Colin McRae: DiRT
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Developers | |
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Codemasters | |
Engines | |
Neon | |
Release dates | |
Windows | June 15, 2007 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 84 |
IGDB | 81 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Racing, Simulation |
Vehicles | Automobile, Off-roading |
Art styles | Realistic |
Series | Colin McRae Rally |
⤏ Go to series page | |
Colin McRae Rally | 1998 |
Colin McRae Rally 2.0 | 2000 |
Colin McRae Rally 3 | 2003 |
Colin McRae Rally 04 | 2004 |
Colin McRae Rally 2005 | 2004 |
Colin McRae: DiRT | 2007 |
Colin McRae: DiRT 2 | 2009 |
DiRT 3 | 2011 |
DiRT Showdown | 2012 |
Colin McRae Rally (2014) | 2014 |
DiRT Rally | 2015 |
DiRT 4 | 2017 |
DiRT Rally 2.0 | 2019 |
DIRT 5 | 2020 |
Key points
- The game features full keyboard support but an Xbox 360 Controller is recommended.
- Multiplayer servers were shut down.
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | StarForce 4.7 DRM.[1] Removed in Patch 1.22. | |||
Steam (unavailable) |
Essential improvements
Patches
- Patch 1.22 requires the installation of patch 1.21 first.
Mods
- Visual Overhaul Mod (Disable Bloom and Improve Draw Distance) [1]
Nvidia control panel settings
- add Dirt.exe
- Set Aniso 16x (Increasing the visual clarity of textures)
- Set Vsync to Fast
- Set Max framerate to your screen refresh rate (both settings works like vsync enabled, but without affect to controls)
- Press Apply
Disable bloom
- Make backup copy of %game folder%\postprocess\effects.xml
- Open in any text editor effects.xml
- Search lines <Param name="bloomAmount">x.xxxxxx</Param> where x.xxxxxx - number. Notepad++ search pattern for example <Param name="bloomAmount">\d.\d{6}</Param>
- Replace all with <Param name="bloomAmount">0.000000</Param>.
- Save changed file and start game.
- This removes only bloom. Fake HDR and fake eye adaptation still works.
Disable fake HDR
- Make backup copy of %game folder%\system\hardware_settings_config.xml
- Open in any text editor hardware_settings_config.xml
- search string <postprocess blur"=
- Change in that string param hdr="true" to hdr="false"
- Save changed file and start game.
- This removes only fake HDR.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | %PUBLIC%\Documents\Codemasters\DiRT\hardware_settings_config.xml |
Steam | <path-to-game>\system\ |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/11440/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %PUBLIC%\Documents\Codemasters\DiRT\savegame\ |
Steam | <path-to-game>\savegame\ |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/11440/pfx/[Note 1] |
- Location can be changed in
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Codemasters\DIRT\
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | See Field of view (FOV). | ||
Windowed | See Windowed. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Possible to force in driver settings | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | Up to 4x MSAA | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Field of view (FOV)
Use FOV Changer[citation needed] |
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Notes
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Windowed
Change config file setting[citation needed] |
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers |
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PlayStation controllers |
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Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Button prompts | Keyboard prompts only. | |
Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | 7.1 supported[3] | |
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
EAX support | EAX 5[4] |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Russian | ||||
Spanish | ||||
Polish | Local retail only, UI translation available |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Notes | |
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Local play | |||
LAN play | |||
Online play |
VR support
3D modes | State | GG3D | Notes | |
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Nvidia 3D Vision | See Helix Mod: Colin McRae's DiRT. | |||
iZ3D | ||||
vorpX | G3D User created game profile, see important tweaks to get the game running with vorpx here. |
Devices | |||
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TrackIR | Supports: Yaw, Pitch, Roll, X, Y, Z. |
Issues fixed
Game crashes after the race finishes loading
Edit file[5] |
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Fix Lag in Races in CPU 4 Cores + 8 threads (like i7 4790k)
Set affinity[citation needed] |
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Making changes permanent (setting affinity in task manager only lasts until you exit the game):
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 9 | |
Shader Model support | 3.0 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Audio | OpenAL | |
Cutscenes | Bink Video | |
Multiplayer | DemonWare |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | XP | Vista |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 4 3.0 GHz AMD Athlon 64 3.0 GHz |
Intel Core 2 Duo 2.66 GHz AMD Athlon X2 3800+ |
System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | 2 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 12.5 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 6800 ATI Radeon X1300 Shader model 3.0 support |
Nvidia GeForce 8800 ATI Radeon X1950 |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (11440) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ http://i.imgur.com/4kwBrtj.png
- ↑ Verified by User:Mars icecream on 2016-11-25
- Email received from Codemasters customer service.
- ↑ Sound Blaster Gaming: Turbo-charged audio in DiRT - SoundBlaster.com (retrieved)
- ↑ EAX Featured Game: DiRT - SoundBlaster.com (retrieved)
- ↑ Colin McRae DiRT 1 - how to fix the game if it crashes when starting a race — Codemasters Forums - last accessed on 2017-09-15