DiRT 3

defo worth a rent, would have been a five star but coz u cant do any online without a pass, witch costs £7:99 only gets a 3 star. briliant game and looks so realistic with good gameplay, but online pass lets it down as u dont even get a 1hr trial so i cant comment on the online side, sorry ppl

i got this title thinking it will be a good rally game, no its more like an arcade game, miles away from dirt 2 which i really liked, just cant get decent rally games anymore, days of coling mcray 2. 0 are long gone,

no feel to the steering what so ever, very difficult to get into the game due to no championship mode only the campaign which is race after race and very boring,

vip codes mean you also go without alot of the good cars and tracks, i have decided to try WRC 2011 instead,

As a huge fan of Dirt 2, I bought this as soon as it came out.

In my opinion Dirt 2 had awesome game play, brilliant controls, and an epic cast.

A new version with better graphics, new maps and the latest cars? Mildly excited to say the least.

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First put off: Activation code

To get all the cars and stages you must have a code, on principle I hate this sort of thing. I had a code so no problem but still, theres enough greed in this industry already.

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Second: Car selection

Now i liked being able to pick and choose cars, I also liked being able to progress through and get new cars to play with over time. In this latest addition to the series, every stage pretty much throws you a new car which you HAVE to use (more in a second), so you never get a favourite car or learn to drive one really well.

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Third: Stage selection

Some of the stages where interesting but Ken Blocks 'stunt' driving has made its way into the game, which you MUST complete to carry on and get more stages, in addition to doing dull and uninteresting challenges.

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Fourth: Points!?

So you need to get points to unlock the next stage, points are gained by being first, second, third, respectively, for completing dull unimaginative challenges (drift so far, attain X max speed) and to top it off, you get points depending on what car you use. I found unless you want to spend ages doing each boring challenge AND finishing first in every stage, you have to select the most recent addition to your garage every time as this car 'gives' the most points just for using it. Winning is obviously the goal but additional filler content because the game is amazingly short just to progress to... I didn't get to the end, I got so bored I couldn't bring myself to finish it.

In short: Just don't bother.

graphics are good but the gameplay is'nt that good compared to sega rally yeah i know an old game but at least on sega rally when turn corner too much you dont automatically spin out of control and of the course