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DiRT Rally is available on Steam Early Access
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TheTurboFD
Member
Got my first wheel, the logitech G27 for now until I can afford the T500rs 
I greatly increased my driving with this thing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ch4O-lAbNT8&ab_channel=TheTurboFD
I greatly increased my driving with this thing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ch4O-lAbNT8&ab_channel=TheTurboFD
Physics on the original stages feel almost arcadey coming from Pikes. Been reading a ton of criticisms, but I actually found Pikes to be a more rewarding, humbling experience w/ its less forgiving (albeit rough) physics. It feels like actual work as opposed to shredding through corner after corner without much apprehension (key word).
Also felt a sense of fear at high speeds, which just wasn't there on the original stages. I like being forced to be a bit more conservative on the throttle in lower gears and not being able to effortlessly correct every oversteer.
Also felt a sense of fear at high speeds, which just wasn't there on the original stages. I like being forced to be a bit more conservative on the throttle in lower gears and not being able to effortlessly correct every oversteer.
turtlesbonanza
Member
I started getting that randomly after one of the earlier updates and a steam file check fixed it, so maybe give that a go.
What worked for me is to have at least 3GB free on your C: drive, regardless of what drive you have the game installed on. Try that.
Ahhhhh. I remember there was a problem a while back with F1 2012 where there were lockups or crashes or something, and it was to do with how (or where) the game (also based on the Ego engine) saved it's replay data. I think it was located in the user's profile folder somewhere, so that could explain that. I wasn't having the problem (still don't own DR) but remember that being a thing with older Ego games.
Mengy
wishes it were bannable to say mean things about Marvel
So now I've tried out all three hill climb cars and I have to say that I vastly prefer the Audi Quattro Sport. Both Peugeot's feel hard to handle for me, one spins out too easily and the other won't turn, but the Audi I feel very comfortable with. That will be the one I buy first, only one more championship and I can afford it!
Cuban Legend
Member
Can we get Borderless Fullscreen mode added to DiRT Rally please? C'mon codemasters, it's 2015 and this is a PC-only game right now.
What do you use that for? I'm not being facetious, I've just never seen a use for it yet people seem to request it for most PC games.
bindleford
Neo Member
I thought I was the only one.
Yep, the cockpit sounds have been demoted lol.......
Dave Sullivan, not like this....not like this...
It's odd, I've not seen it mentioned much elsewhere, but it was very obvious me to me on first driving. It doesn't sound nice at all.
Downsampling and V-sync, IIRC.
turtlesbonanza
Member
Can't that be done in ol' fashioned full screen mode?
Mengy
wishes it were bannable to say mean things about Marvel
I've not noticed any sound issues myself, the game sounds as great as ever to me. Maybe I'm just too focused on the driving to pick up on it...
diggmcbadass
Member
It's more convenient if you have dual monitors, because you can access whatever you have running on the other monitor without having to alt+tab out of full screen.
Also there is some vsync stuff that only works in desktop mode, but I don't really know enough about that to explain it.
Yes, but there is some performance benefit for borderless compared to old fashioned full-screen. Downsampling gets a better performance in borderless, I think. I'm not all up on it, but there is some benefits to going that way.
Anyway the last "track" of the league: Getting near the end and lose focus to go flying off the mountain. Get last place.
;_;
Mengy
wishes it were bannable to say mean things about Marvel
Honestly...I'm loving Pikes Peak so far.
I bought my first hill climb car last night, the Audi Quattro (the middle one), and I ran a few open level hill climb events, and I think it's fantastic. I didn't like driving either of the Peugeot's but the Audi I like a lot. Still, I need lots of practice. Hill climbs are all about learning the course and then pushing it to the limit. Having driven Pikes Peak both in many games before and in real life I know it somewhat but still this is a whole new beast.
I'd love for our next GAF league event to be a hill climb!
