You still enter your own name at the start but, unlike in other Codies games, it’s barely spoken either by the drivers or the male and female voices that comment on your progress. Something that's much more annoying, however, is the omission of context-sensitive banter from your rivals during races. The outcome is a sequel that, for better or worse, completely abandons the festival presentation in favour of something I thought I'd never see in a Codies racing game - dull menu screens.Ībove: Monaco seems an odd choice for a game called 'DiRT', but we're so glad it's in here. Some people didn’t like the festival atmosphere and the rock soundtrack (both of which I thought suited the action very well, regardless of personal music taste). For instance, the vocal minority chimed up when DiRT 2 came out because it was ‘too American’. However, that very same community is probably responsible for some of the game’s few points of contention. It’s a great idea that’s bound to ignite the imagination of the community. Observe:īut what’s the point in being awesome if it’s only you that gets to see it? Codies thought of this too, allowing you to upload replays to YouTube straight from the game, provided you have an internet connection, a hard drive and the ‘VIP’ pass that comes with the game (or it can be purchased online if your copy isn’t first-hand).

You don't have to get Platinums to progress, but some gamers won't be able to continue until they do it. I don't mean you'll need to have another go - we're talking half an hour or more of start, fail, retry. The grading system takes all this into consideration and, while it’s relatively easy to progress through the events with a bronze medal, getting the perfect ‘Platinum’ ranking requires some serious skill and determination. It’s all rather ace and is even given a score multiplier system to encourage you to maintain a constant stream of trickery until the clock runs out. These include poles to donut around, marked areas for spinning, ramps to get some air and gates to drift through. Above: After DiRT 2 hinted at it, DiRT 3 finally lets you loose to show offĪfter a while, you’ll get to put all the various skills together in timed competitions, which give you colourful playgrounds to go nuts in.

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