Sports Car GT & Windows XP Professional

I have downloaded and installed the demo, however the game crashes right after displaying the Image Space Inc. logo. Will this game not run in Windows XP Professional SP2?? TIA! Steve

I heard that SCGT won't run under SP2. That's one reason that I uninstalled that service pack.

It's pretty old - mind if I ask why you're running it? The GTR demo would be so much more fun - or LFS, for that matter ;). First thing I would try is running in compatibility mode - right-click on the launch shortcut and choose properties to access the launch settings. HTH, Kendt

Sounds like others are having issues with SP2 and SCGT as well. http://forum.rscnet.org/showthread.php?t=183485 But one user has success "I have two PC's both with XP and SP2 and SCGT works on it. I have updated a dll for the sound and done the few tweaks like running it in 98 comatibility mode and setting CD to random acces as described here http://forum.rscnet.org/showthread.php?t=176175� but in the end it works. " <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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>I have downloaded and installed the demo, however the game crashes > right after displaying the Image Space Inc. logo. Will this game not > run in Windows XP Professional SP2?? > > TIA! > > Steve

On 13 Jul 2005 09:59:05 -0700, "Bob Simpson" <[email hidden]> wrote: >I heard that SCGT won't run under SP2. That's one reason that I >uninstalled that service pack. Unfortunately my XP disc has SP2 integrated into it. Bummer eh?

On 13 Jul 2005 10:36:05 -0700, "[email hidden]" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>It's pretty old - mind if I ask why you're running it? The GTR demo >would be so much more fun - or LFS, for that matter ;). >First thing I would try is running in compatibility mode - right-click >on the launch shortcut and choose properties to access the launch >settings. > >HTH, >Kendt

Thanks a for the info. Switching to compatability mode works, now I cant get the demo to recognize ANY of my wheels. Ughh!! Anyway, I have GTR (just bought it) - and yes it is quite fun! I USED to have SCGT way back when. I LOVED that game. Since switching computers recently (hence XP w/ SP2) I can not find my SCGT disc, and downloaded the demo to see if it would even work. Well it loads and runs now (thanks to your info), but I cant get a controller to work. Oh well, I will keep searching ot try and find out what gives. Thanks again for the help! Steve

SCGT is an awesome game. I think it's why I like rFactor so much, it _feels_ a lot like SCGT to me. -Larry "[email hidden]" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> It's pretty old - mind if I ask why you're running it? The GTR demo > would be so much more fun - or LFS, for that matter ;). > First thing I would try is running in compatibility mode - right-click > on the launch shortcut and choose properties to access the launch > settings. > > HTH, > Kendt >