Dirt 2 Hands-On (IGN)

[hdaniel1]

IGN has posted their hands-on preview of Dirt 2.

Quote:

"By the player's bed lies a heavily thumbed magazine and within its pages are a series of articles outlining online activity, letting the player know who has beat what record and where, while friend's achievements and antics pop up as scribbles on the posters."

[StormJH1]

Quote: Originally Posted by hdaniel1

IGN has posted their hands-on preview of Dirt 2.

Codemasters makes terrific games, and Dirt 2 looks great. I just get the feeling that like 7 people in the U.S. will play it. If you go online, the rooms are full of knowledgable Brits and other Europeans...racing games are like FPS's for that crowd.

Last generation, everybody was asking if Gran Turismo 4 was going to have damage or online play, and the answer was "no" for both. Meanwhile, TOCA 3 came out, and practically nobody noticed that it had car damage AND online play and was a better overall game.

Hope this game does well.

[ezekiel55]

Not a real big racing game fan, but I'm really looking forward to this game.

[jms493]

I think this game will do well after alot of people liking the first one. Especially with a full blown online racing portion.

[Seymour Scagnetti]

Improvements online means nothing if Codemasters cannot finally make a game that you can actually use a racing wheel. Grid and Dirt 1 was an absolute mess using a wheel and I can't find any info on whether this has been improved for Dirt 2 where it's actually playable. I find it weird that it doesn't seem to be a big concern.

[jms493]

because nobody has the racing wheel

[Seymour Scagnetti]

Quote: Originally Posted by jms493

because nobody has the racing wheel

For $100 it's the best investment you can make if you are really into racing games. I really can't understand how a person can enjoy racing games without using one.

[thaima1shu]

Never got the chance to play the first Dirt. But I'm pretty interested in any game that I can use my WRX the way it was meant to be!

Any reason I should try to find a copy of the first one, or should I just wait for the second Dirt?