How to Port Forward HoverRace

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September 19, 2018 (Last Updated: ) | Reading Time: 1 minutes

HoverRace is GrokkSoft's Driving/Racing game released in 1996.

HoverRace is a driving / racing style of game. Most driving / racing games are some sort of competition, and can be on land, sea, air, or outer space. In some racing games the is either 1st person in the cockpit or 3rd person such as a chase cam, while other games allow you to switch freely between the two views. Racing games are considered sports games.

Forward Ports for HoverRace

When you are playing HoverRace you might need to forward some ports in your router. Forwarding ports is a useful trick in gaming because it can really help to make your network connection most stable and sometimes even faster. Routers were not designed to allow incoming network requests and some games can play tremendously better if an incoming connection is forwarded through the router to the game.

Before You Forward a Port

Before you can forward a port you need to know the following things:

How to locate your router's IP Address

The easiest way to find your router's IP address is to run our free Router Detector utility. It's a part of the Network Utilities suite of tools and it's completely free to use.

How To Forward Ports

Don't have time? Use our Network Utilities software. It's the fastest way to both open and close ports in your router. Of you can do it manually if you want.

The process for forwarding a port is generally:

Which Ports Does HoverRace Require

The specific ports that need to be forwarded for HoverRace are as follows:

HoverRace - PC

  • TCP: 9530, 9531
  • UDP: 9530, 9531

If you want to follow guides that are custom tailored to your exact router and HoverRace simply follow one of these links:

After following those steps your ports should be forwarded. Head to our applications and games list for more port forwarding guides.

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