5 TIPS to Master DiRT RALLY 2.0!

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[@-l-l3187]

I broke both head lights and now I'm in a night rally

[@joshuaskinner4446]

I had this happen to me yesterday. I came first in both my previous rally's and then I came dead last in the night rally.

[@theseptdan]

I just turn my gamma all the way up haha

[@iiraiyen]

Turn brightness to max

[@SirEpsilonn]

Have had it happen too .. but i just leave it that way. Makes it much more exciting :)

[@Grandmaster-Kush]

I did better with broken headlights since I had to go carefully, one of my best times yet LOL

[@jimaylan6140]

Always choose soft tires, they don't wear out that fast and can handle 3 races easily. on rwd cars turn rear toe in (and only rear) to +0.4 or +0.6. will help an extreme amount with spinning out.

[@Dashinix]

Thanks for that spinning out trick, it worked out for me

[@stupaod]

Yeah the tire implementation is not too good. Anything other than soft seems to handicap with no advantages.

[@agmt233]

I usually look at how long the stages until the next service and pick my tyres based on that. Two short stages is softs, one short one long is mediums, and depending on how rough my tyres have been taking it I might opt for hards for two long stages. I feel like tyre compound is only a huge factor in performance when you're on asphalt though tbh.

[@jimig.688]

@@agmt233 I sometimes use mediums for very long sections but I'm pretty sure hards are completely useless.

[@matttondr9282]

I wear out my softs too much for that, but I agree that you mostly use softs and the rest of the times mediums. I’ve never had to use hards..

[@prostreetbeetdhd4586]

Dirt has to be the most challenging racing game ive ever played. I love it tho. It has me sweaty by the time i hit the finish line. Great tips. Thanx for the video #100

[@Britainsgamers]

You hit the finish line???? 😂

[@prostreetbeetdhd4586]

@@Britainsgamers lmaoooo

[@SheriffSticky]

@@Britainsgamers I hit the marshal every time :P

[@JosesitoSaldivia]

try RBR, way more harder, youll become a masochist

[@example795]

@@JosesitoSaldivia I found rbr to be really forgiving and easy on any rig I have used, no matter the mods. And lets be real, the graphics are shit, the sounds are good, better in other games tho, and you have a lot of tracks, but not big track quality. dirt rally 2.0 in my opinion,(at least on gravel) is 100x better than rbr

[@anthoslykos6294]

The best way to master this game (for wheel users) is to drive with the correct dirt driving technique. I struggled when I first played this game and then after about an hour of studying youtube videos posted by the Team O'Neil Rally School on how to drive fast in the dirt I applied the technique to the game and my times instantly improved and I started pushing top 100 times like a week later.

[@mohammedsalimahmed5230]

When you say top 100 times, are you referring to online daily events?

[@Pugzei]

@@mohammedsalimahmed5230 very likely

[@mohammedsalimahmed5230]

@@Pugzei it's just that I was thinking maybe he's referring to time trial leaderboard.

[@danimomchilov7223]

Restarts in career mode aren't limited if you pause during the stage and quit to main menu. When you load the stage again you will be at the start. I don't recommend doing this however because I have fallen in endless restart loops and you stop being afraid of mistakes and crashes.

[@ashtar3876]

Yep. Shit happens

[@eleazar.soetopo]

my first time driving dirt rally 2 was spinning and spinning and spinning.... lol... now I know "slow and steady" is the key to win...

[@AdamL-18]

Except in elite championship were the Ai goes flat out without any mistake all events long

[@hoffi6792]

I spent like 1 hour in a test drive with the Mini just to be able to control the car on dirt roads (i wanted to start without any assists which was a questionable decision)

[@rafaelceottomusic6918]

@@hoffi6792 It's better to play withous assists. When racing on tarmac, a traction control would be kinda helpful for beginners. But in rally, you want to slide the car into the corners. So traction control won't help you at all. Abs on the other side can be helpful sometimes.

