Hey folks,
I'm waiting for the new Collin mcCray edition; Dirt 3. It'll come out 24-05-2011. Anyone that exited too?
I've played Dirt 2, it was a gift with my graph. card. Otherwise I wouldn't have bought it. Thought it was too much 'serious racing' for me. I'm more the racing guy who likes GTA and NFS most wanted, that sort of stuff. Don't take it too serious. But when I got it for free I gave it a go and found out it's a stunning experience. The racing is not too difficult, talking about the 'perfect-drive-line-stuff' here. It's off-road and the graphics are super-duper. It's the first game I played with DX11 and that's a diffenrence. The nature looks real and the variety is great.
Had some problems with my save-files getting corrupted though, and due to that some achievements who kept dissappearing. Funny that I had to get them for 5 or 6 times before they finally stayed on my system. I hope they fixed these bugs in this new version, definitely looking forward to it!!
generally I'm all into racing, but I have never played any of those Dirt games. I heard it was too realistic and very difficult. Maybe D3 is something I'd like check out.. :)
I like some serious racing... never played Dirt though, but I'd love to see Gran Turismo hit the PC...
I'm also playing a little bit of Burnout Paradise, an old racing game but it's very cool with a very nice city to race ;)
Burnout paradise should be great! I've played various burnout editions at the XBOX360 of a friend of mine. That was insane. I really like the crash-testing where you have to make a crash as big as possible ;)
Great news on the Dirt 3 game: The makers have established a 'one-button-connection' to a you-tube account so it will be very easy to publish online videos for any spectacular moves we're about to make :-X
Gonna set up a youtube account right away ;)
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I should try and get the game myself so we can do some more MP together ;)
Comes out tomorrow ;) I've ordered it allready!
But no coop in this game I'm affraid. Should there exist something like team-racing? 2 teams racing against each-other. That should be great. It was not present in Dirt 2 anyway, but who nows...
if not coop, then race against each other (compete). But then again.. meh. I prefer coop and in particular when there are very small teams.
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I wish I could upload my first youtube-posted vid allready. The game is great! Great graphics, smooth driving and cool new game-modes: Off-road drift-courses and Ghymkhana. That last is something like skateboarding in a special arena, but then with a car on a factorybase. Didn't test that last mode yet, but it must be great. AND: I read something about racing in teams :-X
So far the only minus is that single play is very easy. I remember when I first played Dirt 2 on the hardest difficulty I could hardly make it 3rd in a rallycross or rally race. But now, almost at the first try. Only drifting took me some practice because it's new to me, but then, after let's say 15 minutes I managed to get the platinum plack.
I'll figure out soon enough how youtube uploading works and I'll check out about the team-racing too.
Stay tuned ;)
Okay I checked the MP part in the game: It's quite deverse. You have the normal races like Rallycross or Rally, Landrush or timetrial etc. And off course Gymkhana. Then you also have partymode. That seems to be some sort of a gamelike teamracing. So you have a game that's called capture the flag, or breakout. In capture the flag you have to use your car to steal teh other team's flag (off course, you'll say) but Hey, that sounds funny. Didn't try that so far, but it sounds nice. Breakout is another teambased game where you have to stay uninfected, or maybe infect the other team. With what, and how, I don't know. Didn't try that out.
So far, I think you can team up together by inviting, and then together join a ranked match as a team or, create your own custom game in 'jam sessions'. That sounds cool 8)
There's another new racemode called head to head. This basically consists of 2 parallel tracks who connect to eachother so, that 2 groups of racers start in each their own track and end up in the other track. Usually these tracks are somewhat arena-like, with lots of stiff corners, jumps and bumbs. Nice to do for a change.
The great thing about Dirt games is that most players (I repeat the word most) try to race a fair race. They don't bumb into eachother on purpose and try to pass the other drivers in a clean manner. Surtainly there are few racers who ignore that, but not so much as in other racing games.
