The DiRT 3 Clubhouse!

[erocker]

This is what I hate about ati I cannot get these drivers off my computer even with driver cleaner. If I remove them my windows install will not boot correctly and with them Dirt2 is messed up.

Follow that guide I made stickied in the Graphics Cards section. I think there's a link to driver sweeper in there, the latest version works great.

When done with that:

Download and instal MS Visual C++ 05 and 08:
2008 - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...34-3e03-4391-8a4d-074b9f2bc1bf&displaylang=en

2005 - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...ee-a3f9-4c13-9c99-220b62a191ee&displaylang=en

Then run Windows Update to get all the updates for those.

Then update DirectX: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...38-db71-4c1b-bc6a-9b6652cd92a3&displaylang=en

 

[trt740]

Follow that guide I made stickied in the Graphics Cards section. I think there's a link to driver sweeper in there, the latest version works great.

When done with that:

Download and instal MS Visual C++ 05 and 08:
2008 - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...34-3e03-4391-8a4d-074b9f2bc1bf&displaylang=en

2005 - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...ee-a3f9-4c13-9c99-220b62a191ee&displaylang=en

Then run Windows Update to get all the updates for those.

Then update DirectX: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...38-db71-4c1b-bc6a-9b6652cd92a3&displaylang=en

Erocker, my longtime friend I had already done all that, and used driver cleaner from driver heaven. After finally getting ccc uninstalled and uncorrupted I deleted rapture 3d and selected software audio acceleration , this fixed my sound issues. It took several hours of screwing around to fix my video driver issues.

 

[Chicken Patty]

Erocker, my longtime friend I had already done all that, and used driver cleaner from driver heaven. After finally getting ccc uninstalled and uncorrupted I deleted rapture 3d and selected software audio acceleration , this fixed my sound issues. It took several hours of screwing around to fix my video driver issues.

The only issue with something ATI related not getting deleted was when I installed atitool a while back. There is a thread on here saying that there are a few values in the registry that have to be deleted manually or something. Other than that, good so far.

 

[erocker]

Right after posting that my O/S took a dive from trying to bench with various sets of drivers for ATi and Nvidia and several different OC'ing applications. So I just got done redoing everything and my mouse no longer messes up, (awesome) and I no longer get sound stuttering randonly in videos (WIN!). Best of all I can freely uninstall and reinstall whatever I want, which is why I had to redo the O/S. Wierd issues.

 

[Black Panther]

I just had the game finish downloading from steam yesterday late evening.
I must say it impressed me. A. l.o.t....

That's how I expected GTAIV graphics to look like... heck I spent till 2AM in the morning between racing crashing and gawking at the DX11 scenery. And I had to go to work in the AM...

I put all settings maxed out. And I have some forced settings through CCC but I don't remember which... Game's impeccable and fps always over 95 (I'm running an E8400).
All I need now is a good overclockable i7, and loldrivingskillzlol....

Geez I was eager to put up my username here but it'd be waaaayyy embarrassing. I never was really into racing games, so isuck.

After I finished the first round I watched the replay, and I actually peed myself for the laughing!

 

[Chicken Patty]

The game is awesome ain't it? I need to play it some more. You'll get better as you play but in the meantime you should post the video of your replay

 

[erocker]

Yes, when looking at the Malaysia map, I think it looks much better than Crysis and with DX11 you can see detail in things near and far. Everytime I play it, I'm impressed by the graphics. I really can't wait for GRID 2 to come out.

 

[Chicken Patty]

grid 2?

 

[erocker]

grid 2?

I'm hoping for later this year and with more demo derby! But that is wishful thinking. Codemasters have stated that Grid 2 will be DX11 but no release date yet. Realistically, next year maybe.

 

[Black Panther]

you should post the video of your replay

Save location on hdd?

 

[erocker]

Save location on hdd?

I'm pretty sure it's stored in My Documents/My Games under Codemasters, somewhere in there.

 

[Chicken Patty]

I wanna play dirt 2 now

 

[Black Panther]

Not there in my game

 

[MRCL]

Save location on hdd?

I want to know that too... I haven't found any function to even save a replay. Which is sad because I've done some badass laps.

 

[LifeOnMars]

Only got my PC fully working last wednesday and one of the first game demos I downloaded was Dirt 2. It rocks, the performance in it is so smooth, so once I get the game (soon) I would like to become a member please

 

[erocker]

Just checked and they aren't in there. After searching around they aren't saved anywhere, with the exception of the replay after the last race. These are saved in a format that cannot be played with any player and they are deleted upon game exit. You need to use Fraps 1.4 or later to record DX11 games.

