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Soundtrack

1. Biffy Clyro - Mountains
2. Black Stone Cherry - Blind Man
3. Black Tide - Shout
4. Blakfish - Jeremy Kyle Is A Marked Man
5. Bloc Party - Helicopter
6. Block Party - Talons
7. Deichkind - Ich Betaeube Mich
8. De Staat - The Fantastic Journey Of The Underground Man
9. Die! Die! Die! - Sideways Here We Come
10. Dinosaur Pile-Up - All Around The World
11. Eagles Of Death Metal - Wannabe In LA
12. Elbow - Ground For Divorce
13. Franz Ferdinand - Ulysses
14. Friendly Fires - In The Hospital
15. Friendly Fires - Lovesick
16. Glamour Of The Kill - A Hope In Hell
17. Iglue & Hartly - Violent & Young
18. Kram - Good Love
19. Ladyhawke - My Delerium
20. Madine Lake - Never Take Us Alive
21. MSTRKRFT - Work On You
22. Proceed - Treading Water
23. Prodigy - Warriors Dance
24. Qemists - Lost Weekend
25. Queens Of The Stone Age - Little Sister
26. Rise Against - Injection
27. Santogold - Say Aha
28. Scars On Broadway - They Say
29. Silversun Pickups - There's No Secrets This Year
30. Steadlur - Bumpin
31. Templeton Pek - Red Lights Flash
32. The Automatic - Steve McQueen
33. The Cribs - Men's Needs
34. The Futureheads - Radio Heart
35. The Hot Melts - Edith
36. The Rakes - 1989
37. The Stone Roses - This Is The One
38. The Subways - I Won't Let You Down
39. The Temper Trap - Science Of Fear
40. The Walkmen - The Rat
41. Tommy Sparks - I'm A Rope
42. You Me At Six - Save It For The Bedroom
43. Unkle ft. Josh Homme - Restless
44. White Denim - Let's Talk About It
45. White Lies - To Lose My Life
46. ​​Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Y Control

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Race types

In Game Colin McRae DiRT 2 there are several types of races. Movement is either from point A to point B, or in a circle. Maximum opponents - 7

domination- race in a circle. The point of the competition is to be faster than others to pass the track. The track itself is divided into sections. Who sets a record in the section - gets points. Note that the lead can be lost if someone clears the course faster than you. The one with the most points wins.

gate crusher- Movement from point A to point B. There are no opponents on the track, but there is their time for passing the track. Along the entire route there are figures called "gates". You are given some time (30 seconds) which is steadily decreasing. On impact, the pieces scatter, and you get a couple of seconds of extra time. Your task is to drive the track as fast as possible while knocking down as many "gates" as possible. Whoever has the most time wins.

Land Rush- racing on SUVs, buggies. Race in a circle.

Last Man Standing- race to the exit, circuit races. For some time there is just a struggle for a place, then a timer appears. The pilot who will be the last in the chain after the expiration of time leaves (loses). The winner is the one who remains the last - that is, the first.

Rally Cross- race in a circle against several rivals.

Rally- classic rally, movement from point A to point B. A navigator helps you. There are rivals on the track and you can overtake them, but only carefully. The winner is the one who showed the best time on the track.

Raid- racing on SUVs, buggies. Movement from point A to point B.

team events- team racing. In a single player game, you will be offered to take one of the "friends" of the superstars as partners. The task of your team is to come to the finish line first and score more points.

trailblazer- in fact, the same rally only without a navigator. There are rivals on the track and you can overtake them, but only carefully. (bots will not tell you anything, but real players can get very angry). The winner is the one who showed the best time on the track.

World Tour- A series of races of a certain direction. Opened during the passage of a career.

X Games- open when the player's level increases. A set of several types of races, most often rallycross.

Stars and Navigators

The game has an interesting feature - flashback(Flashback, repeat). Its essence is that getting into an accident, you do not have to start the race again. The game automatically records the race process and "keeps in memory" a few seconds of time. When you crash the car, the game stops, the control panel appears and you can rewind time a bit, thus saving the car and getting a "second chance". The number of "chances" directly depends on the level of difficulty you choose. Flashback is depicted on the screen with a lightning icon. In the race it can be seen just above the speedometer. And on the difficulty selection screen, you will see how many "chances" are given to you

Easy(Very easy) - 5 reps

Casual(Easy) - 4 reps

Serious(Average) - 3 reps

Savage(Hard) - 2 reps

Extreme(Very hard) - 1 rep

hardcore- no repeats. Rely on your skill, use the restart.

