Some spins here and there, and I think I was briefly upside down on a snowbank, but overall I managed to get through my least favourite event just fine. I didn't set any records, but at least my random choice of car seemed to work out. I've stubbornly stuck with the Citroën in previous 2000's races just because that's the only car in this class I "own", but even with the default setup the Focus 2007 just felt so much easier to keep pointing in the right direction. YMMV.

Lots of spins here and there, and a general feeling of defeat throughout. Don't think I was mentally up to the task yesterday, and when I fairly early in the first stage got stuck on top of a snowbank, leading to an early time penalty, I was pretty depressed throughout.

Good driving in stage 2 despite the trouble, but I ended up losing more than a minute to tuubi in the last two stages.

Sweden done. Didn't get the car behave to my liking. On the icy/snowy parts it was understeering on the gravel/snowy parts it was oversteering. Wheel was pretty nervous, so i didn't really feel like pushing much cause it was pretty unstable to my liking. On the plus side, compared to R4 we drove last time, the speed was there and i enjoyed the acceleration. Overall not many mistakes, 1 spin and 1 wrong start.

S1: Clean
S2: Spin
S3: False start +10 sec
S4: Clean

The first event ended a bit early? Hopefully nobody was planning to do it today.

Quoting: tuubiThe first event ended a bit early? Hopefully nobody was planning to do it today.

whoops, probably a mistake on the calendar click then. As i have said before, the website for setting up events is stupid and there are so many clicks to make, so its easy to make mistakes. Also you have to be fast with the clicks, otherwise the website will log you out and you have to start everything from scratch again.

My Monaco run was going decently if not brilliantly, but it ended in a weird DNF on the last stage. I say weird because only the back end of the car was slightly off the road and I was already getting back on track when it happened. Oh well.

Monaco done. Went pretty good overall.

Summary:

S1: Half-Spin at the hairpin
S2: Clean
S3: Clean
S4: Crash into snowbank + spin

My Finland run was a typical crashfest despite trying to play it safe, but somehow I survived without a puncture. A roll on the last stage ended up leaving me stuck against a tree and led to a penalty.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/690790/DiRT_Rally_20/

please Feral make the Linux port! Day 1 would be amazing.

Could use some new tracks badly :)

Anyway, i dunno when i will be able to run this event. Hopefully on the weekend.

Quoting: Xpanderhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/690790/DiRT_Rally_20/

please Feral make the Linux port! Day 1 would be amazing.

Could use some new tracks badly :)

74.99€ to get access to all the tracks and cars? Uh... No hurry Feral. Not like I could afford it until it's at least 70% off. Looks cool though.

Quoting: tuubi

Quoting: Xpanderhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/690790/DiRT_Rally_20/

please Feral make the Linux port! Day 1 would be amazing.

Could use some new tracks badly :)

74.99€ to get access to all the tracks and cars? Uh... No hurry Feral. Not like I could afford it until it's at least 70% off. Looks cool though.

from where you get that info? i see only that the unlock rates (singleplayer) are higher on delux version and you get season-passes with it. I really hope they will do DLC's with new tracks this time around, while i don't like DLCs in general i think when they add new locations with a DLC(like old times expansions were) and ask some money for it its fine. I wished they update first Dirt Rally with new tracks though, but new game is also fine

The DiRT Rally 2.0 Deluxe Edition also includes:
Dirt Season I:
x3 tracks
x5 cars
In-Game Bonuses
High reward events

Dirt Season II:
x3 tracks
x5 cars
In-Game Bonuses
High reward events

I thought this meant you wouldn't get those ten cars and six tracks with the base game. Looks like the DLC you were hoping for.

EDIT: I pretty much never buy a game without all its content DLC. Otherwise I feel like I'm getting only a partial game.

Quoting: tuubi

The DiRT Rally 2.0 Deluxe Edition also includes:
Dirt Season I:
x3 tracks
x5 cars
In-Game Bonuses
High reward events

Dirt Season II:
x3 tracks
x5 cars
In-Game Bonuses
High reward events

I thought this meant you wouldn't get those ten cars and six tracks with the base game. Looks like the DLC you were hoping for.

yeah i can read that, but i dont think it's like that. It's the season passes afaik. which will bring more content to the game. With delux edition you will get them for free if the time comes for those, with normal version you can just buy the Season DLC or whatever it will be called. All the 6 locations and tracks are in the base game as well afaik. Though more info would be needed as its pretty badly worded there.

