what you do :
Save the game after stage 4 (I'm sure you've already done this)
In the options screen, change over from your 3D card to just the basic
software-rendered version (Device 0, I believe) and play the stage. It'll
look pretty awful, and you can barely see anything, but at the end of either
that stage or the next (can't remember which) save the game again and go
back to the options screen and change back to your 3D card.
All will be well again!
> I know that CMR is pretty much old news around here but I just bought it
today.
> And, to my frustration, I can't load Australia stage 5. I'm in a heated
battle
> with C. Mcrae for the championship, I won New Zealand, lost Monte Carlo, I
have
> a 2 or 3 second lead in the mitsubishi after 4 stages in Australia but the
> computer crashes after loading about 1/3 of Australia 5. And this is on a
> fresh reboot.
> The game seems somewhat buggy to me. And yes, I have applied the patch.
But
> if I want to play, I need a fresh reboot on the computer before I have a
chance
> of getting into the game. Once it's actually running, it's great, but
between
> races it crashes often and it crashes hard. And yes, I'm sure I've
applied the
> patch. Great game when it's running though.
> So now I need to start a new championship season or what? Australia 5
won't
> load.
> What should I do?
> glen
> PS: The reason it's taken me so long to buy this game is because I was
> unemployed but now I'm not. But I still had to pay $60 for it