WRC 5 vs Dirt Rally Thoughts

[thebillyman]

I just played some WRC 5. First off, while you can set the assist off and the damage to real, it still feels arcadey. I think Dirt Rally really has it here. But WRC 5 did have a couple of features that I would love to see in Dirt Rally.

-Damage: I hit enough stuff that my gear box got stuck in 3rd. That's awesome.
-Off road distance: There was a setting to increase the distance you could leave the road. I like that. It always bothers me when a game resets me without my say so.

Well, that's really about it. I didn't care for WRC 5 beyond that. But that brings up other games.
Old dirt games - I loved seeing other cars on the road. Maybe I was faster than them or maybe they broke down and I passed them. That was one of the coolest things Dirt ever did. The problem was that those stages were so short it felt unrealistic. Dirt Rally's stages are a little more realistic (while I'd still love to have the option to do full real life distance stages just like F1 has). It'd make sense to see a car or two on the side of the road once a rally. Not every stage though.

None the less, keep up the great work, CM! Dirt Rally is the best thing in years and I am still loving it! Also, please add custom pace notes!

Thanks!

[z]

I think both games are SIM-like enough. DR is aimed at the top 10% of drivers, while WRC5 is aimed at anyone in the segment who wants to play a driving game due to its flexible difficulty settings. I like cars better in DR, but they are suddenly "too light" (especially FWDs). WRC5 cars are a bit on heavy side. Tracks in WRC5 are a bit wider and in DR a bit more narrow than in reality. Sounds are definitively better in DR. Physics ... I don't think either of these two matches the reality very close ... yet. Of course, the DR is still "in development" and it can turn into a pile of ... or something great.

[MattStone]

Nguyên văn bởi natasha8384:

. Tracks in WRC5 are a bit wider and in DR a bit more narrow than in reality. Sounds are definitively better in DR. Physics ... I don't think either of these two matches the reality very close ... yet. Of course, the DR is still "in development" and it can turn into a pile of ... or something great.

Do some research before making such claims. dr tracks are modelled on real stages at extreme accuracy. Check out some of the comparison vids on dr vs real and you'll see how real the stag s really are

[thebillyman]

Yeah, I don't know what you're thinking, Natasha, but WRC5 is not SIM-like. Just watch the way the car flows on the road versus the way DR does it. I feels just as arcade like as all the others did. And if you like it, hey that's great. But as I noted, to me, it doesn't touch DR.

[DocStrangelove]

That's like comparing Zelda to Dark Souls

[python4161]

Suppose WRC5 is good for beginners and DiRT Rally is good for professionals.

[DocStrangelove]

First user review on Metacritic (8/10):

WRC 5. Yes! This is really a rally game! After 5 month of torture myself inside codemasters' Fake Rally I entered here - and I feel like some new dimensions sweeped open! I feel inertia and drift, I guide with them in different ways, sometimes I catch flying feelings. I have space for creativity! The game is definitely better, than WRC 1-4 (no words any "dirt")/ Of course railway drivers, which exposed to outrage their physical intuition for many years playing railway dirt arcade, cannot feel it, but true rally lovers - its for you! And our community will grow up with such game, although picture sometimes disappointing.

[Piranha-The Goldfish From Hell]

Nguyên văn bởi python4161:

Suppose WRC5 is good for beginners and DiRT Rally is good for professionals.

+1

[Simon said EAT DUST PLAYER_1 !]

Nguyên văn bởi DrStrangelove:

First user review on Metacritic (8/10):

WRC 5. Yes! This is really a rally game! After 5 month of torture myself inside codemasters' Fake Rally I entered here - and I feel like some new dimensions sweeped open! I feel inertia and drift, I guide with them in different ways, sometimes I catch flying feelings. I have space for creativity! The game is definitely better, than WRC 1-4 (no words any "dirt")/ Of course railway drivers, which exposed to outrage their physical intuition for many years playing railway dirt arcade, cannot feel it, but true rally lovers - its for you! And our community will grow up with such game, although picture sometimes disappointing.

Total :facepalm: - moment there! Got to be one kind soul to "help" out fellow consumers deciding their game-purchases for them(...)

Waiting for the demo-version to try out for myself, whether or not it is worthwhile purchase-option. AFAIR "them WRC5-guys" promised to compile one. Or was it the other camp around "Sebastian Loeb Rally Evo"? Either way:
Once Dirt Rally graduates from early access and should those guys keep their promise by offering a fully-functional, gameplay-including demo-version... ...I'd like to encourage Codemasters to do the same! (Seing as configuring your controls and ffb-values takes a while - and should be kept as open an option as possible, I do reject the idea of Steam-refunds replacing proper game-demos as an equal!)

Because simulations benefit from experiencing the game first-hand! So that over-achievers like our little friend on metacritic won't have another chance at alienating people and their potential new game-purchases!

[thebillyman]

If you like Dirt, I would not recommend WRC 5.

[Bigbazz]

Well you don't need 2 guesses as to who wrote the above.

[thebillyman]

Nguyên văn bởi Bigbazz:

Well you don't need 2 guesses as to who wrote the above.

W\hat are you trying to say there?

[Bigbazz]

Nguyên văn bởi thebillyman:

Nguyên văn bởi Bigbazz:

Well you don't need 2 guesses as to who wrote the above.

W\hat are you trying to say there?

Metacritic "review"

[Simon said EAT DUST PLAYER_1 !]

Nguyên văn bởi Bigbazz:

Well you don't need 2 guesses as to who wrote the above.

you got that right. I noticed in a blink of an eye :D Let's just not attract his attention or this thread will be doomed, again :(

[Rookie_One]

Why not, we could troll the hell out of him

[Simon said EAT DUST PLAYER_1 !]

Nguyên văn bởi Rookie_One:

Why not, we could troll the hell out of him

nah, nobody got time for that :D