DiRT Rally 2.0 DiRT Rally 2.0 - Out Now

Paul Jeffrey · Feb 26, 2019

DiRT Rally 2.0 has been made available on all platforms today.

The much anticipated sequel to Codemasters DiRT Rally has been made available for all platforms today, releasing to the wider general public following four days of 'Early Access' release to owners of the deluxe edition of the game.

You can catch some early access videos of the new title on our YouTube channel HERE.

Want to know our thoughts on DiRT Rally 2.0? Read our review HERE.

As well as global launch, DiRT Rally 2.0 also has a robust DLC plan in store for players, that will see additional content added to the game in the coming weeks - details of which can be found below:

Dirt Season I:
x3 tracks
x5 cars
In-Game Bonuses
High reward events

Dirt Season II:
x3 tracks
x5 cars
In-Game Bonuses
High reward events

DiRT Rally 2.0 is available now.

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bogani · Feb 27, 2019

Bruno Iwanczuk said:
Yeah but that way the steering wheel doesn't match the virtual steering wheel rotation.

It should. Set wheel to 900 in your profiler, in-game steering saturation to 70(900x0.7=720) and soft lock to Off.

RomFil · Feb 27, 2019

they could leave the old style of menu and game events, but it looks now more flawed as in d4

mantasisg · Feb 27, 2019

how is the physics ?

bogani · Feb 27, 2019

mantasisg said:
how is the physics ?

You will obviously get different answers from different people, but IMO the gravel physics are fantastic while tarmac still is sketchy.

mantasisg · Feb 27, 2019

Thats how it looks to from videos. Gravel looks very responsive from videos, but it is hard to say without actually being the one who is making the inputs.

Is it better than DR1 ? I absolutely love some cars in DR1, while some IMO are very unrealistic. Is it same with DR2 ?

It is interesting to try, but money is not raining.

MapoUK · Feb 27, 2019

dave kirk said:
Interested in WRC 7 but read it doesn't support accuforce or heusinkveld, can you comment on that?

My HE Pros work in WRC 7 but I'm not a big fan of the title!

Alex72 · Feb 27, 2019

Has there been any updates fixing anything like FFB, handling etc?

Bruno Iwanczuk · Feb 27, 2019

bogani said:
It should. Set wheel to 900 in your profiler, in-game steering saturation to 70(900x0.7=720) and soft lock to Off.

No, the game doesn't show more than 540º.

ShredatorFIN · Feb 27, 2019

Alex72 said:
Has there been any updates fixing anything like FFB, handling etc?

Nothing yet.

Bruno Iwanczuk · Feb 27, 2019

mantasisg said:
Thats how it looks to from videos. Gravel looks very responsive from videos, but it is hard to say without actually being the one who is making the inputs.

Is it better than DR1 ? I absolutely love some cars in DR1, while some IMO are very unrealistic. Is it same with DR2 ?

It is interesting to try, but money is not raining.

Gravel and mud is much better than Dirt Rally 1, the car feels more slippery, closer to RBR, allowing high speed drifts. Tarmac feels too slippery and the steering is too sensitive. As i couldn't reduce the sensitivity i had to increase steering center force to compensate.

Dirt Rally 1 tarmac was much better.

milord37 · Feb 27, 2019

Bought, installed, configured, played for 2 hours and returned (I have already received a refund).
I would like to understand how all of you can talk about physics without having an FFB!
Does the FFB work for you? Do you use a dynamic driving simulator? 2DOF, 3DOF?
Without wishing to speak about the delay of both the pedal and the steering wheel.
In my humble opinion, this game regarding physics, under these conditions can not be judged.
For the rest, graphics, sound, etc. everyone has their own tastes! I do not like it, I still prefer DR1
Forgive me for my english

Bruno Iwanczuk · Feb 27, 2019

mister dog said:
Got WRC7 for 12 bucks from CDkeys yesterday, and end up playing it all night. This game passed under many people's radar after the previous entries into the WRC series were very 'meh', but 7 is an exception the physics and FFB are quite nice this time round and the stages are long and wonderful. Pro tip if you don't want to pay 3 times as much for DR2 which has the usual issues that plague the series again.

WRC 7 sucks, there is no option to hide the steering wheel, there is no advanced saturation options to optimize the axis, the handling and the forcefeedback sucks.

Kenny Paton · Feb 27, 2019

milord37 said:
I would like to understand how all of you can talk about physics without having an FFB!

The older among us will remember well that the early wheels in the 90's had none and physics were still discussed back then, but yes it's hard to go without nowadays.

Helldriver · Feb 27, 2019

Bruno Iwanczuk said:
No, the game doesn't show more than 540º.

In DIRT Rally it showed more that 540 degrees, when turning the driver arms off.
Maybe that works also with Dirt Rallye 2?

Alex72 · Feb 27, 2019

milord37 said:
Bought, installed, configured, played for 2 hours and returned (I have already received a refund).
I would like to understand how all of you can talk about physics without having an FFB!
Does the FFB work for you? Do you use a dynamic driving simulator? 2DOF, 3DOF?
Without wishing to speak about the delay of both the pedal and the steering wheel.
In my humble opinion, this game regarding physics, under these conditions can not be judged.
For the rest, graphics, sound, etc. everyone has their own tastes! I do not like it, I still prefer DR1
Forgive me for my english

Someone posted a tweak on reddit/Steam about some missing config lines. Some people report really good feeling from bumps/gravel while others dont see any difference. However might be that some put in the wrong numbers in the wrong Place. Not sure. I havent bought it yet due to feedback. But seems some FFB config file is "wrong" with wrong numbers and missing values and some people say it brought DR2 back to DR1 level - almost.

Bruno Iwanczuk · Feb 27, 2019

Helldriver said:
In DIRT Rally it showed more that 540 degrees, when turning the driver arms off.
Maybe that works also with Dirt Rallye 2?

But i want to see the arms. Anyway even with 900º of rotation it still too sensitive.

Chobonator · Feb 27, 2019

Bruno Iwanczuk said:
WRC 7 sucks, there is no option to hide the steering wheel, there is no advanced saturation options to optimize the axis, the handling and the forcefeedback sucks.

The default FFB is terrible, you have to follow a guide unfortunately.

milord37 · Feb 27, 2019

Alex72 said:
Someone posted a tweak on reddit/Steam about some missing config lines. Some people report really good feeling from bumps/gravel while others dont see any difference. However might be that some put in the wrong numbers in the wrong Place. Not sure. I havent bought it yet due to feedback. But seems some FFB config file is "wrong" with wrong numbers and missing values and some people say it brought DR2 back to DR1 level - almost.

I tried to make those changes to the xml file, trying all possible values from 1.0 to 10 but in my opinion the situation gets worse

Ntouskos Thanasis · Feb 27, 2019

the only this that bothers me is that it doesnt auto understand if it has to use shift or paddles ..

reynaldo luna jr · Feb 27, 2019

I pre ordered my copy on Steam. I know, I should have waited, but now that I hear it's online only despite what Code Masters has put out, I will not download it. I'll wait and see if this constant connection thing is true. If so I'm going to ask for a refund. I guess I'll just wait and see.