A hell of a lot better than Forza 2 and much more fun...Great graphics and sound coupled with great gameplay and the super slick menu system makes this a must have game!

Brilliant rally game. Awesome.

The game is pretty much for ppl that cant handle great sims like forza 2. The easier arcade style game.

This is simply the best racegame I've played on the Xbox 360 till now. Better than Forza 2, better than Project Gotham Racing 3. It may not be the ultimate simulation racer, but it isn't arcade either. You should buy this game for sure if you like to race. You should buy it if you own a Xbox 360!

This game is a lot of fun and the graphics look great. It would probably be even better if I had the steering wheel.

This has to be one of the wosrt rally games i have ever played, the physics dont even act right and the camra angles r horrible, buy this game if u enjoy playing bad games.

I had not previously played any of the Colin McRae games before, but after playing the demo of this game from Live I was completely hooked. This is simply a fun rally racer with great visuals and offers a good balance between arcade and simulation with regards to the gameplay. I am not a die hard sim guy, so the arcade feel works just fine with me as far as playability goes. The menu interface is also very well done and adds an engaging element to the game in addition to the rush of racing the various vehicles in this game. Also, the replays give you a true sense of what you have accomplished with each race. From the amazing camera angle to the slow motion effect, it all comes together for a true cinematic experience. Overall, from a casual racing gamer point of view, this game hits the mark in my opinion.… Expand

Im very pleased with how this game is set up. It's control is not too hard to get the hang of. It has a great set up of different events to play and a really nice system of playing against the worlds high scores. The detail in the cars is great, and the variety of cars is great. The damage you car receives according to the crash is almost perfect. The only problem i have had with the crashes is that I like to see my crash finnish; if your crash get to wild and you go off coarse it sets you back up on course. Other than that i find little flaw in the game. Keep pumping them out Codemasters and i'll keep on playing.… Expand

Codemasters sure know how to make a game! I feel they've hit the right spot between simulation and arcade so that it's realistic yet fun. The game is very thrilling, and it looks so good at all times - both in game and wandering through the cool menus. It has become Americanised, but I feel it is now a much more varied experience. There's loads to do. The only disappointment is that there are only 2 online modes, based around the rally mode so there's no multi-car racing but the online mode is still well thought out and satisfying. The game's soundtrack consists of 10 songs, but I think they are really good songs and the sound effects are also great. There are some very minor annoyances but these are dwarfed by the games virtues. This game is not really a social experience like Forza but if you're looking for time on your own for a thrill, I'd suggest getting this!… Expand

The gameplay is horribly inconsistent. Sometimes it's fun, like when you are driving the unusual cube trucks in a rally cross, but most of the time it isn't. The game looks beautiful, but the gameplay is s***. None of the cars behave realistically, or in any kind of a fun arcade style. I wanted to like this game - so much that I spent $70 cdn on it! But I am trading it back to ebgames tomorrow; it just isn't compelling at all.… Expand

I enjoyed thiis game very much, great graphics beatuiful layout ,till i got to Tier 5, it suddenly demands you do 3 rallys for one podium and a meagre reward, i can t do 2 races in a row ( full rally races) then get time to do barely any repairs, its gets impossible as your on the last race is close to a scrapheap even on amateur, i'm not the only the only one. Oh and truck and buggy races are awful, worst steering ever in buggy races.… Expand

No local multiplayer on a single console and the pretty boring races with lorrys really brings down an otherwise fun off-road racing game.

This game is pure awesome, and as close to real as a racing game can get while staying fun for the average gamer. I'm not a Forza or Grand Turismo fan, the burnout and NFS series' have always held my heart, but this semi-sim has just the right amount of challenge and reward to keep me coming back to it. The lack of anything but improvised hot seat multiplayer at home is sad, but the single player is incredible enough to play and watch that you and your friends won't mind taking turns. Dirt for the win!… Expand

After reading the comments on this page so far its obvious that the hard core McRae fans are dissapointed byt the lack of pure realism in the game. I have many rally games including the Mcrae franchise and world rally etc and as far as looks go this one beats them all hands down. The handing of the cars can be made to feel more like a rally game if you change it correctly in the set up but I understand where people are comming from when they say its not a rally game. It is however a fun fun game, i love the big Chevy 4x4 races. Its Just fun, I know that the physics isnt spot on but i still have a smile on my face. If you just want a pure rally feel prob best to get the new sega rally game but if you want a great racer thats fun by Dirt! Biggest down fall is the lack of 2 player. Rest in Peace Col, you're a legend.… Expand

Average game all round. Colin was a British driver not some American and the camera angles a just Horrible! other wise "Non-Rally" truck type racing is fun.

This game is fantastic. looks great and plays great! compaired to Forza2 ( which is good also) it's so much more fun. I've just been playing it non stop since I got it... It might not be the most realistic - but its certainly the most fun.