[@sk8erKyle14]

For those of you who don’t want to feel like you’re cheating with dimming the graphics, play the night stages actually at night and turn off your room lights. For me it gives it more of a real deal feel and I found it a bit more easier than just turning up the brightness. Of course if you’re a daytime racer maybe this doesn’t apply.

[@barnazadori9227]

I did exactly the same. Best tip, without the feel of cheating (actually it's really not cheating, it's just more authentic that way... like in real life.. you wouldn't turn on the lights in the car when driving at night, right?

[@CarterLyricsGaming]

ehhhhh now this made things a bit easier thanks pal!

[@PlsCallCYFS]

This is called immersion

[@ughhbennnn]

Alternatively, get a good pair of blackout curtains. Then you can make your room pretty damn dark during the day. It takes a bit of the realism out of it, but it's adequate for just seeing better. Overall they're a good investment regardless imo, whether it be for sleeping in on the weekends or avoiding being woken up too early by the sun in summer.

[@danielchristie2519]

I got this game for free ages ago and never gave it ago, now that I have im amazed by how I'm depth and fun this game is, iv been having so much fun on racing games instead og shooters lately wich is great

[@danielszatmari3243]

Same here, haven't played racing games since the old colin mcrae rally on ps1, but now I've picked up dirt 2.0 and enjoying immensely.

[@2869may]

If you have/get a wheel, pedals and shifter it's a hole new and IMPROVED game...!

[@tashman3217]

ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT!!! your on to this game bro! thank u for info, pls make more videos on dirt 2.0, I use all ur tunes on forza,

[@las10plagas]

what?? the team repairs the car without me telling them to? dude, this is good news. I didn't know that at all! thank you =)

[@hendrikpauly2074]

LOL im proud of myself if im not last and my car is still somewhat in one piece

[@matrorian5388]

These captions are wild bro I'm dead😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@neblolthecarnerd]

Personally I like to stick to dirt 4 due to being more suitable for controller play as I don’t have a wheel but this game drives supprisingly better than I expected though. Ah yes the brightness cheese I very much need that as I naturally look muck further ahead than others.

[@kevinberg4623]

I play with controller u just have to get used to it and change some settings

[@dreamsoda897]

I thoroughly enjoy Dirt Rally 2.0 on the controller, I don’t expect to have the best times and just enjoy the variety of different cars and stages. I suggest you give the game a try without any expectations.

[@hundkebab2433]

I too play with the controller and i manage to land in the top 150 players usually - not quite good but not as bad either imo

[@TuanLe-yk7hy]

me too

[@stonedcanuck4213]

little trick i found out, if you quit to menu and re-enter the career event it puts you back at the start of the stage you were on. letting you restart even when having no restarts left

[@googlreviews7813]

Thank you for explaining Joker lap, I am new to the game and I had no idea what it was all about.

[@HSGAutomotive]

Glad it helped out bud

[@robertinoEVIL]

this game is a masterpiece

[@mindclinic4702]

Straight up to the point, and very usefull tips. Congrats buddy!

[@johnheslin6914]

The brightness tip is great especially on PS4 where cars apparently, according to my copy of the game, don't have headlights that can be turned on

[@gitbse]

I drive in VR on PC, and smashed my lights out halfway through a 7mile snow race. It's no joke

[@rBlake]

You have to set a key binding for that in settings, its an option on ps4 i changed mine this morning

[@iglooproductions]

I just do the time trails which get uploaded online to the leaderboards. I do time trails over and over again, with various cars on various stages. I don’t bother with career mode. But hey, whatever turns you on.

[@A.i.r_K]

Just perfect. Thinking about having this game

[@Dhern1212]

It’s amazing!! I play GTsport and I’m totally into this now. See if you can get it for free online!

[@rightsantos7767]

Lol

[@jaksa05]

It's on 75% Sale right now for a few days more , you should get it

[@A.i.r_K]

@@jaksa05 thanks!

