I think we should be getting quite a good hands on preview of the game in the next few days ;)
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I think we should be getting quite a good hands on preview of the game in the next few days ;)
(Based on Paul Coleman's of CM answers via twitter)
-We have the FIAT 131 Abarth in the 70s Rally Class.
-We couldn't secure the Alitalia livery for the 131 Abarth so we have gone with the Olio FIAT Blue & Yellow livery.
-Each rally location has 8 unique stages. These are then used to make a variety of rally events in the DiRT Tour.
-We don't have reversed stages however the routes share sections of road.
-We won't have an edit pacenote feature. The calls will be given later or earlier depending on how fast you are traveling.
-(regarding day/night stages percentage) At a guess i would say that 25-30% are at night.
-(regarding Gymkhana location)We looked at El Toro Airbase but it was a little too sparse. Using Battersea gave us the chance to create our our own area.
Kris Meeke community Interview video:
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First photos of DiRT3 Gymkhana Uncovered event @ Battersea PowerStation Presentation earlier today:
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Mikko can Gynmkhana!!!
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(Based on Paul Coleman's of CM answers via twitter)
-We have snow and ice rallycross races at Aspen.
-We have the Renault 5 Turbo and the Renault Alpine A110 in DiRT3.
-There are tarmac, snow and gravel default setups. Gravel is down the middle. Tarmac is harder and snow is softer.
Can't believe finally I will be able to drive the 2 legendary car Alpine A110 and Lancia Fulvia in a rallygame :bounce:
DiRT3 night stage:
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(Based on Paul Coleman's of CM answers via twitter)
-The hairpins are varied throughout DiRT3. Norway and Michigan have some pretty tight hairpin bends.
-I can confirm that the other WRC driver that we have in DiRT3 is Sébastien Ogier.
-Reset lines won't change from what you have seen. We want the racing to be the most important thing. Crashing is less important.
-To be fair we put a lot of effort into finding cuts that actually allow you to go faster. Some cuts just don't save time so we allow them.
Here's a new screenshot of another location (Michigan) will be featuring In the game:
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Here's another Kenya stage, never seen before (It starts after Gymkhana finishes)
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Hope those options, give this time, a more sim feeling for DiRT3:
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Snow rally In DiRT3!!!
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Here's another rally location (Michigan-USA)
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Got to love the sound of the turbo chirping away!
Wheres the best place to pre-order this?
Love that sound too, as for the stage, nice but it's too wide for my liking :p :
A fan made re-make of the DiRT 3 Group B trailer:
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Here's a quick glance at the menus!
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More snow gameplay:
As you can notice, the co driver's style and the wide hairpins remind a lot of WRC2010.
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Split screen feature:
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Wow, look everyone, it's Colin McRae:ArCADE. Roads are far too wide, is that a video of them supposedly on the Monaco GP track? It's like a 4 lane motorway.
And why have they taken the wide hairpin thing from WRC? This franchise is now all style and no substance, the cars look and sound great but what's the point in having all these great heros of rallying and then putting them on stupidly wide roads. I remember back in CMR2 (and even a few of the others, before DiRT) where you wouldn't have much more than a cars width to drive in. The Kenyan and Aus stages in CMR2 were a nightmare if you went even slightly off line, and the Indo stages from the first game were superb.
That Monet Carlo style stage is rediculous, why do games have to be ruined by making them playable for simpletons?!
Dirt was ruined after the first one which i would like to say i was world no.1 on :) for a few months anyway before is topped playing it.
Couldn't agree more. I hate games which are designed purely to flatter people.Quote:
Originally Posted by barryfullalove
So, one more month (28 days) till the official release of the game?
Yes, 24th May Is the day! ;)
Meanwhile, a couple of new updates, form CM Paul Coleman's twitter:
-The No Fear Gold livery is in the game.
-I believe there is somewhere in the region of 40 to 50 non rally events and 60-70 rally events.
-The 3-sided geometry correlates with the fact that this is DiRT3. Style wise we 're going
for somewhere between D1 & D2 menus.
-There will be a load between each stage but you won't return to lobby.
-Snowy stages in Norway and Aspen have a fog effect that reduces visibility.
-There are wet stages without the rain actually falling.
-Wet surfaces will have less friction than their dry counterparts.
-I can confirm that the other WRC driver that we have in DiRT3 is Sébastien Ogier.
-We have taken place names from the locations where our stages are set and used them to name our stages.
any word on narrower tracks or is that the final edit of the game in the videos??
Not quite;It's reported there will be some narrow sections though, spread around all rally stages.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tarmac Tommy
Any word on when Codemasters are going to stop dragging Colin's name through the turd and release a rallying game?
What like this one then?
This game has nothing to do with McRae, and is without doubt the best rally game to be released for consoles. I've played this and it is brilliant.Quote:
Originally Posted by Daniel
Something interesting i've also found out, when playing this game online, if you (or the lobby host) chooses to do 5 rally stages then the winner will be the one with fastest total time, unlike DiRT2 where you just had 1 stage sprints and fastest time over a stage won. Will certainly make it much better knowing that if you make a mistake on 1 stage you can still win overall.
That's a pretty bold statement, bearing in mind that it's up against things like CMR2 and RBR. Maybe it is, maybe it isn't, but they had a lot of work to do to turn around DiRT2 and make a proper rallying game.Quote:
Originally Posted by 306 Cosworth
306, I remember meeting you at the Cambrian last year on a proper stage, remember how narrow it was compared to the stuff in DiRt?Quote:
Originally Posted by 306 Cosworth
Here's a picture to job your memory.
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No doubt it's a fun enough game to play, but it's so far removed from rallying and so geared towards making little twirps think that they're actually doing a good job it's not funny. I'm not going to hold Forza 3 up as an example of a perfect game because it's not, but at least the Nordschleife is still as narrow as it is in real life and practically impossible to pass in most parts.
I seem to have made an error talking about Colin's name, but they called the first two Colin McRae dIRt so by association this one is also.Quote:
Originally Posted by 306 Cosworth
DiRT3 seems to be the most rally game we can get at the moment...
Far better than DiRT2 and much closer to the traditional rallying format.
Let's wait for Milestone's answer with WRC2011.
Afterall, those 2 companies are the only developers, Investing on rally games these days!
How did you get that effect? Seems different from the usual 'slow shutter speed and pan' technique that I use.Quote:
Originally Posted by Daniel
Sorry it should've said current gen consoles. Nothing in my eyes will beat CMR2 :DQuote:
Originally Posted by barryfullalove