Why this game was a big deal, and why you can't buy it.

Dirt 2 was one of the first games to support DX11 with AMD's new Radeon 5000 series graphics cards. After 11 years you'd be forgiven for thinking it never existed. What did Dirt 2 actually do for PC games and what happened to it?
Thanks for watching :)

[@Larry]

I bought Dirt 2 for the OnLive streaming service, and one day they removed the game, couldn't play it anymore. Why I never buy streaming games now.

[@NALTOdeluxe]

Actual Factual. I wanna OWN the stuff I buy. Nobody should be able to pull something I PAID MONEY FOR away from me if I don’t want to.

[@InnuendoXP]

the idea of buying games on a streaming service at all seems pretty cheeky, it'd be like buying albums on Spotify or movies on Netflix

[@JZStudiosonline]

@@NALTOdeluxe This also applies to Steam. If Steam goes under, your account gets hacked/banned, you're screwed. At least GOG provides the installers.

[@NALTOdeluxe]

@@JZStudiosonline true

[@Rasmos]

Wow what a nostalgia trip. I remember OnLive. I used to play Unreal Tournament and Assassins Creed 1 on their little 30-60 minute free trials because i was too broke to afford them.

[@Pamani_]

The OGs played the series when it was still called Colin McRae Rally

[@AysoXD]

yer gad damn right

[@victfv]

Also available in J2ME.

[@Laner84]

Word!

[@eliasjohnnyyt1745]

Meeeee 😁

[@esatd34]

CMR 2... my childhood

[@mondodimotori]

"That's naughty" Honestly? When a game is no more up for sale, I consider it abandonware. Thus it's "free real estate" in regard to those methods.

[@michaelmonstar4276]

It's not abandoned cause a company still owns it. - Once Codemasters is defunct, you can call it abandonware. But that'll be a long wait.

[@foxman105]

​@@michaelmonstar4276 That's their problem to be honest. If they're not selling the game, it's not lost revenue. It reminds me of a situation where we needed quite a niche type of dictionary for a university course... only 5000 of them were ever printed... in 1987. So yeah teacher was like. "Don't get the PDF scan of this book from this site, using these search terms, because that would be breaking the copyright..." *wink, wink, nudge, nudge*

[@jammeslive4050]

Exactly. There is a reason that software piracy for older games is so big, and that's because the game is either impossible to buy, or costs a fortune (relatively speaking).

[@mondodimotori]

@@michaelmonstar4276 ermh, technically yes, it is. They decided to not profit from it anymore, then its not my problem if I get the itch to play it now.

[@krazycharlie]

Yeah, no need to feel guilty about taking a look at the Pirate Bay nor boarding the Black Pearl.

[@arigato7788]

I'd argue that you shouldn't have qualms relying on piracy to get a hold of games unavailable for purchase anymore. Buying it off of eBay makes no technical difference to Codemasters, as they'll never see a penny you spent on the game anyway. This is about game preservation, and as long as publishers will suck at this, piracy will be necessary and needed.

[@firenado4295]

in the UK at least its legal to download and poses pirated material but it only breaks the law when you provide the material to other people. its odd I know but I did research and as far as I can make out its real

[@NachozMan]

@TacticalMoonstone I've yet to ever actually see anyone get pegged with legal trouble for condoning piracy lmao, and considering KZbin is absolute chock full of tutorials on how to set up torrent software and download torrents I really don't get the point of pussyfooting around saying "just go torrent this game the publishers don't want to sell it to you and don't care about preserving it"

[@JZStudiosonline]

CM for the past few games they pulled from sale gave the game away free for a week beforehand. CM doesn't care, it's just a licensing thing and they weren't making enough money from sales to re-up the licenses. Which actually really fucking annoys me that M$ still charged for Forza 7 before pulling it, especially since Forza 8 isn't coming until probably this time next year based on historical launch windows.

[@ThePandafriend]

​@@NachozMan Torrents are not illegal. It's just a system for sharing files. You _can_ obviously use them for breaking the law, but that's not because of the tech.

[@misfit4816]

@@NachozMan windows updates are downloaded through torrents, torrenting was never illegal since its just a technology in file sharing and delivery

[@PixelShade]

Dirt 2 and Dirt 3 look- and play incredible, even on a potato. Dirt3 can basically run at 720p30fps on an Intel Atom processor. So really, for all budget gamers out there; If you can get yourself a cracked copy from a torrent site, do it! I personally don't condemn pirates from preserving our video game history. And if there's no legal way to buy them from the publisher. Well, that's a loss on them and not the fault of the consumer. I have Outrun2006, Dirt2 and Dirt3 in my Steam archive. Great games for potato PCs, it's just a shame they aren't available anymore. For me personally Dirt5 isn't that enticing, since I have Dirt3 for my racing-game fixes. :)

[@spongeboimebob]

It's the car licences. Its always the cars. Grid, grid 2, dirt rally, dirt 2, dirt 3 all gone for the same reason.

