Dirt 2

Imo Gran Turismo has never been much of a benchmark in dirt physics, quite the opposite actually. It has always been way too slippery. The real rally cars have great grip in gravel.

 

Have you driven a rally car Dr Evil?

 

No, but I have been on the passenger seat and I know people who race in the lower classes. Those rally tires do really have pretty amazing grip on gravel.

 

its an off screen camera which always makes games look more realistic, but damn that looks fricken excellent! Im definatly looking forward to letting my upcoming DX11 GPU flex its muscles on this baby.

EDIT: Woah! Just watched the second direct feed video and this game really is looking spectacular!

 

It could be the driver's skill that manages to maintain the car well

I participate on security team when the WRC event reaches my country and they sometimes use RAV4's on the courses before the actual Rally cars are given the green light that the road is ok for them to start.


RAV4's arent made for rallying. But when they are on a hurry you ve got to see them driving them like Rally cars. They manage to keep the cars on the ground. And the ground on these courses is a driver's nightmare. They are full with rocks, there are cliffs on one side and they are narrow as hell

 

I'm digging the whole 'X Games' aesthetic—the HUD with its made-for-TV leaderboard and comic captions that appear above a competitor's car. It's more colorful and informative (hip!), yet less intrusive than the original.

Codemasters has a knack for making simulators accessible with reasonable goals, optimal car setups and a stunningly simple UI.

I only hope that, in their relentless pursuit of us mainstream Americans, they remember WRC. I miss wrestling a feral Delta S4 to the next checkpoint, squinting through a splintered (and mud-caked) windscreen while speeding into the sunlight.

 

Yes, they definitely do ... but not all gravel is created equal. There are at least two different gravel types in that track, and I (and the guy in this video) use the difference in grip a lot to improve my laptimes.

 

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/exclusive-baja-dirt-2/53005

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/exclusive-croatia-dirt-2/53011

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/exclusive-baja-dirt-2/53027

 

Now added with dirt!

- Axis Animation

 

Codemasters and RTT announce strategic technology alliance

- 3D World Magazine

 

Government Funds Racing Game

- MIS-Asia

 

Showcase 2 looks very cool.

 

Damn, this is tempting me to get back into racing games after all these years.

Regards,
SB

 

Played it, it's very good.

 

The second video looked good, like the Rally car games on the Xbox. The 3rd video looked like Grid and turned me off. I hope they nail the driving this time, they doing great on graphics this gen and poor for driving. Maybe I can get my Rally car fix in GT5 for "free" if it comes out soon.

 

Looks very good and I assume thats just the console version. I can't wait to see what DX11 has in store for the PC version. Even though I'm less than half way through the first one I think I'll be picking this up. If for no other reason than to let my new DX11 GPU stretch its legs

EDIT: and the menu's are extremely slick. Clearly taking after the original but outdoing even that. Probably the slickest menu system of any game to date.

 

Environment & lighting look gorgeous [lighting kinda reminds me of Motorstorm 2 ..eventhough its different]

Game perfectly catches the mood of X Games & rallying.
First two videos [especially the 2nd] gave me goosebumps...Third one was a bit underwhelming.

 

Great presentation again, really top marks for that. The actual driving, the art in that and the modelling is fantastic. The lighting is really good, but the colors are weird again like last time. It seems like its not HDR but a really great fake. It's like it's sepia or something. It bothered me in the original as well ... in that sense I really prefer Motorstorm 2 in that respect, same with the visceralness of the environment, which seems completely static in this game. The driving also doesn't convince me yet, but of course I haven't played it. Still looks like a class product though.

 

Very nice, I've been waiting for something to top Grid as my favorite racer. Not sure this will top it, but looks like it will complement it nicely