but when i start it, i get through the insanely long video (any way around those) and as soon as i get into the cockpit it crashes. i remember it worked with my old black screen, but that was a black screen :?
If you're on the demo you can't skip the long videos. It's advertising itself after all.
If it's crashing try make the in-game screen resolution the same as you have it in Windows if you can get to the game menus. Maybe turn off Vsync as well might stop it crashing. I read somewhere in this thread that someone had issues with changing graphics details levels, and graphics settings for textures/quality other than the default causes the game to crash. But try mess around with them any way, you might find something to work.
Wings on stock cars are pretty useless. Aero really doesn't start mattering until above 80 MPH, and even a really big wing won't generate any noticable downforce until over 100. How many corners on a normal race track can an M5 take at 100 MPH?
Anyway, the AI is really pissing me off in this game. I just did a championship race where I came 2nd to a Zonda R. In the points distribution page, it says I was beat by an RX-7. The championships are rigged if you don't finish 1st - the AI always makes sure the points leaders finish well even if they crashed out in the race and crossed the line last. Which makes sense in a way. In games past, championships were super easy because AI very rarely got repeat wins.