DiRT Rally wont run on a more than minimum spec PC

[LiamEXO14 0]

Hello. i just purchased DiRT Rally last week and found out after installing it on my Laptop that it wont run. it gets to the start screen that says DiRT Rally and then nothing else happens, i have already messed with launch options and shortcut/exe properties all while running my computer in maximum performance mode. my computer specs are below and i was just wandering if anyone else is having the same problem and if so then how did you deal with it? i do have a gaming PC but its not available to me right now so my money wont be completely lost if i cant get help, but it would be nice to be able to play this amazing game on my computer because my RBR CD wont work on anything runnning an OS later than windows XP :L, anyway thanks in advance. 

Liam

My PC specs.

manufacturer: Dell 

Model: Vostro 

Series: 3750

Memory: 4GB of DDR3 1600MBS 

Processor: Intel core I5 2430M 2.4GHZ turbo to 3.0

OS: Windows 7 home premium 64BIT

Hard Drive: Wester Digital 300GB 7200RPM 

Graphics unit: Intel HD graphics 3000 with 1652MB of total GDDR4 memory

[Corsa997 0]

Noticed on steam d-rally req that Intel 4000 is min supported.

Might be the issue?

[dirthotpursuit 1]

I don't recommend it but you can try going to
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\DiRT Rally\system" and delete hardware_settings_restrictions.xml or rename it.

[LiamEXO14 0]

i did what you said  but now its coming up with an error message that says (steam servers are two busy to handle your request) error(41)

[LiamEXO14 0]

but it says 1GB of  vram and i have more than that, does it matter what version of graphics you have as long as you have the minimum graphics specs?

[Corsa997 0]

http://www.notebookcheck.net/Preliminary-benchmarks-put-Intel-HD-4000-up-to-84-percent-faster-than-HD-3000.70658.0.html

I'd assume your hd3000 is the culprit.

[shadow118 18]

LiamEXO14 said:

but it says 1GB of  vram and i have more than that, does it matter what version of graphics you have as long as you have the minimum graphics specs?

That's just the amount of VRAM, it has nothing to do with the actual power of your card. It would be likc comparing cars, you can have a hatchback with a 2 litre engine and 150 hp or you can have a hillclimb monster with the same 2 litres but 700 hp, see where i'm going with this?

[LiamEXO14 0]

Yes I see thanks for the help

[RodrigoMoraes 0]

Hello Friends.

Have same problems here, I dont know exactly why, but my "userdata" folder doesn't exists anymore.
I think this is because my game does not launch.

[rvprice123 0]

I can't get my game to work dirt rally logo pops up for a second then goes. And a error code 41. Any help!!?

[Vinco612 0]

same exact issue guys PLEASE HELP spent $50 on game and have yet to play.

[Dytut 89]

I never got error 41, but isn't that because you're running out of space on your hard drive?