Dirt Rally |OT| Dont Cut, Be Brave
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The game asumes that with more time spent driving you get better at it and if you qualify top 3 moves you to the next difficulty. Now if that one is too hard well then that is the end of the career for you right there. There is little point in going above what you can manage. Just abandon the championship and get de-ranked.
klownboots
Member
Really loving this game. I am super bad at it, that said I totally get the Dark Souls comparisons honestly: hard but fair.
Really love the daily and weekly events, could see myself hopping on just to finish those (scratches a great itch)
Applied for the Neogaf PS4 league for some more fun.
Really love the daily and weekly events, could see myself hopping on just to finish those (scratches a great itch)
Applied for the Neogaf PS4 league for some more fun.
xrnzaaas
Member
I'm a noob at this myself. Used this site - http://ezgif.com/video-to-gif - on an mp4 file captured on a PS4.
Uploaded directly from the PS4?, or did you have to pull it off the system with a USB stick?
xrnzaaas
Member
I trimmed the clip on my PS4, copied it to an USB drive and uploaded it to that site from my PC.
Cheers, thought as much.
gingerbeardman
Member
I'm with this guy
Bobnob
Member
I like the idea of turning the hud off,but do you still get split times ??
MMaRsu
Member
No m8, but they were really distracting me. I dont need to see a red bar in the middle of my screen to distract me and tell me im a few secs behind.. Id rather be 100% focussing on the road and my co-driver.
Im sure it will help, you dont need split times anyway
.Hello, Dirt community. Just bought the game - is https://www.dirtgame.com/uk/leagues/league/14770/neogaf-league what I should be joining once I will get ever so slightly better?
I am on PC mind you.
I am on PC mind you.
Yup, that's the one, but you should join right away even if you are new to the game, it's fun even if you are bad at it.
/dead
Middle of the crest over big jump!
Was trying to get used to no assists on PS4 last night. It's a feeling that I find hard to describe. It's like I've never felt so in control of a car, but barely having any control before in my life. The second track of the career mode was insane. "Argolis, Greece Stage 2: Koryfi Dafni" It starts off simple but before you know it you're racing on the side of a cliff DOWNHILL. Even with the 60's cars the experience is next to nothing. Incredible sense of speed and edge of your seat focus to make it through a race.
You don't have to turn the entire HUD off, there are separate switches for times, dials, co-driver, etc.
Hard to see but the right front was already gone. I was trying to limp to the end but then said eh! Lets take this jump lol.
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Wales
GAFmeansLIFE
Member
I am reposting from earlier in the thread:
To anyone who hasn't done this I at least recommend trying it. The difference is HUGE! I thought it would bother me not being able to see how far along the course I had progressed, split times, etc, but in reality it just allowed me to keep my focus on my driving and only that at all times. It wasn't until I did this that I finally got the improvement I was looking for. Good stuff.
Thank you also my first race with impromptu set DS4 gamepad inputs on PC.
Yeah, the game pulls no punches.
Hard to see but the right front was already gone. I was trying to limp to the end but then said eh! Lets take this jump lol.
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Wales
Sometimes you lose less time by limping through the stage than fixing a tyre.
Also, beautiful hairpin there.
Just tried this for the first time and i have a quick question: is there a practise mode? When i started the game, it seems there was with the mini but i quit the game and when i returned, i was thrown into the career mode and i can't find the practise mode anymore?
Also, any thoughts on manual versus automatic transmission for controller users?
First impressions after playing for a very short time: wow, i'm genuinely impressed!
Also, any thoughts on manual versus automatic transmission for controller users?
First impressions after playing for a very short time: wow, i'm genuinely impressed!
MMaRsu
Member
It wasn't just flat... the entire rim was gone!
Haha amazing
There is no practice mode but in the main menu you can do custom events that will give you all the options
DHC-Shannow
Member
Would / should a sequel to Dirt Rally have procedural track generation?
It occurred to me tonight that rallying should not be a case of having driven that stage many times before, but should be how fast can you go whilst relying on your co-drivers instructions, your reading of the road and your driving skill. Having a limited number of stages however will mean that over time people will learn the nuances to each track and this will have a bigger bearing on finishing positions rather than the points I mention earlier - if they could nail procedural track generation however it would keep every rally fresh and be more representative of the real sport...
It occurred to me tonight that rallying should not be a case of having driven that stage many times before, but should be how fast can you go whilst relying on your co-drivers instructions, your reading of the road and your driving skill. Having a limited number of stages however will mean that over time people will learn the nuances to each track and this will have a bigger bearing on finishing positions rather than the points I mention earlier - if they could nail procedural track generation however it would keep every rally fresh and be more representative of the real sport...
gingerbeardman
Member
Forthcoming iOS game Rush Rally 2 has procedurally generated tracks. Made by two guys!