 

[Black Panther]

Aw that sucks. At least I recorded a good one on my cellphone video....

Doesn't do justice to the graphics though...

I was very very lucky here...

Will post replay video later prolly tomorrow, it's 35MB and it'd take me ~ 2hrs to upload...

 

[Chicken Patty]

good job BP Is that your first 1st place finish?

 

[FordGT90Concept]

There's some videos I wish I recorded. One time, I passed an AI by going over him. My rear wheels landed on his hood. It was awesome. XD

 

[Black Panther]

good job BP Is that your first 1st place finish?

Yes

(Well I came first in one race..... and last in the other 99)

I uploaded the replay, I'm the red and blue dodge truck: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_y7LYStKW8

 

[Chicken Patty]

Yes

(Well I came first in one race..... and last in the other 99)

I uploaded the replay, I'm the red and blue dodge truck: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_y7LYStKW8

That's ok, that ratio would eventually even out . Good driving BP, bit aggressive

 

[Black Panther]

Aggressive.... lol as long as I win who cares?

I got fraps and managed to record some good replays. Thing is that the video looks awesome but ends up to be some 3.8GB in size... :shadedshu

Am currently experimenting with Magic Movie Converter to get the size down to at least one tenth...

 

[Chicken Patty]

Aggressiveness is ok as long as you win

 

[troyrae360]

Hey guys, Could someone with a ATI 5*** series card max all the settings then quit the game and upload me the 'hardware_settings_config.xml' file, Its under users\documents\games\dirt2

Ive been experimenting with this and would be good to have that info. cheers

 

[Black Panther]

I have it ready but xml is not a valid upload file on tpu.

If what follows doesn't suffice then pm me your email and I'll send it

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
- <hardware_settings_config version="51">
- <cpu>
<threadStrategy parallelUpdateRender="true" workerMapFile="system/workerMap2Core.xml" forceFeedbackProcessor="1" dvdStorageProcessor="1" dataSetMonitorProcessor="0" renderProcessor="0" updateProcessor="1" fileStreamProcessor="1" />
</cpu>
- <audio_card>
<audio mixing="rapture3D" />
</audio_card>
- <graphics_card>
<directx forcedx9="false" />
- <resolution width="1680" height="1050" aspect="normal" fullscreen="true" vsync="0" multisampling="8xmsaa">
<refreshRate rate="60" />
</resolution>
<gamma level="1.0" />
</graphics_card>
<graphics_detail level="high" />
<shadows enabled="true" size="2048" maskQuality="1" />
<particles enabled="true" wind="true" dynamicRes="false" />
<crowd enabled="true" detail="1" tessellation="true" />
<cloth enabled="true" detail="1" />
<postprocess quality="2" />
<groundcover mode="blended" clutter="true" />
<objects lod="1.5" maxlod="0" />
<trees lod="1.5" maxlod="0" />
<vehicles characterQuality="4" lodQuality="3" />
<envmap faces="6" size="1024" forceBilinear="false" />
<water update="true" detail="2" tessellation="true" />
<mirrors enabled="true" forceBilinear="false" width="2048" height="512" car_maxlod="0" car_culldist="500.0" />
<skidmarks enabled="true" />
<dynamic_ambient_occ enabled="true" quality="1" />
<night_lighting volumes="true" lights="0" shadows="true" />
<physics environmentalDamage="true" vehicleDamage="true" />
<input device_type="auto" />
<motion enabled="true" ip="dbox" port="20777" delay="1" extradata="0" />
</hardware_settings_config>

Edit, btw I just ran a benchmark on full settings:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
- <!-- Benchmark Mode Results
-->
- <!-- author: BlackPanther
-->
- <!-- date: 23:41:40 on 16/02/2010
-->
- <!-- machine: BlackPanther-PC
-->
- <benchmark>
<average min_fps="52.168236" av_fps="62.314766" min_fps_ms="19.168753" av_fps_ms="16.047562" />
- <track>
- <settings name="battersea" route="route_1">
<car name="sti" />
<car name="bmw" />
<car name="e9r" />
<car name="cr4" />
<car name="sor" />
<car name="sti" />
<car name="350" />
<car name="mer" />
</settings>
<results samples="5768" min_fps="52.168236" av_fps="62.314766" min_fps_ms="19.168753" av_fps_ms="16.047562" />
</track>
</benchmark>