Yes I also noticed the game freezing after a minute or two. Maybe alt-tabbing out and closing Daemon Tools as soon as the game loads would prevent that? (I'm thinking that maybe this new Securom can detect Daemon Tools, but not until after the game loads)
I just looked on the Daemon Tools message board (
http://www.dtools.de/cgi-bin/iboard3...t=ST;f=9;t=254 ) and there is a discussion about a game called Nascar2002 which also uses Securom and also freezes. One of the Daemon Tools developers says that it is detecting Daemon Tools and freezing on purpose, and that it will be fixed in the next version (hopefully not just for Nascar2002). This was on the 31st of May, however, and there isn't a new version out as of the 21st of June.