Its a great game even if it is old but now i want to play it again and it refuses to play .............its crashes just as the race starts................and freezes my pc ............any clues on how to solve this or any patches out there for the pc

Latest version of DirectX? Updated video drivers?
use Dial-A-Fix to re-register the DX DLLs if you do in fact have the latest DX.

its a problem with some of the game files........it works on my laptop but that is dying on me........and yes i have the latest Direct X

Try reinstalling the game?

when i say its a problem with some of the game files i mean them being out of date.....so old they no longer work on modern pc's....i have seen it before.......i was just wondering if anyone had or knew of a fix

check for a patch at the lucasarts website

Have done......they only have a Mac patch

I used to play this game, was a brill game, the speed etc, but i came into the same problem, and i couldnt solve it either, tried loads of things, unless they release a patch (doubtful now) it most likely wont work. You cant even run it in compatible mode for 98 or 2000.
pain the the bottom.

Great news.................did a bit of searching on other forums and i found a fix............

http://www.badongo.com/file/1388478

Just copy the file inside to where the game is installed

sweet find! will try it wen i get home, see if it works onmy pc, and see if i can find the game