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Colin McRae: Dirt 2
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Colin McRae: Dirt 2

by Codemasters Limited
 Ages 12 and Over
3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (49 customer reviews)

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  • Platform:   Windows Vista / XP
  • PEGI Rating: Ages 12 and Over
  • Media: DVD-ROM
  • Item Quantity: 1

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  • ASIN: B002DUCNIW
  • Item Weight: 27 g
  • Release Date: 4 Dec 2009
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (49 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 4,629 in PC & Video Games (See Top 100 in PC & Video Games)

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Platform: PC

Colin McRae: DiRT 2 will take players on a World Tour of adrenaline-fuelled extreme off-road events in stunning real-world locations. Events include exhilarating rally cross in the massive Los Angeles sports stadium's "Stadium King Shootout", edge-of-control canyon racing of Utah's "Creek Trailblazer" event, the "Rawang Rally Run" along treacherous Malaysian rainforest tracks and the "Battersea Battle", where night races are staged at the iconic London power station. Building on the technical and gameplay benchmark of Colin McRae: DiRT and borrowing from snowboarding and skateboarding lifestyle and culture, Colin McRae: DiRT 2 will also add full online multiplayer functions to extend the gaming experience and build a thriving community.


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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Fantastic Game 21 Dec 2009
Platform for Display:PC
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My girlfriend bought me this game as an early christmas present, and I have to say that I am extremely pleased with it.

The game runs very well even on my fairly mediocre system, even at full settings in DX9. The game is very processor intensive, so bear that in mind.

The only niggle I have with the game is that it uses the ever interminably irritating Games for Windows LIVE, as as such you need an active internet connection to save your game and play, even single player. While this allows PC gamers access to features like achievements and a proven multiplayer service, it can be annoying for people who just want to play offline, or while on the move.

I enjoy the game immensely, and other than the fights with Windows LIVE, I have no complaints and would recommend this to any racing game fan, especially those who enjoy rally and other dirty race sports.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Platform for Display:PC
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Definately worth 5 stars from me, excellently put together, everything oozes fun and excitement, HOWEVER, as others have already stated, Codemasters seem to have appealed to 10 year old American kids, with their annoying commentators shouting out "dude", "cool" and "awesome" every 30 seconds, so, what about the rest of the world?? You're an English company, Colin Steele McRae was Scottish, what about dumbing down all these Americanisms for the rest of the world just a tad in your next releases, PLEASE, hence my typically English phrase in my game title, especially, as one of the circuits is Battersea Power Station.....
Now, as an over 40 year old, yes, we do play computer games, ya know. I'd like to ask a couple of questions and would appreciate any comments/answers please in the appropriate area. I purchased the PC CD, there was no exit button in the game when it was released, and the only game patches I've found on the web are for the downloaded versions through Steam and Codemasters. Is there a patch available for us PC DVD users please, does anybody know?? I also noted that you need to open an account on Games for Windows Live, which is fine, but, when you went on-line this stated it is for XBox customers, what about those of us who've obtained this PC version, do we still need to register this game, as I haven't bothered to do that yet, until I had an answer to my question.
Anyway, to the game itself, this is yet another winner from Codemaster's stable, and as long as you have modern and higher recommended specs on your computers, this is a true epic. Stunning, is the only word to describe the texturing, scenery, graphics and car designs. With most driving games these days, you need to improve your driving rating to unlock more tracks and better performance cars as you strive for the ultimate challenges. This is a great game for either, single players, or, multi players utilising the internet connection, something, I'm personally not bothered with, but, it's a modern developers ploy to keep all their customers happy, and the way games will be played in the future, no doubt.
I use the keyboard buttons to control my vehicles, which after lots of practice on other driving simulators has now become second nature and doesn't detract from playing the game properly at all. I got a podium finish yesterday obtaining a 3rd place, so, it can be done with this arcaic function. I presume those of you with wheels and gamepads are equally as happy and the frame rates are superb if you've uopgraded recently. I needed to have lots of goes on every circuit, as driving along the wow factor hits you constantly with the scenery, trees, spectators and local buildings in each area. If you watch the various gameplay videos around, you'll see what I mean. Rally driving in Croatia was a fabulous addition to start off with and set the standard to other areas around the world, including, Los Angeles, Malaysia, Japan, Morocco and London. Each stage is different in appeal and as to the different cars you can drive, personal options can be configured quite easily with a couple of clicks. You can also get rid of the annoying commentator as you don't need to hear him/her every time to click through the motions, just follow the green highlighted words and you can get into the races pretty quickly in complete silence, it's absolute bliss.... You have different choices of terrain, from dirt racing to rallying and street circuits and the fun never really ends, the ground textures are quite superb with huge puddles and mud everywhere, the eye candy has certainly added to the driving experience, hopefully the developers will carry this on, now, if only I could find an exit button, so, that I can eat my tea.....

