Dirt Rally 2.0
The DiRT Roadbook - June 28, 2019
Here's your roundup of all-things DiRT and a quick look ahead to the future.
http://blog.codemasters.com/community/06/the-dirt-roadbook-june-28-2019/
. Porsche 911 & Lancia 037 Coming Next Week
. New Deluxe Liveries
. Recording the Lancia 037
. Steam Summer Sale
. VR is still coming 😉
. A word on Console Graphics
. Codies Racing Line
. F1 2019 Launch
The DiRT Roadbook - June 21, 2019
Hello everyone and welcome back to the DiRT Roadbook!
It’s been an eventful week once again in the land of rally cars so let’s catch up and see what went down.
http://blog.codemasters.com/community/06/the-dirt-roadbook-june-21-2019/
. Latvia RX Arrives
. Latvia RX Access Issues
. FIA World Rallycross of Norway
. Community Screenshots
. Clubs Update
. DiRTy Discord Rally Championship
. Community Feedback
. Jon Armstrong takes on the Nürburgring Nordschleife
DiRT Rally 2.0 - Version 1.5 and 1.5.1 Information
We recently updated DiRT Rally 2.0 to Version 1.5, and subsequently 1.5.1 a few days later.
Here is a short overview of what was changed/added in Version 1.5:
- Club support added to Freeplay.
- Visual improvements made to rain effects.
- Service Areas will appear correctly in Weekly and Monthly Challenges.
- Monthly Challenge Leaderboards adjusted to show total Event times instead of individual Stage times.
- Elite and Master AI difficulty adjusted in My Team Rally Events to provide a fairer transition upwards from Pro.
- Start-line AI behaviour adjusted at Lohéac Bretagne circuit.
- AI cars will now be washed after Rallycross races.
- Notification added for when a player completes research on a car’s final engine upgrade in My Team.
- Chase cameras adjusted to reduce camera clipping into roadside objects.
- Non-English language co-driver volume increased.
- Corrections to some non-English language co-driver calls.
- General stability improvements and minor bug fixes.
Version 1.5.1 had the following change:
- Resolved a "Content not Installed" error which would occur when Latvia RX was added to the game client but not available to play before release.
If you come across a bug or issue, it would be of great help if you posted the following information on the Codemasters Forums (link below):
- Device information (CPU/GPU etc.).
- Whether you're a Standard Edition or Deluxe edition user.
- Where the bug happened.
- Have you been able to reproduce the bug?
- If you have been able to reproduce the bug, post as clearly as possible the steps you went through to trigger it.
- Screenshots or video would be nice too but a detailed description is often good enough.
https://forums.codemasters.com/topic/38591-dirt-rally-20-version-15-bug-reporting-thread/
DiRT Rally 2.0 - v1.4.1 - FFB Update
The latest update to arrive to DiRT Rally 2.0 this morning - update 1.4.1 - is primarily focused upon updating the Force Feedback for steering wheels. After looking into comments about the feel from all parts of our community, we’ve changed the way the ‘Suspension’ setting works to try and exhibit the behaviours that you've been requesting. For this update the slider has been set at a default level of 100 for all devices, but this can be changed to suit your preferences.
If you prefer the way things felt previously, then simply head to the Input section of the Options & Extras menu, select your device and then adjust the ‘Suspension’ slider in the Vibration & Feedback tab to 0.
We want to give a huge thanks to the entire community for their feedback and patience while we've looked into implementing these changes - especially to those of you who've taken the time to come back to us with incredibly useful, nuanced feedback about your FFB experiences. It's worth mentioning that while this is the first big update to the FFB, it's definitely a work in progress and we plan to refine the feeling further. Please - let us know what you think.
DiRT Rally 2.0 - v1.4
DiRT Rally 2.0 v1.4 releases at 11am (BST) today, and with that, RaceNet will go down for maintenance, so please make sure you're not playing the game when 11am comes around, as it could compromise event times etc. being uploaded to the server. We're expecting RaceNet to be up and running by 12pm BST. Here is what the update will bring:
- Online Custom events can now be set up as human only
- Plain black and white liveries added for most vehicles
- UI indication added for when ghost cars are stopped due to time penalty
- Leaderboards will now support going to the top from all positions
- AI will no longer select unreleased vehicles
- Speedcar Xtrem wheels will not disappear
- Improvement to Silverstone joker lap detection
- Costa Rican added as a nationality
- Tyre warnings are improved when in the service area
- Reset line improvements on Mettet
- Delta Daily will now award correct credits
- Improvements to Opel Manta 400 engine audio#
- Turning off Personal Best ghosts will keep them off for the remainder of the session
- Visual improvements to some vehicles
- Proximity warnings will not be shown on retired vehicles
- Resuming championships will not damage previously undamaged components
- Stability improvements throughout title
Please note that a further update will follow in the next week, which will focus solely upon FFB – so if you’re wondering where that is, it’s just around the next corner!
