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DiRT Thursday
We should organise a car club so we can have weekly matchups and races against eac .. oh, wait ...
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Y'know what I hate? When you get to the end of a harrowing rally stage, when you're driving a car that is way over-powered for the slippery, twisty, bumpy track that you're on, when you haven't blinked or taken a breath for over a minute and you're thinking this could be a pretty decent time...and you finally reach the last bit...hit a bump...and smack into the finish structure and total the car.
Ever done that?
Ever done that?
Twit wrote:you finally reach the last bit...hit a bump...and smack into the finish structure and total the car.
Ever done that?
That sounds like me doing the Nurburgring and Suzuka endurance races in Forza 2. Both times I had less than five laps when I moved ever so slightly and ran into the damn wall. How is it possible that after an hour driving (or close to) that I can suddenly lose it so badly.
In Suzuka I even managed to spin it when getting back on and slam back into the other side of the track. I still finished first but from now on I will sit still right to the end.
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Pikes Peak Full is about 3rd from the end. It's fucken brilliant too - fast and furious.
I ended up not caring about times or anything when doing the events that shit me. I'd just drop the difficulty down to Clubman or Rookie and get through it - move on to one you like. Surprisingly I didn't mind the big rigs too much.
I ended up not caring about times or anything when doing the events that shit me. I'd just drop the difficulty down to Clubman or Rookie and get through it - move on to one you like. Surprisingly I didn't mind the big rigs too much.
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Has anyone actually bothered to play this online?
I have, and it's surprisingly nowhere near as bad as you'd think.
You have a realtime place/#ofcompetitors scorecard in the top right corner, and a realtime placemarker up the left side showing where everyone is in relation to you.
I didn't mind it. It was strangely compulsive and had a lot of one-more-go factor.
I have, and it's surprisingly nowhere near as bad as you'd think.
You have a realtime place/#ofcompetitors scorecard in the top right corner, and a realtime placemarker up the left side showing where everyone is in relation to you.
I didn't mind it. It was strangely compulsive and had a lot of one-more-go factor.
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I'm trying to like DiRT I really am... but it just seems to be missing something.
When I played the demo I thought it looked awesome, had like a real stylised look about it, now after playing FlatOut it just seems meh... all it has is a lighting effect.
I dunno... I don't seem to enjoy the physics or any of the views...
I'm trying. I am giving it a go and trying the different race types but it just isn't my cup of tea. I still prefer V-Rally on the DC over this.
When I played the demo I thought it looked awesome, had like a real stylised look about it, now after playing FlatOut it just seems meh... all it has is a lighting effect.
I dunno... I don't seem to enjoy the physics or any of the views...
I'm trying. I am giving it a go and trying the different race types but it just isn't my cup of tea. I still prefer V-Rally on the DC over this.
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Know what it sounds like to me? It has no soul. That's why it didn't sell me on the demo... technically it's pretty well near perfect and has everything (except multiplayer lolz) but it's just too clinical for my liking.GreyWizzard wrote:I'm trying to like DiRT I really am... but it just seems to be missing something.
When I played the demo I thought it looked awesome, had like a real stylised look about it, now after playing FlatOut it just seems meh... all it has is a lighting effect.
I dunno... I don't seem to enjoy the physics or any of the views...
I'm trying. I am giving it a go and trying the different race types but it just isn't my cup of tea. I still prefer V-Rally on the DC over this.
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Yeah, I really struggled with it towards the end doing all the shit races since I done all the awesome ones first. Finally finished the career now, just need to do the International Rally for the Ach.
If I want to whore the last 3 ach's after that though, I need to tediously race in the career for another 490miles to reach the 1000 mile ach and get some monies to get the last 4 vehicles.
If I want to whore the last 3 ach's after that though, I need to tediously race in the career for another 490miles to reach the 1000 mile ach and get some monies to get the last 4 vehicles.
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I got the vehicles one not long after completing the career. Wasn't too bad because I wanted to try some of the events on higher difficulty anyway. Don't think I'll bother with the 1,000 miles or Xbox LIVE achievements though. It's the sort of game I might still fire up every now and then though - I liked it.
Just finished the career tonight. Really enjoyed it even if it was a little repetitive at times. Holy fuck though full Pikes Peak with a Celica GT = pure bliss!! What a great car, nice and quick, easy to control. Favourite car in the game easily. The Colin McRae R4 is pretty sweet as well.
Finally managed to top one friends leaderboard on the last race of champion of champions challenge!! Fucking hated those CORR rally pick-ups as well.
Finally managed to top one friends leaderboard on the last race of champion of champions challenge!! Fucking hated those CORR rally pick-ups as well.
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Ive finished everything except the ach for driving 1000 miles. Pretty repetitive really and it only counts the miles driven in Career, not Championship, so even though I have nearly 1000 already, I know Im a few hundred away from it.
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