My alter-ego Rodd Bloodshot never won a race during his time through DiRT Rally 2.0, but he had an absolute blast trying to work his way up the leaderboards. And as Rodd Bloodshot gradually moved up the leaderboards, I felt a sense of pride and accomplishment - until Rodd flipped the car once again. It did, however, force to me learn the game’s system and mechanics to step up my game learning how my cars reacted to different terrain, navigating narrow roads in the dead of night, and knowing how rain affected traction slowly helped me improve. For the sake of this review, I kept driving assists turned off and my challengers’ driving abilities a notch above “easy,” though that slight decrease to the AI’s abilities did little to help me win any races. At first, it bugged me, but then I grew to like it.įortunately for those of us who only dabble in the world of hardcore racing simulators, DiRT Rally 2.0 allows you to mess around with the settings a bit to find a level of difficulty to suits your skills. If your mind drifts off the road ahead of you for even a split second, you could watch your standing plummet with zero chance of recovery. In other racing games, I could have recovered from this move before doing severe damage to my car however, in DiRT Rally 2.0, Rodd paid the consequences for driving like an idiot. Over the side of the road and into the trees Rodd Bloodshot traveled, my knuckles white as I gripped the controller and braced for impact. As soon as I did, I realized my mistake, but I had no time to correct this glaring error. While speeding down a narrow gravel road in the dead of night during a heavy rainstorm, I hit the brakes to address an upcoming turn I had failed to notice (always pay attention to your co-driver). Instead, he pushes forward, speeding forever toward the finish line, even when his behavior on the racetrack prompts investigations from the stewards (Bloodshot has a tendency to cut corners, though not necessarily on purpose). A born hot-head who tends to lose his cool whenever he fails to adequately perform during a qualifying round (which happens more often than he’d like to admit), Bloodshot never lets these negative downturns hold him back, regardless of their severity. Instead of admitting my own shortcomings and suffering the emotional and psychological consequences, I will instead blame everything on my rookie driver, Mr. Had I not, I doubt my poor PlayStation 4 controller would have survived the experience. In fact, to keep those dark feelings of personal turmoil under control, I had to develop an alter ego to take the fall for my inadequacies. Even after making extensive mental notes whenever I royally screwed up, I still struggled to keep up with the pack, which conjured feelings I hadn’t experienced since my time with Gran Turismo 4.
Turns out, I’m still very much an amateur, and my inability to place anywhere near the top of the leaderboards during my journey through 2.0 proves I still have quite a bit to learn. After spending some time with more arcade-centric racers over the past few years, I thought I actually had a handle on the racing genre.
Make no mistake about it: DiRT Rally 2.0 will put your driving skills to the ultimate test.
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