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DiRT 4

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Revision as of 22:24, 4 January 2023 by Mrtnptrs (talk | contribs) (Game was removed from EA play in October last year: https://www.ea.com/ea-play/terms/service-games-updates)
DiRT 4
DiRT 4 cover
Developers
Codemasters
Behaviour Interactive[1]
Red Kite Games[1]
macOS (OS X) Feral Interactive[2]
Linux Feral Interactive[2]
Engines
EGO 4.0
Release dates
Windows June 9, 2017
macOS (OS X) March 28, 2019[3]
Linux March 28, 2019[3]
Reception
Metacritic 78
OpenCritic 84
IGDB 83
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase, DLC
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Controls Direct control
Genres Racing, Simulation
Vehicles Automobile, Off-roading
Art styles Realistic
Series Colin McRae Rally
DiRT 4 on HowLongToBeat
DiRT 4 on IGDB
DiRT 4 on MobyGames
DiRT 4 on Wikipedia
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

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Developer website (unavailable)
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Amazon.com (unavailable)
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
GamersGate (unavailable)
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Gamesplanet logo.svg (unavailable)
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Humble Store (unavailable)
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Steam (unavailable)
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
All versions require Steam DRM.

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Hyundai R5 rally car
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Team Booster Pack
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Go To <path-to-game>\video\ and delete studio_logo.bk2[citation needed]

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\DiRT 4\hardwaresettings\
macOS (OS X)
Linux
It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\421020\
macOS (OS X)
Linux <Steam-folder>/userdata/<user-id>/421020/

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

Video settings
Video settings
Graphics settings
Graphics settings

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
CMAA, MSAA, EQAA
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)
If Win10 HDR is set to on your display might indicate the game is running in HDR but based on measurements it doesn't meet the criteria to be HDR. Color inaccuracy may occur.

Input

Input settings
Input settings
Advanced input settings
Advanced input settings
Bindings settings
Bindings settings

Audio

Audio settings
Audio settings

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Added in patch 1.06.[4]
Polish
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
LAN play
Online play
8 Incorrectly[citation needed] listed as shut down on October 3rd, 2022.[5]

Connection types

VR support

3D modes State Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision
See Helix Mod: DiRT 4.0 - 3D-Fix - Losti - V1.0.
vorpX
G3D, Z3D, DirectVR
Officially supported game, see official vorpx game list.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 11
Metal support
Vulkan 1.0 Linux
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio Wwise
Cutscenes Bink Video 2.6g
Multiplayer RaceNet, Steamworks
Anti-cheat Valve Anti-Cheat (VAC)

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i3 series
AMD FX series
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 50 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GT 440
ATI Radeon HD 5570
1 GB of VRAM
DirectX 11 compatible
Sound (audio device) DirectX compatible
Other Broadband Internet connection
A 64-bit operating system is required.
macOS (OS X)
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 10.14.2
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i5 1.8 GHz
System memory (RAM) 8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 38 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GT 650M
AMD Radeon R9 M290
Intel Iris Pro 5200
1 GB of VRAM
A 64-bit operating system is required.
Linux
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) Ubuntu 18.04
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i3-3225 3.3 GHz
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 39 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX 680
AMD Radeon R9 285
2 GB of VRAM
Other Nvidia requires 418.43 or newer drivers. AMD requires Mesa 18.3.4.
A 64-bit operating system is required.


References

  1. 1.0 1.1 DiRT 4 (2017) Windows credits - MobyGames - last accessed on 2019-02-02
  2. 2.0 2.1 DiRT 4 on track for macOS and Linux in 2019 - Feral News - last accessed on 2018-12-07
  3. 3.0 3.1 Over the edge — DiRT® 4™ hurtles towards macOS and Linux March 28 - Feral News - last accessed on 2019-03-26
  4. DiRT 4 v1.06 Patch Notes - Steam Announcements - last accessed on 2017-09-10
  5. Online Service Updates - last accessed on 2022-09-16
    "October 03, 2022

    DiRT 4 on Xbox One, Playstation 4, Steam, Mac OS / Linux, Windows Store, Gamepass and TenCent We Game
    "