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Dirt Rally Hurtles onto Steam Early Access
Monday April 27, in the year of our Lord 2015 -
Codemasters today invites gamers to join them on the road toward
the future of the DiRT series with the release of DiRT Rally on
Steam Early Access [insert link]. Launching initially with 17
classic and current cars and 36 challenging stages spread across
three very different real world environments, the team will be
adding regular free updates featuring more vehicles, locations
and game modes as they build a new, exciting breed of focussed
and challenging off-road racing.
Globally renowned for delivering realistic, yet fun, driving
games, Codemasters is once more bringing its talent and
experience to the world of rallying. With DiRT Rally, the team
wanted to take off-road racing to a new level of realism, so
tore up its previous pace notes and completely rebuilt the
physical simulation and driving models to truly capture the
feeling of each individual car as it hurtles along a variety of
surfaces in different conditions.
Codemasters has captured the essence of what makes rally unique
– that sense of trying to remain in control of your emotions, as
you hurtle along dangerous, undulating roads at breakneck speed,
aiming to squeeze everything out of your car whilst knowing that
one crash could irreparably harm your stage time. It’s the
ultimate test of a driver’s skill, and it’s the ultimate in high
risk, high reward gameplay.
The community will be DiRT Rally’s co-driver and their feedback
will help shape the development of the experience. For players
joining DiRT Rally in Early Access and the road ahead, the team
want their feedback. They’ll be helping to test theories and
providing vital data that will help to refine DiRT Rally.
From the outset players purchasing DiRT Rally on Steam Early
Access will get access to the following:
17 CARS OVER 6 NEW AND CLASSIC CLASSES - Including BMW M3 Evo;
Audi Quattro S1; Lancia Delta HF Integrale and Subaru Impreza
DIVERSE LOCALES - 36 challenging stages set across Hafren,
Wales; Monte Carlo, Monaco and Argolis, Greece
TEAM MANAGEMENT – Hire up to four engineering staff to work on
your car between stages
RALLY ASYNC – Daily, weekly and month-long challenges against
fellow players from around the world without the need to be
online at the same time
RALLY SEASONS – Compete in a succession of events with the aim
of gaining promotion to the next rung on the driving ladder
CUSTOM RALLY EVENTS – Take any car on any track and configure
and compete in single or multi-stage events against the AI’s
times
UPGRADES – Unlock the full potential of your car with meaningful
improvements to its handling and performance
TUNING – Tweak your car set-up based on car, track and weather
conditions to best suit your racing style
PHYSICS-BASED ASSISTS – DiRT Rally allows players to experience
cars in their purest form it also offers a selection of real
world assists similar to those seen in race and road vehicles as
traction control and ABS.
DAMAGE & REPAIRS – Wear and tear is faithfully recreated with a
comprehensive and realistic damage model. Damage can be repaired
by hiring Engineers to work in the team’s Service Area between
stages but with a finite amount of time available.