Gearhead Garage

Publishers Activision Value Publishing, Inc
Developers Ratloop, Inc., Mekada
Release date 1999
Genre Simulation
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Game Description

Snap-On Gearhead Garage: The Virtual Mechanic is a PC game where players repair and customize late model cars and trucks. It was created by Mekada, endorsed by Snap-on Tools, and published in 1999 by Head Games (subsequently acquired by Activision).

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We might have the game available for more than one platform. Gearhead Garage is currently available on these platforms:

Windows (1999)

Gearhead_Garage_Win_ISO_EN.zip (58.7MB)

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9 thoughts on “Gearhead Garage”

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    anyone still playing this? i would LOVE to play it but it wont work… i got it to install, but when i launch it with direct3D it popup a “Direct3D support was not detected” error and with the software/directX 7 it boots in 4 tiny copy on top of the screen (all funtionnal) with the colors absolutely messed up and i cant see anything…
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        I have found a way to get Gearhead Garage to work on Windows 10:
        1. Install normally from the ISO and apply all patches from gearheadgarage(com)
        2. Get the portable version of Nelson Piquet’s Grand Prix (game) from myabandonware(com)
        3. Replace the file called d3d.vd from the Data folder of Gearhead Garage with the same file from Nelson Piquet’s Grand Prix
        4. Set compatibility mode for ghg.exe to Windows XP (SP2) and tick the box for “Run as administrator”
        GHG should not crash anymore and you can enjoy it
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          is there a trick to getting it to install on windows 10 from iso? I have the iso and mount it but when running setup nothing happens.

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          Follow these steps, I managed to install with those:
          1. Run the setup (nothing happens)
          2. Open Task Manager and go to the “details” tab
          3. Right-click setup.exe
          4. Select “Analyze wait chain”

          You should receive a list of processes. For some reason the installer was waiting on “Viber” on my PC and I had to quit viber in order to get it running. Once I quit that the installer immediately popped up on screen.

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