Ignore the great physics, inspired tracks, and gorgeous visuals for a moment and let's focus on the most impressive aspect of DiRT: Damage.
Real rally racers are precision drivers who have the skill to navigate narrow roads without dinging their cars. Most videogame drivers aren't quite as skilled. More than likely you will have your share of crashes, particularly in the early goings of DiRT. That's not such a bad thing, as every brutal impact displays the beauty of DiRT's damage modeling. DiRT's sophisticated engine simulates damage with incredible attention to detail.
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.
Nicely said., One of the most anticipated rallye-sim based game. Please no more DIRT: Colin McRae ( sim ) vs. Motorstorm ( arcade ) comparisons.