VirtuaIceMan 115 Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 This one's all over the net, just making sure it's in here too! If you have a modern i7 quad core, it has 4 real cores and 4 virtual hyperthread ones. This makes DiRT 1 think there's 8 cores so it tries to use different code to make the game work, however it crashes! So you just need to set it to only use 4 cores instead, which only involves changing one number in an xml file, luckily! Do this as follows:1. Open the folder where you installed DiRT, then open the "system" folder2. Edit hardware_settings_restrictions.xml in Notepad3. Search for the line containing workerMap8Core.xml and change the 8 to 4, i.e. set it to workerMap4Core.xml4. You may not be able to save the file, if so, right-click it and turn off Read Only Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Blackpro 0 Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 Totally worked for me thanks! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Eagleizer 21 Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 Thanks a lot! Altho I have an 8 core, I had to do this. Go figure.. :) A tip: When you change car settings, save them before doing a Shakedown. Before you race, load your save. ;)Cheers :smile: ) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JohnWalter 0 Posted September 21, 2016 Share Posted September 21, 2016 Help!I changed the workerMap8 to workerMap4, but it didn't help.The game still won't start.I have an i7-3770. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted November 4, 2018 Share Posted November 4, 2018 Beim der i7 6700 k Cpu und dem z170 Mainboard von Asus kann ich im Bios die CPU Einstellung verändern und somit Hyperthreading deaktivieren.Einstellung speichern und Neustart --Schon läufts ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
linKcs 0 Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 Thanks man, that works pretty well. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ValH 0 Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 (edited) Hello, I am reinstalling Dirt 1 on my new computer and I can get to the point where the PC is trying to load up a race and I get a CTD. I have set the workerMap8Core to the 4 as described but my system is not letting me past a race load w/o a crash. I have an i9-9900K CPU with 16 cores; Win 10 Pro; RTX2080 Ti; and Danza DDR4. I have attached my DxDiag file. I must add that if I have to deactivate hypertheading, I may not do this game anymore... Thank you! Val DxDiag12-15-2019.txt Edited December 28, 2019 by ValH Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ValH 0 Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 got it working now. 🙂 Thanks for the help. I was wondering if TrackIR works for this game? I havent run it since TrackIR came out. Again, thanks! Val Quote Link to post Share on other sites
amigaman01 0 Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 (edited) Hi, probably I'm just being dumb, but when I open where I installed DiRT, the "system" folder doesn't exist. Please advise. Cheers, amigaman01 Edited February 14, 2020 by amigaman01 Typo Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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