Yeah, I saw your post about the Audi yesterday and I decided to try it again. I still fild it awful. xD
It's weird how the car loses control under braking. Maybe sending the brakes a bit more to the rear and reducing brake power would do the trick. I have to try that. The only time I managed to climb the mountain without destroying the car was when I ran a Peugeot 205, after some tweaks. I also find easier to run on the mixed version instead of the full asphalt.
But I wouldn't mind to run it in our league. I was just asking. :3
It was just for the 1st week.
I really messed up my league attempt. Too slow on the first few stages, and spun between walls on stage 3 or 4. On stage 2, after about the halfway point, the co-driver consistently read out the wrong directions for every turn. Wrong numbers too, like he was literally reading the notes for a different stage.
It was fun though. Valee descendante is a great long stage. Interesting results so far, too. 34 people finished stage 1, only 17 finished stage 6.
I've had a go at pikes peak in the audi and I think it's awesome. We should definitely do a full run of that for the league at some point. It'll be fun to see how that turns out lol. I think I left the track a dozen times in the lower sections on my first try. I can't imagine doing it with a controller. Also I wish they had a floating map up where they put the pacenotes. It's a damn long track to practice on and a map would help with the memorisation process for those less familiar with it.
It was fun though. Valee descendante is a great long stage. Interesting results so far, too. 34 people finished stage 1, only 17 finished stage 6.
I've had a go at pikes peak in the audi and I think it's awesome. We should definitely do a full run of that for the league at some point. It'll be fun to see how that turns out lol. I think I left the track a dozen times in the lower sections on my first try. I can't imagine doing it with a controller. Also I wish they had a floating map up where they put the pacenotes. It's a damn long track to practice on and a map would help with the memorisation process for those less familiar with it.
Maybe that's my problem. ;(
Yes, but there is some performance benefit for borderless compared to old fashioned full-screen. Downsampling gets a better performance in borderless, I think. I'm not all up on it, but there is some benefits to going that way.
Anyway the last "track" of the league: Getting near the end and lose focus to go flying off the mountain. Get last place.
Actually borderless has a performance hit, not benefit.
The reason to run in borderless is that it gives proper triple buffering in games that don't have it, so your framerate doesn't go nuts with V-Sync enabled.
before trying it today with my wheel, I gave it like 2 minutes yesterday with my controller and couldn't cope at all. I crawled up three corners and quit
Damn, I miss having a wheel. I guess being a loser in life sux. ¯\_(ツ
_/¯Isn't there an option to revert the direction of forces of the FFB? I've seen some games with this option, like GTR2, for example.
Cuban Legend
Member
not having to alt-tab out of the game in a multi-monitor config to access other data or windows, this is crucial for sim-rigs that run multimonitor setups.
TheAdmiester
Member
I think I'm in the wrong race.
Model swap from GRID Autosport
:O
Does it keep the base model handling?
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Just finished the monthly event, Wales was a nightmare, I ended up +22:11.852 in my Audi Quattro... not bad
just meh
TheAdmiester
Member
Yup, handling is the only thing I can't change.
I can import the model fine, all liveries, sounds, the cockpit view (which looks terrible because they were modelled with little detail of course), even the animations such as electric spoilers and the Huayra's weird fin things work perfectly, but replacing the handling files breaks the game, so for now the car handles like whatever it replaces.
Wow, that's great; can you import liveries or models from every ego engine game?
Betta Lines
Member
The FFB problems aren't due to an inverted signal - it only feels similar to an inverted signal during oversteer moments. The rest of the output is the correct way round, so if there was an invert option, it wouldn't solve the problem (it would be worse in all other situations, i.e. pulling in the direction of a neutral/understeering turn rather than self-centring).
The issue relates directly to the physics - the effect of self-aligning torque on the steering column when the rear of car is looser than the front, so it requires a significant reworking of the FFB system.
It sounds like the team have made progress, as they've invited me to check it out next week
What about the cameras and sounds? It would be interesting to climb Pikes Peak with this, bwahahaha!
