DiRT'y' shots.

Ferry_vO

Retired SOH Administrator
Finally gave in and bought Colin McRae DiRT2, and it's an absolute blast!
Plenty of races, challenges, events and cars to choose from. Works very well with the Logitech G25 (But not with the gated shifter) and the 'feel' is pretty good. Probably the best game to do powerslides in I've seen so far.
No real events though and most races are short, from 2 to 5 miles long. Not much time to correct mistakes! Race types are inspired by rally, rallycross, baja and stadium events.
The sounds are OK, but it is nice to hear the other drivers make comments over the radio. Graphics are great, though the motion blur is not as noticable during the game as it is in the screenshots.

Some screenshots; the logo in the corner shows up all the time during replays:

Interior view; looks great, but with all the dirt, dust and water flying around and the ocasional crack in the screen it can become quite hard to see anything:

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My stock class Ford F-150; if you hit the barriers you'll see the spectators jump back!:

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Subaru Impreza during a rally event in Marocco:

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Head to head with Ken Block in Japan:

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Rally in the jungle of Malaysia; the junlge looks as good as it does in games like Crysis!:

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My Dodge stadium truck:

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Racing through a town in Marocco:

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Hummer in Malaysia:

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Ferry,

I am eyeing on this allready, since Dirt (1) lost it´s attractiveness after some time... the graphics look really really good, BUT...

the most important quastion for me - before I consider the plunge is (what else?): does the game still offer a nice variety of classic Lancia and/or Fiat Rallyecars for my utter divertisement???:engel016:

Curious...regards
Alex
 
I don't think there are any classic Italian cars in this game, Alex; at least I haven't found any yet!
The driving experience is really great in DiRT2 I think; better than DiRT and NFS:Shift, but I have to admit I only played the demos of those two titles.

:)
 
Thanks, that´s what I thought, so that´s a no go for me, play these games not often enough to go without my beloved rally-icons:kilroy:

Alex
 
More..

Man this is a great game for taking screenshots! :applause: (Still fun to play as well!)

Colin McRae's own car during a rallycross event in LA:

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I never saw that one coming... :isadizzy: :

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Oversteer all the way!:

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Great scenery, and a 3D crowd!:

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Note the reflection in the mirror:

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