Race Driver Grid [FULL Backup] (DVD9 to 2x DVD5)

[FREEMAN100]

RACE DRIVER GRID DVD9 TO 2X DVD5 (FULL BACKUP)

(DVD1)

[1] COPY THE DVD9 TO A NEW FOLDER CALLED GRID

[2] EXTRACT MY RAR FILE TO THAT NEW FOLDER SAYING YES TO ANY PROMPTS: RD_GRID.rar

[3] RUN THE MODIFY.BAT FILE & WAIT (APPROX TIME= 10 MINS)

[4] DELETE THE FOLLOWING FOLDERS FROM THE GRID FOLDER

Support
Executables

[5] DELETE THE FOLLOWING FILES FROM THE GRID FOLDER

LIST.INI
MediaBuild40.dll
MODIFY.BAT
ISCAB.EXE

[6] REMOVE THE FILE DATA3.CAB FROM THE GRID FOLDER & PLACE ON YOUR DESKTOP

[7] MAKE A NEW ISO FROM THE GRID FOLDER USING THAT AS ITS VOLUME NAME

(DVD2)

[1] DELETE THE FILE DATA2.CAB INSIDE THE GRID FOLDER & REPLACE WITH DATA3.CAB

[2] EDIT THE AUTORUN.INF TO LOOK LIKE THIS

[autorun]
OPEN=0
icon="autorun.exe"

[3] MAKE A NEW ISO FROM THE GRID FOLDER USING THAT AS ITS VOLUME NAME

NOT TESTED...

[marbrothax]

Originally Posted by theimperatorum

Do not work fine. Not asked dvd2 and install only english language

It will install only in english because he removed the other languages option in the setup.ini file, to still have the option to install other languages keep the original setup.ini file, i only changed the checksum option in the original file to N.

I'm still installing it but so far no errors and he asked for the second dvd and is copying files for it too, i used Mondragon iscab to split the data2.cab and kept all the languages.

[kozakis]

Freeman's Conversion Works Perfect (check the info & be careful when you creating UDF/ISO)

Thanks Freeman (Again) Great Job!!!!!!!

[kozakis]

Originally Posted by theimperatorum

The setup finish and the game work but the archive of the second dvd is ignored

Scuse me for the bad english

Sorry i didn't notice the problem with other languages ..
..but if you replace the setup.ini with the original DVD "setup.ini"
(as Modragon said)
the game installs with all the languages option &
everything works fine (i've tried it!)

[nando2002]

Originally Posted by megalodon

how can i use iscab by mondragon? i'm not expert with this program.

Simple:
to get the list of files (needed for other commands work) you write:
iscab data1.cab -l -i"files.ini"

to extract files from inside the cabs you write:
iscab data1.cab -x -i"files.ini"

to remove files from the cab (carefull - a modified layout.bin may be needed) you write:
iscab data1.cab -r -i"files.ini"

that's all.
have fun.

[kranmer]

i just edited the layout.bin for GRID so it doesnt give the Media to small error. If you want it i just uploaded it here
http://uploaded.to/?id=2i4kcp

[Skimbleshanks]

Installation works perfectly asks for dvd2 and continues to install

Thanks FREEMAN100

[nando2002]

DVD9 to DVD5 - English only

Copy the files in the DVD to a folder (name it GRID for exemple - name doesn't matter) on your Disk.
Extract the files from the attached files (171MB) to that folder
Run REMOVE.BAT - it will delete the US videos from GRID as well as the audio files for the languages: French, German, Italian and Spanish
<wait 'til finished>
Run REPLACE.BAT - it will add the videos in the Video folder to the installation.
<wait 'til finished>
Remove the files ISCAB.EXE, MEDIABUILD40.DLL and ISTOOL.DLL
:edit: delte the video folder also
Create a new folder to store the crack/mini-image (find it in GCW) and it's done!

Burn the folder content into a UDF DVD (data2.cab is 4GB)
Install and Play!