[@RJARRRPCGP]

@@spongeboimebob I expect legal issues like that with MLB and NFL sims. :( That's why the VDrift project changed the names of automobiles.) (In this case, a name that's based on one not IRL, FTW!)

[@PixelShade]

@Man of the Rain Oh! Well, I have to add Grid to my list as well. There must be tons of games in my library that aren't available due to licensing.

[@michaelmonstar4276]

That's what the video said...

[@ccricers]

I still have my Dirt 2 PC disk. Guess it’s time to install it again.

[@CyberPunkSimms]

This is a 2009 game?! We haven't came all that far really, have we? 2000 - 2010 was massive! 2010 - 2020 not as big.

[@v.l.thafamkimapachuau5098]

@SNES Nes same

[@CyberPunkSimms]

@SNES Nes I mean, yeah. A lot of newer games, such as The Crew, Forza, NFS, F1 and WRC don't support the likes of Ray Tracing, which is the only real, massive change to visual quality in recent years. I think we're reaching the peak of PC gaming, VR or something similar to it, may well he the way forward.

[@YashaAstora]

I'm sorry but if you compare this game to Ride 4, Onrush, Dirt Rally 2, Forza Horizon 4, or other recently released racing games then Dirt 2 looks really poor in comparison. It's also got that piss filter every game of its time had that looks awful today. Gameplay wise it's still a boatload of fun but it absolutely shows its age.

[@xzraiderzx308]

@@CyberPunkSimms older games were just better at hiding their low fidelity graphics with a shit load of post process effects + the lower resolutions. It looked believable with the sacrifice of making it look like the screen is smeared with Vaseline. We have come a massive way with how much more natural and pristine/ clear games look which is really evident if you compare games from 10 years ago with newer ones at high resolutions. Newer games have more accurate lighting and are much higher in fidelity overall which is a benefit at the high resolutions. Also don't forget that this is a KZbin compressed video on a racing game (closed environments are usually good looking and it's hard to see small details in motion)

[@CyberPunkSimms]

@@YashaAstora I disagree, I played forza horizon 4 everyday for 2 years on Xbox One S for a year and a half and PC for 6 months(ish) (Ultra settings, 4K)

[@papawshane]

RandomGamingHD and LGR, that's all I need. The last two PCs I built, came from your videos and the subscribers here as well. I couldn't be more happy with what I got. Keep it up my friend. :D

[@RandomGaminginHD]

Awesome, and thank you :)

[@Cross64786]

Same feeling here, but you should add Tech Yes City for more used parts hunt

[@VikingDudee]

@@Cross64786 Adrian's Digital Basement is pretty good 2 for for that older tech stuff, usually apple stuff, but I like how he tries and repair some of the older stuff he gets.

[@badnewsbruner]

I agree. Both RandomGaminginHD and LGR remind me of a good friend I had growing up, named Brian. He's the guy who got me into PC building\gaming in freshman year of high school (back in 2001 xD, I'm an old man). We were in summer school together (which was ironic because we're both nerds) and he had downloaded a SEGA Genesis emulator on the teachers computer and we were playing Pirates Gold on it xD I'd never seen an emulator until that point and I was blown away. I asked for PC parts for xmas that year and built a SUPER budget rig and kissed the N64 goodbye. I think it was an MSI KT-133 motherboard, 128MB RAM, Amd Athlon Xp 2500+ Barton and a Voodoo3! LES GO! Still have the CPU, although it's in a better motherboard now (need to rebuild that thing and make a retro rig). Good times.

[@somakun1806]

Who is lgr?

[@elxven354]

this guy is so entertaining not even joking

[@RandomGaminginHD]

Thanks :)

[@jonathansoko1085]

Listening to this channel is like eating a home cooked meal. No fast stupid cuts, to fluff just good.

[@DavidRomanKC]

Definitely

[@yuvikh]

@@RandomGaminginHD it’s a nice and relaxing channel with no cringe intros, it’s perfect

[@nicojusbetter]

trueee

[@anomuumit]

It seems at that era games reached "good enough" state graphically where even nowadays you would be totally fine playing through them and not massively notice the difference in gaming experience as in playing PS1 or PS2 games where added detail would be clearly more immersive. Kinda unique time for video games we have now.

