Myself and a few members of our Gaming Clan play GRID. A few of us had nothing but trouble getting this game to work or keeping the game running using our original DVD's.
The NoCD cracks are more trouble than they are worth, they cause more crashes than using the orginal disc! A few of the clan members tried to say the v1.2 cracked exe by battery was working for them but sure enough just after they said that the game crashed for them. :P
What has worked for us is mounting a mini image into a more recent version of Daemon Tools. Game runs like a dream for me this way.
I am using Daemon Tools Pro v4.10.0218.0, no need for Y.A.S.U or anything else, just mount a mini image and play.