Best racing game I've ever played!

User Rating: 10 | DiRT 2 PS3
Dirt 2 is an intense off-road racing game. The main mode is the Dirt Tour. You play as a new rally driver and you start by doing a race in a Subaru Impreza that was once owned by Colin McRae. Once you beat this race you will start to get invited to events all around the world. The locations include Morocco, L.A., London, Baja, Tokyo, and more. You will also meet drivers like Ken Block and Travis Pastrana and the more you win the more drivers you will become friends with. Other drivers talk during the race and react to what you do. There are many different types of races in Dirt 2 like raid, landrush, trailblazer, and rallycross. There are some other arcade-y race types like domination, last man standing, and gate crasher. In domination you race with other opponents at the same time and you have to post the best time on each section of the track to dominate it. In last man standing, the driver in last when the timer counts down gets eliminated from the race. In gate crasher you have a short amount of time to complete a race and you have to crash into the gates to keep the timer from running out. You will gain XP from winning races and you will level up. When you get to higher levels you unlock more cars and special events like X-Games and Tournaments. X-Games consist of 3 different types of races. Whoever has the most points at the end of the three races wins. Tournaments have 5 races and they are all the same type of race and you use the same car for the whole tournament. Whoever has the most points at the end of the tournament wins.

The missions are fun to complete like jump a certain distance, overtake a certain number of opponents, destroy environmental objects etc.

There is also a free race mode where you can create a race by choosing a location, a track, and a car. There is a time trial mode too, where you can download a ghost and try to beat the time.

The vehicle selection is great. There are different types of vehicles like buggies and trucks and regular rally cars. You can customize your cars with different liveries and interior ornaments, you can even change the horn sound.

The arcade physics are perfect, it makes the game a lot of fun. This game is really fast too. There are many different difficulty settings so you'll be able to find one that works for you. I love the flashback feature. If you crash really bad you'll be able to rewind time and try again, rather than starting the whole race over. You only have a limited number of these though and as the difficulty gets harder you will have less of them.

The graphics in this game look incredible, there is so much detail. The dirt flying and water splashing effects look amazing. The cars look so shiny at the beginning of the race and at the end they are full of mud. The cockpit view looks nice too, the windshield gets dirty and the wipers go on.

The music fits the game nicely. The soundtrack includes great bands like Rise Against, Bloc Party, Scars on Broadway and more. The sound effects are good too. The cars sound the way the should.

Dirt 2 is the funnest racing game I've ever played in a long time. Everything about it is awesome. I recommend it to anyone that wants a good racing game.