i was going to buy it on day one, but i was short of money and bought something else. i'm still hoping to buy it, and i'm glad you're liking it. it might be one of the best sounding games that i have ever seen (heard?) in my entire life. 

i was going to buy it on day one, but i was short of money and bought something else. i'm still hoping to buy it, and i'm glad you're liking it. it might be one of the best sounding games that i have ever seen (heard?) in my entire life.

@Noct: Great post. If I didn't already love the Dirt series, you would have convinced me. When you are done with Dirt 3 you should go back and get Dirt 2 as well. I've had some of the best video game moments playing Dirt 2. Insane, fast, edge of the seat racing.

I pretty much agree tc, except for the blight Gymkhana is on the game. Codies just can't resist the gimics. Stages are very short too. If it was all rally, point to point, buggies, and trucks it'd be just fine. I do think they totally nailed the handling this time, but overall I like DiRT 2 more.

It's been my favorite racing series since Dirt1. In my mind, nothing comes close, as Dirt(3) achieves a perfect mix of action/realism. While I don't care much for the buggy/truck races in Dirt, the Rally and Trailblazer events are so awesome that it doesn't matter.

Also, playing this in 3D with head tracking is mindblowing.

I agree, this game is absolutely phenomenal. Should probably replay it soon; I got all of the SP achievements pretty quickly.
 
@pweidman said:

I pretty much agree tc, except for the blight Gymkhana is on the game. Codies just can't resist the gimics. Stages are very short too. If it was all rally, point to point, buggies, and trucks it'd be just fine. I do think they totally nailed the handling this time, but overall I like DiRT 2 more.

GT5 was too ambitious for its own good. Dirt 3 is very generic though and feels too tacked on in its appearance. I feel like we are yet to see a REAL car simulation.

@endless_void said:

GT5 was too ambitious for its own good. Dirt 3 is very generic though and feels too tacked on in its appearance. I feel like we are yet to see a REAL car simulation.

And Vinny thought he just needed a wheel.

@Noct:

I got Dirt 3 off of Steam a few days ago, and after about an hour of getting the hang of it I can barely put it down. (And I've always been terrible at non Mario Kart racing games.) The game just looks beautiful, and the weather is, like you said, truly spectacular. Though I am generally terrible at them, the Gymkhana events are a nice break from the action. While driving through a Norwegian Forest in the snow in the evening I cannot help but smile.

                   

It's been my favorite racing series since Dirt1. In my mind, nothing comes close, as Dirt(3) achieves a perfect mix of action/realism. While I don't care much for the buggy/truck races in Dirt, the Rally and Trailblazer events are so awesome that it doesn't matter.

Also, playing this in 3D with head tracking is mindblowing.

                   

               

                   

I pretty much agree tc, except for the blight Gymkhana is on the game. Codies just can't resist the gimics. Stages are very short too. If it was all rally, point to point, buggies, and trucks it'd be just fine. I do think they totally nailed the handling this time, but overall I like DiRT 2 more.

                   

               

                   

@Noct: Great post. If I didn't already love the Dirt series, you would have convinced me. When you are done with Dirt 3 you should go back and get Dirt 2 as well. I've had some of the best video game moments playing Dirt 2. Insane, fast, edge of the seat racing.

                   

               

                   

@Noct:

I got Dirt 3 off of Steam a few days ago, and after about an hour of getting the hang of it I can barely put it down. (And I've always been terrible at non Mario Kart racing games.) The game just looks beautiful, and the weather is, like you said, truly spectacular. Though I am generally terrible at them, the Gymkhana events are a nice break from the action. While driving through a Norwegian Forest in the snow in the evening I cannot help but smile.

                   

               

                    GT5 was too ambitious for its own good. Dirt 3 is very generic though and feels too tacked on in its appearance. I feel like we are yet to see a REAL car simulation.

                   

               

@endless_void said:

GT5 was too ambitious for its own good. Dirt 3 is very generic though and feels too tacked on in its appearance. I feel like we are yet to see a REAL car simulation.

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I'm on board with the Gymkhana comment, I would far prefer more tracks, more racing, more events. In fact, I cheated on the first event because I couldn't unlock the second event (see my other thread in this forum:)). I could only get 5th in the last Gymkhana event in Monaco. I ended up just doing donuts in circles for the entire time and scored first place. I figured it would heavily penalise me at some stage for doing the same thing over and over but it didn't. But I said the same with a few other Codemasters racing titles, they leave me wanting more. Maybe that's the point, I don't know. Those great racing moments in Dirt 2 keep pulling me back, despite how great Dirt 3 is. For me, Dirt 2 was all about sliding through a corner at high speed kicking up sand and gravel, feeling like I'm about to lose control but slamming the foot back on the gas to fight and keep control. Awesome feeling.

One thing about Dirt 3 is the number of flashbacks. There are too many and the system for using fewer and getting a larger reputation doesn't work for me - if they're available, it's just too tempting.

    
This is what I should have walked away from GT5 feeling. Just glad I finally got that experience. 
 
Thumbs WAY up, what a fantastic game. 

Maybe the ultimate problem with GT5 is not the quality of the racing but the fact it's so much darn hard work to get to the point where you can have some serious fn with the faster, more powerful cars.

                @Noct said:

      
This is what I should have walked away from GT5 feeling. Just glad I finally got that experience. 
 
Thumbs WAY up, what a fantastic game. 

Dirt 2 was my game of the year 2009, I say this because I know The Dirt series is very, very good, and an exceptional Racing game and Racing experience, 
 
But, 
 
Did you play the earlier GT games? I'm not saying GT5 wasn't a little disappointing, but you really had to go into it knowing that it was going to be a little sterile I will say though, after the grind to level 20 plus....It becomes the game you wanted to play, you get the credits you need to buy and supe up the cars you want, and if you are able to get the Ferrari 2007 F1 car, it's not Sterile at all, it's very fucking visceral and the x2010 is just madness, glorious glorious madness.  
 
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I'm on board with the Gymkhana comment, I would far prefer more tracks, more racing, more events. In fact, I cheated on the first event because I couldn't unlock the second event (see my other thread in this forum:)). I could only get 5th in the last Gymkhana event in Monaco. I ended up just doing donuts in circles for the entire time and scored first place. I figured it would heavily penalise me at some stage for doing the same thing over and over but it didn't. But I said the same with a few other Codemasters racing titles, they leave me wanting more. Maybe that's the point, I don't know. Those great racing moments in Dirt 2 keep pulling me back, despite how great Dirt 3 is. For me, Dirt 2 was all about sliding through a corner at high speed kicking up sand and gravel, feeling like I'm about to lose control but slamming the foot back on the gas to fight and keep control. Awesome feeling.

One thing about Dirt 3 is the number of flashbacks. There are too many and the system for using fewer and getting a larger reputation doesn't work for me - if they're available, it's just too tempting.

           

               

Maybe the ultimate problem with GT5 is not the quality of the racing but the fact it's so much darn hard work to get to the point where you can have some serious fn with the faster, more powerful cars.

           

I loved it until I was on the x-Games and couldn't do well on the stupid Gymkhana events, and I gave up for good. I'm probably done with the Dirt games, at least until they're rally games again.

I still haven't played it yet, but considering Dirt 2 was one of the best racing games I've ever played, I'm in no way surprised.