Mitch
>> Ok, I've been lurking on this thread waiting for someone else to report
>> this, but so far no one has so here goes.
>> First, since Starforce is gone I went ahead and downloaded/installed.
>> I can say that finally the ISI "Driving on Ice" feel is gone. rFactor
>> got
>> real close, but this one really does it.
>> Graphics are nice.
>> Fun to drive.
>> Now the bad news.
>> I had to uninstall the demo for 2 reasons:
>> 1. It messed up my sound card. Sound got compressed and tinny. Even
>> when
>> not in GTR2.
>> 2. I started getting sudden Windows Blue Screens/Restarts.
>> I uninstalled the demo and both issues went away.
>> I really wanted to go further with it but I can't allow the instability.
>> Maybe I'll install it on my Vista test bed since that machine can go down
>> without worries.
>> -Larry
> Larry,
> I think noone else is reporting this because it is not happening to
> others. The GTR2 code seems very solid so far, as I have had no
> technical issues while running it. I think it's safe to say that your
> BSOD's and sound issues are more the result of something "not quite
> right" on your system - not anything inherently wrong with GTR2.
> -CK
>>>Ok, I've been lurking on this thread waiting for someone else to report
>>>this, but so far no one has so here goes.
>>>First, since Starforce is gone I went ahead and downloaded/installed.
>>>I can say that finally the ISI "Driving on Ice" feel is gone. rFactor
>>>got
>>>real close, but this one really does it.
>>>Graphics are nice.
>>>Fun to drive.
>>>Now the bad news.
>>>I had to uninstall the demo for 2 reasons:
>>>1. It messed up my sound card. Sound got compressed and tinny. Even
>>>when
>>>not in GTR2.
>>>2. I started getting sudden Windows Blue Screens/Restarts.
>>>I uninstalled the demo and both issues went away.
>>>I really wanted to go further with it but I can't allow the instability.
>>>Maybe I'll install it on my Vista test bed since that machine can go down
>>>without worries.
>>>-Larry
>>Larry,
>>I think noone else is reporting this because it is not happening to
>>others. The GTR2 code seems very solid so far, as I have had no
>>technical issues while running it. I think it's safe to say that your
>>BSOD's and sound issues are more the result of something "not quite
>>right" on your system - not anything inherently wrong with GTR2.
>>-CK
> Mitch
-Larry
>> Ok, I've been lurking on this thread waiting for someone else to report
>> this, but so far no one has so here goes.
>> First, since Starforce is gone I went ahead and downloaded/installed.
>> I can say that finally the ISI "Driving on Ice" feel is gone. rFactor
>> got real close, but this one really does it.
>> Graphics are nice.
>> Fun to drive.
>> Now the bad news.
>> I had to uninstall the demo for 2 reasons:
>> 1. It messed up my sound card. Sound got compressed and tinny. Even
>> when not in GTR2.
>> 2. I started getting sudden Windows Blue Screens/Restarts.
>> I uninstalled the demo and both issues went away.
>> I really wanted to go further with it but I can't allow the instability.
>> Maybe I'll install it on my Vista test bed since that machine can go down
>> without worries.
>> -Larry
>>>>>Can anyone confirm Starforce status?
>>>>Neither the demo nor the full product will have Starforce protection.
>>>Nice demo! No Starforce. Files not encrypted at all. Can run on all
>>>of the GTL tracks and drive with any of the 6 included cars. Kinda
>>>makes purchasing the game unnecessary unless you run multiplayer (which
>>>isn't included in the demo). See the RSC forums for details on running
>>>with all cars and all GTL tracks.
Not saying it's defective. Just saying it isn't working out on MY machine.
-Larry
-Larry
> Is Fong still at Creative? If yes, where can I find him (moderating a
> forum)?
I would have to agree with the buggy code, they really write some bloated
drivers, I noticed now that I have the X-Fi drivers installed, it really
uses up more resources, and even my page file useage seems to have grown a
lot. Imho, any driver, that takes several minutes to install on an X2-4400+
socket 939 system, has a lot of bloat :).
Don Burnette
>> Is Fong still at Creative? If yes, where can I find him (moderating a
>> forum)?
> I used to follow the Creative newsgroup when it existed, have not
> really followed their forum since they did away with
> the newsgroup.
> I recently ordered a X-FI card, and thought I would check their web
> forum out. Holy cow, it is hard to follow, they have lumped all their
> sound card products under a general forum for soundcards, and there
> is not much organization to it. I do not recall seeing any posts from
> Harvey, at least on the parts of the forum I read.
Thanks for your reply! Shame, that they shut down their newsgroups, the
forums are horrible.
Stephan
