[Official] DiRT 2

[Zain Adeel]

well i dont know but it runs the game in dx10 im dead sure because of all the good HDR and particle effect and motion blurs..

and i have to say something..

dont hate the start of the game..

i mean..

i didnt like the gameplay it wasnt intense ..

but i just recently unlocked the pro kits for each different type of car..

and PRO FOR A TRAILBLAZER.. and ull feel the RUSH!!..

DAMN ITS SO INTENSE:.

i cant look at the beautiful environment..

i have to concentrate on the road so bad!!!..

its really intense now..

and im just 15% into the dirt tour..

:)

so ... :p

its gona be awesome ahead.

:::::

And why isnt this Topic OFFICIAL tagged?

like for other games?

this game deserves one..

and its almost out for everybody.

[arrrgh]

This is easily the best looking game I have seen. And it runs amazingly fast (at least on 5870..) with everything maxed (including 8xAA) at 1920x1200. I just wish that gameplay was little less arcadish, at times it feels the car is on tracks and it's almost impossible to lose control. Still very entertaining game and almost worth playing for graphics alone.

btw, does anyone else have the free AMD promo Steam version? I activated the game through Steam but it didn't appear on the my games tab, Steam downloaded the game and I can play it by running the dirt2.exe manually. Is it supposed to show up on Steam games tab?

[Zain Adeel]

AMD promo??

u get a vid before the game starts saying..

AMD .. future is fusion or something

..

and yes little arcadish but looks superb.

im missing the raining tarmac roads of china like in older games..

in this its just mud and mud :(

no green forests or anything.

no italy yet...

[Yusuf M. Veteran]

This is easily the best looking game I have seen. And it runs amazingly fast (at least on 5870..) with everything maxed (including 8xAA) at 1920x1200. I just wish that gameplay was little less arcadish, at times it feels the car is on tracks and it's almost impossible to lose control. Still very entertaining game and almost worth playing for graphics alone.

btw, does anyone else have the free AMD promo Steam version? I activated the game through Steam but it didn't appear on the my games tab, Steam downloaded the game and I can play it by running the dirt2.exe manually. Is it supposed to show up on Steam games tab?

That's odd. It should be on your game list. At least, it should have been there initially (when you downloaded it).

Anyway, I'm guessing the game uses some DX11 effects on DX10 hardware. Has anyone tried it with a steering wheel? I'm tempted to buy the Logitech MOMO Racing Wheel for the game.

[tsupersonic]

Tried the demo, and meh, it was alright (also didn't like the Dirt 1 that much). It did look beautiful and ran cranked on my system at 60fps solid w/ vsync on. I'll take NFS Shift over this any day, but then again, they are totally different games.

[Zain Adeel]

totally different games..

and i thought nfs shift was awesome..

best nfs... after Porsche unleashed.

[Yusuf M. Veteran]

I tried Need for Speed: SHIFT and I didn't like the handling in it. And the graphics weren't that great, in my opinion. DiRT 2 looks and plays better for me and it feels more PC-friendly, especially with DX11 support for even better graphics.

[Sethos]

I tried the DiRT 2 Demo on the 360 a while back and loved it, so I decided to give the PC version a shot and ... what the hell. Yesterday, I only had about 10 minutes, so I thought I could start up the game and have a free run, yeah right. First you are forced through a stupid video, stupid phone conversation and a "Hey, you must be completely new at games and you probably have a mental defect" tutorial about everything. I quit the game before I even hit the first race :laugh:

Now today, I had to go through all that again because apparently, I didn't do the first race. Today, I had to retire from the race because the 360 controller isn't working?! Plugged in, I did all the menus with it and it even vibrates in the game but it won't respond to anything else ... And playing this game with the keyboard is pretty horrendous.

Now I quit the game again and can only say; I'm disappointed thus far.

[Elliot B.]

I tried the DiRT 2 Demo on the 360 a while back and loved it, so I decided to give the PC version a shot and ... what the hell. Yesterday, I only had about 10 minutes, so I thought I could start up the game and have a free run, yeah right. First you are forced through a stupid video, stupid phone conversation and a "Hey, you must be completely new at games and you probably have a mental defect" tutorial about everything. I quit the game before I even hit the first race :laugh:

Now today, I had to go through all that again because apparently, I didn't do the first race ... Today, I had to retire from the race because the 360 controller isn't working?! Plugging in, I did all the menus with it and it even vibrates in the game but it won't respond to anything else ...

