@EA_Barry wrote:
@HoteregCZ @daniellearmouth @LanausKone @wwlr697n18v8 @Fleshks
Please also ensure you are using a GPU that meets or exceeds the requirements:
Windows minimum requirements
- OS:Win 10
- Processor(AMD):AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
- Processor(Intel):Intel i5 9600K
- Memory: 8GB
- Graphics Card(AMD):Radeon RX Vega 56
- Graphics Card(Nvidia):Nvidia GTX 1060
- Direct X:12
- Online Connection Requirements:Broadband
- Hard Drive Space:80Gb
Thanks.
Hello again. I think I should stress a few things here and explain the problem more thoroughly, so that we can narrow things down, because whilst I do acknowledge that my card falls below minimum spec in terms of the generation of card, it's still running quite well all things considered for the settings and resolution I am playing at. I am playing at 1080p on a 144Hz monitor, and whilst I do not get 144 frames per second on the High graphics preset, I do still get a reasonably playable framerate with a game that — when things aren't visually messed up — does look rather good.
It's just the artifacting that's the problem here, and it starts to overwhelm the game and makes it impossible to play. Given the game runs and can look good (there are moments where this visual artifacting does not appear at all, albeit briefly, and there's no discernable reason as to why it suddenly looks right) I don't see any serious inherent reason for the cards behind the GTX 1000 cards generationally not working as well, even if they may not officially be recommended or even supported.
As an example, the first attached image is from the replay of a time trial stage I did. The replay looked pretty good, although I did notice a few instances of the artifacting coming into effect, but I did get a screenshot without it. The second attached image is that same time trial stage, but during play. It's like I'm a horse with blinkers put on it. If I move out of driver's eye view, it can work, but it's not a viewpoint I'm used to driving in.
And, fundamentally, night driving is impossible, as everything is overwhelmed by artifacting. Nothing besides the skybox renders correctly; the only thing that renders at all is the rear view mirror, as you can see in the third attached image, and you can't drive a rally stage by looking in the rear view mirror. It's a shame, because DiRT Rally 2.0's night rallies were fantastic, and I would love to be able to do it again...but I can't because the game just will not allow me.
This situation is somewhat reminiscent of a sequence in the original Mass Effect (which also happens to be an Unreal Engine game). If your system has a compatibility issue going on, the result is that in Noveria, you and your party's models don't render correctly and everything turns into huge masses of black squares. It's much the same issue, but about 15 or so years apart.
I hope I don't sound like I'm being harsh or whiny here; I'm trying my best to measure my words here. It's just that I'm not sure how much value there is in suggesting that the recommended course of action here is to use a different graphics card, given that firstly, the game still runs (and it runs quite well, artifacting aside) on these GPUs, and secondly, new GPUs are just...not great value. I acknowledge I've got to jump onto a new GPU at some point (Maxwell is four generations behind now), but it would be nice if I could have the game be playable in its entirety with what I currently have, even if what I currently have is lagging behind on what is currently out there.
Whilst by no means a scientific measure of the landscape of PC gaming hardware, the Steam Hardware Survey for September 2023 shows that approximately 1.5% of systems currently have a Maxwell GPU in them; of those GPUs, the GTX 960 and 950 models are the most popular at 0.54% and 0.52% each. Whilst nothing on the scale of, say, the RTX 3060 (6.27%), it's still an architecture that a number of players are still playing games on, even recently released ones. As an anecdotal example, I was playing Resident Evil 4 recently, and despite it not looking its best on my hardware, and it also having a minimum system requirement beyond what I currently have, it was still reasonably playable with a few concessions.
I guess the point I'm trying to make here is that unless this is a situation akin to the recently released Alan Wake II, which for genuine reasons requires better hardware, then this shouldn't be a problem. The game runs, I can drive, I can complete rallies...but I can't do them at night, and even during the day, there are serious artifacting issues that are preventing the game from being completely playable. If indeed there is something about the Maxwell GPUs that makes them unable to handle this game, then absolutely fair enough, but as it stands, I'd be surprised if that was the case.
If there are any further details that I might need to provide, I'm more than happy to oblige. Once again, I appreciate that I, along with others here, might be playing outside of the required specs, but we're here for the same reason: there's a visual issue with the game that makes it impossible to really play properly.
