Does not work on Windows 11

[IcedTea]

This game doesn't seem to start on Windows 11. I just upgraded from Win10 (where I had no trouble running the game), and now it just doesn't load.

In case it matters, I'm running a Ryzen 2700X and a Radeon RX 570.

[maVRoyal]

if you have a chance then go back to win10...before win11 will actually be stable and have all functions will take at least half a year ( when did win11 released...few weeks ago to 2 months ago, It's little more than beta at this point ). Besides win11 have troubles on more games than just grid2. SWTOR have been greatly affected by win11 where game crashes as well and few other games had trouble with anti cheat auto banning people due to win11.

[IcedTea]

Originally posted by maVRoyal:

if you have a chance then go back to win10...before win11 will actually be stable and have all functions will take at least half a year ( when did win11 released...few weeks ago to 2 months ago, It's little more than beta at this point ). Besides win11 have troubles on more games than just grid2. SWTOR have been greatly affected by win11 where game crashes as well and few other games had trouble with anti cheat auto banning people due to win11.

Good advice. I guess I made this post to let the developers know, in case it was something on their end that needs fixing.

[Steve]

Tell me you upgraded from Win 10 to Win 11 by doing clean install instead Windows Update.

[ppravier]

I have the same issue and reallly would like a fix please

[Hawkins656]

I had the same issue but did a verify game files and it worked for me.

[Tarok Vanhellsing]

funny is grid 1 woks fine in Win 11

[Yosuke]

C'est quand meme desagreable de voir greed 1 fonctionné plutot parfaitement et que gred 2 lui reste actif 1s sans meme afficher le moindre ecran .... ca sent l'envie d'insiter les gens a jouer au nouveaux ca ....

[BrinkleyPT]

It works for me here:

Windows 11 Home (AMD 7800X3D + RTX 4060 + 32GB RAM)

[DeathWalker]

it works for me too, win 11, intel cpu, rtx 4070 & 32 gb ram

[BrinkleyPT]

UPDATE: ENABLE VSYNC (ignore all the rest)

This seemed to have fixed it.

I'm currently running the game without any crashes and I only enabled/turned on VSync inside of the game (all my compatibility settings are set to default and switched off/completely untouched).

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WARNING: USE THIS WITH CAUTION

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For people having trouble with the game crashing while attempting to play certain specific tracks (do this):

1) Go to "Library"

2) Press/open "GRID 2" library page (inside your "Library" section: either in the "Home" section/tab of the "Library" or in the left/side menu)

3) Click the "Manage" wheel/option

4) Go to "Manage"

5) Click "Browse local files"

6) Locate the game executables for GRID 2 (grid2.exe and grid2_avx.exe)

7) Select/right click each executable and open "Properties"

8) Click the "Compatibility" tab

9) Click "Change settings for all users"

10) Under "Compatibility mode" enable the option "Run this program in compatibility mode for:"

11) From the drop-down list, select "Windows 7", press apply/OK

12) Press apply/OK (for both programs/executables)

That's it.

After that I think it won't crash again (at least it didn't for me).

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IMPORTANT TIP:

It's important to get the game executables back to normal (and also let Steam verify the integrity of your files), after you play those tracks that were crashing.

WARNING:

Using this might not be a good idea if you're not a good tech guy/girl, be compatibility mode might be "unstable".

I'd much rather let the game crash when it wants to, rather getting stuck in blank/black screen that just happened now.

AFTER FURTHER TESTING:

I find that this solution is NOT "stable" and it's only a temporarily solution for those of you that cannot play specific tracks otherwise (it's recommended for you to revert your changes afterwards).

That's it.

PLEASE, USE WITH CAUTION!

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UPDATE: ENABLE VSYNC (ignore all the rest)

This seemed to have fixed it.

I'm currently running the game without any crashes and I only enabled/turned on VSync inside of the game (all my compatibility settings are set to default and switched off/completely untouched).