Nascar 4 online play without CD Info

First let me say that this method will require about 500 MB of your HD space, so if you do not have any spare HD space then read no more. What this process does is set up a virtual CD on you HD. I am assuming that you have already installed the full legal version of Nascar 4 onto your computer. Those people that are familiar with CDR or CDRW technology will understand this easier than those that are not. I had first tried to make a backup copy of my Nascar4 CD with Clone CD , but the copy protection would not let me make a complete copy, every time I would have a copy that would require the CD fix to even play offline, much less play online. I had tried other copy software ex: CloneCD Games Database 2.0, with the Securom settings , and BlindRead and BlindWrite etc etc . with no luck. Then I found a link to a piece of software that would make a virtual CD out of a ISO, BIN , and others I am using the BlindRead dump of the Nascar 4 CD now I might change to a different type in the future but this works . So here is the link to Daemon Tools http://www.daemon-tools.com here you will find the latest version 2.47a I think is the latest version. I downloaded this and installed then mounted the BTW file that I got from BlindRead and off I went playing online without my legal copy of Nascar 4 in my CD. There are several other files on this site that you could need if you don't already have. I hope this helps someone out there it worked for me hope it works for you too. See you on the track K_Brown Driving the Road Kill Cafe #66 Dodge get and upload personal cars at http://www.simracecar.com/

Funny, I was able to make a copy of N4 using CloneCD and I play using that back-up copy. I'm keeping the original just in case my copy gets scratched. It's the first time I used CloneCd and I played with some of the options without knowing exactly what each did; didn't matter cause it worked ;) Ken Brown wrote:

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> > First let me say that this method will require about 500 MB of your HD > space, so if you do not have any spare HD space then read no more. > > What this process does is set up a virtual CD on you HD. I am assuming that > you have already installed the full legal version of Nascar 4 onto your > computer. Those people that are familiar with CDR or CDRW technology will > understand this easier than those that are not. > I had first tried to make a backup copy of my Nascar4 CD with Clone CD , but > the copy protection would not let me make a complete copy, every time I > would have a copy that would require the CD fix to even play offline, much > less play online. I had tried other copy software ex: CloneCD Games Database > 2.0, with the Securom settings , and BlindRead and BlindWrite etc etc . with > no luck. Then I found a link to a piece of software that would make a > virtual CD out of a ISO, BIN , and others I am using the BlindRead dump of > the Nascar 4 CD now I might change to a different type in the future but > this works . > So here is the link to Daemon Tools http://www.daemon-tools.com here you > will find the latest version 2.47a I think is the latest version. > I downloaded this and installed then mounted the BTW file that I got from > BlindRead and off I went playing online without my legal copy of Nascar 4 > in my CD. > There are several other files on this site that you could need if you don't > already have. > I hope this helps someone out there it worked for me hope it works for you > too. > > See you on the track > K_Brown Driving the Road Kill Cafe #66 Dodge > get and upload personal cars at http://www.simracecar.com/

-- Philippe "Philster" Sergerie

> I hope this helps someone out there it worked for me hope it works for you > too. Thanks very much for the heads-up. This worked great for me too. I abhor unecessary CD swapping.

I couldn't get it to work. It still said that I had the wrong CD in......and the phantom drive did not have a label (I think that is the problem). How can I make sure that my ISO or CUE file has the correct NASCAR4 label? "Jeff Jones" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:96sqhl$q71$[email hidden]... > > I hope this helps someone out there it worked for me hope it works foryou > > too. > > Thanks very much for the heads-up. This worked great for me too. I abhor > unecessary CD swapping. > >

> I couldn't get it to work. > > It still said that I had the wrong CD in......and the phantom drive didnot > have a label (I think that is the problem). > > How can I make sure that my ISO or CUE file has the correct NASCAR4 label? I'm not sure what program you are using to generate the CD image. I used CloneCD with default settings, and set the label to NASCAR4 (by naming the resulting CCD file 'NASCAR4.CCD'). Daemon-Tool had no problem loading and using this image.

