[Official] DiRT 2

[Elliot B.]

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.

The default cars defintely lack breaking power! My friends blame my skills and sure, that may be part of it, but the starting cars definitely have extra poor breaks.

[Zain Adeel]

yup.. extra extra poor braking id say..

try the 97 subaru.. ITS AWESOME :)

and ammmmmmm

one more thing

ive started to notice the races are getting harder you know.

the last rally i won from just 80ms...

:p and it was a clean race no damage or crash.

[solardog]

friggin hell its been pushed back another 2 days it seems. I'm seeing 10th everywhere now. Retail - NA

[trag3dy]

friggin hell its been pushed back another 2 days it seems. I'm seeing 10th everywhere now. Retail - NA

Steam is saying it's released already but in my list it says "Not yet released".

[ViperAFK]

Runs great on my pc (specs in sig). All high/ultra (the ones I could set in dx9 mode) dx9 mode 4xaa, vsync, @1680x1050

Constant 60 fps never even drops, runs great! graphics are pretty good too. One thing I don't like is they pulled a crytek and restricted a setting dx10 cards run fine to dx11 for no reason.

To be able to set post processing to "high" in the menu in dx9 mode do this, tested and works fine on my 4870:

Post processing "High" setting is suppose to be reserved for DX11 but it works on DX10 cards perfectly fine, this adds HDR and better particle effects among a few other things I believe. To enable this go to the System folder in the installation directory, open up "hardware_settings_options" and go to the bottom and look for the post processing options. Change the dx11 "true" to "false" and voila now your game looks identical to the DX11 version minus the Crowd, Flags and Water.

[Kondrath]

Runs great on my pc (specs in sig). All high/ultra (the ones I could set in dx9 mode) dx9 mode 4xaa, vsync, @1680x1050

Constant 60 fps never even drops, runs great! graphics are pretty good too. One thing I don't like is they pulled a crytek and restricted a setting dx10 cards run fine to dx11 for no reason.

To be able to set post processing to "high" in the menu in dx9 mode do this, tested and works fine on my 4870:

Thanks, I've got a 4870 as well. I'm gonna' do that once I get this game.

[san.W10]

race/map loading time is worse than nfs shift. :p

brakes are poor so far :D

doesnt the game call your name (profile)?

doesnt feel like a port.

dirt1 was such a slow pos, it hardly ran on my laptop, but dirt2 @1024resln. is soooo smoooth.

shift is just like dirt1, tooo slow, struggles to run at even lowest gfx setting (800x600).

[tsupersonic]

^ With the new patch, shift runs well for those that were having issues (mostly ATI users)

[solardog]

Steam is saying it's released already but in my list it says "Not yet released".

I stopped by GameStop on the way home and the dude looked it up and on their computer, it says the 11th now. This is around the San Jose, Ca. area.

[san.W10]

cars are weightless :/

when the car lands after a jump, it feels like its being pulled by a rubber band. lol

its a fun game for sure but not for rally fans.

i like the way the grip level changes from offroad to tarmac.

btw, when loading a map/track, the HDD is active for just 10seconds. whats that about?

is CM making us sit thru the loading animation?

my chinese gamepad is working great with this game :D

what i really miss is the semi auto gearbox, the auto gbox is too slow when downshifting

[Victor Rambo]

54% dirt tour done here. :D

I was expecting more tracks and cars/trucks from dirt2. :(

and travis pastrana is noob. :p

[Zain Adeel]

i didnt know others here use chinese gamepads like me :D :D

they work great.. and are DIRT CHEAP :p

hehehe

btw im still on 49% coz i did a world tour and all the xgames and they dont count in the dirt tour.

and yes i was atleast expecting snow tracks and rain..

anyhow :(

that bit of me is disappointed.

other then that some tracks are repeated like hell..

:p

specially this one track with alot of full turns. in morocco..

still love the game.

try the cars u won.. they have great breaking power :)

and dont feel like they are hovering a bit :p

[Victor Rambo]

Dirt 1 > Dirt 2 :shifty:

[san.W10]

the more i upgrade the car, the twitchier it gets.

