People seem to be having mixed opinions on this event and since it's completely new to the franchise, I thought it might be a good idea to have a separate thread for people to sing the praises/bemoan the existence of Gymkhana. Personally I'm really enjoying it though I wish they'd tweaked the difficulty to make it more forgiving than the other events since it seems to require a very different skillset and much more finesse. What does everyone else think?

not a fan personally, if this whole game was point to point rally i would way happier lol

loving the whole package.  Cant wait to get home from work tonight and try to screw with the physics for ultra cool stunts.  Also looking forward to racing.  so there.  You can have it both ways.

I've had some fun with it but I'm terrible at it, especially using a steering wheel. I pull out my gamepad for the gymkhana events and still turned it down a notch.

Just finished getting the achievement for scoring platinum in all the training events. Now I like Gymkhana just fine.

It varies the gameplay, it's a mode where you get better with practice. I also like the drift events, they're swell! 
 Some of the multiplayer Party modes are crazy, I got into a game of CTF last night, had a ton of fun.  
@JonDavis said:

Just finished getting the achievement for scoring platinum in all the training events. Now I like Gymkhana just fine.

I think it's fantastic. makes me wish I've had a car to do those spins, drifts and donuts.

I love it. That being said, I'm terrible at it.

Just finished getting the achievement for scoring platinum in all the training events..

Rally is the most fun part of Dirt 3 for me, but gymkhana is great as well. I played it with a gamepad and it was fairly easy really (to win at least). Since I started to play with a wheel and using the hood camera, it has gotten way tougher. I think it's more due to the camera than the wheel, since not seeing where the wheels are make things like drifting more difficult. 
 
It's a superb diversion from all the other events, makes things feel fresh since you have to play completely differently from the other modes.

ALWAYS BE DRIFTING.

I hated them when I first jumped into them, but after learning the skills and getting better handling the obstacles I really love them, I like the freestyle aspect of it the most.

How do you guys feel about the "aim assist" during these events? I didn't notice it in the pre-release videos, but a friend who has the game told me about it and I can totally see it on TNT now.

@infinininja 
 
I really appreciate the assist during Gymkhana. I didn't realise it was there until I watched TNT but now it allows me to play the Gymkhana events at almost the same difficulty as I play all the other events. I don't really need it for spins or drifts but it's drastically improved my donuts because I was never sure how far away from the centre of the donut i needed to be. 

This is the reason for me to try DIrt 3.

I dislike the drift challenges more

I thought I would hate them, but I'm having an absolute blast. It's extremely satisfying when you string together a set of tricks.

I love it, but it sure is hard.

No. I can't stand it and I'm at the point now where I can not progress without getting at least third on an event and I'm about to put the game on the shelf permanently rather than waste my time trying to do this piddly goofy ass bullshit. The tutorial is for shit. "I'm Ken Block. Drive your car around this stuff and do shit and stuff!". I want to race in a racing game. I don't care for the drifting bullshit, either. I'm not a car enthusiast, but I didn't know rally racing was all about this crap.

At first I wasn't a huge fan, but now that I'm pretty competent at pulling off all the tricks, I freaking love the gymkhana events.

Not really. They look like they've been created just to advertise Ken Block. Now they're a cool addition, but I don't like them being in the championships. I like plain driving.

They're so difficult, but I'm getting the hang of it.
 
Oh, who am I kidding? I suck at it. I've golded all of the training ones, but platinum is evading my grasp on all except the jump one...

I don't care for them. I do like how other than the tutorials, you aren't required to complete them to continue the championship. Also, they are only like 90 second events. So if you want to 100% complete everything just drop the difficulty down to the lowest and do one donut  and you win.

I will admit that I thought the X button was for handbrake so no wonder I was having such issues with the event.  Now that I got the right button, I'm ok with having to do them.
 
I mean isn't X the handbrake for nearly every racing game?

Fuck Gymkhana.
 
Shit is too goddamned hard, and before somebody runs their mouth about how i suck at racing games, explain to me why I have mastered Burnout? or why I smoke every fucking event in Dirt 3 except for this Gymkhana shit. It's too fucking unforgiving and the times required are fucking stupid for what you have to do. CodeMasters better release a patch for this fucking shit. seriously who the fuck can platinum these pieces of shit.
 
Fuck Gymkhana.
Fuck Gymkhana in the ass.

Just finished getting the achievement for scoring platinum in all the training events. Now I like Gymkhana just fine.

I'm terrible at them, and I dislike them. The drift events too. I just want to race, damnit!

Practice makes perfect, find myself losing lots of time replaying these events

They're kinda fun, sometimes I don't want to do them, but they're alright. I don't platinum them though, I just get a medal and move on.  The speedruns are fun though because it's like a rally stage...I'll try to platinum those.

They should not be part of the seasons but just a side thing you can whenever you feel the need.   I

I hate them. It's great that they are there,but i just wish the they were their own thing separett from all the rally stuff.
I generally dislike the whole dude awesome to the extreme wibe Dirt 3 has,but that's a fault minee not the games.

I'm a pretty big sim racer, and I expected to absolutely hate the Gymkhana events, but it turns out I can't get enough of them! I love the way the Gymkhana cars handle and how damn fast they are. Never really enjoyed or been any good at drifting and tricks in driving games, but this makes the whole thing much easier and attractive to drifter newbies like me. When I first fired up the game I was under the impression that the Gymkhana events would kinda drag, so I'm definately pleasantly suprised by them. Also love the free roam collecting Gymkhana stuff so far too, countless hours just messing about, the various areas.
 
Wasn't a geat fan of the whole 'X games iz awesomeee' vibe in Dirt 2, but it's been toned down a bit here, and made a bit more accesible too. Still, i'd prefer a hardcore rally/rally x game, but beggers cannot be choosers!

I hate these events. Was loving the game right up to now...

It depends on how I am for that event. If I can find a good rhythm and hit everything in a nice flow - I really don't mind them. I think they all should have been the medal type matches - where yes you can get platinum but I don't want to worry about getting first so I can clear a tournament. 

They are ok, I'm not very good at them, I can never seem to get a decent line going into any of the tricks and I just spin out or hit the walls/barriers. 
 
I have no problems with the drift challenges though.

i like gymkhana a lot, i finished all the challenges in the first 2 battersea locations and had a lot of fun with them

its tough learning all the doughnuts and other tricks, but once its done its a lot of fun

No. They blow. People obviously like them though. This edition's gimmick imo. Anyway, on the other hand the rally parts are sublime. The handling/physics model is their best ever...just amazing. And the raids are still cool.