[@rightsantos7767]

Lol i paid the whole game last week

[@ShatteredF1re7733]

I wish they would make the head light like a spare tire. Just throw an extra one in the trunk if it's that important.

[@josephfinley2313]

I would highly recommend unlocking tuning before you get any staff, if you can't tune you'll be left with the default setups!

[@unknownsource8481]

Tha k you

[@kokkitto]

I've also aimed at investing in my team from the start. Starts becoming really expensive though. Great tip about the lights!

[@MsDeliaStreams]

Tip in regard to restarts: just force-close the game to your systems menu and restart! You’ll start at the same event and it only takes me about 1.5 min to restart on my PS4 slim. A bit of a cheat like the gamma trick, but has saved me loads of times.

[@charlesvattimo4674]

You don’t even need to reset the system. As long as you have one or more restarts remaining, you can quit to the event menu and return to the stage that you quit from, no penalties.

[@smokeystarr]

I love the realism. You know like in real life when you slightly nudge the stearing wheel at 19mph and spin uncontrollably off the road.

[@JXMGAMING98]

I love my little fiat 131 its very pokey and the 5 speed helps control the car round corners

[@dalmaximus]

I'm just happy that I've found a game that finally handles like RBR. Thank you to the creators

[@ThePedro8161]

I'm struggling getting good at 2.0 after playing tons of dirt 4, the difference in handling at speed is so different.

[@64jakester]

welcome to sim rally

[@jamesyelton11]

I much more liked the feel of Dirt rally 1 vs 2.0. Much more control of the car using real mechanics. Better setup options. Harder rallies, especially the bumps and jumps, camber and width of the track.

[@Imperial_Boltgun]

I miss the hillclimb from dirt 1. Shame they didn't bring it back for the sequel.

[@pduh42]

One of my favorite games! I love the challenge of this game

[@Grandmaster-Kush]

Can't go one race without going off track like 3+ times with G920, and i'm a pretty good driver IRL I swear lol!

[@nuriFPS]

I can't even keep myself on the track at all.

[@CarterLyricsGaming]

subscribed thanks for tips bro!

[@DaveJ-MTB]

I love the smashed lights hack 👌

[@HSGAutomotive]

Haha nice one

[@josephwilkinson1610]

I have seen plpenty of massive curbs in Spain. Funnily enough--my wife popped her tyre in Tenerife....on 12"+ curb.

[@rileyspears8582]

Spend $61,000 in repairs just to win $68,900 after race

[@rafaelceottomusic6918]

I have played for over 260 hours and still struggling with some cars. Specially rally gt and RWD cars.

[@KJAY2THOUSAND]

(QUESTION NEED ADVICE) Its a pain you can’t choose which people will be your team mates. I have a British co driver, Russian Chief, spaniard engineer and an aussie engineer.. id prefer them to all be from UK and Aus.. also how do you fire someone to hire someone else? And is it really worth upgrading them?

[@scarfwaverly]

Thanks for sharing! Very good tips 👍

[@PlatinumAgar]

broke all of the lights o a night stage in new england and still wont the stage without even turning up the gamma or anything just by sending it listening to the notes

[@VerehrterPrinz]

I also found winning Rally Cross races is far more easier than winning in normal Rally. Also the repair costs are way lower. That’s at least what I can say from experience. So for just making money, I guess Rally Cross is the way to go.

[@mookallen-thehub3999]

I have the t300rs and I spin out literally ALL the time and l don't know why smh

[@dbap5293]

The first race I tried I rolled a wrx like 3 times before the end

[@o.faruksavaf]

If you dont have restarts you can say quit to mainmenu and than you can enter the stage again with no restarts needes

[@googlreviews7813]

In regards to crew... I took your advice and I am investing in my crew, but I am wondering about several things related to the crew... #1.... I have maxed Co-Driver .... Maxed Crew Chief .... Two engineers one about 3☆ overall and one new Acquisition and roughly 1.5☆ overall I am wondering what is the advantage of having two engineers, or three or four. #2. In order to unlock engine tuning levels, is that only possible through Championship play or can it be done other ways? Like Custom event etc?