UPDATE : I have read that using ALT + F4 ends whatever session you're in and closes the game, however, I've found that sometimes when you do this your game isn't saved in the Games for Windows LIVE system, so, you do this at your own risk of losing all your points and step ups to the next section, I doubt if I'll purchase another one of these Games for Windows LIVE anymore, you cannor get on-line half the time and when you do you have to download and install an update, then reboot, then when you go back online again, it still says, you have an update to download, this is damned ridiculous.....
I'm going to knock a point off my original review for this, as it means I'd have to stay in the game for several hours offline to achieve getting to the other routes to play them, as it doesn't save where you are when offline, this isn't fun at all, very frustrating......
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Platform for Display:PC
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First thing with the game you note is that you need to set-up windows-live account and log on to it - or you can't save your game progress. At the first log-on the game loaded a bunch of updates - alltogether with all failed logins and hassle the first start took good two hours...

After the initial logins, the game starts and logs on to the live account in few minutes - you just need to keep pressing enter at approximately 10 occasions (sounds stupid - and trust me, it also feels and is stupid).

The interface choosing the game options is graphically quite nice and intuitive - and seems to work well. What is _extremely_ annoying are the forced video clips and explanations - which cannot be skipped in any manner.

A bit back to windows live - unless one is playing multi-player game, I really fail to see point why should one log-on to the system every time starting the game. It is absolutely against my privacy consciousness that some third party (microsoft with codemasters) keep track on when I play, what I play, how I succeed (who I play with, in case of multiplay)... And - it's impossible to play the game off-line (so that the progress would be saved). The live-thing probably helps fighting illegal copying, but for us, who purchase legal copies, the burden is too high. Period.

Then to playing experience: absolutely fabulous. A lot of different tracks - nice graphics - and quite good touch in driving.

How the races develop & which car can be selected for which race is a bit of a mystery still - and compared to old Colin MacRae rally the total competition is not as clear - and there is no 'rally season', if you like.

Summary:
* Game (playing experience) = fabulous
* Game loading (& mandatory Windows Live) = sucks
* Game interface = ~ok, except the mandatory videos
* Game tracks & development = quite nice, but not very intuitive
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
Brilliant racing game!
This game is brilliant!
New laptop.
Wanted to re-live Colin McRae Rally (the original) on the Playstation.
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Published 3 months ago by C. Starkie
Runs really well
I've read pretty much all the reviews on here regarding this game before buying. Some people seem to have real issues with Windows Live for Games. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Thomas A. Maxwell
Dirt 2 Great Game
In my opinion better than Dirt 1 and Dirt 3,Dirt 1 was more playable on the controls, Dirt 3 Better Graphics but Dirt 2 had the best of both.
Published 7 months ago by The Walrus
Computer never been the same since...
Installing this game on our children's computer has caused so much grief. We now have something constantly trying to access and making a 'chord' sound every time it does. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Mrs. S. Burman
The best rally game!!!
It is the game with the best racing graphics out there along with grid and f1 2010....
It's really fun and exciting!!!I recommend it!!!
Published 12 months ago by skylineaxilleas
A Must for all driving fans
Quite simply put Dirt 2 is a work of gaming art, Stunning Graphics and Great game play make this a must for all driving buffs. Read more
Published 13 months ago by MickyB
Difficult go get started
I was excited to get this game as it was well reviewed. I have a new Win7 computer with AMD Athlon II 620 quad core Processor, and ATI Radeon HD 4200 graphics, and thought it would... Read more
Published 13 months ago by Mr. Boyan Love
Ottima grafica ma...
Ottimo grafica del gioco,come anche in quelli degli anni passati,ma l'unica nota negativa è che per salvare il gioco bisogna essere collegati online. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Pasquale
Good for the price
I have played a few racing games but don't consider myself anything like an expert. This one does take a bit of time to get to the action every time you start playing but I find... Read more
Published 14 months ago by Mr. P. Wright
Terrible menu and Windows Live killed this game for me
I wanted a racing game to have some fun with and this looked good. After installing I had to jump though so many frustrating hoops with Windows Live and the game that I almost gave... Read more
Published 14 months ago by John Baldock
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