An editorial that discusses Codemasters decision to take the Colin McRae series even further away from its roots to satisfy the North American market in the upcoming sequel DiRT 2.
"We still can't believe you got away with shipping the first DiRT without Sweden or Finland. How do you have a rally game without snow? Or Finland, the spiritual home of rallying that has produced more successful drivers than any other country?"
What were the genre’s greatest entries ever?
A whole host of Codemasters games are on sale until the 26th of this month on Steam. DiRT Rally is on sale with a generous 33% off mark up, which makes it a bargain! You can also get your hands on DiRT 3 Complete Edition at 50% off, DiRT Showdown at 80% off and even the original Colin McRae Rally at 80% off if you fancy going “old skool”.
Other sale items include the F1 series, Grid series, Overlord and Operation Flashpoint, along with a few other titles. If you have missed the opportunity to play any of these games in the past then now might be the time to give them a go.
A breakdown of the best PS3 racing games according to Rantgaming.com. Games are rated based on replay value, graphics, gameplay, and controls
I'm not impressed with much in terms of racing this gen. Graphics have been really raised racently, and it wasn't by the "two kings" (GT and Forza) in racing. Shift 2 and the upcoming Project Cars are now DOMINATING racing games graphically, GT5 and Forza 4/H do not even compare. But physics and gameplay-wise, most everything's been "off" aside from a select few. My short list would be.
#1 GT5. It's still rocking everybody in terms of gameplay and variety. It's got every kind of 4 wheeled racing almost from Karts to F1 and everything in between. GT needs to step it up graphically now though. Forza is the LEAST of their worries there.
#2 Motorstorm Pacific Rift. Just the #1 most fun and intense arcade/off-road racer ever made or ever will be made. SOOOOOO much variety compared to the bare bones (but great) first game, and a way better racing game than the 3rd game which was more like Split-Second than MotorStorm in THIS Motorstorm Fan's opinion.
#3 F1 Championship Edition. This PS3 exclusive launch game is imho still the best F1 game this gen in terms of the racing.
#4 FerrariChallenge/SuperCar Challenge. Alot of people havn't heard about these, they got VERY little attention. They sucked because not alot of cars, but it's a fact that System 3 put into these PS3 exclusives (they were on Wii too, but they weren't as advanced) the most advanced, realistic physics to ever be in a console racer. The same physics they put into their PC sim. Good graphics for the time too. Very under-rated.
#5 Shift 2. This is only here because I think graphically, it's a sneak peek at the next level in racing sim graphics. Project Cars is improving on that. But Shift 2 has HORRIBLE physics and I disliked playing it. If Project Cars can get the physics more in line than Shift 2, and have enough of a garage to have the variety in the racing while keeping the online field fairly even like GT5 does, it will truly be the next level of racing sims, and something may actually pull me away from GT5, which nothing has based on gameplay.
Also: WipeOut HD- awesome game, awesome value, it's expansion makes it an even better value, top notch quality.
WTF indeed....
Is the concept of WRC not "extreme" enough? You know, driving cars at fast speeds on, sometimes, perilous tracks?
I think that's a pretty dangerous thing by default, why do they need to make it "CLN MC" rather than "Colin McRae"?
It is such a shame that you have to go to America: they never come to you. Their way or the highway. But shame on Codemasters for sucking co*k and bending over for them.
V8 Supercars 2 and Colin McRae 4 were the peaks - been downhill since then. They can fob off now.
Same here. If it was a rally game I would have bought this outright.
I loved the old Rally games (even V-Rally!). It is the one genre that is sorely missed this generation.
Code masters, you don't have my money on this one - sorry.
another example of dumbing down to please the simple
WTF?!!! indeed. Is this how us american have come to view Rally? If so, book my ticket out of the country. True Rally isnt about exxxtreeeem!!! Mountain Dew or some bullsh!t How can they say that WRC is boring?! My head hurts...
On a more positive note, the chicks in that video were smoking hot