Venturai
I share your pain - have the Oz retail version and have been in a forum orientated disagreement with Atari since getting the game last week.
I would be very interested if a Euro version mini image would be available to see if v1.1 would then work. Although I understand the Oz/Asian version is Securom and Europe is Tages - so not sure if it works, or if the copy protection update blocks all?
Supposedly the retail version we have is being shipped back to Atari so they can work on a fix................perhaps by next weekend using our bought disc will no longer be problematic
Good luck.