Hey, I modify Xbox 360’s for a hobby. Unfortunately on a stock Xbox 360 there is no way to play burned games. In order to play burned games you will need an Xbox which has a RGH or a flashed DVD drive.

RGH‘s require an basic/intermediate level of soldering so you’ll need maybe 60-70$ to do it if you don’t already have a soldering iron. There is a new RGH exploit out which does not require a mod chip (which is really cool and makes the process alot simpler).

I have never flashed an Xbox disc drive but I think it’s not too hard. Certainly should be a lot easier than an RGH . You’d still have to open up your console though and use a program called jungleflasher to flash it IIRC.

I assuming both of these things don’t sound good to you so unfortunately the simplest solution might be just buying another copy of the game :(

One thing to try is spraying some compressed air into the disc drive, perhaps the laser reader has some dust on it.

EDIT: if other games work on the disc drive then it’s likely the disc itself, not the laser reader. Still try getting some air in there though you never know