to 60 for much smoother gameplay and menu experience.
* Also in the in-game options menu, in "Graphic" -> "Customize performance" is a bunch of other options that can make the game look much better. It also hides the audio quality option (which is set to Low by default) that you can also set to High.

Xbox controller support:
The game recognizes my Xbox One controller, but the only the left stick and the buttons work. So unfortunately you won't be able to assign gas and brakes to RT/LT. JoyToKey doesn't seem to work for me at all with DethKarz, but if anyone has better luck with it, please post how you got it to work :)

Also if you change the game's control settings, I highly recommend exiting the game and restarting it so that the changes will not get reset if the game crashes.

Does the game work with an Xbox 360 controller?

I don't have one to test it with, but it's most likely the same as with an Xbox One controller.

The game works with an Xbox 360 controller, but unfortunately it was not possible to map the controls to the d-pad instead of the left stick.

You could try something like GlovePie.

Hi, at least for me, configure the xbox360-Controller as Racing Wheel with Deadzone at 6 of 50 and Sensitivity at 20 of 50 let's you use the analogue-Sticks analog (and not digital).
...a probllem i fought with.

But injecting Reshade3 (e.g. for Stereoscopic 3D) doesn't work, i suggest.

Best wishes

I use XiDi with Dethkarz to enable the analog triggers. Just copy the dinput.dll from the latest xidi binaries in the game folder and they should work.

Anyone know how to change they keyboard controls? Whenever I select configure controller, it wont except any inputs and I end up being stuck there.

This could be a conflict with some other software. Options > Control > Configure Controller works fine for me.

While we're on the topic of configuring stuff, here are a couple of switches which can be added to the game shortcut:
/c - creates a configuration shortcut, allowing to change the rendering device between Glide, DirectX and Software.
/p - creates a performance benchmark shortcut; the benchmark will continue looping until stopped
/f - turns off fog, could help when experiencing issues with color ingame
/A /B - to be used together, can solve issues with black triangles appearing ingame

You should preferably create a new shortcut and add these at the end of the Target field, after the executable path.
Example: "D:\dethkarz\Dethkarz.exe /c"

Strangely enough, swapping to direct x fixed it. Thanks!

Game hangs on launch with loading screen and 1st second of intro sound on loop. Windows 10.

Tried all graphics options.

Sometimes the game close itself. Now seems happening more often. Any clue?

Same problem here. I even tried reinstalling the game, and this still happens.

Same problem. Hangs on launch of the game, just a black screen with a looping sound. Tried compatibility modes, all video options, even different versions of the game. Nothing works.

Edit: SOLVED - simply reboot the pc.

Happening to me as well tonight. Could be a million different things I suppose.