Colin McRae Dirt PC game review

July 1, 2007 at 5:30 pm · Filed under Uncategorized · 7 comments so far

I got myself new Colin McRae Dirt (CMD) PC game and my smile is getting wider by day. It’s been a while since I player old CM games. The progress can be seen in first few seconds of playing. I am big extreme sports fanatic and when I heard the voice of Travis Pastrana in main menu, it seemed I will enjoy this game.

The menus are minimalistic, well formed and fast, which is what I like most in games. Graphic! My God graphic! I was affraid Codemasters wouldn’t use HDRI lightning, but they didn’t disappointed me. CMD has all the eye candy players want to see in today’s games. Graphic is absolutely wonderful! They were really careful about every detail. I have Nvidia 8600 GTS and Intell’s Core 2 Duo 6420 and there is no stammer whatsoever at 1024 x 768 with full screen anti-aliasing.

At first I thought that physical model is not realistic enough and it almost ruined the game for me. I had something similar happened to me when I started to play CM3. But I didn’t quit playing because I knew that I will get used to it, and I did. Every car has his own unique handling. There is no more drifting through every corner with Fiat Punto on FWD. If you want to drift like pros do, you’ll just have to get some skills…oh yeah and a 4WD car too. Car damage is better and now you can completely destroy your car with single crash. Usually a nice straight crash into rocks with high speed will do.

The game demands more time to get used to. I can’t get rid of the feeling everything would be easier with computer wheel. I will try it as soon as I buy one. Overall if the game forces you to buy new computer hardware, it must be good.

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7 responses to Colin McRae Dirt PC game review

Jure

November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am

You wrote: “Overall if the game forces you to buy new computer hardware, it must be good.”

You deserve a darwin award for this quote. If it forces you to buy new hardware, they didn’t optimize the code, 3d models, bla bla… One asks himself, how can a game, that uses pivot physics, run so slow.

This game is arcade, so mentioning physics engine should be limited to 3 words (physics are crap).

If you want to drive like pros, get Richard Burns Rally from SCi.

Pa lep pozdrav.

admin

November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am

It seems that you didn’t read entire article. By new hardware I meant computer wheel.

Of course I would like to play Colin McRae Dirt on my AMD Athlon 1700 with old Gforce, but that’s impossible. The games are getting more demanding and it’s how it should be, otherwise we would be stuck on same kind of graphics as Tetris.

Yes, maybe they could polish the code a bit more, but in overall, it looks good and I play this game normaly.

Hugh

November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am

I have a MacBook Pro 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, Nvidia 8600 GT with Vista. I thought the game wouldn’t run because my card isnt listed in the supported cards on the system requirements. But as you’ve got it working at full resolution with almost the same card I guess that means I can ..This has made my day! Cheers

Marko Novak

November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am

If I had your MacBook Pro it would make my year!

I think the game is going to work with 100 FPS on your computer.

Asmodeus

November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am

Obviously, this game was meant for people who do not have a life (no offence). I don’t have time to spend 17hrs a day getting used 2 all the characteristics of all the different cars and on top of that, memorising all the different tracks so i would have any sort of hope of competing online. This game dissappoints me. I remember the old Colin Mcraes which were amongst my favourites simply because of the fun factor. I have never tried so hard to get used to a game and i still find it frustrating. Hell, it looks awesome though.

Marko Novak

November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am

None taken, but I think I have less free time than you. With all the things happening with my new company I have almost no time. But I still manage to find some for CMR Dirt. I guess, you can find some time to play games you like.

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