DiRT Rally 2.0: 2023 Taste Test
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- DiRT Rally 2.0 is one of the most realistic rally racing games available. But is it worth your time, four years after it first launched in 2019? That’s the question I hope to help you answer in this video. I evaluate the fun, progression, aesthetics, magnetism, and value for money of DiRT Rally 2.0 in 2023. Watch to see the results of my taste test.
DR2's magnetism isn't in the daily challenges or the carreer mode. It's in the personal need to better your stage times and try to beat your own as well as other peoples best times, constantly improving yourself and your driving. Shaving off second after second of a stage, chasing the perfect run.
Based on the feedback like this, I'm realizing that now. Next time I get back into the game I will focus on chasing the perfect run like you suggest. Thank you!
@@GeneralBitters everyone's mileage may vary ofcause. But i think especially with rally games it's more of a chasing times thing than with other racing games, cause time is really the only thing one can compare themselves agains others, player or ai.
but without proper guidance you will hit your time wall pretty soon and get frustrated 🤣 I cannot progress beyond pro level in career. 🤣 I wish i have friends whoplay with me in person
@@terrylu4894 there are pretty good guides and tips&tricks on youtube. Also AI difficulty in these is hit or miss.
I disagree. I only play the online challenges and measure my skill based on the results. I find that more fun than playing one stage over and over again.
Another thing you don't get from chasing better stage times is consistancy. Beeing fast once on a stage you've spent hours and hours on perfecting is one thing, but driving fast for a whole rally season in different driving conditions a whole other.
I fondly remember the Official Dirt Rally Club Championship. Very long seasons, with 40-60 km between services and full damage. I always started off right between the 1st and 2nd third of the leaderboard, then started climbing close to the top.
Of course everyone is free to play the game as one likes, but I feel like that represents the spirit of rally more.
6:54 That is such a genius idea! I would be amazed if the engineers actually say something along the lines of "it looks like you're performing better when you're doing this or that, we suggest to adjust this or that", even more so, if it looks like a briefing/report instead of a simple UI option to select. Hope the devs watch this video!
Yes, it would be pretty cool. I like the idea of a report that gives you suggestions. That way you could still go in and make the adjustments yourself, but at least have an idea about where to start. Thanks for watching!
That would be good, I don't know shit about setups and my driving style. I know sometimes on tight corners I'm not that smooth with the wheel (I turn- 0º - turn again harshly)
thats a fair review, apart from one thing I would say. Not sure how much time you have spent in the game yet but in my humble opinion the longer challenges such as the weeklies and monthlies is where it's at. Since it is a rally game it isn't about one stage but getting through the whole thing. Trying to balance speed with consistency (or just survival) and watch how you go up or down the leaderboard over the progress of the event is the best fun for me. That's where the magnetism comes from mostly for me. Also getting involved in some clubs (community championships/rallies) can be awesome fun.
Fun and original review format, cheers!
I appreciate the additional thoughts regarding weeklies and monthlies and agree they are much more engaging than single stage dailies. This together with feedback from others about time trials is changing my perspective about where to look for additional 'magnetism' in this game. Thank you for the encouragement!
I too am 16 hours in to Dirt 2.0, with a wheel setup. I just stumbled on a monthly mission by accident. It is very cool. For the first time, I found my self struggling to even finish the event (let alone considering placement). Which is awesome, I love hard games! Driving 25+ back to back tracks with the same car is an awesome idea! Most racing games you play for 10 minutes and then the track is over. You get a brand new sparkly immaculate car and you forget about the last 10 minutes. But in Dirt 2.0 you are 3+ hours into an event with the SAME CAR thinking about how you crashed in the first 10 minutes and how that is affecting your driving right now! It's an incredible achievement.
I love this game. I've been really enjoying it ever since I bought an ultrawide
I agree the wide screen does make a big difference. You can't see that much more most of the time, but it enhances the immersion and sense of speed, and you can see into upcoming corners better.
That is a very well made video. So I thought you have at least a 100k subscribers....well then I saw it was your first video. I get your concept of bitterness etc. showcasing game people will get on sale and maybe not know if it is worth their 5 bucks. All the best to you. Very dramatic also your voice ....keep going
Thank you for watching and for the positive feedback. Unfortunately, the voice was AI... and even though I received lots of compliments about it, I decided to switch to my own, less professional-sounding voice. I hope you and others will keep watching...
@@GeneralBitters sure subscribed
This is one of the most honest and objective reviews on a game I’ve ever seen. More importantly it’s an objective view on how to spend hard earned dollars.
This is also the only rally sim out there that supports VR. I hope that EA doesn't screw up the new one that is rumored to release this spring. If they improve the tarmac physics, Vr graphics and have a good career mode, I will easily play more then the 600+ hours that I currently have in DR2.
