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[krondike]

@SubyRS:
Good news!
Motor Racer 3 (1.0) and Motor Racer 3 (1.22) no-cd excist and Rally Masters v3.2 no-cd!

However Toca Race Driver 2, DREAM ON :P !

I know I know, that you love me, but for the last time I can't marry people I help! It's my policy!

[E_J]

Originally Posted by krondike

@SubyRS:
Good news!
Motor Racer 3 (1.0) and Motor Racer 3 (1.22) no-cd excist and Rally Masters v3.2 no-cd!

However Toca Race Driver 2, DREAM ON :P !

I know I know, that you love me, but for the last time I can't marry people I help! It's my policy!

Don't pat yourself on the back just yet. Those Motoracer cracks are useless for Motoracer 3. The first crack is for v1.0 which is far from the latest version of Motoracer 3. The second crack is for v3.22 of Motoracer 1 not Motoracer 3. I never saw a working crack for the latest Motoracer 3 release.

[SubyRS]

Gad dern-it. Just when I was getting my hopes up for MR3. Isn't that game Starforce protected too? ToCA 2 I could care less about. Got tired of it real fast. Rally Masters v3.2 crack at CGW I tried but it is for ripped ISO copies of the game only, so it doesn't work. I have the retail version of RM.

As far as MR3 goes, I never got any claimed crack to work, even the v1.0. I think any working cracks were for illegal downloaded copies of the game. Last I heard it was too labor intensive to mess with and not enough demand for the game to make it a worthwhile task.

[E_J]

Originally Posted by SubyRS

Gad dern-it. Just when I was getting my hopes up for MR3. Isn't that game Starforce protected too?

Motoracer 3 is protected with Tages copy-protection. There is a thread at CDFreaks which describes how to make a working backup of the game. However, I have never seen a working crack. From my experience last year or so when I got Motorcer 3, the copy-protection appears to be dependent upon the hardware of the PC on which it is installed. When you install the game, it stores a GUID on the PC which is unique to that PC, and it is somehow used in concert with the original CD-ROM to verify that the game is a legitimate copy. I never spent a whole lot of time trying to defeat the protection so I didn't come up with a working crack. However, this information appears to explain why the No CD-ROM crack for version 1.0 of the game that I have seen only works if the game has been installed from the original CD-ROM. If the GUID is invalid (as it would be if the game were installed from anything but an exact copy), then the game will not run. Tying the protection to the hardware of the PC prevents the game from being copied to another PC once it has been installed. It's a real nasty protection, and I'll never buy another game which uses it if I can't make a working backup.

[SubyRS]

From what I remember, using the v1.0 MR3 no CD would start the game, but would turn the full retail version into the then released MR3 demo. That was weired. I don't make backups of any of my games because I use no CD's, so I don't know about how that worked. Sounds like that Tages protection used is even better than Starforce eh?

[Joe Forster/STA]

Hi guys,

I'm having no problems with a no-CD patch for Moto Racer 3 v1.2.80.4EU. I have absolutely no idea where I got it from and I don't have the original package either. If you like, I can repackage the necessary files and send it to you (PM or E-mail me). If it works, it should be submitted to GCW, I guess...

Joe

[E_J]

Originally Posted by Joe Forster/STA

Hi guys,

I'm having no problems with a no-CD patch for Moto Racer 3 v1.2.80.4EU. I have absolutely no idea where I got it from and I don't have the original package either. If you like, I can repackage the necessary files and send it to you (PM or E-mail me). If it works, it should be submitted to GCW, I guess...

Joe

Sounds great, Joe! I have the US version, but presumbably it would work. In any case I would like to try it.

[E_J]

Originally Posted by SubyRS

From what I remember, using the v1.0 MR3 no CD would start the game, but would turn the full retail version into the then released MR3 demo. That was weired.

Actually that is how the developer wanted it to work. They did the same thing with Motoracer 2 except it didn't use Tages. That means that the crack did not work. If I recall correctly, if you installed the game from the original CD-ROM (and the GUID was good), the crack would work properly.

[SubyRS]

Joe Forster/STA

I PM'd you and I would like to try that MR3 noCD too. I have the retail US version original boxed release. I've seen it in the bargan bins now repackaged in a jewel case only. The rerelease probably has the latest patch included.