Skate 2

Skate 2
Developer(s)	EA Black Box
Publisher(s)	Electronic Arts
Series	Skate
Release date(s)	NA January 21, 2009 AU January 22, 2009 EU January 23, 2009
Release type	Console exclusive
Genre(s)	Sports
Mode(s)	Single-player, Multiplayer
GameID(s)	BLUS30253 (IRD), BLES00461 (IRD) Demo NPEB90131
Quick links	Check Compatibility Open Issues Search Google Wikipedia Page

Skate 2 (stylized as skate 2) is the second installment in the Skate series. It is a skateboarding extreme sports game set in an open world environment and played from a third-person perspective. The game takes place in the fictional city of New San Vanelona, which tries its hardest to stop skaters, unlike the first installment in the Skate series. With a changed city, a hope to revive skating, and security everywhere, the gameplay provides quite a different feel to the first game. New San Vanelona is made up of five districts, The Res, Waterfront, Cougar Mountain, Old Town and Downtown, Although the overall look of the city is very urban (except Downtown) each district has its own unique designs and monuments. Downtown is full of slick ledges and rails, while the Upper Res is full of banks and pools to empty. Cougar Mountain is the coolest; it is home to a huge dam that has to be emptied, Danny Way's Mega Compound that is big and has lots of room to nail those hard to make tricks and grabs.

Several notable skateboarding professionals appear throughout the game, such as Danny Way, Darren Navarette, Terry Kennedy, Eric Koston, Chris Cole, Pat Duffy, and Marc Johnson.

Configuration

Options that deviate from RPCS3's default settings and provide the best experience with this title are listed below.

CPU configuration

Setting	Option	Notes
SPU block size	Safe	Mega seems a bit slower with more fluctuation in FPS

GPU configuration

Setting	Option	Notes
ZCULL accuracy	Relaxed	Improves performance, no known issues
Write color buffers	On	Fixes excessive brightness
Multithreaded RSX	On	Improves performance

Objects falling through the ground Issue 11936

Occasionally, objects such as rubbish bins fall through the ground then appear in the normal position and fall through the ground again repeatedly. This is a random bug that happens when booting the game sometimes and can be fixed simply by re-launching Skate 2.

Special Notes

Netplay testing

For the complete list of games tested with RPCN, please check the RPCN Compatibility List.

Game Version	RPCS3 Version	Connects?	Create/Join lobbies?	Match with others?	Online features working?	Requires custom servers?	Notes
1.02		Yes	No	No	No		Fails to connect to EA Nation Custom server(WIP) page

Patches

PPU-c5d2fd31933f88313956774b84346d242979eba6:
  21:9 Aspect Ratio:
    Games:
      "Skate 2":
        BLUS30253: [ 01.02 ]
    Author: tuukkas
    Notes: Users need to enable the "Stretch to Display Area" option in RPCS3 for this patch to work.
    Patch Version: 1.0
    Patch:
      - [ be32, 0x01311760, 0x4002F1BD ]

PPU-c5d2fd31933f88313956774b84346d242979eba6:
  "Disable Fisheye":
    Games:
      "Skate 2":
        BLUS30253: [ 01.02 ]
    Author: illusion
    Notes:
    Patch Version: 1.0
    Patch:
      - [ be32, 0x0043c84c, 0xc0090088 ] # lfs f0,0x88(r9)
      - [ be32, 0x0043c808, 0xc3c90048 ] # lfs f30,0x48(r9)

PPU-8fd7b704255420d0e9a6b337b6d1bcaae39ff569:
  "Disable Fisheye":
    Games:
      "Skate 2":
        BLES00461: [ 01.02 ]
    Author: illusion
    Notes:
    Patch Version: 1.0
    Patch:
      - [ be32, 0x0043c84c, 0xc0090088 ] # lfs f0,0x88(r9)
      - [ be32, 0x0043c808, 0xc3c90048 ] # lfs f30,0x48(r9)