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GTR and Starforce
Hello all,
Received GTR for X-mas, went to install it, read the biz about Starforce Copy Protection and decided to abort the install. Is Starforce a bad deal? Research on Google shows good and bad. Some folks claim it slowed their PC down and screwed with cd-rom burning. While others say it causes no problems. Please help a brother sim racer out and let me know if I should install GTR or not. My PC is totally tweaked and running perfectly at the moment for all of my sim racing pleasure. I certainly don't want to jack it up from Starforce. Thanks. Ducwizard |
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I have never had a problem with it.
Andi. "Engineer" > wrote in message ... > Hello all, > > Received GTR for X-mas, went to install it, read the biz about Starforce > Copy Protection and decided to abort the install. > > Is Starforce a bad deal? Research on Google shows good and bad. Some folks > claim it slowed their PC down and screwed with cd-rom burning. While > others say it causes no problems. Please help a brother sim racer out and > let me know if I should install GTR or not. My PC is totally tweaked and > running perfectly at the moment for all of my sim racing pleasure. I > certainly don't want to jack it up from Starforce. > > Thanks. > > Ducwizard > |
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Andi Cole wrote:
> I have never had a problem with it. Me neither. I've gone through a few PC upgrades and reinstalls without any issue. From my own experience I would not hesitate, you will be missing out on some great sims otherwise. Cheers Tony |
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GTR and Starforce
In article >,
Engineer says... > Is Starforce a bad deal? Had no dramas with starforce, apparently there's a challenge issued by the creators to prove any of the faults that users have complained about for a cash prize. I have alcohol installed mainly for VMWare and starforce hasn't complained about it and I have both GTR and GTL running no problems. I think the major issue with starforce is the fact that it can take a fair bit of time to verify an original disk (but apparently has been fixed in later versions of starforce) mine takes about 10-20secs. -- Cheers, Rod. |
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> Received GTR for X-mas, went to install it, read the biz about Starforce > Copy Protection and decided to abort the install. > > Is Starforce a bad deal? Research on Google shows good and bad. Some folks > claim it slowed their PC down and screwed with cd-rom burning. While others > say it causes no problems. Please help a brother sim racer out and let me > know if I should install GTR or not. My PC is totally tweaked and running > perfectly at the moment for all of my sim racing pleasure. I certainly don't > want to jack it up from Starforce. No problems here. |
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it works fine, but there was a patch or something I had to do to get it to
work properly... |
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GTR and Starforce
"Engineer" > wrote in message ... > Hello all, > > Received GTR for X-mas, went to install it, read the biz about Starforce > Copy Protection and decided to abort the install. > > Is Starforce a bad deal? Research on Google shows good and bad. Some folks > claim it slowed their PC down and screwed with cd-rom burning. While > others say it causes no problems. Please help a brother sim racer out and > let me know if I should install GTR or not. My PC is totally tweaked and > running perfectly at the moment for all of my sim racing pleasure. I > certainly don't want to jack it up from Starforce. > > Thanks. > > Ducwizard I have not had any negatives with starforce. The experience of others varies as you found out on google. One thing you could try is install the GTR demo which has starforce (though perhaps not the most current version). If it blocks your burner, which seems to be the chief trouble, you can always remove the demo and use the starforce removal tool. If you are running XP setting a restore point just prior to installing starforce is also a good idea. Alternatly you could go to the starforce site and get the most recent version of Starforce and see if that creates any trouble. Really, given the variation of peoples experience with SF, the only way to find out is install and see if bothers you Dave |
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GTR and Starforce
In the readme. file there is an explanation of how to remove Starforce after
installation. GTL has the same thing. I think it may have to be done immediately after installation and before running the sim for the first time. Install the mod then delete Starforce. Timmy "Engineer" > wrote in message ... > Hello all, > > Received GTR for X-mas, went to install it, read the biz about Starforce > Copy Protection and decided to abort the install. > > Is Starforce a bad deal? Research on Google shows good and bad. Some folks > claim it slowed their PC down and screwed with cd-rom burning. While > others say it causes no problems. Please help a brother sim racer out and > let me know if I should install GTR or not. My PC is totally tweaked and > running perfectly at the moment for all of my sim racing pleasure. I > certainly don't want to jack it up from Starforce. > > Thanks. > > Ducwizard > |
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GTR and Starforce
Thanks All! I did create a restore point in XP just before installing
GTR / SF. Installed it last night and so far all is well. GTR is really nice too, didn't get much sleep. I can't wait to get GTL here in the States! Thank you all again for your help / info. Ducwizard Timmy Ferrell wrote: > In the readme. file there is an explanation of how to remove Starforce after > installation. GTL has the same thing. I think it may have to be done > immediately after installation and before running the sim for the first > time. > Install the mod then delete Starforce. > Timmy > "Engineer" > wrote in message > ... > >>Hello all, >> >>Received GTR for X-mas, went to install it, read the biz about Starforce >>Copy Protection and decided to abort the install. >> >>Is Starforce a bad deal? Research on Google shows good and bad. Some folks >>claim it slowed their PC down and screwed with cd-rom burning. While >>others say it causes no problems. Please help a brother sim racer out and >>let me know if I should install GTR or not. My PC is totally tweaked and >>running perfectly at the moment for all of my sim racing pleasure. I >>certainly don't want to jack it up from Starforce. >> >>Thanks. >> >>Ducwizard >> > > > |
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Ducwizard wrote: > Thanks All! I did create a restore point in XP just before installing > GTR / SF. Installed it last night and so far all is well. GTR is really > nice too, didn't get much sleep. I can't wait to get GTL here in the > States! Thank you all again for your help / info. > > Ducwizard > I'm in the states and have GTL. Got it he http://www.gogamer.com/cgi-bin/GoGam...ct/View/001GTL It arrived in only two or three days |
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