Colin McRae DiRT 2 Patches

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The manual versions of the first patches for Colin McRae DiRT 2 are now available to update Codemasters' rally racing sequel to version 1.1, following the release of Steam updates last week. There's one patch with support for the English, German, French, Italian, and Spanish languages, which is mirrored on AtomicGamer, Gamer's Hell, The Patches Scrolls, and WorthPlaying; and there's also a separate Polish language patch on AtomicGamer, Gamer's Hell, and The Patches Scrolls. The patch notes follow.

Bug Fixes

Graphics

Shadow quality setting of “low” is now correctly saved instead of resetting to “medium” Combinations of both high resolutions and high MSAA levels have been restricted on graphics cards with low memory to prevent issues found with those settings
Added missing function key icons
Fixed several lighting artefacts in night races
Fixed missing initial load screen on multi-GPU setups under DX11
Alt+Tab and Alt+Enter are now better supported under DX11
Benchmark mode now correctly applies custom settings
Fixed missing text in benchmark mode pause menu
Fixed a crash when changing multisampling mode
Fixed flickering text on stats screen in network mode
Improved image sharpness in DX9
Fixes to improve NVIDIA 3D Vision support
Better default graphics options are chosen when running the game for the first time with a GeForce 8400 GS

Audio

Fixed an issue where replay music would suddenly cut in when navigating a replay at very slow speeds
Ensured that OpenAL is properly shut down when exiting the game using Alt+F4
Prevented reverb cutting in and out abruptly on the Utah tracks

Gameplay

Fixed player being able to drive through the ground on the Rewang Trailblazer track
Fixed wall-riding on Battersea routes
Bug-fixes for LA Stadium, Malaysia Rally and Baja Rally tracks

General

Fixed a rare crash during the loading sequence
Fixed an issue in the Russian language version where the default player name is missing from the one-to-watch sequence
Fixed an issue where loading and saving would fail if multiple controllers were connected
Fixed a crash which could occur when entering the first race using a motion platform

Changes

Removed 16x quality coverage sampled anti-aliasing support
Added support for MS Sidewinder Force-Feedback USB Wheel
Added support for Logitech Driving Force USB Wheel
Added support for Logitech Cordless RumblePad 2 USB controller
Machines with 6 cores will now use the 4-core worker map rather than the single core map

Optimisations

Optimised shadow rendering
Optimised CPU performance on machines with SMT and multiple cores
Improvements to frame-rate fluidity and triple-buffering support

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Re: Colin McRae DiRT 2 Patches

Mar 11, 2010, 15:32

HoSpanky

Oh, I played the entire 100-event single player campaign. It's a GFWL title tho, making you either log in, or have to start over the first time you want to play online. Being on Steam, I have really no choice. The new problems are visual only, but amazingly distracting after seeing the game run with everything right. The only upside is the framerate is liquidly smooth now, since my video card is only doing half the work.

Re: Colin McRae DiRT 2 Patches

Mar 11, 2010, 10:32

I've Got The News Blues

HoSpanky wrote on Mar 11, 2010, 08:55: I do have the steam version, it was $20. It's twice that price on Steam now and has been for months aside from one weekend sale. Gogamer has Dirt 2 for $25 regular price. It was $10.90 on sale, but stock ran out. Also, backing it down to an older version means you can't play it online, making that a rather pointless thing to do. The single-player mode isn't pointless. Career mode is one of the highlights of the game. Not everyone only plays online. This comment was edited on Mar 11, 2010, 10:52.

Re: Colin McRae DiRT 2 Patches

Mar 11, 2010, 08:55

HoSpanky

Half Elf: The multiplayer's pretty decent, except that you can lose all of your progress at random if you play online. I do have the steam version, it was $20. The game still WORKS, it just took a huge step back from being the visual showcase they intended it to be. Also, backing it down to an older version means you can't play it online, making that a rather pointless thing to do. On a side note, this problem isn't guaranteed. A co-worker of mine doesn't have these issues, but he's also running a dx-11 video card. His screen DOES shrink by 20% every time he runs the game (but only if he's using the HDMI out to his tv, if he uses the VGA out it works fine). Just waiting for them to put out the patch that fixes all the things they broke. Unlike most games that scream "I need a patch!", This one worked almost flawlessly UNTIL they patched it. Only the savegame corruption issue remains, and they didn't even try to fix that part. They blame it on your hard drive, yet its GUARANTEED to happen the first time you run a multiplayer race. So, the game causes your hard drive to malfunction when you play online?

Re: Colin McRae DiRT 2 Patches

Mar 10, 2010, 19:46

The Half Elf

How is this game with multiplayer, and single player races with multiple vehicles?

Re: Colin McRae DiRT 2 Patches

Mar 10, 2010, 17:51

Bludd

Removed 16x quality coverage sampled anti-aliasing support What? Why?

Re: Colin McRae DiRT 2 Patches

Mar 10, 2010, 16:07

I've Got The News Blues

HoSpanky wrote on Mar 10, 2010, 15:29: Very frustrating when the game is visually HEAVILY compromised by the new patch. Well if you were smart enough not to get the Steam version of the game, simply uninstall or revert the patch and keep playing the game as before until a real fix is released.

Re: Colin McRae DiRT 2 Patches

Mar 10, 2010, 15:29

HoSpanky

Unfortunately, they aren't stating the OTHER things this patch does. -It may cause your game to shrink your screen by 20% upon startup, every time. -It may cause your view distances to be irreversably lowered, to the point where things pop in 10 feet from your car and distant objects pop in and out of existence. This is not alterable in the in-game graphics options nor the hardware settings file. -It still doesn't fix the random "corruption" of your save files when you play an online race. Very frustrating when the game is visually HEAVILY compromised by the new patch. No response from Codemasters on their forums about the view distance issues, and a lot of people are having them.

Re: Colin McRae DiRT 2 Patches

Mar 10, 2010, 13:27

Dirwulf

These appear to be the same notes as posted on march 2nd? http://www.bluesnews.com/s/107933/dirt2-patched

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