Need For Speed Underground CTD?

I just got NFS Underground and installed it. I can do everything except "Go Underground". When I choose the "Go Underground" option the game plays a short cut-scene, then goes black for a few seconds, then crashed to the desktop without displaying an error message of any kind. What is happening? How do I fix this? Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

Hey Cold, Everyone is going to need your computer specs in order to help ya dude. What Video card and drivers are you running, Motherboard and sound card the whole shmeel. Include what resolution you have and what your graphics settings you chose, I guess you have not even got that far though huh? Anyhow give up all that info and someone will hopefully be able to give ya a hand. I do not have and will not buy this because it has no cockpit view. Plus its EA. Might get it for the kids to use on the X-Box though. SDager73 "ColdSteel" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > I just got NFS Underground and installed it. I can do everything except"Go Underground". When I choose the "Go Underground" option the game plays a short cut-scene, then goes black for a few seconds, then crashed to the desktop without displaying an error message of any kind. What is happening? How do I fix this? Any help is appreciated. Thanks. >

Yep, what he said. I have had no such problem with NFS Underground. I have played quick race and underground mode (currently ranked number 5 and climbing) in single-player mode. You might consider going online and downloading the latest patch if there is one. Mine is version 1.1001.0 (shows on the last splash screen before the menu that let's you choose the race mode). But by all means, please provide OS and Video card info at a minimum. "SDager73" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Hey Cold, > > Everyone is going to need your computer specs in order to help ya dude. > What Video card and drivers are you running, Motherboard and sound cardthe > whole shmeel. Include what resolution you have and what your graphics > settings you chose, I guess you have not even got that far though huh? > > Anyhow give up all that info and someone will hopefully be able to give yaa

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> hand. > > I do not have and will not buy this because it has no cockpit view. Plus > its EA. Might get it for the kids to use on the X-Box though. > > SDager73 > > > "ColdSteel" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > I just got NFS Underground and installed it. I can do everything except > "Go Underground". When I choose the "Go Underground" option the game plays

a > short cut-scene, then goes black for a few seconds, then crashed to the > desktop without displaying an error message of any kind. What ishappening? > How do I fix this? Any help is appreciated. Thanks. > > > >

Ok. Forgive me for my idiocy of not presenting my OS. My setup is as follows: AMD Athlon T-Bird 1.0ghz, Gigabyte GA-7DXC Motherboard, 512MB 266mhz DDR RAM, Radeon 9500 Pro(with newest drivers), Sound Blaster Live, Windows XP Pro, DirectX 9.0b. I think that just about covers it. I can run in quick race mode with a beautiful fps and the graphics turned up almost full(I'm sure I could max them and still be fine it runs so well) so I don't understand why it would not work in "Go Underground". I have tried several different graphics settings, but it still crashes to desktop when I try to "Go Undeground". This is really weird. Any ideas?

Have you tried disabling FSAA and Ansio before you start the game? Try turning every setting to low. Are you using a No-CD workaround? Are you running any extra services, Software Firewalls, Antivirus, etc. at the time? Have you tried turning those off? "ColdSteel" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Ok. Forgive me for my idiocy of not presenting my OS. My setup is asfollows: AMD Athlon T-Bird 1.0ghz, Gigabyte GA-7DXC Motherboard, 512MB 266mhz DDR RAM, Radeon 9500 Pro(with newest drivers), Sound Blaster Live, Windows XP Pro, DirectX 9.0b. I think that just about covers it. I can run in quick race mode with a beautiful fps and the graphics turned up almost full(I'm sure I could max them and still be fine it runs so well) so I don't understand why it would not work in "Go Underground". I have tried several different graphics settings, but it still crashes to desktop when I try to "Go Undeground". This is really weird. Any ideas? >

Its the latest Ati drivers at fault...see the Read Me that comes with the game...but of course you went there first..silly me ;) AD "Kevin�" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:MydJb.50508$[email hidden]...

