"The Monte Carlo stages have been designed with real rally fans in mind," explained Senior Game Designer Paul Coleman. "We knew that by making the Monte Carlo stages additional content we could really do it justice by increasing the difficulty. We made the narrow mountain roads tight and twisty to really enhance the feeling of danger."
Having played it, we can certainly vouch for the exquisite terror of lobbing a snorting rally car around corners that feature a sheer drop at one side and a (literally) rock-solid cliff face on the other. And while these are tarmac stages, there's a liberal dusting of snow and ice, making it eminently easy to bin your car against any of the numerous solid obstacles littering the course.
As if that wasn't enough, the DLC pack includes a new Foggy weather option, to provide added danger for DiRT 3's more talented rally nutters. "With the introduction of the Foggy weather condition the rally cars - from the iconic Mini Cooper to the legendary Audi Quattro - become a real challenge to wrestle through these narrow stages," Coleman explained.
These stages are the most authentic you'll find in the game, based closely on the routes between Alpine villages that make up the Monte. "The technical mountain roads and slushy ice surfaces are the closest DiRT 3 stages to their real life counterparts," confirms Coleman. Followers of the sport will instantly recognise stage names that have featured in the event for years.
