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GRID - Enable HD resolutions

By Xcytin

Guide for how to enable higher resolutions on Race Driver: GRID

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Category: Modding or Configuration

Languages: English

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Apr 16, 2018 @ 4:24pm

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Guide Index

Overview

Introdution

Problem

Solution

Comments

Introdution

Race Driver: GRID, it's for me one of the best racing games i've played. So I've decided to make this guide.
Time goes by and things evolve, like PCs and higher resolutions. But this game did not follow this evolution at the same pace.

Problem

For those who installed and started up the game for the first time, it's only able to select resolutions up to 1440x900 wide in the graphics settings for the game by default.
This happens because the game incorrectly detect the amount of VRAM when using newer graphics cards, which will lock you out of using higher resolutions. I wonder why...

Solution

Lucky for us, there's a solution. Just follow these steps:

Go to C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Grid\system and find the file hardware_settings_restrictions.xml.
Make a backup, just in case. Then, open it with a text editor (Notepad, for example) and find the following code:

You have 2 options, remove it or change it for the next values:

After this, save the file and start the game with Full HD or higher, if your screen supports it.
If the change was not immediately applied, try to do so now in the game settings.

Nice driving! ;)

66 Comments

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Northman_Ast Apr 30 @ 7:53am

That didnt work for me, I get a CTD after de black logo.

What did work was changing the max width value to just my native width, and now all resolutions up to 2560x1440 are there!

Versus Feb 8 @ 4:40pm

You,Sir Lazorex1337 , are an absolute gent. Worked like a charm.

Although it does beg the question , why is the file there at all if all it does is cause problems?

Lazorex1337 Feb 7 @ 3:14pm

I also have the exact same problem with a 3440x1440 monitor and after a bit of faffing around I decided to just delete the hardware_settings_restrictions.xml file altogether and to my surprise it worked!

The game actually works quite well in 1440p ultrawide too

Versus Jan 29 @ 5:23am

I changed the XML last year to increase the resolution to 2560x1440. I also added an XML profile so the game would recognise a G29 wheel and pedals. Both worked perfectly.
I recently got a 3440x1440 monitor, tried to load the game and it just keeps crashing to desktop after showing GRID logo. Restoring the XML to it's original state allowed the game to start but obviously at low resolutions. If I try to change it in anyway or deleting it it crashes again.
I'm assuming it's to do with the widescreen resolution.
Anyone got any thoughts or solutions?

CLU55 Jan 28 @ 1:17pm

In Windows 11 Pro the file opens in XML by default. For anyone saying it doesn't work on windows 11 all you have to do is open the file by using "notepad" and then you can modify and save the file from there. It will automatically overwrite the XML file. Hope this helps for some of you having problems.

conqueringlion Jan 21 @ 1:00pm

Works by modifying the code. Thank you very much! Now we just need a bit more color to the game.

Staal Burger Oct 3, 2023 @ 7:29am

It works! Thank you.

BLaZiNgSPEED Aug 31, 2023 @ 10:48am

I had problems that my game will crash if I go to graphics settings. This happened after the latest Steam update. When I tried to downgrade because I hated the new Steam UI then it triggered this problem.

But anyway, when I went to the hardware_settings_restrictions.xml & whatever resolution I was changing to it will continue to cause crash in graphic settings and make game run at 1280x720 resolution at start up. Otherwise in game there weren't any crashes.

After changing to <data> <res mem="" maxWidth="" /> </data>

Then of-course going to graphics settings no longer caused it to crash, but I couldn't set any resolution at all.

Finally, the solution was completely delete value from the hardware_settings_restrictions.xml

After removing this then I could now finally enter the Graphics Settings and manually change the resolution back to 2560x1440 clicked to save changes. Now game no longer crashes when going to the Graphics Settings.

jerrikakes Aug 18, 2023 @ 1:57pm

Worked perfectly for me on Windows 11. Thank you so much.

Andras Zodon Aug 3, 2023 @ 7:03pm

It won't launch if I change or delete that line of code :/

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