Can I Run Dirt Rally?
Dirt Rally is a racing simulation game from Codemasters, released in 2019. Codemasters both developed and published it. The game supports a single player campaign and competitive multiplayer. Being 7 years old, it was built for the hardware of its day, so a current machine usually has headroom over the published figures. 8 languages are covered by the store listing. There are 71 achievements to chase. Metacritic places it at 84. Progress follows the account through Steam Cloud rather than sitting on one disk. With more than 38 thousand player reviews on Steam, its behaviour on real hardware is well documented. It is a Windows title, so the requirements below are the Windows ones. A gamepad works without remapping, since controller support is complete.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | AMD FX4300 or Intel Core i3 2130 |
|---|---|
| GPU | AMD HD7750 or NVIDIA GTX650Ti |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 100 GB |
| OS | 64bit versions of Windows® 7, Windows® 8, Windows® 10 |
| DirectX | 11 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | AMD Ryzen 5 2600X or Intel Core i5 8600K |
|---|---|
| GPU | AMD RX Vega 56 or NVIDIA GTX 1070 |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 100 GB |
| OS | 64bit versions of Windows® 7, Windows® 8, Windows® 10 |
| DirectX | 11 |
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Setting and environment
Play is built around circuits and tracks. It is played from a first person view. 31 storefront images show what the game actually looks like in motion.
Why Dirt Rally is demanding
Demand in Dirt Rally is ordinary. The publisher has AMD RX Vega 56 or NVIDIA GTX 1070 in mind, which our tables place around the RTX 3060. Dirt Rally needs 64 bit Windows. Dirt Rally needs only 8 GB of RAM. Installation is large at roughly 100 GB.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Dirt Rally?
Free up space before installing Dirt Rally: it needs roughly 100 GB. Once it's on disk the rest is unremarkable, AMD HD7750 or NVIDIA GTX650Ti and 8 GB of RAM meet the minimum, so most current PCs handle the compute side.
Bottleneck: GPU
Large install. Dirt Rally needs about 100 GB of free storage.
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Runs well | 1.36x |
| 1440p | Below the bar | 0.77x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.34x |
A projection, not a measurement. We scale the published GPU requirement by pixel count, since 1440p draws 1.78 times the pixels of 1080p and 4K draws 4 times as many, then compare against RTX 3060 / Ryzen 5 build. The publisher did not state a target resolution, so 1080p is assumed as the baseline. We hold no frame rate data, so no FPS figure is claimed. Headroom above 1 means the reference machine has room to spare at that resolution.
Common GPUs
| Graphics card | Verdict |
|---|---|
| GTX 1060 6 GB | Runs well |
| GTX 1060 Laptop | Playable |
| GTX 1650 4 GB | Playable |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Playable |
| RTX 2060 6 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 2060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 3060 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 3070 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3070 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 Laptop | Runs great |
| RX 6600 8 GB | Runs great |
Each card is compared against Dirt Rally's published GPU requirement, assuming an otherwise-capable PC. Laptop rows use the real mobile chip's benchmark, a mobile GPU is always slower than its desktop namesake.
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Frequently asked questions
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What are the minimum system requirements for Dirt Rally?
The minimum requirements are CPU: AMD FX4300 or Intel Core i3 2130; GPU: AMD HD7750 or NVIDIA GTX650Ti; 8 GB RAM; OS: 64bit versions of Windows® 7, Windows® 8, Windows® 10.
How much storage does Dirt Rally need?
Dirt Rally needs about 100 GB of available storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Dirt Rally?
The RTX 3060 runs Dirt Rally comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Dirt Rally?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Dirt Rally is the GPU.