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Recently Xiron >brought to my attention the presence of another verison of Drome Racers for PC. As it turns out, there are at least two different copies of Drome Racers. The EXE, GTC, and INF files are all minorly different between the two version.
 
The Short Overview
 
Older, DRM

  • Safedisc V2.80.010 DRM
  • Built on 11-06-02
  • Has a splash screen during CD verification.

New, No DRM

  • No DRM
  • Build on 11-22-02
  • Has an opening language select screen.

How do you tell which version you have? If you can't play without the CD or have this splash screen, you have the Older, DRM version. You can also check the file date modified.
 
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In-Depth Overview
Now for the in-depth comparison.

 

File Hashes
Older, DRM

MD5 (Drome Racers.exe) = 72bc75fdf109ca5a28a61d511576bb10
MD5 (GameData.gtc) = 348ae09fda76d7a2812e17e5b8c3e9bd
MD5 (FileList.Inf) = c5b358427532bd087bd8f188f3d89aaf
MD5 (Compress.inf) = f72270887e56af2bd34cb1ee57176ea7

Newer, No DRM

MD5 (Drome Racers.exe) = a2225ae635a2879d8e1037b08048bef3
MD5 (GameData.gtc) = 15191588a041f342f325e29f1137f935
MD5 (FileList.Inf) = f76dd41eee1053e9fa4db52104c7203b
MD5 (Compress.inf) = 089056ab03b14664b3e6ecc42cc34a02

After extraction the GTC, most of the files are mostly the same.

 

 

.PC TEXTURE files

It seems that almost all of the .PC TEXTURE files were re-encoded, as most of them differ by a small percentage of bytes. The list of different .PC TEXTURE file is too large to post and not very usefull, so here is a list of .PC TEXTURE files that are NOT different.