[@javianbrown8627]

I too require more info on crew upgrades

[@javianbrown8627]

I too require more info on crew upgrades

[@anderskask2237]

Race race i must gently stroke exhaust pipe

[@johnpap9236]

Very helpful

[@xavestudio4623]

i use geforce exp filter on night mode. it helps a lottt.

[@CHERN0BYLCH1LD]

My team motto: Cross my heart expect to die

[@Madtrack]

Yeah, I play on keyboard and manage to get 1st or 3rd in the first few, but then my broken headlights caused me to abandon.

[@bigmactv634]

Nice video bro thanks for the tips 👍💯

[@sam5687]

Cant go slow and steady in the colin mcrae challenges

[@yeruschmift8422]

They're probably meant to be played in the "when in doubt, flat out" style.

[@SimonYan0818]

the one and only tip： listen to the fxxkin pace note，dont see and drive

[@crypto4439]

Dude I have the game one year and when I got it my average kilometres where 50-60 on one stage now I take corners with 80 kilometres and on straight I go full speed and on open turns I go like 120

[@arturpiatek6186]

i used the brightness trick but to "not cheat" i only let myself turn it up to 100%, usually i have it at 60-70

[@OG-Sinx]

I've learned to take the joker on the 2nd lap all the time

[@daltonbarton4315]

I bought the Subaru sti and I can’t figure out how to use it in the career rally mode anything I’m missing?

[@chocohouse4147]

you can only change cars at the beginning of a championship. Finish the championship you’re in and you’ll be able to select another car

[@dariusshojaei5036]

Good video.

[@LucasSantos-r7g]

So if I fully upgrade My Team members, the repair costs for the cars will be free or cheaper? Because I find it kinda hard to earn money in the game and I wanted to test it out the other cars, but the repairs are real expensive imo

[@choppa6506]

I keep bumping into the sides😭 sense of speed is throwing me off 130 feels like 70 to me

[@vg_rains5028]

Try to increase the FOV, that may help with the sense of speed

[@tedcruzinusa]

I keep feeling like you’re going to say “I’m a gamer. Rally driver. Dreamweaver. And this is my Darkplace.”

[@bldsprt518]

Out of my office dagless

[@mn1907]

the only reason why i stop playing career mdoe was a night events

[@daemonburns-waight2421]

I don't think it's _too_ cheaty to turn the brightness up if your headlights go out.. In reality, our vision adjusts to the dark in around 10 minutes. After that we can see a lot better in low light. I think bumping the brightness up (temporarily) could be considered an easy way to simulate that. This is a simulator after all, so why not?!

[@bread8179]

After about 3 days i got really good at this game on controller then i was wanting something more so I tried to play multiplayer and lets just say it didn't go well

[@thatmikeguy761]

you have unlimited restarts in career if you go back to the menu instead of pressing restart

[@harlyquin]

any tips on the inconsistent co driver pace note calls? every now and again ill be airborne and here him say hairpin left tightens and the next thing im in a tree when normally ill have like 3-5 seconds to get ready for the hairpin, i was kind of hoping you could upgrade to a more capable co driver but that doesn't seem to be the case

[@wangdang1341]

Upgrading crew members

[@rallyburnzsimracing8571]

Thanks great tips.....

[@JohnTaylor9330]

I'm here in 2024 and does anyone play in first person and manual mode on controller trying to feel like your in it.

[@googlreviews7813]

Well, I was very excited about this game but in the last 4 days since I got it for Christmas, the servers are now down for the 3rd time, and you can't even play single player without connecting to the servers. I only paid $12.85 for DiRT Rally 2.0 GOTY edition so this is not about money, but the principle of the matter.

[@carlover1338]

Pov me spending 200k on repairs because if in doubt go flat out

[@d0va316]

I don't agree with your tip for Spain. I use the gutter all the time and I never got a puncture. It's almost like in initial D sometimes when I feel like the gutter is helping turn faster than I should be able to

[@ΔημήτρηςΔρόσος-γ9κ]

Hi Mike. I was wondering will you do any top ten list on gt sport? I have been watching your older on gt6 and there are really entertaining.

