Need for Speed IV: High Stakes
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version 4.44

company: Electronic Arts (www.ea.com)

homesite: www.earacing.com

Changes in 4.44:
 - ProxyTool.exe added to the Network Play System\Utility directory.
 - Enables you to set your proxy IP and Port if your ISP so requires. 
 - Hacking cars is harder to do now, so there should be less cheating and
    crashing. 
 - -71 connection error remedied. 

Changes in 4.43:
- Bug fixes to car restriction
- Improved AI
- Patching now works if you've got an HTTP proxy server

Changes in 4.42:
- Games run with 8 players now give full point rewards.
- Persona point cloning removed.
- Buddy info overlay now updates every minute.
- Completion ratios no longer go above 100% (will repair itself on the users
 first completed race in build 4.42)
- General fault recovery code improvements dealing with scoring.

Changes in 4.41:
- Patching problems fixed
- Data send problem fixed (large amounts of data was being sent in a tight
  loop for some racers, causing huge performance degradation).

Changes in 4.40:
- New patching system installed.
- Client/Server fixes and performance enhancements.
- New Lobby fault recovery monitoring system installed.
