
The age old phrase “where on earth will they go next?” has seldom been as prevalent as it has for the Colin McRae series. Back in 1998 the original Colin McRae Rally was a hit with the masses, bringing rallying into the eye of the mainstream at a time when 3D racing games were only just starting to gain recognition. It enjoyed great success in its run of 6 successive releases, but the future of the series was put in jeopardy after McRae was tragically killed in 2007, a mere 4 days after the latest game, Colin McRae: DiRT, was put on the shelves.
Despite concerns that this also marked the death of the Colin McRae games franchise, here we are two years later with DiRT 2, still intact with the McRae embroidment that was given full consent by family members.
The talented developers of Codemasters have retained a reigning reputation for developing high quality racing games over the last decade, with genre staples such as Race Driver and, of course, the long running Colin McRae series. It’s fair to say that expectations have been riding high on DiRT 2’s soggy suspension. After all, it’s taken on the task of representing the late Colin McRae, but does it do the rally legend the justice that he rightly deserves?
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