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ok, just verified, STEAM and Origin versions are different installs, bearing different files (STEAM seems to be multi-language), maybe that's why it doesn't fail, it's a different "distribution". now, this is the file missing from the Origin install: SOUND\STREAMS\NEVER_HEARD_OF_IT.SNS get it from any other install (maybe the one from your friend that got the STEAM version?), it's just a little bit above 7MB, and drop it in that folder...that's it!, no more crashes due to that sound fail on Origin As far as the game goes, same thing as Origin, no need to switch between them other than to avoid the file fail :P , DLCs look the same (showing the "not available" message), but all of them are "on disk" on both versions, the store closed long ago but the DLCs can be unlocked by using a savefile modifier program that it's around, so, you can still use all of them this might be true, but only helps for people that can't even launch the game at all, which is not this case (game works but crashes when the game tries to load said track, Origin problem as it seems) BTW, I didn't need to set any compatibility mod or "run as admin" option for this game to work (win 7 x64 here), I only needed it for the Origin version of Mass Effect (can't run otherwise, needed to run since it rely on some files), STEAM version works without this issue, too.

you can still get the humble bundle where this game was given (takes only $1 to get the STEAM key for all the basic games), I've been told (still downloading it) that all the DLCs show up as "owned" in there instead of the "not available now" you get on Origin so far, a bunch of people seem to be having the same problem (and the same fix!) in Origin, so, I can't discard it being just a file screw-up on the store

Hi! Just registered to add this to this problem: http://answers.ea.com/t5/Other-EA-Games/Burnout-Paradise/m-p/1425930#M6240 check that and the reply after it, I confirmed it on this post: http://answers.ea.com/t5/Other-EA-Games/Burnout-Paradise/m-p/1429806#M6348 Long story short: if you get the crash on the Junkyard right after the opening (before the camera pans to the car), try playing on the "party" option instead of the regular paradise, get on the game and get into the EA soundtrax option, disable track #25 ("don't play") that's it, game should work thereafter... (remember using the "save & exit" option too!) issue seems to be with the file not playing at all, I tried tracking and it seems the file is not even present on the install (downloading the STEAM version thanks to humble bundle to confirm it), using the "repair" option on Origin just yields the same result, and re-downloading doesn't seem to help either (file must be missing from the source itself, Origin Store) I don't know if adding the missing file might fix it, but I'm gonna guess it will, I'm trying to find a way to forward this to someone higher up (or to get the problem more noticed to them) since this doesn't seem to get fixed in any other way... I haven't seen anyone getting this problem with the STEAM version, since people are more likely to get it for STEAM rather than Origin