[tr3nt]

hey people,

I have just tried to play CM05 on my system (AMD Athlon 1.92GHz, 512Mb Memory, 128Mb Radeon 9200SE). My system meets specifications, however once I try to play the game, it stops half way, goes all screwey and says "Game Protection Error" or something similar.

I'm updating video drivers as we speak.. so I will post results soon!

 

[tr3nt]

Well the update of drivers never worked!

Any suggestions would be excellent.

 

[koala]

From http://community.codemasters.com/forum/archive/index.php?t-43346.html

I found the problem and its one that may turn out to be a very common problem:-
This game will not run with the latest version of Nero installed 6.3.1.25 (the one needed to work with SP2) Even though the Image Drive thingy was not enabled it was still causing a conflict... once it was uninstalled the game kicked in without a hickup.

Getting the same protection error message, game was working ok until I updated Nero. Power DVD was the problem with CMR4.

Open colin 2005 icon by right click the icon with settings. Edit the line and insert novideo at end.
"C:\Programme\Codemasters\Colin McRae Rally 2005\CMR5.EXE" novideo
NOTE: You won't get any videos running during the game itself, either. Instead, you'll just see a white screen. Hit 'enter' and the game will progress forward.

 

[tr3nt]

woah.. I didn't expect a game to be incompatible with burning software!

Cheers for the answers, and I shall try when I get home.. if I knew you, I'd buy you a beer!