drotahorror
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Wait so , consoles can get it for $40 AND it comes out 3 days earlier than PC? I'm sort of jealous.
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Codemasters just announced Dirt 4
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Is digital already up for preload?
Fox Mulder
Member
Yes. Downloaded everything on the xb1 already.
Freeman76
Member
You have Dirt Rally for this, I dont know what you expect? I mean, what more could they do with that game, apart from more tracks and cars....it would be the same experience.
They havent fucked anything up, Dirt Rally is a one off and they have implemented parts of it into the new one anyway.
drotahorror
Member
Personally I like the track idea of generating them on the fly. If you want to go back and perfect a track and learn the ins and outs you're more than welcome to do so. Nothing is stopping you from doing that.
From what I've seen so far in various community member gameplays.. it's not looking good.
The stages seem incredibly unnatural and dull. Seeing repetition already in the first 2 stages I've seen and it looks like you could actually learn to tell what kind of corner sequence is coming up from how the corner entry is laid out.
Should have just stick doing actual real stages.
The stages seem incredibly unnatural and dull. Seeing repetition already in the first 2 stages I've seen and it looks like you could actually learn to tell what kind of corner sequence is coming up from how the corner entry is laid out.
Should have just stick doing actual real stages.
xenorevlis
Member
I don't think you understand whats going on. Dirt 4 is $59.99 on Amazon for consoles.
If you have Amazon Prime and get the PHYSICAL copy, then you get it for $43 like ALL new physical games on Prime. It's how they compete with Gamer's Club unlocked and the like.
Any more early impressions out there?
GenericUser
Member
If they eff up the track generator or the Sim physics, this game is dead for me.
This is my biggest fear actually.
I recently replayed Dirt 1 again and I always loved its stage design (minus the slightly too wide tracks). Especially comparing the Australia tracks, I think that what I have seen of Dirt 4 looks like it does not have nearly as much character.
I'm still going to buy Dirt 4 but I definitely have a feeling that its not the same people working on the stages as during the Dirt 1-3 period.
Just watch these two examples:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWFTbD8a7BA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhfStouKJwc
This game is ten years old and the stages often look better than in Dirt Rally and 4. Sure, the latter two games are now also 60 fps on consoles but we also have more powerful hardware. I think a lot of the natural look of the stages from the games before Dirt is simply due to craftsmanship and an eye for natural landscapes.
drotahorror
Member
Uh no.
Games are typically 20% off on amazon prime.
My Breath of the Wild and Horizon Zero Dawn receipts
Tekken 7 comes out tomorrow (prime price - $47.99, as per every $60 title)
DiRT 4 (no prime price, just $40 and some change)
And just to get a bit more strange, without me being signed into amazon with Tekken 7 and Dirt 4 added to my cart
So no, a 33% off MSRP for DiRT 4 is not normal. Also the game is $40 on PS4 without being a prime member.
New games should be $47.99 if it's a $60 release. Has been for a while now.
JohnSpartanLee
Member
On German Amazon it's 70 Euros. That's almost double the US price.
Dirt 4 prices is all over the place,on PS4 my local price translates into 59$ but on steam same Dirt 4 costs only 25$ for me.I want to buy it for PS4 but the difference is huge.Also PSN makes crazy discounts really fast i'm pretty sure Dirt 4 will go on sale in a month or so.
T hats a lot to take away from watchinh gameplay - I'm impressed. Especially since those actually playing it have not made the same comment.
TylerDurden4321
Member
Makikou is someone who understands driving physics and really knows his racing games ...and he liked DiRT Rally. I trust his opinion more than any pre-embargo coverage. But I too hope he's wrong, just 10 great cars, good asphalt physics and one good highway emvironment with endless variations might make this worth it for me at 40 bucks.
Mengy
wishes it were bannable to say mean things about Marvel
I don't know, I've read some pretty glowing opinions by people who are already playing it, by some who are much better rally drivers than me too. That said though I will admit that in a few videos I've watched I've also noticed some repetition in the generated track layouts, it seems to really stick out during the replays to me, but I'm not cetain yet how common that will be.
