Dirt Rally

« Codemasters returns to glory with the rally game we all have been waiting for. This is probably the best game in its genre since the days of the original Colin McRae Rally franchise. »

« One of the best rally games ever. Codemasters has listened to the fans and has recovered the soul of the Colin McRae series in order to make us feel at home again. »

« DiRT Rally is a realistic, beautiful-looking off-road racing simulation that's really exciting to drive. Its high level of challenge and unforgiving nature means it won't appeal to everyone, but for those who want to experience the trials and tribulations of rallying, it's an absolutely brilliant game. »

« DiRT Rally is probably the best rally simulation ever made, and its debut on console strengthens the good driving model developed by Codemasters. The gameplay is incredibly deep, challenging and realistic, the controls are precise and smooth (even with a gamepad), and the game never goes below the 60 frames per second. A truly unique driving experience. »

« Dirt Rally console is basically a perfect porting of the best rally game on the market, and also definitely the best Codemasters effort in years. »

« Quotation forthcoming. »

« It's been a while, but Codemasters is back again with a great driving game. DiRT Rally is a love letter for motorsport and players alike: it's fast, it's realistic, it's really difficult but never frustrating. It's a real masterpiece, probably the best rally game ever. »

« Dirt Rally is a tough but hugely enjoyable racer that easily eclipses its competitors and is likely destined for the rally video game hall of fame. »

« DIRT es rally puro, sin filtros ni concesiones. Exigente, seco y poco amable: aquí vienes a estamparte y aprender a base de hostias. Cuando le pillas el punto engancha y tiene carácter, pero también es áspero, frustrante y no siempre justo. Buen juego con alma, pero no para todo el mundo ni para jugar relajado. »

« 8/10........................................................................................ »

« Not fun for casuals. What is the problem with difficulty sliders exactly? That you’ll feel smaller if someone else can accomplish what you did in a video game? That’s sad. Almost as sad as saying “get good” instead of accepting criticism. It might be surprising to find this out, but some people like to enjoy games without sweating and have zero interest at all in learning the finer things about cars and rally racing. Some people would like a very basic driving option. Refer to Dirt 5 for the solution. And to all you try hards, honestly, get a real life hobby and let the games be for fun. »

« Super realistic gameplay super realistic graphics, lastly played the rally game on ps1, what an amazing development, really like the red mini cooper »

« Terrible game. The RWD handling on dirt and gravel is far too sensitive, meaning you have to drive too slowly or retry countless times till you learn the stage. There's enough different cars, but each class has one outstanding car which renders the others pointless. Dirt Rally was, almost certainly, not even tested on a console gamepad, as it's virtually unplayable - but the game is far too minimal to be worth buying an entry level wheel and pedals for (>£150!). Game modes are very poor. Rally Cross has unfair AI at top level, where the AI cars drive flat out even when sideways and are solid when shunted, but easily smash you off the track when you're winning. There's no time attack mode, no ghost cars, no real way to test set ups, there's no official World Rally Championship licence - which is very **** d l y considering how low budget WRC has gone, so they could've bought it cheaply. The fake rally season mode only has 6, yes SIX, events! It all seems pointless. Online modes and leaderboards are worthless, only silly Rally Cross races against humans, who no doubt cheat as there's no non-collision options, and no downloadable car set ups or user ghosts to time attack. Very overrated, a very small and minimal game which should be a budget game, it's not a full game. Even if this game was perfected it's so basic it'd only score 6/10. »

« Cars feel a bit too weightless but other than that this game is fantastic. Super fun to play! »

« Plus réaliste plus immersif ! Le gameplay est dure mais quand on le maîtrise ça permet de faire de vraiment belle action ! Les drifts très bien retranscrit c'est rare dans un jeu de rally (WRC devrait en prendre de la graine). »

« Brilliant racing SIMULATION with amazing graphics and physics - but TO DAMN HARD. This game could be a 10/10, but it just fails to give the player any easier tracks to play. Skid half a meter to the left or right and you will crash or get stuck in terrain instantly. The game basically forces you to play on the hardest setting by default and just says "If your not good enough to handle this then to bad for you!". I think a great racing game needs to be able to scale back the difficulty. It would have been nice for example if you could have 3 different settings for how narrow the roads are (sure - that is not realistic, but come on - this is a video game still). And some setting to make the handling of the car easier. Dirt refuses all of this and only caters to players who are on the extreme difficulty end of the spectrum. It also fails to provide good driving tutorials and tracks where you can perfect and hone your skills. To me, this difficulty problem is a serious flaw and if codemasters ever want to grow out of their dwindling fanbase of "hardcore or nothing!"-players they better address it. I'm not picking up any sequal unless they can prove they have fixed this. (I bought this game at 20USD, if I had to pay a full price of 40-60 USD the score would drop another 2 points. Im giving it a pass due to the fairly low price point). »