I was in the middle of a race and the game just shut down followed by an error message. This has only happened once to me so hopefully it won't happen again.
It would be more useful if you posted the inverse of what you just did - i.e. if you had only posted the actual error message the post would have been better, I think. Since you didn't, I'll guess at what the error message might have been and some possible solutions:
"Press OK to cancel" - don't click OK
"Runtime Error 6D at 34A:31CF: Incompetent racer" - race faster
"PC Load letter" - noone knows the answer to this one
etc
Microsoft (R) Windows Debugger Version 6.5.0003.7
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Loading Dump File [C:\WINDOWS\Temp\A48D.dmp]
User Mini Dump File: Only registers, stack and portions of memory are available
Windows XP Version 2600 (Service Pack 2) UP Free x86 compatible
Debug session time: Tue Aug 1 23:06:14.000 2006 (GMT+1)
System Uptime: not available
Process Uptime: not available
Symbol search path is: *** Invalid ***
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* Symbol loading may be unreliable without a symbol search path. *
* Use .symfix to have the debugger choose a symbol path. *
* After setting your symbol path, use .reload to refresh symbol locations. *
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Executable search path is:
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(f0f0f0f0.548): Illegal instruction - code c000001d (!!! second chance !!!)
eax=014c0000 ebx=0006c3d8 ecx=00001000 edx=7c90eb94 esi=00000000 edi=7ffd6000
eip=7c90eb94 esp=0006c3b0 ebp=0006c44c iopl=0 nv up ei pl zr na po nc
cs=001b ss=0023 ds=0023 es=0023 fs=003b gs=0000 efl=00000246
*** ERROR: Symbol file could not be found. Defaulted to export symbols for ntdll.dll -
ntdll!KiFastSystemCallRet:
7c90eb94 c3 ret
does it make any sense to you?
(I would attach the .dmp file how ever, I believe it contains information that I should not make public.)