I'm not questioning his knowledge of the genre, just calling bullshit on his take away from watching gameplay. It seems like quite a stretch to be able to pull that out from observing God knows what.
xenorevlis
Member
Interesting. I was looking at the Xbox One price which is 59.99
A number of youtubers are uploading gameplay of the full game, so I imagine some kind of embargo has passed?
If you can stand the guys voice.........
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nQAZbculuY
If you can stand the guys voice.........
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nQAZbculuY
drotahorror
Member
Not at home and not signed into my account, but on my friends computer the XB1 day 1 edition is $43.48 when I add it to his cart.
xenorevlis
Member
Yep, just saw that. I meant the digital price, which is what I first landed on.
Whelp, looks like I might get Dirt 4 early
Kinda hate videos like this where the players are so giddy for getting an early copy from CM and it permeates the video. I'll wait for 'real' impressions.
Tommi84
Member
TJP
Member
Alan of Team VVV puts out great videos and has hardly any subscribers in comparison to this guy who has 1.5 million subscribers and is mind numbing. Go figure as I cannot.
drotahorror
Member
Fox Mulder
Member
Well that's why they give copies to certain youtubers really. Theyre positive for anything and get a bump in views. Theyre a different audience anyways and might play it a few times on the channel.
Watched a video where the guy is talking the whole time while driving and turned off the co driver. Drove like shit and still easily won races.
What was the level of the AI?
JohnSpartanLee
Member
My i5 with GTX660 is basically like a standard PS4 with better CPU so I think I'll buy the game from cdkeys instead for PS4...Tinúviel;238915734 said:
Dirt Rally with unlimited tracks...what more could you wish for?
Just hope the generated tracks do really vary a lot and look and feel convincingly real.
Also looking forward to at least 3 more rally countries, preferrably all gravel or maybe one with sand.
Could it not have just been paid DLC for DR?
But yeah, that option it could be the holy grail of rally games, but it depends on the results like you say.
Slaptrain and GameRiot are putting up some terrible runs bouncing all over the stages with multiple spins and still are over a minute faster than the AI and both claim they are playing on the hardest difficulty.
https://youtu.be/QwJC1ffHAPA
Where's the challenge?
https://youtu.be/QwJC1ffHAPA
Where's the challenge?
Well, if it's like Dirt Rally the beginning of the career is super easy and gets progressively more difficult as you go on.
Mengy
wishes it were bannable to say mean things about Marvel
That's what I'm hoping it is!
Hardest difficulty isn't even unlocked from the start afaik and I've seen stream of someone competent playing against second hardest difficulty opponents and barely finishing first couple times. When he crashed he'd finish at around 10th place.
So it could be that ymmv, or they're just lying.
drotahorror
Member
Yeah I've seen competent people playing on the 2nd hardest difficulty (the hardest one that's unlocked from the start) and they're getting 3-5th place.
Bobnob
Member
Multiplayer, seriously tho as anything been said about being able to use generated tracks in online multiplayer lobbys? could be so good!
TylerDurden4321
Member
I always drive the best I can in a championship, it almost never makes sense to drive overly careful or to push super hard... so if I always get Top3, I wouldn't have so much less fun, but I'm sure the hardest 2 difficulties will offer plenty of challenge.
If the track generator is actually not readable (like "ah, she said xyz, so it'll be this corner combination"), then the daily community challenges could be amazing fun.
Something else: On sim handling... is it just me or do the braking distances seem really short on both tarmac and gravel??!
If the track generator is actually not readable (like "ah, she said xyz, so it'll be this corner combination"), then the daily community challenges could be amazing fun.
Something else: On sim handling... is it just me or do the braking distances seem really short on both tarmac and gravel??!
draughn101
Member
Must be, but I haven't been able to find it published anywhere. Strange, considering they sent the full game out to youtubers over a week early.
I'd be surprised if there wasn't, literally everything does these days.
Fox Mulder
Member
YouTubers aren't really critical though, and they don't make scores that influence a meta critic rating.
MrFrankFontaine
Banned
If they update the PC version with VR support it will be instant buy, but I couldn't go back to racing on a flat screen.