GTR 2 Demo is out now :-)

http://www.fileshack.com/file.x/9110/GTR+2+Demo/ Erik

Erik wrote: > http://www.fileshack.com/file.x/9110/GTR+2+Demo/ > > Erik Seems Belly did it. This is simply exquisite work.

God-All-Mighty! All I want to do is download the demo...Register-Find you need some dumb ass software, then they want a credit card. I will just wait till September. "Erik" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:44c0a13d$[email hidden]... > http://www.fileshack.com/file.x/9110/GTR+2+Demo/ > > Erik >

There are plenty of sites that you just click the download button. Do a quick search and you will find one in two minutes. "RickSweeney" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:zhdwg.2907$[email hidden]...

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> God-All-Mighty! All I want to do is download the demo...Register-Find you > need some dumb ass software, then they want a credit card. I will just > wait till September. > > > > "Erik" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:44c0a13d$[email hidden]... >> http://www.fileshack.com/file.x/9110/GTR+2+Demo/ >> >> Erik >> > >

RickSweeney wrote: > God-All-Mighty! All I want to do is download the demo...Register-Find you > need some dumb ass software, then they want a credit card. I will just wait > till September. I just got it from here. Fast and no reg required. http://filenuts.com/

On Sat, 22 Jul 2006 00:22:31 GMT, Garrot <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>RickSweeney wrote: >> God-All-Mighty! All I want to do is download the demo...Register-Find you >> need some dumb ass software, then they want a credit card. I will just wait >> till September. > >I just got it from here. Fast and no reg required. > >http://filenuts.com/

Thx! Cheers! Remco

Erik wrote: > http://www.fileshack.com/file.x/9110/GTR+2+Demo/ > > Erik > > Can anyone confirm Starforce status?

sammy wrote:

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> Erik wrote: > > http://www.fileshack.com/file.x/9110/GTR+2+Demo/ > > > > Erik > > > > > > Can anyone confirm Starforce status?

My checks reveal no security whatsoever.

sammy wrote: > Can anyone confirm Starforce status? Neither the demo nor the full product will have Starforce protection.

Thanks for the link buddy... "Garrot" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:bdewg.214709$iF6.151463@pd7tw2no...

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> RickSweeney wrote: >> God-All-Mighty! All I want to do is download the demo...Register-Find you >> need some dumb ass software, then they want a credit card. I will just >> wait till September. > > I just got it from here. Fast and no reg required. > > http://filenuts.com/

RickSweeney wrote: > Thanks for the link buddy... Your welcome. I saw someone post that link in another gaming group for another demo and it looks like I will be getting all my demos from there in the future. I hate sites like filefront etc. that require you to register and then put you on throttled downloads unless you pay them a subscription fee.

jason moyer wrote: > sammy wrote: > > > 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.

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 <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> > jason moyer wrote: >> sammy wrote: >> >> > 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. >

No problems on my XP machine. Have you updated all your drivers to the latest versions? Larry wrote:

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> 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 > > <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > >>jason moyer wrote: >> >>>sammy wrote: >>> >>> >>>>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. >> > > >

Larry wrote:

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> 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

Soooo, it doesnt run on your rig (not surprising at all) but you THINK it may be ok in Vista with (extremely) Alpha Creative sound drivers.... LOL.... Good luck wit dat considering Creative's released drivers are perhaps the buggiest code ever written for a PC. Creative should have fired its driver devs years ago along with Harvey Fong.... Mitch "Larry" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:Psrxg.71206$fG3.31474@dukeread09...

Blue Screens are a typical byproduct of actual knowledge not inline with perceived knowledge :) <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> > Larry wrote: >> 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 >

Condescending twat! Mitch_A wrote:

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> Blue Screens are a typical byproduct of actual knowledge not inline with > perceived knowledge :) > > <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > >>Larry wrote: >> >>>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_A wrote:

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> Soooo, it doesnt run on your rig (not surprising at all) but you THINK it > may be ok in Vista with (extremely) Alpha Creative sound drivers.... > LOL.... Good luck wit dat considering Creative's released drivers are > perhaps the buggiest code ever written for a PC. Creative should have fired > its driver devs years ago along with Harvey Fong.... > > Mitch

What don't you like about Harvey Fong? He used to work for the legendary Hercules video card company and has always been helpful to me. And the X-Fi drivers cause no issue for me on XP SP2, but then I chose the minimal install drivers.

Of course :) -Larry "Trev B" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:vysxg.46670$[email hidden]...

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> No problems on my XP machine. Have you updated all your drivers to the > latest versions? > > Larry wrote: >> 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 >> >> <[email hidden]> wrote in message >> news:[email hidden]... >> >>>jason moyer wrote: >>> >>>>sammy wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>>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. >>> >> >>

Like I said, both issues ceased when I uninstalled it. Not saying it's defective. Just saying it isn't working out on MY machine. -Larry <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> > > 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 >

I have NO other issues with my X-Fi either. -Larry "Garrot" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:A3xxg.233721$iF6.9175@pd7tw2no... > Mitch_A wrote: > What don't you like about Harvey Fong? He used to work for the legendary > Hercules video card company and has always been helpful to me. And the > X-Fi drivers cause no issue for me on XP SP2, but then I chose the minimal > install drivers.

Mitch_A wrote:

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> Soooo, it doesnt run on your rig (not surprising at all) but you > THINK it may be ok in Vista with (extremely) Alpha Creative sound > drivers.... LOL.... Good luck wit dat considering Creative's > released drivers are perhaps the buggiest code ever written for a PC. > Creative should have fired its driver devs years ago along with > Harvey Fong.... > Mitch

Is Fong still at Creative? If yes, where can I find him (moderating a forum)?

"Stephan Paskert" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:44c8daa7$0$22000$[email hidden]...

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> Mitch_A wrote: >> Soooo, it doesnt run on your rig (not surprising at all) but you >> THINK it may be ok in Vista with (extremely) Alpha Creative sound >> drivers.... LOL.... Good luck wit dat considering Creative's >> released drivers are perhaps the buggiest code ever written for a PC. >> Creative should have fired its driver devs years ago along with >> Harvey Fong.... >> Mitch > > 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. 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

Don Burnette wrote:

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> "Stephan Paskert" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:44c8daa7$0$22000$[email hidden]... >> Mitch_A wrote: >>> Soooo, it doesnt run on your rig (not surprising at all) but you >>> THINK it may be ok in Vista with (extremely) Alpha Creative sound >>> drivers.... LOL.... Good luck wit dat considering Creative's >>> released drivers are perhaps the buggiest code ever written for a >>> PC. Creative should have fired its driver devs years ago along with >>> Harvey Fong.... >>> Mitch >> >> 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. > > Don Burnette Stephan