Dirt 3 : worth getting?

[Mehta23]

So I've just seen that dirt 3 is on sale on steam til 4pm tomorrow. Worth getting? I was gonna get NFS shift 2, but I reckon they're not really similar so I could possible play both...

But is Dirt 3 worth getting? Even over shift 2?

[jim]

Out of interest, have you played the predecessors, or GRID for that matter?

[Mehta23]

No.

I have played Gran Turismo on PS2,
a Colin Mcrae rally game and nfs carbon. also forza 3 on a xbox. That's about it.

[jim]

Ah, fair enough. I've played GRID and Dirt 2, but not Dirt 3. It's a very odd genre, different to any other racing game I've played.

It's a decent racer, although obviously it's heavy on the rallying side of things compared to normal track-racing. Thing is, it's pretty arcade-esque, the drivers are licensed and tend to shout mate-y things at you during the races, for no real purpose. The big gripe I have is that there are a whole bucket of difficulty modes, and I tended to find the easy ones hilariously easy, and the difficult ones impossible, and never really found a happy medium where it was a decent challenge, but not beyond my limits.

I liked Dirt 2, but I wouldn't pay £5 for Dirt 3.

[kalniel]

I got it on sale.. and regret it. The interface is terrible - you have to jump through layer after layer of unfolding pyramids to get at events, wait for loading.. and then the actual gameplay only lasts a few minutes and you're back in the menus again. Even Dirt 2 was better.

The gameplay itself is very arcadey - the rally bits are massively superior to the other types of driving, but you have to do the other stuff as well to unlock more rally events.

[Mehta23]

Would Dirt 2 or Shift 2 be a better buy then?

I don't really mind a mixture of events, they didn't seem that bad to me...

[kalniel]

Shift 2 is ace, especially if you like grand turismo/forza style games.

[Mehta23]

Yep.

So would it be a good idea to get Shift 2 and one of the Dirts? Dirt 3 is £5 on Steam right now, Dirt 2 DVD is £5.50 on ebay. There's a Dirt 3 DVD on ebay too, but it's on auction.

edit: just saw that grid 2 is coming soon, so I don't know if it's better to get a Dirt game and then GRID 2?

[kalniel]

No, just get Shift 2 and wait for the reviews of Grid 2.

[jim]

You can download a demo of Dirt 2 on Steam apparently, maybe try that?

[Mehta23]

Played the demo for about 5 minutes cos it's too hard on a keyboard. Have to say, the graphics look superb, and I love the menu! Considering buying it off ebay, or waiting for the summer sale

Having watched a video for Grid, I'm almost definitely gonna get GRID 2.

Edit : not sure if WRC3 is worth getting? It's not on steam, but I might be able to get a dvd - although it'll be £15-25...

[Mehta23]

Ok. Im now thinking Dirt 2 or WRC3 now. And then GRID when it comes.

Although I heard Shift 2 is more like Gran Turismo (which I want), and GRID is more arcade-y?

[kalniel]

Ok. Im now thinking Dirt 2 or WRC3 now. And then GRID when it comes.

Although I heard Shift 2 is more like Gran Turismo (which I want), and GRID is more arcade-y?

Yes, so why don't you get Shift 2 and then wait for the reviews of Grid?

*taps microphone* is this thing on?

[Mehta23]

Ahah, I understand where you're coming from. But then, none of those games will include good rallying, will they?

[kalniel]

Ahah, I understand where you're coming from. But then, none of those games will include good rallying, will they?

There aren't really any good rallying games on the PC these days sadly

[jim]

GRID is like Dirt on tarmac.

I always thought they should've called Dirt GRIT.