An awesome game, highly frustrating with the wheel though...
I personaly think it has great value for single player, but the lack of split-screen multiplayer is always something I hate, because I like to play with my brother but sadly, we can't on that game. The online multiplayer isn't specially good, as you cannot race against other's cars directly, you only fight in time.
And now I get to the controls. I only played with the wireless racing wheel up-to-date, and I got to say it is fuc*ing hard to control. At the beginning, I couldn't even stay on track for 1 minute, even now i got troubles on some tracks... I broke my car a LOT of times, before I was able to finish the race "in one piece". The jumps are cool, but the landing is SO frustrating, as before you understand you got to turn the wheel on the opposite side of where you are going, and then replace the wheel to keep control, you always turn the wrong side(!?!?) and go into the cow's land. The awesome thing about the racing wheel, with the force feedback, is that you feel EVERYTHING! Every single rock you pass on, every little jump you take, every wheel that touches the ground on the landing, and the power of traction. It is simply and only AWESOME!
Overall, DIRT is a very good rally game, with road racing also, but be prepared to a lot of : "f*cking sh*t, and holy h*ll WTF!?!?" before you can really appreciate the game. If you got the racing wheel, you will really immerse in the game and love it after some practice, if you don't ... what are you waiting for?