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Buying used Nascar Racing 2003 Season & some Multiplayer questions, needing advice :)

f13df

Buying used Nascar Racing 2003 Season & some Multiplayer questions, needing advice :)

by f13df » Mon, 12 Jan 2004 11:46:18

I am in the process of buying a used copy of Nascar Racing 2003 Season
by Sierra (Papyrus).

I have some questions:

1. Will I be able to race on multiplayer over the Papyrus Server even
if the CD has been used?

2. Is this still the most popular Nascar online racing game or has
everyone switched to EA's Nascar Racing Thunder 2004 since it has the
licensing until 2009?

Thanks in advance for all those who reply!

Dave Henri

Buying used Nascar Racing 2003 Season & some Multiplayer questions, needing advice :)

by Dave Henri » Mon, 12 Jan 2004 12:10:21


   I don't know.  Good question.   You will have a unique player id, i.e. your
name, but the cdkey could be assigned to another.  Two bad possiblities,
1. The former owner was a wrecker and got banned by Papyrus, this means
you won't be able to run on Sierra Servers at all.  However, there are
private pay-to-race online companies like OLR that would be able to bypass
this problem.
2.  The next possiblity would be the previous owner is using a virtual CDROM
scheme to bypass the cd copy protection.  If he was online BEFORE you, then
you would get an error message that the cdkey was in use.
3.  Third possiblity is the guy didn't race online and you would be clean as
a whistle.

  Thunder my someday bypass Papyrus, but right now, online with nr2k3 is
way ahead.  

Biz

Buying used Nascar Racing 2003 Season & some Multiplayer questions, needing advice :)

by Biz » Tue, 13 Jan 2004 04:04:25

It is currently selling new for around $15US so buying a used copy that may
have a banned cdkey may not be the best choice.

f13df

Buying used Nascar Racing 2003 Season & some Multiplayer questions, needing advice :)

by f13df » Tue, 13 Jan 2004 08:18:32

Where can I buy it for $15?



>It is currently selling new for around $15US so buying a used copy that may
>have a banned cdkey may not be the best choice.


>> I am in the process of buying a used copy of Nascar Racing 2003 Season
>> by Sierra (Papyrus).

>> I have some questions:

>> 1. Will I be able to race on multiplayer over the Papyrus Server even
>> if the CD has been used?

>> 2. Is this still the most popular Nascar online racing game or has
>> everyone switched to EA's Nascar Racing Thunder 2004 since it has the
>> licensing until 2009?

>> Thanks in advance for all those who reply!

Tim Paulli

Buying used Nascar Racing 2003 Season & some Multiplayer questions, needing advice :)

by Tim Paulli » Tue, 13 Jan 2004 09:19:20


$19.99  free shipping
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id=1051806866075&skuId=530159...
product&productCategoryId=cat02109

Tim

Eldre

Buying used Nascar Racing 2003 Season & some Multiplayer questions, needing advice :)

by Eldre » Tue, 13 Jan 2004 10:02:43



>Where can I buy it for $15?

Check Best Buy or Comp USA.  Not $15, but $19.99...

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Buying used Nascar Racing 2003 Season & some Multiplayer questions, needing advice :)

by Fatbo » Tue, 13 Jan 2004 23:50:15

$15.99 at Amazon

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000077WA5/qid=10739189...
=sr_8_xs_ap_i0_xgl63/002-9480340-7280814?v=glance&s=videogames&n=507846


> Where can I buy it for $15?



> >It is currently selling new for around $15US so buying a used copy that
may
> >have a banned cdkey may not be the best choice.


> >> I am in the process of buying a used copy of Nascar Racing 2003 Season
> >> by Sierra (Papyrus).

> >> I have some questions:

> >> 1. Will I be able to race on multiplayer over the Papyrus Server even
> >> if the CD has been used?

> >> 2. Is this still the most popular Nascar online racing game or has
> >> everyone switched to EA's Nascar Racing Thunder 2004 since it has the
> >> licensing until 2009?

> >> Thanks in advance for all those who reply!


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