Speedway Challenge game server can be launched on every operating system (Windows, Mac OS or Linux) on device connected to the Internet.

Steps to launch own server:

1. Make sure you can use java from the command line. On Linux and macOS this should already be set up but on Windows you might have to tinker with the PATH environment variable.
2. Download SC23gameServer_V1.2.zip
3. Unzip files.
4. Open with text editor and change options in file gameServer.properties:
• serverListeningAddress - server IP address.
  Internal IP address if game will be played through local network (e.g. 192.168.2.1). External IP address if game will be played through Internet (e.g. 18.244.102.24).
• serverListeningPort - server port.
  Make sure to allow connections in Firewall through this port.
• useUdpConnection - determines if messages will be send using UDP or TCP connection.
  UDP means faster communication but it may cause some packets lose. It takes true for UDP or false for TCP
5. Run server with the following command: java -jar SC23gameServer.jar

Steps to connect with own server:

1. In create new online game with friends screen you have to set Server as Private
2. In IP Address field put serverListeningAddress and serverListeningPort separated with colon char (e.g. 192.168.2.1:40111)