Dirt 3 pc review8/10/2023 ![]() ![]() Watching a replay of my speedy little Ford Cosworth zipping through the Finnish wilderness in its beautifully rendered glory was cool and all but the techno-pop track that played in the background simply didn't fit. However, I didn't get the same sense of excitement, the rush I got when I played D2. The gameplay is fantastic of course, the cars handle wonderfully and the sense of speed is spot on. Dirt 3 ditched that for a much more simple menu that, while streamlined and stylish, is just kinda boring, unless rotating golden pyramids are your thing. The poorly kept RV that traveled around the world with you in Dirt 2 was such a charming idea for what was essentially the menu screen, which was always set in the middle of a huge crowd with music blaring and the scenery of the location you decided to race in looming in the background. The poorly kept RV that traveled around the world with you in This really is a great game but I just can't say I enjoy it as much as Dirt 2. This really is a great game but I just can't say I enjoy it as much as Dirt 2. Rally is a European dominated race, it's sad seeing it so Americanized. They also need to start focusing on real racing instead of smearing Ken Block and testosterone everywhere. Most of the rally stages are just variations of the same stage and the tracks can get very easy in places. Overall, the impression I get from this game is that they made it more rally oriented while cutting back on rally content, which makes it fall on its face a little bit. For a joke, I set all the tuning options to the silliest settings I could think of and the car was still perfectly drivable. I also wish they would bring back the car-tuning options of Dirt 1 as the options in Dirt 3 have little affect on how the car handles and drives. Not only does it have nothing to do with rally or off-road racing, it's absolutely tedious and frustrating. To be perfectly honest, this is actually worse than the X-games. Secondly, the X-games malarkey has been replaced by by Ken Block's Gymkhana stunt-driving rubbish. For starters, the majority of the rally stages barely last longer than a minute and a half and the tracks themselves are very wide and the only challenge comes from annoyingly placed obstacles such as logs or tractors. Unfortunately, these pros come with some cons. There is more rally stages now and the X-games stuff has been toned down. For the most part, these predictions were correct. I heard Dirt 3 was more rally oriented and had less X-game involvement. What turned me off from Dirt 2 was the testosterone-fuled X-games garbage which had swallowed the game and rally-racing was given a backseat. What turned me off from Dirt 2 I got into Dirt 2 and 3 beacuse I really liked the rally in Dirt 1 and was hoping these would improve on that. ![]() I got into Dirt 2 and 3 beacuse I really liked the rally in Dirt 1 and was hoping these would improve on that. ![]()
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