Patch V04.1 (Safe to Download)

[justbiglee]

So... As some of you may be aware we hit our first big rock on the Early Access road today and we pushed an incorrect version of DiRT Rally live.

This was essentially our development build containing parts of our Germany update, which is a bit of a problem because we haven’t finished that yet and chunks of the game were missing and would appear broken.

This next part is where it gets complicated.

We’ve now set the correct patch live which is 1.6 GB. However if you had already downloaded the large (and wrong) 4 GB patch you will now be asked to download another 1.6 GB patch.

TL;DR - The 1.6 GB is safe. The 4 GB one is not safe.

Please do not download the 4 GB patch. If it is half way through, paused or stuck midway please stop the download, log out and close your Steam Client and re-open it. The correct patch should then download.

If you have already downloaded the 4 GB patch, please do not start the game, download the 1.6 GB patch and you should be fine.

If you have already played the game after the 4 GB patch and downloaded the new 1.6 GB patch we’re expecting this to corrupt your save file when you try and play the game.

If you happen to be one of those whose save has corrupted please post a reply below and let us know, we may want to get hold of a copy of your corrupt save so if you can make a copy of your save file before overwriting it that would really help us out.

The reason it corrupts is because when you loaded the version with Germany it introduces new items in your save file to check the game against, now we’ve taken the unfinished content out of the game your save file will be looking for something which isn’t there and corrupt.

If you’re having trouble loading the game once you have the most up to date patch please verify the integrity of the game cache. To do this right click on DiRT Rally in your library, select properties, click the local files tab and then press the “verify integrity of game cache” button. If it still does not load after this please let us know in the comments below.

The unfinished patch was live for about 40 minutes, starting at 12pm (BST). During that time our data tells us that a very small number of people played the game (less than 0.5%). We’re hoping that the corrupt save won’t affect all those players but regardless of how many it has hit we are sorry.

Now on to the correct Patch notes for DiRT Rally V0.4.1

• Save Game Fix - Fixed an issue which prevented the game from saving mid event
  
• Achievement Fix – Hillclimb achievements now unlock correctly, these will award from now on but we will retroactively award the Going Up In The World achievement in a future pack
  
• Track Environment update – J.McG’s Invisible Towing Services have now removed the invisible Burger Van that sometimes rolled into the middle of the road on Pikes Peak and their permit has been revoked (they tasted like thin air anyway)
  
• Online Events – Daily challenges now feature the full fat fully upgraded versions of the cars.
  
• Audio Fix – Sent the co-driver on another recce of the Col De Turini and asked him to redo his notes

Again we’re sorry for all the confusion and to those affected, we hope you enjoyed your sneaky peek at Germany. You’ll be able to play a much more stable version soon.

Hugs and kisses

Team DiRT.

[Heisenbourg]

I just want to be able to run the game full-screen... only game that can't do so

[@lf]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Heisenbourg:

I just want to be able to run the game full-screen... only game that can't do so

^This.

Still no fix for full screen. I hope you guys didn't forget this...

[S Flynn]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Mick C:

hey BigLee, you are the right guy for this job - love your honesty and humor - :)

+1

[scalman]

so we had all new stuff ..we had new save file ...we had huge 4gb patch and then 1,5gb patch ..and now we start from beggining with notin new .... ok thanks devs... i was just working weeks no my racers ..and its gone ... haha ... bring me back germany
best thing would be if i wouldnt try game today at all ..would have all that i had still ... and now im not lol.

[Greyhair01]

I have downloaded the 1.6 GB update and now every time I try to open the game I get an error that says...


The Steam servers are too busy to handle your request for DiRT Rally. Error Code(41).

I have tried the suggestions in Steam Support and none have fixed the issue. Is there a way to fix this or should I delete local content and download again?

Thanks

[unoMaestro]

I had the corrupted save file but _backup save file in the same folder was not corrupted so I just used it for recovery.

[OppaErich]

There's a download going on, how do I know which one that is ? And how do I stop this ? Steam does all this, not me

[ShelbyGT500]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von unoMaestro:

I had the corrupted save file but _backup save file in the same folder was not corrupted so I just used it for recovery.

+1 It works.

[vonswe]

Hey. I am one of the 0.5% that played the game after the 4gig patch.
I bought some of the new cars and did some custom races in Germany.
Now after this new patch my saves are corrupt, no surprice there ;)
I have backed up my savefiles before I tried to load the game with this the new patch.
If you whant me to send it just say so..
Have not yet created a new profile, I exited the game without loading past the warning window.

[BrySkye]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von OppaErich:

There's a download going on, how do I know which one that is ? And how do I stop this ? Steam does all this, not me

Don't worry, the problematic download was pulled 7 hours ago.
It's not on the servers for you to download anymore.

The one you're getting is absolutely fine.

[TheMaster]

Well my game wont launch now, run te check local cache and it found an issue with 1 file but still wont launch, I did not dl the 4gb patch though

[RapidResponse]

My Game crashes now back to Desktop atfer driving the 7 of 8 Stage in the second part of my actual Championsship tried ist two times... never crashed before... thsi update makes it not stable.. i downloaded only the 1.6gb patch... i cant finishes the second part of championsship.
:(...greetings

[RapidResponse]

the stage is GEUFRON FOREST after finished it BTD

[Zorus91]

Hi! why my game doesn't starts? It crash, and display error 41.. however, i don't find the patch downloads! thanks!

[Neverr3st]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von unoMaestro:

I had the corrupted save file but _backup save file in the same folder was not corrupted so I just used it for recovery.

Worked for me, thanks.