
If you are running in Vista, the game may also require a larger amount of RAM than if you were running in XP. GRID™ has been designed with multi-core processors in mind, and as such will run significantly better when one is available. Please note that this may reduce the performance of the game, and so is disabled by default. This can be avoided by turning on 'vsync' which is available from the advanced graphical options menu. You may experience tearing across the picture. Alternatively, simply delete the hardware_settings_config.xml file, and the game will generate a new one the next time it is run. Safe Mode will simply boot the game using the lowest possible resolution and graphics settings, so that any PC meeting the minimum spec should be able to at least reach the options menu to rectify the problem.
GRID™ includes a ‘Safe Mode’ to help under such circumstances, which can either be run using the shortcut under the start menu in Windows XP, or by right-clicking the game in the Games Explorer in Windows Vista, or else by launching the game using the ‘–safemode’ parameter. If you changed your graphics settings and now can’t get into the game – don’t panic! This can occur if you enable an option unsupported by your graphics card, or set the resolution beyond what can be handled by your monitor. Iii) I changed my graphics settings – now the game won’t boot!
#WINDOWS GRID SOFTWARE SOFTWARE#
This fixes an issue with certain Antivirus software and users running on XP64. "C:\Program Files\Codemasters\GRID\GRID.exe" -novirtual

If you find that the game fails to start and does not display the GRID logo, we recommend altering the properties of the GRID application shortcut and adding the argument –novirtual to the end of the “Target:” box. I don't know if any of this will help, but below is most of the troubleshooting tips from the original readme:
