Proto:DiRT (Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360)

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

This article is a work in progress. ...Well, all the articles here are, in a way. But this one moreso, and the article may contain incomplete information and editor's notes.

To do: Try to find a way to extract this prototype's .nfs to possibly 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 released 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 intro uses Codemasters' old logo, which plays at the start and at the end of the intro sequence.
• 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 also 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

To do: Debug.xml talks about a devmenu, but doesn't say how to get access to it. Find a way to access it.

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

Graphics

• 

  Smiley.tga

• 

  Cube.tga

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

In the game files, specifically in 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) practically making some of the stuff he says useless.
• 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.