"DiRT 3 executable has stopped working" issue?

[Sameer2097 0]

Hello.

I bought DiRT 3 last week. I have DiRT 3 installed from a retail disc (not steam). This issue is present from first day of installation. I can never complete a play session as the game crashes everytime, anytime with "DiRT 3 executable has stopped working" popping up.  It happens anytime, during a race, in main menu or while loading a race.
I've tried reinstalling the game, NVIDIA drivers, DirectX, GFWL, but no success.

My PC's specs are:
Core 2 Duo E8400 @‌ 3GHz
6GB RAM
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250.

I got these problem details from Windows Reliability Monitor:




Description

Faulting Application Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Codemasters\DiRT 3\dirt3_game.exe

Problem signature

Problem Event Name: APPCRASH

Application Name: dirt3_game.exe

Application Version: 1.0.0.0

Application Timestamp: 4daccacb

Fault Module Name: DINPUT8.dll

Fault Module Version: 6.1.7600.16385

Fault Module Timestamp: 4a5bd9c1

Exception Code: c0000005

Exception Offset: 0001479b

OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.768.3

Locale ID: 1033

Additional Information 1: 0a9e

Additional Information 2: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789

Additional Information 3: 0a9e

Additional Information 4: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789

[Tark9m 0]

Just out of curiosity have you tried forcing DX9.