Windows 7: Formula 1 '97

Hello, i'm a new user.
I correctly manage to install this old game (F1 '97) in my computer which is running Windows 7 Home Premium x64.
I can even play with it but after a race the screen goes black and it crash.

I found this message on Event Viewer...
I'm from Italy so sorry if the message is in italian...

Nome dell'applicazione che ha generato l'errore: f197d3d.exe, versione: 0.0.0.0, timestamp: 0x34f69854
Nome del modulo che ha generato l'errore: DDRAW.dll, versione: 6.1.7600.16385, timestamp: 0x4a5bd9b8
Codice eccezione: 0xc0000005
Offset errore 0x0003f2e8
ID processo che ha generato l'errore: 0xdd0
Ora di avvio dell'applicazione che ha generato l'errore: 0x01cc4edba4d467f9
Percorso dell'applicazione che ha generato l'errore: C:\Program Files (x86)\Psygnosis\Formula 1 '97\f197d3d.exe
Percorso del modulo che ha generato l'errore: C:\Windows\system32\DDRAW.dll
ID segnalazione: 31232cf1-bad2-11e0-ba25-485b39092297

The strange thing is that the game is running perfectly fine in one of my laptops with Windows XP SP3.
I tried with all the compatibility modes but it didn't work out.
System is 100% fine because i recently do a fresh install of it.

It's a very old game so i can understand that it doesn't work well on Windows 7.
But if there is some tweaks for fix it i will be very happy !!

Thanks.

P.S. Sorry if my english is not completely correct !

100% certain that DirectX is the problem, error is showing ddraw.dll is the fault, that's direct draw (one of the extensions for directx 7-8), you can fix this by following this thread > Blizzard's Diablo 1 - Vista Forums it will show you how to put your Direct X files into the windows directory (i know it's vista but 7 and Vista are the same).

Thanks for your reply.
You mean that i should copy the DirectX files from the disc as they said on that thread ?

And also change the install location ?

Tried both things but it didn't work.
I can do a race but after it the screen goes black and the game crash.

i'll have a look into others who have this issue and see what we can do




Edit:

right, had a look around, apparently the game has 2 executables, one called f197w.exe and one called f197d3d.exe, you might have better luck if you use the f197d3d.exe application, the other one is for voodoo 3DFX cards, god i miss those cards

Thanks for your reply, unfortunately i'm having this problem by using the d3d.exe

Try installing the game in vert box with xp. I can see that the game would be slowed down that much by running in a vert bx

vert? meaning virtual? xp mode?
unfortunately, xp mode can only be used on enterprise, professional and ultimate versions of windows 7 so that cannot be used unless the thread starter used something like virtualbox or VMWARE

Ciao, sto cercando questo gioco da anni, tu dove lo hai trovato?

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