Colin McRae Dirt Demo is out..!!

[prasad_den]

Description

The demo gives you 3 tracks and 3 race types to try out.
Firstly there’s the point-to-point, against-the-clock action that’s a hallmark of the series. The demo pits you and your Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX against a testing Italian rally stage. This mode is also playable in multiplayer.

Secondly, test your nerve in off-road racing as you race against 9 fearsome AI drivers in a CORR class 1 buggy packing 650bhp.

Finally, take on the rally legend himself, Colin McRae, in a Subaru Impreza – the race is on a twisting tarmac crossover track in Germany.


Minimum Specifications
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- Windows XP

- DirectX 9.0c

- Pentium 4 @ 3.0GHz or Athlon 64 3000+

- 1GB RAM.

- Graphics Card: GeForce 6800 / Radeon X1300 or above

- DirectX Compatible Sound Card

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Recommended Specifications
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- Windows XP/Vista.

- DirectX 9.0c

- Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.66Ghz or Athlon X2 3800+

- 2GB RAM.

- Graphics Card: GeForce 8800 or Radeon X1950

- Sound Card: Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Sound Card.

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Supported Graphics Cards
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- ATi Radeon x1300, x1600, x1800, x1900, x1950

- nVidia Geforce 6800, 7100, 7300, 7600, 7800, 7900, 7950, 8800


Not compatible with all integrated sound/graphics solutions (inc.Laptops)


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Known issues:
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Users with Windows Vista and ATi Radeon x1950/1900 graphics cards may find that bonnets do not get drawn on 2 of the demo cars.

Alt-TAB, Alt-ENTER etc minimise the game but the game will not recover.

On certain graphics cards they may be some graphical corruption e.g. flickering textures/shadows.

There may be some slowdown on certain graphics cards.
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Supported Controllers
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DiRT™ can be configured to use almost any PC controller, however we recommend the following controllers for the best game play experience:

- Logitech G25

- Logitech MOMO

- Logitech Driving Force Pro

- Microsoft X360 controller


Get it from here : Codemasters : Download details

File Size: 833 MB
Date Uploaded: 24th May 2007


Someone may please post the in game videos and pics..

[Third Eye]

Thanks prasad_den

[Harvik780]

Hey will this run on an AMD Athlon XP with geforce 6600.Athlon XP does not have sse2.I m getting an error on a friends computer that this application encountered an error in both vista and xp.Please reply.I successfully ran HALO 2 on vista on his computer.

[prasad_den]

^^ I seriously don't know if it'll run or not.. FYI I haven't tried this demo.. I have a much basic/primitive PC.. I have posted this just in the interest of all racing fans here....

Wait till some racing freak like s18000rpm answers your question..

[Harvik780]

K.Hope someone helps

[goobimama]

I've installed this game. My system can't handle it.

System:
Pentium 4 3.0Ghz Prescott
1GB 400Mhz RAM (dual channel)
Normal HDD
GeForce 7900GT 256MB

The game can't even give me playable framerates with 1024*768 while I play Oblivion at 1920*1200. This is really weird. Also, when I disabled "Multisampling" which I'm assuming is Anti-Aliasing (it said 4x), there was no performance improvement (at 1280*1024) while the game did look crappier...

I take this as a bad port from XBOX 360 to PC...

[Harvik780]

Originally Posted by goobimama

I've installed this game. My system can't handle it.

System:
Pentium 4 3.0Ghz Prescott
1GB 400Mhz RAM (dual channel)
Normal HDD
GeForce 7900GT 256MB

The game can't even give me playable framerates with 1024*768 while I play Oblivion at 1920*1200. This is really weird. Also, when I disabled "Multisampling" which I'm assuming is Anti-Aliasing (it said 4x), there was no performance improvement (at 1280*1024) while the game did look crappier...

I take this as a bad port from XBOX 360 to PC...

I agree with u.I m waiting for my brother's XFX 8800Gts 320mb which he is gonna buy today to play this game.Well also multi-sampling is similar to anti-aliasing but is not actually anti-aliasing.

[Third Eye]

@goobimama: This game sux.I play this game @ 7-10 fps on low settings,640X480 resolution.

[Stalker]

Originally Posted by goobimama

I take this as a bad port from XBOX 360 to PC...

another bad port.....gr8!
even Lost Planet : Extreme condition (port for x360 to pc) sucks.....
it seems the tutorial refers to the xbox 360 controller all the time & framerates are low, even on good hardware......read it on gamespot

[rockthegod]

bad port!!! naah... the details are terrific... read the gamespot reviews... nearly kills all 7 series cards @ its full quality. hafta get a 8 series card to play this game @ its full.... !!!!

[goobimama]

Well I've read reviews that it even takes down an 8800GTS unless backed by huge amounts of RAM and a really fast CPU.... I take it as a bad port...