DiRT Rally Hits Steam Early Access

tracertong · 28 Apr 2015 at 07:14

Skeeter said:
Why don't you play it and find out?

SonniLombardi · 28 Apr 2015 at 07:18

UTmaniac said:
When was the last time Codie$ did a decent driving game? TOCA 2 (NOT Toca Race Driver 2) in 1998?

How many times since then have they released a promising title, but then failed to fix fundamental issues, before moving swiftly on to the next "cash cow?"

Why are they using the old game engine, when F1 2015 (due in the next few months) is just around the corner?

Why do their racing titles always have **** default wheel defaults, using nothing like the modern day 900 degrees of rotation?

Anyone found typical major stage exploits yet, that allow you to cut chunks of the stage out, an issue going back to Colin McRae 2, making leaderboard times a joke?

Skeeter said:
Why don't you play it and find out?

Someone woke up on the wrong side of Codemasters bed this morning

On Holiday · 28 Apr 2015 at 07:23

Oculus Rift support at 30fps! Yay (!) That must be so enjoyable.

stument · 28 Apr 2015 at 07:35

The game looks stunning! Came out of no where

SonniLombardi · 28 Apr 2015 at 07:41

stument said:
Came out of no where

Skeeter · 28 Apr 2015 at 07:46

The timeline for additional content looks good. Next up is Pikes Peak. If they have the old dirt road layout and a 406 T16 so I can pretend I'm Ari Vattinen I'm going to be very happy

SonniLombardi · 28 Apr 2015 at 07:51

Skeeter said:
The timeline for additional content looks good. Next up is Pikes Peak. If they have the old dirt road layout and a 406 T16 so I can pretend I'm Ari Vattinen I'm going to be very happy

What a monster!

Edit: watch at 2:50 haha FATALITY!

Devlish · 28 Apr 2015 at 08:05

Archeum said:
Oculus Rift support at 30fps! Yay (!) That must be so enjoyable.

Ouch! I was thinking of getting this for the Oculus support... but no way at 30fps. Thats just asking for trouble.

RoyMi6 · 28 Apr 2015 at 08:08

Where are you seeing Oculus rift support is only 30fps?

bemaniac · 28 Apr 2015 at 08:23

The game does not launch for me. Small window with dirt logo then dirt has stopped working, then completing install then error 41 steam servers cannot handle your request for dirt rally.

Uncle_Gravy · 28 Apr 2015 at 08:47

bemaniac said:
The game does not launch for me. Small window with dirt logo then dirt has stopped working, then completing install then error 41 steam servers cannot handle your request for dirt rally.

I'm not the only one, thank god

Gregster · 28 Apr 2015 at 08:57

Got this on Steam Early access last night and had a very quick play. First impressions are mixed really. I am a big fan of Codies (Codemasters) and they will be listening to the community and improving/changing things on user feedback, so kudos to them for that. It is a very tough and punishing game with punctures, broken lights at night, damage that carries over into the next stage etc and the controls feel a little clunky but I can see with practice, this will be rewarding and has some awesome visuals. I will be doing a full review after some decent playtime but for now, here is some early footage. Remember that this is early development as well and not the finished game.

~>Dg<~ · 28 Apr 2015 at 09:14

practice on the laps makes for some great times and very rewarding. the handbrake is a necessity !

those moaning about how it looks or old engine must have not played it as it looks gorgeous ingame.

the gui inventory is very simple also.

back to rallying

~>Dg<~ · 28 Apr 2015 at 09:17

savagesam117 said:
I'm definitely getting this. And you can hear the stones hit the underneath of the car!!

Couple of questions,
Have you turned off your co driver? If so.. You know that run well!
Are there leaderboards up yet? This could be a lot of fun racing against the clock beating each other.
And is there a single player drive though kinda thing? Like beat these races to get this and so on.

that was in playback mode.i did that lap like 50-60 times before getting that time.everything flat out and binned the car a lot

just finding the limits.

popped tyres,ripped back wheel of,smashed screen,headlamps, yes you can hear rocks and tyres going flat on punctures

leaderboards i dont think are up yet but some of the challenges are.

really need a wheel to appreciate how good this game is. for eg my mate got it last night . he recently sold his g27 hes buying a new wheel now.

SonniLombardi · 28 Apr 2015 at 09:23

~>Dg<~ said:
practice on the laps makes for some great times and very rewarding. the handbrake is a necessity !

those moaning about how it looks or old engine must have not played it as it looks gorgeous ingame.

the gui inventory is very simple also.

back to rallying

Scandinavian flick works pretty well too.

K1LLSW1TCH · 28 Apr 2015 at 09:24

Hope they release some of the more obscure countries as time goes on, I loved the Japanese stages in Colin McRae 3!

maxilive · 28 Apr 2015 at 09:26

Archeum said:
Oculus Rift support at 30fps! Yay (!) That must be so enjoyable.

Seems to be 75hz for other peeps? The Rift Support is supposed to be pretty good apart from the menus at the moment which will probably be patched.

bemaniac · 28 Apr 2015 at 09:33

Uncle_Gravy said:
I'm not the only one, thank god

We both have i7s, don't think that would cause it.
I use a 4k monitor MST so detected as 2 panels do you?

K1LLSW1TCH · 28 Apr 2015 at 10:13

Uncle_Gravy said:
I'm not the only one, thank god

I only live up the road from you, you're welcome to stand outside and watch me play it through the window...

pgi947 · 28 Apr 2015 at 10:27

Runs nice and smooth for me, ultra + 8xmsaa, not entirely sure sli is working as I haven't checked but averages around 70fps at 1440 on dual 780's.

The vehicle audio is absolutely superb. Looking forward to future updates!