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DIRT Showdown Demo: First Impressions
A first impression run-through of the new Codemasters demo for DIRT Showdown. I’ll take you from boot to exit, including the gameplay itself.
DiRT Showdown’s range of racing events challenge players to negotiate jumps, pinch-points, tyre-walls, barrels, and more in frenzied races where no holds are barred.
Racing events include Domination, where players must set the fastest time through sectors on the track, Eliminator, where last place drops out of the race on a time out, and Race Off in which players must do whatever it takes to get over the line first. The full game is coming this May for the Xbox 360, PS3, and PC and can be pre-ordered already at a retailer near you.
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They focused less on rally, which is a shame I think. Dirt used to be a good (even though amazingly arcadish) rally game, but i reckon this is not going to be the case. It might be a lot of fun however, who knows! (But I am not really the gymkhana guy)
I agree with what you say, however they have already said that this is not the way of the future for DiRT, nor is it DiRT 4 – that will be a different game that is more similar to 1, 2 and 3. I can’t remember where I heard this, but I’m pretty sure it was in a video interview – maybe with InsideSimRacing? I can’t remember…
I think it was brave of Codemasters the call this game one of the DiRT series, but I feel it will do well. It’s about time there was a game based on fun, and I think Showdown does this rather well. The demo too there’s so much you can do to others!
Why do they have to use “dirt” on it??? Sorry guys, but this is not what comes to my mind whren i hear dirt. It looks like a fun game, but where did the art of driving fast cars go? I guess this game will be fun for a couple of hours, but there is no chance to spend 2 or 3 hours just to make the perfect run, to the one curve at the perfect time in the perfect line. I’m sorry but this game just focus in the destruction but not in the skills of driving (arcade or sim, you need skills)
I don’t remember which one, because there are hundreds, but this one, and dirt 3 looks to me like a need for speed games, that had races like this, maybe the difference is that you could tune a bit the car =)
I prefered the colin mcrae series, colin mcrae dirt was awsome in my opnion…
A shame to me they are going off the rally series, maybe they will get new fans with this?