[@benjaminclement8437]

HAHA that brightness tip does not really work in VR! the other day went into final leg with no headlights on Australia with clouds covering the moon, I spent most of my time looking out my side window following the red and white tape. In VR it was very very hard to the point you were just listening to the co driver and hoping for the best as out your front window is nothing but pitch black.

[@monke5717]

Hey I have a tune request for Gran turismo sport, I have a Nissan GTR and I dont have a well tune for it. May you make a Vid for making a drag tune for GTR?😊

[@HSGAutomotive]

Kid_ Racing Yeah already did one

[@monke5717]

@@HSGAutomotive sweet on my way now

[@bogeyman7528]

I've just started can somebody tell me how to get the snow stages

[@jacobbillups4715]

Can OP or anyone else explain that first my team tip a bit? I haven’t been able to find that same info anywhere. So you just act like you’re skipping the repair in career and it’ll just show up fixed anyway no credits gone??

[@HSGAutomotive]

jacob billups Yeah you’ve pretty much got it. Avoid damaging the car too much and there will be only minor damage to fix, and if you focus on training your team, whatever damage that is will be repaired much more quickly

[@jacobbillups4715]

Sorry if I’m a little slow on the uptake on this one. Is this just for between events or also for the service stages? After seeing this I tried it on a service stage, refused the repair (had moderate body damage, some lights out, and light radiator dmg) and the car rolled up to the next stage looking the same. I have about half of the staff fully upgraded. I feel like I’m missing something lol thanks for the help though

[@HSGAutomotive]

jacob billups Yeah some visual damage remains, but they get everything internal fixed

[@ballistixwearesilent5576]

ok. just gone from P9ish to top 3. cheers.

[@turvboi007]

Play in first person trust me it is amazing

[@russelljazzbeck]

You didn't notice a difference with car upgrades? I went from 4-6 seconds ahead to 40 seconds in a longer section. On the 3rd event I had amassed a 1 min 40 sec lead by the end. I assumed it was due to upgrades. Is it not?

[@HSGAutomotive]

Could always just be me

[@Caldwing]

My experience has also been that car upgrades don't really do that much. You for sure were also entering turns better to shave off that much time. I think also the early low tier cars benefit much more than the later performance cars. They are already monsters out of the gate and the extra engine power is something that most people will not be able to make proper use of without flying off the track instantly.

[@rockpapersniper5105]

I’m better at night races with no lights than I am at day races

[@MVH5150]

I hope I hearing this right but if I fully upgrade my crew I don't have to pay for repairs ?

[@Chrono-bo4zc]

Yes you dont have to pay for most of your repairs

[@frostbitten8491]

First off how to get the exterior view?

[@eddiebrock118]

Great tips. Going to have to remember that spain curb tip. Great video, really like this game.

[@DxSimRacing]

Nice

[@OkieDokieSmokie]

Correction…upgrading the Lancia Fulvia is actually more important than upgrading your crew

[@derp_wolf9688]

If you role over land on your tyres

[@joshuadixon4931]

I've used this brightness hack and like every game IQ level 200 😂

[@nollebengtsson324]

I’m used to dirt 4 and now I started to play this and it’s a huge different when driving but I like dirt 4 more

[@clockwise8026]

For some reason my gt3 porche is not in my game when i go in free roam 😒or no where

[@mirasga]

When in doubt flat out?

[@charlesvattimo4674]

Slow is smooth. Smooth is fast.

[@guruganjagoat8423]

@@charlesvattimo4674 drive it like you stole it!

[@yeruschmift8422]

There is also "legal" cheating in career via killing the game and restarting it. You will get your retries back.

