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Dirt 3 |OT| "If in doubt, flat out"
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Diablohead
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Hoping on to pc multi now if anyone wants to play the rally gametypes, pro mode for fan xp of course.
Erebus
Member
Game looks gorgeous and runs at about 50-60fps on ultra settings for me (Q9550 and GTX 460 1GB), however, I'm experiencing random crashes during the race/return to menu loading screens. Any ideas why this happens?
Another minor nuisance is that the game always starts with windowed mode and I have to press Alt+Enter to switch to full-screen mode every time.
Another minor nuisance is that the game always starts with windowed mode and I have to press Alt+Enter to switch to full-screen mode every time.
L0st Id3ntity
Member
How much of an improvement are the visuals compared to 2? (pc)
Also what are my other options for digital download since Steam and D2D versions are region locked atm.
Also what are my other options for digital download since Steam and D2D versions are region locked atm.
-bakalhau-
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L0st Id3ntity said:
Technically they're on par except for one big detail, weather on Dirt 3. It looks better because the team could get more out of the engine though.
DarkUSS said:
I'm beginning to wonder if EVERYONE who has the crashes on Codemasters games in DX11 is running a GTX 460. Try setting the DX9=true in the ini. For more directions on where it is, look on the last page.
Although if you're crashing during actual races, maybe this is something else. This is basically crashing during loads before/after races.
DarkUSS said:Yep, that's exactly what I meant. It has never crashed during the gameplay thus far. Let's hope they will release a patch or something if this is a common issue because I don't want to use DX9 on one of the few games that actually support DX11.
I wouldn't count on it. I made myself a total nuisance complaining in the F1 2010 thread and it was never addressed. This same issue is still in Dirt 2 and F1 2010. It's part of the reason I didn't buy at launch. They upped the price by 10 dollars and I figured this would still be an issue. I'd love to play with gaf, but these issues require sale price for me to buy.
P.S. If you go in the config, you can change fullscreen=true and that should eliminate your windowed problem at startup problem.
EDIT: And F1 2010 ran like crap for me in DX9. Loads were like 10 times longer and there was frequent micro stutter of .5-1.5 seconds in corners (that was gone in DX11). Nothing like crashing into a wall because you momentarily locked up to cause some real rage posts.
Diablohead
Member
hm my pc is running hot again, seems to be this game or something related. I have some new fans coming tomorrow so i'll turn my pc case into an ice box if I need too
Good racing with who I played just now, game dropped me so i'll stop for a bit.
Good racing with who I played just now, game dropped me so i'll stop for a bit.
mclaren777
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DarkUSS said:Yep, that's exactly what I meant. It has never crashed during the gameplay thus far. Let's hope they will release a patch or something if this is a common issue because I don't want to use DX9 on one of the few games that actually support DX11.
This problem was prevalent in DIRT2 and it's still there?
Everdred
Member
Awesome, I'm in and will be playing a lot.AcridMeat said:I just created a Dirt 3 GAF group, but I could use a nice banner to go along with it.
edit: I think the logo now will suffice just fine.
Erebus
Member
Apparently yes. I made a quick search:Sysgen said:
http://community.codemasters.com/fo...14/465219-game-keeps-crashing-under-dx11.html
http://community.codemasters.com/fo...uent-crashes-dirt-2-running-directx-11-a.html
http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1325918&page=1
Plus you can find several similar reports in the official bug reporting thread of Dirt 3 at the Codemasters forums:
What a mess.
ChaoticEko
Neo Member
love the Gymkhana.
Sometimes I do stupid things that are fun.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7P6_z75jwMs
I saw this in the trailer, worked on it a few times till i got it right at higher speeds.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iJUqDaaJ3A
Sometimes I do stupid things that are fun.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7P6_z75jwMs
I saw this in the trailer, worked on it a few times till i got it right at higher speeds.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iJUqDaaJ3A
so good, and more realistic then i was expecting - a far better drive then dirt 2 (and i loved that!)
the graphics are a big step up as well! i think most improved is the textures, which are super sharp this time out. beautiful game.
i love the return of head 2 head
rally cross though is retarded with 3 laps and starting in last. its just a battle to pass the ai, where ever you can, before the race is over. no finesse at all. heres to hoping for far more laps in latter events (funny, someone was complaining earlier that there are too many)
the graphics are a big step up as well! i think most improved is the textures, which are super sharp this time out. beautiful game.
i love the return of head 2 head
rally cross though is retarded with 3 laps and starting in last. its just a battle to pass the ai, where ever you can, before the race is over. no finesse at all. heres to hoping for far more laps in latter events (funny, someone was complaining earlier that there are too many
)I got the PS3 version today.