[Basty]

remove these also safe to install and play, for who want to skip intro

File701="video\credits.bik"
File707="video\intro.bik"
File708="video\intro_us.bik"

133,791,744 byte left in dvd5

[nando2002]

remember to rename the "videos" folder to "video" prior to run REPLACE.BAT
have fun.

[nando2002]

thanks 2x+1 for helping

bonus codes (vinyls) :
code -> unlocks
G29782655 -> Gamestation BMW 320si
P47203845 -> Play.com Aston Martn DBR-9
MUS59279 -> All Muscle Cars
TUN58396 -> All Drift Cars
M38572343 -> Micromania Pagani Zonda R
F93857372 -> Buchbinder Emotional Engineering BMW 320si

start the game go to options then select last item (bonus codes) and enter those codes

[nando2002]

the cab size is reduced because lacks the french, german, italian and spanish audio files.
the videos (intro, carrier intro and credits) are compressed (reduced video size from 1280 to 1024 and with medium quality).

[nando2002]

Originally Posted by Fred12

Thanks for the conversions... maybe can somebody make the german DVD9 to DVD5 conversion ?? thx...

It's easy.
Download the file 2x+1 and I post (find in previous posts).
Open the file "remove.txt" and delete any line you found with "audio\speech\ge" (that's the german audio).
run remove.bat and then replace.bat (don't forget to rename the "videos" folder to "video") and see if it fits in a DVD5
If don't fit, you must delete the intro.bik or the credits.bik or both.
to accomplish that follow the steps:
1.- edit file "remove.txt"
2.- delete all the content from that file and write this to the file:

[ISCAB Info]
Product=ISCAB
Version=2.0

[GameFolder]
File701="video\credits.bik"
File706="video\intro.bik"

save and run remove.bat
see if it fits now a DVD5.

to see the intro, install the game using your original dvd after all this is a conversion created to avoid using your original one everytime you ant to install and play the game.

[nando2002]

yes. I just recompress (medium quality - 1024x575) 3 of them:
intro
career intro
credits
the others remains as is

Originally Posted by nando2002

It's easy.
Download the file 2x+1 and I post (find in previous posts).
Open the file "remove.txt" and delete any line you found with "audio\speech\ge" (that's the german audio).
run remove.bat and then replace.bat (don't forget to rename the "videos" folder to "video") and see if it fits in a DVD5
If don't fit, you must delete the intro.bik or the credits.bik or both.
to accomplish that follow the steps:
1.- edit file "remove.txt"
2.- delete all the content from that file and write this to the file:

[ISCAB Info]
Product=ISCAB
Version=2.0

[GameFolder]
File701="video\credits.bik"
File706="video\intro.bik"

save and run remove.bat
see if it fits now a DVD5.

to see the intro, install the game using your original dvd after all this is a conversion created to avoid using your original one everytime you ant to install and play the game.

Have now my Race Driver on one DVD5 (German only) with Mini-Image instead of the cracked EXE, cause it won't let you go online with it.

Total ISO-Size: 4.683.890.688 Bytes Bytes.

Files/Folders on the DVD:
<german> -> 50.263 Bytes
<Mini-Image> -> 6.771 Bytes
_Setup.dll -> 332.744 Bytes
Autorun.exe -> 1.418.544 Bytes
autorun.inf -> 67 Bytes
data1.cab -> 5.453.328 Bytes
data1.hdr -> 951.766 Bytes
data2.cab -> 4.294.968.319 Bytes
data3.cab -> 379.196.745 Bytes
ISSetup.dll -> 540.976 Bytes
layout.bin -> 711 Bytes
setup.exe -> 378.160 Bytes
setup.ini -> 478 Bytes

Changes in Setup.ini:
EnableLangDlg=N
CheckMD5=N
Default=0x0007
count=1
key2=0x0007

But after deleting all entries with "audio\speech\ge" you have to add all "audio\speech\eng" from the list.txt to the remove.txt too, otherwise it won't fit on one DVD5. Also i had to make a one frame video (credits.bik).

Thank you for the files and your great tutorial.

By the way, I didn't removed the intro.bik.