DiRTy Gossip about DIRT Rally Games

[Mike Dee 1,248]

 

13 minutes ago, Job3k said:

Probably stages from DiRT Rally but remastered 

 

[ShodanCat 231]

Just now, toninus said:

Are we sure the dlc stages are only old ones ? No new stages from returning countries ?

Also :
#NoKitCarsNoBuy

Yes, it's there in the blog post. Same stages, just updated assets and the surface degradation feature.

[griev0r 15]

If it is only the stages from Dirt Rally 1, that is straight lazy and disappointing.

[ShodanCat 231]

Just now, griev0r said:

If it is only the stages from Dirt Rally 1, that is straight lazy and disappointing.

Not even just stages, but some of the cars, too.

[Fedemaisonnave 48]

😋Thanks Codies awesome Season 1!!! Hoping for the Polo Rally 17 😉😉, Finland, Wales and Ireland for season 2 😋😋😋

[SRD_SimVansevenant 863]

15 minutes ago, ShodanCat said:

Going by the rest of the "DLC" I assume it's just going to be the 2001 version ripped straight out of Dirt Rally.

According to the article the Impreza is a new addition so not the 2001 version. The only option left is the one I think it will be.

[ShodanCat 231]

Just now, SimVansevenant said:

According to the article the Impreza is a new addition so not the 2001 version. The only option left is the one I think it will be.

Yeah I didn't see there was a blog post about it yet.

[ShodanCat 231]

Mark my words, Codies will get backlash for this amongst many of their long time supporters and Dirt Rally fans.

Edited February 12, 2019 by ShodanCat

[RallyDriven 398]

8 minutes ago, ShodanCat said:

Well, be prepared for a bunch of people to exclaim this is great and fantastic and we should be happy for it. This is really, really shady practice in my honest opinion - UNLESS the rallies have significant updates, changes and/or additions, this is very much just plopping already developed content into the next title and charging for it. 

I said a tad disappointed. I’m still excited for new rallies, plus I know we’ve got the benefit of stage degradation and tyre choice

[tbtstt 2,387]

Christina has just posted in the Discord: 

"However, the Skoda Fabia Rally is 14 years old and competed in the top flight of rally. The C4 is nine years old, and also competed in the top flight of rally. Also, the Subaru Impreza did too... two years before that. (I hope I can count. It is 2019, right?)"

So if I have read this right: 

2005 Fabia  
2010 Citroen C4
2008 Impreza (which would mean it's an S14)(or the S12c, but I'd say that's unlikely)

Slightly disappointed if that's the case, as the S14 was the least successful Impreza WRCar.

[SRD_SimVansevenant 863]

Just now, ShodanCat said:

Mark my words, Codies will get backlash for this amongst their long time supporters and Dirt Rally fans.

Backlash not necessarily but as @RallyDriven said a tad bit disappointed when it comes to the locations. At least one new location or maybe one new stage for each location would have been a better option but we don't know if that was possible so... Still, they remain great locations and we do have more of them than before.

[griev0r 15]

4 minutes ago, RallyDriven said:

I said a tad disappointed. I’m still excited for new rallies, plus I know we’ve got the benefit of stage degradation and tyre choice

They aren't new rallies.  They are stages anyone that played DR 1 has already driven a million times, and paid for already, with a shiny coat of paint..

Edited February 12, 2019 by griev0r

[SRD_SimVansevenant 863]

Just now, griev0r said:

They aren't new rallies.  They are stages anyone that played DR 1 has already driven a million times, and paid for already, with a shiny coat of paint..

The new physics model will make a difference in the experience as will stage degredation and tyre choice. It's not just a shiny coat of paint, is it?

[ShodanCat 231]

Just now, SimVansevenant said:

The new physics model will make a difference in the experience as will stage degredation and tyre choice. It's not just a shiny coat of paint, is it?

We're paying for the new physics model and tire choice as part of DiRT Rally 2.0, not the DLC.

[mats27 83]

36 minutes ago, Snaky115 said:

That's a 2005 Fabia isnt it? I feel like it is.

Yep, that's the 2005 car.

[SRD_SimVansevenant 863]

1 minute ago, ShodanCat said:

We're paying for the new physics model and tire choice as part of DiRT Rally 2.0, not the DLC.

The physics model for the DLC locations isn't the same as for the the locations in the base game because the surface (snow, icy tarmac and concrete) is different. I'll give you tyre choice, though.

[toninus 182]

It hurts a little considering Dirt Rally was around 8€ on Steam lately with 2x more content, and this DLC is around 25€. Sure there's season 2, but if it's 100% rallycross...

