Flatout and NFSU2 Demo not working

I decided to try these two this weekend and no luck.
Installed fined but when I start them, nothing happens on NFSU2 and Flatout
uses 98% of CPU time forever...

I have XP Pro SP1 with DX9.0C, 6800GT 61.77 drivers on P4 3.0Ghz.

All my racing games works fine (GPL, RBR, N2003, F1C, RT, NFSU, TOCA2) and
also games like Mafia, FarCry, UT2004, ...

The only things that seems to be common on these two titles is DX9.0C but
DxDiag tell me it is.

I tried with & without FSAA and with and without Hardware Sound Accel in
DXDiag.

Anything I missed ?

Thanks.

Claude Leclerc wrote:
> I decided to try these two this weekend and no luck.
> Installed fined but when I start them, nothing happens on NFSU2 and Flatout
> uses 98% of CPU time forever...

Explain "nothing happens" better.

The Hard disk light flashes for a few seconds, that's all. Nothing is
displayed on screen.
The application doesn't appear in the task list.

My 98% CPU usage for Flatout was following a test. It does exactly like
NFSU2 now. Few HD lights blinks and that's all!

I re-installed ab n older demos (Xpand Rally) and it works perfectly...

"Destroy" > a écrit dans le message de
...
>
>
> Claude Leclerc wrote:
> > I decided to try these two this weekend and no luck.
> > Installed fined but when I start them, nothing happens on NFSU2 and
Flatout
> > uses 98% of CPU time forever...
>
> Explain "nothing happens" better.
>

FWIW -- I had exactly the same experience with the Flat Out demo (Didn't try
NFSU2). Rather than screw around with it, I just immediately uninstalled it.
I figure that if I have to work that hard to get a demo to run, it ain't worth
it. BTW -- Other than controller issues in some sims, I've never had these
types of problems come up with any other demo. They would all at least
run........





Claude Leclerc wrote:

> I decided to try these two this weekend and no luck.
> Installed fined but when I start them, nothing happens on NFSU2 and Flatout
> uses 98% of CPU time forever...
>
> I have XP Pro SP1 with DX9.0C, 6800GT 61.77 drivers on P4 3.0Ghz.
>
> All my racing games works fine (GPL, RBR, N2003, F1C, RT, NFSU, TOCA2) and
> also games like Mafia, FarCry, UT2004, ...
>
> The only things that seems to be common on these two titles is DX9.0C but
> DxDiag tell me it is.
>
> I tried with & without FSAA and with and without Hardware Sound Accel in
> DXDiag.
>
> Anything I missed ?
>
> Thanks.

"BRH @comcast.net>" <"bhoenig<no-spam> wrote in message
...
> FWIW -- I had exactly the same experience with the Flat Out demo (Didn't
> try
> NFSU2). Rather than screw around with it, I just immediately uninstalled
> it.
> I figure that if I have to work that hard to get a demo to run, it ain't
> worth
> it. BTW -- Other than controller issues in some sims, I've never had
> these
> types of problems come up with any other demo. They would all at least
> run........
>

It is certainly worth the effort.
Anyway, make sure when you run the installer, to let it finish . There seems
to be a delay at the end when it seems to have stopped but hasn't.
It could be that, or your download was corrupt in the first place.

I had SP1, I installed SP2 and everthing is working now.
Might be that DirectX 9.0C was installed incorrectly the first time.


"Claude Leclerc" <benquinAThotmail.com> a écrit dans le message de news:
...
>I decided to try these two this weekend and no luck.
> Installed fined but when I start them, nothing happens on NFSU2 and
> Flatout
> uses 98% of CPU time forever...
>
> I have XP Pro SP1 with DX9.0C, 6800GT 61.77 drivers on P4 3.0Ghz.
>
> All my racing games works fine (GPL, RBR, N2003, F1C, RT, NFSU, TOCA2) and
> also games like Mafia, FarCry, UT2004, ...
>
> The only things that seems to be common on these two titles is DX9.0C but
> DxDiag tell me it is.
>
> I tried with & without FSAA and with and without Hardware Sound Accel in
> DXDiag.
>
> Anything I missed ?
>
> Thanks.
>
>