Dirt 3 A Rainy Day In Michigan PC

Hi,

I received my copy this morning and I've been playing for a few hours, so far I am really happy with the game the weather effects add so much to the rally experience and takes me back to the days of Network Q RAC Rally and V-Rally. There doesn't appear to be a thunderstorm weather option available something that Network Q RAC Rally did manage even during the 90's. Snow doesn't interact with your window which is unfortunate but rain does and it looks pretty cool. Personally I would have liked to have seen a more in depth weather options like sleet, thunderstorms and maybe even wind.

I found that driving is much easier in Dirt 3 so it's nice to crank up difficulty and assists to advanced and make sure everything is off I found this option to be similar to the way the cars handled in Dirt 2.

I've uploaded a video of a rainy stage in Michigan I will upload another video of a snowy stage later on today.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjxEUIqoX1I

Enjoy.

Sweet vid, thanks!

Hey, can you tell me, are the weather effects vriable, or are they tied to a specific track? Can you play the track on the video in dry wheather, if you wanted to?

Also, did they take out raid type tracks out entirely (where everyone starts simultaenously)?

Can't wait till Tuesday!

@Kinthalis

Yeah you can change the weather and conditions options for example on the Michigan stages you can choose from rain, evening sun, morning sun, wet and night. Obviously on tracks in Norway the rain option is replaced by snow one slight problem though is you can't choose midday on any of the tracks only morning,evening and night.

Hey, where did you get your copy? There doesn't seem to be a retail boxed copy in the US and the only option is to buy on Steam.spiderman120988

I had some trouble finding the PC retail edition of Dirt 3 from my normal shopping places after a quick search I found coolshop and they dispatched my copy on friday I wasn't expecting it to come tilll Monday but the game came today.

I am very pleased ;)

Do you happen to know if the track is based on a real one and where it is in Michigan specifically?

Damn the game looks sweeeet. Otherwise it's just regular old Dirt, but with shinier graphics and more cars that were missing in Dirt 2.F1_2004

@agpickle The track in the video is called Lighthouse View I am not 100% sure if the tracks are representations of the real life version however from the dev interview videos i've watched I know that the various buildings around the track are those you find in the area that the race is taking place.

[QUOTE="F1_2004"]Damn the game looks sweeeet. Otherwise it's just regular old Dirt, but with shinier graphics and more cars that were missing in Dirt 2.JigglyWiggly_

[QUOTE="F1_2004"]Damn the game looks sweeeet. Otherwise it's just regular old Dirt, but with shinier graphics and more cars that were missing in Dirt 2.JigglyWiggly_

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[QUOTE="F1_2004"]Damn the game looks sweeeet. Otherwise it's just regular old Dirt, but with shinier graphics and more cars that were missing in Dirt 2.F1_2004

Got this preloaded in Steam, can't wait to play it Tues. :)

Dirt 3 Winter Wonderland Norway

I am not going to lie and say I manage to get the recording correct first time because I didn't the truth is I spent a lot of time on my roof or skidding through multiple wooden fences. It is not easy driving on the snow with none of the driving assists enabled but after about an hour I managed to finish the race safely and come first.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsZBow-wRCw

It's looking awesome :D .

My Steam copy is pre-loaded and ready to rock. Been playing a bit of Dirt 2 today in preparation ;) .

@Gamesterpheonix On average I get roughly 80fps I have not seen the fps go below 75 unless I am recording, the system i'm running is ASUS Rampage II Extreme, Intel Core i7-920 Oc'ed 3.7GHz, 6GB DDR3 RAM, ATI Radeon HD 5870 running Windows 7 on a Acer GD245HQ @ 1920x1080.

Does it have more dx11 options then dirt2?

Nice...very nice...thx for posting the videos...I should get my copy of Dirt3 pretty soon...cant wait...

They really got it with Dirt3...the cars(animation) dosent seem to float/skate on the roads...It really looks like a car thats moving on the road not floating on it...and the graphics are more realistic...at least in the last video you posted...

Thx again for posting!!! Ived subscribed to ur youtube account :D

@agpickle The track in the video is called Lighthouse View I am not 100% sure if the tracks are representations of the real life version however from the dev interview videos i've watched I know that the various buildings around the track are those you find in the area that the race is taking place.

PC-RUL3S

It's Eagle Harbor, MI. Ended up finding it based off the lighthouse. Thanks for the hint. :)

@Gamesterpheonix On average I get roughly 80fps I have not seen the fps go below 75 unless I am recording, the system i'm running is ASUS Rampage II Extreme, Intel Core i7-920 Oc'ed 3.7GHz, 6GB DDR3 RAM, ATI Radeon HD 5870 running Windows 7 on a Acer GD245HQ @ 1920x1080.

PC-RUL3S

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@Gamesterpheonix On average I get roughly 80fps I have not seen the fps go below 75 unless I am recording, the system i'm running is ASUS Rampage II Extreme, Intel Core i7-920 Oc'ed 3.7GHz, 6GB DDR3 RAM, ATI Radeon HD 5870 running Windows 7 on a Acer GD245HQ @ 1920x1080.

Gamesterpheonix

That video was...orgasmic.

Mind uploading a 1080p to a website somewhere? Youtube has really crappy picture quality, but I wanna see that video again! :o

@morrowindnic The DX11 stuff looks slightly better in Dirt 3 the biggest improvement is how water looks when you travel through it, it's still got all the tessellation and cloth effects, as for actual graphical options they are all the same as Dirt 2.

@rhazzy Thanks, I'm glad you enjoy the video.

@Gamesterpheonix With your current specs I can't see you having any problems running the game you might have to tone down the AA slightly but I can't see your fps being lower than 30 even with everything maxed out. I believe that Dirt 3 is a DirectX 9 or 11 game so because your card is a DirectX 10 currently you will only be able to play the game using D9 which means you won't get the full graphical experience but it will still look good.

@ChubbyGuy40 I have deleted the original file from my computer but I am planning on uploading another at some point today maybe some Kenya? I will upload that to YouTube at 1080p.

are there tracks in australia? best location by far in the original dirt missed it in dirt 2 :(

are there tracks in australia? best location by far in the original dirt missed it in dirt 2 :(

TOMMEY707

I can't see any tracks from Australia :( the countrys and places you do see are Norway, Finland, Kenya, Michigan, Aspen, L.A. Coliseum, Monaco, Smelter and under Gymkhana I can't seem to find Battersea Power Station, London this is all under the single player options.

Here is a new video

Dirt 3 Night Life In Kenya PC

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdTy0GLLvxM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pWEDmVqPKE

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@Gamesterpheonix On average I get roughly 80fps I have not seen the fps go below 75 unless I am recording, the system i'm running is ASUS Rampage II Extreme, Intel Core i7-920 Oc'ed 3.7GHz, 6GB DDR3 RAM, ATI Radeon HD 5870 running Windows 7 on a Acer GD245HQ @ 1920x1080.

Travis281

Now the game is actually out I might be able to find some online games to join. :)

Got my copy preloaded, can't wait 'til it drops in NA tomorrow. :D

Was this video console version?!?

The instrument panel looks like crap, huge downgrade from old games and graphics was worse than Dirt 2.Will not buy this game mainly because of gfwl tho...

No DVD version is lame. Will wait till its $5 if I'm forced to download it.

Was this video console version?!?

The instrument panel looks like crap, huge downgrade from old games and graphics was worse than Dirt 2.Will not buy this game mainly because of gfwl tho...

aroxx_ab

@aroxx_ab The videos in this topic are taken from the PC version, i think the graphics are good it's not a massive step up from Dirt 2 but a small one.