Why don't you guys just go to www.gamecopyworld.com for a fixed exe? Iain "Jeff Jones" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:96t16v$8f0$[email hidden]...

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> > > I couldn't get it to work. > > > > It still said that I had the wrong CD in......and the phantom drive did > not > > have a label (I think that is the problem). > > > > How can I make sure that my ISO or CUE file has the correct NASCAR4

label?

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> > I'm not sure what program you are using to generate the CD image. I used > CloneCD with default settings, and set the label to NASCAR4 (by naming the > resulting CCD file 'NASCAR4.CCD'). Daemon-Tool had no problem loading and > using this image. > > > >

"Iain Mackenzie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:xTok6.654$[email hidden]... > Why don't you guys just go to www.gamecopyworld.com for a fixed exe? > Iain >Because, using that executable will not let you log into the WON servers. That's the whole issue here. Alanb

I used Fireburner and CDRWIN Both made working images that I could mount with the daemon tool, but neither had a disk label for some reason. I'll try CloneCD tonight. "Jeff Jones" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:96t16v$8f0$[email hidden]...

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> > > I couldn't get it to work. > > > > It still said that I had the wrong CD in......and the phantom drive did > not > > have a label (I think that is the problem). > > > > How can I make sure that my ISO or CUE file has the correct NASCAR4

label?

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> > I'm not sure what program you are using to generate the CD image. I used > CloneCD with default settings, and set the label to NASCAR4 (by naming the > resulting CCD file 'NASCAR4.CCD'). Daemon-Tool had no problem loading and > using this image. > > > >

On Mon, 19 Feb 2001 22:03:07 -0500, Philster <[email hidden]> wrote: >Funny, I was able to make a copy of N4 using CloneCD and I play using >that back-up copy. I'm keeping the original just in case my copy gets >scratched. It's the first time I used CloneCd and I played with some of >the options without knowing exactly what each did; didn't matter cause >it worked ;) I'll see you and raise you... :) I made a copy with CD Copier (from Adaptec's Easy CD Creator 3.5 that came with my HP7500 2-2-24 drive) that works to start the game and play online. (I haven't tried installing from the disc, but then again I don't intend to.) "But in a way, fear is a big part of racing, because if there was nothing to be frightened of, and no limit, any fool could get into a motor car and racing would not exist as a sport." -- Jim Clark

**** Post for FREE via your newsreader at post.usenet.com **** It won't work online. -Larry "Iain Mackenzie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:xTok6.654$[email hidden]...

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> Why don't you guys just go to www.gamecopyworld.com for a fixed exe? > Iain > > "Jeff Jones" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:96t16v$8f0$[email hidden]... > > > > > I couldn't get it to work. > > > > > > It still said that I had the wrong CD in......and the phantom drive

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> > not > > > have a label (I think that is the problem). > > > > > > How can I make sure that my ISO or CUE file has the correct NASCAR4 > label? > > > > I'm not sure what program you are using to generate the CD image. I used > > CloneCD with default settings, and set the label to NASCAR4 (by naming

the > > resulting CCD file 'NASCAR4.CCD'). Daemon-Tool had no problem loadingand

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> > using this image. > > > > > > > > > >

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When I first tried using BlindRead to get the disk image of the Nascar 4 CD I was using my 32x CD reader BlindRead told me that my CD reader was not capable of reading Subchannel Data from the CD, I then tried my Yamaha 6x4x16 CDRW to read the Nascar 4 CD without any problem . I think this might be a clue as to why some people are able to make a backup copy of N4 and some are not . Just a thought anway, good luck . K_Brown driver and painter of the Road Kill Cafe #66 Dodge and can be downloaded at http://www.simracecar.com/ P.S. Here is another location for on line cars http://www.team-lightspeed.com/B_Simpson/Main.cfm

> Why don't you guys just go to www.gamecopyworld.com for a fixed exe? A fixed exe doesn't let you play without the CD, it lets you play with a burned CD. GCW hasn't posted a no-CD patch yet.