Overview
A small guide on how to turn on UDP ports for telemetry (Sim dashboard, Bass Shakers or Motion Rigs)
Tutorial on turning on the UDP port
This tutorial will be useful for those who like to use 3rd party apps or hardware like a Sim dashboard, Bass Shakers or Motion Rigs.
The UDP port used for outside apps to access telemetry is currently turned off by default and there appears to be no way to enable this in the in-game menus. To turn this on, you will need to edit a config file.
1. Locate the config file by going to the following path in windows explorer (Note: this may be different for you, depending on your operating system).
%HOMEPATH%DocumentsMy GamesDiRT Rally 2.0hardwaresettings
2. Locate a file called “hardware_settings_config”
3. Make a backup of this file (just in case).
4. Open the file in a text editor (like notepad).
5. Locate the following line:
<udp enabled=”false” extradata=”0” ip=”127.0.0.1″ port=”20777″ delay=”1″ />
6. Update “enabled” to “true”.
7. Update “extradata” to “3”
8. You new line of code should look like this:
<udp enabled=”true” extradata=”3″ ip=”127.0.0.1″ port=”20777″ delay=”1″ />
9. Save the file and start the game.
Your Sim Dashboards, Bass Shakers and Motion Rig should now be able to detect the game. I had to do this with the original Dirt Rally as well. I would love to give recognition to whoever wrote the original guide I followed back when I did this for the original Dirt Rally, but unfortunate it was so long ago, I have forgotten where I got it. Still wanted to pass this info along in any case.
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