| 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).
Gearhead Garage
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)
Additional files, patches and fixes
Gearhead Garage Screenshots
Windows
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 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…
well… now it runs nicely, but crash after a couple minutes…
getting an error when trying to run it
I get the “spawn” error too
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 ”
GHG should not crash anymore and you can enjoy it
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.
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.
This solution worked perfectly for me! Thank you!
Hi, I had it too, so I installed the update stand alone
https://www.gearheadgarage.com/updates/GHGMultiUpdate.exe
Then launched on comptability Win98 and As .
Works perfectly then.