Anyone got this running lately? Can't make the game run...

[Realnoize]

Anyone got this working lately? It's one of those games I always like to get back to now and then, and I haven't played it on a Windows 10 machine yet...

I'm losing my mind trying to make this game work. I searched the net for hours to find a fix, tried multiple fixes, reinstalled the game multiple times on different drives (including the C: drive), nothing, nothing, nothing work.

Game seems to get activated just fine (with the Securom popup) and I get to the FUEL splash screen, but as soon as I start the game, the Fuel Loading screen comes up and about 2 seconds later, I get the message on screen saying:

"The game disc has been removed. Please reinsert the Game Disc to continue gameplay"

No matter what I do... I always get this. Reinstalled (multiple times) the new Live Marketplace app as it seems it is the only version compatible with Win10 that replaces the GFWL client...

Also found a "patch" that removes the GFWL requirements for the game, but this also doesn't work.

Is there anyone with a suggestion I haven't tried yet? Kind of tired of having this not being able to run...

[u2020bullet]

The only thing that comes to mind (and it's probably a long shot) is that maybe you have a virtual drive installed (daemon tools or something like that) that might be somehow interferring with Securom. Literally the only thing that comes to mind.

[Realnoize]

I thought about that as well, knowing that this can sometimes interfere with games in such a manner, but no. I'm trying to install it on a relatively fresh Windows 10 installation. I checked with the updated GFWL client from Microsoft, and basically every fix I could find on the net to make it work, nothing seems to work. Tried reinstalling on different drives, nothing worked.

Game seems to successfully register with the Securom software. So that shouldn't be the problem.

To me, it seems like the game is looking for an authentication of some kind, as when it starts, it should normally lanch the GFWL login if I remember correctly from my previous install (Windows 7). It seems to me that this error message appears right when the game would normally make the call to GFWL (right after the loading screen appears with the FUEL logo and the loading icon). So it may have to do with GFWL, but whatever I tried (uninstalled it, reboot, reinstalled it, repeat multiple times) nothing worked.

I even tried dubious "no-cd" unofficial patches, and even those didn't work. Tried patches that supposedly put aside the GFWL requirements, didn't work either. Still stuck with the "Game disc has been removed" message.

This is one of my favorite "exploration" game. Maps are just insanely huge. You can drive around for hours. It's just very very sad that I can't seem to be able to make it run.

[u2020bullet]

The horrible thing is you can't even google the game properly, you get websites and results about actual fuel instead of the game. Did you happen to try an older gfwl client? I'll see if my game will start and report back.

EDIT: Well, it runs.I have no idea why yours wont. Maybe someone can chime in with a solution.

[Realnoize]

I usually search on google with "Fuel PC game" or something like that to at least get somewhat relevant pages. But yes, I also tried an older GFWL client, but those seem to refuse to install because I get an error message saying that this software is not supported in Windows 10.

I'm really, really stomped on that one.

I'm pretty sure (well not 100% sure, but not too far from that), that it has something to do with GFWL, as the error message might show up when the game can't seem to verify the licence validity (that being the CD if it is not a Steam copy). Now, my copy was bought on Steam, and my guess is that the GFWL client, in that case, acts as a licence similar to the CD key. Now, if the game can't get the licence to register properly through GFWL, it might throw this "Disc has been removed" nonsense, if the developper didn't think about updating that message for the digital release of the game....

Or something like that....

Like I said, I remember when playing on my Windows 7 machine back then, that when the game starts, it tries to log into GFWL. Now, this error message appears right when we usually get the GFWL popup. So to me, it looks like even if the GFWL client is installed (the new one that Microsoft says work in Win10), somehow, the game can't start it and can't get to the login popup.

[MizuKuma]

Alright, so i know this is a pretty old thread, but. I'm having issues with securom asking for a serial number, anyone know the solution?

[u2020bullet]

Originally posted by YogiBear:

Alright, so i know this is a pretty old thread, but. I'm having issues with securom asking for a serial number, anyone know the solution?

Input the key steam gives you.

[MizuKuma]

I did but it won't work, it's asking for a serial number that I don't have.

Originally posted by u2020bullet:

Originally posted by YogiBear:

Alright, so i know this is a pretty old thread, but. I'm having issues with securom asking for a serial number, anyone know the solution?

Input the key steam gives you.

[u2020bullet]

That means you have an unplayable copy, like most people that buy them these days. It seems there aren't any keys left that work for both Securom and Steam. You have to ask codemasters for a new key. Although that will probably not work anymore as they've stopped giving them out a while ago.

[MizuKuma]

I emailed them in hopes of getting a new one, but i doubt it.

Originally posted by u2020bullet:

That means you have an unplayable copy, like most people that buy them these days. It seems there aren't any keys left that work for both Securom and Steam. You have to ask codemasters for a new key. Although that will probably not work anymore as they've stopped giving them out a while ago.

[u2020bullet]

Don't forget to send them proof of purchase.

[MizuKuma]

Do you have an opinion on which crack i should use?

Originally posted by llllShaDoWllll:

Originally posted by YogiBear:

Alright, so i know this is a pretty old thread, but. I'm having issues with securom asking for a serial number, anyone know the solution?

You can use a crack and still play the game through Steam.

[Realnoize]

Finally got it working this weekend. What I did was install another product that had the GFWL client as a requirement, and since I installed the "updated" version of it previously (when trying to make FUEL work), this other game have succesfully downloaded my game profile from GFWL, and now FUEL works perfectly fine.

So that "Game Disc has Been Removed" error was indeed, as I suspected, a generic error code when the game isn't able to start the GFWL client for whatever reason.

It's just weird that I actually had to install and try another game (Mortal Kombat Kollection) that uses GFWL, to actually make GFWL work on my Windows 10 machine.

Oh well, I'm happy now. I can play FUEL on the go on my Win10 portable game console. YAY! :)

[MizuKuma]

Originally posted by Realnoize:

Finally got it working this weekend. What I did was install another product that had the GFWL client as a requirement, and since I installed the "updated" version of it previously (when trying to make FUEL work), this other game have succesfully downloaded my game profile from GFWL, and now FUEL works perfectly fine.

So that "Game Disc has Been Removed" error was indeed, as I suspected, a generic error code when the game isn't able to start the GFWL client for whatever reason.

It's just weird that I actually had to install and try another game (Mortal Kombat Kollection) that uses GFWL, to actually make GFWL work on my Windows 10 machine.

Oh well, I'm happy now. I can play FUEL on the go on my Win10 portable game console. YAY! :)

How where you able to get past the issue with securicon

[O'Mac]

yea, how do you get this thing to work? mine just goes to launch screen, I click play, then it stops running.. no error message or anything.. just nothing.

[Ecchi]

I'm back from a lot of time later to this game and I'm happy to see that it works again!! Try reinstalling GFWL from menu.... Online works!!! I'm playing now with refueled mod, however, online is empty.... I'll always keep a session open. Hope you can get it to work