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[MattFoster]

G'day guys and gals,

I finallybought a new pc and tried loading on F1 99-02 and It won't load. I click to start and it goes black for a moment and then back to desktop.

I downloaded the latest nvidia driver 52.16 or whatever but no difference.

Here are the specs of the pc. Can anyone offer so advice so I can get racing again?

HP
P4 2.8
1024 Ram
nvidia geForce 4 mmx 440

Cheers
Matt

[SeanValen]

Until a better answer comes along, I suggest, remove the game, then re-install. Like hitting a car engine to get it started, never know.

[MattFoster]

I just bought NFS Underground and found it had the same problem.....

Both are made by EA so it could mean something. Any one else have problems with EA games like this?

[laba-laba]

Originally posted by MattFoster
G'day guys and gals,

I finallybought a new pc and tried loading on F1 99-02 and It won't load. I click to start and it goes black for a moment and then back to desktop.

I downloaded the latest nvidia driver 52.16 or whatever but no difference.

Here are the specs of the pc. Can anyone offer so advice so I can get racing again?

HP
P4 2.8
1024 Ram
nvidia geForce 4 mmx 440

Cheers
Matt

hehehe.. its problem between ur vga card and ur OS.
plz trying replace with other vga. maybe borrow from ur friends ? heheheh
did u have new detonator for nvidia ??? cos driver for geforce 4 mmx 440 is not support for directx9.

[mahelgel]

MattFoster:
I know i had a problem with NeedForSpeed Underground because of the language settings in win2k/winXP. It might be the same for F1 challenge. My problem with NFSU is because of my rather, errm.. "borrowed" copy isn't from the same region as i have set in my controlpanel..

[A3]

Try to find some older drivers and install those.

Do you have the latest version of DirectX installed?

http://www.microsoft.com/directx

[WDH74]

You may want to play around with the screen resolutions in the game (IIRC this game has a 3D setup utility like F12K2). I had the same problem with F12K2-the splash screen would appear, but the game would crash to desktop after that) until I changed the resolution values in that little utility. It affected some mods for the game as well.

Hope this helps!
-William

[Dolph]

Originally posted by SeanValen
Until a better answer comes along, I suggest, remove the game, then re-install. Like hitting a car engine to get it started, never know.

Or like hittnig a reset button on the pc

[SeanValen]

Originally posted by Dolph


Or like hittnig a reset button on the pc

[MattFoster]

Well things get better and better.

I have the same problem with NFS Underground and GP4!

[A3]

If you seek help, it would be better if you'd answer the questions asked here.


Btw, why buy such a fast machine and then such an "old" and slow videocard?

[Exar Kun]

Have you tried the 44.xx Nvidia drivers?

[TenTenths]

You say you just purchased a new PC but my question is, did you puchase F1C 99 - 02?
Those warez copies can wreak havok and have you chasing your tale.

I f you havent paid for the game go get it, if you have then I have no answer for your problem.

[MattFoster]

Originally posted by A3
If you seek help, it would be better if you'd answer the questions asked here.


Btw, why buy such a fast machine and then such an "old" and slow videocard?

OK to answer your questions.

I have not tried the older drivers yet. I have tried the official advice from EA but that hasn't worked.

The 64 Meg GeForce 4 Mx440 card came with the HP PC I bought.

I do have the latest version of DX9

And to answer Ten Tenths' of course I bought F1 99-02 and have registered it with EA, doesn't everybody?

[A3]

Try these drivers then:

http://download.guru...ion=file&id=640

Download the file, save it somewhere. Go to control panel -> software and remove the Nvidia Display drivers. When it asks to reboot, do so.
When the Windows is started again, it will wine about the display drivers. Ignore that. Look for the downloaded file and run it, drivers will be installed.