💯. I can't give up DR2.0, because nothing come close to the experience in VR. I am hoping and praying the new game brings VR and all that comes with it into a new generation.
Best VR racing title to date. 500 + for me
If I remember correctly Automobilista 2 also has good VR, and it does make a huge difference in DR2. So much more immersive in a rally racing game.
Great review, thank you
Thank you!
Does dirt 2.0 really feel floaty or do you have your cars set to Grandparent's Buick mode?
Zero FFB on Tarmac is my main gripe with the game on top of it's feeling of zero gravity ie like your car is hovering across some terrains.
I would recommend turning all assists off if u want to be fast and post fast times but the game is still worth it 👌 hopefully DiRT 3 will be better. Check out some of my DiRT videos and see how u compare, although some do have engine noise glitches 👍great video
Thanks for the tip. I think I have most assists turned off, but I'll double-check and see what trouble I can get into. Checked out your videos and subscribed. Nice driving!
@@GeneralBitters thanks man 👊
honestly NONE of the WRC games run well on my pc. Hopefully codemasters can bring their magic
0:35 - dude wtf I had to sit up and rewind if I actually heard it right, my heart stopped for a moment I think.
you let that fly under the radar like it's nothing :'D
that's a pretty big deal, imagine you could drive all the current gen rally cars in DR2 but you gonna do that in DR3 (or whatever they'll call it)
I had a similar reaction when I first realized this. Codemasters has a perfect opportunity to make the best rally game available... Fingers crossed!
Fuck yeah it's worth it ❤❤❤🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁
As you’re a small channel with only a few subscribers I’m going to provide some constructive criticism which I hope you read and take to heart to improve your already impressive video creating abilities.
Firstly, I really enjoyed hearing a human being doing the narration, instead of those absolutely horrible computer generated voice-overs. Congratulations!! And your voice is actually quite pleasant, nice pronunciations, decent enunciation and no real harshness overall (I’m a musician and I hear these sorts of things quite obviously, especially with a singer when we’re playing jazz tunes, so it’s quite obvious when listening to narration also).
With each chapter or section of your vid, you absolutely do not need to say the name of the chapter when it’s on-screen at that time. It’s more than enough that we hear the chapter name said in, generally, the first or second sentence of the chapter. Like with aesthetics and progression, so there’s no need whatsoever to say the chapter name when it’s on-screen and overall sounds a lot better when you don’t.
Speaking of said aesthetics chapter, it was a bit strange when you rated aesthetics as (I think) 2 off maximum in your rating scale but then the very next screenplay you show has this incredibly bland look in whatever car you were driving in said shot. I also think it was pretty generous in 2023 to give such a high score for aesthetics when, especially with a gpu like yours, it can look a whole lot prettier in other games and game styles, but this is all subjective.
The mix was well done, your narration wasn’t too loud or too quiet compared to the gameplay and could be heard well and clearly understood. Something I wanted to mention was that you specifically titled and said in the review that you’re reviewing the game as it stands today, in 2023 but in one chapter, can’t remember which but it was in the first third I think, that some part of the game had improved since it was originally released. Well, that’s a bit strange, given that you’re reviewing the game as it currently plays, not looking at how it’s improved or not over the years. It sounded like you gave it maybe a one mark higher score in that section because of this, as in, being a bit less critical on the game because it’s old, etc.
Two phrases that are said far too often are “in my opinion”, as the ENTIRE review is obviously your opinion, we know that going in, so there is absolutely no reason nor need to say that in the body of the review. Another is “personally, I blah blah”, because again, when someone says something, anything, quite obviously they’re talking about themselves, so why people even say that is beyond me. Personally, I think it’s one of the stupidest mannerisms English speakers have, as it’s not often heard in English speaking people which are people who have English as their first spoken language. You see what I did there, I hope? Right, of course you did? I’m the one writing/saying this, so who the fuck else’s opinion would I be telling you about? Sorry about the language, but it annoys me so much how ridiculously lacking are the vocabulary and ability of most content creators to get their point across without using such methods. I don’t think I’ve ever heard an instance of when the word personally was necessary before the word I. Maybe if someone was describing something from someone else’s point of view, but that rarely happens and if it did, fine. But there’s literally zero need for the word in this context, EVER! You didn’t say it, but I’m just letting you know. Yeah, I know I’m a bit crazy about this but we all are in our own ways, aren’t we? 🤪
Anyway, as I said, I hope you read this and use it to improve your content creation skills and abilities. I enjoyed this video and more importantly, I think you’ve got some decent potential and should keep going with your reviews, perhaps some hardware reviews are in the works (I haven’t checked out your channel content, so not sure if you’ve already done some like that)? Good luck in the future, hope your channel grows.
