Dirt 3

8/10 - One of the best racing games I&#39;ve played. My only complaint with it is I wish I had a racing wheel, because trying to play this game with a standard controler was just frustrating trying to make the little ajustments needed to really play this game well. <br /><br />The feel of the game is almost the exact same as Dirt2, but with different cars/places and a little better graphics.<br /><br />Deffinitely worth a try if you like racing games.

Others have probably written more eloquent reviews than I could, so I will just keep this short and to the point.<br /><br />The game is good...true to the Dirt series. The new things are good, and some of the old annoyances are gone. It&#39;s still a bit more on the arcade-like scale than a true simulator, but that&#39;s to be expected. <br /><br />The game requires you to purchase a VIP pass to play multiplayer, have access to all the in-game cars, and upload your replays to YouTube. This trend needs to STOP. I understand companies trying to make the most from their investment, but to penalize people who only want to rent the game? That&#39;s pretty low.<br /><br />Good game (8/10). VIP pass can suck a fat one.

All three installments of Dirt have been great. Each one seems to combine outstanding graphical realism with a confidence-inspiring, fun-to-play racing component... an ideal balance of immersion and "arcadey" playability.<br /><br />I&#39;m no aficionado of rally racing as a sport -- I don&#39;t follow the events or drivers, so I can&#39;t speak to it&#39;s appeal in that sense. However, the racing itself manages to be intuitive and frantic, at once. Part of the reason for this is the variable difficulty and driving assist settings. If you just jump in and play straight away, you&#39;ll more-or-less be on the easiest setting in terms of difficulty and assists. Fortunately, it&#39;s very easy to tweak everything from braking assit, HUD-visible racing lines, acceleration assist, AI difficulty and more in the menu to get a setting that lets you feel competent, but challenged.<br /><br />At my ideal setting, which was a lower difficulty with almost no driving assits, I was able to hit a point where I could be competitive in most races, but would often have to retry in order to grab a 2nd or 1st place finish. The difficulty does ramp up toward the end of the "Dirt Tour" (career mode).<br /><br />The rally racing itself is broken up among a variety of locations and weather conditions (asphalt, gravel, dirt, mud, snow, and various combinations thereof) and covers a healthy variety of vehicles. Additional vehicles automatically unlock as you progress through the career and car choices never become stale.<br /><br />The standard rally races are interspersed with Gynkhana events, which amount to stunts and tricks, usually involving drift tecchniques, for points. These are usually a fun and welcome departure, but "Gymkhana Sprint" events in particular proved to be quite frustrating for me.<br /><br />Visual presentation is outstanding, sound design is more than passable for someone who&#39;s neither a car expert nor audiophile and the music choices were fitting, if forgettable.<br /><br />Couldn&#39;t try multiplayer due to the online pass restriction. Boo!

Awesome Game! <br /> <br />Pros: <br />Realistic <br />Graphics <br />Controls <br /> <br />Cons: <br />Marketing <br />Online pass <br /> <br />Overall a great game. Looks good and is fluid when playing. casual difficulty is a joke so play on intermediate. Only downfall really is they are constantly telling you about the DLC. I guess i just got the point where it went in one ear and out the other. It didnt take away from the game at all. Took me about a week to beat the career mode. Also you wont have the Online pass that most games have now since its a rental. I still enjoyed just the offline play tho. <br /> <br />If your debating renting it, DO IT

I have been a fan of the Dirt series since their first game, and the sequel only got better. Both games definitely had things they needed to add and change to get it to be "just right". When I heard about Dirt 3 coming out, I ran out and pre-ordered it as soon as I could. I didn&#39;t want to waste any time with renting it because I knew it was going to be amazing. <br />And I was right. <br /><br />Dirt 3 brings in all the best aspects from the first two Dirt games, and improves on them. The physics are amazing, as are the graphics. When you start racing on all different surfaces (dirt, mud, wet and dry tarmac, snow) it only gets that much more amazing. Dirt 3 also focuses more on the rally racing and rally cross/cross-over races. <br /><br />This game has an impressive car selection, including cars from the infamous Group B Rally of the 80&#39;s (which has since been banned) such as the Audi Quattro S1 and the Ford RS200. I do admit, it would be nice if there were more options when it comes to the trophy truck and buggy races, but overall, they did a great job. <br /><br />Definitely worth my money. Even more worth renting if you aren&#39;t convinced to buy it....yet.

I refuse to drop another dime into a greedy game developers hand, after dropping 60 Bucks for the game they demand I continue to shovel money into thier mouths by making a good 40% of the cars, content and courses "Available on Live marketplace" No. No I say. I&#39;ll not only not purchace any content just to play the "Core" game. but I&#39;ll never purchase another product from your companies again. If everyone would do the same, these pathetic money grubbing developers might get the hint.

I was very excited to play the new dirt. I&#39;ve played each one and have been very happy with them. Dirt 3 however was a little bit of a let down. I was truly expecting more from the actual game play (what more is there for a racing game tho). Very well made game, very fun, lots of interactive stuff and very high definition racing.<br /><br />One thing that I did notice that I really didn&#39;t enjoy was the repetition of the races and the overall indifference between races. Very standard and straight forward. (I guess some people like that) It&#39;s not a terrible thing but just something to consider. Also it took a little while to get the steering down pack but once I did, it was off to the races. <br /><br />Over all good game. Fun, very challenging, very good quality!

Went to Gamestop in hopes to buy the second installment after beating it a couple months before and with my luck they didnt have it, yet the 3rd one had just released. I hail maried it knowing that it may be a $60 mistake (plus taxes of course) but to my suprise it was primarily the same as the 2nd but 3 has gymkhana were you do freesyle drift sessions n such for points. Its bangn to play for hours on end while to me only slightly falling short of #2. Supprisingly there is no replay for some strange stupid reason. There is only the ability to do a 10 or so second replay when preparing to flashback during races. I dont understand that at all &amp; is a exremely disapointing (unless im looking in the wrong place for it or have a setting out of wack. i donno) but other then that it is Nice T!ts.