Just done the Audi online event. Amazing fun!
Just done the Audi online event. Amazing fun!
klownboots
Member
So glad I am not the only one who had a little too much fun with todays daily...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXp8i4oTyF8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXp8i4oTyF8
Now I want this game. Couldn't you have just told me about it when it was already out?
sorry folks. dropped off the map for a few days. haven't even had a chance to play for almost a week now!
so the xbone league is behind. ill try and set up an event soon if people are still interested. ill probably just continue with slower cars for another round or two before stepping up to the 70's cars.
if someone wants to make another xbox league and keep up with the PC/PS4 league, feel free to do so. or i could just give someone admin privieleges on the lague thats already set up if they want.
so the xbone league is behind. ill try and set up an event soon if people are still interested. ill probably just continue with slower cars for another round or two before stepping up to the 70's cars.
if someone wants to make another xbox league and keep up with the PC/PS4 league, feel free to do so. or i could just give someone admin privieleges on the lague thats already set up if they want.
I'd say both games are just old school in design. Colin Mcrae Rally came first too.
It could, but I am not sure it should.
I reckon you might just get a lot of junk tracks, without any flow, just look at a track like Bidno Moorland to see how well a track can flow, I doubt you'd get a track with anywhere near as good a flow that was proc-gen.
Yeah,as everyone said, todays daily event was a lot of fun, which brings me onto the GrB cars, what's everyones favourite?, I am swinging between the RS200 and Delta S4.
I had a go at the weekly event this morning, didn't do too bad, 91st out of 2153 entries so far, think I am slowly improving!
xrnzaaas
Member
Yeah that Audi + Finland is a crazy combo. I probably got my new record on the longest jump.
gingerbeardman
Member
Still accepting beta applications: Rush Rally 2
http://forums.toucharcade.com/showthread.php?t=257712
I should add that the user can't currently generate tracks at will.
Rush Rally 2 mostly generates the scenery. The road itself is optionally generated, for most the road path splines have been hand generated (some traced from Google maps) or at the very least hand tuned. As with anything procedurally generated it is as good as the effort put into the algorithm.
Well, yeah, obviously, depends how proc gen your proc gen is, how detailed your track sections are, and how they tessellate together, I still reckon, with a game like Dirt Rally, it would take a lot of time and effort to be able to consistently proc gen decent tracks.
I've just been playing the very begging of my career starting with the Mini. The game is excellent, takes me back to Colin Mcrae; Dirt back in 2007 (woah) - but feels like a true successor, not what Dirt 2/3 did to broaden sales. I'm hoping the career broadens though (I've gone in blind), just playing a few point-to-point races. Also, game is easy to control, when you listen carefully to your co-driver.
gingerbeardman
Member
Have a look at the end of the thread I linked to see his Pikes Peak. Road from map data, scenery generated.
So the course uses splines traced from google maps?, what's proc gen?, the scenery?
Question -
I'm playing with DS4 on PC and the steering wheel goes through ranges in the option screen.
That said, throttle (R2) and break (L2) go not through whole range, depending on press - but from zero and full, nothing middle.
Anyone had similar trouble? Also need to remap buttons for DS4 every time I play.
EDIT: Plugged 360 wired in and everything was set, throttle and break go through ranges and everything is mapped from the get go.
360 wired it is then. Hope rumble works too.
I'm playing with DS4 on PC and the steering wheel goes through ranges in the option screen.
That said, throttle (R2) and break (L2) go not through whole range, depending on press - but from zero and full, nothing middle.
Anyone had similar trouble? Also need to remap buttons for DS4 every time I play.
EDIT: Plugged 360 wired in and everything was set, throttle and break go through ranges and everything is mapped from the get go.
360 wired it is then. Hope rumble works too.
gingerbeardman
Member
Everything other than the spline.
So, not really proc gen courses then.......
No problem! And going at your own pace is fine, when you feel like stepping up we could maybe run alongside PC/PS4 leagues too
DrGonzo615
Banned
so dumb question but does the PS4 leagues times/points carry over from week to week?
I got roped into Ratchet and Clank so Ive effed up my season if so
For now, no. Each week is a different season to the game as it takes a lot more planning to daisy chain the events.. or that's my excuse for just not having co-ordinated it with Danowat yet.
We'll look into it for next week.
I 'think' the reason the points didn't carry over is because I ended last weeks event early, and thus didn't finish, so no points awarded?, I'd assume that when this one finishes, and I add a new event the league table should populate with points from the finishing positions of this weeks event?
Nope, you have to daisychain it IMO, since you start by creating a Season and you set Events/Stages next. We set 1 event last time
Nope, you have to daisychain it IMO, since you start by creating a Season and you set Events/Stages next. We set 1 event last time
I thought you can just add another event on the end in the same season?