Hi Aaron. Thank you very much for taking to the time to watch and provide various feedback. I really appreciate it.
I tend to agree with what you said, and think you make some valuable points. The most difficult for me, however, is your first point. You complimented my voice... but this voice is in fact an AI voice. I also hate to hear robotic TTS voices and always immediately turn off any video that uses it. However, I discovered this AI voice that sounds rather natural, and it is much more pleasant and professional sounding than my own. Most people are uncomfortable with their own voices, and I find mine to be less dynamic and monotone. (i.e. boring) Despite this, I have been struggling with a bit of imposter syndrome using an AI voice, and know that if my channel does grow, I would probably need to eventually address the fact that I'm using an AI voice. Thus, I was thinking about switching to my own voice in my next video. But after hearing that someone with your ear is complimentary of the AI voice, I'm no longer convinced. Any thoughts about what you would do in this situation?
Thanks again for your advice. I was also not convinced I should announce the name of each chapter, and will probably eliminate this in the future. I will also keep your other points in mind when preparing future videos.
@@GeneralBitters Hmmm, I’ve always wondered what ppl would do in the situation that their channel becomes popular and for some reason they now need to get in front of the camera but the voice we’ve been hearing for X weeks/months/years/etc isn’t actually their own. I’d say just own it, get over your fears and bite the bullet-use your own voice from now on. I know it’s not easy, imagine trying to do it on stage, in front of a (sometimes not so nice) crowd, but if I could manage to do it, certainly you can too. And you don’t even have to have a crowd in front of you, and trust me, it makes things SO much less nerve wracking.
A wise thing to do, at least until your confidence grows a little is to record your voice-over and ask a friend or family member to give HONEST feedback, tell them to critique it as if they didn’t know you. You must tell them that you won’t get offended by what they say, coz if you don’t make that explicitly clear, VERY few ppl will be 100% honest with you as they won’t want to hurt your feelings. You gotta make it clear to them that they’re helping you and they have to be cruel to be kind, literally. Ok, not cruel, but I’m sure you understand my point.
Make sure you practice your lines at least a few times so you don’t stumble or makes any mistakes during the recording. Another reason is so that you even have some lines to read. Too many ppl will just do their voice-over as they’re watching their edited video, there might be ummms and aahhhs throughout the narration, etc. make sure you read and pronounce words correctly. For example, it annoys me no end when ppl say “pro-now-nsee-ay-shon” instead of “pro-NUN-see-ay-shon”. Yes, there’s a word pronOUnce but the verb and adjective of the word does NOT have an “o” next to the “u”. Anyway, I only speak English, and it appalls me at how incredibly lacking the vast majority of ppl’s language skills have become. Ppl. Just don’t have any vocabulary, can’t express themselves without swearing or using the most basic language possible, have horrible spelling, etc. And it makes an excellent impression on everyone, ppl like myself and everyone else, when a person is well spoken and can actually speak their own language with a modicum of nuance and ability. Wth regard to your fear that your voice is monotonous and boring, again, make sure your friends n fam are giving you 100% honest feedback. Tell them to pay particular attention to your oral expression, to listen if your voice has dynamics and expression or if it’s just monotone and the same the whole way throughout. A very good and also very simple way to overcome this, and I’m being serious, is kids story books. You don’t have to read them to a child, but record yourself reading them and listen back and you’ll immediately hear where and when you should have used more expression and because it’s so obvious with children’s stories, it’s a really easy way to overcome said problem.
Anyway, I hope this helps, even if just a little. And if there’s anything else I can help with just lemme know, more than happy to do so. Oh, and like I said in another comment DO NOT use that moronic way of trying to setup a car by twisting the dials and seeing what happens. I can show you and teach you how to setup a car properly or I can give you a great place to start, just don’t waste your time doing what that other fella said. Consider this, if you don’t know what an adjustment is even supposed to do or feel like, how do you know that the game even implements that adjustment correctly or at all? Some things do VERY little or are a really subtle thing, so if you don’t even know what it’s supposed to feel like, how is judging from a GAME, not even in a real car, supposed to help? Or what is the game overemphasises the adjustment, then you go into another sim and perform the same adjustment but this time it completely screws up your car’s handling. It really not difficult at all to setup a car, one just needs to know what to adjust, in which direction and for what handling problems. It’s not a difficult thing to learn, but no one has EVER done it by making random adjustments to see what they feel like and going from there.
That’s all for now. Best of luck and hit me up if you’ve any questions.
Cheers,
Aaron.
@Aaron Perelmuter Thank you very much for your additional feedback. I read it a couple of days ago but wanted to 'sleep on it' before making a final decision. It hasn't been an easy one, but I think you're right and I should use my own voice from now on.
