CONFIRMED - Race Driver 2 workaround guide.

[Morglum007]

@The gauge:

Well, i don't really know what do you want to hear about.
What i'm meaning is that SF ONLY patches the Windows Kernell if it finds optical drives connected to IDE. When remotely mounting, SF looks for another devices searching the SAME "protocol", and because is across a lan, no other devices are found to compare with. The same thing happens with SCSI drives. SF hides almost every CDB commnad for reading CD, cause most computers on this world have drives conected to standart IDE. I think Windows IDE drivers are not safe enough to SF, so it patches it in order to properly hide what it is doing.

Secondly, respecting what some people call "spin" test, SF can send some commands to any drive ( mounted or not) about speed. Remember SF loads even before Windows loading is complete, so SF can easyly find which unit is virtual and which no.

Well, about that electronics i have seen ( with some laughts (excuse me, it's only so funny for me ), well, the problem is windows, not the IDE (hehe) If you neutralize that, how will windows recognice your HD and so one? Only by avoiding SF loading with windows, you could try something that (:?) I do not recommand it.

Well, don't think if properly replied to.

good luck!

[Hawk404]

@dusted:

*lol*

I tried it with my original and it workz

greetz

[NoS]

Originally Posted by Morglum007

SF ONLY patches the Windows Kernell if it finds optical drives connected to IDE

does anyone try an 5 1/4 external USB box to put a Rom-drive in ?

i´ll would try it, but dont have one


greets alot

[BaumDoktor]

anybody tried that method on 1.2? seems they changed the sf version again .... ill keep trying for the fun of it but i think im back to my orginal with 1.2

[si110]

Originally Posted by BaumDoktor

anybody tried that method on 1.2? seems they changed the sf version again .... ill keep trying for the fun of it but i think im back to my orginal with 1.2

Wont work with patched version,has to be original.If you have patched you will need to reinstall game AND use starforce removal tool.Patch makes some changes to starforce to prevent lan work-around.Cunning Codemasters.

[tdbone1]

i had a previous problem withfarcry and UT2k4 dvds

i think my nforce2 mboard & my sata were the culprits.

when u use sata it installs a scsi / virtual driver like daemon tools and alcohol 120%

i was thinking though (with starforce) in the previous post in this thread ppl kept talking about how it checks or modifies the ide driver

since i use sata for my hard drives and use my cdrom on the ide channel would thiis procedure still work with out the 1.2 patch

thanks for letting everyone know about a work around

[BaumDoktor]

nope i have a raid with sata ..... doesn't fool sarforce ....... hope thats what u ment ..... game runs fine with 1.0 and 1.1 though -don't know a way to make 1.2 work without o-cd ...(yet ^^)

[Morglum007]

@baumdoktor:

Your RAID must be configured with ATAPI support. IDE connected through will pass SF guard system. Anyway, there MUST not to be ANOTHER IDE drive connected.

Good luck!

[tdbone1]

i know talking about toca 2 is very touchy in these forums as far as asking (the any news yet) thats why i wont ask it (even though i would like to)

what i would like to ask however; is there a place we can talk about it or a special forum area for that kind of discusiion?

thanks

[epix]

*klick*

[mr yellow]

@Epix

Ive tried it and doesn't work for me

[Luci]

follow the exact instructions

[sgtshaft]

About the mini image. I was having trouble getting it to work with the euro version but a bit of poking about in the registry and got it working Here is what to do

1: First u have to get the USA Serial (search and u will find)

2: Run Regedit and find key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\CODEMASTERS\RACEDRIVER 2

3: Goto RACEDRIVER2 tab and modify your EURO key for USA key

4: Modify SKU tab from Euro to USA.

5:Play the game

before u use this follow mini image instrusions first.

!!!DO NOT PM ME LOOKING FOR THE SERIAL!!!

[nicholasf]

The "StarForce fixed image trick" doesn't work for all systems, I have discovered that on some computer it fails. Does anybody know why?

[ILLUMINATOR23]

oh man..the workaround Guid on Site 1 is crazy !!!
I want to play the Game...and dont want to tweak 2 hours and use 2 systems..disable my Drives....oh holy ****!!!