Widescreen Gaming Forum

Great news guys ... :D

The menu issue will be fixed in a patch on or shortly after release day ...
http://www.widescreengamingforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=130320#130320

The game is not supposed to support SLi ...
From the readme ...

viii) Is ATI’s Crossfire or NVIDIA’s SLI supported?

Unfortunately, due to the working of GRID’s engine, systems which link two or more graphics cards (i.e. Crossfire or SLI) are not implicitly supported. This means you may not see a performance boost from having the second card, and you may even have trouble running the game. If GRID is failing to start properly and your system is SLI or Crossfire enabled, try disabling the technology in either NVIDIA’s or ATI’s control panel in Windows and see if this helps.

That said ... I improved my frame rates by about 20fps by renaming the GRID.exe to dirt.exe ... so that it uses the DIRT profile in the Nvidia Control Panel ...

Frame rate in top right ...
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After ...


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I can't seem to get this to run in TH2Go.....

I tried an install on Vista 32 and XP. With and without SLI.... with and without AA.... but I get the same problem:

Game runs flawlessly in 1600x1200. I reset to 3840x1024 and restart.

I get the GRID logo, my three screens activate indicating that 3840x1024 is initialized (also confirmed via FRAPS on my G15 keyboard), but the screens stay black.

Eventually, it CTD's with no error codes.

Anyone have any thoughts?

I'm running 9800GTX's with 174.74 drivers.

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Gigabyte GTX 980 - SLI

i7-4770k @4ghz

16GB Ram

Planar SA2311W 3D Vision monitors (x3)

Windows 7 x64 Ultimate SP1

I found it wouldn't run if I changed the AA setting from the original setting ...
So I deleted the ... hardware_settings_config.xml ... from here ... C:Documents and SettingsAdministratorMy DocumentsCodemastersGRID Demohardwaresettings ... (XP)
It made a new one and started up in TH no prob ...

I have changed/played with every other setting and had no problems ...
Mine now running with everything set to the highest it can be but the AA is as it was the first time I fired it up ... 4xmsaa

So ...

Try deleting that hardware_settings_config.xml and let it make a new one.

Hope that helps ... :D

Hey Paddy,

Thanks for the reply. Ends up it was much simpler.

When I reset to 3840x1024 and rebooted, there was a prompt asking me whether or not I wanted to keep the new resolution.

Because of the problem with the menus, I never saw it; only the black screen. I basically hit the arrow key right once (which moved the prompt that I could not see to YES - Accept Resolution) and then the enter key and all worked fine! :D

However... one problem I am having is that my gauges, map and standings are right in the bezels and thus difficult/impossible to read because I use bezel management.

No way around this?

EDIT: Just re-read your post above and see you have the same problem. I guess I'll add another post to the thread at CM and ask that they fix that.... but I assume that is a longshot.... :cry:

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Gigabyte GTX 980 - SLI

i7-4770k @4ghz

16GB Ram

Planar SA2311W 3D Vision monitors (x3)

Windows 7 x64 Ultimate SP1

He-he ... glad you sorted it ... :D

Re the HUD ... bars etc ... The guy from Codies did say ...

We've just made a couple of small code changes, and the menus and overlays will now all render correctly, even in ultra-widescreen resolutions Smile

"Overlays" are the HUD elements ... so hopefully that will be fixed too ... 8)

I posted about this on the front page. Thanks for making the voice of the WSGF known out there, and for doing so in a polite manner.

As usual Paddy, you are THE man. Us triple head users are a small but powerful voice. Thanks so much for all your efforts!

really nice game lol

I created a couple of GRID widgets if anyone is interested ...



GRID Widget ...



Disclaimer:
This is a free to use desktop object/widget ...
If this application manipulates your computer in a harmful way I am not responsible.
Use at your own risk.


Different downloads for different countries ... displays a flag of the country in widget.
Not Tested in Vista.

Grid Widget ENG

Grid Widget AUS

Grid Widget US

Grid Widget NE

Grid Widget DE

Grid Widget ITA

Grid Widget ESP

Grid Widget UK

Grid Widget FR

Once downloaded and unzipped ...
Just double click the exe file to start it up ...
This does not install anything.

Right click the icon in the system tray to get some options ...

Hide/Show ... hides or shows the widget ...
Close ... ...
About ... tells you about widget ...
Preferences ... gives you some options such as ... Opacity ... Hue Shift ... Z-Order ... Start with Windows etc ...
I recommend you use this preference box to set the Z-Order to Desktop Level ... so that it is always behind other windows etc.

The "Flag" button will only link to the game demo if it is installed in the default location on the C: drive.
I will update the widget to link to the game (not the demo) once the game is out on the 30th.

If for some reason the widget goes off the screen and doesn't come back ...
Do a search on your system for a folder called ... GRID Widget ... you must include ... "Search hidden files or folders" ... in the " More advanced options" ...
Delete the folder called ... GRID Widget .
When you next start it up it will be back in the default position.

Wallpapers for the GRID Widget ...
You can of course use your own wallpapers for the widget but I thought I'd include one I made ... 5 sizes ...

A thumbnail with the Widget in place ...


Wallpaper link ...

3840x1024 TripleHead




GRID Speeders ...



Disclaimer:
This is a free to use desktop object/widget ...
If this application manipulates your computer in a harmful way I am not responsible.
Use at your own risk.

Grid Speeders

Once downloaded and unzipped ...
Just double click the exe file to start it up ...
This does not install anything.

Right click the icon in the system tray to get some options ... described above for the GRID widget

If for some reason the speeders disappear off the screen and don't come back ...
Do a search on your system for a folder called ... GRID Speeders ...
You must include ... in the " More advanced options" ... "Search hidden files or folders"
Delete the folder called ... GRID Speeders .
When you next start it up it will be back in the default position.


Enjoy.