If you're dealing with the full version, here's the DX9 workaround
posted on the Empire Interactive TIR FAQ:
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Have you updated your Direct X from 8.1b to 8.2 or 9.0?
Total Immersion Racing was developed and released before Direct X 8.2
and 9.0 was distributed by Microsoft and was only tested under Direct
X 8.1b. If you have updated your Direct X from 8.1b to version 8.2 or
9.0 you then need to action the following
1. Place the Total Immersion Racing disk in your drive and cancel the
auto install option.
2. Double click on the My Computer icon on your Windows Desk top with
your left hand mouse button.
3. Click on the drive letter of your CD ROM where TIR is placed with
your right hand mouse button and select explore with your left hand
mouse button.
4. Double click on the folder IS with your Left hand mouse button
5. Double click on the Setup.exe file ( Icon of small computer screen,
disk and box ) with your left hand mouse button. ( If your have
previously installed the game it may ask you to remove the installed
version, action this request and then repeat point 5 )
6. The install shield should activate. Follow the on screen commands
7. When the game has installed install the European Total Immersion
Racing patch
8. Activate the game using the desktop icon.
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I assume that for the US version you install the US patch after
executing the Setup.exe file.
FWIW, if you're having DX8 problems with the DEMO version, the no-CD
patch for the full version (available on the Blackhole Motorsports
site) will fix your problem, I believe.
Hope this helps!
;-)
- JCB
> I would be playing it if I could get it to install with DX9, but the install
> process says that I must have DX8.1 to install, and won't let me install the
> game without installing 8.1. Is there a way around this?
> > I am now working on an even better, even MORE realistic "***
> > Physics Patch" for TIR, which will improve the vehicle mass
> > characteristics. With the current "Advanced" physics, career
> > progression is VERY difficult because the AI are much faster than you
> > are -- with the "***" settings, the gap between you and the AI
> > will be even worse, so I am working on ways to tweak/adjust the AI
> > laptimes.
> > BUT . . .
> > Is anybody out there even playing around with TIR (besides me)? And
> > if so, would ANY of you be interested in doing some beta testing as I
> > start to dial-in the AI? It's tough doing these kind of things on
> > your own, so any help I could get would be greatly appreciated.
> > :-(
> > -- JCB
> > Patches and Tweaks for TIR:
> > http://www.racesimcentral.net/
