How to Play FUEL without GFWL while still being able to Save

This small guide will show you how to play FUEL without GFWL while still being able to save and load your game!

Intro

UPDATE 9/21/2023: You likely need to set "Fuel.exe" to Windows 7 compatibility mode.

UPDATE 6/4/2016: I've added a bit of info on how to restore your old save-game. Take a look at the "How to change your name" part of the guide.

UPDATE 2/19/2016: I've re-uploaded the mirrors and provided a VirusTotal scan[www.virustotal.com].



I just tried to play one of my favorite racing games (FUEL) and noticed that the game crashes whenever I try to sign in to GFWL. Interestingly enough, the game works if I don't sign in to GFWL and I can play just as I normally would, though I can't save my game!

This is a huge problem, especially in a big open world game like FUEL, no one wants to start over every time, so I've looked for a fix and found one.

The Download

In order to get FUEL working again you need to download two files called 'xlive.dll' and 'xlive.ini', they're in the archive called 'xlive less_20140518_v2.7z'/FUEL_savegame_fix, which you can open with WinRar or 7zip.

Mirror 1 [GoogleDrive][drive.google.com]

Mirror 2 [Sendspace][www.sendspace.com]

Extracting and Installing

As mentioned before, use WinRar or 7zip to extract the contents of the archive. Both files need to be copied into your FUEL folder, for me this is in 'Steam\steamapps\common\FUEL'.

When you have done that, then you're pretty much done, start your game, play it, and save it as you would normally. Everything should be working now, the game should start up and be fully playable in Single-Player and saving should work just as intended.

No more signing in to GFWL, no more updates, just playing a good game, totally unhindered by GFWL!

There's something else you should do, though, so keep reading!

How to Change your Name

One last thing you might want to do is change your name, otherwise it will be set as 'Player1'. This also goes for restoring your old save-games.

Go into your FUEL folder and open your 'xlive.ini' with a text editor.

You'll find the following code:


[Options]
Log = 0

[Player1]
Online = 1
Signin = 1
UserName = Player1
XUID = 0xE0000000DEADBEEF

Change the 'Player1' into whatever you want to and save it, now, if you want to restore your old save-game then you need to use the same name that you used for your old profile. If you used GFWL, then you need to use the same name here.

Save-games are saved in "\Documents\My Games\FUEL" folder. There should be a folder that has the same name as your username. For example, if your GFWL username was "Bunny2cute4u" then you need to use this name in your xlive.ini as well. Now, if you've used this mod before, then you need to use the same name that you used the last time.

Last words and Credits

If you've done everything I said, then the game should work fine now, you should be able to save and best of all, no more GFWL. From what I can see you're not able to play multiplayer, but that function may be added soon. The same two files might also work for other GFWL games, so if you have a game that needs GFWL to run/save then go ahead and try it!

Credits: I've found the files in {链接已删除}this thread! It was uploaded by the user ' virusek ' who is probably the creator.


Disclaimer: If I have made typos, explained something wrong or if the credits are invalid, please feel free to correct me, I'll edit the guide accordingly. If requested, I can add pictures for each step, but I'm not sure whether that's really needed since it's fairly easy to do.

Thank you for reading this guide and I hope everything I explained here works for you, now go off and have fun in FUEL!

[FenoTheFox]

As with Dsquared2wo below, hasn't worked for me on Arch. Unable to activate my key via secuROM, and if I use a No-DVD/Fixed EXE patch I get the error "Error[-2] Please use the Games for Windows LIVE Launcher."

[Soulfliktion]

Hey! Thanks to you I managed to actually boot up the game, but a black screen with the message "Game Disc Removed, please insert" shows up. Any workarounds on this? :(

[ZG_KYUN_JP]

Thank you, ,,, Thank you

[V]

Hey pro, I wanna ask when i try to unlock the game.it notice me need to use cdkey and unlock code to play.but i try to unlock ,the web can’t give me the unlock code,what should i do? I really like this game

[Thunder Chief]

Lucis, I have followed your instructions, and I was able to launch just fine. I actually found my old savegame on my HDD from 2011!!! However, even though I renamed my Player1 to my GFWL name (as instructed), it did not load my old save. Do I have to make a new save and then overwrite it with the old save file?

[GamingGoalieYT]

would it be bold of me to assume i need to have owned the game in the past for this to work?

[djbone94]

thank you !!

[Federico]

thanks!!! you really save me

[Lucis Caelum]

Thanks @knuddelholic, I've added that. :)

[knuddelholic]

Thanks for the guide and the files. I just installed it and the game runs fine. The only detail which was not mentioned but is necessary as well is to put the Fuel.exe file on Windows7 compatibility.