Looking forward to more impressions :)
From what I gathered from the jewel box (retail game), the car looked like it might perhaps have been at least visually tuned as in placing a lot of stickers and body paint on it, any customisation allowed there? Engine tuning, visual appearance? :)
So far, no engine tuning seen. But I know there is... there was in Dirt 2: You could adjust any performance like gear ratios, break balance and all that sort of stuff. Never seen stuff like hardware upgrades. It should not make sence anyway since rallycars are allways tuned to the max ;)
The liveries are to be collected by winning races and getting enough rep. points. There is no such thing as buying cars. In this game racing teams get "interested in you" because of good driving. They offer you to be the racing stables for any race you start. The more you progress, the more cars are available through this system. And the more liveries off course. So you can't really customize yourself; you can pick pre-customized liveries.
I have had some experience on the 'partymode' in online racing. It's funny. You can play games like capture the flag or hide and seek all by steering your car in the right direction. A total new way of fps-like online gaming :)
Stay tuned ;)
Oh and one more thing: Online are cars available that need to be paid for through windows marketplace: ARRRRGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!
I will NEVER do that.
I'm not sure if that will influence the racing because I don't know if these cars have extra value in horsepower or drivability. Maybe no horsepower but I'm allmost sure about the last: I saw a Hummer H3 avaiable through payment which I remember from dirt 2: That car has amazing handling >:((
Thanks :)
And oh dear, that's a very bad development if games can only be won by buying content. As soon as one player has bought it, he'll render the rest of the players inferior unless they buy it in return. >:((
I had a very odd experience in Dirt 2: My savegames kept on getting corrupted for some reason. Therefore I lost all my SP progress. In the SP campaign you unlock certain vehicles (fast, extremely fast in general) and since I lost my total progress and unlocks (over 2 times) I started doing online racing without the advantage of these vehicles... In some races it was inevitable to loose, but in most games I had a fair chance. So F**** GfWL marketplace, I won't buy these vehicles ;)
Finally,
I managed this "you-Tube-Direct-uploading". Here's an impression of Dirt 3 RallyX.
There was a special achievement in this race to finish first in the first lap... I think I did ;)
DiRT3-RALLYCROSS-L.A. COLISEUM-1-PERFECT OVERTAKE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UhNUvbIjSk#)
nice :) :-X Sounds good, looks good.. maybe I should get this game after all :-()
Funny thing, the very last sound of the vid is the noise of someone braking hard so the tyres squeal on tarmac. Only there isn't any tarmac but sand and dirt.. a mystery to me how tyres can squeal on sandy grounds. Same goes for a lot of films with car chases on surfaces like grass, sand, dirt, anything soft and squishy and loose, yet the tyres constantly squeal :D ^+-+
I don't get it; You mean the howling of the tires when I enter the corner, sliding a bit? That sounds like asfalt to me, and it looks like it... Tarmac if you please. The track is half dirt, (60% or so) and the rest is tarmac, what looks and behaves like asfalt to me. So that would mean it makes sence... the howling.
Anyway, I got some unadulterated buggy-on-dirt impressions here. A must-see for any buggy freek ;)
DiRT3-LANDRUSH-SMELTER-1-EPIC BATTLE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQ_VQzPU7iU#)
DiRT3-LANDRUSH-SMELTER-2-EPIC MOVE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8RVp-4kO04#)
This must unleash some saliva :-()
Again I'm aware of how dumb Games for Windows Live is acting... Just got my first updated to be installed. That's a good thing since the numerous crashes I had with the game lately, even 3 times a BSoD (!!) but the funny thing is that GfWL will only start updating when you just fire the game. GfWL pops up and says it has to update. So it starts and after that you need to close the game (!) and wait for the install-wizzard to do his w@&k. The launch the game again >:((
No, then Steam; It automatically downloads and installs an update when available right at the moment you sign in. Thus before launching any game. GfWL is SO incredibly ST#PID :-\\
Here's a GYMKHANA impression. I found out about GYMKHANA that it is important to follow one trick by another and as fast as you can. Variety and speed make your multiplyer go up, time and crashes will make it go down. So you're allways in a freekin' hurry and have to be creative. See a trick; do it. Break out, see another and do it again... fast thinking ;)
DiRT3-GYMKHANA-L.A. COLISEUM-1-GYMKHANA GREAT RUN (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fNi50W8hk0#)
Re: Squealing sounds. I only saw sand, no asphalt (tarmac) so if there actually was tarmac, then indeed it makes sense :)
That gymkhana.. looks like I wouldn't have to learn anything to do that. I always dive like that :-D Then again, driving straight.. difficult :-() As for avoiding obstacles: Moving obstacles like cars, no problem. But give me one single lonely tree in a desert and I will hit it and crash my car ??? :-D
No, seriously.. that gymkhana looks cool. The graphics in general look really nice, wow :-X
here's some more, sweat-dripping, finger-shaking Dirt 3 material. I'd better start spoilers to not overload the topic with Youtube images ;)
Spoiler
Here's a good end to a bad moment in 'trailblazer':
DiRT3-TRAILBLAZER-NORWAY-1-SWEET SCANDINAVIAN FLICK (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UTE9bp10mg#)
And here's another GYMKHANA impression. What you see is a nice part of a GYMKHANA sprint, at the special GYMKHANA compound:
DiRT3-GYMKHANA SPRINT-DC COMPOUND-2-GYMKHANA GREAT RUN (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzeLmNcBFFo#)
Stadium trucks... Dirt... rain... what else would you desire...?