I really appreciate you taking the time to offer advice. In particular, the suggestion to use children's books to get a sense of where to add expression is helpful. That's a simple but brilliant idea I'm surprised I've never heard before.
Hoping you and others will stick around despite the voice change. Thanks again!
this goes for 4 pounds in sales on steam..
Bihgest minus of the game are boring stages...too flat
Agree all. Can't wait to see their WRC version. Hopefully they will bring back the locations we lost in Generations too.
I hope so too. If I remember correctly, location variety was one of the things I thought WRC 9 and other KT Racing games did better than Dirt Rally 2.0. Adding that to the list of what I hope Codemasters gets right.
It will definitely be the same game as dirt rally 2.0, but with a focus on the new WRC seasons, I think that is totally fine. If it ain't broke, don't fix it, Dr 2.0s gameplay and physics have been critically acclaimed anyway.
As a rookie DR2 player i love the game to bits but i really can only play it for up to 2 hours till i get a headache. The game pulls me in like no other but the concentration when you are "in the zone" eventually becomes too exhausting and i have to take a big break afterwards.
Very nice video. I agree on all apart from the pace notes. Realy nice to have Phil Mills but they did not keep the notes format consistant across the levels and it got very annoying for us. Left 4 tightens 3 does not have a 100 yard straight between the 4 and 3, even Austrailia stages did that a bit, as if they weren't hard enough, very frustrating. I have everything crossed for the new release.
The level of quality on this is pretty high. I can't believe you only have 97 subs. I'll add mine. Hopefully you get some kind of algorithm boost. you deserve it!
Thank you very much for the encouragement and for subscribing!
Dirt Rally 2.0 has some of the best sound design, car models, and gorgeous looking scenery that's available at the moment in terms of Rally games.
The biggest problem is that they shot their progression in the foot. Since you start off the game with one of every car, there is no incentive really to earn money and buy newer cars. We should start the game with maybe 1 car in a categories. And then you can race to earn money to buy new cars and get into other categories. I saw a video of someone that suggested burning all your money on upgrades, selling and rebuying cars until you only had a few left, with a non absurd amount of money. Thing is it looked like a PITA to setup. Spending a bunch of time sinking money, selling and rebuying cars to drain your cash and car reserves.
Also the thing that bothered me is that the jump from clubman to whatever is the next stage. I felt the difficulty spike was really intense. Especially in Rallycross. Going from dominating the qualifiers and for sure getting a podium finish. To not being able to qualify lol.
You had some really good suggestions in your video in regards to perhaps having engineers that suggest certain tunings to help you figure out what settings could benefit your driving style. Since although I can see my skillset greatly improve over the last year or so. I'm still very hesitant to mess with tunings. Even though DR does a good job of explaining what are the benefits/drawbacks of all settings. In some cases I'm not sure how much of the negative aspect of this modification I can live with as opposed to the benefits gained. Which leaves me to think that unless you are super consistent on a track with a specific car. Playing with those settings on the fly makes it near impossible for someone to judge whether or not its helping.
I am a little surprised at the bland magnetism of the game. Depending on what you look for in a rally game, and taking into consideration what is available. It does a decent job IMHO. At least for me since I like to chase world records more so than doing challenges. I can definitely burn an afternoon on it trying to perfect a stage, or my driving.
Anyway, great video my dude!
Thanks for the feedback! I'm glad you liked the video.
You make a really good point about the lack of incentive to get better cars. Wish I had included that in the video. And I'm happy to know I was not alone in experiencing the spike in difficulty after the first championship.
I thought the magnetism is bland since I have not really felt motivated to continue for hours on end. It might be because I know I will never be able to set a world record, but your comment made me reconsider whether I want to focus on time trials for a few stages and see how good I can get once I have them memorized. I'll probably give that a try...
Thanks!
I would like if career was this: you start with your own car, when you have finished one championship you dont get to choose which car you will be buying, you would get contract offers from manufacturers which you could accept. And quality of contracts would be based on previous driving results, better contracts and manufacturers approaches you when you do good.
imo dirt rally's physics are kind of ... difficult to grasp. I actually think most people, even noobs, will have a better time driving in richard burns rally, at least with fwd and awd cars. With rwd cars, driving in dirt rally 2 is so dramatically easy by comparison that I'll grant that it's easier for noobs, but some players in RBR are able to get astonishingly competitive results using RWD cars.
I personally found that driving in the last few WRC games was actually easeir to understand and more realistic. In my eyes, its very hard to go back from RBR's high fidelity handling and stages. I don't exactly see Dirt rally 2 as "arcade," because I think they actually tried to make it hardcore, but it's lacking fidelity. Not being able to customize the pacenotes should be seen as a giant flaw too.
