By John Slade

On this page are details about all three versions of the v1.05 EXE (European, Italian and US). All byte offsets are in HEX.

File Sizes

EXE	Size (bytes)
European	321878
Italian	321748
US	321716

Copy Protection Patch

To remove copy protection several bytes in the file need to be changed:-

Byte Sequence 1

Original B100 BA03 008A 050A C074 11
Patched  B100 BA03 008A 0FF6 D9EB 11

EXE	Start Byte
European	4605
Italian	4605
US	4605

Byte Sequence 2

Original C1E1 0203 D98B C8B8 2000 9A
Patched  C1E1 0203 D98B C8E9 8E00 9A

EXE	Start Byte
European	1AAAF
Italian	1AA7B
US	1AA83

Remove Language Selection Patch

This patch will remove the language selection screen and force the game to use the default game language.

Original EXE

2C43 484F 4F53 4520 4C41 4E47 5541 4745 001F 0060 
0040 1E0C 4973 2079 6F75 7220 4D61 6E75 616C 2069 
6E3A 0000 0029 0075 0077 0083 00DD 8350 069C 5A55 
6000 01FF 01FF FF01 0079 0075 00C7 0083 00E5 8350 
069C 5A55 6000 0100 02FF 0302 00C9 0075 0017 0183 
00EE 8350 069C 5A55 6000 0101 FFFF FF03 0181 0091 
00BF 009F 008B A349 049C 5A55 6000 81FF FF01 FF45 
6E67 6C69 7368 0046 7261 6E63 6169 7300 4465 7574 
7363 6800

Patched EXE

2C00 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 001F 0060 
0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 
0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 069C 0055 
6000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 
069C 5A55 6000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 
00EE 8300 069C 5A55 6000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 
0000 0000 0000 0000 049C 5A55 6000 0000 0000 0000 
0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 
0000 0000

EXE	Start Byte
European	31ABA
Italian	31A8E
US	31A86

Fast Fade Patch

Makes fades between screens quicker. The value for the byte when not patched is 80 and when patched it is 18.

EXE	Byte
European	1EA8D
Italian	1EA59
US	1EA61

Q-Tyres Patch

Allows the use of qualifying tyres in free practice. The value for the byte when not patched is 00 and when patched it is 01.

EXE	Byte
European	E41B
Italian	E41B
US	E41B