Also I wonder if Stephane Prevost just recorded the rallyes from the base game + DR 1.0 ones. Maybe with 2 extra stages made with the Dirt 4 randomnizer and checked out to avoid repetitions (he said 26 long stages)...

Edited February 12, 2019 by toninus

[RodgerDavies 933]

25 minutes ago, blaugranamarti said:

Really disappointed with this one. A new group B RWD car is the best part (where is the Lancia, though?), but basing an entire DLC on reused content from the previous game is just anti consumer. Recently Hitman 2 did something similar, adding the content from Hitman 1 as DLC (which benefited from some slight improvements of the new game), but those who already owned the first one got it for free.

I see it as really 'pro' consumer actually.

 

By buying the base game you get ALL new locations. The updated DR1 ones (new textures, models, surface deg feature, etc) are completely optional; you can even just buy the M1 and Fabia if you want and not spend a penny on the updated locations. Would you have preferred them to put the remastered ones in the base game and make you pay extra for Argentina, Poland and New Zealand, as a lot of studios would have done? I'm going to get this season pass, no doubt, but I like the fact I can order the 'day 1' edition of the game, the season pass, then decide in May if I want season pass 2 or I can just pick out rally content to buy and ignore RX stuff.

 

I'm disappointed that there's no Lancia or Group B Porsche in there; fingers crossed those are stored away somewhere for a rainy day.

Edited February 12, 2019 by RodgerDavies

[CodingRacer 115]

Yay! I have been testing the new DLC content for the last 3 years, I can confirm that the stages feel great. During the beta there was a bug in one of the German stages, where the voice says "1 left, 1 left" when it should be "1 right, 1right" at the beginning of the stage if the Spanish co-driver is selected. I hope they have had time to fix it will all the new developments.

Also thanks Codemasters for releasing the DLC so quickly. It almost feels like you could have included it with the base game, I love how you tease as all, even for a few days. 

Any chance of realising a DLC with the music from Dirt Rally 1?

[gfRally 449]

If its the 2008 impreza, perhaps is the  very successful SRTUSA version.   I wouldn’t mind that again, especially if they use the proper sounds, it had quite a bit of antilag, pops sqeeks anc bangs over here.  Im sure it would fair well in the competition.

[ShodanCat 231]

2 minutes ago, RodgerDavies said:

Would you have preferred them to put the remastered ones in the base game and make you pay extra for Argentina, Poland and New Zealand, as a lot of studios would have done?

Not really a sensible point to make. Obviously if they would have only included the original rallies, and all else being equal, it would have been a dismal sales failure and a serious dent to their reputation. I mean, that's just common sense.

I'll agree that the purchase is optional, so in that sense nobody HAS to buy it (obviously,) but it's still a move by Codies driven by maximum return for the least amount of effort possible.

[klauskristjan 3]

Is it only me or not? Why zero information so far about online mode? Leaderboards, esports etc.. it's 2019, least people care about offline career racing against "programmed leaderboards". Is it more like dirt 4 jam session or more like dirt 3 way ordered starting?

And those DLC paywalled locations, will they be unlocked "for free" when playing online to avoid kicking players out of lobby when next track happens to be DLC track?

[versedi 39]

12 minutes ago, ShodanCat said:

We're paying for the new physics model and tire choice as part of DiRT Rally 2.0, not the DLC.

Then dont buy the DLC lmao

[tbtstt 2,387]

4 minutes ago, CodingRacer said:

Yay! I have been testing the new DLC content for the last 3 years, I can confirm that the stages feel great. During the beta there was a bug in one of the German stages, where the voice says "1 left, 1 left" when it should be "1 right, 1right" at the beginning of the stage if the Spanish co-driver is selected. I hope they have had time to fix it will all the new developments.

Whatever you're smoking, I want some. 

2 minutes ago, gfRally said:

If its the 2008 impreza, perhaps is the  very successful SRTUSA version.   I wouldn’t mind that again, especially if they use the proper sounds, it had quite a bit of antilag, pops sqeeks anc bangs over here.  Im sure it would fair well in the competition.

I personally don't think the "Open" SRT USA car would be comparable with a WRCar. There are a couple of S14's in the UK/Ireland, so it shouldn't have been too hard to find a real one to record. 

[ShodanCat 231]

Just now, versedi said:

Then dont buy the DLC lmao

Hmm, the "don't like it? then don't buy it" mantra hasn't worked very well for game developers in the recent past... just saying.