I think you did a good job of saying what I think. Difficult to grasp. I didn't consider what you pointed out about RWD cars in DR2 vs RDR, but I'll pay more attention next time. I've mostly driven FWD and AWD cars in real life, so RWD always feels alien to me. I'll look to RDR for some RWD training.
WRC games were difficult for me to grasp, in general. I feel like the stage designs are better than DR2, the physics feel better a lot of the time, and the progression is more interesting. But then the sound design and puzzling physics like you see at 8:55 really discourage me from playing those titles.
Dirt Rally is like playing an instrument, you'll suck your first week/month expecting a casual experience and not get too far. You'll stop playing the game for a while, and give it another try down the road, only that time you'll start developing and getting better and getting the most out of the game. Dirt Rally is a game that is most enjoyed after putting 20+ hours into it, once you get a hang of the physics and stages you can't put it back down
rallycross in vr has got to be the best sim racing experience to be had
I have almost all wrc titles' platinums beside dirt and dirt rally's. I can say that the only game I still play after platinum is dirt rally 2.0. WRC generations is the best in the series but not even close to dirt rally 2.0🏆
i watched a live john armstrong stream and on a gravel stage there was this small strip of tarmac across the road that the cars braking wheel slightly touched and the game actually outputed that small portion of tyre screech, it was so impressively realistic
I've been running this in vr for a couple of years now. I average about 2 hrs a night but can easily spend 5 hrs on my days off. I went from being on average 30 secs behind leader to a consistent 20-15 secs. On the odd occasion I hit the signal digits. Through all the years and games I've played, about 15 yrs, this is the one that has helped me improve my skills. That being said, I am looking forward to something new and better.
Oliver Solberg Said in a video that between the real rally Competition he trains at Dirt 2.0. If its okay for Oliver to train on for VM rally it should be okay for the Big mass... Dirt is fun! 😀👌🏁
I'm suprised you didnt mention career.
On carer you can actually enable hardcore damage, and the progression to get to masters from a basic tin can was rewarding and the engineers getting better was a godsend. Really tought me the fundamentals of giving it 80% smooth and steady and being in the end, in most instances faster in the short term and long term.
The dropping of "chase the last tenth" made me a much much better driver, in both time attack and wheel to wheel.
Really good video review though, well done!
I enjoyed the taste rating, it's funny!
(but gross that sweet is better than S P I C Y, diabetes FTL)
How would you like them to auto tune your car? What surface should they predict you want it for? Does now game now need to include an algorithm to learn your specific driving style for that specific car? Because a one size fits all tune isn't probably going to be what you want. I think that is a massive amount of programing bloat for something that is a setting based on personal preferences. I'm sure it could be done, and would be kinda cool I just don't think that juice is really worth the squeeze.
Really don't understand your need for some sort of hallmark campaign story in order for there to be progression. Its racing, skills and times are your progression. Some people just need to be told they're having fun in order to have it.
One thing about this game that might be overlooked by people who don't have a sim rig is the quality of life options for sim gear. Manual H pattern works properly and hugely adds to the emersion. If you dont drive properly with the clutch you stall the car and then have to restart the car again in the middle of a hairpin. It adds a huge extra layer of challenge and reward when you learn to really drive fast with heel toe downshifting, clutch kicks and other old school rally techniques that sadly nobody uses nowadays. All this stuff is in the game and works so nicely but you may never even know that. I just wish there was a way to play with other like minded players. You have no idea whos playing with what. I like wrc generations too but i get less satisfaction out of using modern cars and seq gears. You can H pattern in generations but it feels like ass and doesnt work properly.
I agree that a sim rig makes a massive difference with this game. I've been using a sequential shifter only, but after reading your comment think I need to give more consideration to getting an H pattern and clutch. Thank you!
I would love to see the ability to edit your co-driver calls on maps you're trying to learn, as sometimes he will say caution tight around one corner that isnt that bad of a turn, then the next he wont say a damn and your flying off a cliff lol. Great video !
I know exactly what you mean and agree that's a good idea. You can adjust the timing of his comments, but you can't change what he says. He definitely gets it wrong once in a while. Thanks for watching!
LOL! What I love is when they say don't cut and theres a huge cut available. Or the opposite, they say cut and there a stupid tree stump in the way. They should really allow us to tweak them. If you keep veering off track in a specific turn, being able to set a triple caution on the next run would be just a little helpful.
@@poean2 Fair enough. I personally think there are some calls that aren't super accurate. When chasing world records you can see substantial cuts people take that the co-driver doesn't even call out.
He 100 percent makes mistakes, and it makes me rage so fucking hard. I'd be screaming at the TV "what happened there m8"
Cool video man
games magnetism is multiplayer and competition with your friends in its custom championship multiplayer games. It is addictive and highly frustrating.
