NZGamer writes: "If you take the unique motor racing experience that is rallying, throw in a whole lot of X-games attitude, and then splatter the whole thing with a thick layer of mud and dust, what would you get? You might get close to Codemaster's latest racing simulator Colin McRae: Dirt 2. However, you would also need years of experience developing racing games, absolutely faultless graphics, a wealth of roads, tracks and stadium circuits as well as solid on-line play. But Colin McRae: Dirt 2 is more then that; it's also a nice tribute to the man whose name is on the cover, while keeping in mind that fun, thrills and intense competition are what the game is all about."
What were the genre’s greatest entries ever?
ASidCast: "There are times when you’ve got a lot of free time and very few games that you’d wanna play. This is a list of great games that one must play regardless of how old they get, and not playing these would just be a sin for racing fans. Most of these games revolutionized their genre and probably created their own genre in the process, while some were just too advanced for their time. If in any case you missed these, then you better search for these games and play them for a fun dose of gaming history or as a new experience entirely. "
Bad list, but to each their own.
No Forza Horizon, Driveclub, Assetto Corsa, or Grid Autosport?
And if you can throw in Trials when its not a racing game, why is there no Rocket League?
Bought Grid 1 on pc for 2.50 last week, playing that at 4k60fps will make you feel nuts for ever spending 100's on racing games.
@nowitski2004: I chose Project CARS over Assetto Corsa as a personal opinion,and Grid 1 over Autosport because the first one was great 'for it's time', autosport was good but just not that great.
Rocket League would actually be the next game if could make a longer list,really sorry on that.
@C-H-E-F: Juiced and SRS,are you serious? These are the games that defines the genre?
Hot Pursuit 2010 was Burnout Paradise with licensed carswith cops and wasn't even a better game world.
Crazy Taxi wins on the mobile platform,there are very few racing games on mobile with a open world. And the few there are,arent as good as Crazy Taxi. And racing against the clock makes does it a racing game.
Hardcore Gamer: Each game has been discounted 66%, taking DiRT 2 down to $5.09, DiRT 3 down to $8.49, and DiRT Showdown to $10.19 on their own. The best value for your money is the Megapack, which gives you all three for only $17.