I bought this game the day it came out. I love it. If you want a "Fun-to-play" racing game this is a must! Although I have PGR3 and forza 2, i just get so fustrated sometimes. Half way through forza 2 and I end up loosing interest... If you liked Burnout or if anyone remembers back in the day "Insane" this game is a MUST have!

Best racing game for the 360 thats FUN to play and not insanely realistic like forza. Not saying forza isnt good, its just not a "fun" game to play like Dirt. Sick graphics, Sick damage.

Finnaly a game that I cant have fun with rather than getting fustrated like hell with like forza. Basicly you have two options when it comes to racing games. Simulation - Forza, G.T, PGR or Arcade - Burnout, and now Dirt. If your looking for Simulation hard realistic to the (T) get forza 2. If your looking to have some fun and have your friends be able to play also go with Dirt! haha, very funny to watch my friends try to play forza 2. Im sure they will do much better with DIrt Thanks Codemasters.… Expand

I've been a long time fan of the CMR games since the first on PS1.There was finally a sim that wasn't strictly pavement or half-assed rallying like Gran Turismo. Over the years, it got better and better, looked better, handled better and just played flat out better with hundreds of courses and every weather and surface type imagineable. It was the equivalent of Gran Turismo';s core racing but offroad. Now comes DIRT. It originally left me with the feeling that this game would continue that trend, but boy was I wrong. First, the graphics are nice other than the framerate issues and tearing which tell me they didn't put 100% into smoothing out the graphics, but it only looks really good in the sunlit stages. The other cloudier stages it very much resembles something from an Xbox title. Man, what some sunlight and shadows can do to make you think a game looks better this gen than last! The physics and damage modeling are good, but you don't get to see much of it because your car resets as soon as you leave the track. The cars do feel like they're on a central pivot much like Ridge Racer 4 felt and looked on PS1, but it's not as apparrent when using the in-car view. The deal breaker though is the way they designed this game from a depth standpoint. There isn't any depth unless you consider depth as having a Motocross racer handling the voice overs for a rally game!!!???. That has to be the dumbest and most blatant way of showing you are trying to get the casual audience to buy your game...what does a Motocross racer that has the nerve to tell me I'm not racing very well have to do with rallying? You only get a couple of road surfaces, mainly dirt and pavement. No snow, no weather, no falling rain like in all the past CMRs. It just feels half-assed to call this a rally game and have no more road surfaces or weather in the entire game than the demo showed you or what the half-assed rally modes in the GT games gave you in 1999. Couple that with the fact that they added in stupid wheel to wheel racing with vehicles that have nothing to do with rallying, like garbage trucks and buggies and what you have here is the 360's version of the tech-demo-ish Motorstorm from PS3. This is not CMR, so if you go into it thinking that it will be you will be as enraged as I was. Go into it thinking it will be nothing more than an arcadey, over-the-top Motorstorm clone and you might be happy for a few days. I was just starting to think Codemasters was finally finding a way to show the world how great they are with games like CMR, Operation Flashpoint and a few other once great and very promising franchises, but they have now shown me they are no different from companies like EA and out to make a quick buck by making their games more user friendly and whoring them out to the casual market that thinks if the game has cool music and good graphics that it must be a great game. It looks like Sega Rally Revo will HAVE to step up and reign because between Dirt and Forza I don't know if I can deal with another over-hyped half-assed, cut corner racing game on 360. As a flat out completely arcadey racing game with cool damage physics, this succeeds for a little bit. But as the next game in the CMR legacy and something that's at least supposed to be about rallying, it's flat out a piece of dog****. I just don't understand the infatuation this gen with completely changing all these franshises into something completely different from what made the franchises what they were to begin with. That's not innovation or reinventing as they like you to believe, it's desperation to sell more half-assed, easier to get into games to a less informed audience. And this game proves that point by seeing all the high scores it's getting.… Expand

When I first played the demo, I wasn't too impressed with the over responsive handling, but overall it was fun. Already owning and loving Forza 2, I thought I'd go for Dirt. I'm glad I did. When Forza 2 gets slighty dull (after hours of constant play), it's a breath of fresh air to play a no-brainer game that it full of speed and excitement. If I had to choose, I'd have Forza2 over this but if you can, get them both as they are totally different games. Also, get the forcefeedback steering wheel. It's amazing how much it adds to these games. For all those people who gave Dirt a score of 1, well you're entitled to your opinion....but you're wrong. Cheers.… Expand

@Jon W- I totally agree with you man.That commentator was like making me insane.Can someone please punch him in the face for me(If you know him). They also screwed up the whole physics for which i so liked this franchise in the first place.CMR 2005 and 2003 are a blast for rally fans,infact,i am still playing CMR 2005.I don't know why they try to re-invent the successful idea and screw it up.… Expand

I haven't been to the "driving games University" so I kinda play them just for the fun, and heck! This one's a blast, and gorgeous to look at on top of it. Roll on a driving weekend's coming this way!

