Grid 2 Won't Start (SOLVED)

[Mr. Cosmiam]

So, as the title says I can't start this game. First few times when I tried to run it steam gave me a message like "the app is already running". After that I restarted my computer and reinstalled the game. No message after that but instead when I click play nothing happens at all. Have you guys had any problem like that? I would appreciate it if you could help me.
PS: It's definitely not a hardware problem because I can run Crysis 3 and other games on ultra settings easily.

[Mr. Cosmiam]

Unfortunately nothing worked for me. Also my hardwaresettings folder is empty.

[Space Cowboy]

When I first started playing it would crash my whole computer upon loading the first race then it started working again for a little while. Just got home and now I'm getting the "app is already running" message. Verified files, had to redownload 6 files, wont even boot at all with any message, verified again, redownloaded 1 file. Still wont boot. Would be nice to actually play the game I've been waiting to play after a long day of work......but nope.

[Mr. Cosmiam]

I tried to contact steam support but got no answer for 3 days. Just great...

[RoadRash]

I asked steam for help they told me to talk to codemasters

[JennieKim]

引用自 Bamft：

I fixed it in my client. Here is a solution I found on a site:

If you are experiencing random crashes while loading the game, you can try the following workaround:
In Documents, go to Documents\My Games\GRID 2\hardwaresettings.
You should look for the file named hardware_settings_config.xml.
Open the file in a text editor and look for the line:
directx forcedx10=”false”
Once, you find it, you should change it as follows:
directx forcedx10=”true”
Save the changes and run the game again.

Ty i did it and it works but it crashes when i click on GRid online

[Mr. Pink]

hello guys, i have the same problem.
on launch the game a message "the app is already running" still..
i had follow some instruction also the "forcedx10=true" that gave me 3 seconds of hope.. but nothing.
i'll waiting any other suggest .. without fun!

[TheHam101]

Have this problem as well, submitted a question on steam support and I haven't heard anything for several days now ...

[Grektz]

I too have this problem. ive tried everything possible!
no luck

[TheHam101]

引用自 Bamft：

I fixed it in my client. Here is a solution I found on a site:

If you are experiencing random crashes while loading the game, you can try the following workaround:
In Documents, go to Documents\My Games\GRID 2\hardwaresettings.
You should look for the file named hardware_settings_config.xml.
Open the file in a text editor and look for the line:
directx forcedx10=”false”
Once, you find it, you should change it as follows:
directx forcedx10=”true”
Save the changes and run the game again.

Tried this fixed and it works ... for the most part anyway, it crashed agian while playing. So far though it has only crashed the one time after trying this fix hoplefully that's the end of it, thanks for the help.

[Ov3rflow]

Same problem here... I reinstalled the game, edited the settings etc., nothing helps. But I found some dumpfiles in the grid 2 folder. They (at least for me) say that the grid_avx.exe tries to read/write at a forbidden memory adress (Code 0xC0000005). Maybe this helps for bug-fixing...

P.S.: I'm running on Windows 7 64-bit, nVidia GeForce GT540M

[Klimpen]

This fixed the problem for me:
Right Click “GRID 2” in the Steam library
Select “Properties”
Click “Set Launch Options”
Insert “-safemode” and click “Ok”
Run the game
After exiting the game remove “-safemode” from the “Launch Options” to allow the game to run as normal

[stanmarace]

I fixed it by right click grid2 in the LIBRARY. Choose "properties"
Click "Local files"
Select "Verify intergrity of Game Cache"
The game will reinstall itself when above is done.
And the game can start without black screen.
It's a bug. Please fix it ASAP.

[BudHound]

I'm having issues as well, can't get past the GRID 2 load up screen.

on a gaming laptop
Intel I7
Geforce 3Gig 670
Windows 8
12 Gig ram
it also has an Intel 4000 (i think) but i have allready gone into settings and set it to use the geforce only.

would be great to get some help, still have yet to play.
thanks

[Iro540]

Have absolutly the same probelm; by clicking on"Start" I see the Grid 2 logo but after that the screen went black. No action.
Tried everything mentioned above but without luck...
Spend 41 Euro on that one and no game... Great, is like spending 41 Euro on nothing; burning money...

[Mr. Cosmiam]

Ok guys, I fixed it and it works perfectly. I've done some things at ones, so I'm not sure what was the actual problem, but any way here is my solution:
- Completely exit Steam.
- Navigate to your Steam installation folder (~C:\Program Files\Steam)
- Delete the 'appcache' folder.
- Click the Start button and select Run.
- Type msconfig and click Ok.
- Select the Services tab and check Hide all Microsoft services.
- Click Disable all (Some of the start up programs may interfere with the game, you need to figure it out by yourself which one is that)
- Click Apply and Close.
- I also disabled my antivirus and firewall just in case. (There may be no need to do that)
- Restart your computer.
Hope its gona work for you just as fine as for me!