DiRT Rally
Family Friendly Gaming was provided a
download code for DiRT Rally on Steam (Personal Computer). This game is
huge, clocking in at eight gigs. You know the Family Friendly Gaming
rule on size. Anything over one gig should always be provided in
physical copy format. Not doing so hurts families, especially families
who can not afford massive Internet Service Provider plans and fines for
going over data usage. DiRT Rally is in the early access stage which is
why a preview is being written instead of a review. Early access helps
the companies by having gamers be their quality control. Plus the
company is paid by the gamers to play it earlier than the complete
release. Although most games are very buggy in the alpha builds.
DiRT Rally lags like crazy. Even bringing the graphics down did not help
much. The long race tracks are hard enough without responsive controls.
I got stuck in races, and went flying off the edge every quarter of a
mile or so. DiRT Rally punishes players with a time penalty for flying
off a cliff. As if losing our speed was not punishment enough.
Graphically DiRT Rally looks amazing. There are decent sounds in DiRT
Rally as well. Do not try to run over the bystanders watching, the game
will repawn you back on the track. You won't even get nine seconds to
try and get back. I also noticed the repawn was glitchy in DiRT Rally.
At times I was almost back on the track and it would repawn me at two.
Other times I was upside down and stuck waiting for the repawn button to
appear.
DiRT Rally has a lot of potential. All of the different races and modes
look fun. I hope DiRT Rally appears on one of the home consoles because
the controls are always better on the home consoles. Right now DiRT
Rally has long load times, laggy controls, and visual lag. It has a ways
to go before it ready for prime time. Lord willing DiRT Rally will make
it for the full and complete release in a few months. I also believe
DiRT Rally needs to appear in the physical copy realm for the millions
upons millions who support the physical copy movement.
{05/04/2015} - Frank
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