Spoiler
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tHDOUNEbvw
;D :-X
Dangerous overtake in Finland:
Spoiler
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jaxa2hTLQkE
"this video is private" -- blank (black) screen :'(
Fixed. Weird, didn't do that on purpose :-[
Now it works. :) Whoa, hehehe :-D :-X
TRANSPORTER:
Imagine: 8 Gymkhana cars, devided into 2 teams. All focused on one thing.... capture the flag that is put somewhere in a construction yard. Once you got it; bring it to one of the safetyspots. But: Be careful... the drivers of the other team will try to ram you because if they do... they steal the flag!
If you start this kind of game the first time, you will only slide, drift, crash and become shattered. If you get a little advanced, it's GREAT FUN!!!
There's a special achievement that orders you to steal the flag 5 times in a single game. I just made it. And even was able to score 2 points of 4 required to win. We won! We were gooooood!!!
Man, that was awesome! Too bad I didn't capture any vids on that race.
Ppl with a racing hart should REALLY get this game. It's all you desire, makes your naughtiest dreams come true. Appart from hardcore rallyracing it offers you stunning graphics, amazing sounds (rapture 3D), cool party-mode games like I just described, and perfectly well designed Ghymkana arena's.
That gives you speed, skill, joy and laughter. And all in one racing game!!
Oh, and Art, I googled it for you;
http://community.codemasters.com/forum/dirt-3-general-discussion-1339/464511-dirt-3-supported-controllers-wheels.html (http://community.codemasters.com/forum/dirt-3-general-discussion-1339/464511-dirt-3-supported-controllers-wheels.html)
According to this site it is compatible. I'm not sure if your steering wheel is in between there? Check it out.
Edit: Just did it for you:
Your wheel:
•Logitech G25 racing wheel with 3 pedals and 6-gear H shifter
Compatible wheels according to Codemasters: (developer)
PC Steering Wheels:
Logitech G25 Racing Wheel
Logitech G27 Racing Wheel ....
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Thanks, Binnatics :) I might indeed check the game out.. my wheel is the Logitech G25 :)
Well, I just finishing the game! I mean, completely. All achievements, all unlockables, all gold or platinum medals, etc.
Except: the downloadable content that also involves some additional achievements. I'm not sure if I will buy these... think it's gonna be an endless amount of small DLC's all with the price somewhere between 4 or 5 euros. These damn GfWL-Marketplace bastards >:((
The fact is: The cars that are made available in the DLC are worth having. A friend I met which is a very good Gymkhaner (the word for someone who loves Gymkhana) told me that the Scion Tc, available through the first buyable DLC, is more powerfull, with more control. I checked that the guys who use that car have amazing scores, so it indeed gives you some advantage to the rest of the drivers.
I have no comments on the rest of the car pack, but I guess it will be somehow the same. Nevertheless, I still manage to win races online so the issue of not having the newest cars is still a minor problem.
