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Speed Busters in XP SP2

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First post, by kennyrh

Posted on 2007-05-28, 20:54

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I've managed to get a lot of old Win 95/98 racing games to work, but one of the few to defeat me is Speed Busters from Ubisoft . . .

. . .I can install it okay and with the large and small patches I can get it to run the FMV intro, but as soon as a track loads it crashes back to Windows.

Has anybody had any luck getting this game to run because it's REALLY starting to bug me . . . 😠

I have a Pentium 4 and a dodgy Geforce 6200LE card running Windows XP SP2.

Reply 1 of 5, by VirtuaIceMan

Posted on 2007-06-02, 15:56

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You need the patch I think. I have it running fine, but if you install the large add-ons pack (extra cars and cockpit views) it'll never work. You have to then install the regular patch over the top (losing detailed textures/in-car view but keeps new extra cars).

Reply 2 of 5, by kennyrh

Posted on 2007-06-03, 19:38

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Yeah . . .I read somewhere that if you install the big add-on patch and then the small patch (spdb_p1.zip) then it runs in XP.

But i've tried and I get nothing. If I JUST install the add-on patch then i get FMV and menu but as soon as a track loads it crashes.

Could it be graphics card related ??

Reply 3 of 5, by VirtuaIceMan

Posted on 2007-06-09, 21:53

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hmm odd. I install game and it works. Big patch causes it to crash. Small patch works.

Ah, I just checked; I got my copy of Speedbusters in the USA, so the patches I have are:

1. spbaddon.exe (25.2MB) full patch with new cars etc - breaks game (with or without Glide wrapper)

2. patch_sb_us.exe (1.53MB)

Not sure then about other countries versions. I use Win98 compatibility on the SpeedBusters.exe file by the way. Try fiddling with the graphics options too in the boot up menu perhaps.

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Reply 4 of 5, by filipetolhuizen

Posted on 2008-04-10, 07:32

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Mine crashes after loading a track too with that damn dwwin.exe message. However, sometimes it runs okay by chance.

Reply 5 of 5, by filipetolhuizen

Posted on 2008-07-10, 20:36

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With Nvidia's latest drivers it'll all go blank after the intro videos. I tried dgvoodoo but it doesn't work either. Are there others that are claimed to work?

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