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Has this been explored? - Hot seat multiplayer + time behind leader in private session

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My buddy and I thoroughly enjoyed playing the multiplayer feature of "Mobil 1 Rally championship" of 1999, developed by Magnetic Fields.  We imagined a similar feature to be implemented in Dirt Rally.  

The basic idea is that one person plays at a time, alternating after each stage/track, through several stages/tracks to win the championship.  To illustrate, a championship may consist of 6 stages.  Person A plays stage 1 then  Person B plays stage 1.  Damage etc. is carried over to stage 2.  Person A plays stage 2 then  Person B plays stage 2 etc.  This could be developed further if e.g. times behind the leader are displayed after each segment within a stage if both Person A and Person B were to start rallying at the same time together from different locations.  This may introduce a little more competitive play in real time without the overhead of conventional multiplayer (multiple cars on the screen at the same time).  

My friend is considering selling his version of Dirt Rally because of this absent feature.  I imagine that the above suggestions would be a great 'happy medium' for introducing multiplayer options among friends outside rallycross.  

I've noticed that there are other threads related to "Co op" that have been shut down.  Are the ideas I've mentioned above similar to those previous ideas or would others be keen on having codemasters implement hotseating multiplayer?  I wanted to reach out in the general discussion, but I've also setup a poll in the suggestion box.  Would be good to hear your views. If you think this would be a good feature then here's the link to the poll.. 

http://forums.codemasters.com/discussion/42500/hot-seat-multiplayer-time-behind-leader-in-private-session/p1?new=1

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many people wanted mp in its full potential but i dont think it was fully explored in dirt rally yet. some people modded it god mp lobbies working and tbh that would be great fun. it wont happen in this game but i would be really disappointing if it isnt in Dirt rally 2.

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Mobil 1 Rally Championship. One of my all-time favourite games. That game had long stages. One stage took nearly 30 minutes to complete!

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dgeesi0 said:
many people wanted mp in its full potential but i dont think it was fully explored in dirt rally yet. some people modded it god mp lobbies working and tbh that would be great fun. it wont happen in this game but i would be really disappointing if it isnt in Dirt rally 2.
Really, got multiplayer lobbies working!?  Have you experienced it?

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cjl9 said:
Mobil 1 Rally Championship. One of my all-time favourite games. That game had long stages. One stage took nearly 30 minutes to complete!
Totally agree!  Mobi 1 was intense!  Old is gold I guess.. Would love to see something similar in today's nex gen era..

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RSBlitz said:
cjl9 said:
Mobil 1 Rally Championship. One of my all-time favourite games. That game had long stages. One stage took nearly 30 minutes to complete!
Totally agree!  Mobi 1 was intense!  Old is gold I guess.. Would love to see something similar in today's nex gen era..
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Aah memories. I can't run it on my current set up. Maybe there is a way...but I haven't found it.

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cjl9 said:
Aah memories. I can't run it on my current set up. Maybe there is a way...but I haven't found it.
Compability mode.

Right-click game shortcut, click Compability, set it to Windows 98 or Windows XP... should run after that!

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PaloSamo said:
cjl9 said:
Well, I tried that, but it wouldn't run properly.
What do you mean? Does it run backwards?
No, just some of the cars would not move consistently, and system crashes.

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cjl9 said:
PaloSamo said:
cjl9 said:
Well, I tried that, but it wouldn't run properly.
What do you mean? Does it run backwards?
No, just some of the cars would not move consistently, and system crashes.
The physics in Mobil 1 Rally Championship were notoriously bad though - its redeeming qualities were the graphics, length of stages, and Derek Ringer.

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I met him a few times when I was actively rallying. Long ago and in a land far away.

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