[@michaelmonstar4276]

Kinda depends what games, though. - Racing-games have always been able to be ahead of the curve (pun intended) because they needed to render less in the world. Basically just an environment that is only seen directly from the track (and occasionally off-track), besides the fact that you speed by things anyway so you wouldn't have time to really look at things in detail, especially since you need to keep your eyes on the road and competition. - Obviously games would expand beyond the kind of "cardboard scenes" you'd see in the '90s and early 2000s, with more and more open environments and landscapes, plus more animated crowds and other elements. But it still needs way less than your RPGs and the like. That's why they could increase the quality on things, as not a whole lot needs to be rendered at the same time. It's a controlled environment, it's kind of predictable (not a random open world or sandbox), so they could optimize it for that. - And clearly Codemasters went all-out generation after generation, improving their EGO Engine and whatnot, so we ended up getting these games that last since pretty much DiRT 2 (the one title before, Racedrive GRID, is still OK but clearly lacks the fidelity). And I also feel there is this cut-off around the year 2008 where games are between "slightly too old" (for today anyway) or "just hold up". Take 'Crysis', for example, which was mindblowing at the time, but didn't hold up enough with CryEngine 2, so it got a remaster to polish things up more recently. It was just slightly expired being developed in like 2006/2007. Most higher-quality games after that point indeed tend to hold up. - It's also that overlap in console-generations, where a few years later it moved from 7th to 8th gen. and even the best-looking PS3 and X360 games (such as Crysis and DiRT 2) still hold up, though some got remasters like say the Uncharted trilogy, which were just too much to ask from something like a PS3. - But it's cool that we've gotten to this point. :) We're so spoiled! XD

[@abloodynova7625]

Seems so. I had a few PC games from this era but I didn't have the hardware then. Modern Warfare 2, World at War, DiRT 2, NFS Shift and maybe some other. I reinstalled some of them when I got a hardware that's relatively overkill for games of the time and I gotta say, graphically, they mostly aged well. Mostly. I'm glad we have walked away from low-saturation brown filters and obnoxious lens flares nowadays.

[@NachozMan]

Graphics have stagnated hard as fuck, RTX lighting isn't even all that impressive for how much it nukes your FPS, comparing it to games with masterfully crafted volumetric lighting with good ambient occlusion like the beautiful lighting in RE2/RE3make it's hard to see why certain things are even having time wasted on them whilst meanwhile gameplay mechanics suffer.

[@Quackerilla]

Stagnation!

[@badnewsbruner]

@@NachozMan Metro Exodus PC Enhanced Edition has entered the chat.

[@judaswick]

Dirt 2. Such great game. Always the End boss was Windows Live login

[@piotr156]

Driver San Francisco: *quietly cries in the corner of the room*

[@joeonyt196]

I remember that game!

[@cowgoesmoo3850]

@@joeonyt196 I spent many a hours playing that game, acting like I was sick and firing up the Xbox when my parents left for work. Just to play that lol.

[@joeonyt196]

@@cowgoesmoo3850 I remember playing it when I was a kid really fell in love with it and I remember not getting past a race

[@razaelll]

Haha I still have it in my Steam, and can still download it. It's just very hard to get your hands on it, I guess.

[@piotr156]

I used to play the demo of that game, man, it was a good demo. It really did showcase the game well

[@TheDudeWithNoName]

"I feel like water was added to showcase the changes" suddenly reminds me of one quite premium and performance eating feature that everyone keeps talking about it.

[@vasopel]

what? ray tracing maybe?

[@stolenname94]

10000000% DXR. Just got my first pc, decent build If I say so myself. At first Ray tracing blow my mind.... but then I realised how it can tax my performance, and everything became clear. Plus ssr don't look bad at all!! In fact a few times I've asked myself is this Ray tracing and its not. Yeah, yeah, yeah it looks pretty sometimes for sure , and if I can use it I'll use it. I'm just happy to play ultra without it just for performance gain. The loss for me isn't worth it at 4k so I only use dxr at 1440p which still looks great. But it's all good we can all just buy even more expensive gpu and fight off miners and scalpers using our keyboards and mouse as weapons.

