Colin McRae: DIRT demo out now

Ciaran500

http://www.tekfront.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=162&mode=&order=0&thold=0

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mise

Can't wait for this one. Remember seeing some screens ages ago that looked amazing.

god's toy

Cooool, thanks for reminder!

Jambo

Cheers Ciaran500 hopefully it i'll be available to download 1st thing tomorrow morn !

brianon

Looking forward to this one. Anyone d/l it yet ?

Ciaran500

Its just up, 768mb

mik_da_man

Good stuff - that's 2nites enterainment sorted

dez_warlock

Is anyone having trouble downloading this? Mine seems to be stuck on 55% for the last 20 minutes.

The tax man

Yeah was about to ask the same thing. I'm stuck on 7%:(
Same on NTL and Eircom BB. Something on the M$ end.
Tried another download from the arcade and that went fine.

Scruff

Ciaran500 wrote:

Its just up, 768mb

i think i've only 3gb free space left on the hd, didnt think i'd need the 120gb hd but at the rate i'm downloading demos......

mik_da_man

The tax man wrote:

Yeah was about to ask the same thing. I'm stuck on 7%:(
Same on NTL and Eircom BB. Something on the M$ end.
Tried another download from the arcade and that went fine.

Ah Crap - I hope it's sorted by the time I get home

Paddy@CIRL

Downloaded it fine on EsatBT, graphics are great, damage is superb, handling is absolutely CRAP.

Jambo

Mince came down today fine in 2hrs but slowed down a good bit after 80% hence I only got to play for 10mins before I had to head to work.

So far it looks great but the cars movement did not seem as fluid as PGR3 or Forza ( Demo )

kensutz

Who needs DiRT when I'm playing Forza 2 the full game

The tax man

handling is absolutely CRAP.

HA HA thought that might be the case. Most of the Colin McRae rally games were poor when it came to car physics. Cars felt as if they were pivoting on a central point,if ya catch my dirft.

Who needs DiRT when I'm playing Forza 2 the full game

*shakes fist at Kensutz*

What's the full title like? As good as you hoped it would be??




......download now @ 16%:mad: :mad:

Kinetic^

The shouldn't have named this DIRT, they should've just called it SH1T!!!!!!!


Terrible game!!!:mad:

Scruff

is it terrible cause you're crap?

dez_warlock

Awh this download sucks cos i eventually got to 59% and now it's reset to 7%!!!! :mad:

JM MARCONI

Kenny 5 wrote:

The shouldn't have named this DIRT, they should've just called it SH1T!!!!!!!


Terrible game!!!:mad:

:eek: Your Wrong

mik_da_man

My download is going farrr... to slow :mad:

god's toy

Jambo wrote:

So far it looks great but the cars movement did not seem as fluid as PGR3 or Forza ( Demo )

I read somewhere that the game is locked at 30FPS, I think PGR3 or Forza run a lot more...

Downloading demo now, 2% Grr faster! FASTER!!

Mitch Connor

took 4 hours to get to 17%. SCREW IT.

CarefulNow

It took less than two hours to download for me. Its ok. I won't buy it though.

Iompair

Looks shiny, handles like a mcRae should. I'll probably pick it up. Hope they change the narrators voice though.

It was annoying after 5 mins in a demo, I'd probably go nuts if I had to listen to him all the time.

anto1208

Got to 13% then said it couldnt download any more , i restarted it got to 14~% after an hour so i went to bed

mik_da_man

Feck it anyway - Got to about 40% twice and then failed - looks like a lot of people are having this issue - over on Xbox forums.

even guys with 20 MB connections getting really slow downloads.

I can't see any reason for this as any other demo I downloaded - like forza - was pretty quick

Mik

brianon

took me hours and hours but eventually this morning the demo was there. will play after work

The tax man

Download went fine this morning. Start video looked sweet. Like the menu system and the way you can mess around with the angles of the pages etc.
Handling wasn't as bad as I thought it would be but still they could be alot better. Touching the brakes is like throwing an anchor out of the car.
Shame they didn't open up the reply option.
Voice over AFAIK is done by Travis Pastrana who used to ride motocross bikes and kicked ass in the X games.

Travis on a bike

Travis the rally driver. Damn that co-driver has a cool head.

Although if you search youtube (Travis Pastrana X Games Rally Race) you'll see him beating McRae.


Still feckin annoying voice in the game.:D

anto1208

I guess its too many people are trying to get it at once , ill wait try again over the wk

god's toy

Took 4 hours to download and yea it's good.
Downloading the PC demo now as I want to see what my 8800 can do for the FPS!

god's toy

If any of you wanted to know: PC VS Xbox 360, battle of the demo's

I put the Xbox 360 and the PC head to head (PC: 6600Core Duo 2 - 4GB DDR3 -8800 GFX-) as I really like this demo and as I plan on buying it. I just wanted to get the best.

