Here goes the log for running NFS5: PU, in win 0.9.9, the first version which manages to allow NFS to initialize the video mode, apparently.
The demo installer stops with a message box that DirectX7.0a is required. How did you get that game installed?
Can you send me a +ddraw,+tid trace? The trace suggests multi-threaded Direct3D to me, which doesn't work yet. I haven't tested it with my code yet, because the installer failed.
Stefan