Driver(the game)

GoldenSphynx · 16th December 2002, 22:04

Well, I think I made a thread about this long, long ago. But here I go again. I really want to play the game Driver(GT Interactive) but it was made to be run on Win 95/98 and I have WinXP. The Program Compatibility Wizard doesnt work also because Im not really installing Driver, Im just playing it off the core files.

But every time I try to play, it gives me an error and asks me if I want to send the error to Microsoft, where surely they will look into it, but I thought I might as well ask here before troubling them.

So, is there any way to run it? If not, is there any game out there runnable on XP that very closely resembles Driver? Thanks for the help.

zootm · 16th December 2002, 22:06

midtown madness/midtown madness II?

look for patches for driver, there's probably some to make it work on newer OSs.

Merlin · 16th December 2002, 22:09

Driver is a fucking nightmare to get working under XP. It has been done, and there is a patch out there that will do it. However, it's not an official patch, so Infogrames (they bought everything, including GT Games) won't give a toss if you fuck something up with it. They don't give a toss about the fact that so few people can still use Driver, either...

GoldenSphynx · 16th December 2002, 22:37

I dont care, I just wanna play...anyone know where I can find it? Ill try google. Any links would be greatly appreciated.

hestermofet · 16th December 2002, 22:42

Probably won't make a smidgen of difference, but create a shortcut to the program executable, right click, properties, and you can access Compatibility layers without going through the wizard. Worth a shot.

Atmo · 16th December 2002, 22:51

I installed it a few months back (bought version, not warezed) and it didnt work under xp. I gave the disk to a friend because i wouldnt play it often even if it did work.

That was before sp1 for xp was released, so if you havent installed it yet it might be worth a try.

GoldenSphynx · 16th December 2002, 22:56

Shortcut thing didnt work. I have sp1 installed already.

Anything else?

Also I heard that the graphics in Midtown Madness sucked. True?

Atmo · 16th December 2002, 23:01

Graphics in midtown madness 2 are ok...just. Gameplay sux though.

Grab a copy of gta3 (or vice city if you have a ps2), its so much better than driver or midtown madness.

c2R · 17th December 2002, 19:27

Driver's excellent - but I've found it to be the most buggy waste of space, irrespective of the OS it's running on....

zootm · 17th December 2002, 20:04

the graphics in driver are worse than the midtown madness ones - it's an earlier game. but yeah, for some proper getaway action, you need gta3. it's the shit.

Jedi Gemstone · 17th December 2002, 20:17

Oh I get that annoying message just ignore it by click don't send

GoldenSphynx · 17th December 2002, 21:18

Quote:

Originally posted by Jedi Gemstone
Oh I get that annoying message just ignore it by click don't send

But then do you still get to play?

GoldenSphynx · 19th December 2002, 23:39

Hmm, is there any way to get Driver to run without inserting the cd?(Pm me anything you can find

)

Merlin · 19th December 2002, 23:43

Plenty, but none of them make the game work with XP. Take a look at ina-community.com (home of the official Driver forums) - very few people ever got it to work on XP.

hestermofet · 19th December 2002, 23:44

As long as we are talking about driving games that don't work...

This has been bugging me for a while. Midtown Madness (version 1, not 2. I know Mr. Sphynx asked about the same problem, and got a solution, but obviously, the solution won't apply to me) won't work under WinXP. Textures won't display properly, leaving large flat swathes of color. Large triangles and rectangles spontaneously appear all over the display. Now, in researching this, I found out that this is a known issue in Midtown Madness 2 with nVidia and Intel 810 chipset graphics card. There's a fix for it. I haven't yet been able to find a fix for the same problem in Midtown Madness 1, other than to use the software renderer.

GoldenSphynx · 20th December 2002, 01:05

Quote:

Originally posted by [Merlin]
Plenty, but none of them make the game work with XP. Take a look at ina-community.com (home of the official Driver forums) - very few people ever got it to work on XP.

Linkage?

16th December 2002, 22:04	#1
GoldenSphynx Forum King Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 2,738	Driver(the game) Well, I think I made a thread about this long, long ago. But here I go again. I really want to play the game Driver(GT Interactive) but it was made to be run on Win 95/98 and I have WinXP. The Program Compatibility Wizard doesnt work also because Im not really installing Driver, Im just playing it off the core files. But every time I try to play, it gives me an error and asks me if I want to send the error to Microsoft, where surely they will look into it, but I thought I might as well ask here before troubling them. So, is there any way to run it? If not, is there any game out there runnable on XP that very closely resembles Driver? Thanks for the help.