Another DLC makes Monte Carlo cirquit available, which means extra SP races and unlockables, and more tracks for online racing as well, off course. Since I really like Monaco as a rally-town, I would love to play Monte Carlo. But still, I have my doubts. I don't want to feed the power of GfWL and their way of binding ppl to their network. But still.... Monte Carlo, nice cars, additional achievements... Man I wish I could just buy these DLC's through steam :-\\
congrats on the scores and achievements :) :-X
Great you enjoyed D3 so much Binn - I was surprised having seen your original post as this is not really a NFS style game but quite a serious rally epic. Okay, it's not as all out rally sim as Richard Burns Rally - it is a helluva blast though and piddles all over GT5's rally effort.
Get the Monte Carlo track - it's seriously the absolute best and intense bit of the game. Agreed that each of the other tracks are great, but with Monte Carlo you have night, snow, misty and quite a few track variants to enjoy - it's just so atmospheric. To be truthful, I'm not sure if the bitesize DLC question is realy GFWL's problem or Code Masters (not that I'm defending GFWL...)
Some pics of the track (I have hundreds)
Lancia Stratos at Monte Carlo (http://i978.photobucket.com/albums/ae262/Thyrib/Jim/Rally/DiRT3-JimdiGriz_73.png)
Classic rally cars (http://i978.photobucket.com/albums/ae262/Thyrib/Jim/Rally/DiRT3-JimdiGriz_22.png)
Exhaust flare (http://i978.photobucket.com/albums/ae262/Thyrib/Jim/Rally/DiRT3-JimdiGriz_88.png)
80s BMW (http://i978.photobucket.com/albums/ae262/Thyrib/Jim/Rally/DiRT3-JimdiGriz_49.png)
McRae's Escort MkII (http://i978.photobucket.com/albums/ae262/Thyrib/Jim/Rally/MkIINorway5.png)
If you liked the CTF portion of online, what about Cat 'n' Mouse? I thought that was hilarious - two teams of Group B monsters defending a team mate in a '68 Mini...which has to get over the finish line before the other team's Mini :-() There were some mangled messes out there in that mode.
Dammit - now I'm going to have to get D3 out again :)
Sounds like you're a better driver than myself :-X as I just couldn't get the Gymkhana events to platinum level, or the Top Gear Bobsleigh challenge tribute.
I agree with what you say about online, though in my experience I only ever meet the bad drivers and rammers in the RallyX events where full contact is turned on. I like the Hardcore mode, especially those trailblazer stages in Norway...at night. Trouble is, very few people play that online as they end up totalling their car so you can win by just taking it smooth and cool.
By the way, the 'any car on any track' feature from D2 has been modded for D3 - we poor console players cannot do that still. It's not a massive issue for me but I do admit that in D2 it was lots of fun taking a buggy down the Indonesian jungle trails (now I have FC2 too :)) Code Master's reasoning for leaving this feature out did annoy me a bit - apparently the coding to allow this conflicted with the new layer of driving aid settings implemented for the game.
Wow - impressive graphics. Although .GT5 was interesting, I never did become immersed fully. Dirt3 looks interesting.
Jim, you may upload pics to our own site.. check the gallery section :)
Quote from: Art Blade on June 21, 2012, 11:08:53 AM
Jim, you may upload pics to our own site.. check the gallery section :)
Cool, that makes life easier alright.
Indeed PZ - GT5 offers clinical beauty but D2 and 3 offer atmosphere in abundance. You can also roll and wreck your car most impressively. The stages are quite short in D3, longer in D2 which has been a point of contention for quite a few gamers - me, I like it.
Also forgot to mention the superb soundtrack. I'll dig up some links later.
Jim, I already read somewhere that you played Dirt 1 and 2 (I never played 1 but did like 2) and it's very cool to see that you also played D3. I liked the game like Dirt 2 but even better. Especially because of the funny weird game-modes never tried before like, you name it, Cat 'n mouse. Brilliant!!! I've had more fun in a few of these races that the entire single player campaign. I was laughing so much together with my, I think Russian friend that the rest of the players must have been pretty annoyed :-D
I almost never laugh like that while online gaming but man was that funny :-X
I think you're right about the game mechanics. It's not totally arcade, and indeed it took me a while to get a hang of it when starting with D2. It's harder than NFS kind of games. But I remember with GT only spinning the entire track not being able to make one turn without massaging the gravel :-()
I do like the fact that it's a bit more realistic. I liked it when cars got more realistic to manoeuvre in GTA IV. Lots of gamers were complaining but I like it. Once you manage you'll have the same fun turning stiff corners and it all feels better ^-^
The Gymkhana starts to get easy after practice. After completing the campaign I started to do online Gymkhana games and there I learnt to even double the scores.
