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Colin McRae: DIRT (PS3)


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  • Colin McRae, the series that has already sold more than 8 million copies worldwide, is now available on new generation supports! The traditional rally from the previous Colin McRae games remains, but spectacular, new off-road disciplines are now available too
  • Thanks to the next-gen Neon engine, the models of the cars and their driving have become even more realistic, with every bump and scratch from your course visible on the body of the car
  •  You'll be able to practice mastering handbrake turns and braking on gravel and mud in this all-terrain rally game
  • Colin McRae: DiRT takes the technical aspects of rally games further with this pedal-to-the-metal racing game on PS3! Over 40 cars, including 20 rally racecars: -4 wheel drives including Subaru Impreza, Citroën C4 and Peugeot 307 -2 wheel drives including Citroën C2 and Renault Clio -Classics including Toyota Celica and Peugeot 205 -Propulsions including Lancia Stratos and Renault 5 Maxi Turbo Rally championships: Six different rallies composed of 6 specials (race against the
  • A career mode made up of 66 challenges that alternate with the rally races with never-before-seen disciplines: uphill/downhill races, buggies, raid rallies

pros and cons
Review date: 2008-11-26 Rating: 8 out of 10

Wonderfully detailed graphics ......but I still prefer the Colin Mcrae Rally Mac version.
I am not tied to one and the same level of difficulty. Meaning I can always put the game aside, and take it up again later, at a more manageable level. Once I have calmed down.
The controller is hopeless. Far too small, and after only a few tracks my hands and fingers cramp all over. I have to change grip every few minutes, usually resulting in a crash. I can only put in two hours or so a day of rallying, because of sheer physical exhaustion.
Manual gear shift? hah, no time for that.
And my hands are hurting.
There's no level below Rookie.
Voices are too American. On TV they usually are Finns, or Swedes, or whatnot. But never American.
A successful slide through a hair pin is such a joy. That combined with firming the front suspension and softening the rear suspension helped me enormously.


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An absolute disgrace
Review date: 2008-11-22 Rating: 2 out of 10

This game could have been very good. It has a not bad career mode, six rallys each with seven stages and a host of other events. The controls are fully customisable, a must in any modern driving game, and you set the difficulty level before each event so if something is a bit too difficult for you or you just want to get through it easily you can choose an easier level.

But the graphics are an absolute disgrace. Don't get me wrong, it doesn't look too bad, it is the framerate that is the problem. I have a PS3, a modern state of the art games machine, so why are Codemasters releasing something so slow and jerky that it wouldn't even be acceptable on an old Atari ST? In the rally stages it is okayish but once other cars are on the track as well it is terrible.

This game slows down when you try to look behind you, almost locking up on occasions, it slows down if cars crash in front of you, which wouldn't be so bad if it was fast in the first place but it's not! At it's best I would guess it may get to 30fps but at it's worse I would bet it's not more than 10fps.

This of course affects the handling which becomes just as twitchy and jerky as the graphics are. And I'm sorry but in this day and age with the hardware I am using that is just not acceptable.

It seems to me that all Codemasters have done is port this over from other platforms purely to cash in on sales while they "develop" the next title in the series. All I can say is that if you buy this game get it second hand and don't pay more than £10.

Best rally game yet for the PS3
Review date: 2008-10-26 Rating: 8 out of 10

Well, I'm not all that far from completing this game in career mode and i must say that I've really enjoyed it. However, I wish they hadn't have used Colin McRae's name to sell it. Speaking as a fan of his previous games on the ps2 I had hoped that the WRC would feature in the career mode, hope the game wood feature his old imprezas or his WRC Focus but all you see is his name up on leaderboards throughout the game.

Also, I wish the developers could've changed the voice over for the uk game from the cheesy yank tones and phrases of travis pastrana as they grate more than a grinding disc on the face.

It would've been nice as another reviewer said to see stages in the country which has produced more rally heros than anywhere else, being Finland feature. Also, a snow stage or 2 in Sweden wouldn't have gone amiss.

On the flipside though there are some epic cars in it including three of the group B monsters of the 80's including the epic Audi Quattro S1 with its distinctive 5-cylinder engine note & busy turbo whistle.

Next time codemasters, let us see McRae & some of his old cars and lets hear Nicky Grist co-driving instead of some american cheeser that doesn't know that motorsport freatures corners in both directions!!

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Play the pyramid on PRO difficulty, and you realize the incredible potential of this game
Review date: 2008-07-31 Rating: 10 out of 10

Dear all,

Just a quick review... Recently, I finished playing Dirt, Career Mode.
After 6 months, I managed to win all the tracks in the hardest difficulty of all, "Pro" Level.

And let me tell you that this was one of the best games I played in my life. When you play it in PRO, not only you learn to avoid crashes (because the car wrecks), but most important: to know each and every track, in full detail.

And what a pleasure this is, for driving game fans, like me.
Each personal best is automatically published on-line, so, it's quite rewarding, with some luck and skills, to see times in the top 100, say, among 40.000 people.

I played on PS3 with a Logitech G25 wheel, connected to a 42" Plasma. I believe this setup is great.

Just out of curiosity: my previous game was Formula One Championship (more than 700 hours of gameplay, another 5 star game) and now I ventured into GRID, which I'm loving.

In between I drove NFS Carbon (blargh - too arcade) and GT5 Prologue (blargh - hitting the fences proves better than taking the turn, how can this be possible???)

I'm also very curious about FERRARI CHALLENGE, looks good.

The Greatest Rally Game yet created
Review date: 2008-04-27 Rating: 10 out of 10

A truly great game, now in memory of a truly great driver. CM: dirt in corperates many different styles of off-road racing which add a fullness to the game which hasn't been present in its prequels (although they are great games).
Diehard Conventional rally fans can experience all the classics, most notably the red, green and white Toyota Corolla. Whereas newcomers can enjoy the easy but extremely addictive baja-style buggies along with lorry-racing.
Summary: If you've even conceived it, they've done it. An inspiring multi-faceted game

Product Details/Specifications


Recording label: Codemasters Limited
Manufacturer: Codemasters Limited
EAN: 5024866333077
Binding: Video Game
Release date: 2007-09-14
Language: English (Manual)
Language: German (Manual)
Language: English (Original Language)
Language: German (Original Language)
Language: English (Subtitled)
Language: German (Subtitled)
Platform: PLAYSTATION 3
Brand: Codemasters Limited

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