rec.autos.simulators

I just picked up Motocross Madness 2 from EB, however, after doing Typical
install(593.5mb) and starting the game, I get the following message:
"Motocross Madness 2 has detected a change in your game, video hardware, or
driver installation. We must now test your hardware/driver."
After clicking "Ok", the screen goes black and then shows a graphic that
says "Partial Bit Test" in the top left corner of the screen. I can move my
mouse cursor, but it does not do anything and the machine has to be reset,
as ALT-TAB or CTRL-ALT-DEL cause no response.

The readme document says nothing about these specific messages and basically
says the usual "check to make sure your drivers are most up to date". I have
un-installed and re-installed with both the most recent 3DFX Voodoo 2
Reference drivers and the last official Canopus Pure 3D II drivers, but I
get the same message each time. Of course, all my other games work fine
(GPL, F1 2000, Nascar 3, NFS:PU, SCGT, Superbike 2000, etc.)

Anyone else having similar problems or have any ideas as to a solution. If I
am unable to get this working soon, it will go back to the store. Too bad,
as Motocross Madness original is a fun diversion(and it actually works on my
machine). Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Don Chapman

Oh and also make sure your Sidewinder drivers are up to date.

I think it's your Rendition card, even though you're not using it for
the game. I had the exact same symptoms in Motocross Madness (1).
Updating my Rendition card's drivers to the most recent RRedline
drivers solved my problem.

This one stumped me for a while.
I just picked up MCM2, and suggest you don't give up. The game is
super.

Tim