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> Have you tried disabling FSAA and Ansio before you start the game? > Try turning every setting to low. Are you using a No-CD workaround? > Are you running any extra services, Software Firewalls, Antivirus, etc. at > the time? Have you tried turning those off? > > > > > "ColdSteel" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > Ok. Forgive me for my idiocy of not presenting my OS. My setup is as > follows: AMD Athlon T-Bird 1.0ghz, Gigabyte GA-7DXC Motherboard, 512MB > 266mhz DDR RAM, Radeon 9500 Pro(with newest drivers), Sound Blaster Live, > Windows XP Pro, DirectX 9.0b. I think that just about covers it. I can run > in quick race mode with a beautiful fps and the graphics turned up almost > full(I'm sure I could max them and still be fine it runs so well) so I

don't > understand why it would not work in "Go Underground". I have tried several > different graphics settings, but it still crashes to desktop when I try to > "Go Undeground". This is really weird. Any ideas? > > > >

Damn ATI video drivers are a joke. I have Call of Duty and keep getting the system hang crap. The hot fix is now the new 3.10 drivers, but then Nascar 2003 season does not get as good of frame rates as the 3.9 CAT's do. I hope ATI can get the video driver program to where it needs to be. SD "AD" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:bt3q83$jk9$[email hidden]...

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> Its the latest Ati drivers at fault...see the Read Me that comes with the > game...but of course you went there first..silly me ;) > > AD > "Kevin�" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:MydJb.50508$[email hidden]... > > Have you tried disabling FSAA and Ansio before you start the game? > > Try turning every setting to low. Are you using a No-CD workaround? > > Are you running any extra services, Software Firewalls, Antivirus, etc.

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> > the time? Have you tried turning those off? > > > > > > > > > > "ColdSteel" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:[email hidden]... > > > Ok. Forgive me for my idiocy of not presenting my OS. My setup is as > > follows: AMD Athlon T-Bird 1.0ghz, Gigabyte GA-7DXC Motherboard, 512MB > > 266mhz DDR RAM, Radeon 9500 Pro(with newest drivers), Sound Blaster

Live, > > Windows XP Pro, DirectX 9.0b. I think that just about covers it. I canrun > > in quick race mode with a beautiful fps and the graphics turned upalmost > > full(I'm sure I could max them and still be fine it runs so well) so I > don't > > understand why it would not work in "Go Underground". I have triedseveral > > different graphics settings, but it still crashes to desktop when I tryto > > "Go Undeground". This is really weird. Any ideas? > > > > > > > > >

On Fri, 2 Jan 2004 15:31:57 -0500, "SDager73" <[email hidden]> wrote: >I have Call of Duty and keep getting the system hang crap. The hot fix is >now the new 3.10 drivers, but then Nascar 2003 season does not get as good >of frame rates as the 3.9 CAT's do. I hope ATI can get the video driver >program to where it needs to be. Go back to 3.7 then. They work fine for everything I throw at it, including CoD and NR2003. -- Andrew. To email unscramble [email hidden] & remove spamtrap. Help make Usenet a better place: English is read downwards, please don't top post. Trim messages to quote only relevent text. Check groups.google.com before asking a question.

One thing that concerns me about ATI drivers is how many game specific patches it seems to need. I thought the Plan was for Microsoft to provide the API's (DirectX), the Card Manufacturer to tie it's card into those API's, and the Game writers to do the same. That way everything should be transparant and interchangeable without all this program-specific nonsense, which is exactly what DirectX is supposed to get rid of. Maybe that vision is a bit Utopic :) -Larry "SDager73" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> Damn ATI video drivers are a joke. > > I have Call of Duty and keep getting the system hang crap. The hot fix is > now the new 3.10 drivers, but then Nascar 2003 season does not get as good > of frame rates as the 3.9 CAT's do. I hope ATI can get the video driver > program to where it needs to be. > > SD > > > > "AD" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:bt3q83$jk9$[email hidden]... > > Its the latest Ati drivers at fault...see the Read Me that comes with

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> > game...but of course you went there first..silly me ;) > > > > AD > > "Kevin�" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:MydJb.50508$[email hidden]... > > > Have you tried disabling FSAA and Ansio before you start the game? > > > Try turning every setting to low. Are you using a No-CD workaround? > > > Are you running any extra services, Software Firewalls, Antivirus,

