Every off-road racing fan who also finds time to play rallying games found out that DiRT 4 was released just before the weekend this Friday (09), mixing previous DiRT games into different modes of play.
Compared to DiRT Rally, the 4th
is more complete in terms of options available, making easily
noticeable that DiRT Rally was more like an high class experimentation lab for
Paul Coleman and his companions at Codemasters. Career was
improved by an outstanding amount while Freeplay and online Event
modes remained untouched, with the addition of an Academy mode and a
Joyride mode with Free Roam and Challenges bundled, thanks to a
partnership with the DirtFish driving school, bringing the
USA-based facility to be used to the player's liking.
The biggest new feature in DiRT 4 is
for the rally events, as the Your Stage option creates new routes by
adjusting length and complexity of the track, and at the push of a
button a new stage is done, with a ridiculously broad amount of
combinations to be created around the five locations available:
Värmland (Sweden), Powys (Wales) and the newcomers Tarragona
(Spain), Fitzroy (Australia) and Michigan (USA), with surfaces
varying into asphalt, gravel and ice and snow. Rallycross features
Lydden Hill, Höljes and Hell with Montalegre and Lohéac as the new
ones in the lineup, and the returning Landrush mode has circuits in
Baja, Nevada and California.
About the cars, some cars were lost in
the transition from DiRT Rally, such as the Hillclimb and the 2010s
generation of World Rally cars, while new ones were added to existing
classes like the RX Super 1600 and the World RX Supercars, and
entirely new classes were brought in, like the R2 and R5 for
rallying, bases of the WRC2, WRC3 and JWRC championships, and Group B
rallycross cars, a long time request from the fans as the rally
monsters of the 80s became the rallycross monsters of the early 90s,
specially in Great Britain. Also in the list of newcomers are the
Trophy Trucks and Trophy Buggies , being known because of the LUCAS
Oil Off-Road Racing Series, and the Supercar Lites and Crosskarts,
which are part of the rallycross ladder.
About the gameplay itself, car and
track models don't have much changes although improvements in
illumination give a nicer and more realistic touch to the scenes.
Physics-wise, the modern cars remain as good as in DiRT Rally, and
while appraisal should should be given to the asphalt and snow
physics, the gravel seems to have much grip than expected. The AI
poses quite a challenge at higher levels even if you tune your setup
well, so polishing your skills is key for victory.
Pre-orders of DiRT 4 will give you nice
things to add to the game like a Founder Icon in the leaderboards,
some high quality staff for your career mode (including a world class
co-driver) and the Hyundai i20 R5, one of the most recent
additions to the WRC2 field, including access to a special
leaderboard event during between June 9th and 11th.
DiRT 4 is available for PC, Playstation
4 and Xbox One. Here is our first video with the Opel Adam R2.
PHOTOS: DiRT 4 in-game screenshots
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