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DiRT Rally is available on Steam Early Access
- Thread starter crimsonheadGCN
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catapult37
Member
I agree. One thing is certain: using the name "Dirt Rally" means they are keeping their options open toward releasing a "Dirt 4" in the future.
It's in early access. A small amount of content is available now but any extra content will be added in a monthly basis free of charge for early adopters.
Yeah, that seems like good news indeed. I think I might just give it a shot and find out for myself.
Betta Lines
Member
Well going by the way they've put this out, I'm not getting the impression that they've changed - otherwise this would be called Dirt 4. This appears to be a side project to appease those looking for the more serious stuff.
It appears to be using the same last-gen Ego engine.
Nyteshade517
Member
no "flashbacks"...if you want to restart you have to restart from the beginning
edit: uses one flashback because I was beaten...lol
edit: uses one flashback because I was beaten...lol
Almost certainly will do, but only whenever it eventually leaves early access, which could be a long time
Nyteshade517
Member
daily, weekly, and monthly challenges...damage goes across stages
Deaf Spacker
Memb
I can confirm this, it works.
People really need to stop using Twitch. I was watching the Steam broadcast at 1080p 3.5mbps just fine and this Twitch stream at what looks to be 720p and low bitrate is constantly buffering.
Anyone care to write down if they say anything interesting?
BrokenSymmetry
Member
Dirt 1 (or rather Colin McRae
irt, as it was officaially called) had beautiful (and fast) menus. It's also been the only Dirt game where you could play complete championships. And it had those amazing Australian tracks. Handling was better in Dirt 2, though.Seriously, it's about time we got a proper rally sim again. Everything has been garbage for a while now.
Diablohead
Member
wet gravel is really slippery in this, you actually need to brake before turning!
Sadly there is a 10 second time out if you go off track even by a little bit, the streamer was about to recover via driving back to the track but the game said NOPE RESPAWN WITH NO SPEED, turn this shit off codemasters.
exmachina64
Banned
Hopefully, they respond properly to feedback.
Diablohead
Member
Service area screenshot, time management is really strict I love it.
drotahorror
Member
Game is much harder than DiRT games. Handling is fun do not mess with the default setup, just a tip.
Runs good, put preset on Ultra, doesn't drop below 60.
It's gonna be good as long as they update it and whatnot.
Game is definitely pure rally.
Runs good, put preset on Ultra, doesn't drop below 60.
It's gonna be good as long as they update it and whatnot.
Game is definitely pure rally.
Karak
Member
Man I had to mess with it. Instantly better setup when I didn't do default.
Sorcerer Supreme
Member
Is this going to be a full $60 game once they leave early access?
Karak
Member
I am working with them now to get some coverage and trying to find that out. Most likely higher at least
drotahorror
Member
I just meant the traction control and whatnot.
Nyteshade517
Member
customizable "leagues"...I can see a GAF league being started quickly
Boombox On
Member
From what I've seen, the UI is really slick. I like that developers are seeming to change the styles up for that in recent years.
That's just the way Twitch is for channels with low views, they can only set one quality - so the temptation is something like 720p so that people with low bandwidths can still watch. Steam Broadcasting is a lot more private, so players don't care if some people can't watch, they can just choose the quality off the bat
Mengy
wishes it were bannable to say mean things about Marvel
Dirt 1 (or rather Colin McRae
Yeah, I always wished they could combine Dirt 1 and Dirt 2 into one game. Put the tracks, menus, and championship from D1 into the graphics and handling of D2 and you'd have a near perfect rally game.
Although this Dirt Rally is sounding really great. That respawn crap from going slightly off track mentioned above doesn't sound good but hopefully they tweak it, it is still early access afterall.
RedRooster
Member
That sounds promising! How long was pCars in early access for PC? Wasn't that originally PC only as well? This feels similar, except not crowd funded.
I'm holding out hope for PS4, as a huge fan of rally a proper sim would be one of the very few games I'd pay full Canadian price for on day one.
Diablohead
Member
http://www.twitch.tv/tomstanley961
Nice smooth framerate stream for me.
Seems you can manually do the handbrake release at the start of each race instead of it being automatic like every other game, cool.
Nice smooth framerate stream for me.
Seems you can manually do the handbrake release at the start of each race instead of it being automatic like every other game, cool.
chrominance
Member
As with many of these changes, the goal isn't to keep the current userbase, but to get new users. They probably thought there was a whole generation of people who were really into Ken Block and Travis Pastrana and didn't give a shit about the WRC. I don't know if they were right about that in the long run, but it does at least seem plausible.
I'm okay with this so long as it isn't an immediate game over/restart track. In practice, flashbacks were pretty useless in Dirt 2 anyways (haven't yet played Dirt 3). Half the time it didn't even go back far enough to help you very much, and if you ever totaled the car the slow-mo animation was so long that there was literally no point to having Flashback, as you'd end up rewinding to a split second before the crash anyways.
I'm not so hardcore that I want to replay 19 minutes of a 20 minute stage if I fuck up near the end, but I don't mind having consequences for screwing up.
ashecitism
Member
Just confirmed triple monitor and OR support on the stream
Nyteshade517
Member
Dirt Rally timeline from the Dirt website...
April - Early Access begins
May - Pikes Peak Pack
June - Tarmac Terrors & Classic Icons
July - Rallycross Pack
August - PVP Pack & Rallycross Expansion
September - Flying Finland
October - Modern Masters
November - Winter Wonderland
April - Early Access begins
May - Pikes Peak Pack
June - Tarmac Terrors & Classic Icons
July - Rallycross Pack
August - PVP Pack & Rallycross Expansion
September - Flying Finland
October - Modern Masters
November - Winter Wonderland
Diablohead
Member
rallycross sneaking in, as long as the majority of the game is point to point rally...
don't cock this up codies.
don't cock this up codies.
Nyteshade517
Member
I think the majority will be the actual Rally gameplay...hillclimb and rallycross are additions
Diablohead
Member
Replays look nice, but like dirt 2 and 3 there's too many camera angles stuck on the car, need more TRACK SIDE replay cameras.
Also seems like there's a dashboard cam angle, I had to mod that in for dirt 3
Also seems like there's a dashboard cam angle, I had to mod that in for dirt 3
SneakyStephan
Banned
No gymkhana no buy
said noone ever
Sold. Wait, if it supports G25.G27 wheel do you guys think a DFGT will also work?