And that Bobsleigh challenge took me at least 50 tries to get it done, lol :-D
I'm still thinking about Dirt Showdown. I think that's going to deliver more funny moments for sure, and I already know the quality will be splendid. I think it's a good choice for after holidays. The price may have dropped a bit then as well ;)
All spot on observations Binn. Have you tried the demo for DiRT: Showdown? apparently the game is improved, but I tried the demo on PS3 and found the whole thing to be a slight step backwards - that is purely pesonal opinion though.
Having cursed you earlier and gone back on D3 today, I had far more fun racing around the Battersea compound earning skill points, generally mucking about and racking up eleven more challenges (thank you) than I did in the D:S demo. I only say this as you obviously enjoyed both D2 and 3 - so I'd feel wrong if I said nothing. I just felt that the cars were too arcadey and there was very little of the damage evident seen in the trailers - also, the cars seemed very bottom heavy and so almost never flipped or rolled, even in the online mode.
There is hope though - Initialy CM were going to stop the whole thing with D3 but apparently they now want to go for a D4 - I reckon that will be the one to go for. Alternatively, if you want some late summer off-road fun and have an Xbox360 - then I'd suggest going for Forza:Horizon it has been designed by one of the ex-Dirt people and boasts 65 types of road surface from tarmac through to fine dust. Plus it'll also be open world, though not huge. I'd say easily as big as TDU2 or maybe larger, this is because of the detail level, which is apparently very impressive.
If Forza is a 360 only I won't try it. I'm a PC only :-()
D4 is great news. I might indeed try the demo first. But anyway, after holidays it's gonna be very busy with FC3 and Borderlands 2 coming up :o
Uploaded a few D3 pics into an album - hopefully this link (http://www.openworldgames.org/owg/forums/index.php?action=media;sa=album;in=92) will take you there - enjoy :)
Worked perfect - nice shots :-X
This one is my favorite - I like the trace snow and fog effect
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...but this one would be great to have in FC2 :-()
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The mercs would never catch you :) lots of fun across the dunes too. Just wait until I upload some DiRT 2 pics of the Indonesian rally.
nice pics :) I really liked the interior cockpit view with the skull on the dash board :laugh:
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Thanks - that skull is great, I have it inside most of the cars, they eyes roll around most distractingly :) The dashboard items in D2 are unlockables as are horn sounds, including Ice-cream Van and Clown Hooter.
It's a shame D3 didn't continue with that tradition, though you can select a larger horn sound array.
The water splash effect is intense from the driver's perspective, you can't see anything for perhaps three seconds, which is a lot at those speeds...
The game looks more interesting all the time :-X
This looks like an STI
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... love that car
That's an WRX STi alright, just has the old Colin McRae livery on it and has been fitted out for trailblazing, Pike's Peak style.
The only problem with screen captures in D2 and 3 is that you have to take them from the replay which cycles through the camera modes - okay, you can then choose to look from each mode available once paused, but it's not as free as GT5's photomode.
Great pics Jim! I could make pictures from D2 with the steam screenshot functionality. Unfortunately, every time I re-install and fire up D2, I lose 3 achievements. And it would take quite some time to win them back again :-D It's the weirdest achievement bug I've ever found in a game.
With D3 I used the youtube movie-upload mode which made it possible to publish small movies of max 30 seconds. I posted some here I guess.
I am still stunned by the graphics quality of Dirt. It is the only game that offers solid and smooth DX11. Weird that other devs don't seem to reach that quality :-\\
Evolution is my second favorite car; almost purchased one in 2007, but the foolish salesperson spoiled the deal :-()
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That's a shame - I always try and use one of the Mitsubishis for races as I love the way they sound - that turbo :-D Okay, they feel heavy and seem slow by comparison but...they're just fine looking beasts! Plus you get 'em on snow and they can't be beat.
Agree -the Evolution sounds like a fine tuned Italian sports car in contrast to the brute force of the STI
I like the design. The front seems a monster that eats the road ahead ;)