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DiRT Rally is available on Steam Early Access
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bindleford
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Of the two Group A cars I've driven, I prefer the Lancia over the Subaru, which feels swamped with understeer with the default setup. The Delta on the other hand, slides around nicely, almost akin to its Group B ancestor. Is it faster? No idea, but I do like going sideways.
Yesterday's league race summed up in one photo:
I've had stages like that, every time I've blown a rear tire, I just want the nightmare to end...
Question: Is it worth it to buy a cheap wheel (like reaaaally cheap) or am I better off with my PS3 pad?
Fallout-NL
Member
Just wanted to pop in here and say I'm really loving this game. Best rally sim I've played since RSC2. It's great. Incredible sounddesign too.
Play with pad and save some money for some better wheel.
Even if you maybe will have better experience with cheap wheel, after some time you will want to buy something better.
DiRT Rally will wait for you and there will be probably a lot of games in future that will be better with wheel so I think you won't lost anything while waiting and difference between some good, even medium priced wheel and cheap wheel can be really big.
Mengy
wishes it were bannable to say mean things about Marvel
Some heavy competition on the GAF league. Very fun
Yeah, I don't have any hope of getting anywhere near a podium finish in the GAF league, there are just too many good drivers in here. I'm fine with that though, I'm purely looking for personal improvement with this game, not winning per say! It's just so much fun to play.
I added a bunch of people on steam from the current league standings, to get some times on the friends comparison list.
Yes and
https://www.dirtgame.com/uk/leagues/league/14770/neogaf-league
Yes and
https://www.dirtgame.com/uk/leagues/league/14770/neogaf-league
I was talking about audio overall.I have to turn volume on my speakers really high.
At first I thought that game have turned down volume on windows mixer but it wasn't it,
Yeah, it makes sense, what wheel could be the cheapest you can recommend me? maybe I can find some 2nd hand ones.
Oh that was you! Cool, just accepted. I definitely need more people on my friends list for this game.
Betta Lines
Member
The cheapest wheel I'd be happy to use for an extended amount of time is the Logitech Driving Force GT.
CountAntonius
Member
notoccupanther
Member
Haha! Awesome...this has been learnt by osmosis if anything.
Can I ask...what's low and what's high speed? Below Third classed as low?....I'm barely above that tbh
. Kudos to Codemasters ...Great game..
notoccupanther
Member
Oh...one more thing. During replays. The option to stay in drone/helicopter mode would be good. It's a good perspective to use to pick up on mistakes etc...
At the moment is just fleets between this and other perspectives...
At the moment is just fleets between this and other perspectives...
JohnSpartanLee
Member
After 10 championships finally found out how easy hairpins/acutes are when you use the handbrake AND accelerate at the same time.
chrominance
Member
Haha! Awesome...this has been learnt by osmosis if anything.
Can I ask...what's low and what's high speed? Below Third classed as low?....I'm barely above that tbh
Kudos to Codemasters ...Great game..
I think you just kind of use your best judgement. It's less about the absolute speed you have and more about what your last turn was, like if you're exiting a 1 and going into a 4 you can probably floor it, whereas going from a 6 to a 4 will likely require some light brake or at least lift-off. Ultimately having hard and fast rules for this sort of thing doesn't work that well because every turn and straight is different.
Also, keep meaning to mention this, but my favourite co-driver call to date: "deceptive." DECEPTIVE. First time I heard that I was all "did he just say what I thought he said?"
Every section of the track seems to have a fixed angle for the cinematic camera... so maybe there isn't a flyby camera for the whole track.
But yes, thats one of the three biggest improvements I can think for replays, the others being slowmo and allowing us to save our runs. None of the three are "must have" things, though... Just "would be nice" features.
CountAntonius
Member
Made a Steam Community group.
League organizers can be admins and use announcements for anything league related.
League organizers can be admins and use announcements for anything league related.
I can definitely recommend it. It's served me well for about 5 years now through gt5, 6, (ets), and now this.
joined!
turtlesbonanza
Member
Wait...is there no class restriction for the last event?
Nope. This one will be interesting. I had my fun already.
I am sorry but with this question you need to go to someone that knows more than me.
My previous answer is based on my personal experience ( I had cheap wheel and after some time started reading and looking for something better and decided to go with Thrustmaster TX) and I don't really know much more about the wheels than that.
I know that one of the cheapest wheels available that is somehow solid (pedal set is pretty bad and I don't know if you can switch them) is Logitech Driving Force GT that is compatible with PS3 and PC.
It would be a lot better to buy something like G27 though. I think that you can find it now in some good price.
But like I said, you must ask someone that knows more than me to be sure.
CountAntonius
Member
First event went well for me. No resets..second race however....
OverBlood 3
Banned
Such a nice looking game.
Haha! Awesome...this has been learnt by osmosis if anything.
Can I ask...what's low and what's high speed? Below Third classed as low?....I'm barely above that tbh
Kudos to Codemasters ...Great game..
