Help! Nascar Racing 4

Hi guys, Just bought Nascar Racing 4...everything installs just fine, i set the options (have tried d3d and opengl...640x480 800x600 and 1024x768) but it refuses to get past the intro videos, this is on both windows 98 and XP. My system is a celeron 2.2 with 512mb ram and a 64mb geforce 2 Ti...so i dont think thats the problem, someone suggested to me that it could be the monitor, but i dunno anyone else agree with that? its a no name 15" analog...XP doesnt even detect it and its installed as default monitor or something. Sometimes on 98 I will get a black screen with a hour glass, other times the screens all garbled, sometimes all over the place sometimes 3/4 of the screen will be aqua then the bottom 1/4 is garbled stuff...with XP it just crashes or hangs at a black screen..ive also tried running it in compatibility mode, changing drivers the works...im at a loss does this game simply not like my machine? thanks to all that can help DJ --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.536 / Virus Database: 331 - Release Date: 3/11/2003

"DJ" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:bovp5r$1j8tjt$[email hidden]... > Hi guys, > Just bought Nascar Racing 4...everything installs just fine, i set the > options (have tried d3d and opengl...640x480 800x600 and 1024x768) but it > refuses to get past the intro videos, this is on both windows 98 and XP.My > system is a celeron 2.2 with 512mb ram and a 64mb geforce 2 Ti...so i dont > think thats the problem, someone suggested to me that it could be the > monitor, but i dunno anyone else agree with that? its a no name 15" > analog...XP doesnt even detect it and its installed as default monitor or > something. Sometimes on 98 I will get a black screen with a hour glass, > other times the screens all garbled, sometimes all over the placesometimes > 3/4 of the screen will be aqua then the bottom 1/4 is garbled stuff...with > XP it just crashes or hangs at a black screen..ive also tried running itin > compatibility mode, changing drivers the works...im at a loss does thisgame

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> simply not like my machine? > thanks to all that can help > DJ > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.536 / Virus Database: 331 - Release Date: 3/11/2003 > >

No one has any ideas? i got it running this morning on 98, only prob is it takes a while after clicking on something for the next menu to appear. at least i can play it now but would anyone know how to fix this? thanks --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.536 / Virus Database: 331 - Release Date: 3/11/2003

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> No one has any ideas? i got it running this morning on 98, only prob > is it takes a while after clicking on something for the next menu to > appear. at least i can play it now but would anyone know how to fix > this? thanks > > > >

I don't have XP so I can't advise you there. I do know n4 has some pretty nasty copy protection so you might want to try using a nocd.exe to verify that your cdrom drive can sucessfully get through the copy protection. If the game works and runs properly with the nocd, then you are probably looking at replacing your cdrom with a newer drive. Of course the copy protection will see the new drive and probably throw a hissy fit. Good luck there. One caveat...the last three Papyrus products will not work online with a nocd. you can run it offline with a nocd, but not online. Next the monitor. If windows is not detecting it, try getting it reported as a default plug and play monitor instead of just a default monitor. I would examine the manufactuer id plate...the spot where a serial number and model number should be shown and see if you can download specific drivers for that product from a manufactuer's website.

In article <bp1p17$1jh1cq$[email hidden]>, "DJ" <[email hidden]> writes: >No one has any ideas? i got it running this morning on 98, only prob is it >takes a while after clicking on something for the next menu to appear. at >least i can play it now but would anyone know how to fix this? >thanks I don't run XP, so I can't say for sure. But, maybe it's a video driver issue? Eldred -- Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett Member Screamers Racing League IICC League GPLRank -2.4 MoGPL rank +302.38 ChallengeRank +54.48 MoC +743.77 Hist. +82.82 MoH in progress N2k3 rank:in progress Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.