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> at > > > the time? Have you tried turning those off? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "ColdSteel" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > > news:[email hidden]... > > > > Ok. Forgive me for my idiocy of not presenting my OS. My setup is as > > > follows: AMD Athlon T-Bird 1.0ghz, Gigabyte GA-7DXC Motherboard, 512MB > > > 266mhz DDR RAM, Radeon 9500 Pro(with newest drivers), Sound Blaster > Live, > > > Windows XP Pro, DirectX 9.0b. I think that just about covers it. I can > run > > > in quick race mode with a beautiful fps and the graphics turned up > almost > > > full(I'm sure I could max them and still be fine it runs so well) so I > > don't > > > understand why it would not work in "Go Underground". I have tried > several > > > different graphics settings, but it still crashes to desktop when I

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> to > > > "Go Undeground". This is really weird. Any ideas? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >

> Everyone is going to need your computer specs in order to help ya dude. > What Video card and drivers are you running, Motherboard and sound cardthe > whole shmeel. Include what resolution you have and what your graphics > settings you chose, I guess you have not even got that far though huh? > > Anyhow give up all that info and someone will hopefully be able to give yaa > hand. > > I do not have and will not buy this because it has no cockpit view. That is a rather silly attitude to have considering its a very FUN ARCADE game - also the fact that when you finally upgrade your car to the highest point (hell even when it isnt) the game would be FAR too difficult to play with the obstructive viewpoint a cockpit would provide, seeing that nigh-on lightspeed is the speed reached - and you wouldnt be able to see most of the lush lush graphics ! this game is arcade through and through and it is unrealistically fast - there is nothing SIM about this game and most ppl who play it on x-box and manage to win races, play it with 3rd person (car) view, so they can see the traffic coming and better judge corners etc when using a wheel, a bit of tweaking or something needed here, i nearly wrench the wheel off the desk trying to turn so quickly, then realising its meant to be played with a joypad if u really wanna get anywhere in it - it just that i find the game so much fun with a wheel... Plus > its EA. Might get it for the kids to use on the X-Box though.

I suspect that there are two main reasons for no cockpit view, one minor, and one major. The minor one is to get people to look at the car (which, admittedly, you can't do from the bumpercam, but still)... The major one; I doubt the liscensees would have been happy with a generic cockpit, and the effort to do umpteen different cockpits was judged too much. That, and as an arcade racer, the cockpit isn't that important :) "--o--" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:3ff608ed$0$1723$[email hidden]...

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> > > Everyone is going to need your computer specs in order to help ya dude. > > What Video card and drivers are you running, Motherboard and sound card > the > > whole shmeel. Include what resolution you have and what your graphics > > settings you chose, I guess you have not even got that far though huh? > > > > Anyhow give up all that info and someone will hopefully be able to give

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> a > > hand. > > > > I do not have and will not buy this because it has no cockpit view. > > That is a rather silly attitude to have considering its a very FUN ARCADE > game - also the fact that when you finally upgrade your car to the > highest point (hell even when it isnt) the game would be FAR too > difficult to play with the obstructive viewpoint a cockpit would provide, > seeing that nigh-on lightspeed is the speed reached - and you wouldnt > be able to see most of the lush lush graphics ! > > this game is arcade through and through and it is unrealistically fast - > there is nothing SIM about this game and most ppl who play it on x-box > and manage to win races, play it with 3rd person (car) view, so > they can see the traffic coming and better judge corners etc > > when using a wheel, a bit of tweaking > or something needed here, i nearly wrench the wheel off the > desk trying to turn so quickly, then realising its meant to be > played with a joypad if u really wanna get anywhere in it - > it just that i find the game so much fun with a wheel... > > > Plus > > its EA. Might get it for the kids to use on the X-Box though. > > >

"Ian Argent" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > That, and as an arcade racer, the cockpit isn't that important :) True, you must admit the graphics are outstanding. The light rain effect with the lights at night was good. Nitroboost was interesting, but too STARWARSish for me. If they could marry looks like this with a GPL engine, we'd have something. My guess this is 5 years out.

"Larry" <[email hidden]> wrote ... > <snip> That way everything should be transparant and interchangeable > without all this program-specific nonsense, which is exactly what DirectXis > supposed to get rid of. > > Maybe that vision is a bit Utopic :) > > -Larry No kidding. And now that ATI and nVidia have decided their drivers will re-write/re-configure a game's pixel- and vertex-shaders on the fly (in order to get better benchmark scores), we can expect even more game-specific patches. Sigh. ...Klinn