MAS Converter

Extract text from MAS files


Drop or upload your .MAS file
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How to extract text from your MAS file

  1. Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your MAS file.
  2. You’ll see a preview, if available.
  3. Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.

Convert MAS to another file type

To convert your MAS file to another format, you need rFactor or other Game software.

  • MAS to MSV
  • MAS to MA
  • MAS to DB
  • MAS to SQLITE
  • MAS to SQLITE3
  • MAS to MDB
  • MAS to ACCDB
  • MAS to DBF
  • MAS to ODB
  • MAS to FDB
  • MAS to GDB
  • MAS to MYD

Convert a file to MAS

To convert other file formats to the "Asset Package" file type, you need software like rFactor or a similar tool.

  • NDF to MAS
  • SQLITE3 to MAS
  • BAK to MAS
  • RDB to MAS
  • SQL to MAS
  • DB4 to MAS
  • MDF to MAS
  • MDB to MAS
  • LDF to MAS
  • DB to MAS
  • DB3 to MAS
  • SQLITE to MAS

About MAS files

The .MAS file extension primarily represents a proprietary game asset package used by the gMotor engine, most notably in racing simulations like rFactor and F1 Challenge. These archives function as compressed containers bundling thousands of game resources - including DDS textures, GMT 3D models, and configuration data - into a single file to optimize loading times. The main challenge for modders and gamers is that .MAS files are essentially locked boxes; you cannot edit a texture or modify a vehicle's geometry without first extracting the contents using specific utilities like the MAS File Utility found in the game's tools directory. For game modification, the workflow typically involves extracting these assets, converting textures to editable formats like TGA, PNG, or PSD for Adobe Photoshop, and then repacking them.

In a scientific context, .MAS files are Sequence Alignment files created by MEGA (Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis). Researchers often need to convert these proprietary alignment sessions into standard bioinformatics formats like FASTA, .NEXUS, or .PHYLIP to ensure compatibility with other phylogenetic tools. Additionally, computer science students may encounter .MAS as MARIE assembly language source code. While these are plain text files, they often require conversion to TXT or PDF for easier sharing and documentation outside the MARIE Simulator environment.

Convert.Guru analyzes your MAS file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.

Users also converted MEGA, MTSX, FAS, FASTA, DOCX, SCN, GMT, TKB, NPZ, MSV and MA files.



The MAS Converter Story

The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our MAS converter.