i keep reading all these posts about people having difficulties getting GTA3 to run correctly, i must be the luckiest bloke in the world cos i got my backup discs to run first go !
all i did was the following :
1. install cd in burner ( HP8000+) use clony XXL
2. comes up SDV2.51
3. fast error only should be ticked on the read settings
4. the fast error settings were 3 retries and NONE
5. read at 2x speed
6. same as above for the PLAY cd
7. installed the INSTALL cd.......figures , hehe !
8. took the audio folder from the PLAY cd and installed it in the GTA3 game folder
9. extracted the GTA3 NO-CD version 1.0 CRACK into the GTA3 folder.
10. make sure the PLAY cd is in your drive and PLAY THE GAME !
personally, i think this is better than the PS2 version.
winxp pro
AMD DURON 800
320mb ram
TNT2 pro 32mb
hewlett packard 8000+ cd writer
PS i burned the discs at 2x speed