Yep, could very well be that SSE thing that plagued True Crime and Suffering. The people who purchased Suffering made a stink on the official site and it eventually got fixed with a patch. So perhaps you people should go and complain on the official site/forums?

Well, just got a backup from RBR, but, I think I am going to visit Activision's website tonight, cause I have a copy I BOUGHT of that game (TC) Had
never thought about that though...I AM NOW GOING TO COMPLAIN ! But still looking for a solution for RBR...(One of my friend DO run it on a Pentium III 1.0ghz...Doeshat processor deal with SSE2???????)
I really can't understand why they turn COMPULSARY sse2 instructions ! Isn't there anyway to bypass it as people bypass Pixel Shaders with 3D Analyse ? ;))

Gonna buy it when i know its working on my computer, if it works.. This is a must have ;)
MeSs

That do meet my thoughts :)

Its working on my parents computer .. :(:(
Specs:
Intel P4 1.8
HP Mainboard
256mb ddrram
Nvidia Geforce 3 ti200 64mb
Sb Live 1024
Winxp home ed
52.16 drivers for geforce i have 62.??

EDIT: Tried to install 52.16.. no luck :( :( :mad:
MeSs

oh dear, waith for the next patch, REPORT the bug to the developer! go away from here and watch a good movie. (See the stickeys)

Just downloaded and installed the official 1.01 patch for Richard Rurns Rally and found out it is NOT PROTECTED!!

From the readme:

- Fixes some DVD incompatibility problems. :)

So before you ask, you don't need a Fixed EXE/NoDVD patch for 1.01, just install it and you'll be fine!

I downloaded the 1.01 patch from wXw.3dgamers.com.

Still illegal operation here :(
MeSs

Then take krodikes' advice and seek support from the publisher:

http://www.richardburnsrally.com/support.htm

I've virtualy got the same PC spec as you: MSI KT3 Ultra, XP 1900+, GF3 Ti200, 512mb, SB Value, DX 9.0c and it runs fine for me!

Ricahrd Burns Rally crack and patch 1.01 not work correctly. Ilegal Operatsion. Can sombody tell what i can do to play Ricahrd Burns.I updated bios but that done nothing

Amd Athlon Thunderbird 1,4 Ghz
256Mb ddr memory 266Mhz
Ati Radeon 9200 256 Mb
Motherboard Cheintech Ct-7Sido (Chipset 735)

RBR does use SSE extensions.

Prior to the 1.6GHz Palamino core, Athlon processors used the 3DNow! instruction set which contained about 20% of the Intel SSE instructions.

With the introduction of the Athlon 4 (XP) 1.6GHz and above, including the lower-clocked Durons released at the same time, the additional instructions were added to the CPU architecture bringing them up to full SSE support.

This is why a CPU prior to an AthlonXP can't run the game and why some people with Durons less than 1.6GHz can run the game. Pentium owners have had SSE practically forever.

This also explains why people with Thoroughbred cores (like me) can't even play the game if we overclock to 1.6GHz. SSE still ain't there no matter how fast the processor.

Additionally however, there are known problems with SiS motherboards and KT133 chipsets that many people have resolved by applying a BIOS update.

Patch 1.02 has been released, and again it has NO COPY PROTECTION in the exe and should solve the SSE crashes.

From the Patch Notes:

Download it from the Official Richard Burns Rally website:

no cd fix
 

mate i have working no cd for the game just give me your email

i have it just give me your email

@mick14: Patch 1.01 and Patch 1.02 remove the Copy Protection and CD/DVD checks so you DO NOT NEED a NoDVD/CD patch for the game anymore.

You only need a NoDVD/CD for v1.0 which is SecuROM protected!

Just install patch 1.01 or 1.02 and that's it!