Codemasters plans DiRT 2 for September Comments by Robert Purchese

If the Codies sound team are reading (and I know there's at least a chance you are), *please* record a non-American MC and co-driver.

***PLEASE!***

EDIT: Co-pilot? What am I on about?

Glad they are keeping Colin's name in there.

R.I.P.

+1 to Ruttyboy. I know it was to make it more accessible to Americans, but it just felt like they were telling me to take my money and my stupid shit-eating British face and fuck off.

Oh and while I'm here, forget that goblin nonsense and remake the original Overlord (the awesome PC flight sim).

And get me a Coke.

Not a bad line up to be fair.

Great to see Codies coming up strong, once again!

I wonder if they considered dropping his name now that it appears his license was 2 years overdue he may have been to blame for the crash...

Love Dirt, gorgeous jaw dropping visuals which incredibly were eclipsed by those in Grid.

I'm still amazed when I buy a new game at just how much better looking games are becoming.

Keep the co-driver the same, Codies. (Anti-Americanism is my number one pet peeve).

More vehicles, more classes, more courses, a dynamic weather system too pretty please?

+ 1,000,000 to what Rutty said.

At least give us the option.

Euro Co-Driver and some snow conditions please. Please?

How about looking at good old Richard Burns Rally and implement a "realistic mode" to Dirt2 , copy the physics of RBR and the online-mod of http://www.rallyesim.fr (RSRBR09) and make the ultimate game for both arcade mp (which i guess is already in Dirt) and single player sim rally racing like in RSRBR09.

@Snooz AGREED! I still play Richard Burns Rally (R.I.P. to both those great drivers) and the physics are impressive, really feels just right. The demo of DiRT, like GRiD, had the pretty loose wobbly, not very stuck on the road feeling (and of course a bit too much speed and last minute braking as well). I just want a great realistic sim with a good graphics engine, is it too much to ask. At least with Race Pro I'm getting my dreams of a realistic believable racer on a console (once I get paid next Friday)!! Now for someone to do a modern rally sim game, even if only 5 people will get along with it, hence why making a proper sim mode in DiRT would be great, but I know they prob won't do it, or do it half heartedly :( Codemasters, please give in on these demands, you'll make us happy!

Also, please release the original Micro Machines games (2D, especially number 2) on XBLA and PSN etc.!!!

Richard Burns Rally was one of the most difficult driving games ever released.

The mainstream console audience would run away in fear if that physics and driving mode was implemented. As would I. It's simply not what I want in a console racer.

Dirt 1 handling mode was sublime. Maybe a tweak here or there, but nothing more required.

I have dirt for pc but cause the controls are too sensitive and theres no where to alter sensitivity cause they didnt include it, i have yet to play it still :(

looked like a good game tho lol....

For the record, it's not 'anti-Americanism', it's 'anti-cuntism'. I don't care where you're from, if you start referring to me as 'Tiger' I'm going to think you're a twat.

So Codebastards, will this include all the features that made your previous games so great, like everything locked initially, crap handling and instant game over if you fall below a minimum number of points per race, even if you are leading both the drivers and constructors standings by a huge margin?

for the love of god just stick to rally!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

for the record i loved the handling in cmr4

@rhubarbandcustard: Yeah, Richard Burns was and still is too hard for the mainstream gamer, thats why I'd like it implemented as a "realistic mode" for the DiRT2, just a dream though.

Anyway, the french community have done a massive improvement for Richard Burns Rally and added 1gig of more content, about 150 different cars ( i.e Mitsubishi evo 5-9 etc) but also a lot of 2wd cars, S2000 class, N-class etc.

Every weekend there is an official rally (inspired by the real rally events, so last weekend had a lot of snowtracks in snow-mod) there can be about 300 users signed up for the event :)

What happened to the WRC games from ps2, did they get canned for the ps3?

There really is about time for a new epic Rally sim, I was a CMR fan from 2 to about 4.

Petter Solberg was in talks with microsoft 2 years ago, but only a mobile phone rally game has come out of that so far.

"Richard Burns Rally was one of the most difficult driving games ever released."

Why thankyou. That's the great thing about it, it was difficult, but it was fair. Considering it is a sim and you treat it like so then as long as you approach it from the right side of things (i.e. cautiously, not steaming into every corner hoping to make it) then it really is the most rewarding gaming experience I've possibly ever had.

The first play is a humbling experience, as you realise just how far off the mark typical driving/rally games are. When you realise that braking and slowing down far in advance of the corners then approaching them at a realistic speed is the only way to go it's great to slowly build up your confidence and eek out ever faster times. Finishing a stage going at break neck speed and not cocking up is beautiful. I know most people just want to thrash around as if they're as good as Colin McRrae, but I'd rather be happy knowing that if I was sat in a real car I'd have a chance of simply not embarrassing/killing myself.

Rant over. Actually no, it's not. I really hope Richard Burns and the GTR/Race Pro series aren't the only sims released for a while, cos it seems to be going that way since everyone loves shite like Grid and the mass-market is more and more important. Some comments I've read from people playing Race-Pro have been ridiculous and quite depressing actually, complaints seeming to be about the graphics/presentation (who gives a fuck about the menu screens as long as they function well?!) and claiming the handling isn't realistic, lol. Only because they've been brainwashed into thinking any idiot can press left/right and hold down the accelerator with no thought or skill involved. Grr. Anyway I'm just very glad and grateful that Race Pro finally got a 360 release, I thought the day would never come. One day I'll get a decent PC though so I can join in the simming fun! :p