Now I quit the game again and can only say; I'm disappointed thus far.

You have to wait for that tutorial crap in the first game too. Very frustrating.

[Yusuf M. Veteran]

Yeah, that part was annoying. At least the menus are cool-looking. :p

[Sethos]

The menus are cool looking yes but extremely cumbersome and annoying and why won't my freakin' 360 controller work with this bloody game?! Drivers are updated and I know it's working ( Played MW2 all night with it on the 360 ) I can navigate fine in the menus with the D-pad and select with A but as soon as I race, nothing works - The control option menu doesn't even have anything.

[Elliot B.]

The menus are cool looking yes but extremely cumbersome and annoying and why won't my freakin' 360 controller work with this bloody game?! Drivers are updated and I know it's working ( Played MW2 all night with it on the 360 ) I can navigate fine in the menus with the D-pad and select with A but as soon as I race, nothing works - The control option menu doesn't even have anything.

Gaming on the PC is effort, and it's all I do.

[Sethos]

Gaming on the PC is effort, and it's all I do.

Ermm, what does that have to do with anything?

[Elliot B.]

Ermm, what does that have to do with anything?

Getting hardware to work when it doesn't, manual patching (Steam works well in this regard actually) etc., all effort. It's a good platform hardware-wise, but in reality, there is so much effort.

[Sethos]

I'd have to disagree, the 360 controller works perfect with every supported game I have tried - They pick it up fine and every button is mapped like the console counter-part. This time however, there's something wrong, may be locally might not be but I know it's supported by the game natively.

[Elliot B.]

I'd have to disagree, the 360 controller works perfect with every supported game I have tried - They pick it up fine and every button is mapped like the console counter-part. This time however, there's something wrong, may be locally might not be but I know it's supported by the game natively.

Yeh, I shouldn't have gotten into this - wrong time and place and it's been done a million times :) My bad!

[Unimatrix Xero]

just tired the dirt2 demo on pc with the g25, omfg its gooooodddddd hoping to have full game off steam by the morning

[Sethos]

Had to select the 360 controller in the preset menu - It was apparently greyed out during the first race, which is why I didn't notice it. All is well in drama town :p

[Yusuf M. Veteran]

^ Hahahaha!

just tired the dirt2 demo on pc with the g25, omfg its gooooodddddd hoping to have full game off steam by the morning

Now, I'm even more tempted to buy a racing wheel.

[Zain Adeel]

the controller isnt mapped by default.

and yes i love the menu but its slow.. sometimes u wana go here and there faster.

And this is weird but my rumble isnt working in DiRT 2..

it does in NFS..

:( kinda miss it.

im on 49% dirt tour done :D

[Elliot B.]

the controller isnt mapped by default.

and yes i love the menu but its slow.. sometimes u wana go here and there faster.

And this is weird but my rumble isnt working in DiRT 2..

it does in NFS..

:( kinda miss it.

im on 49% dirt tour done :D

My Xbox 360 controller was mapped perfectly from the start.

[Zain Adeel]

lucky you :)

i dont have xbox 360 controller..

i use dual shock :)

made for PC dual Shock :p

its a chinese brand but works great..

and guess how much it is for.

its for $6

:D

anyhow the game lacks two things ..

1.Rain

2.Snow

these are the two very important elements in making a rally game FUN..

but it isnt there

(oohh ohhh.. did anybody use the cockpit cam and see how the water runs on the windshield when u drive through a water puddle)

Edited December 8, 2009 by Zain Adeel

[Unimatrix Xero]

been playing dirt2 most of today with the wheel and its so much better than the console version, i would have been testing my new gfx card in the morning, but as f'ing normal ebuyer have ****ed up yet again

[Zain Adeel]

sits with his *gts 250* and wonders what dx11 must be like in this game....

:ermm:

[Zain Adeel]

Guys..

i noticed a big flaw in the game.

its intended maybe

but all the new cars suck braking power.

but the unlocked cars brake very very well.

only the unlocked cars..

like the 97 subaru.. and dakkar pajero and all..

TRY THEM :)

i now only race in them.