DiRT (Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360)

This page details one or more prototype versions of DiRT (Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360).

To do: Try to find a way to extract this prototype's .nfs to find more unused content. Document cars using unlocked Rally World, see which ones crash the game, which ones are incomplete/complete.

This prototype is documented on Hidden Palace.

An Xbox 360 preview build dumped as a part of Project Deluge on Christmas of 2022. The build is dated March 9th 2007, a month and 28 days before the final build.

Differences#

General#

• The smooth transition from the game's logo to the main menu doesn't exist.
• Every option except for Career and Rally World is inaccessible.
• Inaccessible options in the main menu aren't greyed out.

Career#

• Career mode doesn't have an intro.
• All events and cars are unlocked from the get-go.
• Events cannot be entered.
• Events are much more brutal with a lot more races inside them.
  • For example, the first race of Tier 2 has 7 races, which is more races than Champion of Champions, the last event in the game.
• The prize money for winning events is much smaller.
• Every event has a different thumbnail compared to the final game.
• Vehicle names are shortened, like they are in the final game's statistics tab.

Rally World#

Time Trials:

• Colin McRae has the World Record on Italy and the United Kingdom, Travis Pastrana has one on Japan and Nobuhiro Tajima has one on Pikes Peak.
• Service area has Shakedown and Damage Repair greyed out and unselectable. The only selectable buttons are Race and Exit.

Single Race:

• In service area, Damage Repair is greyed out and inaccessible

Debug#

Inside of the prototype's files is a folder titled "debug." As the name says, it's for debugging, a lot of it is for AI debugging. Aside from that, there's also:

Graphics#

debug.xml#

A vast .xml file containing multiple cheats and a multitude of ways to jailbreak the constraints of this build.

<?xml version="1.0" standalone="yes" ?> 
<config>

  
  <skipfe
        enabled="0"
        num_ai_cars="0"
        num_laps="5"
        discipline="rally"
        difficulty_level="pro"
        difficulty_ratio="1.0"
        auto_memory_snapshot="0"
        auto_quit_race="0"
        memory_tracking="0"
        track_snapshot="0"
        output_race_stats="0"
        career_race_tester="0"
    auto_profile="0"
    auto_profile_time="0"
    />

  <track location="australia" name="canberra_03" override_fe="0"/>

  <car name="n12" livery="00" override_fe="0" ai_driver="max" driver_head="white_01" codriver_head="black_03" force_codriver="1"/>

    

  
    <graphics 
        present="0"
        quality="4"
        antialias="4"
        infield="1"
        outfield="1"
        trees="1" 
        ornaments="1" 
        groundcover="1" 
        groundcover_wind="1"
        crowd="1"
        grandstands="1"
        particles="1" 
        particles_wind="0" 
        shadows="1" 
        postprocess="1" 
        interiors="1" 
        mirror="1" 
        envmapfaces="6" 
        decals="0"
        widescreen="1"
        animated_objects="0" 
        sky="1"
        dynamic_ambient_occ="1"
        weather_fx="1"
        in_car_characters="1"
        render_player_car="1"
        num_rendered_ai_cars="9"
        dev_axes="0"
        cloth="1"
        osd="1"
        multicar_livery="1"
        multicar_damage="1"
        load_shaderpack_database="0"
        compile_all_shaders="0"
    car_lod_force="0"
    skidmarks="1"
    />

    

    <physics entities="1" tyres="0" />

    
    <memorydebug forcedisplay="0" enabled="0" recursive="0" pssg="0" />
    
    
    <ps3 tvoutput="1" />
    
    
    <skipfe_ai_driver
        Aggression="0.7"
        Control="1.0"
        Mistakes="1.0"
        Reaction="1.0"
        Varience="1.0"
        Speed_In="1.0"
        Speed_Out="1.0"
        Virtual_Performance="1.0"
        ForceStop="0"
        auto_drive="0"
    />
    
    
    <dummyInputTestingMode enabled="0" />
    
    
    <pyramid_career name="cmr6db_Pyramid_Career" />
    <championship_career name="cmr6db_Championship_Mode_Career_Name" />
    <single_event_career name="cmr6db_single_event_career_name" />
    <single_race_career name="cmr6db_single_race_demo_career_name" />
    <time_trial_career name="cmr6db_time_trial_preview_career_name" />

    
    
    
    
    
    <preview_car_restrictions
        enabled="1"
        
        bark_river="bah_00" 
        chula="tun_00"
        rally_raid_01="paj_00"
        croft="sab_00"
        windy_point_b="fto_00"
        pikes_peak_b="fto_00"       
        canberra_02="cc4_00"
        kielder_03="gt4_00"
        spain_ss="207_00"
        trier_04="cr4_00"
        germany_ss="n12_00"
        olbia_03="131_00"
        japan_01="n12_00"
    />

    
    <results_editor enabled="0" />
    
    
    <press_start_autoload enabled="1" />
    
    
    <all_cars_unlocked enabled="1" />
    
    
    <all_tracks_unlocked enabled="1" />

    
    <career_intro enabled="1" all_the_time="0" />
    
    
    <timestep fix="0.0" cap="0.08"/>
    
    
    <devmenu pause="0" debounce_delay="10"/>
    
    
    <career skip_races="0" />
    
    
    <state_machine dump="0"/>
    
    
    
    <audio render="0" />
    
    
    <log to_console="0" to_file="0"/>
    
    
    <marketing_mode enable="0"/>
    
    
    <network
        voting_timeout="60"
        raceover_timeout="30"
        developer_id="0"
    />
    
    <qa data_set_tracker="1"/>
    
</config>

Unused Video#

Watch on YouTubeIn the /videos folder, there's a video called cmr_next_gen.bik. This video would've probably been an intro for the game before it was renamed to DiRT, considering the game's codename is cmr6.

Oddities#

• The game uses Colin McRae's name in the title screen, but uses the American/post-McRae version's narration.
• Some things that Travis talks about aren't accessible in this prototype (like Championship mode, Track Information and Vehicle Setup.)
• Career events "Alpinestars Pikes Peak Hill Climb Unlimited" and "Alpinestars Pikes Peak Big Rig Hill Climb" both use their codename (cmr6_ followed by the event's name with underscores replacing spaces.)
• Career event "Alpinestars Windy Point Unlimited" discipline is Hill Climb Big Rig, even though the event uses Hill Climb Unlimited cars.
• Every world record (except for Pikes Peak; which is 5:12:35) is displayed as 3:15:12.