[@codJunior1937]

Kinda mad I already use all of these tips. Thought I would be able to get ahead of the competition a little. 😂

[@andymb601]

Is there a reason you took the thumbnail from the first DiRT Rally lol

[@gordonk9001]

To piss people off That's literally what he said when I asked him the same thing lmao

[@gageempire9694]

For those who drive with traction control on take my advice leave it off its reason your losing time

[@joshuaw_270]

3 likes with no views 🤔

[@MeatbalIs]

Ya lol

[@tonesthegrey6452]

What the heck is up with the AI drivers in Rallycross? They are the dirtiest bastards I think I've ever encountered, AI or otherwise, with the possible exception of some drivers in rookie rallycross races on iracing. But the AI drivers in DR 2.0 would be run out of the sport if this were IRL. They flat try to take you out by apparently preferring to go through you rather than to even consider attempting to make a clean pass and they "mirror drive" and will make a seemingly endless number of line changes to block and/or run into you, which I would hope is not legal in IRL Rallycross like it isn't in most motor racing disciplines I'm aware of except for maybe current day NASCAR where much to my dismay it appears to have become acceptable to ram people in order to gain positions. The DR 2.0 RX AI drivers have made me so damn angry that I straight up attempted some assassinations by mirroring their tactics, which is completely counter to everything I stand for in sim or real life racing, however, it appears those f*ckers can't even be sent to the shadow realm. Even though I love RX (I wish there were more jumps, however. Why isn't SuperRallycross a thing like Supercross became a more "jumpy" and spectator friendly version of outdoor Motocross back in the day?) I may have to just ignore the existence of RX in DR 2.0, because I play and/or sim race for enjoyment and relaxation (by forgetting about my everyday worries and depressive thoughts due to the level of concentration it requires), and I'll be damned if I'm going to voluntarily subject myself to dirty, cheating bastards going out of their way to try to murder me as if that were the objective of the race more so than winning. I'm surprised that there aren't legions of people with the same complaint trying to organize an assault on Codemasters HQ in order to drag the guilty parties out into the courtyard and put them in stocks to pelt with rocks and garbage like back in the dark and middle ages. I don't think it's anything I could have wrong with options setup/configuration, but if I'm wrong about that I would really appreciate any suggestions on how to fix the issue. I have let the AI drivers go at the start to keep from just getting run over/spun out, and then try to pick them off one at a time (to pass, not murder), and watched AI drivers change lines at a minimum 3 times in response to whether I'm setting up a pass on the inside or outside to block and/or run into me. What the eff were Codemasters thinking and why aren't there a gazillion people also angry about this? Maybe it is me after all? I guess it does make for good training for competing in RX on iracing, because there are seemingly plenty of dirtbag drivers who drive just about as dirty as the DR 2.0 RX AI. I've not watched very much real life RX racing, so am I just ignorant of RX being essentially a rat race type discipline where this kind of BS is just the way it is? I really enjoy the challenges of RX outside of what I see as dirty AF tactics and would like to know whether I should just hang it up because it's not what I assumed it to be and never will be or whether it is within reason to expect good and fair racing in the RX discipline on DR 2.0 and iracing. Thanks and sorry for my lengthy diatribe but I had to vent somehow/somewhere before beating my PC with a sledgehammer begins to sound reasonable.

[@aidanmorrison4599]

Hoover in the back at 1:59? 😆

[@HSGAutomotive]

Cannot confirm or confirm

[@elvitu8038]

Hi Mike! Will you try Assetto Corsa Competizione? It will be released in three weeks!

[@HSGAutomotive]

Gattocubo Channel I doubt it, not an AC fan

[@elvitu8038]

@@HSGAutomotive oh, I'm personally absolutely intrigued about it, it felt like an eternity since the console announcement came! But being a wheel player I understand controller players might struggle with a sim like this.

[@Driff97]

That brightness tip sounds to me like you taken that tip from my SSR11 video😏

[@tjcambre5236]

No no no no no no its when in doubt flatout

[@tauriloktev8541]

Omg my fav game lic fap eazy

[@anderskask2237]

Same men