DiRT 2 Help

paradisiac · 9 Dec 2009 at 09:54

hi, have only just started playing this on the pc, was awesome on the 360 but i cant seem to control the car on the pc, is this down to my controller or some of the pc game settings? cheers

BigRazer93 · 9 Dec 2009 at 10:29

Go to start, then go to "devices and printers" and you will see it in there.

paradisiac · 9 Dec 2009 at 10:31

Ben-Irvine93 said:
Go to start, then go to "devices and printers" and you will see it in there.

sorry, i didnt explain clearly, the pad works, just the car is very erratic, very hard to keep it going in a straight line, never had any problems on the 360.

BigRazer93 · 9 Dec 2009 at 10:34

Okay bud, go to start, then "devices and printers", then right click the "game controller" and click "game controller settings". When you have done that, you will see an option "properties", when done, you will see two tabs, go to the "settings" tab and calabrate the controller.

paradisiac · 9 Dec 2009 at 10:48

Ben-Irvine93 said:
Okay bud, go to start, then "devices and printers", then right click the "game controller" and click "game controller settings". When you have done that, you will see an option "properties", when done, you will see two tabs, go to the "settings" tab and calabrate the controller.

controllers calibration is fine in other games, just seems to be dirt 2, is odd, thinking might be compatibility issues with my pad and the game, either that or its way harder on the pc than the 360

BaDBoY_uK · 9 Dec 2009 at 11:18

What pad is it?

paradisiac · 9 Dec 2009 at 11:20

BaDBoY_uK said:
What pad is it?

GAMEware PC RF Control Pad

magicroundabout · 9 Dec 2009 at 11:27

i have the 360 controller for the PC and everything is fine here. i know that doesn't help you but it could be your controller not playing ball.

Have you tried a different one?

paradisiac · 9 Dec 2009 at 11:31

magicroundabout said:
i have the 360 controller for the PC and everything is fine here. i know that doesn't help you but it could be your controller not playing ball.

Have you tried a different one?

only one i got, am looking at getting a 360 pad setup, but that wont be until after xmas, just wondered if there was a setting to make the steering less sensitive.

magicroundabout · 9 Dec 2009 at 11:38

there is but i'm at work so can't check this.

Is there not a default button somewhere within the game settings?

paradisiac · 9 Dec 2009 at 11:41

i found the advanced settings with things like steering dead zone and steering saturation but couldnt seem to adjust these to make it any better, i either had no steering or way too much.

Dutch Guy · 9 Dec 2009 at 12:36

I had the same issue with NFS Shift, on the PS3 it was fine but on my PC with (cheapish) analog gamepad it was horrible no matter what setting I tweaked.

paradisiac · 9 Dec 2009 at 12:46

Dutch Guy said:
I had the same issue with NFS Shift, on the PS3 it was fine but on my PC with (cheapish) analog gamepad it was horrible no matter what setting I tweaked.

yeah i had issues with NFS:Shift too, but that has driver aids, so although i dont like using them i could get around it.

Th3D0n · 9 Dec 2009 at 13:43

works fine for me and i use my 360 pad on my pc

paradisiac · 9 Dec 2009 at 13:48

yeah getting a 360 pad is looking more and more like the only option, shame i cant just get the reciever as i already have 2 360 pads

DigitalReaper · 9 Dec 2009 at 13:51

You could always buy the receiver/pad combo and sell the pad. That or buy the wired version.

paradisiac · 9 Dec 2009 at 13:53

DigitalReaper said:
You could always buy the receiver/pad combo and sell the pad. That or buy the wired version.

cant have wired, pc is in front room, got 2 young kids and 2 over excitable dogs, not a safe combo

DigitalReaper · 9 Dec 2009 at 14:10

Ah. Maybe having a spare pad is a good thing then?

paradisiac · 9 Dec 2009 at 14:14

lol yeah