GRAPHICS/ARENA/OBJECTS/RAMP/RAMP.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/CARS/DRIVERS/TEXTURES/DRIVER_SHICANE.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/EFFECTS/FOUNTAIN/LARGE_JET.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/EFFECTS/FOUNTAIN/WATERDROP.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/EFFECTS/SMOKE2/SMOKE01.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/EFFECTS/WATER/RIVER_001.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/EFFECTS/WATER/RIVER_001_ALPHA.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/MENUS/CONFIG/PADS/E3_PAD001_LEFT.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/MENUS/CONFIG/PADS/E3_PAD001_RIGHT.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/MENUS/CONFIG/PADS/E3_PAD002_RIGHT.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/MENUS/CONFIG/PADS/E3_PADPC2_LEFT.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/MENUS/CONFIG/PADS/E3_PADPC2_RIGHT.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/MENUS/CONFIG/PADS/E3_PADPC2_RIGHT2.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/MENUS/CONFIG/PADS/E3_PADPC_LEFT.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/MENUS/CONFIG/PADS/E3_PADPC_RIGHT.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/MENUS/CONFIG/PADS/E3_PADPC_RIGHT2.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/MENUS/CONFIG/PADS/E3_PADPS2_LEFT.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/MENUS/CONFIG/PADS/E3_PADPS2_RIGHT.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/MENUS/CONFIG/PADS/E3_PADPS2_RIGHT2.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/MENUS/HUD/MISC/25PC_BLACK.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/MENUS/HUD/MISC/33PC_BLACK.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/MENUS/HUD/MISC/50PC_BLACK.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/MENUS/HUD/MISC/66PC_BLACK.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/MENUS/HUD/MISC/75PC_BLACK.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/MENUS/HUD/STANDARD/BUMPER CAM/5_HEALTH.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/MENUS/HUD/STANDARD/BUMPER CAM/CONSOLE_BG_LEFT.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/MENUS/HUD/STANDARD/BUMPER CAM/CONSOLE_BG_MID.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/MENUS/HUD/STANDARD/BUMPER CAM/CONSOLE_BG_RIGHT.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/MENUS/HUD/STANDARD/BUMPER CAM/CONSOLE_FG_LEFT.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/MENUS/HUD/STANDARD/BUMPER CAM/CONSOLE_FG_MID.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/MENUS/HUD/STANDARD/BUMPER CAM/CONSOLE_FG_RIGHT.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/MENUS/HUD/STANDARD/CHASE CAM/CONSOLE_BG_LEFT.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/MENUS/HUD/STANDARD/CHASE CAM/CONSOLE_BG_RIGHT.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/MENUS/HUD/STANDARD/CHASE CAM/CONSOLE_FG_LEFT.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/MENUS/HUD/STANDARD/CHASE CAM/CONSOLE_FG_RIGHT.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/MENUS/HUD/START LIGHTS/SL_COLOURCHART.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/MENUS/HUD/START LIGHTS/SL_FLARE.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/MENUS/HUD/START LIGHTS/SL_ORANGE_OFF.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/MENUS/HUD/START LIGHTS/SL_RED_OFF.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/MENUS/HUD/START LIGHTS/SL_WHITE_OFF.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/MENUS/HUD/START LIGHTS/SL_WHITE_ON.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/MENUS/MAIN/CURSORS AND SLIDERS/CURSOR_LARGE.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/MENUS/MAIN/CURSORS AND SLIDERS/CURSOR_SMALL.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/MENUS/MAIN/CURSORS AND SLIDERS/SCROLLBAR_HORIZONTAL_LEFT.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/MENUS/MAIN/CURSORS AND SLIDERS/SCROLLBAR_HORIZONTAL_MID.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/MENUS/MAIN/CURSORS AND SLIDERS/SCROLLBAR_HORIZONTAL_RIGHT.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/MENUS/MAIN/CURSORS AND SLIDERS/SCROLLBAR_TAB.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/MENUS/MAIN/CURSORS AND SLIDERS/SCROLLBAR_VERTICAL_BASE.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/MENUS/MAIN/CURSORS AND SLIDERS/SCROLLBAR_VERTICAL_MID.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/MENUS/MAIN/CURSORS AND SLIDERS/SCROLLBAR_VERTICAL_TOP.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/MENUS/MAIN/CURSORS AND SLIDERS/SLIDERBAR_002.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/MENUS/MAIN/SPLASH SCREENS/BGMOVIE_FUZZ.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/MENUS/MAIN/SPLASH SCREENS/BGMOVIE_VIGINETTE.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/MENUS/MAIN/SPLASH SCREENS/E3_BG_BOTLEFT.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/MENUS/MAIN/SPLASH SCREENS/E3_BG_BOTRIGHT.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/MENUS/MAIN/SPLASH SCREENS/E3_BG_TOPLEFT.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/MENUS/MAIN/SPLASH SCREENS/E3_BG_TOPRIGHT.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/MENUS/PAUSE/PBG_HIGHLIGHT_001.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/MENUS/PAUSE/PBG_HIGHLIGHT_002.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/MENUS/PAUSE/PBG_HIGHLIGHT_003.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/MENUS/PAUSE/PBG_HIGHLIGHT_004.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/MENUS/PAUSE/PBG_HIGHLIGHT_005.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/MENUS/PAUSE/PBG_HIGHLIGHT_006.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/MENUS/PAUSE/PBG_SCROLLICON.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/MENUS/PAUSE/SPAD_LEFT.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/MENUS/PAUSE/SPAD_RIGHT.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/MENUS/PITS/CHARACTERS/ROCKET/BOOT_BUCKLE.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/MENUS/PITS/CHARACTERS/ROCKET/BOOT_SOLE.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/MENUS/PITS/CHARACTERS/SHICANE/TEXTURES/BOOT04.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/MENUS/PITS/CHARACTERS/SHICANE/TEXTURES/EYE.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/MENUS/PITS/CHARACTERS/SHICANE/TEXTURES/LUCY_EYE.