Re: NFS Carbon won't start up

Many of the older NFS media (DVD) based games use media based copy protection, such as safedisc or securerom, which install "device drivers" in order to perform the media check. Windows 10 disables installation of those device drivers, so you're stuck looking for a no-cd or no-dvd version of the game, or possibly the version from cosmi, which is a distributor licensed by EA to sell copies of NFS Carbon, sold on a PC DVD, but without an install key. It's possible that the cosmi version doesn't have any copy protection. I've seen a few of these for sale on Ebay, but unless the listing includes an image of the back of the case that you can zoom in on, in order to see that it's a cosmi version, there's no way to tell, other than perhaps the price, which is usually below $20 for a "new" copy of the game. I didn't find any examples of cosmi version for the collector's edition of Carbon. There are also Ebay listings for "download" versions of some NFS games, but I don't know who the distributors are, or if these are just hacked versions of Carbon, as they typically sell for less than $5. Here is an image of the back side of the cosmi version, which is a cardboard case (not a jewel case, but it's difficult to tell from an image). The cosmi name appears on the bottom right, just above the UPC sticker. You'll probably need to open the image in a new tab to zoom in enough to see the text.