Speculation and predictions for upcoming cars

[RodgerDavies 871]

So, CM have kindly given us some tantalising clues for new cars that will come alongside the features and locations over the next few months (OK, half a year).

So let's have some wild (or educated) guesses and we can see who's closest to the truth as time gets close. No devs allowed :tongue: (OK, you can if you want...)

May: Hillclimbing = "a collection of hillclimb cars"

June: Tarmac / Germany = " acollection of classic rally cars"

July: Rallycross = "a pack of rallycross super cars"

August: Rallycross Expansion = "new cars"

September: Finland = "two legendary cars from two legendary drivers"

October: Modern Masters = "A whole new class of car for you to master in career containing some firm fan favourites"

November: Sweden / Winter Wonderland: "new cars to master"



So obviously I'm not expecting more than two or three cars per pack, and I'm not asking developers to tell us what they are or reveal anything before they plan to, but I just thought it would be interesting to hear people's guesses. I know some of them aren't too descriptive, but have a go with some of the ones that are.

If this should be moved to the gossip thread, please feel free to do so.

[Rallycameraman 204]

This would be more appropriate in the DiRTy gossip thread

[meerkat80 0]

Considering the 17 cars we have now all comes from Dirt 3, my guess is that we will se something very close to an identical car pack. This is not so bad considering the Dirt series had so many good assets and they could be now used in a proper rally game.

The model quality is still very good, and the texture are upgraded from 2k to 4k so again, I'm not complaining. The variety is also quite large, there's a bit of everything but -- correct me if I'm wrong -- not enough to rebuild a set for a specific WRC year of championship.

Considering DR is aiming at a smaller niche than the classic Dirt line, I would be no surprised to see see no new cars at all but just a recycle of assets (probably except the big trucks/gymkhana/buggies, but the rest all seems perfectly to be compatible with the game modes of DR).

This is a paste of the Dirt 3 Complete Edition car list from Dirt Wikia (http://dirt.wikia.com/wiki/DiRT_3):

List of carsEdit

RallyEdit

ProEdit

Ford Focus RS WRC

Citroën C4 WRC

Ford Fiesta RS Rally Car

Mini Countryman Rally Edition

OpenEdit

Ford Fiesta Open Class

Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X

Subaru Impreza WRX STI N12

Subaru Impreza WRX STI SRT USA

Colin McRae R4 - (VIP Pass)

Ford Escort Mk II Ken Block Special - (Downloadable content)

Super 2000Edit

Peugeot 207 S2000

Abarth Grande Punto S2000

90'sEdit

Subaru Impreza WRX STI 1995 - (VIP Pass)

Ford Escort RS Cosworth

Lancia Delta HF Integrale

Toyota Celica GT-Four

Group BEdit

Audi Sport Quattro Rallye

Ford RS200

MG Metro 6R4

Peugeot 205 T16 Evo 2 - (Mud & Guts Car Pack)

Lancia Delta S4 - (Power & Glory Car Pack)

80'sEdit

Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500 - (VIP Pass)

Opel Manta 400

Renault 5 Turbo

BMW M3 Rally - (Downloadable content)

70'sEdit

Ford Escort Mk II - (Downloadable content)

Opel Kadett GT/E 16v

Fiat 131 Abarth

Lancia Stratos - (Downloadable content)

60'sEdit

Mini Cooper S

Lancia Fulvia HF

Renault Alpine A110 1600 S

RaidEdit

Hummer H3 - (VIP Pass)

Volkswagen Race Touareg 2

Bowler Nemesis

Mitsubishi Racing Lancer

TrailblazerEdit

ClassicEdit

Audi Quattro S1 Pikes Peak

Peugeot 405 T16 Pikes Peak - (VIP Pass)

Toyota Tacoma

ModernEdit

Monster Sport SX4 Hillclimb Special

BMW Z4 M Coupe Motorsport

Ford Fiesta OMSE Hillclimb Special

Rhys Millen Racing PM580

Chevrolet Camaro SSX Concept - (Downloadable content)

