NASCAR 2003 Racing Season in Vista

LabShark · 01-27-07, 02:10 PM

I cannot get NR 2003 to run in Vista. Anybody have any luck? Not only does AA not work - the game gets completely kicked back to the desktop as soon as the "Race" icon is clicked.

I turned DEP off - but it didn't matter.

stncttr908 · 01-27-07, 03:14 PM

I guess we're going to be dual booting Vista and XP for a while.

LabShark · 01-27-07, 03:24 PM

Yeah - I finally got DEP to shut up - but the game is mugly as AA is not working. In fact - the latest official nVidia drivers won't even allow me to create and save a profile for NR 2003. I can make it - but as soon as I leave the CP - it disappears from the list.

OWA · 01-27-07, 07:57 PM

That usually happens to me when I'm trying to create a profile for a game that already has one. In the 97.92s, there's a profile for NASCAR 2003 so is it possible, that's your problem also?

LabShark · 01-28-07, 08:57 AM

Naw - with the latest set of official (WHQL) drivers from the nVidia site - there aren't nearly as many profiles included. But when I try to make a new one - it just doesn't stick.

LabShark · 01-28-07, 08:59 AM

I even tried nHancer and made the new profile there with my AA/AF settings. It still doesn't make any difference.

Me thinks it is either a driver deal or a Directx 10 issue.....or both.

Every other drive (DX 9) has worked great for NASCAR 2003.

CaptNKILL · 01-28-07, 09:28 AM

A small note on nascar 2003:

It FINALLY runs good with everything maxed now that we have 8800s. With all of the shadow options turned on and lots of cars the game ran like crap even on a 7900GTX and an x2 4200+. Its consistently smooth now though.

And this is a dumb question, but did you try compatibility mode? I've noticed quite a few things are fixed by enabling compatibility mode in Vista. They have definitely done some great improvements there.

For example, Quake 3 had a stutter problem unless you changed the affinity to one core, but 9x compatibility mode in Vista fixes it just fine.

LabShark · 01-28-07, 10:05 AM

Cap'n,

The Vista 100.51 drivers work much better....at least with this game. AA/AF looks good and frame rate still decent. I am trying Vista out on my secondary rig (FX-57 & 7800GTX) to get a feel for things.

You are right - with my main rig (6800 & 8800GTX-SLI) - the game looks and runs better than ever........I am still running XP on that machine.

stncttr908 · 01-28-07, 01:07 PM

You should run Vista on your primary. It makes dual booting very easy as it detects your current Windows installs and throws them all into a boot loader. It's also easy to add to Grub if you're a Linux guy as well. I'll be triple booting Ubuntu, XP, and Vista for a long while.

LabShark · 01-28-07, 05:28 PM

Boot loader? You mean the choice screen on boot up or something else?

01-27-07, 02:10 PM	#1
LabShark Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 277	NASCAR 2003 Racing Season in Vista I cannot get NR 2003 to run in Vista. Anybody have any luck? Not only does AA not work - the game gets completely kicked back to the desktop as soon as the "Race" icon is clicked. I turned DEP off - but it didn't matter. __________________ EVGA X58 Intel i7 965 Quad GTX 295 1200W Thermaltake PS 6GB G. Skill RAM X-Fi Fatality Intel X25-M SSD 300GB Raptor 640GB WD Cavair 16MB LG BluRayDisc LG SuperDisc Lian Li PC80 Armorsuit W7 64 bit

01-27-07, 03:14 PM	#2
stncttr908 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: NJ, USA Posts: 4,496	Re: NASCAR 2003 Racing Season in Vista I guess we're going to be dual booting Vista and XP for a while. __________________ PC - \| Core i7-2600K @ stock \| Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD3 \| 4GB Patriot Sector 5 DDR3 \| Galaxy GTX 460 1GB @ stock \| Corsair Force 120GB SSD \| Seagate 1TB 7200RPM \| 320GB Seagate 7200.10 \| 2x Seagate 500GB USB 2.0 \| Lite-On 20x SATA DVD+RW \| Silverstone TJ-09 \| Corsair 620W PSU \| Logitech Z-5500s \| Sennheiser HD-570 headphones \| Samsung 2494LW \| Laptop - \| Dell Inspiron 1420 \| C2D T7300 (2.0GHz, 4MB cache) \| 2GB DDR2-667 \| 160GB 7200RPM HDD \| DVD +/- RW \| 14.1" WXGA+ (1440x900) \| Broadcom 802.11g \| NVIDIA 8400M GS 128MB \|

01-27-07, 03:24 PM	#3
LabShark Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 277	Re: NASCAR 2003 Racing Season in Vista Yeah - I finally got DEP to shut up - but the game is mugly as AA is not working. In fact - the latest official nVidia drivers won't even allow me to create and save a profile for NR 2003. I can make it - but as soon as I leave the CP - it disappears from the list. __________________ EVGA X58 Intel i7 965 Quad GTX 295 1200W Thermaltake PS 6GB G. Skill RAM X-Fi Fatality Intel X25-M SSD 300GB Raptor 640GB WD Cavair 16MB LG BluRayDisc LG SuperDisc Lian Li PC80 Armorsuit W7 64 bit

01-27-07, 07:57 PM	#4
OWA ... Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Virginia Posts: 9,481	Re: NASCAR 2003 Racing Season in Vista That usually happens to me when I'm trying to create a profile for a game that already has one. In the 97.92s, there's a profile for NASCAR 2003 so is it possible, that's your problem also?

