How long did it take for you to get the hang of DR?

[Its Ronnie Time]

After a nearly 10 hour grind this morning, I went from crashing every 3 seconds to crashing every 15-20. Despite the crushing difficulty (screw Greece, my God), this is the best racing title I've played and the first I've ben interested in since Super Mario Kart back in the early 90s.

How was the learning curve for you? I spent a few hours in Dirt 4 before tackling this head on and getting the drift of it. Frankly, if it werent for the proper gear and seeing people just insanely good at it on YouTube, I probably would have asked for a refund and given up. Also, my intial attempt to learn how to play this was with the T80 wheel, which is kinda terrible and explains why I never could get the hang of this game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xSQdIDa2_A&feature=youtu.be

[Greywolf]

The learning curve is steep. Try not to consentrate about going fast. Slow down and complete the stage as you become more accustomed bump up the speed. Look up on Youtube...Scandinavinan flick and the hand brake.

Good luck have fun..

[Its Ronnie Time]

Yeah, I've disvovered the key to mastering a racing title is taking it slow at first and running it over and over until you have it basicall6 memorized, which is an awesome feeling

[BluesyMoo]

Almost no time at all, however...

It took me quite a while to not crash all the time in older sims like Richard Burns Rally and GTR and Grand Prix Legends. And sims are great like this where if you get good in one of them, you're automatically ok in all of them, because there is only one set of real world physics.

I can never go back to non-sims anymore. There's just no point getting used to one game designer's dreamed up fake physics after another. It's a waste of time.

BTW, from watching your video, some suggestions: Try to grip the steering wheel as loosely as possible, otherwise you lose sense of the wheel's feedback. Keep both hands on the wheel and move to the shifter only when you're shifting. Outside of the game, practice rotating the wheel from lock to lock very smoothly and quickly.

[Pasi R-T]

I guess as many others have said.
1. Take it slowly first. (yes we all are impatient at start)
2. Learn the feel of the car. Preferably learn on one car to stay on road. (remember that when you are on top of crest you have less grip and vice versa)
3. Gradually learn to control your slides (on gravel its more constant so it is easier).
4. REALLY listen what co-driver is saying. (Bumps, what side of crest you should drive, opens etc.)
5. get some good setups from community and except that these are not necessarily suitable for your driving style, but it will help you to understand settings and then you can modify them to your own liking.
6. Practice....
7. Practice....you know ....

I have about 270 hours on this and I am improving all the time (btw. i am not saying that i am good, just learnt how to improve. And yes i take it too serious :D )

[Its Ronnie Time]

Originally posted by MarleyMoo:

BTW, from watching your video, some suggestions: Try to grip the steering wheel as loosely as possible, otherwise you lose sense of the wheel's feedback. Keep both hands on the wheel and move to the shifter only when you're shifting. Outside of the game, practice rotating the wheel from lock to lock very smoothly and quickly.

Thanks!!!

[karik_FIN_134]

I would recommend using hood/bonnet view (or dash, cockpit if u are for realism) because it's(those are) higher up and then visibility over smaller hills/crests is improved.
In cockpit(helmet, drivers eyes) -view u can move seat forward/back and up/down (default seat position is way too far so move seat closer to steering wheel).

In game preferences there's option to remove hand animation(fin the cockpit view) and only have steering wheel visible, then it will match physical rotation of your sim wheel (with hands it's only turns 90degrees left&right), also wheel can also be removed if it's blocking some vital instruments(lowest seat position in the game is still too high up and that causes issues with seeing gauges).

Don't trust co-driver too much, rather slow down if u are uncertain how the road goes behind a hill/crest and if u miss a pacenote just slow down more and try to use visuals to determine road/corner severity.

In Greece and Wales where roadsides are treacherous try maintaining road position throughout the corners (inside or middle), don't let car drift too wide out on the exits before u know stages better (like u've learned places where u actually can let the car go wider out).

[Its Ronnie Time]

Ill try using that more often. I'm usually very dependent on pacenotes and memory for my track runs, but I'm all for using a visual aid that isint too close to be considered "cheating", if you catch my drift. I'm a sucker for the "playing the way it's meant to be" mentality, admittedly, hence why I bought a TH8A yet never drove a MT auto in my entire life.

[zefrancou]

900 hours DR: the learning curve was fast at the beginning, viewing lots of tutorials, and video, as I am a dumb non mechanics guy and did not know what a camber was.
Even now reaching superior level in 90 % of daily and weekly challenge, often among the top 30, or top 50, I am still 30+ sec in many races away from the leader or from World Record.. The step to gain these blood...#{(& sec in a race are the hardest... and I still often go off road or crash even though now I know all tracks by heart. Just hit a tree and lost a tyre in the today wales by night challenge

Finding the right braking points or throttle point, the right angle of attack of a turn, ...lots of driving needed.

[Rookie-31st]

After playing Richard Burn Rally for several years, getting top results in DiRT Rally did not take long. I found myself in Top 5 in Rally Championship after only about 4-5 hours of gameplay, this including driving through all stages to beat Delta Community which I used to see all stages before diving into career. The worst problem for me was familiarizing with the stages, and especially getting used to pace notes using numerical corner designation instead of words (easy, medium, hard etc.) which was used in every other rally game I have played since 1999.

[Lexrax_TBD]

Took me approx 80`ish hours to get used to dirt rally with a controller and then another 80 hours to get used to using a wheel . Most 40% of that time , was tweaking , controller or wheel settings.

[Marius]

I think around 150 hours in the Mini. DR was my first sim and my first defloration with a racing wheel (DFGT back in days)

[98.7]

About 150 hours before things began to click. Still far from where I want to be though, personally.

[奶味小兔]

Originally posted by Pasi R-T:

I guess as many others have said.
1. Take it slowly first. (yes we all are impatient at start)
2. Learn the feel of the car. Preferably learn on one car to stay on road. (remember that when you are on top of crest you have less grip and vice versa)
3. Gradually learn to control your slides (on gravel its more constant so it is easier).
4. REALLY listen what co-driver is saying. (Bumps, what side of crest you should drive, opens etc.)
5. get some good setups from community and except that these are not necessarily suitable for your driving style, but it will help you to understand settings and then you can modify them to your own liking.
6. Practice....
7. Practice....you know ....

I have about 270 hours on this and I am improving all the time (btw. i am not saying that i am good, just learnt how to improve. And yes i take it too serious :D )

Yes yes yes ,just practice practice and practice. Learn to feel the car and listen to the guide.

[OMG 77]

Most YouTubers spent hours resting to get that video that makes them look good. Go slower is the key to this game, I was playing to get first place but I've given up on that top 3 is good enough for this game unless you like spending 3or4 hours on each stage. If anyone can win all races then you are amazing, I salute you. I can only do 4 or 5 stages at a time then I need a nap.

[SP.4$T]

this game ez as ♥♥♥♥ yo