Colin McRae: Dirt 2 (Xbox 360)

Colin McRae: Dirt 2 is good, albeit it mainstream (a little too dumbed down?) fun. As far as visuals go, my really did hit the floor when I saw this in motion. This is one mighty meaty 3D engine that Codemasters have brought to the table here. The vehicles and inverinoments look truly beautiful. This even managed to make Forza 3 look a bit dull for me, to give you an indication of how good the graphics are. In terms of gameplay, the depth of this game is akin to a paddling pool ie, not very deep. It seems as though the dveloper may have knocked it into reverse from the last game and just gone all out with crowd pleasing simple-ness. This is a good ...  Read the complete review

Colin McRae Dirt 2 Colin McRae Dirt was a pretty high quality racer back in it's time. It featured fantastic (if prone to slowdown) visuals and was a tight, if lighter, racer in its own right. A year later Codemasters delivered again with the excellent track racer Race Driver: Grid. It improved the visuals and introduced the flashback feature, which seems to be borrowed from most racing games nowadays. So it's hard not to be excited for Collin McRae Dirt 2, the latest racer from Codemasters which is gunning for a podium position by expanding the racing modes, improving online play and more. Does it take the crown or does it not do justice to this great racer's ...  Read the complete review

OVERVIEW: I didn't like Codemasters' new direction since the move to next-gen consoles. On the Xbox, they made some of the finest racing games available, giving more variety and close racing than anything the competition could offer, even Turn 10 with Forza Motorsport. Earlier than the Xbox, they made the excellent BTCC titles and, of course, the Colin McRae rally series. It's been a long time since the first Colin McRae rally game was released a decade ago on the PlayStation in 1998, and since then, the motorsport legend himself has sadly passed away. With DiRT 2, I didn't think or expect that Codemasters would design a fitting tribute to the Scotsman, ...  Read the complete review