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Re:EA to buy Dirt Rally-maker Codemasters for £1B by zelos on Monday December 14, 2020 @08:54AM (#25417502)
I loved the Dirt series, I think I might have to go buy a recent version.

I've been getting into racing games again recently and the sheer number of RPG elements, unlocks, micro-transactions etc. in things like Forza is exhausting. And that isn't even EA.

I can't just restart the race, I have to wait while it loads 3 screens to show me how I'm 300 points nearer to unlocking some pointless skin or hitting the next tier or whatever.

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Re:EA to buy Dirt Rally-maker Codemasters for £1B by exDM69 on Monday December 14, 2020 @09:01AM (#25417582)
> I loved the Dirt series, I think I might have to go buy a recent version.

Do note that Dirt Rally isn't really related to the rest of the Dirt series. The former is a pretty decent simulation of rally driving, while most of the Dirt series are "car games" with a physics model that's not intended to be realistic but fun to play on a gamepad.

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