16th December 2002, 22:09	#3
Merlin ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ (Forum King) Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Manchester Posts: 4,209	Driver is a fucking nightmare to get working under XP. It has been done, and there is a patch out there that will do it. However, it's not an official patch, so Infogrames (they bought everything, including GT Games) won't give a toss if you fuck something up with it. They don't give a toss about the fact that so few people can still use Driver, either... as he faced the sun, he cast no shadow __________________

16th December 2002, 22:42	#5
hestermofet Major Dude Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 1,763	Probably won't make a smidgen of difference, but create a shortcut to the program executable, right click, properties, and you can access Compatibility layers without going through the wizard. Worth a shot. For the freedom to express myself in my own way without fear of being censored or banned.

16th December 2002, 22:51	#6
Atmo The Freak (Forum King) Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 9,400	I installed it a few months back (bought version, not warezed) and it didnt work under xp. I gave the disk to a friend because i wouldnt play it often even if it did work. That was before sp1 for xp was released, so if you havent installed it yet it might be worth a try. :Psykotech:

16th December 2002, 23:01	#8
Atmo The Freak (Forum King) Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 9,400	Graphics in midtown madness 2 are ok...just. Gameplay sux though. Grab a copy of gta3 (or vice city if you have a ps2), its so much better than driver or midtown madness. :Psykotech:

16th December 2002, 22:06	#2
zootm Forum King Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: the nether reaches of bonnie scotland Posts: 13,378	midtown madness/midtown madness II? look for patches for driver, there's probably some to make it work on newer OSs.

16th December 2002, 22:37	#4
GoldenSphynx Forum King Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 2,738	I dont care, I just wanna play...anyone know where I can find it? Ill try google. Any links would be greatly appreciated.

16th December 2002, 22:56	#7
GoldenSphynx Forum King Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 2,738	Shortcut thing didnt work. I have sp1 installed already. Anything else? Also I heard that the graphics in Midtown Madness sucked. True?

17th December 2002, 19:27	#9
c2R Stereotype? (Forum King) Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Ware, England Posts: 3,511	Driver's excellent - but I've found it to be the most buggy waste of space, irrespective of the OS it's running on.... lights out for darker skies # forums.winamp.com boinc team # tms

17th December 2002, 20:04	#10
zootm Forum King Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: the nether reaches of bonnie scotland Posts: 13,378	the graphics in driver are worse than the midtown madness ones - it's an earlier game. but yeah, for some proper getaway action, you need gta3. it's the shit.

17th December 2002, 20:17	#11
Jedi Gemstone Major Dudette Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Wales Posts: 1,513	Oh I get that annoying message just ignore it by click don't send My Website Deviantartness Yay This signature was brought to you by the colour Red and the number 14 I'm A Purple Ghetto, So Follow Me To Sanity!! Runs Off I Have No Idea Where I'm Going......

19th December 2002, 23:39	#13
GoldenSphynx Forum King Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 2,738	Hmm, is there any way to get Driver to run without inserting the cd?(Pm me anything you can find )

19th December 2002, 23:43	#14
Merlin ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ (Forum King) Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Manchester Posts: 4,209	Plenty, but none of them make the game work with XP. Take a look at ina-community.com (home of the official Driver forums) - very few people ever got it to work on XP. as he faced the sun, he cast no shadow __________________

19th December 2002, 23:44	#15
hestermofet Major Dude Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 1,763	As long as we are talking about driving games that don't work... This has been bugging me for a while. Midtown Madness (version 1, not 2. I know Mr. Sphynx asked about the same problem, and got a solution, but obviously, the solution won't apply to me) won't work under WinXP. Textures won't display properly, leaving large flat swathes of color. Large triangles and rectangles spontaneously appear all over the display. Now, in researching this, I found out that this is a known issue in Midtown Madness 2 with nVidia and Intel 810 chipset graphics card. There's a fix for it. I haven't yet been able to find a fix for the same problem in Midtown Madness 1, other than to use the software renderer. For the freedom to express myself in my own way without fear of being censored or banned.

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