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DiRT3VR 0.1.23 — Stable

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@preseznik preseznik released this 04 Nov 00:49
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v0.1.23
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The first Stable release of DiRT3VR: stereo VR with head tracking for the Steam version of DiRT 3 Complete Edition, with a desktop launcher. It has everything from the 0.1.21 and 0.1.22 Experimental releases.

  • Play DiRT 3 in VR. Through Virtual Desktop (VDXR), SteamVR or another 32-bit OpenXR runtime, in the cockpit and every other camera view. F10 recenters and F6 switches the headset to a flat screen and back; both can also be a controller or wheel button.
  • Jump straight into a race. Direct practice picks the event, route and car in the launcher and starts without the game's menus, on the monitor or in VR, with laps, AI opponents, assists and what happens after the finish.
  • Your wheel or controller. Controls → Driving controls binds steering, pedals, shifter and buttons, with calibration, Wheel rotation…, the gearbox and Drives with to pick the device you drive with.
  • Your seat, in the game. Set the eye point per car under Controls → Seat, or press Tab while driving to move it live in the headset (and on the monitor if you like). Start races in the cockpit view starts there with every other view still available, and the cockpit no longer shakes by itself in VR.
  • A sharper or faster picture. Graphics → VR rendering has render scale, anti-aliasing, anisotropic filtering and a field of view crop or helmet view; Graphics → VR HUD adds an FPS display and Graphics → Quality has Recommend for this PC. Anisotropic filtering works on the monitor too (Graphics → Desktop). Chase, cinematic and menu views can go to a flat screen under Graphics → Flat screen in VR if they don't feel right in VR.
  • Your game stays as it was. The launcher changes game files only for the session and puts them back when DiRT 3 closes.

Good to know: direct practice uses the launcher's controls and assists, not the ones saved in your DiRT 3 profile. Your career and saves are not touched.

Installation

Download DiRT3VR-0.1.23-Setup.exe, close DiRT 3, and keep the detected DiRT 3 Complete Edition folder (or pick the one with dirt3_game.exe). Setup installs the launcher into its DiRT3VR subfolder and changes no game files. Start DiRT3VR from the Start menu. To use a headset, tick Enable experimental VR on the Advanced tab (or Quick start in Simple view) and choose your runtime under Settings → VR runtime.

The portable DiRT3VR-0.1.23.zip contains the same files. SHA256SUMS.txt has checksums for both downloads.

Requires Windows 10/11 x64, Steam DiRT 3 Complete Edition and, for VR, Virtual Desktop (VDXR), SteamVR or another OpenXR runtime with a 32-bit part. No game files or saves are included. If a session ends unexpectedly, use Restore original files in the launcher before launching again.

Tested with a Quest 3 through Virtual Desktop and with SteamVR, plus a Logitech G920 and an Xbox controller. Other headsets and long sessions need more testing; please include the latest session logs when reporting a problem.

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