Colin McRae: DiRT Review (Xbox 360)

Well the DiRT 2 might be out and a review shall be coming in the near future, but for now I'm reviewing the first one, not old, rustic!

The Plot:It's your basic "rank up get cars and money along the way" rally game, but this is a rally game with a difference; a frickin awesome difference. It's not just rally cars your comfined to, but lots of different vehicles, Lorries, CORR buggies, TAID Pick-ups, FWD rally cars and lots more awesomeness. The general layout of the menu where you select your races ect. is brilliant, you know exactly where your up to, what you have to do next. Brilliant. 9/10

Graphics:Basic yet very effective, given the fact you're racing past everything at about 60 MPH (more if you have some cajhonies) they're basic as your never going slow enough to see anything that well. They're pretty good, I spend most of my time on the inside view and the graphics in the car are pin sharp. On the whole, and as long as your car is moving their decent 7/10

The Gameplay:The game play can be a bit sketchy however on the whole it's very nice and consise. The inside can be a bit annoying, as the driver doesn't change gear exactly in time with when you hear it. On the whole it's a pretty damn good game, the menu is very nice (as stated above) and the oponenents are pretty fun to race against in the buggie races and the pick-up and rally cross races. The modes range from what I would call easy a braething to hard as preforming open heart and eye surgery at the same time. Pretty good. 8/10

The Sound:Yeah, the engine noises are pretty nice and the skidding noises from the tyres especially on dirt is pretty good. The turbo noise is good and the general sound from oponents cars is good if not detatched a lil bit, but on the whole a very pleasing game for the ears.7/10

Overall:Overall this is a pretty decent game, the graphics, sound and generally everything is good, nothing to go ranting about, but pretty good. There is nothing in this game I can really complain about.8/10