Don't worry about the quality of the "port"; it looks great. If there are differences between the console versions, I guess they'll be quite small (see Dirt2). In fact, it doesn't seem to improve much from Dirt2 visually. I'm still searching for clues..
It runs at a rock-solid 30fps, no tearing except in the menu&setup screens. Pretty much everything looks great except "humans", including drivers, that look straight out of a PSP game.
Other than that, I love the new controls, it's still "Dirt-like" but it feels more realistic in some ways.. I guess experienced Dirt2 players will feel right at home after the 1st race. Overall quite pleasing so far.
It doesn't seem to have that "personality" the 2nd game had though; the menus, colors schemes, tints, etc. remind me of Blur a lot.. it's indeed more than ok, it's masterfully done here I should say (I guess Codemasters are also Menumasters) but it does lose a bit of immersion when compared to Dirt2.
Edit: Sorry, there are some frame rate drops here & there when you're behind the pack in a snow track for example but it's nothing major.
Don't worry about the quality of the "port"; it looks great. If there are differences between the console versions, I guess they'll be quite small (see Dirt2). In fact, it doesn't seem to improve much from Dirt2 visually. I'm still searching for clues..
It runs at a rock-solid 30fps, no tearing except in the menu&setup screens. Pretty much everything looks great except "humans", including drivers, that look straight out of a PSP game.
Other than that, I love the new controls, it's still "Dirt-like" but it feels more realistic in some ways.. I guess experienced Dirt2 players will feel right at home after the 1st race. Overall quite pleasing so far.
It doesn't seem to have that "personality" the 2nd game had though; the menus, colors schemes, tints, etc. remind me of Blur a lot.. it's indeed more than ok, it's masterfully done here I should say (I guess Codemasters are also Menumasters) but it does lose a bit of immersion when compared to Dirt2.
Edit: Sorry, there are some frame rate drops here & there when you're behind the pack in a snow track for example but it's nothing major.
DarkUSS said:
The thing that irks me is, Codemasters and Helios_CM don't even seem to care. It's clearly a well known issue. I would love to provide them with the MS error crash reports (that mean nothing to me, but must provide some quality answers to engineers), but silence is the approach they take. Don't acknowledge it's an issue. Maybe it's not even their fault. Maybe they could place the blame on Nvidia and provide them the evidence of what needs addressing in drivers. But it's just crickets.
Great, 360 version keeps freezing on the load screen after the very first race. Tried it three times, froze every time, then tried turning off autosave, still froze fourth time. I'll try uninstalling it then racing to see if that fixes it after I don't feel like snapping the disc in half anymore.
IchigoSharingan
Member
Omiee said:
probably should wait for a Dirt 3 CF profile hotfix from ATI.
bloodforge
Member
Is the crashing an Nvidia issue? I've never had any crashes in Dirt2, F1 or Dirt 3 in DX11 with an ATI card.
PS3 version. Some big technical issues:
1) On impact (with other car or barrier), I get a lot of video noise. Also happens during the replays. I can even replay a race and get that video noise to repeat at the exact same moments. Looks like colored static. Not sure if that's happening to everyone, or if it's a sign that my PS3 is on the way out. But the fact that it only happens during impact and during replays makes me think it's the game.
2) I'm experiencing more-than-occasional slowdown. Happens when there's a lot on screen (so mostly in tight corners during circuit races). Framerate drops considerably. Nothing game-breaking, but it's enough to be really annoying.
3) Not so much an "issue" as it is an annoyance. But, my god, the load times are awful. Not sure if this is just the PS3 version, but it's much worse than in prior Codemasters racers.
Also, I'm getting a strange issue with the road/tire physics:
1) I'm often catching an outside tire in the road through a turn. Seems to be more than "realism" would justify. I'll take a corner at speed, brake, turn in, and then try to straighten and accelerate out, but my outside tire gets totally stuck and drives me into the inside barrier. It's like oversteer, but ten times worse. Am I imagining this?
1) On impact (with other car or barrier), I get a lot of video noise. Also happens during the replays. I can even replay a race and get that video noise to repeat at the exact same moments. Looks like colored static. Not sure if that's happening to everyone, or if it's a sign that my PS3 is on the way out. But the fact that it only happens during impact and during replays makes me think it's the game.