Experience (Experience):

For completed races you get experience. When it accumulates enough for the next level, your level increases. Experience can be gained not only for winning races, but also for certain actions performed during the race (and there are many - Drive 100, 200, 300 miles; drive on two wheels, use a flashback, knock down obstacles, even roll over nth number of times)

List of achievements and how to get them

Big Bucks!: 25G
Earn a lot of money.

Dedication: 80G

Take first place in all DiRT Tour competitions.

The Full Set: 30G

Buy and ride every car in the game.

Gut It Out!: 10G

Win a DiRT Tour event without winning a race (Your buddy must win).

Head Over Wheels: 10G

Roll over and win the race in the process.

Gnarly!: 15G

Cross the finish line with no more than two wheels touching the ground.

Keep It Clean!: 20G

Win a DiRT Tour race without crashing.

Terminated!: 15G

Crash at 140 mph (225 km/h).

Nailed an Event: 10G

Win a race.

You "re The Best, Around !: 20G

Win every track in the entire game (in any game mode).

Dominated!: 15G

Win a domination race with the highest score.

That All You Got?: 15G

Win a challenge against the clock.

On The Bubble: 15G

In Last Man Standing, be second from last at each elimination point and then win the race.

Gate Crashed!: 10G

Crash every gate in a Gatecrasher race.

Friends For Life: 10G

Become a true friend to a superstar

Aren't You Popular!: 15G

Become true friends with 4 superstars.

Best Friends Forever!: 30G

Become true friends with every superstar in the game.

Rookie Coming Through!: 10G

Win your first race on the DiRT Tour.

Pro: 15G

Win a Pro division competition.

All-Star: 25G

Win an All-Star division competition.

Piece Of Cake: 10G

Win the challenge.

I like a Challenge: 20G

Win 12 challenges.

Getting A Reputation: 15G

Reach level 15 in DiRT Tour.

As Good As It Gets: 30G

Reach level 30 in DiRT Tour.

Whose Backyard?: 15G

Defeat Travis Pastrana in a challenge.

Block Party: 15G

Defeat Ken Block in a challenge.

Jet Setter: 15G

Participate in every race in the game.

World Tour Winner: 50G

Win every event in the World Tour.

X Games Champ!: 50G

Win all X Games competitions.

Five Of Your Best: 15G

Win 5 Pro Tour races in Games for Windows - LIVE.

Tourney: 20G

Take the top places in 4 tournaments.

Famous: 20G

Reach Fame Level 15 Online

Notorious: 40G

Reach Fame Level 30 Online

Rush Hour: 10G

Win a 7-runner Pro Tour race in Games for Windows - LIVE.

Mix It Up!: 15G

Participate in every discipline in Games for Windows - LIVE (Pro Tour or Jam Session).

In His Footsteps: 25G

Win 25 races in Rally mode on the DiRT Tour.

With Great Honor: 15G

Mirra Image: 15G

Defeat Dave Mirra in a challenge.

I Ain't Afraid Of No Ghost!: 10G

Choose "ghost" (time trial), download and defeat it!

Dialed In: 5G

Win a race using your car customizations

Two Cups One Girl: 10G

Win two competitions with the same partner.

X Games Europe Champ: 20G

Win an X Games Europe competition.

X Games Asia Champ: 25G

Win an X Games Asia competition.

X Games America Champ: 30G

Win an X Games America competition.

Showboating: 20g

Win an X Games America competition.

Just Drive: 15G

Drive 100 miles (161 kilometers) without unlocking any of the achievements

For Colin: 75G

Win the Colin McRae Challenge

Technical questions

Minimum system requirements:

operating system: Microsoft Windows XP, Vista or Windows 7

Processor: Intel Pentium D 3.0Ghz AMD Athlon 64 X2

RAM: 1GB (2GB for Vista)

Hard disk space: 10GB

Video card: ATI Radeon X1500 or NVIDIA GeForce 6800

Operating system: Microsoft Windows XP, Vista or Windows 7*

Processor: Core 2 Quad, Intel Core i7 or AMD Phenom II

RAM: 3GB

Hard disk space: 10GB

Video Card: ATi Radeon HD 5700 Series*

Requirements for playing online:

TCP/IP network

Supported video adapters:

ATI Radeon x1550, x1600, x1650, x1800, x1900, x1950, HD2400, HD2600, HD2900, HD3450, HD3650, HD3850, HD3870, HD3870x2, HD4850, HD4870, HD4870x2, HD5850, HD5870.