Ford Mustang GT - (Downloadable content)

RallycrossEdit

Ford RS200 Rallycross

Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X RallyX

Ford Fiesta Rallycross Mk 7

Peugeot 207 T16 4x4

Subaru Impreza WRX STI GR Rallycross

MG Metro 6R4 RallyX

Citroën C4 Rallycross - (Downloadable content)

Ford Focus ST RallyX - (Downloadable content)

GymkhanaEdit

Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X JUN

Ford Fiesta Gymkhana 3

Subaru Impreza WRX STI GD Gymkhana

Subaru Impreza WRX STI GR Gymkhana

Scion tC - (Downloadable content)

Saturn Sky - (Downloadable content)

Mini Cooper S Gymkhana - (Downloadable content)

LandrushEdit

Stadium Buggy

Stadium Truck

[austinb 37]

I would suggest for the pikes peak pack they will inlcude cars they have used previously such as:
Rod Millen's Toyota Takoma 
Rhys Millen's Hyundai 
Monster's Suzuki SX4
Toyota Celica GT Hillclimb

Plus Liam Doran's RS200 seeing as hes had decent input into the game and is a reasonable guy and likely to let them have it.

Im doubtful of Loeb's 208 T16 but that would be awesome.
Though if that does come we could probably also get Vatanen's 405 as well. 

[FlakHound 0]

Rallycameraman said:

This would be more appropriate in the DiRTy gossip thread

I was going to say the same thing, but honestly it gets crowded in there, and a majority of what "general discussion" is can fit in that thread. At least this keeps it organized so long as it's on topic.

As far as what classes are going to get added, on one hand I dont think we'll get anything crazy or classes we dont have now, but on the other hand they said they reworked some aero due to the big wings and downforce on hillclimb cars...

[sloty 0]

Classic cars are fine but I'd still prefer to see more recent one's

[RodgerDavies 871]

So, just looking from a rallying point of view, the following DiRT3 cars stand out as being 'likely' candidates to me:

Germany/Tarmac?:
Renault Alpine A110
Opel Kadett

Opel Manta 400

Renault 5 Turbo

Finland?:
Toyota Celica GT-Four (Kankkunen)

Modern Masters?:
Ford Focus RS WRC

Citroën C4 WRC


Probably not quite enough to fill all the planned content, so looking at the manufacturers who seem willing to play ball with licenses, maybe the Lancia 037 or Subaru Impreza WRC08 could sneak in there too, but it's the 'legendary cars / legendary drivers' one that has me intrigued.

[sloty 0]

Personally id like to see more modern cars in game such as the wrc toyota yaris and Hyundai i20.

[RodgerDavies 871]

sloty said:

Personally id like to see more modern cars in game such as the wrc toyota yaris and Hyundai i20.

Couldn't agree with you more; I'm holding onto hope that that's what the 'modern masters' pack will contain.

There's an interesting interview here ( http://www.videogamer.com/pc/dirt_rally/news/codemasters_announces_dirt_rally_a_hardcore_rally_sim_available_now_on_steam_early_access.html ) that specifically mentions the Peugeot 306 and Seat Ibiza being part of the tarmac pack. Interestingly, this shows that we might not only get models from previous DiRT games (I believe these two would be new?).

[bogani 684]

The Peug 306 F2 is a mean 4wD killer on tarmac. Would love to have it. And listen to it ;)

[macebig 0]

Seat Ibiza was part of the original game so in reality its making a return to the series.

[KingOfCoins 262]

I have a feeling that Codemasters have a good relationship with peugeot with all the peugeot cars coming. So I think it's likely we'll see the likes of the 206wrc, 307wrc, 207 s2000 and the 208 R5 in the future. Or at least one of them 

[macebig 0]

I would like to see R2 class cars as beginning for the career and relatively easy to handle cars to learn the basics of the game.