DiRT 2 impressions

[Bildi]

After playing an hour or two:

+ you can use any car on any track for time trials (I think), somewhat easing the heartbreak of less rally tracks
+ the track I played for raid was an interesting point-to-point track, and a massive improvement over the crap desert raid circuit tracks of DiRT 1, helping fill the rally void again perhaps
+ saving and loading car setups is instant, and you can tweak settings on restarts easily without having to load the track again
+ quicker loading I'm pretty sure
+ multiplayer options look very good for those who enjoy racing rather than crashing into others for fun.

- I can't delete unused cameras
- rally calls have been simplified to easy left, medium right etc.  Admittedly, calls in DiRT 1 weren't always accurate so maybe it doesn't matter so much.
- car setup is vastly simplified, but maybe this isn't such a bad thing
- stupid shitty stadium racing is still in

I think I'll enjoy it overall.  Anyone get it?


Just found out there is an option for technical co-driver calls somewhere.   Must investigate when I get home.

[brawndolicious]

yeah, I think you change the driving options in the My Stuff section.  It sounds sexier but you might get inaccurate directions depending on how much you tune your car but it's usually just one gear or 10 mph off.

If stadium racing equals the baja tracks, then I agree.  The oversteer, 4 gear transmission, and especially the huge asses of the trophy trucks and the buggies make it really hard to overtake the front.  Obviously I liked the sprint races the most.

[Bildi]

Yeah, I'd be happy if they just left baja out.  However, I enjoyed the one baja raid I did because the track was quite good compared to DiRT 1 raids, although the cars still suck.  I'm looking forward to trying rally cars on that raid track if it's possible. 

The stadium-type baja circuits I could easily do without - they sucked in DiRT 1 and they still suck.

I've only raced about four tracks so far so haven't seen much yet.

[Smooth Groove]

So basically Rallisport Challenge 2 is still champ? 

[Bildi]

Just about the only place RSC2 wasn't absolutely perfect was the calling.  It's a hard act to top.  CMR2/RSC2/DiRT = holy trinity of rally for me.  Dunno how DiRT 2 will stack up.

[brawndolicious]

I finished both Dirt 1 and 2 just within a month of each other actually and Dirt 2 improves on pretty much everything.  I kinda miss not being able to fix major repairs between races in an event though.  I never tried RSC2 but Dirt 2 is the funnest rally game I've ever played.  The car control is actually very, very good and nothing like in the demo btw.

I'm looking forward to trying rally cars on that raid track if it's possible. 

I'm pretty sure you can't take anything besides those big T1 Raid cars on the Raid tracks.  It makes sense when  you consider how short the ride height is on the rally cars.

[Sho Nuff]

Interface is godlike

[Bildi]

Finally found the option to change codriver to technical (under My Stuff), and cut six seconds off my time on a track I don't know yet.  I guess the calls are good enough to make a difference.

I'm enjoying the game more than I thought I might - the lack of rally is considerably eased by other tracks which (so far) are very good.

I'm pretty sure you can't take anything besides those big T1 Raid cars on the Raid tracks.  It makes sense when  you consider how short the ride height is on the rally cars.

I still haven't remembered to try this, although last night I did do one of those 'hit the target' things on the Baja Spillway raid track in a rally car so maybe some mixup is possible?

[pilonv1]

Fuck this game looks amazing on PC. Shame my 5770 stuggles to get 30fps if I put on all the DX11 eye candy