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The rush of adrenaline you get from making a perfect turn is simply unmatched in any other racer, not to mention there is a real rush when you’re flying down the road at 80 MPH in a pitch-black forest because your stupid self trashed your headlights in a collision. It’s occasionally frustrating and I can’t continuously play it for more than a few hours, but this is likely the best racer Codemasters has ever produced. Readers of this site will know that I’ve lobbied my complaints at Forza 7 and Gran Turismo Sport, but I have no beef with the way DiRT Rally 2.0 plays. There is an exceptionally accurate physics model going on that puts a lot of modern racers to shame. It also really hurts that it requires an online connection, meaning you can’t even make progress offline.Īt least the racing model used for Rally 2.0 is stellar. I suppose it cuts the fat, but it does nothing to foster improving your abilities. You’re here for Rally or Rally Cross and that’s it. It just throws literally everything at you at once with no set dressing and no variation. I take issue with how racing games start off small and then repeat the same content with more laps (as if that is an actual increase in challenge), but Rally 2.0 doesn’t even bother crafting an interesting career. To put it bluntly, I think the career is a total wash. You’re expected to race with some POS mobile in a game that is ridiculously punishing to earn around 20,000 credits that will barely cover the repairs you might need.

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Not that any racer should give you the full garage from the get-go, but you’re not even given an option to try many different cars should you opt to jump right into the career. When you do finally accept that the career really is just six locations with four tracks each, you’ll begin racing with one of two cars available at the start.

It’s not the best introduction and it certainly made me question what was going on. I naively thought Store would be for the in-game garage, but it’s actually a link to the PlayStation Store (or your platform equivalent) that is primed to sell you DLC before you even begin racing. You have a menu option that says Events, another for Freeplay, then Store and just general game options. No, there really is just nothing else to the game.

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I was left to discover the menu on my own, but it’s so threadbare that I almost thought I was playing the limited install version of the game ( DiRT Rally 2.0 on PS4 has one of those “Ready to Play” options). Like I said in the opening, a man started talking and I accidentally pressed the X button, which then ceased his explanation with no way to replay it. This is a game with little to no personality and with an announcer that you can accidentally cancel out. You either know the game by now or you don’t.Įven with that expectation in mind, the menu system is way too thin.

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I will say that I’m surprised there isn’t a tutorial mode here, but I can’t exactly blame the second entry of a hardcore racing series to assume fans played the first.

If you don’t understand that “Don’t Cut” means you really should not cut your turn, just walk away now. Rally 2.0 continues this trend and makes no concessions for players not versed with the rules of Rally racing. It was not a welcoming title for those looking to jump into this off-shoot of the Colin McRae games. While the mainline series has threaded the line between arcade goodness and extreme realism, the 2015 spin-off DiRT Rally catered specifically to the veteran racers that were looking for an accurate replication of this brutal sport. Codemasters has crafted a very specific title for a certain niche of fans that like to delve into almost sim-like attention to detail. I just wish the rest of the package could have lived up to that brutal opener.ĭiRT Rally 2.0 (PC, PS4, Xbox One)įor an entire console generation now, the DiRT series has been known for being quite the accomplished racer. Yeah, this is certainly a hardcore rally simulator. I clipped a turn at one point and my tire exploded, requiring me to make a stop and manually replace the wheel to continue. I had no rewinds, very minimal assists, and my lack of understanding saw me jump the starting countdown and accrue extra time on the clock. The very first track I was greeted with was an 8.34 mile stretch of road in Poland that took around 11 minutes to complete. Assuming the first option led to a career mode, I picked “Events” and “Career Rally,” then selected my car and mentally prepared myself for the race. A narrator started to talk, but I accidentally pressed a button and it canceled out the speech. I booted the game up and was greeted with an exceptionally plain splash screen and menu. If you’re wondering what type of racer DiRT Rally 2.0 is, then let me explain my first five minutes with the title.

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