From the preview:
"We already have a pretty good idea how the single-player side of the latest incarnation of the Colin McRae series is going to pan out, but one big piece of the puzzle seemed to be missing--competitive online action. Instead of having you race alongside other people, DiRT compares race times, albeit race times from others driving the same bit of road as you, at the same time."
Steam has slashed 75% off of several Codemasters' racing titles including GRID, FUEL, DiRT, DiRT 2 and ToCA Race Driver 3 along with a bundle containing all five titles as part of its weekend deal promotion.
The first DiRT title was released just before McRae's horribly premature passing, and saw Codemasters essentially rip everything up and start again, giving the franchise a face-lift fit for the next-generation. It highlighted the tone of a series moving increasingly further from the realistic, 'pure' brand of rallying in the earlier games to a more arcade-orientated, thrill-seeking approach. Whether seduced by the bright-lights of, for example, Project Gotham Racing, or whether Codemasters were just seeking change for the sake of change lest creative stagnation take hold, DiRT 2 (yes the strange lower case 'I' is intentional) represents the consolidation of this new approach.
Colin McRae: Dirt 2 (Dirt 2 outside of Europe) is a racing game scheduled to be released in September 2009, and is the sequel to Colin McRae: Dirt. This is the first game in the McRae series after Colin's death. It was announced on 19 November 2008 and will feature the late Colin McRae as well as Ken Block and Travis Pastrana.
I actually like the idea of being able to compete online where only my own driving skill determines the outcome, instead of how well someone can crash me out. Both types of play have their benifits but there are lots of other games doing it the other way.
game looks great..........
yeh gonna hope theres a download available here =P
An online part where you only race for time only? You can't see the guys you're racing against and you can't talk to them. That is lame.
I'm not gonna buy a rally game that only has a SP. (Yeh it has MP but it sounds really boring).