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/MENUS/PITS/CHARACTERS/SHICANE/TEXTURES/SHIRT0_REAR COPY.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/MENUS/PITS/CHARACTERS/SHICANE/TEXTURES/TEETH.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/MENUS/PITS/CHARACTERS/SLOT/TEXTURES/0_STRAPNSWNECK.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/MENUS/PITS/CHARACTERS/SLOT/TEXTURES/SLOT_BOOT.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/MENUS/PITS/CHARACTERS/SLOT/TEXTURES/SLOT_BOOT.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/MENUS/PITS/CHARACTERS/SLOT/TEXTURES/SWEATERNECK.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/MENUS/PITS/SHICANE MENUS/COINS_N_PRICEBGBAR.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/MENUS/PITS/SHICANE MENUS/FLOATSCREEN_BLEFT.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/MENUS/PITS/SHICANE MENUS/FLOATSCREEN_BRIGHT.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/MENUS/PITS/SHICANE MENUS/FLOATSCREEN_TLEFT.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/MENUS/PITS/SHICANE MENUS/FLOATSCREEN_TRIGHT.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/MENUS/PITS/SHICANE MENUS/FREE_UPGRADE_SLOT.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/MENUS/PITS/SHICANE MENUS/TIPS/CORNERING.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/MENUS/PITS/SHICANE MENUS/TIPS/DISPRUPTOR.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/MENUS/PITS/SHICANE MENUS/TIPS/DRAGSTER REVS.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/MENUS/PITS/SHICANE MENUS/TIPS/FLARE.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/MENUS/PITS/SHICANE MENUS/TIPS/GEAR CHANGE.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/MENUS/PITS/SHICANE MENUS/TIPS/HATCHET.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/MENUS/PITS/SHICANE MENUS/TIPS/MINE.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/MENUS/PITS/SHICANE MENUS/TIPS/PICK-UP SOUND.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/MENUS/PITS/SHICANE MENUS/TIPS/RC DRONE.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/MENUS/PITS/SHICANE MENUS/TIPS/REPAIR.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/MENUS/PITS/SHICANE MENUS/TIPS/REPULSOR.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/MENUS/PITS/SHICANE MENUS/TIPS/SPEEDERS.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/MENUS/PITS/SHICANE MENUS/TIPS/SURFACES.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/MENUS/PITS/SHICANE MENUS/TIPS/TURBO START.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/MENUS/PITS/SHICANE MENUS/TOTALPRICE_BGBAR.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/MENUS/PITS/SHICANE MENUS/UNAVAILABLE_SLOT.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/MENUS/PITS/SHICANE MENUS/UPGRADE_BGBAR.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/MENUS/PITS/SHICANE MENUS/UPGRADE_BGBAR_50PC.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/MENUS/PITS/SHICANE MENUS/UPGRADE_BGBAR_L.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/MENUS/PITS/SHICANE MENUS/UPGRADE_BGBAR_M.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/MENUS/PITS/SHICANE MENUS/UPGRADE_BGBAR_R.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/MENUS/PITS/SHICANE MENUS/UPGRADE_STAGE1.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/MENUS/PITS/SHICANE MENUS/UPGRADE_STAGE2.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/MENUS/PITS/SHICANE MENUS/UPGRADE_STAGE3.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/MENUS/PITS/SHICANE MENUS/UPGRADE_STAGE4.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/MENUS/PITS/SHICANE MENUS/UPGRADE_STAGE5.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/W1-ALPS/OBJECTS/SIGNS/RWSIGN_ANIM_01.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/W1-ALPS/OBJECTS/SIGNS/RWSIGN_ANIM_05.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/W1-ALPS/OBJECTS/SIGNS/RWSIGN_ANIM_06.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/W1-ALPS/OBJECTS/SIGNS/RWSIGN_ANIM_07.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/W1-ALPS/TRACKS/TEXTURES/MASKS FOR RENDERING/GORGE_TREE01_MASK.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/W2-CITY/TRACKS/CITYOFFROAD1/LIFTER/LIFT01.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/W2-CITY/TRACKS/CITYOFFROAD1/LIFTER/LIFT01CHCK.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/W2-CITY/TRACKS/CITYOFFROAD1/LIFTER/LIFT01RED.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/W2-CITY/TRACKS/CITYOFFROAD1/LIFTER/LIFT02.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/W2-CITY/TRACKS/CITYOFFROAD1/LIFTER/LIFT03.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/W2-CITY/TRACKS/CITYOFFROAD1/LIFTER/LIFTEDGE.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/W2-CITY/TRACKS/CITYOFFROAD1/LIFTER/LIFTENGINE.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/W2-CITY/TRACKS/CITYOFFROAD1/LIFTER/LIFTGRAPPLE.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/W2-CITY/TRACKS/CITYOFFROAD1/LIFTER/LIFTGRAPPLE2.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/W2-CITY/TRACKS/CITYOFFROAD1/LIFTER/LIFTLEG.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/W2-CITY/TRACKS/CITYOFFROAD1/LIFTER/LIFTLEG2.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/W2-CITY/TRACKS/CITYOFFROAD1/LIFTER/LIFTLOGO.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/W2-CITY/TRACKS/CITYOFFROAD1/LIFTER/LIFTNECK.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/W2-CITY/TRACKS/CITYOFFROAD1/LIFTER/LIFTPANEL.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/W2-CITY/TRACKS/CITYOFFROAD1/LIFTER/LIFTPISTON.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/W2-CITY/TRACKS/CITYOFFROAD1/LIFTER/LIFTTWIND.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/W2-CITY/TRACKS/CITYOFFROAD1/LIFTER/LIFTTWINDOPAC.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/W2-CITY/TRACKS/CITYOFFROAD1/LIFTER/LIFTTYRE.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/W2-CITY/TRACKS/CITYOFFROAD1/LIFTER/LIFTTYREINNER.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/W2-CITY/TRACKS/CITYOFFROAD1/LIFTER/LIFTTYRETREAD.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/W2-CITY/TRACKS/CITYOFFROAD1/LIFTER/LIFTUNDER.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/W3-CANYON/OBJECTS/HOLO/HOLOTXT.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/W3-CANYON/TRACKS/TRACK3/OKSTRACK02.PC TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/W3-CANYON/TRACKS/TRACK3/OKSTRACK0ABLND.PC TEXTURE


