Possible to remove or modify dx12.exe in official F1 2020 profile?

[diamonddust]

I’m currently having an issue with F1 2020 where the original (dx11) .exe file results in a game crash as soon as a 3d rendered image appears on screen – either in one of the main menus or when entering a driving session. This happens even without using vorpx. It seems like this is related to the latest driver (I’m using an nvidia rtx 3070) and it may or may not be resolved in a future update. On the other hand, F1 2020 is totally playable for me when using the dx12 .exe file.

F1 2021 runs well for me with vorpx despite being a dx12 title. Therefore, I was thinking I could try using a custom dx12 profile for F1 2020 based on the official F1 2021 vorpx profile, which runs with dx12.

My problem is that the F1 2020 dx12 .exe file is linked to the official F1 2020 vorpx profile. This profile doesn’t actually use the dx12 .exe file – it forces the game to run in dx11. Basically the dx12 .exe file link to the official F1 2020 vorpx profile is redundant as it will never use that file except to redirect to a different file. This means it’s impossible to do anything with the F1 2020 in dx12 using vorpx.

I have tried deleting the non-dx12 .exe file from steam and running the dx12 file, which works without vorpx, but when running vorpx it triggers steam to download the original .exe file. When attempting this while disconnected from the internet the game simply doesn’t launch. I’ve also tried switching the names of the files without success.

Based on this situation, I was wondering if it would be possible to either remove the F1 2020 dx12 .exe file from the official F1 2020 vorpx profile, or creating a separate profile without any redirect, to allow an attempt to use it with vorpx. Switching between the different F1 2020 .exe files on steam is very straightforward and simple enough that anyone who can get vorpx working on their machine should be able to do so. I’m not requesting the removal of the F1 2020 profile – having read through a number of forum posts I totally understand and agree with the reasons for official profiles being fixed and protected. However as it stands, the dx12 .exe file being linked to an official profile means it can’t be used.

One thing I don’t actually understand is how F1 2021 is able to run with vorpx – and I’m wondering if there is some reason that my plan to make a custom F1 2020 dx12 profile based on the F1 2021 would not actually work – if anyone knows more I’d like to learn.

Thanks for reading, please let me know your thoughts :)

[diamonddust]

(I forgot to add that the dx11 crash is a ‘D3D device has been removed’ error)

[Boblekobold]

This may help you :

Renaming .exe from Steam Game to try an custom profile when there is already one

If you simply need to launch a game without using official profile, just rename executable.

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