Overview
Speed up the installation for DiRT3 CE by using the DiRT3 (GFWL version) files to pre-load.Reduce your total download size by over 90%
Introduction
This guide will show you how to pre-load the files from the GFWL version and use them to speed up the install of the DiRT3 CE
As a lot of the resources for the game have obviously been re-used (e.g. graphics,audio, models) we can use this to our advantage and avoid having to download 14 GB!!!!
Main
1. Use Windows Explorer to create a New Folder in your SteamApps folder called
“DiRT 3 Complete Edition”
see image
This folder will be empty after you have created it.
2. Copy ALL the files from the ‘DiRT3’ folder to the ‘DiRT3 Complete Edition’ folder
This will take about 10 minutes on SSD or longer on a slower hard-drive
3. Go to your Steam Library, click “Install” on DiRT3 Complete Edition
Steam will now validate the files that you have pre-loaded and start to download the missing files.
4. Wait for the remaining files to download.
The missing files will be between 150MB-1GB and should reduce your total original download by around 90%
5. [optional] Verify Integrity of Game Cache
Right Click the game , select properties and click this option
Do this if you want to make double sure the files are correct.
6. Enjoy !