01-28-07, 08:57 AM	#5
LabShark Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 277	Re: NASCAR 2003 Racing Season in Vista Naw - with the latest set of official (WHQL) drivers from the nVidia site - there aren't nearly as many profiles included. But when I try to make a new one - it just doesn't stick. __________________ EVGA X58 Intel i7 965 Quad GTX 295 1200W Thermaltake PS 6GB G. Skill RAM X-Fi Fatality Intel X25-M SSD 300GB Raptor 640GB WD Cavair 16MB LG BluRayDisc LG SuperDisc Lian Li PC80 Armorsuit W7 64 bit

01-28-07, 08:59 AM	#6
LabShark Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 277	Re: NASCAR 2003 Racing Season in Vista I even tried nHancer and made the new profile there with my AA/AF settings. It still doesn't make any difference. Me thinks it is either a driver deal or a Directx 10 issue.....or both. Every other drive (DX 9) has worked great for NASCAR 2003. __________________ EVGA X58 Intel i7 965 Quad GTX 295 1200W Thermaltake PS 6GB G. Skill RAM X-Fi Fatality Intel X25-M SSD 300GB Raptor 640GB WD Cavair 16MB LG BluRayDisc LG SuperDisc Lian Li PC80 Armorsuit W7 64 bit

01-28-07, 09:28 AM	#7
CaptNKILL CUBE Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: PA, USA Posts: 18,844	Re: NASCAR 2003 Racing Season in Vista A small note on nascar 2003: It FINALLY runs good with everything maxed now that we have 8800s. With all of the shadow options turned on and lots of cars the game ran like crap even on a 7900GTX and an x2 4200+. Its consistently smooth now though. And this is a dumb question, but did you try compatibility mode? I've noticed quite a few things are fixed by enabling compatibility mode in Vista. They have definitely done some great improvements there. For example, Quake 3 had a stutter problem unless you changed the affinity to one core, but 9x compatibility mode in Vista fixes it just fine. __________________ ---- Primary Rig ---- CoolerMaster 690 II Advance - Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P - Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 4.0Ghz + Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme 6GB DDR2 @ 942Mhz 5-5-5-20 1.9v (2x1Gb Wintec AMPX PC2-8500 & 2x2Gb G.Skill PC2-6400) - EVGA Geforce GTX 470 @ 750/1500/1850 (1.050v) Sparkle Geforce GTS 250 1Gb Low-Profile (Physx) - Crucial RealSSD C300 64Gb SSD - Seagate 7200.12 500Gb SATA - Seagate 7200.10 320Gb SATA ASUS VW266H 25.5" LCD - OCZ GameXStream 700W PSU - ASUS Xonar DX - Logitech Z-5500 5.1 Surround - Windows 7 Professional x64 ---- HTPC ---- Asus M3A78-EM 780G - AMD Athlon X2 5050e 45W @ 2.6Ghz - 2x2GB Kingston PC2-6400 DDR2 - Sparkle 350W PSU Seagate 7200.10 320Gb SATA - Seagate 7200.10 250Gb SATA - Athenatech A100BB.350 MicroATX Desktop - Creative X-Fi XtremeMusic

01-28-07, 10:05 AM	#8
LabShark Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 277	Re: NASCAR 2003 Racing Season in Vista Cap'n, The Vista 100.51 drivers work much better....at least with this game. AA/AF looks good and frame rate still decent. I am trying Vista out on my secondary rig (FX-57 & 7800GTX) to get a feel for things. You are right - with my main rig (6800 & 8800GTX-SLI) - the game looks and runs better than ever........I am still running XP on that machine. __________________ EVGA X58 Intel i7 965 Quad GTX 295 1200W Thermaltake PS 6GB G. Skill RAM X-Fi Fatality Intel X25-M SSD 300GB Raptor 640GB WD Cavair 16MB LG BluRayDisc LG SuperDisc Lian Li PC80 Armorsuit W7 64 bit

01-28-07, 01:07 PM	#9
stncttr908 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: NJ, USA Posts: 4,496	Re: NASCAR 2003 Racing Season in Vista You should run Vista on your primary. It makes dual booting very easy as it detects your current Windows installs and throws them all into a boot loader. It's also easy to add to Grub if you're a Linux guy as well. I'll be triple booting Ubuntu, XP, and Vista for a long while. __________________ PC - \| Core i7-2600K @ stock \| Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD3 \| 4GB Patriot Sector 5 DDR3 \| Galaxy GTX 460 1GB @ stock \| Corsair Force 120GB SSD \| Seagate 1TB 7200RPM \| 320GB Seagate 7200.10 \| 2x Seagate 500GB USB 2.0 \| Lite-On 20x SATA DVD+RW \| Silverstone TJ-09 \| Corsair 620W PSU \| Logitech Z-5500s \| Sennheiser HD-570 headphones \| Samsung 2494LW \| Laptop - \| Dell Inspiron 1420 \| C2D T7300 (2.0GHz, 4MB cache) \| 2GB DDR2-667 \| 160GB 7200RPM HDD \| DVD +/- RW \| 14.1" WXGA+ (1440x900) \| Broadcom 802.11g \| NVIDIA 8400M GS 128MB \|

01-28-07, 05:28 PM	#10
LabShark Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 277	Re: NASCAR 2003 Racing Season in Vista Boot loader? You mean the choice screen on boot up or something else? __________________ EVGA X58 Intel i7 965 Quad GTX 295 1200W Thermaltake PS 6GB G. Skill RAM X-Fi Fatality Intel X25-M SSD 300GB Raptor 640GB WD Cavair 16MB LG BluRayDisc LG SuperDisc Lian Li PC80 Armorsuit W7 64 bit

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