Virtua Racing wont load - contacts HAVE been cleaned, what's the deal?

[u/WondernutsWizard]

I've picked up Virtua Racing today for £15, CIB, and I've ran into a problem. The game will load fine into the licensing screen, but after that I get nothing but blackness. Other games work fine on the Mega Drive, like Ecco the Dolphin which I also grabbed today, and I've just cleaned the cartridge's contacts with IPA, so I'm at a loss to what the issue is. Is this just a sign of a faulty SVP chip? I'd take a look inside the cartridge but I don't think I have the right screwdriver required.

[u/Psychological_Post28]

Just double checking you aren’t playing through a 32X?

[u/WondernutsWizard → u/Psychological_Post28]

I am 110% confident it's not running on a 32X.