DiRT Rally 2.0 DiRT Rally 2.0 - VR Confirmed

Paul Jeffrey · Feb 8, 2019

After considerable encouragement from a vociferous community, Codemasters have finally confirmed VR support will be coming to DiRT Rally 2.0!

Yes, you heard it correctly - following a notable omission of Virtual Reality support in the most recent DiRT 4 rally game from Codemasters, and something of an intense campaign by a portion of the racing game community to make Codemasters understand just how sought after the inclusion of VR support really is for their next game, the English development studio have at long last confirmed that the upcoming DiRT 2.0 will indeed be in receipt of VR compatibility post release - hitting social media earlier today to confirm that a summer VR compatibility update will be made available for the PC version of the game!

Sadly for VR users this isn't all good news however. It appears that the Oculus Rift platform will be VR headset of choice for support within DiRT 2.0, with no mention of the impressive HTC Vive headset, or other compatible brands at this early stage. Now if this means just Oculus support, or if further headsets will be added later, remains open to debate.

Either way, it is wonderful to see how Codemasters have obviously been listening to their community in recent months, and once again hitting the stages in full VR is sure to be an incredibly impressive experience indeed..

I can't wait!

DiRT Rally 2.0 will release February 26th 2019.

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Fabio Aragão RD · Feb 9, 2019

#noSupportWMRnoBUY

69Harder · Feb 9, 2019

How much does this VR thingy cost ?
I heard some people get headaches from using it !!

David Brock · Feb 9, 2019

HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I read the first bit and immediately Pre ordered DIRT RALLY2 from Steam n the announcement of VR...... I have an Oculus Touch. From what little I've read here.... does that mean no VR for me because I bought from steam instead of Occulus!?!?!?!?!?.... I hate this $#it, only some games work on some platforms or with some hardware.... or....... add in whatever......

odiopower · Feb 9, 2019

Don’t preorder games guys...is the first rule, wait for the trusted review of your choice and than decide.

69Harder · Feb 9, 2019

odiopower said:
Don’t preorder games guys...is the first rule, wait for the trusted review of your choice and than decide.

You have 2 hours to decide !
Life's to short for waiting around !

odiopower · Feb 9, 2019

69Harder said:
You have 2 hours to decide !
Life's to short for waiting around !

You have two hours even if you buy the game a year from now (if the steam policy remain the same ofc)
I'll buy it on sale next xmas, from the oculus store or steam, we'll see how they decide to pan this out.

If you own the Oculus version of DR you can't play it outside the headset, or at least i wasn't able to do it i'll ended up buying DR twice due to that "problem", VR is a marvel but isn't my everyday cup of tea and for sure I can't use for more than 45min straight (even less in hot summer days with ac on too), so i got a Steam version too for the astonishing price of 2.99$ and play that on my trusted monitor.

RamjetX · Feb 9, 2019

Now.... they said VR would be available... likely from a Cash injection from Oculus.

How much are we willing to bet, Steam version won't have VR... Oculus store version will.... ???

Discuss.

R1Joel · Feb 9, 2019

scottiedawg66 said:
Not sure why VR is a divisive issue in the sim racing community...we all have the same interest and the bigger the community of users the better experience

People have to whinge and complain about something. I bet most who complained wouldn't have bought the game anyway.

ears · Feb 9, 2019

aklru said:
"Yay! Somebody paid us to develop your wanted feature, you just have to buy another HMD, inferior to the one you already have

Wow so you own a star vr?

Piotr Dul · Feb 9, 2019

69Harder said:
How much does this VR thingy cost ?
I heard some people get headaches from using it !!

A pre-owned Oculus Rift cost me 250GBP (boxed with two sensors and two touch controllers). I had very little dizziness when using it in the beggining which was gone after few days. Since then I'm very happy with it.

clemencaman · Feb 9, 2019

Great news

ears · Feb 9, 2019

Andrew_WOT said:
We should have been more specific with our request. No OpenVR, No Buy.

But the problem with OpenVR and SteamVR is there are not enough sales to justify investment.

This is only happening because Oculus are investing in it.

Eckhart von Glan · Feb 9, 2019

69Harder said:
How much does this VR thingy cost ?
I heard some people get headaches from using it !!

and you haven't heard of the vomitting, the disorientation and the refunds? really really find someone who owns it to try it out, it seems rash to invest in sth. where you have no clue how your nervous system will react to it. totally objective me, never owned one and not interested either.

Neils on Wheels · Feb 9, 2019

Sean Smith said:
Tin Foil Hats . Why would Oculus waist money on a single driving game when they have massive VR followed genres? Don't make sense. I heard Sean Cole and Billy Strange Love Suggesting this silly Conspiracy Theory, ?? I think in this case it is what it is. imho

Huh conspiracy?
Seems perfectly logical to me, why else would they only release on one vr platform? Oculus have a history of investing in developers. I would imagine the deal would be a timed exclusive but lets see.

Neils on Wheels · Feb 9, 2019

Eckhart von Glan said:
and you haven't heard of the vomitting, the disorientation and the refunds? really really find someone who owns it to try it out, it seems rash to invest in sth. where you have no clue how your nervous system will react to it. totally objective me, never owned one and not interested either.

But most people feel ill when they first use it. Most people get used to it after a few weeks so not sure trying a friends will help with that, although i think its a good idea to try it so you can see what the quality is like.

ears · Feb 9, 2019

Eckhart von Glan said:
and you haven't heard of the vomitting, the disorientation and the refunds? really really find someone who owns it to try it out, it seems rash to invest in sth. where you have no clue how your nervous system will react to it. totally objective me, never owned one and not interested either.

I never felt any kind of those symptoms from day 1. Maybe disorientation, but that's kind of what you want - to lose track of the real world, and only with the room tracking stuff where I'd take my headset off and immediately think 'oh wow I didn't realise I'd moved to the other end of the room'.

You won't get that with racing games because you're seated.

Much of the nausea was caused by early VR conversions that didn't have good implementation. Oculus have 'comfort' ratings on all of their titles that indicate how easy the title is on the old VR legs.

Steam appear not to care about quality so just allow any old cowboy to put any old rubbish up on their store.

eg01st · Feb 9, 2019

NO SINGLE 800x600 SCREEN, NO BUY

Gergo Panker · Feb 9, 2019

69Harder said:
How much does this VR thingy cost ?
I heard some people get headaches from using it !!

It's more like some people get headaches from people using it.

MarcG · Feb 9, 2019

̶N̶o̶ ̶ VR = ̶N̶o̶ Buy

Ben O'Bro · Feb 9, 2019

how about... 3D GLASSES ?!
how is this so difficult to make in recent games?
all recent TV do that, cinema and all, but game industry have forgotten all about it...
yet it's much more simple to develop than VR

why whyyyyyyyyyy