Colin McRae: Dirt

Everything you know is wrong. Well, probably not everything, even if you went to a good school. Anyway, Colin McRae has changed: its been totally reinvented, but in a good way. In a really good way. So out goes the porridge-pale Scot glued in a Subaru and racing where your only rival is the ticking of the clock, and in comes a horde of intelligent drivers, enough cars to jam I-5 and an annoying American commentator so “pumped” that hed probably burst into a shower of Moms apple pie » Read Full Colin McRae: Dirt preview

Obviously, as MotorStorm has so brilliantly demonstrated, what people want most from a racer these days is down and dirty mud-splattered action where rival cars do everything in their power - and a little more besides - to make sure they cross the finish line first. Where's the fun in racing on your own through checkpoints against the clock when PS3 can handle multiple cars smashing up scenery and each other in fierce, no-holds barred battles? Racing games need to move with the times to compete » Read Full Colin McRae: Dirt preview

Colin McRaes Rally was a fun, if under appreciated, series from the Xbox and PS2 days, and now the series is restarting its engine and we must say, DIRT never looked so clean. Rally racing may not be as big or popular as NASCAR in the US, but DIRT promises to make you wanna drive around in the mud and the muck, spraying it all over your » Read Full Colin McRae: Dirt preview

Sometimes you can't see the wood for the trees. It might sound like the kind of thought that went through co-driver Nicky Grist's mind as Colin put their Legacy arse-first into an oak, but actually that is how Codemasters felt after six years of slaving to create the more-dour-than-salted-porridge series. So they took a two year break from the franchise, spending the time looking beyond merely recreating another stultifying but accurate simulation. Instead they've gone further than mere » Read Full Colin McRae: Dirt preview