[@lopwidth7343]

You can mention creative EAX, Nvidia hairworks, nvidia soft shadows, nvidia volumetric lighting, ATI true form(before tesselation) along RTX. It's been the same since the inception of the GPU from 3dfx with miniGL drivers

[@NachozMan]

@@vasopel Raytracing yep, it's shit, tanks your FPS in every game that has it available, and honestly developers that take the time to setup good dynamic volumetric lighting and ambient occlusion make the lighting quality difference is completely negligible while actively playing, it might look a slight bit nicer if you only stare at it and look for the difference, but in actual gameplay the anywhere from 10-30 fps drop depending on what game you play isn't worth it at all.

[@vasopel]

@@NachozMan a 10-30fps drop? Last two games my PC played were rdr2 and starwars fallen order, they played only at 720p at 30fps (locked) :-D

[@ajinpjseph4014]

Love your videos. I also like how you dont try to hide your flaws but admits it. Takes a real man to do that.

[@criticalmass1831]

i remember playing Dirt 2 on the xbox at my friend's house, good times

[@Tim_Tam]

Love these videos on random games that i've never played and barely heard about. Keep it up!

[@RandomGaminginHD]

Thanks :)

[@milosstojanovic4623]

Wait what you never heard or played Dirt series, how old are you like 10 year old !? wtf !? XD

[@Daxter250]

@@milosstojanovic4623 he said barely heard about it. i also never played the old dirt series tbh.

[@prod.cozybeats2299]

@@Daxter250 fair enough - every kid who had a console and liked cars growing up had at least one of the dirt games. Hence you’re seeing the massive nostalgia trip in the comments.

[@imo098765]

@@Daxter250 Oh thats kinda sad, Dirt 2 is the best game in the series by far. They tried going back to it in Dirt5 but failed

[@MadsonOnTheWeb]

This reminds me the worst gaming news of this year. When EA bought Codemasters.

[@waveyan]

Rip. Following the trend of EA bought dev studios they’re probably going down the drain in the next few years. ;-;

[@wisico640]

Oh no?? :/

[@odioalospoopers]

@@waveyan wasn't codemasters going very badly to begin with?

[@stolenname94]

@@odioalospoopers pretty sure they needed to be brought tbh otherwise they would have made losses then and there. I think ea idea is to save it make back the losses and just dissolve them over time while making lots of profits, times that by the amount of others they brought to waste and you can the money roll in. I clearly no nothing about math or how a company works..... but I do have a wild imagination

[@durchfaII]

It was on DEC 2020, not this year, tho, you should't worry about EA forcing codemaster to add multiple dlcs to their games, since codemaster already does that.

[@PaitVideo]

This game had a great soundtrack.

[@mikhilmuhuthan6903]

I loved the 'in your face' UI design and the 'dude bro' late 2000's culture

[@dimag5399]

I remember I played this when it came out, I was 10 I think, The graphics was simply mind blowing for me, During my millitary service at my free time I hooked up a PS3 and replayed the entire game again, Super fun (I'm one of the lucky users who own it on steam too)

[@alphastratus6623]

This game is the reason I only buy games on steam. I own the disc, but I'm still very sad to don't own a steam key.

[@EarthboundApocalypse]

I was supposed to own it on Steam because I bought it same year of release. Backuped it. Then it dissapeared from my library. (1st. Time not being able to restore and play my backup) Then a Humble Bundle opportunity came to recover that game in 2014, got the ticket, re-downloaded and backuped that last version added to my library. Then was gone again in 2017. (2nd Time not being able to replay my beloved Dirt3). What the ffffff... Steam? Are you serious ?????!!!!! I barely enjoyed it, because of life. This can't be the end.

[@lenin17301560]

Did not know about this channel, but now I follow it. Great video.

[@jpesicka999]

Seeing Dave Mirra in the race lead brought up some memories. Long live the Miracle Boy Dave Mirra.

[@MOOMOO22MOO]

Apparently this was one of those games I picked up in a bundle somewhere. I have DiRT 2 in my steam library with a grand total of 0.4 hours!

[@CaptainVKanth]

Yup, came bundled with a PowerColor 5850. My first game on STEAM as well.

[@adan7949]

This is my childhood game, playing it with the Microsoft force feedback wheel and enjoying the crash physics even though I didn't understand the concept of a rally yet, I'm so happy about this video, but so sad about the fact you can't get it anymore. It used to look amazing to my eyes back then, when the only thing I used to enjoy before it was CroC and Midtown Madness, which look like N64 games

[@paullynch1246]

What a great video, no nonsense just quality content. Subscribed. Awesome game also, that Battersea level is nuts. I feel fortunate that I own it on steam

[@andrewmutavi590]

Been going through some of ur older videos n there are some hidden gems, love the videos,by the way haven't seen anyone run the 5000 series APUs with 32gb 4000mhz cl 16 ram, I have a feeling the results would be interesting

[@twistedbunny]

i've always wanted a few cases like this where the line between piracy and legal purchasing is blurred

[@cicalinarrot]

I had to illegally download the game even if I own it to play it. It aged soooo well. Incredibly optimized (runs perfectly on any GPU with 512mb of RAM!!!). The gameplay is arcade but not too silly and it's incredibly enjoyable, unless you only like hardcore simulation. The only thing that looks really bad is humans. You never see them in game but, for some reason, they put them in the main menu.

