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rcgldr
9 years ago
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origin web site issue with Shift 2 Unleashed on Win XP

I purchased the PC download version of Shift 2 Unleashed Limited Edition from EA Store back on March 6, 2011, before Origin service started (June, 2011). I'm running Shift 2 on Windows XP. While runn...
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    EA_Barry
    9 years ago

    @rcgldr

    With the most recent version of Origin there should be no problem.

    The two versions of the game you refer to will be identical in-game.

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EA_Barry
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9 years ago

@rcgldr

With the most recent version of Origin there should be no problem.

The two versions of the game you refer to will be identical in-game.

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rcgldr
9 years ago

>With the most recent version of Origin there should be no problem.

For Windows XP, you need to download  a legacy version. This is the current link.

https://www.dm.origin.com/download/legacy

I downloaded it, but I haven't tried it as Shift 2 is currently running. If I have time, I can test this by uninstalling Shift 2 and trying a reinstall via Origin. If there's an issue I have a backup of my partitions that I can restore to get back to my current state.

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