I have Dirt for PC and just bought Dirt 2 for Wii. Dirt 2 for Wii is not a very good game. the gameplay sucks basically. you just feel like your plowing through the tracks, the graphics are Mario Cart like and the vehicle selection leaves a lot to be desired.
I've only played 1 round on Dirt for PC and while it's not eas easy to drive on a PC, it's a much better game overall on the PC. my kids have Collin Mcrae 04 for PC on thier computers which, if i understand correctly is the predecessor for Dirt, and they seem to like it.
McRae 04 and 05 were THE best racing games of their time at least as far as engine went. Dirt/2 are probably up there too, but only on the bigger consoles. I liked both, but I feel that 2nd game was oftentimes impossible no matter your driving ability. All of that said, I prefer NFS Shift and Forza 3 over Dirt out of this wave of racing games.
My bro has Dirt2 for Xbox360. I use the steering wheel rather than the controller. It makes it a little more difficult, but at the same time, I feel I have more control. In the time that I was playing that game, I noticed an increase in my Mini-Z driving. I was focusing on scrubbing less in the corners and my throttle control got better as well.
I primarily run the time trials. Racing online is a little agrivating with many drivers that just want to ram you into a wall to get a pass eventhough you passed them clean. I dont know where the rank is now, but in many of the TT leaderboards I was in the top 25, and a few in the top 5. I was ranked #1 in one event, but havent played in about a month or so. I found that with most of the tuning of the cars, there wasnt much of a change in how the car performed, although there was a big change in how it felt. After adjusting my driving to the new setup, I was able to get relatively the same laptime.
I stopped playing because I got my own 360, and have been playing COD Modern Warfare 2... I have to get Dirt2 and a wheel, so I can battle with my bro. I played a little Forza 3 with the controller, and I just dont like the feel of controlling it with the stick. I wish that a company would make a RC transmitter like controller for the consoles, that had buttons for shifting that were easy to access... I dont think it would be too difficult, and it would be much cheaper/easier than getting a racing wheel.
I agree that McRae 04 and 05 were really great games. I would LAN party with some of my friends and play that game, battles were really close nomatter what car you chose. You just had to drive them differently. I loved the P206.
NFS Shift is horrible with a racing wheel, the game feels like it was designed for a controller. Which is very disappointing.
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Dirt and Dirt 2 seem a bit more arcade-like in their gameplay... the McRae rallies before those two are the gems. I still play the 2002 version occasionally.
I grew up racing in Sports Car GT. I believe the game was released in 97, and I played it for about 5 years or so. . . There wasnt much online play, but I did LAN race with 2 of my brothers... and there were many mods and additional cars, which kept it interesting.
The best NFS in my mind is Porsche Unleased (NFS 2000). Good physics and very good single player career play. I always hoped there would be other versions like it (Ferrari maybe), but havent seen anything...
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Dirt and Dirt2 are fun games. Loved racing up Pikes Peak in a Semi. However IMO The Colin McRae series of games were better rally sims. NFS Shift is a much improvement over the NFS series but still doesn't feel right. NFSU 2 probably the most fun game out of the whole series. Forza 3 is a huge disappointment. Primarily because of the multiplayer. For some reason they chose to use a hopper system. Its a good game. Just not what we all thought it was going to be. Forza 2 is probably the best racing sim you can play on a console currently. Until GT5 is released. Grid is a very fun game mixing simulation and arcade style racing.
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