Cannot start the game (racer.exe or racer_nocg.exe)

urbanr · Feb 19, 2011

http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/5122/helpkq.png

I get this error when I run racer.exe, and a similar error (but shorter) when I try to run racer_nocg.exe. I'm not sure how to fix it, so I decided to ask for help here.

Edit: Actually, is it because I have Service Pack 3? Should I have Service Pack 2 instead?

Alexander Knoll · Feb 19, 2011

...what are your PC specs?
CPU, GPU, OS?

urbanr · Feb 19, 2011

Intel Pentium M processor, 1.60 GHz, 2 GB (2048 MB) of RAM, Windows XP Professional.
Additional Information: 2,34/20 GB free space (C: ), 3,98/31,8 GB free space (D: ). My PC is a laptop, but shouldn't be a problem.

Also, I have "installed" it through drag and drop (put the "racer" folder in "D:\Program Files\"). Is that correct?

KS95 · Feb 19, 2011

You haven't said what your GPU (graphics card) is but I'm guessing that your system doesn't meet the requirements needed to run Racer.

urbanr · Feb 19, 2011

My mistake, I forgot.
NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5200 32M/64M.

KS95 · Feb 19, 2011

Yeah, I'm pretty sure that wouldn't be able to run Racer, sorry

urbanr · Feb 19, 2011

I see. Well, thank you for your time.

twister77 · Feb 19, 2011

If you still wanted to use Racer on your laptop, you should try last full non-cg version, Racer v065.5

http://www.tracciontrasera.es/modules.php?name=Downloads&d_op=viewdownloaddetails&lid=661

Also, most cars and tracks from www.tracciontrasera.es web-site will work on it..

urbanr · Feb 19, 2011

Yes, it works. Thank you.

johnthelemon · Feb 28, 2011

Yeah, I get the exact same error. So you say it's the graphics card?
Then obviously Ruud has created an executable for old graphics cards... that doesn't run on old graphics cards.

KS95 · Mar 1, 2011

If your graphics card can't run non-cg, then its not just old, it's ancient.

johnthelemon · Mar 1, 2011

KS95 said:
If your graphics card can't run non-cg, then its not just old, it's ancient.

You would make a great IT salesman. The kind of guy that tells customers they need the latest graphics card to be able to connect to the internet.

Read what's been previously posted in this thread:

urbanr said:
My mistake, I forgot.
NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5200 32M/64M.

I don't consider a GeForce FX to be ancient. It is, indeed, old. But that's what racer_nocg is for.

Read this thread: http://www.racedepartment.com/racer-problems-fixes/49303-no-version-games-would-start.html
The guy has a GeForce 9800 GT on Windows 7, and he gets the exact same error. He said on Vista worked just fine. Clearly, is't not because of the graphics card. More like a wrong version of a .dll file.

KS95 · Mar 1, 2011

Okay then, I'll rephrase. If the graphics card is the cause of the problem of not being able to run Racer in non-cg, THEN your graphics card is either ancient, rubbish or just incompatible as it does not have what recent Racer versions require to run.

Anyway.

Sometimes errors like that can only be understood by Ruud or Mitch, or someone with atleast more knowledge into programming and such. However, we suggest solutions to known problems and try to fix the error.. and sometimes we can't help.