Dirt Rally
SCORE: 68
Dirt Rally is a Fia World Rallycross Championship Officially Licensed Product. Dirt Rally is a racing game for hardcore racers. Families will immediately discover that Dirt Rally is hard. There are all kinds of twists and turns in the roads. Players must increase and decrease their speeds at radical rates to stay on the narrow roads. Fall of the edge and you are penalized. Since time is how players are placed, it is nasty. There is only one car on the road at a time.
If you damage your car in Dirt Rally then it has to be repaired. Thing is there is only so much time before you have to race. So players must pick and choose what to repair. After the first race I rarely went into the race with my vehicle in top shape. I could find no option to make damage cosmetic only. Earn money by winning and purchase additional vehicles.
Any little real world distraction can lead to a crash in Dirt Rally. The navigator tells the player what is coming up. He has a lingo I am not familiar with. It took me many races to start to understand the verbal (and visual cues) system used in Dirt Rally. Players lose restart bonus money if they restart a race. The ice ones were the most difficult for me. Even going slow I would go off the bridge and into the water. Obviously a death for my driver and navigator.
The loading time in Dirt Rally is horrendous. There is not a lot of content. We can play Career, Leagues, Custom Event, Profile, Options, Extras and Tutorials. Controls can be adjusted. Which did not help me much. Rally racing fans will get into Dirt Rally.
The graphics in Dirt Rally look good. The music is pleasant to hear. The cars look nice at the beginning of the race. The more I practiced the better I got. Dirt Rally is overpriced as I write this review. Twenty dollars brand new would be a fair price.
- Frank
Graphics: 80%
Sound: 60%
Replay/Extras: 60%
Gameplay: 60%
Family Friendly Factor: 80%
System: PC/PS4/Xbox One(tested)
Publisher: Codemasters
Developer: Codemasters
Rating: ‘E’ - Everyone SIX and OLDER ONLY
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