I'm using Windows 8.1 Pro ( 64 Bits )
Works perfectly fine for me, as feedback.
Works perfectly fine for me, as feedback.

Jun 07 11:39:07 Controller 1 (Controller 1) :
Jun 07 11:39:07 Added 8 axes
Jun 07 11:39:07 Controller 2 (Controller 2) :
Jun 07 11:39:07 Added 8 axes
Jun 07 11:39:07 Controller 3 (Controller 3) :
Jun 07 11:39:07 Added 4 axesredirecting CreateDevice
initialising shader environment
D3DXCreateEffectFromFile failed
They are found in docs\Autocross.txt 



It actually crossed my mind briefly to wonder if the new colours were deliberate. (I dismissed that crazy idea about a second later though :P)
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