[@aleksazunjic9672]

Game is now all over torrents, half an hour after Random HDG mentioned it :D

[@iforgotmyname2306]

If you own it then it's not illegal to download.

[@Jeesus353]

Dirt 2 and 3 were incredibly well optimized, ran perfectly on my old potato pc

[@aelfwynn94]

i actually have it on a steam, but it was pretty much my first game that I bought in my teen years :D

[@ajinpjseph4014]

@@Jeesus353 i used to run dirt 3 with the lowest possible settings and would get around 30 fps in the integrated graphics of intel i5 650

[@DeViLzzz2006]

Catching up on your videos and enjoying them very much. I see the quality, which is great, is still the same. Best wishes to you going forward and hey considering the view count I saw when you do stuff on new games and new hardware being so high I think it is about time Nvidia, AMD and various game publishers start throwing you free stuff and having you talk about games and hardware first. Just make sure you tell them you will continue to do things your way. Now as for supporting the channel I see you have swag we can get but is there a Patreon or Paypal we can send a buck or two to? Update: Found your Patreon. You should link it under your videos as many probably want to give but don't know of it.

[@bobbywrld999]

When I see RandomGaminginHD I always click because I know that it'll be a good video. Good job mate!

[@NBFL]

Such a good looking game! I still have the PC CD somewhere

[@nguyenbaohuy8638]

Dirt 2 was my childhood game i've spent so much time in it that know every corner, I finished its so many time either with keyboard , controller and steering wheel.

[@AndheraYoddha]

So glad to see your videos as usual. You have such a calm and considerate demeanor, it's really wonderful. Keep up the amazing content. Also just a question: Athlon 3000G or Ryzen 3200G?

[@mrhappy8966]

spend more for the 3200g twice the gpu performance almost

[@aleksazunjic9672]

3200G if you have the money. But remember, dual channel or bust :P

[@Kraven83]

Fascinating idea... almost like those retrospectives some other channels make about movies. Please, make more! 🙈

[@GAURAV4823]

This remains my favourite dirt game so far.

[@DrakeDaraitis]

So glad I bought this game back in the day. It was insanely well optimized that even my 550 TI or 660 were able to play at native resolution (probably 720p or something 768p) with my Phenom II 955 Black Edition.

[@spompofleks]

I always like to watch your amazing driving skillz xD

[@theoneme94]

I'd like to hear more about some forgotten games you played

[@codykamminga9667]

I used to always do the demo of this, years and years ago.

[@maxeluy]

My favorite game in the series, i love every single moment, music, menu, handling, so fun, arcade but not ridiculous.

[@alphastratus6623]

Yea, music is very important and the campervan menu is epic. Also the firework at the track is very entertaining. If they would bring a "Feel like a Rockstar"-DLC for Dirt Rally 2 (with awesome soundtrack, campervan menue and firework) I would instantly buy it.

[@loganrossignol]

I remember being in a Walmart when the PS4 first came out and this was one of the demo games or whatever at some kiosk they had with the PS4 up. I remember being completely blown away by the graphics. Still holds up honestly. I think I grabbed a demo for the game on PC back when I bought my first gaming laptop, an ROG G73.

[@abhisekmukherjee]

I got it as part of a Humble Bundle back in the days - its still installable from Steam - I am playing it again after seeing your video

[@oldrandomcomputing6247]

Your videos are awesome!

[@RandomGaminginHD]

Thanks :)

[@StayClosedDelorean]

This game really was ahead of its time. It looks amazing even on the lowest graphic settings. And it runs pretty much on any PC. It's almost absurd how well-optimized it is. Not to mention fun.

[@mariowilotschek2487]

still is.

[@benchi99]

I really was lucky to find this game once I made a visit to CeX - surprisingly my copy does not have a GFWL dependency, it just installed and played like a dream. Truly a great racing game to ease in a boring afternoon racing in the dusty tracks

[@markmark5679]

rip Dave Mirra i remember i played this on PC in summer 2010 and i complete 100% all tracks. The summer was so so hot back then, with cold coca cola in my dark room while outside was 40degrees and also no school - fantastic experience. I'm not gonna mention soundtrack from main menu, so nostalgic it makes my cry...

