How to Fix Colin McRae: Dirt 2 Crashes and Launch Issues
Dirt 2 might be the first game to offer support for DirectX 11, but this doesn’t mean (unfortunately) that it is an error-free game. Apparently most of the problems are related to the game crashing at startup or crashing/freezing right after the AMD logo appears. Below we will try to fix the crashing and freezing issues of Colin McRae: Dirt 2 and hope you’ll get the perfect experience out of it.
First thing you should do before trying anything else is to check out if your system meets the minimum system requirements for Dirt 2. If it does, read on and let’s try to find a solution.
Problem 1: Dirt 2 crashes at launch
Apparently, this is a problem caused by an incorrect installation of Games For Windows Live. According to the game’s community manager the fix here is quite simple:
1. Restart your computer.
2. Download and install again Games for Windows Live (click here to get it)
3. Restart the computer again and fire up the game!
Problem 2: Dirt 2 crashes or freezes when the AMD logo appears
There is no official confirmation of a fix for this problem, but you could try to force the game to run in DirectX 9 mode. In order to do so, you will have to:
Open with a text editor the file located at:
Documents/My Games/Dirt2/hardwaresettings/hardware_settings_config.xml
Find line and change it to
Game should run now without problems. Please let us know if you’re having any other problems or if you managed to find out other fixes for the crashes of this really cool racing game.
It wonť help. After the intro with codemasters it will write the application error and i can just only click on dot’t send.
So, it is helples.Next one thing, reinstal game for windows live – helpless, some kind of crack?Useles. Nothing is helpful.
Hey, I’m glad I’m not the only one experiencing this issue! I’ve been in touch with codemasters tech support and they’re like asking me disable antivirus/firewalls/virtual CD/DVD drives (like daemon tools). A bit OTT me thinks! I don’t believe it’s anti virus/firewall.
I’ve found a temp workaround though. If it’s crashing after the AMD logo then restart steam (if you bought the game via steam). Booting up is normally successful after this but it is still prone to crashing with/without errors during gameplay. The closest error I’ve seen is related to ntdll.dll. The event viewer in XP reveals nothing.
I’m running the game on DX9C under XP SP3… Meh, this is going to be a pain to fix cause there’s no real pattern.
hey ! I have erro too, when i finish first race England rallycross game crashes he just stops. How can fix this ???
i play first race and when start second race i cant just freeze dirt 2.Can somebody help with this problem?
Crash after first race.
any ideas?
same here crashes after first race
I have a problem in-game. Sometimes I can play normally and sometimes it crashes in middle of a race…
I got same problem it crash after first race..it just freezes..but the game runs smoothly so its not up whit my pc reguires or video card..:F so..does somebody had solution this problem..?
After the AMD , and Intel
After going through the lengthy intro right up to the first rally several times (am unable to skip the intro), I get a message to say that Dirt2 Executable has stopped working. I hHave tried the repairing the programme as suggested above with no luck.
Any ideas on how to fix this and also how to skip the intro?
Hi, I´m today instaled CMR DIRT 2…MY PC: XP SP3, amd 64 athlon 2,3ghz,GeForce 8600GT (512 mb),2 GB RAM..
First race (london) run nice…I win this race, I get a new OFF roud but in an instant freeze game.I press ctrl+alt+delete and I must end this game :(
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This problem I resolved with edit “workerMap” to:
I was glad that the game is working properly..BUT problem has been solved !!
Although I can go to caravan and select new race GAME FREEZE AGAIN!!
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PLS HELP MEEEE !!!
I edit “workedmap.xml” from this w. site:
http://community.codemasters.com/forum/dirt-2-tech-support-1317/399195-problem-game-freezes-after-first-race-3.html