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Exploding lorries! Tarmac! Mud!

Codemasters had let-out the first video for racing threequel Colin McRae's: DiRT 3.

The footage shows mud-track rally driving, tarmacked race-course racing and, eventually, a car drifting underneath a lorry that explodes.

What that tells us about this third game in Codemasters' rally driving series we're unsure.

DiRT 3's existence was confirmed by Codemasters in March. Publisher bigwig Gavin Cheshire told the world back then that DiRT 3 would be "fresh and new", and "if you don't innovate, you're dead".

No date has been annnounced for DiRT 3. No platforms have been mentioned either, although we expect PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 as with previous DiRT games.

Pinched from YouTube. We'll swap this with a high quality video when one is available.

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Fatbobbybob #1 2 years ago

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Nice vid, they missed a trick by not having the flames fan out as the car drove round though.
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bad09 #2 2 years ago

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Nice vid but with WRC coming I doubt I will bother with Dirt 3. I'll be nabbing F1 though Codies, so don't mess that up like CM and TOCA!
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dr_zoidthrob #3 2 years ago

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Someone's been watching too much Top Gear.

Not that that's a bad thing, by the way.

Edited by 1 at 02/08/10 @ 09:57
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Kengro #4 2 years ago

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I'll get WRC, i'm after a rally game. The Dirt series is not a rally game
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TeaFiend #5 2 years ago

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No, the dirt series is not a rally game.

It is an offroad racing game.

A bit like Call of Duty is not an educational game.
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riz23 #6 2 years ago

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Snow and Ice. Good job.
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Subquest #7 2 years ago

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lovely trailer. obviously doesn't represent actual gameplay, but it makes me interested regardless. However a pure rally game as suggested by WRC is more what i'm after this time around.
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IronGiant #8 2 years ago

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Exploding lorries suggests it's going all motorstorm/split second?
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BigDaddy82 #9 2 years ago

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No it suggests they're incoporating Gymkhana into the game
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wizlon #10 2 years ago

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Unlockable man pushing a wheelbarrow full of exploding potatoes confirmed.

But seriously, I had stupid amounts of fun with DiRT2 so I expect this to be just as good if not even better.
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handsonhips101 #11 2 years ago

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I can feel the "American dude" factor already...

now then, on to the important stuff; where is Black Bean with that WRC game?
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NimbusTLD #12 2 years ago

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DiRT 2 was the most enjoyable driving game I'd played in many years, if not ever! Quite looking forward to a more varied sequel
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Haloboy #13 2 years ago

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Richard Burns Rally 2. Probably the best rally game in the world.

If Carlsberg made computer games.
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SBfistfun #14 2 years ago

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Oh dear god...
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LeSpank #15 2 years ago

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Lovely sound on that video.
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Caimbeul #16 2 years ago

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Saw the vid last week, looks preety good!
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Boomerang #17 2 years ago

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DiRT 2 is good, but is inferior to GRiD in my opinion.

I hate the whole "Yee-haw, awesome dude!" package that it comes in. GRiD is more straight-laced. Still fun, still pretty, but not as annoying.
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YoungPayters #18 2 years ago

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i loved dirt 2. well the actual rallying part was just brilliant. if they focus a bit more on that i will be a happy bunny because it was such an excellent rallying part of it.
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Boomerang #19 2 years ago

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Lovely.

Edited by 1 at 02/08/10 @ 14:49
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dirk_aircool #20 2 years ago

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I think u can just ignore poster
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lwwarrior1 #21 2 years ago

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Colin McRae must be spinning in his grave. theyve basically taken his legacy and pissed all over it
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TeaFiend #22 2 years ago

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@lwwarrior1:

You do know that at the end of his career he went to the X-Games as rally itself was losing a lot of interest? Just checking.
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woodyrulesok #23 2 years ago

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The first 40 seconds of that were amazing and then it goes to shit.

Seeing that car burning through the rainy section with no music and just the engine noise made the hairs on my neck stand up. Then the truck exploded and I lost my semi.

Just think what a good rally game they could make. Oh well.

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@TeaFiend
You did know he couldn't get a drive for the WRC and that is why he left and did other types of motorsport like the XGames? He filled in a few times in later years but his rally career was effectively over by then. Just checking.

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