Dirt and Windows 7

[StratoDriver]

Hi All,
Having trouble getting Dirt to run on Windows 7. Menus all work fine but as soon as you try and actually race it crashed back to the desktop. I have tried running in compatabilty mode (XP and Vista) with no luck.
I'm running a Core i7 920 with a couple of HD5870's running in crossfire (have tried disabling crossfire also no luck) Now I know this game is not supported for windows 7 but was woundering if anybody else had had any luck getting it running. Its a top game and would love to get some practice on it before Dirt 2 comes out!
Ross

[Hanski]

Originally Posted by StratoDriver

Hi All,
Having trouble getting Dirt to run on Windows 7. Menus all work fine but as soon as you try and actually race it crashed back to the desktop. I have tried running in compatabilty mode (XP and Vista) with no luck.
I'm running a Core i7 920 with a couple of HD5870's running in crossfire (have tried disabling crossfire also no luck) Now I know this game is not supported for windows 7 but was woundering if anybody else had had any luck getting it running. Its a top game and would love to get some practice on it before Dirt 2 comes out!
Ross

You have to tweak Dirt, it can handle only 4 cores.
How to do it is on this site.

[StratoDriver]

Originally Posted by Hanski

You have to tweak Dirt, it can handle only 4 cores.
How to do it is on this site.

Thanks for the tip Hanski, I googled Dirt and 4 cores and came up with a link Which tell you how to change things so it runs.

Quoted from the Steam powers forums

Goto C:\Program Files (x86)\Codemasters\DiRT\system\hardware_settings_re strictions.xml

edit the file ( hardware_settings_restrictions.xml) look for :-

workerMap8Core.xml (notice the '8')

and change to workerMap4Core.xml

This forces DiRT to only use 4 cores (with a core 17, you will not notice any performance hit)


All working fine now and hope this helps anybody else with the same issue.
Ross