As with Dirt2 You start as a nameless driver your off-road career. At the beginning you give to your name and nationality, and defines your nickname. Here many boys, girls and nickname are offered. Your manager clears you on about your goals and you're the 1st Championship. In the many championships you will required in various competitions: Rally, Rallycross, Trailblazer, Landrush, duel, drift challenges and Gymkhana.
The first 5 Series competitions should connoisseurs already know from the predecessors. On the structure of competitions nothing has been changed, you are here only on new, but some really cool and challenging routes on the go. Another new feature is the very, very fun Gymkhana mode. Here you will under the direction of Ken Block Gymkhana-inventor of this freestyle competition introduced. First you have to overcome 5 Training Stages before You may take the first Gymkhana competition in the port of Monaco. Your busy here then a place among the top 3, you unlock your own Gymkhana Training Centre, on a disused London factory site, freely, on which you can practice your drifting, donuts, jumps and your stylish driving. This training ground you can zoom in to two additional levels later in the game. Zustätzlich offers training grounds 80 Gymkhana missions. This is true only for certain tricks that you must make your at certain points and hunting for hidden suitcase. But this way you lehrnt how to drive Gymkhana.
The drift challenges are new. Here you will drive in a souped rally car a stretch to a predetermined turning point and back. The aim is to collect on the track, within the prescribed time limits, as many drift points.
The rally events have been a bit bored, your journey in Finland, Norway, Michigan and Kenya on each 8 different stages per rally. So the game is on at least 32 special stages. If it were up to me, can be like to have doubled in Dirt4. You're here alone on the piste and must take the best possible time. Here you should always a good boy the instructions of your co-driver followed. Its specifications are very accurate and reliable.
In Rally Cross and Landrush race ride it on a circular route marked out against 7 virtual opponents. When Rally Cross you sit hinter'm wheel of rally cars, ride at your Landrush either in an all-wheel-drive, converted SUV or in a buggy with rear wheel drive.
Trailblazer events are similar to the rallies. Your journey here in souped 600PS - 800PS strong rally cars to open high-speed routes. On the long straights reached your speeds beyond 200 km / h limit. Unfortunately, these routes are not as long as still at Dirt2. Too bad, because some 10 - 20 km long special stages had the game determined not harmed.
Ride your turn your opponents have In duels with a rally car on a circular route marked out and need in their place. Your journey here to your opponent, so you never have these on each parallel tracks, right in front of or behind you.
The racing events are also at different times (day, night, dusk) or weathering conditions (sunny, cloudy, rain, snow) instead. The different Wetterbedinungen affect differently on the driving behavior of vehicles noticeably from.
And drivability of the car is incredibly good. Even with activated driver aids such as ABS or traction control, to Dirt3 feels really good. Turns your from this, the game will be a diehard off-road simulation. There is then a challenge to keep the car on the dust, slush or ice tracks. Novice drivers can turn to is also still a racing line, braking, gas and power steering systems. But let's be honest: In the latter driving aids you could have done without. Where's there's the fun? If it anyway times carry you off the track or you should construct a crash, you can rewind function via several seconds rewind and take the opportunity to again. Again, one can argue about whether this feature is useful. At least you must not restart the race if your time making a departure just before the finish.
The fleet can also be seen. Codemasters spendiert you a good 60 cars from the last 50 years rally history. In addition to current rally cars like the Ford Focus RS, Mitsubishi Lancer Evo XI or Subary Impreza WRX you can look also behind the wheel of a 60's Mini Cooper, set Alpine A110 or Opel Kadett A. The Group B cars such as the Audi Quattro Sport must not be missed. Oh, Ken Block's Ford Fiesta Gymkhana will you also provided. All of the cars fell by a fully animated cockpit. See only the paint reflections for my taste a bit too artificial.
Graphically Dirt3 can be more than just look. Although the high resolution and smooth graphics does not look quite as good as in Forza 3 or GT5, but is definitely one of the best visual racing games that exist at the time. Unfortunately I miss the enthusiastic crowd at the rally stages. Every now and then there is only sometimes that on the rally stages occasional viewer running on the track to shoot a photo. Otherwise, there is nothing but the graphical implementation to complain.
Even the powerful roaring surround sound comes with a lot of oomph out of the speakers. Music There is, however, only in a simple style and Spartan menus or are of well-cut replays.
Conclusion: With Dirt3 Codemasters continues its rally racing line continued consistently. The game was improved mainly by the scale and send graphics here again. In the console area, there are no better and more motivating Offroad game. Racing game fans and fans of its predecessor can be accessed safely. The differences between the Xbox360- and the PS3 version are probably minimal. According gamepro.de the Xbox version will have some brighter colors. I am thinking here is that this small blemish may be due to the settings of the TV set. According to the test in the current Maniac the PS3 version will probably suffer quite often under stuttering and tearing (line errors).
I love Dirt3 immensely fun and I will turn the one or the other Gymkhana-round until I can master without offending somewhere courses times.
Positive
- Over 100 detailed routes
- Very good and smooth graphics with high foresight
- Very motivating career mode
- About 50 cars
- Stylish cockpit perspective
- Strong exhaust note
- Gymkhana competitions
- Good and precise passenger announcements
Negative
- Little spectators along the course
- The predecessor of the menu liked me better
- Music, unfortunately only during the replays
Graphics: 9/10
Sound: 9/10
Gameplay: 10/10
Control: 10/10
Circumference 10/10
Fun: 90%
