#X1440p dirt 3 plus

There is no doubting it is one of the more impressive menu systems from recent times. In many ways, the menu system of the game continues this trend where you select a prism and then an event in that prism to race in. You can't escape that this is most definitely a racing game designed for a wider audience than rally fans. Sponsors such as DC and Oakley adorn all the events and you always have the X-Games being splashed in front of you or spoken about during cut scenes. The extreme nature and style of the game cannot be escaped. True fans of the sport know one of the toughest things rally teams go through is deciding which parts to fix in the time allocated without taking a penalty, but that is not present in this game and it is a real shame. Yes, crashes which involve rolls can occur in rally and occur more often in that sport than any other but rolling every time the car hits a rock wall side on seems just a little ridiculous to us and it is one of the more frustrating aspects of what is in general is a very good physics and damage system.The cars will shatter and lose parts, however, in something of a surprise, the cars automatically repair themselves between stages of rallies. The other problem is that it seems awfully easy to roll the cars. The only problem is that Loeb is not featured in the game, nor is any other WRC driver, so why have the official names on the cars, but not in the game? It just doesn't make sense. This all sounds well and good until you race against a Citroen which has Sebastian Loebs name splashed on the side and his co-driver. Codemasters has not forked out for that licence and instead has tried to replicate the World Tour without it. The first one is that the game does not have the WRC licence. However, DIRT 3 is not without its problems or puzzling elements. It is a heck of a lot of fun and is a nice change up from point to point and circuit racing that is present through the rest of the game. You gain points by doing donuts around objects, sliding under truck trailers and generally just driving around like a lunatic. This is exactly what it is likely in DIRT 3, except with a souped up motor vehicle. The horse and its rider are tasked with performing a number of tricks and equestrian sequences to gain points. If the name sounds familiar, that is because gymkhana originally comes from equestrian events. Gymkhana is one of the more unique racing elements of the game and you will either learn to love or loathe it. Trail Blazer is rallying without a co-driver and in a superfast car, Land Rush is truck or buggy racing and the other two disciplines gymkhana and Rally Cross, focus on the extreme side of the sport. It is of no surprise that this was our most enjoyable section of the game, as it is Codemasters doing what Codemasters does best, rally games.Īside from rally driving, there are a number of other disciplines to partake in. It is here where you will find the closest thing to the World Rally Championship in the game on the rally side of things. Mixing this up, some time during the game you will unlock world tours of events to partake in.

In each season you must gain points from events to unlock the final event before progressing. The crux of the game is found in the DIRT World Tour where over four seasons you must prove to the world that you are the ultimate champion in a number of disciplines. It is instead replaced by him urging you to upload videos to Youtube, one of the main new features of the product. Ken Block once again returns, however, thankfully his annoying 'you did great back there dude' soundbytes are toned down significantly. Yet again, DIRT 3 proves that Codemasters are the masters of the rally genre and it is unlikely that mantle will be taken off them anytime soon.įor those who have played DIRT 2, the game will seem quite familiar, but there is enough here to warrant a third purchase.

#X1440p dirt 3 plus

Released to little fanfare, it not only made Colin McRae a household name to gamers, it had incredibly good graphics and the gameplay proved that a sport once seen to be very mundane outside of Europe could actually be fun to play.įast forward a few generations of hardware and we have the DIRT series, a mix up of Rallying plus many other extreme off road racing sports from around the world.

One of the best racing games on the original PlayStation console was Colin McRae Rally.