The official Riff Racer online servers were shut down recently, leading to the game becoming unplayable. To fix this, I've developed custom servers that can be used to play the game even after the shutdown.

There are two ways to use custom servers, one is to just use the one I already host and the other is to run one yourself locally. Both servers are read-only, so you cannot submit new scores, but you can still generate and play new tracks. The server I provide also has a copy of the historic data from before the server shutdown, so you can see the scores and stuff from before then. If you run a local server on your own, you can play even if there is no internet connection at all.

1. Head to riffapi.hobune.stream[riffapi.hobune.stream] and select the "online server" option from the dropdown.
2. Open your Riff Racer game folder.
3. Drag the ParseOctane.dll file from the game folder onto the "Choose File" button on the website.
4. The website should now download a new ParseOctane.dll file.
5. Drag the file back into your game folder and replace the old dll file with the new one.
6. Launch the game and enjoy!

1. Install Python3 and Flask.
2. Download the local server from the GitHub[github.com].
3. Run the downloaded riffapi-local.py file.
4. Follow the instructions in the previous section to patch your game dll, but instead of the "online server" option, choose the "local server" one.
5. Launch the game and enjoy!

Game not connecting at all
(posted by g2887349)
If after patching the file the game doesn't work, try deleting both Appdata/Local/game_ifuioef file and AppData/Roaming/Octane/DAT folder

Getting timed out, tracks not generating
Connection issues should be rare, so wait a few seconds and try again. If you keep running into issues with my hosted server, let me know and use the offline server in the meanwhile.