I don't believe that the textures are actually different, but we won't know for certain until a converter is written.

 

 

Unique Files
There are also a few files that are only in the Newer, No DRM version. These files are.

GRAPHICS/MENUS/MAIN/SPLASH SCREENS/LEGO_LEGAL_QUARTERS/LEGAL_01.XBX TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/MENUS/MAIN/SPLASH SCREENS/LEGO_LEGAL_QUARTERS/LEGAL_02.XBX TEXTURE
GRAPHICS/W1-ALPS/TRACKS/ROAD1/MOUNT ROAD1.MD2
GRAPHICS/W1-ALPS/TRACKS/ROAD2/MODELS/TRACK1.MD2

There are no files exclusive to the Older, DRM version.

 

 

SYSTEM/DEVELOPER.CFG

The Newer, No DRM version uses 0x0A line endians, but the Older, DRM version uses 0x0D0A.
 

 

Credits
And finally, the TEXT/CREDITS *.CMU files are all different between versions. This is because the Electronic Arts section of the credits was removed in the Newer, No DRM version. Here is the English version of the removed section.

#Electronic Arts


!Line Producer
Michael Ress


!Assistant Producer
Jason Berisford


!Product Manager
Anne Kain


!European Marketing Manager
Susann Oelschlegel


!European
!!Marketing Assistant
Christian Sponziello


!Public Relations
Tim McDowd


!Package Project Management
Scott Gillette


!Studio Operations
Paulette Doudell
Steve Sammonds
Rosalie Vivanco
Phil Jones
Linda Walker
Anne Miller


!Mastering
Des Gayle


!EAD Localization Manager
Isabelle Martin


!EAD Localization
!!Project Manager
Elena Carballido


!Creative Services
Liz Simpson
Candice Westman


!Production Services
Martina Gadringer
Jenny Whittle
James Cherry
Silvia Byrne
Joanne Moore
Abdul Oshodi


!Documentation
Jessica Pooree


!Customer Quality Control
Anthony Barbagallo
Joel Knutson
Ben Crick
Dave Knudson
Darryl Jenkins
Andrew Young
Tony Alexander
Ben Smith
Jean-Yves Duret
Dave Fielding
Andy Chung
Paul Richards
Ben Jackson


!Quality Assurance
Pete Samuels
Andy Miller
Olly Byrne
Daniel Simcock
Barrie Tingle 
John Hopkin
Nick Barrett
James Fry
Luke Batten   
Shaun Fennell   
Ed Carter     
Jason Bassett  
Graham Parkings   
Zahir Auddin       
Rob Moody     
Ben Craven     
Con Yacoumis      
Melvin Verrasamy


This means that later EA was removed from the credits. I have no idea why, but it might be an interesting story.

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A friend of mine IRL had a disc with no DRM, which I think I still have installed on an old laptop - I'll check it out whenever I get around to using that old thing again. The disc I own myself has DRM, the EXE is indeed dated 11/6/2002.

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I never even knew there was a DRM version, the only copies I have ever owned where all DRM free xD. I also recall a friend having a brickmaster (I think that is what the are called) version which as I'm sure you know is just the normal game without a box and a digital version of the manual 

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hmm, the screenshot above seems vaguely familiar to me so I think I have the DRM version, but I also remember the language selection screen rather well.
In addition, this is one of the games I have not yet finished completely... I'll look into this tomorrow.
 

EDIT: Ok, I checked: My version seems to be different from the two above. It does have DRM and language selection (where I can choose german or italian) and most of the files are dated 11-11-02.

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Where exactly is the path for those newer files in the non-drm newer version, on the CD or in Program Files?

Could you share a more complete path perhaps so I could tell which one I have? (I'm having issues running it on Windows 10, so, I can't really tell unless I see whether I have those unique files or not. See my other thread http://www.rockraidersunited.com/topic/6558-cant-run-drome-racers-win10 on this if you wish.

 

 

Thanks!

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I don't have a graphics folder at all on the CD or in Program Files but I also can not find the credits file.

 

Could you guys please post some more exact file paths to these?

 

 

Thank you!

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