NVIDIA Geforce 6800, 7600, 7800, 7900, 7950, 7950Gx2, 8400, 8600, 8800, 9600, 9800, 9800Gx2, GTS250, GTX260, GTX275, GTX280, GTX285, GTX295.

The game is not compatible with integrated video and sound cards (work on laptops is not guaranteed).

Supported control devices:

Xbox controller 360 for Windows

Logitech Rumblepad 2

Thrustmaster Run'n'Drive

Run"n"Drive Rumble Force

Thrustmaster T-Mini 3-In-1

Dual Trigger 3-In-1

Thrustmaster Dual Analog 3

Xbox 360 Wireless Racing Wheel

Steering wheel Logitech G25

Steering wheel Logitech G27

Logitech Driving Force Pro

Logitech MOMO steering wheel

Logitech MOMO Force

Steering wheel Fanatec Porsche

FGT Rumble 3-In-1

Thrustmaster RGT Force Feedback Pro

F430 Force Feedback

DiRT 2 retains the default settings for all of the controls listed above, so you can use them without additional settings.

For some wheels (e.g. Logitech MOMO, Fanatec Porsche) it is important that the pedals are mounted on different axles. In the Windows control panel, open the "Game Controllers" item and click the "Properties" button, having previously selected the steering wheel used in the list. Click "Settings" and make sure "Combined" or "Single Axis" is disabled.

HANDLEBAR AND REVERSE SETUP:

If you have a steering wheel, then the following items will be available in the controller settings menu:

1) Dead zone

This item is responsible for creating a dead zone around the center of the steering wheel. If you feel that the control is jerky, you need to increase the size of the dead zone. Keep in mind that you can get the desired result by increasing the linearity value (see below), so it's worth trying to change it first.

2) Sensitivity

Sensitivity is responsible for the susceptibility of the steering of the car to turn the steering wheel. Increase the value of this parameter if you feel that the machine reacts to the slightest turn of the corner; lower the level if you need to turn the steering wheel too much to fit even the easiest turn.

3) Linearity

This setting is responsible for the stability of the machine on a straight line and the ease of control of the machine in a skid. If this seems too difficult for you, increase the linearity value. If the steering is too jerky, lower the values. Positive values ​​correspond to less steering sensitivity in the center position, which increases in the turn. Negative values ​​increase sensitivity in the center zone and reduce it in corners.

These settings (as described above) are only available if your steering wheel supports feedback.

1) Feedback strength

Total recoil force. Attention: setting too high a value can significantly increase vibration and reduce the realism of the control.

2) Rigidity of recoil

The higher the value, the "harder" the return: even small changes in the position of the steering wheel will correspond to a large effort. Increasing the values ​​increases the strength, but reduces the smoothness of the control.

3) Strength of effects

The force of shaking in collisions, on ski jumps and in other situations.

Dynamic platforms

If you have a dynamic platform connected to your computer, you can use it to drive your car. This control method has hardly been tested, except for simple data output, so use the device at your own risk. The output format is compatible with "Live for Speed". To enable support for this device, open the hardware_settings_config.xml file and edit the platform attributes:

enabled - Set to "true" or "false" to enable or disable the dynamic platform

ip – dynamic platform IP address

port - Dynamic platform port

delay - game data update rate (1/100 thousand seconds).

extradata - Should always be set to "0"

I changed the graphics settings - now the game won't start!

If you changed the graphic settings and then couldn't start the game - don't be alarmed! This could be because you have enabled a feature that is not supported by your graphics card, or you have set the resolution too high. Specifically to solve these problems, DiRT 2 provides " Safe mode", which can be launched from the Start menu in Windows XP by clicking right click mouse over game pictogram Windows Vista or from command line, using the "-safemode" option. Safe Mode will launch the game with minimum settings and resolution. One solution to the problem is to delete the hardware_settings_config.xml file. This file will be re-created by the game the next time it is launched.

Image problems

Horizontal tearing may appear on the screen during gameplay. This can be avoided by enabling the "Vertical Sync" function in the advanced graphics settings menu. Keep in mind that this feature can negatively affect the performance of the game, so it is disabled by default.

How to increase game performance?

DiRT 2 is designed with multi-core processors in mind, so you'll need a processor with two or more cores to play well. Please be aware that playing on Windows Vista may require more random access memory compared to Windows XP.

If the game is not running fast enough, try lowering your graphics settings. Disabling Mirrors will give a significant performance boost with a slight loss in image quality.

