The innovative Flashback mechanism, which gives drivers a second chance to avoid a crash, lifted directly from Racedriver: GRID is included. Raid is extreme Rally, with huge point-to-point courses, littered with rocks, trenches and trees.ĭiRT 2 has powerful vehicle customisation features including gear ratios, suspension setting and aerodynamics, but also the fluffier stuff like dashboard mascots and sticker packs.
Land Rush brings a host of vehicles together for thrilling multi-class racing on short circuits full of jumps and drop-offs. Rally Cross is taken straight from DiRT and features dramatic wheel-to-wheel circuit racing on tight courses in London, England and LA. Apart from the classic stage-based Rally style race, there's Trail Blazer which sees you blasting along cliff edges and mountain tracks in long high-speed races in China, Morocco and Utah, USA. DiRT delivered a thrilling melange of off road racing gameplay styles, but many thought the handling had lost something.Ĭolin McRae DiRT 2 has addressed those problems, and delvers a mix of traditional Rally style racing with a selection of other off-road gameplay styles.
Codemasters saw the opportunity to branch this offshoot from the Colin McRae's Rally series when it became clear that racing fans had a broader range of off-road racing tastes than just the arcade-sim World Rally Championship style of the older series. Editions for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system, Wii™, Nintendo DS™ and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system are in stores now.As we moved from the last generation of consoles to the current one, Colin McRae Rally became Colin McRae DiRT. In order for technology enthusiasts to test the performance of their equipment against these cutting edge features, the Colin McRae: DiRT 2 demo comes complete with a benchmarking mode.Ĭolin McRae: DiRT 2 Games for Windows LIVE edition supporting DirectX 11 technology releases on December 3rd through EPAC territories with a December 4th street date in the UK. Colin McRae: DiRT 2 delivers the definitive off-road experience for PC Gamers and its launch heralds a new generation of games powered by the superior DirectX 11 technologies. In the second event, gamers compete in a ‘Landrush’ race at the spectacular Ensenada Port circuit set in Baja California, where players go wheel-to-wheel in an 8-vehicle riotous race over lethal bumps and killer jumps in the heavy duty West Coast Choppers Stuka TT.įollowing the critical and commercial success of the console editions of Colin McRae: DiRT 2, Codemasters Studios has integrated the wealth of new performance enhancing features available in DirectX 11 for the Games for Windows Live edition. In the ‘Trailblazer’ event, players take on the ultimate test of rally car against the challenging Moroccan terrain on a point-to-point track filled with flat-out straights and hair-raising hairpins in the Mitsubishi Eclipse GT.
It is the first game in the series since McRae's death in 2007 and the last to. The playable demo enables gamers to compete in two of Colin McRae: DiRT 2’s exhilarating events. Colin McRae: Dirt 2 (stylised as Colin McRae: DiRT 2) is a simcade racing video game developed and published by Codemasters in 2009, first for the Nintendo DS, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Wii and Xbox 360, and then later for PC platforms ( Windows, OS X ).
A full list of mirrors, plus gameplay and tech videos, is now available at The full game releases on December 3rd through EPAC territories with a December 4th street date in the UK.
Codemasters® today announced that the playable demo of the DirectX 11-powered Games for Windows LIVE edition of Colin McRae: DiRT 2 has gone live and is available for PC gamers everywhere to download and play. Playable demo of critically acclaimed racer gives PC gamers an adrenaline shot of mud-splattered thrills as the game powerslides into stores this week. It released on December 3 in Europe, December 4 in the UK and December 8 in the US.ĬOLIN McRAE™: DiRT® 2 GAMES FOR WINDOWS LIVE EDITION DEMO OUT NOW, AS GAME SHIPS TO STORES THIS WEEK DirectX 11 boffins take note: the game supports it. The vast improvements from previous games ensure better gameplay experience and intense competition in solo or multiplayer races. Get a full list of mirrors, plus gameplay and tech videos, on the game's official site.