This is what I found in the comments…It’s for the people who pre-ordered.
"This was a Pre-order Bonus at selected retailers.
Quote from official page:
Exclusive Pre-order Incentives at selected retailers.
Available at selected retailers, players who preorder the game will receive an exclusive Steelbook, and/or the Opel Kadett C GT/E"
Now that I have access to some of the old maps I can make a more accurate comparison between how Dirt 2 and Dirt Rally feels to drive. So I loaded up one of the stages I really enjoyed a lot and know fairly well from last season, Kotasjärvi.
Though I forgot which car I was using last time so I picked one I also remember enjoying a lot in finland, the Lancia HF integrale.
The polo is certainly a faster car, but I think most of the time was wasted in spinning out 3 times. Dirt 2 is also far more lenient in penalty for killing your audience, a mere 4s compared to Dirt rally’s 15.
The sensations of driving was very similar, maybe a little more floaty in 2 but the issue I’ve had before where I’ve felt like 2 was much slower did not seem to be the case here. The sense of speed on this track was very much similar to how it felt in the first game. I really miss being able to download community created tuning profiles though. They’re how I learnt what little I did figure out about tuning and Dirt 2 has a lot more options that means even less to me than the first game.
Also not a fan of the steam achievements that count how many times you do something trivial on any new map because it results in a never ending spam of achievement popups ever time you bounce the car, change gear, slide a little or whatever the hell is going on. I don’t have time to read what they’re on about. I don’t want to disable steam overlay entirely, can I just stop achievement popups?
I tried it for a moment in beta and didn’t much enjoy it, I heard they were working on many of the issues I had with it but no idea how it turned out in the end. Wouldn’t buy it for myself unless it shows up in a bundle some day.
I just tried it for a bit, but no first person cam? I also wasn’t able to set controls for my xbox controller so idk, not for me. Shame because I think there’s potential in a no-nonsense graphics rally game
That was my big complaint is that the lowest chase cam was still too high for me. I wanted the headcam or a dash cam. Even bumper cam would have been fine, but everything is from above, so I had a bit of trouble with it.
That is without a doubt the cheapest it’s ever going to get. Get it now if you can!
It’s even worth it if you have the base game already and just want to pick up the DLC.