1:55 Thats absolutely not true, you should play Richard Burns Rally 2022, with the new mods, this is top notch, also WRC is still better then Dirt Rally in terms of physics, Dirt Rally 2 is maybe place 4, because the first Dirt Rally has better physics.
I think I tried to make a similar point, but perhaps didn't do it well. By 'top notch' I meant among the best, especially when compared to other more arcade-like games. But I get your point.
That idea about the engineers I am surprised they haven’t added, it is a very good idea that would make it so more casual players get drawn in.
Unlocking better engineers like in elite dangerous would be an addicting gameplay progression to keep people hooked.
Great review and editing, though the taste test review scale is a little awkward sounding for me
Thanks for watching and your comments. I didn't realize Elite Dangerous had the ability to unlock better engineers. I'll look into it, just out of curiosity.
I know the taste test scale is unusual, maybe an acquired taste, but I wanted to try something different from the 1-10 or 1-5 scale we have all seen a million times before.
With AI improving i think this will not be at far future.
Nice test man. You should check the clubs and maybe even MP lobbies, thats what I did after finihsing the career Masters championship.
Thanks for the tip and for watching!
It is most authentic rally sim-game ever made, yet. Physics, gameplay may be not ideal, but good enough. And it totally compensating with leven of details, audio, cars, stages and everything else.
The amount of stages is laughable at best, there are only *two* stages per rally that are then recycled into smaller chunks that brings up the total to "12" stages per rally. It is so lazy, I'm glad I didn't pay any money for Dirt 2 because I'd be seriously disappointed as a paying customer.
How can you say it’s the most authentic rally game, yet the physics and gameplay are not ideal? Aren’t those the 2 most important parts of a rally sim? Have you played RBR? I’m guessing not, because there’s no way you’d say that this is the most authentic rally game if you’d played RBR. The fact that with mods a 20 years old game has better feel, FFB and physics than current games says it all.
@@aaronperelmuter8433 Google word authentic, boring man 😺
Hey guys want to buy a rally game , is dirt 2.0 the best go to or is any of the other dirt games better with more active players? Thnx!
Just waiting for this to install saw another video just a second ago but wasn't a review, looks like I picked a good one by accident lol 👍
Was playing a lot of mw2 but decided to have a break and this is the perfect distraction for me , listen to the copilot spot on 👍
I play with g920 and headphones,
the sounds, the fun,
this is a must play if you're a car guy
World class review. Thanks for sharing and inspiration.
Looking forward for other reviews from you, same schema.
Thank you very much for the encouraging feedback! Something new is on the way soon...
My gripe with DR2.0 is that the cars don't have any weight feel (as you stated in your video) and it just feels like a floating camera view. Also as you sated the tarmac physics are not the greatest.
Just hope that the new WRC release fixes these issues.
But as rally games go, DR2.0 is really good, my gripes aside.
I agree on all points! Thanks for watching.
I play this game almost daily for usually less than an hour, the progression in this game, at least for me, is to setup a particular car to get the best time I could get on one particular track, I can spend more than one week to do just that before I move onto another car and track combination, I've been playing like this for more than a year and had a lot of fun, it's not time consuming, no pressure like a competitive game, it's just perfect for relaxation after work.
Thanks for watching and for the tip.
Good review 👍
Thank you for watching!!
Everyone plays to a different strum of the harp ! There’s nothing like trying to win championships and get TT world records . That’s where it’s at on this game . Seething one is when humbled on times but lilting when WRs are gotten (I’m close but still don’t have one and do have a bit of a spring in my step).
They haven’t made a good game since the original dirt rally, when the original developers left.
2.0 wasn’t bad but Dirt rally 1 was alot better and I don’t hold high hopes for wrc without the original dirt rally devs.
I don't recall playing DR1, but I'm hearing a lot of good things about it. Even though the team might have changed since then, I hope Codemasters can put together something special in the next game.
@@GeneralBitters so do i, we haven’t had a good sim in years
This is on point but you forgot the most important part of the game and that's leagues. Leagues is the main reason why this game has such a large player base. Being part of many different leagues you can easily put in 50hrs a week into this game. Wrc Gen I bought on rebate for 30$ and I still feel ripped off. Just setting up the ffb takes hours and still doesn't feel anywhere close to good. The sounds are horrendous and take you right out of the amazing graphics. RBR is just incredible, but the fan base is nuts 😆 don't ever say a bad thing about RBR or your in for a 10 year-long harassment campaign. What the community did with RBR is nothing short of exceptional, but I still find myself going back to DR2 hours on end.
Thanks for all of the additional information, especially the warning about bad-mouthing RBR. :) I'll be very careful... and completely agree that what the community has done with it is pretty incredible.
