Colin McRae: DiRT 2

Published 7 August, 2009

Game's out on 11th September.

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  • dsmx #1 3 years ago

    Please god don't have that god awful american announcer in the game commenting on everything.

  • Rowlsten #2 3 years ago

    Please god don't have that god awful american announcer in the game commenting on everything.

    +1 (But i'm expecting it)
    Edited by Rowlsten at 07/08/09 @ 10:14

  • Zebula77 #3 3 years ago

    lol.

    I'd love if the series went back to straight rally racing (as in you against the track - no other cars). That disappointed me in Dirt. I remember spending weeks and weeks on Colin McRae 2 on the PS1. Great game.

  • kestral #4 3 years ago

    This looks so great, but why is the pc version 19 quid and the xbox version 31?

  • Milk #5 3 years ago

    I'm afraid that this is going to get 'X-games'ed up to the max. But you can't really blame coadies for that I guess.

    Hopefully it will still be a good game, I'm looking forward to it . . .

  • mashk #6 3 years ago

    Wow. Are these the shots of the Wii version I've been hearing so much about?

  • andijames #7 3 years ago

    @Farticus

    Couldn't agree more with that to be fair. I can't remember the last time there was a racing game such as Colin Mcrae 2 that was pretty much true to rallying as can be. Maybe it was more for the purists but i think there's a big enough market out there to warrant a game being produced for it.

  • Spekingur #8 3 years ago

    @farticus: Fan of the British Empire much? :p

    British culture has been saturated with American-ism for a long while now.
    Surprised to see no "shameful" comments about the release date though.
    Edited by Spekingur at 07/08/09 @ 11:57

  • sonsonate #9 3 years ago

    @farcticus

    Yeah, we should be blown off the map because we don't have ANY other racing series except the X-Games. Please, get a clue, okay?

    (American Le Mans Series, IndyCar Series, Monterey Historic, Speed World Challenge, and more)

    I'm really OH-SO-TIRED of some reading the same ridiculous comments on stereotypical BS about how the USA is made up of mostly white, gun-weilding, red-necks -- when in fact, we are a very diverse people.

  • green_nifta #10 3 years ago

    kestral
    07/08/09 @ 10:38
    This looks so great, but why is the pc version 19 quid and the xbox version 31?

    I'm surprised it's not a bigger difference. Microsoft and Sony take about £14 royalty per copy sold on 360/PS3 respectively. There's no platform-owner royalty for PC games.

  • Spekingur #11 3 years ago

    Colin McRae games were fine, the first ones were amazing at the time but the latest editions of Colin McRae Rally games weren't - in my opinion - that great.
    I have two favourite rally games excluding DiRT. One was on the original XBox, Rallisport Challenge Series. And then there was one in the olden days. Too bad I can't remember the name. There were probably more rally games that I can't remember until I actually see gameplay footage X)

    [Edit] One was probably Mobil 1 Rally Championship.
    Edited by Spekingur at 07/08/09 @ 18:49

  • DAN.E.B #12 3 years ago

    just change it back to a real rally game FFS.

  • Kyledanutmeg #13 3 years ago

    Cool and looks great

  • coojam #14 3 years ago

    Why are people shocked at Codies for appealing to a wider market when "pure" rally games only ever catered to a minority audience? I think it's great that there's a variety of off-road racing types in Dirt as you can pick and choose which bits suit your taste.

    All this "Codemasters are selling out to the Yanks" is bollocks. Colin himself got into the X Games to help rallying gain a foothold over in the Statesand to get more people interested in the sport worldwide. If that's the way the game goes too, then there's no better way to honour his memory, surely?

  • fknetwork #15 3 years ago

    Cannot wait for this game! first one was superb and still one of the best driving games around, this and Forza 3 is a racing fans dream!

  • fknetwork #16 3 years ago

    Some of those are NOT "target screens" as IGN have done an interview with codemasters where they show some of the same ones and a video showing in game graphics with ign driving, look spot on to these images so far specially the replays, very impressed!

  • fknetwork #17 3 years ago

    Some of those are NOT "target screens" as IGN have done an interview with codemasters where they show some of the same ones and a video showing in game graphics with ign driving, look spot on to these images so far specially the replays, very impressed!

  • FaceInTheCrowd #18 3 years ago

    i've yet to see a tarmac trailer and it's starting to anoy me,come on codies enough of the gravel show us some tarmac footage

  • ScottyXTUK #19 3 years ago

    I'm not sure if I'm going to like this or not now. The total "Americanisation" of it could well be its downfall.

    Oh well time will tell.

  • Miths #20 3 years ago

    I'm looking forward to this, but I really hope the framerate won't be as shaky as it's been in pretty much all the gameplay videos I've seen so far. At first I thought it was just shoddy video encoding, but it really looks more like pretty severe framerate dips in certain areas.

  • uglygamer #21 3 years ago

    The graphics are pretty ordinary compared to Forza 3

  • BigDaddy82 #22 3 years ago

    "The graphics are pretty ordinary compared to Forza 3 "

    Is that a joke? The cars in Forza might look nice but the environments are bland as, Dirt 2 looks ace all round

  • GreatUncleBaal #23 3 years ago

    Codies' fascination with bloom continues, I see.

  • db3 #24 3 years ago

    Hopefully the X factor will only be an element and not overwhelm....at least it's not Colin McRae Pro Street.
    I'd take a Kenny from the Block special rally stage over a Drifting stage any day.

  • Syrette #25 3 years ago

    Some pretty cringe-worthy stuff from farticusmaximus here.

    Anyway, game looks decent but I've still yet to finish Pure :/

  • Syrette #26 3 years ago

    Some pretty cringe-worthy stuff from farticusmaximus here.

    Anyway, game looks decent but I've still yet to finish Pure :/

  • FaceInTheCrowd #27 3 years ago

    3 new (i think) gameplay vids,still no fecking tarmac though,but it does look good,oh 1 thing 3rd vid, can someone tell me when CROFT circuit moved to Scotland?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeR4HXTzt80

  • JensonJet #28 3 years ago

    Is it me, or is there something slightly ironic in the release date for a game that's specifically aimed at an American audience? Or are they getting it on a different day? Anyone else think making a celebration out of 11 September would sort of counter-balance a rather popular and slightly anti-English celebration that goes on every year over there? (or maybe some more movies should be made to make a few more people rich out of the incident!)