EA to buy Dirt Rally-maker Codemasters for £1B

Re:EA to buy Dirt Rally-maker Codemasters for £1B by Tycho on Monday December 14, 2020 @10:06AM (#25418357)

I remember Rallisport Challenge 2 was a fantastic game. Then I got the original DiRT, which had incredible graphics, but the car physics felt off. The cars seemed to rotate from a centre point when you turned. Like if you were square against a wall or barrier on your left, and tried to steer right, the back end of the car would initially press into the wall. Can't remember exactly, but I remember many people had similar complaints. To be fair, it wasn't terrible, but the steering just felt a bit more floaty than it should, IMO.

Do you know if the physics in Dirt Rally have improved on this? Or does the underlying issue remain?

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Re:EA to buy Dirt Rally-maker Codemasters for £1B by fredzel on Monday December 14, 2020 @10:49AM (#25418864)

I don't know about this specific issue, but it's hard to compare those two. If DiRT was simcade (more arcade than sim) then Dirt Rally would definitely be sim. Maybe not on the level of iRacing or Asetto Corsa, but it's as good as it gets (maybe Richard Burns Rally is more authentic, but it is pretty old)

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Re:EA to buy Dirt Rally-maker Codemasters for £1B by Throwaway1771 on Monday December 14, 2020 @11:25AM (#25419353)

iRacing has rally, so not technically "as good as it gets", but definitely know what you mean.

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Re:EA to buy Dirt Rally-maker Codemasters for £1B by jdietrich on Monday December 14, 2020 @03:20PM (#25422724)

iRacing has rallycross and dirt track, but no rally mode.

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Re:EA to buy Dirt Rally-maker Codemasters for £1B by exDM69 on Monday December 14, 2020 @12:18PM (#25420139)

> Do you know if the physics in Dirt Rally have improved on this?

Yes, the physics in Dirt Rally is not at all the same as with other Dirt series. It has got a pretty decent simulation of rally cars on gravel and other surfaces. It's awesome!

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