I'm not even worried about the price at all, i have gotten more than 140 hours out of Dirt Rally and im quite sure i will get at least same on DIrt Rally 2, if its ofc similar game to the first game and not some arcade bullshit.

Quoting: XpanderI'm not even worried about the price at all, i have gotten more than 140 hours out of Dirt Rally and im quite sure i will get at least same on DIrt Rally 2, if its ofc similar game to the first game and not some arcade bullshit.

I doubt they'll mess up the winning formula. They know the first game was a success and there's no reason to take any pointless risks with the sequel.

The point about the game being worth the price, I wholeheartedly agree. You couldn't tell by my results but I've got probably double your hours in the game. Still, I can barely justify spending this much on games in a year.

You definitely can't tell by my league times, but according to Steam, I've got 160 hours out of Dirt Rally so far (it's #4 behind Crusader Kings, Stellaris and Motorsport manager, so it's #1 in "games that don't involve loads of reading").

The deluxe one seems a bit pricey, but even so - if I compare it to the price of beers, is it more fun than 20 beers? I think I'd happily miss 4-5 trips to the pub over the next 2 years for Dirt Rally 2. I'd imagine I'd go for the standard one and get the extras later.

Anyway, I didn't have enough time for Monaco, but I finished Finland, but not stylishly. I'm quite impressed with my times, given that I completed 2 stages with only 3 wheels. No slower than normal anyway :)

S1: Fine (for me), 48 seconds behind
S2: Lost a front wheel on 1st section, 1m 28 behind
S3: Several trees and getting stuck behind scenery, 58 seconds behind
S4: Lost a rear wheel halfway through, several additional huge crashes, only 42 seconds behind???

Incidentally, if anyone's wondered whether it's worth using the "Replace Puncture 1m 30", the answer seems to be no.

Finland done. Did not get the setup correct to my liking, but it wasnt terrible either.

Summary:
S1: Small trip to the forest, lucky to not hit any trees
S2: Clean
S3: Clean
S4: Rear left puncture few corners before the last sector started. Lost good 15 sec there driving on a rim

DNF on the last two events for me, so I'm a little behind :p

Having put 280 hours into Dirt Rally, I definitely feel like I got my money's worth out of it, but I'm close to packing up my suitcase and uninstalling.

Don't really want to get into another similar time-sink for a while either, but by the time 2.0 releases I might be ready again.

Didn't seem like hillclimb would be part of it, but the rallycross stuff is still there. I don't understand that mode at all, I'm utterly horrible at it!

Also, new areas is definitely tempting! But the deluxe seems utterly pointless? At least unless they explain what they mean. It seems like a bunch of "bypass the grind" content.

Doesn't seem like Dirt 4 has been released for linux, so hard to tell if this will be available native.

deluxe stuff is explained more here: https://steamcommunity.com/app/690790/discussions/0/2747650363454402472/

basically its for the season passes, the content that will come after the release at some point

as for DIRT 4, no wonder its not ported to linux, it basically failed, it hasn't even sold quarter of what Dirt Rally did, according to old steamdb info. But yeah let's wait and see, i think Dirt Rally was successful for Feral, even though its not for everybody.

Germany done. Terrible. Didn't get the break balance right, got it better for the last 2 stages but lots of mistakes anyway :(

S1: Spin at hairpin
S2: Crash into stones with reverse needed, Crash into trees with reverse needed
S3: Overshoot the hairpin, reverse needed
S4: Clean

My screen kept freezing during the first stage until I alt-tabbed out and back to the game. Happened seven or eight times during the stage. Disabling "Force full composition pipeline" seems to have fixed it, but required me to enable V-Sync again. I've seen this happen in Rocket League a couple of times lately, and in Dirt Rally occasionally. Might be something to do with the 396.54 driver series.

Anyway, tried a different car again. The Subaru felt heavy and (without tweaking) has a lower top speed than the Ford and the Citroën. But it really stuck to the road and felt satisfying to swing around corners when I managed to do it right. Result isn't great, but it could have been worse. Looking at Starving's run in the same car, could have been a lot better as well. :P