Recent reviews by Luis

[1.0 Release, 08 December 2015:] Now that Early Access is over I can wholeheartedly recommend this game. Nearly all of the issues I had with DiRT Rally have been ironed out throughout the year, with my final biggest gripes being sorted in version 1.0.

This is a wonderful representation of Rally with a great selection of cars from the history of the sport. I'd love more locations, but the stages that have been included are very high quality and provide an excellent "greatest hits" of what rallying around the world has to offer. I am very pleased with their decision to model real-world stages.

The actual driving experience (using G27) is simply one of the best pieces of computer-based entertainment I have experienced. I said something similar in my initial review below, but this has only improved in my eyes.

The RX and Pikes Peak content are nice extras to the game. It'd be great if this project leads to a new licenced rallycross title that continues with the more "authentic"/"sim" approach to modelling the sport and includes the full World RX season, as well as a "sequel" to DiRT Rally that simply has a larger selection of rally locations with a bigger budget.

DiRT Rally is an excellent title. If you have any interest at all in the sport (and ideally a wheel) and are prepared to fail a lot (all part of the fun!) then this is well worth the purchase.




[22 May 2015:] My rule of thumb in judging an Early Access game: "If development were to stop right now, would I be happy with my purchase?" In this case, it's a definite yes.

And luckily, development is on track to add a lot more and produce a truly fantastic game once 1.0 comes around. I am impressed with the way the development team is handling community feedback and it seems they are listening to the right things.

In its current form it still has its problems, particularly the FFB, but the main ones have been acknowledged by the dev team and fixes/improvements are in the works.

It is not easy, but in my opinion that is the way it should be in a game aiming to be a rally "sim". I am not super skilled at sims, but play with a wheel and no assists, and I have only won two stages in career mode so far (over 30 hours). But that doesn't matter, as my gradual improvement has been one of the most rewarding things I have experienced in a game.

Despite a few flaws at this stage of development, my time spent with the game in the first few weeks has been some of the most fun I have ever had at a computer.