Hello there!

I've been messing around with POD for a while and noticed that one or two things seem to be locked out or not working.

Graphics Options in the Options Screen seems unclickable I'm not sure why and also I was 3 races into a championship and had to go do something but I Cannot click save.

In fact nothing seems to be saved at all, so I have to re-set up my controller every time i launch the game.

Am I Doing something wrong here? All my Drivers, Windows, DirectX ect ect are fully up to date. Or is this Normal?

PC Specs:

Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q8300 2.5Ghz @ 3.00Ghz
CPU Cooling: Nexus XiR-2300
Memory: 8GB Kingston DDR2 PC6400
Hard Drives: 1.5Tb Seagate 7200.11, 500Gb Hitachi P7K500, 320Gb Samsung T166 & 200Gb Samsung SP2004C (2.52Tb Total)
DVD Drive: Sony Optarc AD-7200S, Samsung SH-S223Q
Video Card: ATi Radeon HD 4870 512MB (790/1100)
Gfx Card Cooling: Zalman VF-1000
Monitor: BenQ V2210 Eco 1920x1080 @60hz Connected Via HDMI (Full 1080p HD)
Sound Card: Creative SB X-Fi Xtreme Gamer
Wireless: Gigabyte GN-WP01GS PCI WLAN Card (Turbo Version)
Capture Card: Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-1100
Speakers/Headphones: Creative Inspire A200 2.1
Keyboard: Microsoft Comfort Curve 2000
Mouse: Logitech MX518
Mouse Surface: WoW Wrath of the Lich King SteelSeries QcK Gaming mousepad
Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate x64
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-P43-ES3G
Power Supply: Corsair HX 750W
Computer Case: Cooler Master: SM Storm Scout
Printer: HP Deskjet 880C

Same here, though I am able to save car setups. I also remember the graphic option being disabled on my original copy when using certain video modes (MMX, 3DFX, ...) so that could be normal. What is not though, as far as I remember, is that the save option during championships does not work... am I missing something or does anyone have a fix or workaround? W7/64 here by the way.
...aaand reading the manual I noticed "It is not possible to save your
game using the SAVE button on the statistics menu until you have
played four races.". So that fixes that problem (for me at least).

Thanks guys that answers my general questions :D

For me, it only worked with a joystick. Try, it's worth it.

That would mean buying a joystick.....I may well do that later.

But there are a few common faults on GOG that irritate me no end:

1. They do not tell you in the game descriptions, that a joystick is needed.

2. Games (especially older ones) do not always work properly on any system. For example, I bought Sanitarium, which is a very good game, but it ran on XP/Vista and 7 PC's with terrible graphics glitches and corrupt colours. This made the game unplayable, also it would regularly crash.
I eventually found a program to slow my computer down, and this cured the graphics problem, but the game still crashes regularly.

GOG need to be more forthcoming in letting us know about problems, instead of selling old games as "fixed" when they are NOT!

I would be somewhat surprised to find that you could play this game with a modern joystick or gamepad. While they eventually got around to releasing a USB patch, things have changed so much that it's difficult for it to be usable. That said, I was going to suggest temporarily enabling an alternative keyboard layout and switching to US/101. Then I realized that it would be as frustrating for someone not used to it as when I was testing some stuff I programmed with a standard German keyboard. The oddities that result when you're not expecting them render it all but useless. So, if you can find a compatible joystick, that would be the best solution.