Dirt 3 Discussion Thread

[gameranand]

Well Dirt 2 was an epic in rally racing games and codemasters are not in a mood to stop. So here we are with all the news of Dirt 3.
Developer - Codemaster
Publisher - Codemasters
Release Date - 24 May 2011

Here are some videos and screenshots.






Trailers




The graphics of this game are incredible because they are using ego engine 2.0.
They are introducing race Gymkhana which includes Jumps, bumps and random objects which you have to avoid. They are also introducing night racing in this one. They are introducing some new cars in this game and developers are saying that they are going to take the driver skills and physics to a whole new Level.

This game is coming with a whopping 50+ rally cars.
Eurogamer

They are also introducing snow rally for the first time in dirt series.
This game will feature more party modes and also feature a multiplayer race known as Undead. In this game the racer will have to infect others until time runs out.

[vickybat]

Incredible graphics. This is going to be the ultimate rally racer. Even dirt 2 had no competition.

[Ishu Gupta]

I got Dirt2 for PSP and it sucked.

[vickybat]

^^ I have the pc version and its miles away than the psp version. Its DX11 you know.

[gameranand]

Originally Posted by vickybat

I have the pc version and its miles away than the psp version. Its DX11 you know.

Yes I have that too. And man the graphics are incredible no one can come anywhere close to it not even hot pursuit or any other racing game. It was one of the first games which supported DX11.

[vamsi_krishna]

Originally Posted by Ishu Gupta

I got Dirt2 for PSP and it sucked.

I can't speak for PSP version. But, PC version kicked some royal asses. Terrific game.

[gameranand]

Originally Posted by vamsi_krishna

But, PC version kicked some royal asses. Terrific game.

The thing that I liked too much was that this game was very optimized. I mean it runs faster than NFS Shift and Hot Pursuit and it had better graphics than both of them. I wonder how codemasters optimized this game so nicely.

[vamsi_krishna]

I will choose Shift over Dirt 2, in terms of graphics. Dirt 2 sure supports DX11 and might look kick ass in it. But Shift's car models and tracks were very exquisitely detailed.

[cyborg47]

GRID 2 codies..please!!!!!

[gameranand]

Originally Posted by vamsi_krishna

I will choose Shift over Dirt 2, in terms of graphics. Dirt 2 sure supports DX11 and might look kick ass in it. But Shift 2's car models and tracks were very exquisitely detailed.

Shift was more of track racing and dirt 2 was rally so dirt 2 had many tracks and finely detailed. Try to play a race in dirt 2 in cockpit view and watch what happens when you go through water. You actually can't see a damn thing for a couple of seconds until that thing(don't know the name actually) which cleans your wind glass. Also the dirt were highly detailed. I mean the look of your car before the race and after the would be entirely different before race it would be colorful and after race full of dirt.
Yes I do agree that shift had more detailed cars but overall and for vehicle damage I preferred Dirt 2. No offense everyone has his own perspective and I respect that.

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@ cyborg47
Searched many sites didn't found anything useful. Its TBA.
Have you played Dirt 2 ?? If you liked Grid then you should love this one too. seems like codemasters are busy with dirt 3.

[vickybat]

^^ Grid 2 might use the dirt 3 engine and will be epic. It has the potential to give gran turismo 5 a run for its money.

[gameranand]

^^ Yeah but who know may be Dirt 3 itself will give GT 5 a run for its money because as much trailers and graphics I have seen it will be an epic. Of course it won't 1000+ cars but who really drives even 20 to 30 cars in a racing game???

[vickybat]

^^ Dirt 3 is limited to rally. Its in a class of its own. It doesn't have to beat GT5.

[gameranand]

^^ True but graphically it can. And in rally racing I don't think any game come close to it in ant aspect.

[vickybat]

^^gt5 also has WRC modes and they are spectacular to look at. But you are absolutely correct that dirt series is in a class of its own. Truly phenomenal.

[gameranand]

^^ Absolutely controls are hard enough to challenge you but not that hard to frustrate you. Mostly simulation games have kinda hard controls and so difficult to master but in this game you just need some practice and you are good to go.

[vickybat]

^^ A steering wheel combo from logitech will do wonders for this game. Its tailor-made for that.

[gameranand]

^^ Damn I don't have 25k for that. Shite damn me. So my XBOX 360 controller have to handle this and till now it did that perfectly. I love vibration and each and every aspect of Dirt 2 and eagerly waiting for 3.

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First Post Updated and Added info about Engine and Snow Races

[Zangetsu]

Dirt Series is marvelous in game play & graphics...

some of the best racing games are...
1) Ridge Racer Series
2) GT Series
3) NFS
4) Dirt Series
5) GRID

[vickybat]

^^ I guess forza series should also be included in the list. Its a good series.

[abhidev]

Looks like the vehicle in this one has much more control as compared to Dirt-2...the tracks look awesome for sure

[gameranand]

^^ Yes. Developers are putting every minor details in terms of vehicle control. They are taking care of all the factors even weight and other aspects of ant cars.

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Updated first post and added info about release date and Undead race and multiplayer aspect.

[tkin]

OMG!! If this is the game graphics then this really looks so awesome, eden games(tdu 2) should learn from these guys, looks so beautiful and the rain looks so good, the mist effect, never seen anything like this before, and I thought nfshp rain effects looked good.

[gameranand]

Originally Posted by tkin

If this is the game graphics then this really looks so awesome

Yes they are.
Have you played Dirt 2 ?? If not play it. It will also took your brains out Trust me.

[tkin]

Originally Posted by gameranand

Yes they are.
Have you played Dirt 2 ?? If not play it. It will also took your brains out Trust me.

Yes, finished once on my 9800GTX+, this time I'll play in DX11 and see what's the fuss is all about.

[cyborg47]

Originally Posted by tkin

OMG!! If this is the game graphics then this really looks so awesome, eden games(tdu 2) should learn from these guys, looks so beautiful and the rain looks so good, the mist effect, never seen anything like this before, and I thought nfshp rain effects looked good.

I feel sad, people compare games this way, not giving a $hit of what kind of games they are. TDU2 is an sandbox racing game!..and dirt 3 is normal racing game with single tracks (not sure what the name is ).

[vamsi_krishna]

Point to Point Rally racing

[gameranand]

^^ Dirt 3 have many other races besides this Point to point racing. Well yes most are point to point but still its a damn good game. Don't know whether they are including free roam or not but snow races are pretty good.

[cyborg47]

^ He was only correcting my post, not talking anything bad about the game, or anything about point to point racing games. I was talking about the graphics comparision people usually do.

[gameranand]

Originally Posted by cyborg47

He was only correcting my post, not talking anything bad about the game, or anything about point to point racing games. I was talking about the graphics comparision people usually do.

Agreed. But bro graphics are there to compare arn't they?? If you can compare graphics of Crysis 2 with BF BC 3 then why not TDU2 and Dirt 3. As I know many graphic detailed game don't run at very high details at decent fps on ma PC but Dirt 2 worked like charm.