As someone who found DiRT Rally (not tried 2.0, but certainly for the 1st) too difficult to be enjoyable, this game was a blast. The game isn't particularly difficult in my opinion, I played the game from anywhere to middle in difficult to the hardest with nothing more than an Xbox 360 controller and won on most occasions - didn't take away from the fun of playing the game though, you truly have to focus to achieve good times, just like Rally, but it is nowhere near as harsh on mistakes, unless you're plowing in to trees at top speed.

Just remember, when they say "don't cut", they mean it...