Dirt Rally 2.0 v Dirt Rally

[WestHam66 56]

Hi,

Apologies if this has been asked on here before, but I'm only just thinking about getting Dirt Rally 2.0.

I played Dirt Rally a lot and loved it.

What is better or worse on Dirt Rally 2.0 compared to Dirt Rally?

Is anything different about the handling when using a controller? 

Is career mode better or worse and what is different?

Thank you.

[Jake Cushing 800]

The physics are a great deal better. The cars have proper weight, and the 'floaty, finicky' handling of DR1 is replaced by responsiveness and greater realism. Cars feel more differentiated. The graphics are better in each area, especially lighting. Cars themselves look amazing, even from very close-up. Handling is more responsive and more precise with a controller, without sacrificing realism. It's actually a joy to play with a controller, better than any other rally game before. Audio is excellent and the co-driver is superb, a pleasure to listen to (and crystal clear). Some audio balancing issues remain with engine noise in particular being wildly variable.

There are now a good deal more tracks on which to rally (and rallyX), but nb half of these are extra downloadables. Career however is not much more than before, and unfortunately is always-online now, meaning some annoying pauses while you 'communicate with Racenet'. There are however now online daily, weekly, monthly etc challenges against other players. These are fun.

One thing to note: If you play on a console, the FoV has been increased, so the road looks smaller and there is no means to change this in the game. However if this is an issue, you can perhaps 'fix' it with a zoom function on your TV.