It did cross my mind to talk about leagues, but I've never personally tried them. When I looked, I think there were literally tens of thousands of leagues, and most of them had less than five people or so. I did see the large ones with thousands of users, but assumed joining them would be almost the same as the standard time-based challenges. I'll take another look. Thanks again!
@General Bitters yeah most active leagues with a reasonable number of players are more from discord channels. I'm in a few leagues, all with 20 to 60 players you find those with discord. You can take a look at a good one I'm in TRC the racing club they do xbox and pc in the DR2 stuff we are 55 active.
@General Bitters on racenet its called TRC racenet send an invite. We are on week 2 of the championship
i got this game last year on sale just $3 and it worth my money. i was enjoying RX gameplay so far it give me more progresion than other modes. well its suck that i cant instal livery mod in DLC cars due to encription that the modder cant unlock it without breaking the game
I think beamng or modded rbr being more real than dr 2.0 is mass hallucination, when enought of people says so we must agree they are more real or else we don't know anything. I drive to tree at modded rbr when i drive cautious, which doesnt happen in real car or in dr 2. :D
Mindest and focis are things which i cant any tutorials from professionals which is saddening because i know how powerful they are. Just drive stage 10 times, focus each time on different things, think differently, and each time variation at lap times differs huge, better or worse. When you combine best lap time focuses to their mindests yoi get lap record.
For learning car setups, i just started changing settings. As at learning anything else, learn one thing at time, amd adjust just one knob, until you are familiar with that slider. It may take days or months to master but when you feel comfort you can learn next slider.
I guess that is what it will take to learn about settings. When I consider all of it at once, it's overwhelming, but making one adjustment at a time to get familiar with what happens is good advice. Thank you!
@@GeneralBitters DO NOT listen to that advice!! That is the stupidest and most moronic way I’ve ever heard to figure out how to setup a race car. Because I actually do know exactly how to do this and have been doing it for many years, I can guarantee that if you spent that time learning how to setup a vehicle the NORMAL way we learn everything, as in, from a tutor, duh!! then you’d be SO FAR ahead of where you’d get to by literally just fiddling with the knobs, not having any clues whatsoever the change is supposed to do and only determining this by what you can feel.
Absolutely that is the most stupid method to learn setup I’ve ever come across! Whatever you do, DO NOT follow the advice given. Obviously I’m just giving advice, when I’ve said not to follow someone else’s advice, but think about it logically, for even 1 second. Is that how ppl usually learn something totally foreign and unknown? By just twisting knobs and seeing what they do or by asking someone or getting a book and actually getting some EDUCATION? I’ll let you decide…
Nice video good work! For me personally Richard Burns Rally is the best step learning curve but rewarding when you make it. EA WRC 23 is good and I will use it for fun and drive the next gen cars .
for me the choice was mainly for one reason as i saw how to drive an audi quatro in dirt rally how demanding it is and how this car works :) and how later i saw how they screwed it up in WRC. I like richards for the multitude of routes but unfortunately sometimes they break something in the update. Now, for example, I don't know why fanatec csl dd doesn't want to work in this game and I don't know how to fix it
I don't know... I played DIrt Rally 1 to death at this point, but I'm still not sure if I should try DR 2.0 because it still looks floaty and stiff, looks like the car is almost completely disconnected from the track. Anyone else felt the same way? but then tried DR 2.0 and felt better than DR 1?
I only play this game atleast 2 hours a day but man I love the feeling of getting behind the wheel of a car that runs 180-200km/h on rocky terrains with those whooshing sounds passing trees (also kissing them from time to time)❤❤
U forgot VR support for this it's even more fun with that...
You're right. I thought about mentioning it, but knew it would add a whole new level to the discussion. My PC is not quite powerful enough to have high resolution and high frame rate, so I tend to use a monitor most of the time. Maybe after my next GPU upgrade...
My taste review of this video is sweet, really good video and I agree with the points you make! Keep it up!! 🔥
LOL! I really appreciate the positive review. Thanks for watching!
Definitely should have own category for keyboard drivers called girly men. They are messing up the scoreboards.
Agree all. However, there is one major point missing. DR2's support for Force Feedback wheels is lackluster. The input delay is the worst I have ever seen in any driving game, by a lot. I feel disconnected from the car even with one of the best DDs on the market. This issue significantly puts me off. If you are a super serious racer I would suggest playing RBR instead.
I started my sim racing hobby from DR2 and was one of the guys in the top 300s of daily races. Once I upgraded my rig and started playing ACC/AC I suddenly started feeling the delays in DR2 and began finding myself not willing to return to it, even though I'm good at it and can feel a sense of accomplishment when ranking high up on the leaderboard.
