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  1. I posted this somewhere (here?) not long ago, but Ill repeat it here (new record @tbtstt).

    Historic rally locations and events?  What I mean - Australia current, but the historic 'mine shaft' stage, etc.  I think this could be done elsewhere too?  I'm not real familiar with other locations, this one always pops up.  Events and places (Kenya) that are not run anymore.

    Just a random thought 


  2. Hope so too. In my opinion the biggest flaw Dirt rally has regarding stages is that it's following the WRC callendar too much. They have an amazing oppertunity to go off the grid to do some amazing but lesser known rallies. But I can understand why they did it.
    You are, right. Let DR 2 follow lesser known rallies, and have Kylotonn follow WRC ;) Amateur rallies also needs love, and some of them are really pearls/diamonds. 


    Do I have to mention a minor American location?  You guys gotta hate me!  :)



  3. ill add 2 things as a short wish list for content:

    1)  carrying over locations from DR do other stages in the locations (I.e. Germany wine country). I would guess the assets are there and I would imagine the other areas of the locations where documented and photographed.   I would just guess these would be quicker than creating all new?  Not sure what takes longer Mesh/3D work or environment work.

    Add additional new non dlc locations too expand content even more.

    2) Short and quickwish, more pronounced bump maps on terrain, at times the gravel just looks like a flat texture.

  4. tbtstt said:
    chukonu said:
    If only I was a tester, secret or not! 

    What about #thatcar, #thiscar, #thatothercar, etc? Have they all been implemented into the game yet?
    I thought so? The first #thatcar was the Sport Quattro and the second hash tagged car was the Peugeot 208? 

    (Not 100% sure on the above though, so I await correction!)

    Really intrigued to know what they have planned: is it just minor tweaks, or is there further content coming for the game? 
    I think @KickUp confirmed the second tag was for the 208, either here or in a tweet a while back.  

    As far as content?  I highly doubt it.  I think they are actively working on their next title and anything new will be there.

    As borded as I have gotten looking at the same scenery, DR is still the best out there and still enjoyable, but there is a lot of catching up to current tech/features of many new games that the current engine doesn't support.  Good news is Codies is hiring again, and hopefully they can fast track the next title with more help and resources.  After that I would like to see lots of DLC (like PCars/AC releases over or more than a year)

  5. zoliRX said:
    Darhour said:
    Why is Luke being evil?? Share with us some gossip mate!
    He probably signed a NDA.
    Well, he better. Those pacenotes won't read themselves.


    I would think it's more of a gentleman's agreement to not say anything public.   Luke has known Paul for quite awhile, maybe longer personally, than most of us gossipers.  It was probably off the record talk amongst friends anyhow, so Luke may be allowed to troll us, but won't give away anything.

    Maybe we'll get some info in the months ahead.  Codies is hiring a lot lately.  I have seen a few content related jobs for hire too.  So Im not sure how that relates directly with speed of delivery, but we know for sure there is some type of rally game coming out in the future.  I am going to guess it may be a little diverse like previous titles, though.

    Here is my gossip prediction.  The next rally title may boot rallycross in favor of some truck like rally raid content.  Grid would inherit the rallycross since it would probably go back to more circuit racing and rallycross being a circuit track, would mix some variety into the title.  Possibility from a marketing standpoint they would sell both titles to rally fans and the tarmac racing would add the mix for us.

    This maybe be the worst idea ever, but I will always buy Grid and Dirt titles as long as they exist.  I try to like F1 but it's just not my style.

  6. It looks like its on water, actually.  Watching it literally makes me a bit nauseous.  Graphics look good, but the uneven track now makes the car float.  This is from 1 video where the drivers have never driven a real car, no a car game outside their phones.  Ugh, they are awful, at least make yourselves look respectable by editing out some of you mistakes.

  7. gfRally said:
    not very constructive, nor appropriate thread.  Gotta beef with DR make your own thread.  Still have a problem, turn to alcohol or kick a puppy if that feels good to you, it will help the devs just as much.  
    I think there are so many threads, that he doesn't even have to do that much. Throw a rock and you're probably gonna find a thread that explains his "issue" perfectly.
    http://forums.codemasters.com/discussion/203/mentalmidget
    oh yeah, forgot about that one :open_mouth:



  8. GGN said:
    No point of playing the game anymore once you reach elite difficulty in rally. Everything is inpossible at that point, then the game become a P.O.S game where you only loose. i miss dirt 3. rally finland is f***** in this game. why put a jump on EVERY f***n turn??? so overkill. wish i could get my money back!
    not very constructive, nor appropriate thread.  Gotta beef with DR make your own thread.  Still have a problem, turn to alcohol or kick a puppy if that feels good to you, it will help the devs just as much.  

  9. Evilsmurf said:
    From the looks of the reveal, the handling still looks arcade like. If it's to be recognised by the FIA, I would of hoped for a more realistic model.
    Oh well. I'll get it anyway


    might not be the exact same people, but we Know with WRC5 etc, FIA doesn't care about realism, just the flashy bits.

  10. JZStudios said:
    I'm just waiting for a cheaper headset alternative. The Oculus would be cool for $300, but definitely not worth $600. And the Vive does more than I need, and while it can do interesting things, they'll never get over the limitations of your room scale, thus requiring every game to teleport you. If Google Cardboard is $5, why isn't there a headset with a motion controller for $200?
    Google cardboard relies on a $500+ phone (if you buy it out of contract)

    but I do agree they need to get cheaper, but I am afraid this has set a precedent, the one you want will always be $500, the cheaper version will be the older tech.  

  11. I wonder if this is one of these instances where the real numbers should tweaked to ease the gameplay. it's a fine line to cross, but I think that when you can't compute every part of physics, compromises are needed.  Maybe this is a case where the Pikes Peak cars grip levels need to be tweaked, so that the 'feel' better

    As been mentioned, I have a external speedo mounted on my wheel, I use it as a reference to keep in mind, is this how I would approach this corner in real life?  sometimes it helps, it's just a problem of trying to translate that sense of speed onto a screen, maybe VR will somewhat solve that in the future.

  12. Racenet is lumpy right now, but @gfRally i think your problem is actually the issue i had, it's finding a file/something in a folder it checks.

    Deleting the whole DR folder and 'validating' is obviously a fix, but if you've recently added any mods, they'll be the cause, normally a back up folder or file you renamed to save/backup is the cause.
    I'll check that before I go to work tomorrow.  Probably just kill it and and reinstall, don't care about mods right now, just want to play.

    Thanks for the info.. hope it works, and hope they get racenet figured out, thats crippling their good reputation now.

  13. Ok, I am posting this out of frustration.  I am having a load of problems with DR the past week.  

    1) cannot connect to racenet once in every 3 days.
    2) my career progress is not being saved.

    This is the first time that I have NOT wanted to play DR.  

    I deleted my career and started over, and still the same, progressed through 3 events, then quit and it restarted me back on the 1st event, 3rd stage.  Last time I made it to event 3 and then it wouldn't save or let me past that one.  Anyone have any ideas?  I am really sad that I have to post stuff like this.  Really bummed.
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