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  1. Here in an interesting clip.
    https://www.instagram.com/p/BPvNyeklJRu/?taken-by=sandrogueone 

    We have an actual service area now :open_mouth:
    Yes! And the new way you repair cars is awesome! So rather than dirt rally's simplistic percentage system, you now first 'inspect' to find out what is wrong with certain parts of the car like engine or suspension etc. Then you can do either quick repairs or substantial repairs or replace parts altogether, taking up different amounts of time each

  2. KevM said:
    Has anyone mentioned the random appearance of a crashed or broken down competitor on stage with the crew slowing you down? Another cool little feature that's been included following feedback. 
    Yeah, I can see that resulting in many smashed monitors - lol

    Picture the scene, you are completely on it, destroying your best time on the splits and get to the final sector to come across some tool on his roof with pacenotes and plastic bottles strewn all over the stage, and put a wheel into a verge trying to squeeze past at full race-pace, only to catch a big rock and put yourself into a field with a wheel off  :D

    Rally over!
    Haha! No, there are spectators on the edge of the stage a little way ahead of where the accident is flagging you down, like you'd see on a real event. The car that I passed was off the stage though and wasn't actually blocking it. And before I started the stage, Paul told me that I didn't need to push too hard in this stage because my competitor had crashed out. I was surprised when I saw the car, and I had a big smile on my face!

  3. Has anyone mentioned the random appearance of a crashed or broken down competitor on stage with the crew slowing you down? Another cool little feature that's been included following feedback. 
    Yep! I've been busy answering questions for a while! Haha!

    If anyone didn't see the redbull article, I'll post it again because it's a good read.

    http://www.redbull.com/en/games/stories/1331841547561/dirt-4-interview-red-bull-games

  4. KevM said:
    I didn't try the arcade, but it doesn't look like simulation handling to me. 

    So, when I first sat down to play, it immediately felt familiar to dirt rally. I instantly noticed the cars weight felt a lot better, the car felt planted on the road and wasn't getting thrown about as much as it tends to in dirt rally. Then I came into the first major braking section, brakes at the same point as I would have in dirt rally, and immediately over-shot the corner! So the braking distances are much more realistic, and in that video of Kris it shows Him braking very last minute, so I'm going to say it's definitely aracade!
    'Planted' is perhaps a bad description though.  I thought the way the cars in DR transmitted skipping over the uneven surface was a real masterpiece.  Yes, they got lairy over yumps after V2 but for me, more 'planted' would be bad?
    I more mean for things like landing of jumps and getting unhappy over bumps. I agree the way the cars transitioned in DR was really good, and from my memory that was the same in 4.

  5. I didn't try the arcade, but it doesn't look like simulation handling to me. 

    So, when I first sat down to play, it immediately felt familiar to dirt rally. I instantly noticed the cars weight felt a lot better, the car felt planted on the road and wasn't getting thrown about as much as it tends to in dirt rally. Then I came into the first major braking section, brakes at the same point as I would have in dirt rally, and immediately over-shot the corner! So the braking distances are much more realistic, and in that video of Kris it shows Him braking very last minute, so I'm going to say it's definitely aracade!

  6. Snaky115 said:
    So i suppose my main 3 questions for now to devs/testers

    1) Is engine improved from DiRT Rally? Supposedly DR had a few engine limitations preventing some other things i forget already.
    2) Amount of Stadium trucks? More than in DiRT 3, which boasted the glorious number of ONE?
    3) Same as 2, but for Buggies.
    1. Sorry I'm not that technical with things like that, but it did feel better, car behaviour was a big improvement over dirt rally in all aspects.
    2. I didn't really explore it that much, all I saw in the build was a rear wheel drive class with one truck, and a 4 wheel drive class with one truck.
    3. Didn't test the buggies, but I breifly played the cross karts (I assume they are different things and it's not just the gaming sites listing the cross karts as buggies).

    Edit: I've already said it, but I'll say it again, the simulation handling is in very good hands, and is built on what was done in dirt rally. The braking distances have increased, so I imagine they were probably playing arcade.

  7. Dirt fish rally school was really cool. I played with the stadium trucks too, they were a lot of fun! Especially the rear wheel drive Ines, they were my favourite. There were 4x4 ones too.

    May I ask, were they licensed trucks, or generic ones?

    Also, since the trailer has a heartbeat theme to it, it remind me that you should use a song, for your intro, from another title with a theme of heartbeat:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UzNI-bXJw0&list=PL064566DDE0717BB4
    Um, I'm not sure actually. Possibly unlicensed, but I don't really know much about real world trucks, so they could have been licensed ones!

    F2 kit cars were in the version we played, can't comment on wether they will make the final cut though! Also in the build we played were a less powerful 2wd class and an R2 class! Again, can't say if they will be in the final version or not though!

  8. Dirt fish rally school was really cool. I played with the stadium trucks too, they were a lot of fun! Especially the rear wheel drive Ines, they were my favourite. There were 4x4 ones too.

    Rallycross has also been improved a LOT. The handling was miles better, especially on Tarmac. There was also a lot more detail in the spotter calls

  9. The notes sounded like dirt rally's stages, even though I think they were recorded differently. They still sounded authentic basically.

    There's a special dirt show coming soon, so you'll see some more soon.

    There were a lot of cool new features in the game, including a flying finish and driving up to the control boards, competitors crashing and breaking down in stages, so you would see spectators flag you down in the stage as you passed the crashed car, and probably some more I've forgotten!