I just gauge it by feel, but I'd say 70+ is high and anything from 30-60 is low on my 'scale'.
Dunno mate haha. I typed that drunk I think.
Hey, no worries, I know even less than you, and any piece of advice is more than welcome. Looking around, the G27 is way waaay beyond my budget, the DFGT would hurt my wallet a bit less.
Said it before to a few other folk, the DFGT is a great wheel - especially for first time buyers.
Mine's been a trooper for 5 years now, still feels as solid as ever. Yeah the pedals aren't amazing, but it's not a deal breaker for me.
Then it's just what I need, I'm gonna save some money and buy one when I can.
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Just finished 4th by 3 points in the Pro Championship with the M3. 24 stages without punctures!
Whichever you feel comfortable with. If you think you can do better with a wheel, buy one. If you think you're fine with the controller, save your cash.
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Anyway, Codies: Please make a wheel-less mode for maximum OMG plz
Kinect version.
Shit, I was kind of happy with my runs yesterday. Stayed in first for some hours, but when I looked in the morning, I was already in 4th. By the afternoon I was in 8th, and then I fell to 10th. Well, at least one point, pleeeeease!
But nope!
Considering that I don't think I did better today compared to my runs yesterday, sitting currently in 2nd doesn't give me no confidence at all of scoring points... *hunf*
But nope!
Considering that I don't think I did better today compared to my runs yesterday, sitting currently in 2nd doesn't give me no confidence at all of scoring points... *hunf*
We need a wheel that allows you to break the wheel off and drive with just the shaft for maximum immersion.
DJ_Lae
Member
I've come across a handful of reversed calls in certain tracks, although they happen so quickly that I usually just go "wait, what?" as I corner through on my own.
Raptr killed the video quality but having replays enabled let me go back this time and check to see if it was a late call or a wrong one - co-driver wants to kill me, apparently, by taking a right 4 long as left 4 long.
First course on the weekly race - Route de Turini, I think.
Raptr killed the video quality but having replays enabled let me go back this time and check to see if it was a late call or a wrong one - co-driver wants to kill me, apparently, by taking a right 4 long as left 4 long.
First course on the weekly race - Route de Turini, I think.
Kamakazie!
Member
Picked this up last night.
Looking forward to getting involved in the league, although I am only on a 360 pad for the foreseeable future.
Looking forward to getting involved in the league, although I am only on a 360 pad for the foreseeable future.
JohnSpartanLee
Member
I hope there will be more tracks added to Wales, Greece and Monaco.
As it is now, in the higher difficulty championships you often have an 8-stage-track and after that a 4-stage-track which in fact is just one half of the previous 8-stage-track.
I'm fine with reverse tracks since they offer a vastly different experience on the same track.
The minimum required amount of tracks would be 6 different 8-stage-tracks for every country so that with their reverse versions we'd have 12 "full length" tracks for Master championship mode.
For Early Access this is no problem, but for the finished product this should be the minimum rally content for every country.
As it is now, in the higher difficulty championships you often have an 8-stage-track and after that a 4-stage-track which in fact is just one half of the previous 8-stage-track.
I'm fine with reverse tracks since they offer a vastly different experience on the same track.
The minimum required amount of tracks would be 6 different 8-stage-tracks for every country so that with their reverse versions we'd have 12 "full length" tracks for Master championship mode.
For Early Access this is no problem, but for the finished product this should be the minimum rally content for every country.
JohnSpartanLee
Member
Yeah looking forward to hillclimb.
It's soon enough when the additional tracks are added in their final update. But for the retail version 12 unique tracks (incl. reversed) per country must be the minimum.
More tracks than that would be even better of course but I'd be willing to pay for them as DLC.
It's soon enough when the additional tracks are added in their final update. But for the retail version 12 unique tracks (incl. reversed) per country must be the minimum.
More tracks than that would be even better of course but I'd be willing to pay for them as DLC.
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I've just bought a G27 (wheel and pedal set)
Have not tried it out yet... I also don't know if it was even a good idea to buy it. Someone else here using this wheel with Dirt Rally and has an opinion on it (good&bad)?
Have not tried it out yet... I also don't know if it was even a good idea to buy it. Someone else here using this wheel with Dirt Rally and has an opinion on it (good&bad)?
It's a popular wheel so I bet a lot of people are using it. It should be fine. You'll probably want to make adjustments to the advanced wheel settings in game, primarily "saturation", and possibly linearity as well. I use a dfgt and have the saturation at 100%. Higher values require a larger turn of the wheel to turn the car--you can move the car more precisely and smoothly at the expense of more effort to turn sharply or straighten slides.
If this is your first time using a wheel, don't be discouraged by the potentially awful experience you'll have on your first few attempts
That whiteness though. Wayyyy brighter than that screenshot would indicate.
Also I'm the only person that was crazy enough to pick 1970's for the league this outing. Which bit my crazy ass in that winter event.
Also I'm the only person that was crazy enough to pick 1970's for the league this outing. Which bit my crazy ass in that winter event.