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.

@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.