Hugely disappointing, I can't tell you how excited my brother and I were for such a realistic racing experience... However, we soon learned that the multiplayer aspect of this game is BROKEN. For the next-gen of gaming this is not acceptable as far as I'm concerned. Be warned, In multiplayer there in NO racing against friends, well, you literally cannot see them on the screen! So lame.

This Game is fun ,fun, fun! Forza 2 is great but its not a rally game and vice versa. Dirt has Great GFX and great handling if you know how to set it up in game. I love playing online, battling it out and trying to get the best time, and love the replays! the only thing Codemasters left out... saving replays ...overall great game that will stay in my gaming cabernet for a long time to come.

Great game - great graphics - way too much fun. perfect controls once u get the hang of it.

Beautiful menu, nice graphics. Poor physics, poor realism, poor fun-factor (car reset "feature"? gimmie a break! all this beautiful scenery beyond the bounds of the track, and we can't touch it), overall a fantastic idea with some high points that was poorly executed.

I am a huge fan of the McRae series. This one is terrible, though. No car stops this fast, corners exactly the same on dirt, wet gravel and pavement, or has such a bad framerate drop from the in car view, which has always been my favorite. the framerate is fine outside the car but from inside it is aweful, and there is no excuse for that given that the game is not really utilizing the power available though the 360. Glad the free demo was available..I won't be buying this one even on half.com for 2 bucks. It just infuriates me because I loves the francise until now. The last regular xbox version is completely superior in physics and smoothness. Maybe next time.… Expand

Not a simulation like Gran Turismo but never-the-less it is a great game. Really good graphics and good damage. Handling of cars is a little arcadey and takes a while to get used to. Races are quite varied. Uphill races are awesome especially on full difficulty and damage, knowing one small mistake will totally trash your car. Online aspect is good, you have to strike the balance between all-out speed and agression with the knowledge you actually have to finish the race in order to finish first. People who dont usually rate racing games may find it a little repetitive.… Expand

Xbox 360s Best racing game to date. 10 times Better than Forza 2 ....I say buy buy buy this game its awesome!

Dont know what game the other reviewers were playing but other than the great graphics. This game has to have some of the most unrealistic handling i've seen in a racer for a long time. That coupled with the most annoying commentator your ever witness means my copy will not be seeing the inside of my 360 again.

An excellent off-road racing game, that gives Forza 2 a run for it's money. From the slick menu system, to the amazing graphical detail, this one is a winner.

In short, ive not been in the slightest bit impressed!! Iv always loved the Colin McRae franchise, and was expecting another brilliant edition. However, it has been one of the most unfulfilling rally games ive ever played. Easily, Colin McRae 3 is a most realistic simulator, and by far!! And on top of that, theres such a yankee style aproach to it all, the menu commentator has absolutely ruined the game for me... but this wasn't hard considering the racing experience it attempts to supply. Sorry Colin, but i'd much rather hammer the excellant 2005 game for another couple of years than struggle with this for another few hours.… Expand

Well good things first, the graphics are top notch. The damage models are the best I've ever seen. I've not played Motorstorm so I can't compare Dirt to that one. Everybody who has been saying how much better this is to Forza 2, I'd like to ask you if we have the same game? The handling, the physics, it all feels real floaty. The car doesnt even feel like it is touching the ground. This has been the same for just about every Colin game that I've played thus far. Last thing I can't stand is the instant reset, where your car is put back on the road when you go off the edge of a track. Watching the crashes can be alot of fun, but soon as you are off the track, poof, back on road. Unrealistic and takes away the fun of the crashes. Forza 2 is still my favorite racing game, I'm glad this was just a rental. I'd say do the same to see if you like this one, you might be disappointed.… Expand

+ Best looking racing game ever on any platform + Variety of disciplines, not just rally + Damage modelling - Baaad physics. Way too powerful brakes - No snow, no rain - No multiplayer, only leaderboards - Cars reset too easily Why make a game which actually manages to LOOK REAL, be totally unreal in terms of physics? Also, the multiplayer is total failure. It is not really a multiplayer, it´s a cheap trick. The game is 100% single player game, with online leaderboards, nothing more.… Expand

Wow... this is a what I call a "BMW with a broken window". What a giant flaw the game developers have with this game. Hello? Welcome to 2007. When you buy a game for the next gen consoles you expect to play with your friends online. And when you expect to play with your friends online, you expect to shoot them in the head or run them off the road. DiRT offers none of this with their onine capabilities. What a tragic flaw with such a beautiful game that offers sensational menu interface and glorious graphics. The one other downfall is the car's ease with which it brakes hard and accelerates. This would be a 10 if the multi-player existed.… Expand