I attribute this to both getting in a driving rhythm and with understanding how the car feels on the different surfaces.

I tended to make my big mistakes at the beginning of a stage even in the long, 10-minute-plus stages, I became more confident the longer I drove. The track degrades in career events, which influences your tire compound selection and adds another variable to consider while driving. That kind of specificity spurs you to put your credits where you need it most.Īs prepared as I was with upgrades and repairs before an event, I was always nervous when starting a stage, even if I’d done it before. Instead of a nebulous two-percent increase in performance, for instance, an upgraded staff takes time directly off your repairs and penalties for flipping off the track. Upgrading your staff gets you tangible improvements. Dirt Rally 2.0 is not as involved as those other Codemasters titles, but I appreciate that it cuts to the chase. Dirt Rally 2.0 certainly features a more fleshed-out racing organization than the first title, complete with staff to hire and car upgrades, but it isn’t the same as those in the F1 series or even the core Dirt franchise. This model of efficiency gives Dirt Rally 2.0 focus, channeling your efforts in the right direction and guiding you when you need it most.Ĭodemasters’ titles from the last few years have presented their own career mode wrinkles. Even when you’re hurtling down a country road in Poland reacting at speed to the semi-unknown, moving the steering wheel only as much as you absolutely need to is the difference between surviving to the next turn and sending yourself into a race-ending skid.

Efficiency is the goal in rally racing, from your co-driver’s no-nonsense pace notes (while under duress, I might add) to the fix-only-what-needs-fixing-now scramble of repairs between stages.

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