LOD fix + VR tips

[Cacazor]

All credit goes to author. Seen a few ppl ask about this so I thought I'd share

https://www.reddit.com/r/dirtgame/comments/el8xj4/dirt_rally_20_vr_performance_tips_my_game_now/

Fix for blurry textures in VR + other fixes (custom dll)
https://www.racedepartment.com/threads/dr2-0-vr-performance-tuning-and-visual-upgrade-mods.200905/

[Applekid]

Game is fun in VR; I just wish it were better optimized.

[Cacazor]

It can be a lot better following a few things:

-Running it outside of Oculus VR will have poorer performance
-Applying custom Nvidia settings to the game (eg AF in nvidia only, disable in game) - There are guides you can find
-Following the VR settings guide here in the community

Fix for blurry textures in VR + other fixes (custom dll)
https://www.racedepartment.com/threads/dr2-0-vr-performance-tuning-and-visual-upgrade-mods.200905/

Sucks you have to go through the hassle, but its really night and day afterwards

[Voodoochile]

Originally posted by Cacazor:

It can be a lot better following a few things:

-Running it outside of Oculus VR will have poorer performance
-Applying custom Nvidia settings to the game (eg AF in nvidia only, disable in game) - There are guides you can find
-Following the VR settings guide here in the community

Fix for blurry textures in VR + other fixes (custom dll)
https://www.racedepartment.com/threads/dr2-0-vr-performance-tuning-and-visual-upgrade-mods.200905/

Sucks you have to go through the hassle, but its really night and day afterwards

Question is : does any of it work on flatscreen or only VR?

[Cacazor]

It should yes, including the custom dll eye fix mod

[Voodoochile]

Originally posted by Cacazor:

It should yes, including the custom dll eye fix mod

Confirming that this fix (Dirt Rally 2 VR eye accomodation fix v2.0) does work to remove the awful HAZE from Finland and Poland even on flatscreen. You can also fiddle with the colors, saturation and brightness for night and day but I disabled the adjustments as I am already used to the original game colors.

Before:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2684804463

After:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2684804027

The haze is not completely gone, but it's toned down to a much, much more realistic levels for a clear, sunny day in the forest.

[Crash McWreakit VR]

been a long time since I tried to mod Dirt rally, I'm being a dummy here. Can someone give me a step by step how to install this fix please

[Cacazor]

It's all in the readme for the eye fix
1) Open your Dirt Rally 2.0 folder
2) Extract (unzip) all the files in the eyefix to that folder. Done

Most mods are installed this way. Find the readme, it tells you where to unzip

[Crash McWreakit VR]

Originally posted by Cacazor:

It's all in the readme for the eye fix
1) Open your Dirt Rally 2.0 folder
2) Extract (unzip) all the files in the eyefix to that folder. Done

Most mods are installed this way. Find the readme, it tells you where to unzip

thats the thing, it's not zipped, it's a download, not that it makes any difference, once downloaded there are 3 files one of which is the readme file. I can drag and copy it to the Dirt 2.0 game folder but it just ends up sitting amongst the other files that make up the game, doesn't do anything, had no trouble in original Dirt, sound mods, livery mods etc drop them in get the message to replace existing file bingo job done, but for some reason every mod like liveries and other legal mods just drop into the game folder and sit there without incorporating into the game

[Cacazor]

You downloaded a .zip file. Thats a zipped file. How are you sure its not working? The instructions I provided are from the author himself. Its a dll, its supposed to sit with the other files.
I, and Voodoo have both installed this and can see it working. There's nothing more than that when running in VR

If running 2D, the author suggests to disable at least the accomodation area override setting to overrideArea=0 in the config. Thats, the file dr2vrfix.config - Line 8

[Crash McWreakit VR]

Originally posted by Cacazor:

You downloaded a .zip file. Thats a zipped file. How are you sure its not working? The instructions I provided are from the author himself. Its a dll, its supposed to sit with the other files.
I, and Voodoo have both installed this and can see it working. There's nothing more than that when running in VR

If running 2D, the author suggests to disable at least the accomodation area override setting to overrideArea=0 in the config. Thats, the file dr2vrfix.config - Line 8

ok yep got it, duh, well i am 56 ha, just done the Finland weekly as a test and can confirm the fog has all but gone, plus the LOD fix has improved the vegetation building in the near distance, actually didn't notice it happening. Thank fer yer help

[Voodoochile]

Originally posted by Crash McWreakit VR:

Originally posted by Cacazor:

You downloaded a .zip file. Thats a zipped file. How are you sure its not working? The instructions I provided are from the author himself. Its a dll, its supposed to sit with the other files.
I, and Voodoo have both installed this and can see it working. There's nothing more than that when running in VR

If running 2D, the author suggests to disable at least the accomodation area override setting to overrideArea=0 in the config. Thats, the file dr2vrfix.config - Line 8

ok yep got it, duh, well i am 56 ha, just done the Finland weekly as a test and can confirm the fog has all but gone, plus the LOD fix has improved the vegetation building in the near distance, actually didn't notice it happening. Thank fer yer help

Glad that Cacazor managed to help you out. This fix helped me as well.
I have also adjusted some other parameters in my config file in order to increase the LOD of grass, trees and road details like gravel and ruts.
If you want to try this you can find this file: "hardware_settings_config" which should be here: C:\Users\(your PC user)\Documents\My Games\DiRT Rally 2.0\hardwaresettings

Make a back-up of this settings file just in case and increase these values IF you have already maxed them in the game and you think it's not good enough:

<ground_cover clutter="true" enabled="true" lodScaling="1.5" />
<objects lod="1.5" maxlod="0" stones="true" />
<trees lod="1.5" maxlod="0" meshes="true" />
<vehicles characterQuality="4" lodQuality="3" textureQuality="3" />
<track lod="2.5" />

These above are mine and they are pretty high but I don't run the game in VR and I run the game only at 75 FPS (my monitor cap).

[Crash McWreakit VR]

Originally posted by Voodoochile:

Originally posted by Crash McWreakit VR:

ok yep got it, duh, well i am 56 ha, just done the Finland weekly as a test and can confirm the fog has all but gone, plus the LOD fix has improved the vegetation building in the near distance, actually didn't notice it happening. Thank fer yer help

Glad that Cacazor managed to help you out. This fix helped me as well.
I have also adjusted some other parameters in my config file in order to increase the LOD of grass, trees and road details like gravel and ruts.
If you want to try this you can find this file: "hardware_settings_config" which should be here: C:\Users\(your PC user)\Documents\My Games\DiRT Rally 2.0\hardwaresettings

Make a back-up of this settings file just in case and increase these values IF you have already maxed them in the game and you think it's not good enough:

<ground_cover clutter="true" enabled="true" lodScaling="1.5" />
<objects lod="1.5" maxlod="0" stones="true" />
<trees lod="1.5" maxlod="0" meshes="true" />
<vehicles characterQuality="4" lodQuality="3" textureQuality="3" />
<track lod="2.5" />

These above are mine and they are pretty high but I don't run the game in VR and I run the game only at 75 FPS (my monitor cap).

thanks, yeah I may have a tinker with it once the blasted servers are up and running