Malaysian stages are so beautiful. i like them the most :D

hating the loading time even more.

[solardog]

cars are weightless :/

when the car lands after a jump, it feels like its being pulled by a rubber band. lol

its a fun game for sure but not for rally fans.

i like the way the grip level changes from offroad to tarmac.

btw, when loading a map/track, the HDD is active for just 10seconds. whats that about?

is CM making us sit thru the loading animation?

my chinese gamepad is working great with this game :D

what i really miss is the semi auto gearbox, the auto gbox is too slow when downshifting

Damn! Codemasters games have become visually stunning, but they always have that friggin weightless car feel...rallies especially. I've been playing the demo and I was stoked at how great the truck feels, that has some nice weight to it. But again, the cars are like aluminum foil. Why cant they ever transalate the weighty feel of the trucks to the cars? Why do they do this every time? It is always the absolute worst part of almost every racer they make. I don't get it.

[Zain Adeel]

i didnt mention but i too hate the loading screens..

showing all the stupid achivements again and again..

taking more time to load then the track takes :p

its very annoying..

the only reason i quit after 5 6 races a day.

[Kondrath]

Just got it!...

But I'm getting TONS of screen tear. What's the deal? Graphics drivers are all up-to-date and everything...

edit: my mistake... Forgot to enable vsync. Haha.

Edited December 10, 2009 by Kondrath

[Zain Adeel]

enable v-sync but sometimes its better to disable it if u are getting weaker framerates..

[Kondrath]

enable v-sync but sometimes its better to disable it if u are getting weaker framerates..

Yep, I edited my previous post saying that I forgot to enable vsync. Works great with it!

The game looks so good... But I keep losing races over and over again. ESC, RESTART, ESC, RESTART. And it's just on "Serious" mode! Haha, oh man.

[san.W10]

for those who cant get their gamepad working with Dirt2 (menu control), download the XBOX360 Controller Emulator & put the two files in game directory.

files: xinput1_3.dll, xbox360cemu.ini

download link : http://www.tocaedit.com/IB/index.php?autom...&showfile=4

[san.W10]

Dirt2' AI remind me of NFS Most Wanted :p

stupid rubberband AI. to make my team mate come second or win, I have to do all the hard work, i.e, hold the AI behind me or mostly spin them out :laugh:

its fun so far :D, just unlocked LA & world tour events.

lesser tracks. :/

btw, heard that reaching 100% doesnt unlock anything :D , everything is unlocked way before 100%, just like NFS MW

[Victor Rambo]

Lesser tracks and cars/trucks too. I have completed 77% of tour. Its so boring to do same **** again & again. :/

Where the hell is rain/snow? And why they didn't include awesome freightliner, when it was in dirt 1.

Whats the point of ****ing horn? :/

Its definitely a fun game. IMO better than the recent **** released by EA but dirt 1 was better even though it used to run like ****. :p

[san.W10]

ya, whats the use of honker :D?

atleast the AI should get ****ed off coz of continuous honking :D

CM should put more cars & track s & if possible atleast rain in the DLC :D

[Zain Adeel]

pros:

1.lighting

2.WATER (WOWWWWWWWWWW) MUST IN EVERY GAME!!!

3.Gameplay very good

4.wheel physics

cons:

1.no rain

2.no snow

3.just 6 7 cars in each cat

4.repeating tracks

5.stupid team drivers

6.some cars weightless

7.no braking power(on earlier unlocks)

[solardog]

Lesser tracks and cars/trucks too. I have completed 77% of tour. Its so boring to do same **** again & again. :/

Where the hell is rain/snow? And why they didn't include awesome freightliner, when it was in dirt 1.

Whats the point of ****ing horn? :/

Its definitely a fun game. IMO better than the recent **** released by EA but dirt 1 was better even though it used to run like ****. :p

I want to do a quick little survey here. How many agree with Victor Rambo that Dirt 1 is better than Dirt 2. I'm asking because, IMO, Dirt1 sucked.. it was a huge disappointment for me. If Dirt 2 is worse than Dirt 1 there's no way in hell I'm buying it. Victor Rambo, I respect your opinion on the game and this is no way an attack.