Originally developed by Codemasters
Developed for Linux by Feral Interactive Limited
Published for Linux by Feral Interactive Limited
This document is intended to help you answer any questions that you may have about DiRT Rally
DiRT Rally has been fully tested on Ubuntu 16.10 and SteamOS. For the best gameplay experience, we recommend you use one of these distros.
The game should also work on other recent versions of Ubuntu, and may also work on other Linux distros; however, as the game has not been tested on these, it is possible that you will encounter performance and gameplay issues, and we do not currently offer support for other versions or distros.
The graphics card series and driver versions below have been tested, and these and higher series or versions will run the game without issues:
Nvidia
Series: 650ti
Driver version: 370.28
NOTE: Open-source Nvidia graphics drivers are not currently supported by DiRT Rally. Unfortunately, the current open-source Nvidia drivers do not support a number of the graphical features used in the game.
AMD
Series: R9 270
Driver version: MESA 13.0.3
Intel
Series: Iris Pro 6200
Driver version: MESA 13.0.3
Yes, achievements are supported by DiRT Rally.
If you are signed in to Steam, your achievements will be visible to you in-game and also to other players through the Steam application.
For the best racing experience, we recommend that you play DiRT Rally with a steering wheel or a gamepad with analog triggers.
This is because the game provides the most realistic driving experience if the accelerate and brake commands are mapped to analog inputs on your wheel or gamepad. The game responds to analog inputs according to level of pressure you put on them, making them similar to car accelerator and brake pedals.
It's possible to play DiRT Rally using a keyboard or a gamepad without analog triggers. However, you may want to adjust your settings to provide a better racing experience:
Keyboard
Keyboards do not have analog inputs. This means that you cannot vary the level of pressure in order to vary the rate of acceleration or braking.
You can play the game using a keyboard, but you may find it difficult to control your car's speed. Because of this, we recommend setting ABS, Traction Control and Stability Control to higher settings. This will make the car easier to control.
You can adjust ABS, Traction Control and Stability Control during a race by selecting Options → Preferences from the in-game Pause menu.
Gamepad without analog triggers
By default, the accelerate and brake commands are mapped to the “trigger” buttons on the top of the gamepad. If your gamepad does not have analog triggers, the trigger buttons do not allow you to vary the level of pressure in order to vary the rate of acceleration or braking.
However, all gamepads supported by Feral games have analog sticks. These are the small, mushroom-shaped joysticks on the front of the gamepad. You may prefer to remap the accelerate and brake controls to the right analog stick. To do so, follow the instructions below:
From the Main Menu, select Options & Extras.
Select Controls
Select Accelerate, then push the Right analog stick forward. This will assign the accelerate command to this input.
Select Brake/reverse, then pull the Right analog stick backward. This will assign the brake command to this input.
You will now be able to accelerate and brake using the right analog stick. To accelerate, push the stick forward, and to brake, pull it backwards. The further you push or pull the stick, the more strongly you will accelerate or brake.
NOTE: By default, the Look Left, Look Right, Look Up and Look Down commands are assigned to the right analog stick. If you wish to use these commands, you should remap them.
Yes.
The game supports gamepads using the SDL 2.0 API. For more information about SDL, see the SDL Wiki.
The gamepads in the following list have been tested and are supported by DiRT Rally:
The pads below are also supported by SDL and you should be able to use them to play DiRT Rally. However, as they have not been tested with the game, we cannot guarantee that they will work:
If you encounter problems when using any of the gamepads listed above, please contact our technical support team.
* The Xbox One controller works by default with SteamOS, but will only work with Ubuntu 14.04.2 when using Linux kernel version 3.17 or above.
** In order to use your PlayStation pad with DiRT Rally, you may need to press the PlayStation button in the center of the controller after connecting the pad to your computer. This allows your computer to recognize the pad.
Yes, most standard USB wheels will work with DiRT Rally. The wheels in the following list have been tested and are supported by the game:
You may need to map the game controls to inputs on your wheel and its components (such as pedals, if available) before racing. To do so, follow these steps:
Ensure that your wheel and any components are connected to your computer, then launch DiRT Rally.
From the Main Menu, select Options & Extras.
Select Controls.
Select Steer Left, then perform the action on your wheel to which you wish to map the “steer left” command.
Repeat step 4 for all the other game commands, mapping them to the desired action on your wheel.
Switching between a virtual terminal (by pressing Ctrl + Alt + F1-F6) and the X server (by pressing Ctrl + Alt + F7) while the game is running may cause the game to crash or the graphics to render incorrectly.
The problem will be fixed the next time you launch the game.
We do not recommend switching to a virtual terminal while running the game, as the problem is likely to occur each time you do so.
If your CPU frequency scaling governor is set to "Power Save" mode, you may experience performance issues in DiRT Rally. When playing games, we recommend that you set your CPU frequency scaling governor to "High Performance" mode.
We have developed a tool called GameMode that can enact this process automatically. If GameMode is installed, DiRT Rally will automatically set your CPU frequency scaling governor mode. To find out more please visit the GameMode entry on GitHub.
If you wish to manually set your CPU frequency scaling governor mode, please follow the instructions below.
echo performance | sudo tee /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpufreq/scaling_governor. Press the Return key.If you wish to change your settings back to "Power Save" mode, simply follow the instructions above and enter the following line of code: echo powersave | sudo tee /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpufreq/scaling_governor.
There are several factors which have an impact on the speed at which DiRT Rally runs. Please see the DiRT Rally Performance Tips section in the ReadMe for ways to increase the speed at which the game runs on your computer.
Please read the technical support information in the ReadMe; this tells you what to check and if necessary, how to contact Feral Technical Support with your issue.