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StarForce

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 14 / 19
Date: February 15, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This game will download StarForce drivers (Made in Russia)

Starforce might have damaged your PC. What's more, you should join the boycott of any game that comes with this malicious software onboard.

For example, here's one of the common problems brought by Starforce: under Windows XP, if packets are lost during the reading or writing of a disk, XP interprets this as an error and steps the IDE speed down. Eventually it will revert to 16bit compatibility mode rendering a CD/DVD writer virtually unusable. In some circumstances certain drives cannot cope with this mode and it results in physical hardware failure (Most commonly in multiformat CD/DVD writer drives). A sure sign of this step down occurring is that the burn speeds will get slower and slower (no matter what speed you select to burn at). Starforce, on a regular basis, triggers this silent step down. Until it reaches the latter stages most people do not even realise it is happening.
Moreover, the Starforce drivers, installed on your system, grant ring 0 (system level) privileges to any code under the ring 3 (user level) privileges. Thus, any virus or trojan can get OS privileges and totally control your system. Since Windows 2000, the Windows line security and stability got enhanced by separating those privileges, but with the Starforce drivers, the old system holes and instabilities are back and any program (or virus) can reach the core of your system by using the Starforce drivers as a backdoor.

No technical support at all.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 6 / 15
Date: February 23, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Bought the game, installed and tried to run it but it crashed to desktop whenever the "drive" button was clicked. Sent numerous emails to Viva media without any sort of response. Buy the game at your own risk, there is NO technical support for it in the USA.

beware of Starforce copy protection

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 11 / 12
Date: May 24, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Do yourself a favor and do an online search for "Starforce copy protection" before you install this game on your PC. Also, there's an earlier review that gives a lot of the same information you can go find yourself. Bottom line: this game will install drivers on your PC (without asking or telling you) that interfere with your own legitimate use of your own devices. Further, uninstalling the game won't remove them. They open up big security holes too. Nasty stuff. Think twice.

poor frame rates without very new high end computer

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 14
Date: February 28, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I have a Athon 1.3 gig and radeon 9800 video card and have to turn off most of the video details. Even then the program is not very stable and jerky frame rates make this game a chore or should I say a bore to drive. The game will not run at 800X600. If you have one of those Alienware $2500 computers you may enjoy it but unless your ready to fork out big bucks for a new system don't waste your money on this game.

Missing the online registration code

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: November 18, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This is a cool game in a lot of ways. I was jazzed about it because of the era it represents. But the complexity and inscrutability of the setup menus is somewhat offputting.

The huge disapointment, however, is this: The online registration code is missing. Utterly missing. And there is no resource available on the net to help. The U.S.A. help number is disconnected. You will not be able to play online. Period. The developer's forums are full of posts about this problem. No resolution.... Beware.

Demand more of the makers of the products you purchase. This is extremely bad.

GT Legends

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: March 10, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I found GT Legends to be a very realistic game. Plenty of user controlled variables. Tracks, at least the ones I could get to, were well represented and realistic. While I found the graphics quality good, the overall presentation was somewhat plain. I would have expected a little more "punch" to the visual representation of the tracks.

I was quit disappointed with the fact that so few tracks are available at the start. I am a firm believer that if I paid for the whole game I should have access to the whole game no matter what my skill level. This idea of having to find cheat codes to play the whole game is a bunch of bull. Finally, 3 CD'S is a hassle why not a DVD option.

Great fun in the vintage cars

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 6 / 9
Date: April 08, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I have GTR also, and it runs much better on my system than GTL does. With GTL they have raised the bar as far as system requirements. The old 128mb on video no longer will do the job..

I think it's just fine as long as I set up the races myself and limit the number of Ai to about 8-10 (MOST tracks) but if you run the "Challenges" (which you need to do to make money to buy cars and unlock tracks) it is written to include as many as 23 Ai in some of them and the FPS can drop out the bottom when you need it the least.

Yes, GT"R" will have some stutter now and then, but nothing like GT"L" is doing on the same PC. AND, with everything turned down too..

Even worse.. FPS swing from 80 to 10 while you're in a Challenge making it very hard to even finish a race let alone WIN.

I'll admit, my video card is a couple of years old now (ATI 9800 pro) but I really thought it would run as well as GTR.

Just fine if you limit Ai and graphics,(when outside Challenges) lots of fun with retro cars.

Running on a P4 3ghz, 1024mb 400 Crucial-3200 ram, ATI 9800 Pro AIW,

GTL Will make a great sim for my NEXT system I guess.

Update:
5% CPU overclocking helped a bunch with smoothness.. but still has some slow downs now and then. I'm sure latest video card would do wonders for it.

Update 2;

Pulled out the ATI 9800 pro and installed a GeForce 7600 GS OC 512mb card & doubled the RAM to 2GB
Just what it needed ! Runs well with lots of detail..

Would move it to 4 stars now if I could..

do have plenty of time?

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 5 / 7
Date: March 15, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I love GTR, its awsome and I still play it, even after buying GTL. GTL has nice graphics and sound and the simulation feels good (but a 65 mustang is VERY different than a Saleen GT car), just like GTR.

So why do I play GTR then? Because GLT requires you to unlock cars and tracks, like most silly console games. Being a "gearhead" myself I barely have enough time to play games at all, so spending hours to unlock the features isnt an option. When you start the game, you have access to about 3/90 cars. I emailed SimBin about this, but like other reviewers, have received no responce.

Who in SimBin's marketing department thought that race car simulation players (who adjust spring rates and torsion settings for FUN) want "leveling" in thier games?!?

GT Legends Great Fun

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: January 15, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I am an older guy who can remember these great cars from the 60's and the races they ran. This is a terrific game and great fun. It installed and ran without a hitch (except I had to call the company to get the online code - a real person answered the phone and sent me the code immediately - amazing customer service). I am very pleased with this game and can't believe you can get such a quality game for such a low price.

A top notch racing game!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: March 15, 2006
Author: Amazon User

At last, a company that can put out serious racing games like the now-defunct Papyrus (Grand Prix Legends, Nascar Racing 2003). This game and GTR, also put out by SimBin, will keep PC gearheads busy with endless tweaking abilities, online racing and endless challenges that never get old. It is also easy to get into as a novice in the rookie mode, while the Papyrus games had a punishing learning curve. Heck, my 6 year old loves this game! I though I wound never see a good PC racing game again, seeing that they will never be "blockbusters" like Doom, etc. and make loads of money.

I too was concerned with the "Starforce" copy protection, but, after 3 months of use, I have had no hardware/software problems, although I hate swapping discs in and out of the CD drive. I can't find a no CD patch for this one.

My rig runs this nicely at 12x7, 32 bit, 2x antialiasing. DX9 mode.

3ghz P4, nvidia 6600GT (128MB video ram) 1 ghz ram.

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