  10. sqdstr said:
    RallyDriven said:

    Theres 1 less rally location than in dirt rally. Wales and Sweden return, but with all new stages.
    From what I've read so far it looks to me like Monte, Finland, Germany & Greece are gone, that's quite a lot tbh.
    I'm a bit dissapointed as well in all honesty. Yes it's very nice the game has expanded with new race modes, but to see it was added at the cost of rally content is dissapointing...
    Yeah, those four are gone, but Australia, Michigan and Spain are replacing them.

  11. R4MO78 said:
    Guys! This is a more fleshed out version of dirt rally. The sim handling is improved from dirt rally a lot and felt really good. The stages, even though generated, still felt like proper stages, and the pacenotes were absolutely fine. This game is a true successor to Dirt Rally, it just caters to a wider audience by having an optional arcade handling mode.
    I'm sorry but I do not think it is as you say.
    Not only they have NOT added new tracks but have even decreased (Monte Carlo, Finland) ..
    real successor of Dirt Rally .. there are Gr.B? WRC? .. In short, at least the cars currently present, there will be?
    I think not, is not a Rally game .. it's just a soup
    I don't really know how it's soup, but anyway.

    Theres 1 less rally location than in dirt rally. Wales and Sweden return, but with all new stages. In addition, the track generator means that there is even more rally content than in Dirt Rally. There were also more classes of rally cars I believe than in dirt rally, including group b.

    One thing I'll clear up, no there probably won't be any WRC cars, they couldn't get licences for any unfortunately. But there was a beefy looking R5 class, with 4 or 5 cars in it

  12. The leaderboards are split down the middle, so there's different leaderboards for both types of handling.

    The stages did feel like proper stages. I'm going to try and explain how it works, but I'm not 100% sure if this is correct so don't take my word for it.

    So basically, there are multiple 'tiles' in each location. When you generate a stage, these are randomly stitched together to create a stage. The tiles are also altered slightly by the 'complexity' slider, which I think changed things like tightness of some corners and things.

    Again, bit 100% sure if that's right, but I think that's how it worked.

  13. Guys! This is a more fleshed out version of dirt rally. The sim handling is improved from dirt rally a lot and felt really good. The stages, even though generated, still felt like proper stages, and the pacenotes were absolutely fine. This game is a true successor to Dirt Rally, it just caters to a wider audience by having an optional arcade handling mode.

  14. SkyRex said:
    Nice, very nice
    and the 2015 WRX STI will be there ! and the R5 cars (at least the Fiesta)
    improved physics sounds nice too!

    Fewer rally locations is a bummer... but custom stages sounds super awesome !
    Important question for the visitors: How long can you make those custom stages ? Like maximum length ? And do you know if you can save them and create some nice complete rally events from those featuring only long realistic stages ? that would be bonkers

    And it being a main-release game from CM, we can probably count on Rally-location-DLC

    Does anyone know if this is an evolved EGO or if it's a new engine?

    I'm not actually sure. Think they were probably similar length to dirt rally, maybe a little longer. But I can't remember unfortunately.

    I would describe this best as dirt rally meets dirt 3/2. 

    Anyway, I'm off lunch break and back to work, I'll leave it to the others to answer any questions!

  15. bogani said:
    Azoresst said:
    According to Eurogamer: "For more traditional rally, Dirt 4 boasts five locations - Australia, Spain, Michigan, Sweden and Wales"

    So 3 new locations (from DR -  Michigan was present in D3, right?) but some dropped from DR.
    I don't wanna be that guy but... only 5 locations for rally? I hope there will be more.
    Yeah, but there's basically infinite stages! Plus I think 3 landrush and 6 rallycross tracks

  16. All the Wales stages are new, as well as Michigan. Wales and Sweden were the most technical of the locations (although didn't get a chance to try Sweden), but the Australian and Michigan stages were still fun and difficult. Spain was just tarmac as far as I'm aware, recognisable from the last few days of rally Spain 

  17. Etirion said:
    That sounds very cool, what about the physics, do they feel different, better? More realistic? Longer stages?
    Lots better, car weight feels miles better, braking distances are better, and cars no longer fly to the moon over bumps.

    There is also an aracade handling mode available for those that prefer dirt 3 style handling. I didn't personally try it because I was only interested in the simulation handling, but others said it was good

  18. JZStudios said:
    tbtstt said:
    Evilsmurf said:
    JZStudios said:
    tbtstt said:
    789ifyz said:
    BadD0g said:
    Don't read much into it, it's probably just the fact that the car in the screenshots is seconds away from unleashing the storm and starting the stage.
    Reading too much into things is what we do here! This thread isn't almost 700 pages long for nothing.  ;)

    That said, let's make up look for clues. Any significance to the Jolly Club livery?
    To be fair, half of that is actually house pricing and kebab pizzas, so...

    Oh, and the NDA trolls enjoying life on the other side of the fence... damn traitors! TELL US EVERYTHING YOU KNOW!!!



    I'll just go find that old torture table, now.
    You'll never break me! 


    (Unless you've got beer, then there is a strong possibility I can be broken).
    How about Cookies?

    Overrated as a means of bribery
    I'm pretty partial to a cookie @Evilsmurf. I need specifics @JZStudios, what sort of cookies are we talking about and how soon can you get them to me?
    Hmmm, I myself am fairly partial to some well made snickerdoodles... However you being in that land of Britain does complicate the delivery process.
    Actually, I'll start working with my dad soon and there's a decent possibility we could be going to London for a demo... Still a month or two away though.
    London is a great city, make sure you make some time to see as much as you can!

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