[@Stilran]

The soundtrack was great :D

[@Peter_739]

I played the shit out of this game in high school and that soundtrack seriously shaped my taste in music.

[@declansargent7813]

I miss this and Motor Storm Pacific Rift soo much hope they remaster them 🏎️🏜️✨😊💜, take care everyone stay positive and safe hugs and kisses 💜😘😊🤗✨

[@stolenname94]

It felt sooooo much better than the first motor storm!!!

[@linkfan95]

Was lucky to buy all the OG Dirt games when they were all still on steam. A little bit of file work and my copy still plays, was jamming on it yesterday as a matter of fact.

[@ts_diamond8569]

I knew i recognized this game from the thumbnail 😁. Ahh, the memories. The banger music, the car sounds, all that. Not good at it now but I stil have my xbox 360 and the original dirt 2 game disc

[@facundolacerna2358]

Literally, one of my favorite games of all time ♥

[@lordrahl7033]

Dirt 2 is by far the best dirt game in the series. Would love to see this re-released. The only rally game that is better was rallisport challenge 2 on the original Xbox.

[@Dadodaw]

I remember playing this on my PC with a 6850 at the time and the first 1080p monitor I ever bought and just being blown away by how good the game looked.

[@gwynbleidd13]

I remember playing a demo of this game on PS3 and in the demo you got to use the Mitsubishi Eclipse, which sounded amazing. The way revs climbed as you applied throttle sounded amazing, raw and realistic ( much better than Gran Turismo, which had disappointing sound ). I bought Dirt 2 and found the engine sounds in the released version were of worse quality. Perhaps the algorithm generating engine sound was too heavy on resources and had to be axed, I don’t know. Amazing game overall. Became a lifelong fan since then

[@Gassit]

Its still in my Steam library but I haven't played it since Nov 2016 and I only played 49.7 hours. It was OK but just didn't hold my interest for long.

[@TechOrigami]

Okay, can I get the game then? :D i have to keep a usb dvd player around to be able to install and play it :D

[@Gassit]

@@TechOrigami You cant get it through Steam anymore, I got it back when it was available. If you bought it back then they cant legally take it away just because the licences have expired so it stays in your library forever.

[@TechOrigami]

@@Gassit this is one of my favs, along with The Movies game, and sadly both aren't digitally available anywhere

[@ZipplyZane]

@@TechOrigami Surely there's at least a noCD crack for it. That way you won't have to keep using the disc. Or, if you're uncomfortable with that, you can likely find software to make an exact copy of the disc and then mount it. Honestly, that nonsense about requiring the CD was what got me into the cracking scene. I'd I'd never searched for a way to play my new CD-ROM games without having to get out the disc every time, I might have never become aware that cracks were a thing.

[@TechOrigami]

@@ZipplyZane yeah, it's the drm that leads to cracking. Will have to try the iso mounting thing

[@dio007]

I love DiRT games but they become repetitive after a while, lost my interest after dirt 3.

[@RandomGaminginHD]

I think this is the last one I played properly, but dirt rally 2 ran on anything and was a great benchmarking game, or maybe it was dirt rally 1? Idk one of them ran on almost any cpu lol

[@dio007]

@@RandomGaminginHD probably dirt 1 and cool video as always, cheers

[@jvccr7533]

Showdown, 4 and 5 were also not that good. Truth be told, Showdown might be the best out of those. 2+3 were where it's at and when DiRT3 was free on steam a few years ago, I used the chance to replay it to full including online and it was just as great as the first time 'round in 2011-2013.

[@cjskater2006]

I loved this game. Played a bunch online with my friends and it was surprisingly fun there too. I feel like it had a good ghosting system because I don't recall being frustrated by rammers or anything. It has been awhile though so it might've just been luck or maybe the community being enjoyable.

[@danielah3398]

It does rain here in Baja. Usually there is a hurricane causing it, though

[@NMNPThirteen]

So what you're saying is that my dirt 2 pc copy bought on sale brand new in 2011 that since then I've played exactly two times can send my nonexsistent kids to college? Oh boy time to scalp

[@Ajstyle48]

i played this game like crazy and still installed in my pc. i played Dirt rally but got bored in just couple of hours.

