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Mark gets behind the wheel of Codemasters' latest entry in the Dirt series. But how does the new arcade livery fare on the race track?
Hmm, I like both DIRT and Flatout games.. but this is kinda abomination. I played the demo but it was not nearly fun as any Flatout games and it didn't have the feeling of a DIRT game.. 2007 game Flatout UC was better than this.. if u want to play this kind of destruction car game it is still the best choice...
Codemasters plz turn back to your roots..
Wow, I think I must be the only person in the world who liked the Gymkhana events in Dirt 3!
But this game looks like it would get old fast playing on your own, and as I don't do online MP or have any friends who are into racing games, I guess I'll give it a miss...
Like every driving game has manual gears and how in the world you can drift without them? The fun of DiRT was based on an arcade type, quick and complex driving game, this thing isn't even close to DiRT 1, 2 or 3.
I played the "Dirt Showdown" demo and liked it, so I'm definitely looking forward to playing the full version! A fun arcade racer!
1 Like Sigh... When will we get a true rally racing game again? I had hope for the Dirt series but is went downhill after the second one. gymkhana sucks!
Here's an idea- keep all that gymkhana ken blockhead garbage, smash 'em up arcade style racing to this game & give us the true Colin Mcrae rally racing game in dirt4 that we have been waiting for.
Of the 4 "stages" within the game, the Tokyo streets series is the only one different than Dirt 3. I think these game modes could be fun, but Dirt 3 may be a better legit racer. This just looks like mayhem fun.
1 Like if this release means that Dirt 4 will finally get rid of this ridge racer arcade style crap in order to finally become a serious and really decent rally simulator...then great. if not ..well then at least have the decency to stop pretending that dirt 3 DLCs like this one deserve to be sold as if they were full new games
This gets an 8?? Looks awful... showdown was in dirt 3, they just added on to it. Whats so great about it.
Looks like good fun, but I'm worried about the content. Too many times I saw three of the same car in one round, and that kinda kills it for me... Also is it a full priced game? I'd pay 15 or 20 bucks for it, but not 40-60.
There going to still continue making dirt 4 and that showdown is just a spin off.
Plus showdown's Actually fun
I'm sorry mark did you just say a codies game requires a "narrative or character to develop"?
2 Like I will for sure skip this one. In Dirt 3 I loved rally races, liked the races, and hated the gymkhana modes. This one isn't for me.
1 Like Played it. Its a very good and fun game but not enough content to be purchased at full price. Looks amzing for the PC.
4 Like Great review. I really don;t understand why people are coming on banging on about the fact it's not a rally. Codemasters have said all along that it wasn't and they were going to split the DiRT franchise with this one focussing on the fun stuff and the next DiRT game focussing on the simulation side of things. And no it's not a destrustion derby clone, if you bothered to actually PLAY the game rather then make assumptions you'd discover there is a lot more to it than that.
And not a single gram of rally was given this day, they should have made a new franchise instead of duping existing customers with a destruction derby clone.
Another great review, Mark. I've enjoyed what little I've played of the game so far and I think your review was spot-on. Arcade racing at its finest. It's less radical, Codemasters' version of SF Rush. Very nice indeed.
as long as I can play this game split-screen. I shall get it, just not at the moment. Nice review too.
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We all knew this wasn't going to be a true DiRT game when it was first announced and yet so many of you are crying about it. It's not a big deal! The destruction races look fun, sure I too think Gymkhana is terrible but the game looks somewhat fun. I'll pick it up when it's $5.
2 Like @Masenkoe Complaining about Codemasters diminishing a brand that people associate with fine rally games seems like a good use of company time to me.
1 Like @killjoi How exactly are they diminishing the brand? To me it seems good idea to split the gymkhana and arcadey stuff from the pure rally experience of DiRT. At least that way each game will focus on it's strengths rather than trying to get everything in and the consumers can purchase the one they prefer.
1 Like Lol, they are "Jim Connor Events," right? or am I missing some huge joke by having only played through Dirt 2?
