Dirt rally 2 vs dirt 4 pro#
Rallying is actually OK in pro mode, but it turns out that simulating rear-wheel drive buggies racing in close proximity to each other on a bumpy, loose-surface track makes for an almost unplayable video game. If you owned a real dirt buggy, you wouldn’t want to tiptoe around tracks, you’d want to absolutely thrash the thing.
But push even slightly and you’ll inevitably oversteer to the inside of every other corner. This difficulty is exacerbated by overly-aggressive AI. They subscribe to the Ayrton Senna school of thought, in that if a gap exists they’ll go for it. Never mind that the gap is closing and will be gone by the time they arrive. Through no fault of your own, you’re left staring at the barrier, with no ‘Rewind’ button and, depending on your skill selections, a limited number of restarts. So I reluctantly switched to ‘Gamer mode’, at which point Dirt 2/3 raise their beautiful heads from the ground. The steering becomes more responsive, more assured and – yes, it tells the truth – more fun. The cars still oversteer and I had to use every trick in the book to win on higher opponent difficulties, but I’d describe it more as ‘worthy challenge’, not ‘actual hell’. There are more gamey side modes - tucked well out of the way where they can’t offend anyone - where you can partake in some classic microgames like gate crasher, time trial runs with bonuses strewn around the route, and an in-depth tutorial mode. After the short introduction to the game, no single racing discipline is mandatory, so you can just play what you like, with enough content to make your personal game feel substantial, even before you take it online.īut a game needs more than ‘content’.
Everything feels offensively inoffensive. Dirt 4 doesn’t have an identity of its own. It’s a decent and capable modern racing game, but one that’s demonstrably outshone by Forza Horizon 3 and Driveclub in almost every way. The rallying is superb, but not everybody likes pure rallying.
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