McRae in his dirtiest and prettiest rally game yet!
Rally has never looked this good before. Driving from either outside or inside cockpit view looks gorgeous. I think especially the cockpit view is awesome. The whole car can be smashed during the race. And also the environments are very destructible. The game has got some drops in frame rate though, but other than that the game looks perfect.
There is as well as no music in the game, though that is not necessary with such fantastic sound effects and voice work. In the menus there is this guy talking to you about all kinds of stuff, like telling you what kinda race you're about to drive, or teaching you how to tune your cars. There is also briefing on each track which in fact is very helpful, cause he tells you what you want to hear and keeps it brief.
Dirt plays like most rally games only it's got some fancy race modes. You drive a lot of ordinary rally, but you'll also compete in all kinds of races. You have rally, rallycross, hillclimb, CORR, crossover, and rally raid. They are all a lot of fun, but the best mode is still the classic rally races. The feeling of rushing through some heavy corners on the German countryside is amazing, and makes you wanna stop and take pictures of these fantastic locations. Dirt plays great and the whole game is so well done. Having said that I still expected a better multiplayer. Cause what you have here is more of a sharing of race times, and not a fully worthy head to head multiplayer you would expect. The rest of the game though is close to perfect as a rally game. There is a meaty career mode as well as several championships spanning the whole world. Dirt is the best rally game I've played, and you ought to try it out. And by the way... the menu is insane!!! : D
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Fantastic graphics. Great sound effects and voice actors that talk smooth and comforting. A lot to do in both career and championship mode. Fantastic menu system that blew me away! Cockpit view is awesome!
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Some drops in frame rate. Disappointing multiplayer.