Before the neon lights flickered out, before the last player disconnected from the Mydas server list, there was a file.
Not a glamorous one. No 3D model, no shiny texture, no roaring engine sound. Just a .cfg, a .dat, or an .ini—depending on which private server you're dissecting. But to anyone who ran a RayCity server, that file was the city itself.
server:
name: "RayCity-1"
host: "0.0.0.0"
port: 27015
max_players: 32
auth:
provider: "local"
user_db: "/data/users.sqlite"
game:
friendly_fire: false
respawn_seconds: 5
storage:
db_dsn: "postgres://rayuser:REDACTED@db:5432/raycity"
backups: "/backups"
logging:
level: "info"
path: "/var/log/raycity/server.log"
(Replace REDACTED with an environment variable; don’t commit credentials.) raycity server file
Assuming you have found a clean version (scan everything with VirusTotal), here is the standard installation procedure for the Reborn build.
Requirements:
The Process:
Launcher.exe. Create an account via the login screen (any username/password combination will auto-register if the flag is set in the DB).To run RayCity server files, you typically need: Before the neon lights flickered out, before the
If you want to legally revive or play RayCity:
The real story lives here. Every connection, every dropped packet, every duplicated car spawn. The Process:
[2025-03-18 02:41:23] Connection from 85.23.145.67: Player "NightRider_X" logged in.
[2025-03-18 02:41:24] WARNING: Inventory overflow for Player "NightRider_X" – 9999x "Tuning_Part_Engine_Turbo".
[2025-03-18 02:41:25] ERROR: Could not load zone "Downtown_Tunnel". Physics mesh missing. Retrying...
[2025-03-18 02:41:30] INFO: 47 players online. Server load: 12%.
[2025-03-18 02:42:01] CHAT: [World] FastLane_Mike: "anyone remember the original 2009 xmas event?"
[2025-03-18 02:42:03] CHAT: [World] NightRider_X: "yeah. the snow on the highway. we're bringing it back."
That’s the real magic. Not the code. Not the files. But what they let you rebuild.
Not all server files are equal. Based on community research from forums like RageZone and RayCity Underground, here are the three major builds you will encounter: