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Is it the Fabia WRC just a reskin of the Fabia R5? https://twitter.com/BillyCherokee/status/1105267107082764288/

No, I don't think so. I wish that would be the problem but I am afraid is just bad optimization.

I know I don't have a powerful PC, I have a Lenovo laptop with Nvidia 860m, but I could play original Dirt Rally in high settings at 1080 and 60fps. I could play Dirt 4 in medium at 1080 60FPS. Now, I can't even play Dirt Rally 2.0 in low at 720p. It's a joke, I am watching a lot of people having to use some medium settings with top tier PCs. What have happened? In consoles, even the original Xbone and PS4 run the game fine with great graffics and 60fps. Must I lose any hope for performance improvements? Is this the reason for cheaper PC price?

I'm gonna try to make that RS skin for Dirt Rally. It looks sweet.

Of course, how did we forget? Dirt 4 is having a lot of patches and improvements in this four months, is not dead. My bad.

 I don't get it. Onrush is motorstorm, Gravel is a copycat of Sega Rally / Dirt 2 flavour. I don't think these are the kind of arcades people want to play now. Maybe a proper and modern, with super graphics, Sega Rally, maybe a Driveclub 2, but these games with 0 personality? I hope to be terrible wrong but these games will be ignored by the big audience.

Dirt series is officially dead until next announcement. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsyAWu7B5Cs

Suuuuper interesting. You can see how different is the grip and the oversteering with tarmac or gravel specs on the same surface. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=steJX25mD_0

If you hear this podcast (in Spanish), the modder says there are some physics part in the code that makes no sense. But they are fixable. For me the "rush theory" is stronger everyday. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYSMtquiJ5A

One more question, are there any real stages like in DR or SLRE?

Dunno, I supposed only the Porsche did that. So I imagine it could be something with being the only RWD in the game.

Yes, I did. RWD physics in WRC 7 must be terrible.

with THREE diferent manufactures. Or you mean Ogier? Difficult to think a fourth manufacturer after Citröen. I don't know if Citröen it's a smart move for Ogier.

Watching it live. Feeling very very sorry for Latvala. Looks like it's the same electric problem had in Poland.

Ok, after several days playing, with the career mode almost finished, I can give my impressions.  FFB: Big step back. At least in my DF GT the center force is too high and the suspension and little details have disappear. Don't know if is a bug or what but BIG step back from DR. Graphics: Not so important for me, is a win-lose point. Some things are better other are a bit worse. In general I like the new look, the big thumb up is for for the new lighting system. Physics: Again, miss and win. I love the new tarmac physics but gravel is worse than DR. You loose the rear so easily, even with 4wd, almost impossible to break at some points (slippery zones, I am talking that more than 10% or 20% of the break and you  have completely lost the rear and the car control). You can powerslide but is very unrealistic, you will always lose a lot of time, even in fast medium corners. Too much grip in gravel, there is no big difference right now between gravel, snow or tarmac. Game modes: Better than DR but neither a great aspect of the game. Your stage is good, not perfect, but good. The rest of the game is quite empty and a couple of different new localizations for YourStage would be nice. Conclusion: In some points it seems to me like this is a follow up from vanilla DR physics, not from final version of DR. Some of the vanilla mistakes are back. RX for example is perfect now, you can feel the aero downforce, at the correct speed you cand balance the car, use the different surfaces...  but in rally mode there is something wrong. I hope they improve gravel and FFB and the game will be my new favourite racing game.