[@Boss1996Gaming]

I'm very lucky to have this in my steam library, among quite a few other codemasters games no longer available to buy on Steam

[@meWASHER]

Hey man, awesome video! I still love this game. I’m curious to know what hardware you had this running on and what, if anything, you had to do to get the game running. I have been trying for over a year now to get this running on my R5 3600/Vega 56 system with zero luck. I’ve swapped out my GPU with literally every other card I have, no luck. I’ve even tried to get it running on an older FX 6300 and i5 4460 systems, again, with no luck. For reasons that I don’t understand, I’ve only ever gotten it to boot on my son’s thrown together R5 1500x/RX 570 system. Runs flawlessly on it, but will not load past the intro screens on anything else.

[@Pocketkid2]

I would love to see an analysis like this for GTA V, because I've never understood why you can change the API to dx10 or dx10.1 or dx11 in the graphics settings, and how it impacts graphical fidelity and performance. Most people say it's negligible but I bet there's a little more to it than that

[@renkazakiewich427]

Games for Windows LIVE was not shutdown, just the storefront. The service still works.

[@williamlopez448]

I searched for this game for a couple years, and in 2020 finally found the 360 version sitting on the shelf at a half priced books or 2nd and Charles. I'm still amazed at this thing. Sometimes it's like it looks better than other games that came after it. 10 years later it's still gorgeious.

[@cosmicasad]

I've been looking for this game for years, I completely forgot the namen But I definitely played the demo on PS3 and it had that exact Mitsubishi Eclipse GT and the trophy truck. And crashed a lot😁 Thanks for making this video!

[@BDrifty]

This is my all time favorite game. I have so many fond memories of online lobbies back in it's prime. I still hop on my 360 to play sometimes, even my PC copy. It's a shame it's not backwards compatible on Xbox One. It could revive some of the old nostalgia others share with me.

[@nicojusbetter]

I love how I get to listen to pc talk while watching that epic gameplay in the background it just feels relaxing

[@BmikroB]

Absolutely amazing game, and I was so lucky to actually have a disk back then, and I guess the key was Steam-compatible, since I never bought it on Steam before the delisting, and now it's gone for good pulled off from the store altogether. Oh well... I remember I was blown away by the quality of the water there. It really looks gorgeous still to this day, and I miss it so much in modern DiRT games. I speak not just about your ordinary small puddles and stuff, but real bodies of water on track ranging in size from medium to 'huge'. If only those splendid dust clouds would also cast and receive dynamic shadows then it would be truly a God-tier stunning tech, for sure. Tech goodies aside, it was a blast of a game, combining excellent gameplay, sick soundtrack, and also quite engaging progression. The main menu navigation still gets me, it was so much more than just a UI with buttons and submenus sprinkled around, it was a living breathing part of the game's world seamlessly integrated into the narrative, and damn it was so cozy inside!

[@Wezzie1986]

I remember I got this game for my "then" brand-new GTX970. Best racing game i have ever played next to NFSU2. BTW LOVE THE CONTENT

[@mohamedmostafa-qj5mx]

love your videos man love from Egypt

[@reynaldolunajr.6909]

love how you can have everbody in the game call you by name and the loud high energy it has with the Polaroid freeze frames and rock music. Lots of fun to play even on the x box with a steering wheel. "Hey (insert name), great job out there!"

[@jora9655]

Played the hell out of this game as a kid on XBox. Luckily picked it up on Steam when it was still available too, and it remains my favourite racer to this day. Once a year or so I get the urge and just boot it up again, immersing myself in that amazing late 00s atmosphere with the music and the announcer and that touring van in the campaign. Just all around feel good.

[@Dazza2292]

Still have a physical copy of this floating about remember loving it back in the day on pc thinking it looked fab

[@The_Potato]

This makes me want to find it again, I purchased it on Steam back in 2010. I still have a 5870 too! Maybe I'll make a budget build for my niece!

[@troemich]

It's still in your Steam account if you bought it back in the day.

[@sudiir12345]

This could be a stupid question, but does anyone know what software hes using for those system and framerate statistics on the right side ? 2:03

[@faseehkiyani]

Finally!!! somebody else also loved this game other than me!!! i still play this game for Randomfun. thank you soooooooo much!

[@FormulaDigital]

Your driving is the stuff of nightmares... ;)

[@camerontinker1948]

I bought DiRT 2 on DVD back in 2010 to play on my new PC build that supported Direct X 11. I was running a GTX 470 and an i7 875K with 16GB of DDR3 RAM. The machine was a good midrange build for the early 2010's. Today, I still have the game on DVD and I've been able to play on nearly anything with decent graphics performance. It is still my favorite DiRT game in the series. DiRT 3 comes in a close second. I only wish I had bought DiRT 2 on Steam when it was available.

