COLIN MCRAE DIRT 2 XBOX 360 DRIVER
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There’s always something genuinely interesting to look at, and you never once feel like you’re waiting. DiRT 2’s entire interface is presented in a way that is so completely organic and unobtrusive with its post-it notes and Polaroids that it never feels like a menu or a loading screen. Perhaps for contrast, the UI of the first game (still a gorgeous menu system in its own right), is displayed on a laptop sitting on your desk. Other games have done it this way before, but never quite so effectively, and I’ve sure as hell never seen anything like it in a racing title. Why did I just spend three paragraphs talking about the UI? Because it’s brilliant. Game options are in a binder on another table, where you can adjust various settings or change your profile. Your currently selected ride is parked nearby, and you can even go over and take a first-person walk around it for a closer look. Walk outside and you’ll see, amid the event festivities, a table with photos of all your owned and purchasable vehicles spread out on it.

COLIN MCRAE DIRT 2 XBOX 360 TV

Another similar binder on your breakfast table lets you view unlocked extras and shop DLC, and the TV mounted to your wall shows instructional videos to explain the rules of different race types. It’s got little hand-written notes scrawled onto its pages, showing anything from your completion percentage to how many times you’ve crashed. (I like hologram stickers, maybe that’s just me.) Special event races are shown as badges on lanyards, laid out on top of the map, and there are three X-Games events that appear as posters on the wall, with a medal hanging tacked up after you complete them.Īmong your personal effects on the couch is a binder where you can check your stats and achievements. Place first in one of them, and the sticker changes to a neato hologram version as a way to “check it off the list.” Since you have some control over the camera even here, you can zoom or tilt your view and watch the colors change. Unlocking new events puts new stickers in the blank spaces on the map. Events are displayed via a world map spread out on your desk, with stickers to indicate each one individually. This carries over into absolutely everything you’ll be looking at. Instead of staring at a loading screen, I’m reading about how many people are currently racing in Morocco on Xbox Live, or how my friend and former Dtoid editor, David Houghton, has just bought a new Subaru in the game. The front cover of the top one is dynamic, and its headlines change every time you start a new game. Press start and your view shifts downward to a stack of rally magazines on a small table. The start screen is a set of event badges, gently swaying from lanyards hung on the wall. The UI is presented as if you were camped out in your own touring trailer at an event, viewing everything from a controllable first-person perspective. Instead of boxes, lists and the kind of boring UI elements we’re all used to, DiRT 2 has cleverly - and very effectively - hidden everything in the real-world objects that make up your surroundings. After a look around your personal trailer and a brief rundown of what’s what, the game opens with Block asking you to fill out a few forms, “for insurance purposes.” Already, you can see how anything resembling an interface or menu has been completely blended into the experience of being a driver, and this is truly one of the most impressive aspects of the game.

COLIN MCRAE DIRT 2 XBOX 360 DRIVER

You play as a rookie driver who’s just arrived on the scene, trying to make a name for yourself in the world of off-road racing. Release Date: Septem(NA) / Septem(UK) / December, 2009 (PC ver.)įor the duration of DiRT 2, rally superstar Ken Block will be your guide and mentor.

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How much of that is good? Hit the jump to find out in our full review.Ĭolin McRae DiRT 2 (Xbox 360, PS3, PC, Wii, DS, PSP)

Be prepared for a long post, because I’ve got a lot to say about it. It’s been quite a few years since I’ve had this much fun with a racing game, and the way it’s all presented outshines just about any car porn title that’s come before it. Not to spoil what comes after the break, but yes. I found the first game to be “okay,” and after playing the demo for this second installment, it seemed we had a great racing title on the way that would outperform its predecessor and honor the memory of the man whose name graced its cover. When Codemasters announced DiRT 2, I was very happy to see that it still had Colin McRae’s name on it.

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