DiRT Rally 2.0 - v1.3
DiRT Rally 2.0 v1.3 releases at 11am (BST) today, and with that, RaceNet will go down for maintenance, so please make sure you're not playing the game when 11am comes around, as it could compromise event times etc. being uploaded to the server. We're expecting RaceNet to be up and running by 12pm BST.
Here's what v1.3 contains - you can find the patch notes below:
- Grip and floating car issues off the starting line now resolved
- New achievements/trophies added for Season One: ‘On Thin Ice’ (Complete a clean stage in Monte Carlo), ‘Rock ‘n’ Roll’ (Drive 66km at Monte Carlo in the DS 21), ‘To all those who doubted...’ (Get a podium in the Citroën C4 Rally), ‘Kickin’ 80s Vibe’ (Complete your first Event in the BMW M1 Procar Rally)
- The achievement/trophy “Fire Up That Car... Again” has had its unlock criteria modified
- Prevention for audio cut-out improved
- Added Jon Armstrong’s 2019 Galway International Rally livery
- New engine audio for BMW M1 Procar and Peugeot 208 T16 R5
- Fixed non-English translations of in-game text
- Retiring no longer counts as completing the stage or event, and will no longer cause trophies to pop
- Returning to the service area in Rallycross Community Events or AI Challenges will take players to service area and not leave the event
- Spectating in bumper cam will now show other drivers in custom online events
- Improvements to co-driver calls in specific call outs, across multiple locations
- Leaderboards are now available after non-Time Trial races
- Improvements to visual quality on some cars
- Corner cuts across certain areas (reset lines and rough terrain) are now prevented
- Stability improvements throughout title
Thanks,
Team DiRT
DiRT Rally 2.0 - v1.2.1
The latest patch notes are below:
- My Team Special Events issues fixed
- We've fixed not receiving input from unofficial devices (without re-connecting the device after press start)
- Special liveries and Monte Carlo Rally unlocked for Deluxe Edition players on Steam
We're continuing to monitor your feedback, so if there is anything new or existing that you feel has slipped through the cracks, please let us know on the pinned Steam forums thread.
Thanks,
Christina
DiRT Rally 2.0 - v1.2
Today, v1.2 releases at 11am – at which point, RaceNet will go down for maintenance – so please make sure you’re not playing the game when 11am comes around as it could compromise your event times uploading to the server. We’re expecting to be back up and running by 12pm, so don’t worry – it’ll be a maximum of an hour’s down time before you can get back to being DiRTy!
For those of you keen to know what today’s update will bring, the full list of notes is below:
• Stability improvements across all modes
• Prevented negative times from posting to leaderboards
• OSD Dial can now be enabled in headcam
• New engine audio for Citroen C3 R5 and Ford Mustang GT4
• ‘Upgraded’ trophy/achievement will now unlock
• Darkness issue resolved when using interior cameras
• Softlock will no longer occur if user owns too many vehicles
• Proximity indicators are now available for rallycross
• Prevented exploit for claiming rewards multiple times
• Podium counter will now correctly update in My Team
• Prevented audio cut outs
• Joker Lap cut-scene is now skippable
• Custom online will no longer disconnect users in specific conditions
• Improvements and corrections to text (all languages)
• Improvements to subtitle content
• Accented characters will be entered correctly in user text fields
+ Server-side change: we’ve also tuned frequency of night stages and bad weather stages. We know a lot of you were reporting that the occurrence of dark/wet stages was a little too frequent, so we’ve done some tweaking to ensure a few more dry and day stages
Thanks,
Team DiRT
DiRT Rally 2.0 - v1.1
Please see below for the day one patch notes for DiRT Rally 2.0:
Visual updates:
Improved visual quality of tracks
Improved placement of reset lines in tracks
Updated car model quality
Additional sponsors added to vehicles and trackside hoardings
Connectivity:
Online connectivity improvements to My Team via RaceNet and in title fixes
Network connectivity improvements and bug fixes for non-RaceNet multiplayer
AI:
AI has been improved in all game modes
Audio
Additional new audio lines for non-English co-drivers
Misc:
Quality of life improvements to My Team
Assorted big fixes
UX refinement for Custom mode
Addressed general stability issues throughout title
Improvements and corrections to text
Please note that we are aware of the RaceNet connectivity issues and Xbox One Deluxe Edition unlock problems, but if there's anything else you feel has slipped through the cracks otherwise, please report those issues here.
Thanks,
Christina