Fahzgoolin
Banned
Got my first wheel, the logitech G27 for now until I can afford the T500rs
I greatly increased my driving with this thing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ch4O-lAbNT8&ab_channel=TheTurboFD
That was fun to watch. Nice driving. I really want this game, but I can't afford a wheel.
diggmcbadass
Member
Ordered a G27 after getting hooked on this game the past few days. I guess I could get competent with my xbox controller (already have improved a lot), but using a wheel just seems so much more fun.
Wanted to get a T500, but nobody had it in stock and waiting weeks isn't an option.
Wanted to get a T500, but nobody had it in stock and waiting weeks isn't an option.
Mengy
wishes it were bannable to say mean things about Marvel
Lee loves troling so much, I love it hahaha
LOL! That must be a dig at EA for that recent Need for Speed tweet about being always online:
https://twitter.com/NeedforSpeed/status/604060988673929216
Dean Rheims @ Need for Speed said:
Lee loves troling so much, I love it hahaha
BWAHAHA, I love you, Codemasters!
TheAdmiester
Member
What about the cameras and sounds? It would be interesting to climb Pikes Peak with this, bwahahaha!
Using the original cameras from the cars in GRID messes up the replay cameras (it just gets stuck at the start line), so I just swap in whatever DiRT car I think has the closest cameras. And yes, sounds work, it's just a simple drag-drop and changing a name in a file. I'll swap that car in next and record it if you want. Is that the Dallara thing?
I think the much older games like DiRT 2, GRID 1 and below might not work. The oldest swaps I've seen that work are from DiRT 3, so you can have stuff like the Alpine A110 if you didn't mind it handling like something else.
Lee loves troling so much, I love it hahaha
i lolled at that a lot and clearly shows what ghost games is doing is dumb and doesn't learn from their mistakes.
Nah man, don't worry. It's just curiosity.
But please, post the stuff you decide to do with the game. I'm interested to see this kind of crazy shit, haha!
I think that the Alpine will come officially down the road.
Guys, I need a little help. What's the default setting for Steering Linearity? Is it 20, 30 or 40? I messed with it yesterday, but then I discovered that there's no option to return it to default settings.
I know that it's 50 on Steering Sensitivity, but I can't remember the original Linearity value. I'm asking this because I find the default settings ideal for me.
BTW, I discovered that the Peugeot 205 Pikes Peak becomes much more usable with a Xbox pad when you set the Sensitivity at 20 and Linearity at 70.
Sorry for the double post.
I know that it's 50 on Steering Sensitivity, but I can't remember the original Linearity value. I'm asking this because I find the default settings ideal for me.
BTW, I discovered that the Peugeot 205 Pikes Peak becomes much more usable with a Xbox pad when you set the Sensitivity at 20 and Linearity at 70.
Sorry for the double post.
TheAdmiester
Member
Guys, I need a little help. What's the default setting for Steering Linearity? Is it 20, 30 or 40? I messed with it yesterday, but then I discovered that there's no option to return it to default settings.
I know that it's 50 on Steering Sensitivity, but I can't remember the original Linearity value. I'm asking this because I find the default settings ideal for me.
BTW, I discovered that the Peugeot 205 Pikes Peak becomes much more usable with a Xbox pad when you set the Sensitivity at 20 and Linearity at 70.
Sorry for the double post.
I can help, I use an Xbox controller and I've never changed it manually, so my settings are assumedly the default. My Linearity is at 40.
Thanks, bro!
Some road cars would be loads of fun. Kind like that episode of Top Gear. Bentley Speed 8 and Nissan GTR.
I would add:
Evo X
Current gen STi
Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8
Ford F150 Raptor
That Lamborghini Gallardo rally car
Call it the "Hope your insurance is good car pack".
FukuDaruma
Member
Some shots with modified cam and Reshade.
Some shots with modified cam and Reshade.
I didn't enjoy the the weird filter and CA, but how's that?