Bounty, your right, I am a tit for that one
Anyways, If this is a "bug" with the game, then I appologize to RELOADED for the lashings. At least someone has tried the game, and has noticed the same issues I've been having (thanks Alfred). 'Course, if it is a fault with the crack, then.... I'll just have to play the originals again on my friends nforce2 system just to be sure my memory isn't fading in my old age, but I could have sworn it didn't have this "bug" before. Funny though. The Xbox verison (which works properly) was out long before the PC version, so you'd think someone would have noticed the difference between the two before now.
As for Starforce.. well.. The greatest thing Starforce did to help me was that they sent me a cleaning tool to get rid of the device drivers that Starforce3 loads AND leaves after uninstalling the game. Note to Starforce: you can rent my space while I play your protected game, but I dispise you for trying to squat after I've kicked you out.