Another pretty big issue is pace notes. Being really fast brings out the worst of the DR2 pace notes. It's inconsistent and sometimes plain wrong. It's also at times way too late even with the eariest setting.
Thanks for the information about force feedback. I recently tried RBR after hearing so many good things about it. The aesthetics are understandably a weakness in my view (it's nearly 20 years old), but the steering does feel more like a real car. I want to spend more time in the game before forming a final conclusion, but so far I agree with your points. I'll compare with ACC/AC also to see if I notice the delay in DR2.
Regarding the pace notes, it seems to be a common complaint. If they don't allow us to correct them ourselves, in future titles Codemasters should at least include corrections along with other game updates.
nice first video man👍
Thank you! Glad you liked it.
bro that recent super gt monaco monthly was so fekin fun. i even took top 100 on the leaderboard
not bad for an AI generated video ! hwo do yo maek them ?
Price is sweet because I play on Game Pass.
Haha! I should have mentioned that. Yes, it doesn't get much sweeter than that.
great review
Thank you very much!
Interesting material. Good luck with your channel :)
Thank you very much! I appreciate it.
I can't preorder dirt 3.0. ea not seeing business here:(
So as of right now this is the best rally game to buy overall?
Did you intentionally skipped who RX mode?
Very interesting review format. Keep at it and you'll be going places!
Thank you! I really appreciate the positive feedback.
I like your idea about crew staff able to suggest tuning adjustments!
Thank you!
Dirt Rally is more realistic than Dirt Rally 2.0
I got it on sale for 5 euros, did I get a steal?
Very well done video.
Thank you very much for watching!
May I ask what screen resolution you are using to get the widescreen black bars? This viable alternative to triple screens never even occurred to me. Although I render in 1440p and Nvidia NIS upscales to 4k so I'm not certain how that would work.
It looks like ultrawide (21:9) or super ultrawide (32:9) presumably on a (super)ultrawide display. Definitely an alternative to triple screens, though it depends on what is viable to you. Also consider VR
id say its captured of from 49" UW
It is the 49" Samsung Odyssey G9. I built a sim rig last year and decided to go with this instead of triple screens, and I have zero regrets!
It is indeed 32:9 and a 1000R curve. I also have an HP Reverb G2, which is great once in a while, but I tend to stick with the screen most of the time.
Do wrc generations
I'm working on something else at the moment, but I'll give WRC Generations a shot after that. Thanks!
DR2.0 is amazing , BUT DR1.0 had way better Graphics...
I haven't played DR 1.0, but thanks for the suggestion. I'll check it out.
@@GeneralBitters you can't buy it anymore, likely due to licensing issues. If you have a console then you can get a physical copy though
They're like 2 dollars on G2A however so pretty easy to get
If this game had FFB when on tarmac, it would’ve been actual perfection for me!
Its now $9.99 so its def sweet hahaha
Agree! waiting for wrc3
Very good review!
Thank you very much!
Great video!
Must say that tuning your car might help in some stages, But i can say that you dont need it, i have records and some top 5´s and that are stock setup and entry lvl stering wheel .
Super impressive you can get such great results, and it is reassuring to know you use the stock setup. Respect! Thanks for watching.
@@GeneralBitters Not sure how much faith I’d put in what Mr potato head says, I can almost guarantee there’s very few ppl getting anywhere close to record times, especially on the stock, doughy setups, which aren’t pointy and quick steering, when using entry level equipment. Seriously, perhaps in some older on-road games, perhaps, but in a modern, off-road rally title, how could anyone get record times with the slow steering stock setups without being able to feel very much at all, due to entry level gear? Maybe he’s one of the fastest sim racers in the world, but for just about everyone else who’s actually honest about what settings and gear they use, ain’t no one gonna get results like he does on gear like that.
Sorry, But Dirt Rally feels nothing like the real thing, Fun Arcade game
Agreed. DR2 tarmac physics is a sad joke. Gravel and snow are better but not even close to Rallysimfans RBR
I've heard so much about Rallysimfans RBR that I downloaded it the other day. The physics are impressive, but I need to spend more time with it to form an overall opinion.
Every sim/game is diffirent. You need to get used to every of it. In DR2 or PC2 - a bit longer. Still, it's pretty realistic.
I don't buy games anymore from publishers who do not respect long term well paying pc gamers and customers. Sorry Koch Media / Plaion (they published the disc version).
"The most realistic rally physics you can get". Someone here hasn't played RBR with NGP 7.
WRC 7-10 (simulator)
Dirt Rally 2015 ("simulator" )
Dirt Rally 2.0 (SimCade)
but all are a good games
Nice Video bro 👍
Thank you! I'm starting to think I need to check out Dirt Rally 2015.