DiRT was one of the first wave of racing titles on the current generation of consoles, and to this day it remains one of the best looking games for either the Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3 – and it was no slouch behind the wheel either, it's careful blend of off-road simulation and arcade handling providing an extremely satisfying racer. So we were a little excited to hear that a follow-up was in the works, and Colin McRae: DiRT 2's executive producer Gavin Raeburn provided the pace notes as we sought out what to expect from the sequel.
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?
what shocked me was two games I loved during the ps2 era
JUICED and Street Racing Syndicate, Need For Speed Hot Pursuit
Then you have Forza 3, GT5, and the others you named above... smh
edit: and crazy taxi and trails aren't even racers lOl
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.
Says the guy who payed 100's on his 4k rig to play a racing game /s.
JK, Im sure its amazing in 4k... Its amazing in 1080p too so I can only imagine. You should try Grid Autosport, I actually liked that better than Grid.
I'll get it in a couple of years for 2.50. After I beat grid 2 and about 5 other racers I have.
@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.
So the last Spotlight of April, it's been a good month for money saving.
I loved Dirt & still play it now and then, when Colin Mcrae died i was utterly shocked & thought it would be codies last rally game.
Cant wait for this, bring it on, Colin you are not forgotten :)
awesome
Colin Mcrae Dirt for me was a real disappointment. Yes graphically very nice, but it had minor details missing that the old Colin Mcrae games for Xbox/PS2 had! What happened to the rain in Dirt ? Why a lack of dust/dirt produced while rallying? Even the rally races felt flat with the not so realistic physics. I just wish Codemasters went back to the basics and concentrated on the World Rally Championship and not mixing different race classes. I want to feel like im in a real championship battle.
Add more realism please Codemasters!