Colin McRae: DiRT 2, Ready to Race This September

Back in the days of the Sony PlayStation or the PSOne I vaguely remember playing the first Colin McRae rally games. I have misty memories of playing the game from a first person view with, road signs flashing on the screen telling me what the next corner was, that coupled with a droney voice of a guy saying things like hard left, easy right. Maybe there was a mediocre 180 degree turn there but i’m not sure.

Now we are the many gamers of the 360 and ps3 generation and the next installment of the Colin McRae game saga is just an ‘easy left’ away (/facepalm). This is the first Colin McRae game to come out after the unfortunate passing of the legendary rally driver, and what better way to commemorate him with, what promises to be, a great rally game.

So what does DiRT 2 offer that is new to the already quite full platter that is rally gaming? Well according to IGN the game is powered by the third generation of the EGO Engine’s award-winning racing game technology. Sounds pretty nifty, how does the gamer benefit? This engine provides tuned up car handling and new damage engine effect. So sounds like if you crash you will break your engine…big time. With the new game engine you will get new level of visual fidelity, so you can rest assured when you do crash, it will look wonderful.

The game also has a nice selection of cars for you to get you mitts on, from the get go you will have available to you cars from seven classes of aggressive and fast paced rally cars.  Your garage will house the best in that particular class so there is no need to rummage through fifty million menus to get to the best car. What I think is really cool, is the first drive in DiRT 2 will be in the Group N Subaru. This vehicle was the super car from the original game. Nice touch.

With all games these days Online is a standard functionality, and Dirt 2 of course is no exception. Featuring head to head races, plus new social features that have yet to be revealed, this game is set out to be any aspiring rally drivers dream.

DiRT 2 will be out on September the 11th on PlayStation 3 and XBox 360.

Hey, if your in London the the 10th of September be sure to head down to The Arches for the massive launch party held by NME and Codemasters. It will feature performances from the bands such as The Rakes, Glamour Of The Kill and Dinosaur Pile Up…..awesome.

Garv!