DiRT 2

Overview

Colin McRae: Dirt 2, known outside Europe as Dirt 2, is a racing game developed and published by Codemasters in 2009. It came out first for the Nintendo DS, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Wii and Xbox 360, and later for Windows and Mac. It is the sequel to Colin McRae: Dirt, the first game in the series since McRae's death in 2007 and the last to carry his name in the title.

It features Ken Block, Travis Pastrana, Tanner Foust, Dave Mirra and Mohammed Ben Sulayem, and takes place across Asia, Europe, Africa and North America. An RV travels from event to event and acts as your headquarters. There are five racing disciplines, rally, rallycross, trailblazer, raid and landrush, plus three special modes: Gatecrasher, Domination and Last Man Standing.

Multiplayer runs over the PlayStation Network and locally. Up to eight players can race in ranked Pro Tour matches or unranked Jam Session matches. In Jam Session any class of car can be used on any track, while ranked matches keep to the prescribed cars.

The game runs on an updated version of the EGO engine, first used for Race Driver: Grid. The physics model was reworked to show weight transfer, which allows techniques such as the Scandinavian flick. The Flashback rewind feature from Grid was kept. Ken Block consulted on the handling during development, and the cars were given more grip after he played an early build.

Codemasters said in February 2009 that it would release several small DLC packs after launch. In the end there were only two small items that work like cheat codes, Trust Fund and Access All Areas. A demo came out on the PlayStation Store on 20 August 2009.

The PS3, Xbox 360 and PC versions got positive reviews, with Metacritic scores of 87 for the two consoles and 89 for PC. IGN gave 8.4 out of 10 in the US and 9 out of 10 in the UK, and Eurogamer gave 8 out of 10. Famitsu scored the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions 35 out of 40. The Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences nominated it for Racing Game of the Year.

Game details

Genres

Racing

Developer

Codemasters

Publisher

Codemasters

Series

Dirt

Engine

EGO 1.0 (updated)

