I picked up a copy today of SH3. The game seems to be distributed by
Focus Multimedia and the system requirements on the back list 2000/XP/
Vista. There is no manual, map or quick reference card (all on the DVD). The DVD itself is black and white and has no key on it. I installed the game on my laptop, removed the disc and ran the game, which worked. On quitting, there was no evidence of Starforce drivers (which means I can run it on my Vista X64 machine

).
Anyway, anybody wanting a Starforce free version of SH3, this seems to be the one to get (I picked mine up in Game, a large chain of stores in the UK for £9.99).
Hope this helps,
Stephen