rec.autos.simulators

Just got off the phone with GT Interactive - my copy of Driver for the
PC was unable to locate the CDROM even though it was able to install
OK from it.

Turns out they're using a copy protection scheme that is incompatible
with CD writers (mine's a Yamaha CRW4416s).  The tech's best
suggestion was that I go out and *buy* a plain vanilla CD drive to run
the game from or take the game back for a refund.  To add weight to
GT's position he suggested that this copy protection scheme is
up-and-coming and that most games yet to be published will be using
this scheme.

Although I can understand why they may not want CDRW users burning
copies of their CD, this seems like a poor idea if it excludes us from
actually using the game we've paid our money for (short of shelling
out for a redundant CD drive just to play GT interactive games).  If
the packaging had stated that it will not work with a CDRW I could
have passed on the game before wasting my time & money.

So ... has anyone else tripped up over this?  Did you find a way round
it?  (Has this been FAQ'ed to death already?)  Is this protection
scheme a fine idea & I'm just in a disgruntled minority?

Your comments please
James
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New ISP coming soon

It looks like we're headed back into copy protection mess we used to have
with floppy disks - companies using wierd, unreliable formats, crackers
figuring out how to get around them, and the customer left in the middle
with flaky products they've paid good money for. I still remember having to
hand-tune my Apple ][ floppy drive's pot on the rear of its circuit board
just to get it to read a company's disks, then tuning it back to normal,
etc, etc.

It seems the only thing that has given us a breather in this battle is the
time gap between the acceptance of CD-ROMs and the more recent introduction
of cheap CR-RW drives.

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take it as u may, but check this link, it may help u
I just hate running games with cds in, I like everything on the hd
http://gcw.vghq.com/games/pc_driver.htm
look for the no cd for the version u have
hope this helps