The Xbox looked a little better at every part of every track, colors were richer/deeper almost and over all detail was better. The 360 was able to handle loads going on at once better than the PC and that surprised me a little and didn't slow down as much when the action was full on.
PC track was missing stuff too like people and even some of the stands. The PC did loaded the demo up a good 10 Seconds faster than the Xbox and yes you can push the res up if you wanted and adjust the color but over all it didn't make it any 'better looking'... What the PC really had going for it was more than 30FPS, faster loading times and extra punch in the rumble (using the same Xbox controller in both) but thats about it... No Xbox live to have fun in (not sure if this is suppose to be an 'Windows live' game or not)...

Ok so I know they are only demo's and do not represent the full game... but I know what version I'll be buying.

Julez

Wow, it knew I was from Ireland without even askin. I enjoyed it, I'll probably buy it... Yer mans voice is pretty annoying!

BigTommyBomb

What the 360 needs is a sequel to Rallisport Challenge 2, the greatest racing game ever made.

miju

Julez wrote:

Wow, it knew I was from Ireland without even askin. I enjoyed it, I'll probably buy it... Yer mans voice is pretty annoying!

lol isn't what country your from in your system settings. thats how it knew

Hercule

This game is getting mixed opinions i personally think its great - being a fan of the previous games helps :S The realistic damage models and nice graphics engine are damn good - but i have issues with it however

*The difficulty scales depending on how well u run the race sometimes..
*handling is worse then previous incarnations (by worse i mean less enjoyable)
*The game has been "americanised" with annoying ridge-racer style voice-overs telling u are crap.

The games is far from sh1t but i don't think its gonna be successful as other CMR games (specifically 2)

tman

miju wrote:

lol isn't what country your from in your system settings. thats how it knew

spoilsport:p

had a quick blast at the demo and it seems like total crap to me... nice graphics but terrible handling

Julez

miju wrote:

lol isn't what country your from in your system settings. thats how it knew

Yeah I know yeah but... still the most amazing thing ever don't you think!! lol

Hercule wrote:

The games is far from sh1t but i don't think its gonna be successful as other CMR games (specifically 2)

Yeah 2 was the best by a good bit, never really got that inot the others.

Kinetic^

Scruff wrote:

is it terrible cause you're crap?

Um no, managed to win a few races but the handling is terrible. You'd think after so many outings with this title that Codemasters would've got it right by now :rolleyes:

Jambo

I have to take back my earlier comment about the handlin , it was just me been too used to the handling of road based racers , so far for the dirt demo I think it great and I more than likley will be buying it on release day !
The evo on the hill climb !! what a great drive and I can waith to see more of the 4x4's on the desert tracks .

On another note just checking play.com I see the classic Sega Rally which was excellent in it time on the PC and more so in an arcade is due for release some time in sept !! I think it couldbe another but maybe if only for nostilga sake !!

anto1208

I really like it , the handling is perfect , this is how cars react when driven at speed , unlike Forza and GT who have got it so wrong its embarresing .

The graphics are top notch , Change to the bumper view ( so you can only see the road no car ) and put the boot to the floor on my 42" HD tv about 4 feet from my face this looks amazing best sence of speed ive ever gotten from a game .

The only thing i dont like is the car seems to stay in the middle and the track moves around you ( i know this is the way most car games work but it is really noticable ) i remember one of the earlier games when you went around a corner the car would slide to the corner of the screen. just looked a lot better .

But ill still get it .

Trev M

After the lengthy download and subsequent hour or so of playing I think I want my three hours back so I can play a real racer.... the handling is rubbish....like driving a shopping trolley at high speed .. comes no where near Forza 2 demo in my opinion.

Granted Dirt is rally / buggy type racing predominantly on mud/ gravel etc as opppossed to asphalt like Forza 2 but I just think its feels really really bad and seems to be worse than previous incarnations.

anto1208

Trev M wrote:

After the lengthy download and subsequent hour or so of playing I think I want my three hours back so I can play a real racer.... the handling is rubbish....like driving a shopping trolley at high speed .. comes no where near Forza 2 demo in my opinion.

Granted Dirt is rally / buggy type racing predominantly on mud/ gravel etc as opppossed to asphalt like Forza 2 but I just think its feels really really bad and seems to be worse than previous incarnations.

Its all down to preference i think if you want a car to feel like a car get mcrae if you want to feel like you playing a computer game then get Forza .

Forza bored the arse off me , Mcrae is the bee bollocks

0ubliette

This demo is fuggin awesome. Cant wait for the full game now. Alot of people are complaining about the handling, i find it pretty easy, and fun

Trev M

Thats fair enough anto , everyone will have their own perceptions , at least we get to try the demos before we splash out eh?!

anto1208

Trev M wrote:

Thats fair enough anto , everyone will have their own perceptions , at least we get to try the demos before we splash out eh?!

too true ,

I prefere the insanity of rally , flying around a corner at 80 or 90 dirt flyin gevery where tyres spinning .

skywalker

Had a go of it yesterday, the buggies are great fun.


Also, prettiest menus in a game, ever. They put some effort into making them look nice.