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Free game, Trackmania Nations from Nvidia.com

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Link.

Edit:
Got this download link from a friend oversea. Sorry, I have no idea what it is. It is a game from Nvidia, that's all I know. 3D games always cause me motion sickness, don't dare to try.

Edit again:
Add warning. Thanks to mscdex0.
It contains StarForce Software Protection. Google it, before you install; it can be trouble??



 
THIS page implies it's a demo... but nvidia's site clearly says "full game"

have you played it? is it just a demo?

does the "setup" application require internet connection to complete the install? or is it a standalone install app?

would like to know before I spend time shuffling things around to make space for the download....
 
must be a racing game
265 megs?? Must be a demo
if NVIDIA wants to display their graphic capability, they must use graphic intensive and since this game is so small, it has to be a demo because graphic intensive game dont come in that small
 
Warning: This games uses the starforce crap, and could potentially screw things up on your PC (more specifically your optical drives and whatnot if anything).

Here's the BensBargains discussion on the game FWIW.
 
Originally posted by: mscdex0
Warning: This games uses the starforce crap, and could potentially screw things up on your PC (more specifically your optical drives and whatnot if anything).

Here's the BensBargains discussion on the game FWIW.
Click to expand...

Well now you got me scared.. I haven't installed it yet, maybe in later, I d/l'd it on my laptop, but I will install this on my desktop.
 
Originally posted by: mscdex0
Warning: This games uses the starforce crap, and could potentially screw things up on your PC (more specifically your optical drives and whatnot if anything).

Here's the BensBargains discussion on the game FWIW.
Click to expand...

Yeah, I saw this posted on SD yesterday. I downloaded the install, but then read over the comments again. Once I saw the discussion about starforce, I deleted it.
 
I have GTR Racing on by desktop (great game by the way) which uses Starforce. I have not encountered any PC issues because of it. Problems from Starforce sound like internet folklore.
 
I kinda doubt SF gives you problems. I believe the company provides a tool to remove it if youd like, but then you cant play the game anymore.

I'm sure you could cause some nice damage though using starfuck and those programs to try to get around it, but I doubt UBISOFT would use software that messes stuff up
 
From this article:

"The way StarForce and a couple of its cousins does this is one of the more disturbing developments in the videogame war on piracy. StarForce installs a hidden driver onto your machine along with the game itself, without any explicit warnings. This driver is required to play the game and is not uninstalled with the game. It also has a rather disturbing tendency to re-install itself after either manual removal or cleanup using a provided tool that has to be hunted for across the Internet.

These new protection systems do not simply protect software from direct attempts to pirate it - they also proactively search out potential piracy threats on one's system and then prevent them from working. Programs such as Nero and Alcohol 120% are obvious targets here, though I have seen far more erratic and often times seemingly random tantrums taken by these systems. These range from disabling the recording device in Windows Media Player, to preventing access to the CD drive both on the software and hardware side. I usually find myself pressing the button to open the CD drive and then having to log out of Windows for it to do what it's supposed to!"

"In an interview with Firing Squad, the makers of StarForce strenuously denied the fact that their driver causes problems to all but a slim minority of user systems. They then went on to state that the EULA covers them and the publishers from all liability of damage done by their copy protection. In other words, 'we state that it doesn't cause problems, but if it does, we're covered by the EULA and you're not.' "

Just some interesting excerpts from an article entitled "The War on Game Pirates" that I found by googling.
 
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