The performance test allows you to check your current game settings by running a race in test mode. The benchmark can be accessed from the graphics settings menu. You can learn more about it in the "Performance test" section.

More advanced users can configure the game themselves by editing the hardware_settings_config xml file, which is located in the game folder (and in My Documents). For example, changing the value of the shadow mask quality parameter to 0 gives a large performance boost on computers with older graphics cards.

Poor performance (FPS) in the menu with ATI Catalyst video driver version 9.9 and below.

We remove the old video driver, download the Driver Sweeper program and clean the system from driver remnants, download and install Catalyst 9.11 or 9.12

When starting the game, nothing happens, the game hangs in the processes.

The path to the game contains Russian letters. Exit - reinstall the game along the way

C/Program Files/Codemasters/DiRT 2

"OpenAl32.dll not found" error when launching the game

Need to download OpenAL

Error: "The application failed to start because D3DCompiler_42.dll was not found. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem" when launching the game

Need to download and install latest version DirectX.

Poor performance in Crossfire mode.

Fix for Crossfire

Wheezing sound, echo, extraneous noise.

The game freezes after the first race.

General questions about the game

Game not saving

Instructions for enabling saves:

1) We see a message that you are not logged into Live

2) Click that we want to register

3) Click, create an account

4) Create an offline (offline) profile

5) We play

Old saves not working after reinstalling Windows

Savings are "tied" to the XLive profile. Without the old profile, saving does not work. In order not to lose your saves during reinstallation, you must first copy your XLive profile. On Windows 7, it is in the path

C:/Users/Username/AppData/Local/Microsoft

You need to copy two folders from there: GFWLive and XLive

The saves themselves are located in My Documents in the DiRT2 folder.

When registering a profile, a key was entered and registered for Russia, but it turned out that Live in Russia is not officially supported, as a result, it is not included in the profile. Is the key missing?

No, the key is not missing, just register for the US (us).

The steward doesn't say anything.

The problem is in the localizer

After the race is not shown/stopped showing the replay

There is less than 3 gigabytes of free space left on the hard drive. Freeing up hard drive space will solve this problem

What versions of DirectX does the game support?

9 and 11.

What are the differences between DirectX 9 and DirectX11?

3D waves when driving through water (clearly visible on replays)

More detailed viewer models

More detailed flags
- The picture is "not blurred" (corrected by the patch)

The ability to set the post-process to High (High) in the graphics settings. You can enable this option by going to the game directory in the system folder. There you will find the file hardware_settings_options.xml Open it with WordPad and find the line:

dx11Only="true"

Replace true with false

dx11Only="false"

Now you can set the post process to High (High)

I drive like a sucker, can you recommend any good car
The best ride in the game is the Subaru Impreza WRX STi! This is the best combination of speed and handling.

Game not saving
Instructions for enabling saves:
1) We see a message that you are not logged into Live
2) Click that we want to register
3) Click, create an account
4) Create an offline (offline) profile
5) We play

Old saves not working after reinstalling Windows
Savings are "tied" to the XLive profile. Without the old profile, saving does not work. In order not to lose your saves during reinstallation, you must first copy your XLive profile. On Windows 7, it is in the path
C:/Users/Username/AppData/Local/Microsoft
You need to copy two folders from there: GFWLive and XLive
The saves themselves are located in My Documents in the DiRT2 folder.

When registering a profile, a key was entered and registered for Russia, but it turned out that Live in Russia is not officially supported, as a result, it is not included in the profile. Is the key missing?
No, the key is not missing, just register for the US (us).

The steward doesn't say anything.
The problem is in the localizer

After the race is not shown/stopped showing the replay
There is less than 3 gigabytes of free space left on the hard drive. Freeing up hard drive space will solve this problem

What versions of DirectX does the game support?
9 and 11.

What are the differences between DirectX 9 and DirectX11?
- 3D waves when driving through water (clearly visible on replays)
- More detailed spectator models
- More detailed flags
- The picture is "not blurred" (corrected by the patch)
- Ability to set the post-process to High (High) in the graphics settings. You can enable this option by going to the game directory in the system folder. There you will find the file hardware_settings_options.xml Open it with WordPad and find the line:
dx11Only="true"
Replace true with false
dx11Only="false"
Now you can set the post process to High (High)

How to enable DirectX11?
If your video card supports DirectX11, then it will be available in the game automatically. However, to enable additional effects, you will have to set all graphics options to High (High) and Ultra (Ultra).
DirectX11 mode is not available on DirectX9 video cards.
To force DirectX9 on DirectX11 video cards, you need to open the hardware_settings_config.xml file (located in My Documents), find the line
and change false to true:

How to remove the control panel on repeat (Rewind, forward, etc.)?
Press F4. To turn it back on, press F4 again.

