Colin McRae's DiRT

Mr Kleen · Post by **Mr Kleen** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 6:01 pm

new rally game for "next-gen" consoles and PC. the video from IGN looks fantastic. can't wait to see how the game actually plays...

Official Site

IGN Page

Post by **Sabre** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 10:36 am

Some of the water effects are amazing! Should be a good game

Cereb Daithi · Post by **Cereb Daithi** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 1:51 pm

Edit:

heres some screenies i took off the promotional video to keep you guys happy. yes this is ingame footage

and the wrecks look pretty spectacular

(whoops.. should have turned off the navigation there.. oh well...)

anyways yes this game will dominate my life once i get it. god am i glad i have a 360

Mr Kleen · Post by **Mr Kleen** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 5:49 pm

physics are key. i'm keeping my fingers crossed.

Cereb Daithi · Post by **Cereb Daithi** » Thu May 24, 2007 10:17 pm

Demo is now on XBL! DLing now. I'll post my opinion once I play it.

Cereb Daithi · Post by **Cereb Daithi** » Thu May 24, 2007 10:42 pm

F*CKING AWESOME. everyone play it now. you will not regret it. physics are incredible. graphics are in credible. all in all the game is incredible. (and travis pastrana lends his voice to the menus).. which might i add.. even the menus are cool!!

Mr Kleen · Post by **Mr Kleen** » Fri May 25, 2007 8:06 am

Cereb Daithi wrote:Demo is now on XBL! DLing now. I'll post my opinion once I play it.

thanks for the heads up, I'll DL it tonight!

Cereb Daithi · Post by **Cereb Daithi** » Fri May 25, 2007 11:35 pm

you won't regret it!

for those of you who haven't downloaded it yet. it plays out exactly like you'd expect. very good physics. a variety of locales. reaistic damage... but there are some thing that set this above any other racing game (rally or other) I have ever played.

The amount of little details they put can be summed up as.. awesome! For example I was driving an STi via "helmet cam" (its like interior cam but even better. A the name implies it's basically what someone would see from their helmet including arms. adds more realism in my opinion) around a super-special against Colin. I took a jump too fast and landed..hard.. I never played a racing game where the cars actually felt.. "heavy". Usually the cars have "mass" but not real "weight" if you know what i mean. anyways after such a heavy impact i temporarily lost control and slammed into a wall. I expected to hit the wall and see a pre-scripted damage model activate as I bounced off. Instead the metal of the wall bent inwards as my hood creased up the middle. Fenders were loosened and my front bumper made a sickening cracking sound as it caved inward revealing some of the underlying frame. I backed up and after a quick engine restart I was off again with ony minor damage to my cooling system.

I have no complaints about the game at all really. I mean the impreza is a BIT odd inside. the hazard button is too thin and the vents are too big.. the window controls are too high... but all that is forgivable considering they put tons of details into the exteriors. From the HID projectors to the gold brembos the cars are detailed meticulously. (btw these are the Rally USA STi spec C imprezas that still have the TMIC) .. not sure if the WRC ones will show up or not. The only other gripe I have is no co-driver in this demo. However I am certain it WILL be in the full game so it's only a minor complaint for now.

Anyways I'm going to play some more. Even though you only get 3 cars (STi, Evo IX, and Ickler Jimco Buggy) and only one track per car (German tarmac super special for the rex, USA drit for for the other two) it's still quite re-playable

I might add. This is possibly first on my list of games to buy. This excites me more than forza 2 even.

Mr Kleen · Post by **Mr Kleen** » Sun May 27, 2007 1:31 am

after playing around with the demo for 30 minutes, I'm sold. glad the 360 steering wheel got a $30 price drop for the launch of Forza 2.

BTW: those IGN shots were of a replay, not in-game footage. but the graphics are very nice.