Designers

Matthew Horsman

Producers

Adam Askew

Modes

Single player

Yes

Local multiplayer

Yes

Online multiplayer

8

Release dates

Editions

Buy this game

Trophies

Trophies48

Platinum possibleYes

Platinum

1

Gold

3

Silver

8

Bronze

36

Total

48

Points

1350

• Perfect finish! You've unlocked every other trophy - Congratulations! Platinum 8.06% of players
• Big Bucks! Earn those big bucks. Silver 58.71% of players
• Dedication Win every event in the DiRT Tour. Gold 18.34% of players
• The Full Set Drive every vehicle in the game. Silver 15.04% of players
• Gut It Out! Win a DiRT Tour event without winning a race. Bronze 33.48% of players
• Head Over Wheels Roll your vehicle and still win the race. Bronze 66.4% of players
• Gnarly! Finish with Flair! Cross the finish line with no more than two wheels touching the ground. Bronze 88.61% of players
• Keep It Clean! Win a DiRT Tour race without crashing. Bronze 66.9% of players
• Terminated! Take terminal damage while travelling at over 140mph (225km/h). Bronze 24.25% of players
• Nailed an Event Win an event. Bronze 90.56% of players
• You're The Best, Around! Win a race at every track in the game (in any game mode). Silver 23.68% of players
• Dominated! Win a domination event, getting the maximum available points. Bronze 49.75% of players
• That All You Got? Win a Timed Throwdown. Bronze 59.49% of players
• On The Bubble Be second to last at each elimination point but go on to win a Last Man Standing race. Bronze 18.18% of players
• Gate Crashed! Hit every gate in a Gatecrasher event. Bronze 34.58% of players
• Friends For Life Become true friends with a superstar. Bronze 64.89% of players
• Aren't You Popular! Become true friends with 4 superstars. Bronze 53.22% of players
• Best Friends Forever! Become true friends with every superstar. Silver 45.89% of players
• Rookie Coming Through! Race in your first DiRT Tour race. Bronze 95.74% of players
• Pro Win a Pro division event. Bronze 67.93% of players
• All-Star Win an All-Star division event. Silver 54.46% of players
• Piece Of Cake Win a Throwdown. Bronze 68.98% of players
• I like a Challenge Win 12 Throwdowns. Bronze 31.77% of players
• Getting A Reputation Reach Level 15 in the DiRT Tour. Bronze 64.15% of players
• As Good As It Gets Reach Level 30 in the DiRT Tour. Silver 43.58% of players
• Whose Backyard? Beat Travis Pastrana in a Throwdown. Bronze 48.43% of players
• Block Party Beat Ken Block in a Throwdown. Bronze 55.83% of players
• Jet Setter Compete in a race in every location. Bronze 56.81% of players
• World Tour Winner Win all the World Tour events. Silver 26.6% of players
• X Games Champ! Win all the X Games events. Gold 42.88% of players
• Just Drive! You drove 100 miles (161 kilometres) without unlocking any other trophy. Bronze 40.27% of players
• For Colin You've won the Colin McRae Challenge Event. Gold 38.7% of players
• Five Of Your Best Win 5 Pro Tour races online. Bronze Needs online 13.23% of players
• Tourney Take part in four tournaments. Bronze 14.67% of players
• Famous Reach Online Fame Level 15. Bronze Needs online 14.36% of players
• Notorious Reach Online Fame Level 30. Silver Needs online 10.46% of players
• Rush Hour Win a Pro Tour race online against 7 competitors. Bronze Needs online 13.41% of players
• Mix It Up! Play in every discipline online (Pro Tour or Jam Session). Bronze Needs online 12.34% of players
• In His Footsteps Win 25 Rally races in the DiRT Tour. Bronze 35.34% of players
• With Great Honor Achieve a 'Cautious' impact rating in Multiplayer races (Pro Tour or Jam Session). Bronze Needs online 14.31% of players
• Mirra Image Beat Dave Mirra in a Throwdown. Bronze 49.24% of players
• I Ain't Afraid Of No Ghost! Choose a ghost, download and beat it! Bronze 12.39% of players
• Dialled In Win a race using a custom vehicle setup. Bronze 42.18% of players
• Two Cups One Girl Win two team events with the same female team-mate. Bronze 28.25% of players
• X Games Europe Champ Win X Games Europe. Bronze 68.23% of players
• X Games Asia Champ Win X Games Asia. Bronze 56.05% of players
• X Games America Champ Win X Games America. Bronze 43.66% of players
• Showboating Bask in your success at X Games America. Bronze 43.66% of players

Space and patches

Update patch01.01

These are the patches Sony still hosts for this disc ID. The game's real history can be longer.

DLC

Only two small downloads were made, and both work like cheat codes.

Items

Name	Adds
Trust Fund	Unlocks all vehicles, liveries and upgrades.
Access All Areas	Unlocks all events and tracks.

Playable today

Reception

Aggregates

Outlet	Platform	Score	Scale
Metacritic	PS3	87	100
Metacritic	Xbox 360	87	100
Metacritic	PC	89	100

Critics

Outlet	Score	Scale
IGN	8.4	10
Eurogamer	8	10
GameSpot	9	10
GameTrailers	9	10
Destructoid	9.5	10
GamesRadar	4.5	5
Famitsu	35	40

Staff and cast

Staff

Role	Name
Producer	Adam Askew
Designer	Matthew Horsman
Programmer	Matthew Craven
Artist	Nathan Fisher
Artist	Daniel Oxford
Artist	Jorge Hernandez-Soria

Notes for collectors

• The box is titled Colin McRae: DiRT 2 in Europe and DiRT 2 in North America. Sony's patch manifests use the same two names.
• It is the last Dirt game with Colin McRae's name in the title. McRae died in 2007.
• The European cover shows Ken Block's Subaru Impreza WRX STI.
• Trust Fund and Access All Areas were the only two DLC items released, and both unlock content that is otherwise earned.
• The trophy list has 48 trophies and 1,350 points, and several of them need online play, such as winning Pro Tour races and reaching Online Fame Level 30.
• A demo was released on the PlayStation Store on 20 August 2009.

Credits

Region

US

Time to beat

about 14 hours