Re: StarForce Infected Games (Windows XP and Later; Major Warning Ahead)

Posted on 2022-04-29, 12:22

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by Speedwarrior956

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SpeedWarrior here once again. Another game -which i was able and fortunate to source a physical copy, like several others in my growing collection BTW- that was maligned with the #Starfuss "virus" was the original Colin McRae DiRT. Fortunately enough, I was able to source the required update patches …

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Re: What are YOUR favorite PC Racers / Flyers

Posted on 2022-04-23, 11:46

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by Speedwarrior956

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My Favorite Games For Windows: NASCAR Racing 2003 Season Need For Speed: Porsche Unleashed (So cool it's begging to be fully remastered.) Need For Speed: ProSTREET NHRA Drag Racing 2 Gold Edition Dirt Track Racing 1 & 2 Colin McRae Rally Series ......and the list goes on.....and on.....and on...... …

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Re: Rally Championship Xtreme Crazy Framerate (Windows 11, RX580)

Posted on 2022-04-19, 01:19

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by Speedwarrior956

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Yup. Its on the main HDD (Samsung HD161HJ, Drive C [OS])

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Re: Rally Championship Xtreme Crazy Framerate (Windows 11, RX580)

Posted on 2022-04-18, 06:09

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by Speedwarrior956

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Already tested that -DxWnd v2.05.65- on another game and it works flawlessly. This is the infamous Windows Defender where it's main menu goes blank for no apparent reason and is turning everybody nuts. It actually looks like this:

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Re: Rally Championship Xtreme Crazy Framerate (Windows 11, RX580)

Posted on 2022-04-18, 00:22

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by Speedwarrior956

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Here are the crazy FPS readout for RCX as of tonight on Windows 11 with my current GPU -MSI (AMD) Radeon RX580 Armor OC-. Any tougths on this? Are you asking to lower your FPS? For that you'll need to use Vsync, either from the game or from your driver panel. Alternatively, DxWnd or MSI Afterburner …

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Rally Championship Xtreme Crazy Framerate (Windows 11, RX580)

Posted on 2022-04-14, 07:21

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by Speedwarrior956

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Here are the crazy FPS readout for RCX as of tonight on Windows 11 with my current GPU -MSI (AMD) Radeon RX580 Armor OC-. Any tougths on this?

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Re: Which old games have problem running in modern OS (W10)?

Posted on 2022-04-12, 11:15

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by Speedwarrior956

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Rally Masters: Michelin Race Of Champions (updated to v3.2.) Just won´t run on Windows 10/11 without its corresponding CD/ISO . Not even under Win 98/ME compatibility with administrative privileges enabled. #PleaseHelp Probably the game needs a no-CD patch. Not all that old, but I had issues with …

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Re: Which old games have problem running in modern OS (W10)?

Posted on 2022-04-12, 03:27

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by Speedwarrior956

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Rally Masters: Michelin Race Of Champions (updated to v3.2.) Just won´t run on Windows 10/11 without its corresponding CD/ISO . Not even under Win 98/ME compatibility with administrative privileges enabled. #PleaseHelp

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Re: Mercedes-Benz Truck Racing Controller Settings

Posted on 2021-08-28, 20:32

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by Speedwarrior956

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If your in the U.K theres this for £1.79 (the postage is more) https://www.scan.co.uk/products/mercury-kob430-8-button-ibm-compatible-digital-joypad Or if you want something a bit more versatile SpeedLink Strike NX USB Gamepad for PC it switches between direct input and xinput it will also act like …

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Re: Mercedes-Benz Truck Racing Controller Settings

Posted on 2021-08-15, 23:45

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by Speedwarrior956

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You'll be needing an Xinput to DirectInput emulator/converter. Try to Google them as there are several but I myself never had the need for them. I've tried every single Dinput-to-Xinput emulator that ive got in my "arsenal" including XOutput, which appears to be the newest one to date. It appears …

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Mercedes-Benz Truck Racing Controller Settings

Posted on 2021-08-15, 11:26

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by Speedwarrior956

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It Goes like this: As I was trying to play this one -which appears to be based on FIA's European Truck Racing Championship. Go Figure!- and go thorough the in-game controller settings, It doesn't work with my XONE (as in XBOX One) as it can't detect it, pretty much to my dismay. I was wondering if …

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Re: StarForce Infected Games (Windows XP and Later; Major Warning Ahead)

Posted on 2021-08-09, 12:31

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by Speedwarrior956

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SF poses a special challenge to Wine too, because there just isn't any way to imitate a ring0 driver in Wine. Iow, these titles won't work at all. So I guess Safedisc is a problem too? Not sure if SafeDisc uses any kernel drivers? (EDIT: Yup, seems it does) As kjliew mentioned, this problem can be …

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Re: StarForce Infected Games (Windows XP and Later; Major Warning Ahead)

Posted on 2021-08-09, 00:13

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by Speedwarrior956

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Use VM then ;) I was able to run 2 StarForce infested game demos, GT Legends and Xpand Rally, on QEMU. The DRM does not seem to care about running on virtual machine. With snapshot capability on the OS image, the StarForce DRM drivers can't mess with the OS at all. I've ran GT Legends (The EUR …

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StarForce Infected Games (Windows XP and Later; Major Warning Ahead)

Posted on 2021-08-08, 13:45

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by Speedwarrior956

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After my most recent squabble with that infamous "Digital Rights Management" system, Yours Trully decided to check if any other games for Windows were MALIGNED (Yup; That pun was deliberately intended.) by that poor excuse of an "anti-piracy system". As expected, my search brought me to the …

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Re: [OPEN for everyone]Retail Windows 95-Windows XP 32-bit games which can work on Windows 7 and later

Posted on 2021-04-11, 08:43

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by Speedwarrior956

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Newman-Haas Racing. Apparently it needs the CD to install, but the installer on said CD won't proceed as it lacks a certain .dll file. Bad programming right there.

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Re: Test Drive 5 Update Patch Error (Windows 10 b2004)

Posted on 2021-03-30, 05:41

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by Speedwarrior956

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I don't have to do anything, both the full game and demo worked right away on Win98 VM. The full game is the Accolade USA 1999 release. The game uses Glide3x renderer or Direct3D, both worked at 60FPS on any PC/laptops from the last 7 years. If you have AMD CPUs, then you need to replace TD5_D3D. …

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Re: Test Drive 5 Update Patch Error (Windows 10 b2004)

Posted on 2021-03-29, 23:28

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by Speedwarrior956

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Dancsi40 wrote on 2021-03-29, 22:15: Ok, usually, we can check the version of the game's executable in the properties - version tab. If it says 1.1, then it's already patched. ....or maybe in the Readme file.

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Re: Test Drive 5 Update Patch Error (Windows 10 b2004)

Posted on 2021-03-29, 22:07

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by Speedwarrior956

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Yup. Tried that one too. Same results though........

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Re: Test Drive 5 Update Patch Error (Windows 10 b2004)

Posted on 2021-03-29, 20:52

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by Speedwarrior956

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Have you tried the solution posted here : https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Test_Drive_5 ? Yup. just tried it right now. Same error and stuff as before on every Windows Compatibility Mode available.....still to no avail, Which makes me wonder if the release i've got is the European one from …

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Test Drive 5 Update Patch Error (Windows 10 b2004)

Posted on 2021-03-29, 17:10

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by Speedwarrior956

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As it happens, just tried to get this one to run on Windows 10 to no avail (In both D3D/VooDoo modes, that is.). Even Worse: The only update patch available throws a weird error prompt indicating a possible file mismatch as illustrated. TD5UpdateError.jpg BTW I've tried this on my current rig. ( …

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