[@civicrider5556]

dirt series till dirt showdown were totally ahead of its time in terms of graphical fidelity, kind of sad that i couldnt get dirt 2 when it was available, similar case with grid 2's DLC

[@Enders1315]

I used to love taking the Trophy Trucks on the Rally stages.

[@cdbtheclaw]

I still should have a copy of Dirt 2 laying around somewhere. Didn't know that it was that hard to find nowadays so definitely will be holding on to that ^^

[@RubberStig]

Still have a copy in my Steam library from when it was new. That's like 3 PCs ago, and it's definitely time for #4 ...

[@houstoner]

One of the main causes of the RRoD on those models was the thermal paste going bad as well as the heatsinks and fans getting dusty.

[@gregsmith9183]

The dirt series is great. There has been 14 games in the series. Started way back in 1998 when it first launchged as Colin McRae Rally on Playstation and Windows. Before adding the dirt name in 2007 and dropping Colin McRae in 2011. Games with licensed music alway get delisted and no longer available for purchase when licences expire. Although if you already own the game before it was removed, you can still play it. DiRT 3 Complete Edition was given away for free in November 2016 just before it got delisted. So still able to install and pkay that.

[@PureOwnag3]

I got this game still original on dvd with the ATI HD 5870 back in the day :-)

[@antwanstar]

Got it as a bundle with my 5870 when I built my first desktpp pc, and I still have both!

[@martinhenricsson394]

I still play this game (not bought, heh) in 2021. I bought this game just after I purchased my first "monster-PC" (Alienware Aurora with dual 5870 (I worked at Dell at the time)) and OMG this game looked great and it still does!

[@madcat4563]

I was happy to find and purchase a CD key for Dirt 3. Love that game, but actually getting the first Dirt would be nice.

[@varkin794]

I've been thinking about this game recently, it was so fun and colorful, I loved playing it. I've been a budget gamer and I remember I started playing it with a Nvidia GeForce GT 8500 with 1GB DDR2 of VRAM, though the actual GPU was kinda slow, I played this game in low resolution and low graphics with that graphics card, not mentioning it took over 1 minute to load the tracks. Then I upgraded to an Nvidia GT 545 with 1.5 DDR3 GB VRAM and a faster GPU, by that time I started playing at 720p and the loading time totally improved, it only took around 20 seconds to load the tracks. I have nothing but good memories playing Dirt 2.

[@HulkSmash86]

I have a copy of that game on dvd! Around the time I built a x58 system back in 09 I think I bought it.

[@NajCarnage]

You always find the most interesting things

[@EarlingSteward]

Codemaster games are well optimized, you can even run DR 2.0 on integrated graphics with good performance

[@auvokuustio]

I enjoyed this game very much back in the day, even though I don't think I never came even close to finishing the experience. Now after watching this video I located Dirt 2 in my Steam library and started to install it on my HTPC. Steam discussions seems to have instructions on how to play the game today, so good times ahead :)

[@auvokuustio]

So after the first race I can tell you that you can play a 10 year old racing game @4k with full details and 80+fps with I5 3570k@4.2GHz and GTX 1060 3Gb. Who knew (I didn't!)

[@TheRacePig]

Probably the most advanced early DX11 game was Cryostasis: Sleep of Reason, a very strange FPS out of Russia. Rather than being a DX9 game with a few added effects it was built for the API from the ground up. If I remember correctly it came out some months before Dirt 2. It's worth having a look at, also worth playing if you're into really weird obscure horror games.

[@Lets-ask1215]

I had a physical copy and I regret selling it to this day. The intro sequence was and still is one of the best ever.

[@gott2641]

Consequently, Dirt 3 has also been delisted for digital sale on Steam. Xbox and PS3 for the same reason. Both Dirt 2 and Dirt 3 are exceptional games, but I really liked the original rally-only gameplay from the original Colin McRae games personally.

[@Yerinjibbang]

remembered playing the demo on my first laptop with core 2 duo/2gb ram and gt320m when i was 17 back in 2011 fun times...

[@ToxicwasteProductions]

I still okay this from time to time. Bought it when it was new on steam and thankfully it's still there :) had to mod out the windows live stuff to be able to save though.

[@DesuVR]

I'm glad I held onto my PC physical copy. It's a fantastic game, I should revisit it eventually.

[@mxthunder2]

my favorite car was the Mitsubishi with the ati branding on it

[@DualPerformance]

Played this on the 8600 GT, and later with the 9800 GT, with this newer card finally played on max settings