2) I'm experiencing more-than-occasional slowdown. Happens when there's a lot on screen (so mostly in tight corners during circuit races). Framerate drops considerably. Nothing game-breaking, but it's enough to be really annoying.
3) Not so much an "issue" as it is an annoyance. But, my god, the load times are awful. Not sure if this is just the PS3 version, but it's much worse than in prior Codemasters racers.
Also, I'm getting a strange issue with the road/tire physics:
1) I'm often catching an outside tire in the road through a turn. Seems to be more than "realism" would justify. I'll take a corner at speed, brake, turn in, and then try to straighten and accelerate out, but my outside tire gets totally stuck and drives me into the inside barrier. It's like oversteer, but ten times worse. Am I imagining this?
conman said:
1) Oh I guess you mean, when you hit something real hard... it's a special effect actually...
2) After about 2hours of playing, I've encountered frame drops in 2 races. Both were snow racetracks with other cars/trucks and both dropped at about 22-25fps during a curve when I was behind the pack.
3) Loading time is about the same as it was in Dirt2.. it doesn't help that you can't skip when someone talks in the menus...
DenogginizerOS
BenjaminBirdie's Thomas Jefferson
i5 750
GTX560 Ti (Latest Beta Drivers with no 3D)
4GB RAM
4X MSAA
Vert Sync Off
Everything maxed to highest setting (Ultra or High) except AO (High)
In game benchmark is average 72 FPS with 62 minimum
GTX560 Ti (Latest Beta Drivers with no 3D)
4GB RAM
4X MSAA
Vert Sync Off
Everything maxed to highest setting (Ultra or High) except AO (High)
In game benchmark is average 72 FPS with 62 minimum
Alright.. just had one of those hell yea moments with this game. Multiplayer game.. pro tour.. game loads up it is a night rally course and the game starts to pump out Chromeo "Dont turn the lights on"... I mean seriously fuck yea.
Also the Youtube feature works great on the 360.. first game to have it? Anyways this was a near disaster I avoided and recovered frmo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwi_H5jUllc
Also the Youtube feature works great on the 360.. first game to have it? Anyways this was a near disaster I avoided and recovered frmo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwi_H5jUllc
so, should i just skip dirt 2 and jump in to this? i played about half way through dirt and then quit (if i remember correctly the races were getting quite long and with one mistake you were screwed since there was no rewind in that game). i really enjoyed dirt but skipped 2 for some reason. any reason to pick up 2 and try to play through it before picking this up?
BurningNad
Member
My last racing game being Gran Turismo 3, a friend of mine hyped me up on this, and I preordered at the last minute. At first I almost regretted it because of how horrible I was, but now that I've got a feel for it and am placing 1st steadily on Intermediate, I'm having lots of fun. And the game is god damn gorgeous.
Square Triangle
Member
Installing now =D
-bakalhau-
Member
Ugh the Gymkhana event had me thinking 'When the hell will this be over', I couldn't take the dude super excited about me doing 2ft jumps.
OH YEAH DUDE YOU ROCK WAY TO REPRESENT YOU'RE THE BEST IN THE WORLD!
*I do some spins*
OH YEAH THE CROWD IS ON FIRE AND I AM TOO!
OH YEAH DUDE YOU ROCK WAY TO REPRESENT YOU'RE THE BEST IN THE WORLD!
*I do some spins*
OH YEAH THE CROWD IS ON FIRE AND I AM TOO!
-bakalhau-
Member
jlevel13 said:
Don't get me started on that...
foomfoom415
Member
Ugh. Ordered the 360 version from Amazon, VIP pass doesn't work. Great. Codemaster's US phone support is based out of the UK, and on UK time, and 3 days a week. Fucking wonderful. Sent off an email and we'll see how long it takes this bullshit to get straightened out. Way to go after used game sales and pirates without affecting legitimate customers, assholes.
I agree with all of you guys, nothing is worse in this game than all the stupid fucking Gymkhana shit. From what we were told before release this game was more rally less bullshit but this stuff is rammed everywhere and even now in season 4 I still haven't been able to do an event block of a triangle part of the overdone menus without a landrush or Gymkhana event. Maybe if they do another one of these they can split them up kind of like how NFS does, a real rally game and then this Mountain Dew dudebro shit can be relegated elsewhere?
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