In February 2009, Codemasters revealed plans to release 'a number of small DLC packs soon after launch which players can use to personalise and augment the boxed game'. The Mac OS X version of the game was released by Feral Interactive. The demo appeared for the PC on 29 November 2009 it features the same content as the console demo with the addition of higher graphic settings and a benchmark tool. It was also one of the first video games to implement the then newly released DirectX 11 graphical standard on ATI 5000 and NVIDIA Geforce 400 series chipsets.Ĭolin McRae: Dirt 2 was an official sponsor of Ken Block, Travis Pastrana, Tanner Foust and Dave Mirra of the Subaru Rally Team USA.Ī demo of the game was released on the PlayStation Store and Xbox Live Marketplace on 20 August 2009. It was the first PC video game to use Blue Ripple Sound's Rapture3D sound engine by default. In addition, the features and expanse of the multiplayer component, which was often criticized in Colin McRae: Dirt as being fairly anaemic, was completely new to the series.Ĭolin McRae: Dirt 2 used the audio technology Ambisonics. The Flashback ability, allowing players to rewind time mid-race, a new feature in Grid, was kept and improved due to its popularity.

The engine, EGO, initially featured in Race Driver: Grid, was updated to better take advantage of the PlayStation 3 specifications, as well as improving multi-core processor utilization on the Xbox 360 and PC. The game was later announced officially on 19 November 2008. Shortly before the release of the first game in the Dirt series, Colin McRae: Dirt, Colin McRae: Dirt 2 was described by Matthew Horsman, chief game designer for the game, as a game more improved and refined than its predecessor. The World Tour mode sees players competing in multi-car and solo races at new locations, and also includes a new multiplayer mode. The game includes five different event types, plus three more 'special' game modes. The game takes place across Asia, Europe, Africa and North America.

It features a roster of contemporary off-road events, taking players to diverse and challenging real-world environments. Along with the player, an RV travels from one event to another, and serves as 'headquarters' for the player. The game includes many new race-events, including stadium events. It features Ken Block, Travis Pastrana, Tanner Foust, Dave Mirra and Mohammed ben Sulayem. It is the seventh game in the Colin McRae Rally series and was the first game in the McRae series since McRae's death in 2007. Colin McRae: Dirt 2 (or simply Dirt 2, stylised as DiRT2 or COLIN McRAE DiRT2) is a racing video game developed and published by Codemasters in 2009, first for the Nintendo DS, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Wii and Xbox 360, and then later for PC platforms (Windows, OS X).

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