How to edit Nick in the game, turn off the "ghost", turn off autosave?
Go to Options (to do this, get out of the van), select Profile (Profile) and Edit Profile (Change profile).
After making changes, exit from there and click Save Profile (Save profile)

How to change the navigator?
In the trailer, select the My Staff option (points to the sofa, in the menu that opens you can see Achievements, missions, etc.), select Co-Drivers (Navigator). In the window that appears, you can choose between a man or a woman, and also set the type of card reading - Simple (normal) or Technical (technical).

Level reset.
The problem is quite common, although it does not occur in everyone. If you have a Repack version of the game, this might be the issue.

Is there a way to improve management?
Improved settings, you might like:
Steering Deadzone - 0%
Steering Saturation - 50%
Steering Linearity-2
Acceleration Pedal Deadzone - 35%
Acceleration Pedal Saturation - 90%
Brake Pedal Deadzone - 40%
Brake Pedal Saturation - 70%

The game freezes after the first race!!!
The file solves the problem with freezing after the first race
Throw the file into the system folder in the game folder.

I drive like a sucker, can you recommend any good car
The best ride in the game is the Subaru Impreza WRX STi! This is the best combination of speed and handling.

Game not saving
Instructions for enabling saves:
1) We see a message that you are not logged into Live
2) Click that we want to register
3) Click, create an account
4) Create an offline (offline) profile
5) We play

Old saves not working after reinstalling Windows
Savings are "tied" to the XLive profile. Without the old profile, saving does not work. In order not to lose your saves during reinstallation, you must first copy your XLive profile. On Windows 7, it is in the path
C:/Users/Username/AppData/Local/Microsoft
You need to copy two folders from there: GFWLive and XLive
The saves themselves are located in My Documents in the DiRT2 folder.

When registering a profile, a key was entered and registered for Russia, but it turned out that Live in Russia is not officially supported, as a result, it is not included in the profile. Is the key missing?
No, the key is not missing, just register for the US (us).

The steward doesn't say anything.
The problem is in the localizer

After the race is not shown/stopped showing the replay
There is less than 3 gigabytes of free space left on the hard drive. Freeing up hard drive space will solve this problem

What versions of DirectX does the game support?
9 and 11.

What are the differences between DirectX 9 and DirectX11?
- 3D waves when driving through water (clearly visible on replays)
- More detailed spectator models
- More detailed flags
- The picture is "not blurred" (corrected by the patch)
- Ability to set the post-process to High (High) in the graphics settings. You can enable this option by going to the game directory in the system folder. There you will find the file hardware_settings_options.xml Open it with WordPad and find the line:
dx11Only="true"
Replace true with false
dx11Only="false"
Now you can set the post process to High (High)

How to enable DirectX11?
If your video card supports DirectX11, then it will be available in the game automatically. However, to enable additional effects, you will have to set all graphics options to High (High) and Ultra (Ultra).
DirectX11 mode is not available on DirectX9 video cards.
To force DirectX9 on DirectX11 video cards, you need to open the hardware_settings_config.xml file (located in My Documents), find the line
and change false to true:

How to remove the control panel on repeat (Rewind, forward, etc.)?
Press F4. To turn it back on, press F4 again.

How to edit Nick in the game, turn off the "ghost", turn off autosave?
Go to Options (to do this, get out of the van), select Profile (Profile) and Edit Profile (Change profile).
After making changes, exit from there and click Save Profile (Save profile)

How to change the navigator?
In the trailer, select the My Staff option (points to the sofa, in the menu that opens you can see Achievements, missions, etc.), select Co-Drivers (Navigator). In the window that appears, you can choose between a man or a woman, and also set the type of card reading - Simple (normal) or Technical (technical).

Level reset.
The problem is quite common, although it does not occur in everyone. If you have a Repack version of the game, this might be the issue.

Is there a way to improve management?
Improved settings, you might like:
Steering Deadzone - 0%
Steering Saturation - 50%
Steering Linearity-2
Acceleration Pedal Deadzone - 35%
Acceleration Pedal Saturation - 90%
Brake Pedal Deadzone - 40%
Brake Pedal Saturation - 70%

The game freezes after the first race!!!
The file solves the problem with freezing after the first race
Throw the file into the system folder in the game folder.