crashes while loading drifting/ end of touring

[beams707]

I purchased this game because it got good reviews and found out it is by far the most buggy game i have ever owned and i have been playing pc games for the past 8 years.



I installed the game, try to play it and when i click the exe it give me this.-


The procedure entry point alSource3i could not be located in the dynamic link library openal32.dll

I got the dll and it didnt help.

So the game wouldnt even work out of the box. I cruise this forum, get the cracked.exe, now the game starts but runs like crap with random slowdowns.

So i patch it to 1.1 the games runs ok, but i only ran a few races. Like most stuff i patch to the latest, so i get 1.2 the next day.

I play the game more, try drifting that did work in 1.0/1.1 but lagged horribly and find it always crashes while loading ALL drifting races, woot.
Then i find it crashed after finishing a touring race... great..

So im frustrated and ****ed off and now will have to try reinstalling and patch from 1.0- 1.2, and see if that works. Again this game has so many other bugs i dont know how it even got to the market. Do u guys have game testers?

And i wont even get started on online play.......

Another thing that really ****ed me off is the fact that it doesnt even see my sidewinder controller or give me options to make it work. So i had to buy a 360 controller and find the software for it to play this game. And no i wont play with the keyboard, that takes all the fun out of this game.


On the good side this game has awesome graphics, runs well with my setup when its patched, and is challenging. Its one of the best racing games i have played when its working and not crashing all the time. Im just saying it should have been tested much much more before its realease.


If this doesnt work going from 1.0-1.2, i will have to sell this game on ebay because i cant advance to the next set of races if it cant even load drifting........

Thats my rant, thanks.


windows xp 32 bit fully patched
2.4 duel core opteron
OCZ Platinum 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200)
dfi lanparty nf4 ultra-d
ocz modstream 520 watt
2x Seagate Barracuda 7200.1250GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s,(raid 0)
EVGA 320-P2-N811-AR GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB

[Billybones]

wierd, game sees my sidewinder wheel, my sidewinder joypad, and my sidewinder joystick........did you do the custom config deal?

[zBobG]

Are you using a no-DVD replacement executable for GRID?

The current no-DVD executable is known to cause crashing when loading the drift races.

[beams707]

Yes i was using the no-dvd crack because the game would give me a dll error when i clicked the exe.

I reinstalled and patched from 1.0-1.2. Fixed almost everything except the game is lagging only around crowds. And the game exe opens without the crack. This has nothing to do with my hardware, it runs this game just find on high setting, lowering them does not stop the lag around crowds. The problem here is software.

Im going to see if i can turn crowds off and hope if fixes the lag. It only lags around crowds, then the game speeds up real fast when i get past them.

So if its not stickied-

DO NOT PATCH FROM 1.0-1.1-1.2
JUST REINSTALL GAME IF U DID AND PATCH FROM 1.0-1.2.