It's my favourite futuristic racer, who else here likes it?
It's difficult to explain, but when I play this game I manage to feel like I am actually on that forsaken doomed planet. The vehicles all feel the BEST looking and handling vehicles. The circuits are just depressing and beautiful and perfect.
It was one of the (if not the first I don't remember) first games to use MMX.
I lost my original disc but about ten years ago someone sent me his POD (iirc gold) disc. Last time I tried to run it on my Q9550, 4870X2, Vista 64 it didn't exactly went as hoped. Hell, the game was hell to install even under XP and IIRC W98.
FRAK! I miss it.
Anyone has it? I know it isn't going to appear on GOG.com but I just remembered the game so I thought to mention it.

You're not alone. I don't think I ever actually owned a copy myself, but it was a really fantastic game and it had a look that few others did (although MDK was kinda close in its own way). Both the cars and tracks were very well crafted. But I don't remember it ever really being popular at the time.
That's definitely another Ubisoft game we need on GOG though.

I vaguely remember it, and I also remember liking it. Curiosity purchase.

Ive got a copy but have never played it.

It was the first game that wouldn't run WITHOUT MMX. That was it's gimmick, was that it took advantage of Intel's shiny new tech. I had an AMD K5 at the time, and since it didn't support MMX, I ended up having to take it back, and swapped it for a copy of Sonic CD, which oddly enough, hasn't run on any system post-Win98.
There was a multiplayer-emphasized sequel for the Dreamcast released in 2000.

I believe you are wrong with this. I strongly remember at least two different installations, one of which a no-mmx one. Of course I can't prove it, but...

There was a no-mmx install but it looked and ran much worse

The OEM version (1.0, bundled with the MMX-enabled processor, and the version I got second hand) did not have an alternative installation. Nor did it support 3dfx cards, or multiplayer. However, Ubisoft DID release a retail version (2.0) which supported all the things 1.0 did not, and included an alternative install.

The OEM version also had less cars and races IIRC. It wasn't the full game. So yes, the not full game did not support non-mmx CPUs.
The actual full game versionS released over the years, had no such issue.
Of course that doesn't change that it is perhaps impossible to run the game now unless you have insider knowledge.
BTW, that wasn't something new (about the OEM version). At the time special versions of games were released with specific graphics cards or even drives, which would only run under the specific hardware.
Classic example the game M.I.A. (helicopters in vietnam) which only run properly when played on a computer with the DXR2 MPEG decoding card by Creative. (I know because I had one).
Or another I Remembered, Mechwarrior (don't remember the number) with the Matrox Mystique (also had it). The mid 90's were crazy like that.
I think the last games slaughtered like that were with the release of the Voodoo 2 by 3DFx. (I had that too) It had Incoming and one more...I can't remember.

Here is a guide to install it on xp: http://www.bredel.homepage.t-online.de/POD/POD-English/pod-english.html
And here to install it on vista: http://www.thebasingers.com/0706milbs/pod/vista.html
I have used it a long time ago ti install it on xp and it worked.
On podphreak you can find Several tracks and cars

Thanks, unfortunately this isn't for Vista 64.